I don't know about the rest of you, but I can't get beyond 'September' "Dr. Bill" wrote: > Had to change Juke Box song #4 which was defective. Have new one, > also a ladies name. > Come on gang, don't have many participants in the contest yet....Name > those tunes and become our Guest Musical Director for a week. > > Bill@Dr-Fox.Com > WebSite {http://www.dr-fox.com} > > ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > ROOTSWEB..............R.I.P.

New NTT posted, Last week's winner identified and the beginning of a contest! There are 5 tunes on our juke box. This week each tune is the name of a woman. Identify them all and you become Musical Director for a week and get to select all of the music. In case of a tie, the title of the tune on the opening page of Juke Box will be used to break the tie. Hint: It is not a specific name of a woman. On the regular pages, Home, Who are We, Links, Members and FAQ all of the tunes begin with the same letter of the alphabet...can you identify them? Bill@Dr-Fox.Com WebSite {http://www.dr-fox.com}

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Good morning to everyone: A NEW PROBLEM! Yesterday everything was fine and today it started as soon as I started my computer. I like to File items on Floppy discs [Iomega] and have filed literally 1000's of them successfully using .rtf extensions. Today this is the message I get.... 'If you change a filename extension, the file may become unusable. Are you sure you want to change it.' Then a choice of buttons - YES [which is the designated Button to use, and a No Button which is not marked.] NB: HOWEVER….I am NOT trying to change anything. I am simply trying to open an .rtf in the usual manner prior to file/paste some information. A few times I did actually get to paste my info in, then Save, but then it will not let me Name the File without the above sequence of happenings. WEIRD! No matter which Button/Option I try is a problem at this point. If I click YES the Icon changes from the little W Icon to a little Windows Icon. When I try to reopen this document I get the following.... A WINDOW which reads... [OPEN WITH Click the program you want to use to open the file "NameOfFile". If the program you want is not on the list Click Other.. This now has a long list of A-Z Items. ] Usually when I open an .rtf File I get a lovely Word Document! This problem persists even when I try to file under the .doc as well as the .rtf ! I am not a computer whiz and have a lot of difficulty in many areas. Please, I need help but in the very simplest of terms! BTW, I use an HP Pavilion 6532 with Intel Celeron 4000MHz Processor. 128 MB. 6.0 GB Hard Drive. Windows 98. I just checked and I have 1,101,379 available allocation units. Any help is much appreciated. Thank you sincerely June Conklin Ridsdale …

http://www.usabmc.com/abmc4.htm

Ok, here is the addy. I am not awake yet. LOL http://169.147.169.151/genweb/archives/ww2.htm Carol Brooks wrote: > I thought some of you might like this information.Unfortunately no place > of burial > Carol > > -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> > Find out the TRUTH about Anyone! > Criminal records, unlisted phone numbers, FBI files and more! > Grab your Instant Download Now: > http://click.egroups.com/1/9017/17/_/917721/_/970232171/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Kan-Craw-pics-unsubscribe@egroups.com

I thought some of you might like this information.Unfortunately no place of burial Carol

Hi Dr Bill Please could I be unsubscribed. My phone has been out of order for more than three weeks and could take another six before the lines are repaired. I cannot cope with all the emails and am unsubscribing from all my lists to prevent mail bouncing. Thank you. Tessa King Johannesburg South Africa - ------------------------------------------- This message was sent using M-Web Airmail. http://airmail.mweb.co.za/

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Here are a few sites Rose The National Archives of Ireland homepage http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ Online Resources for Genealogy in Ireland http://www.everton.com/resources/world.html Local Ireland : Irish Millennium Family Database http://familyregister.local.ie/ General info on things Irish http://www.bookcase.com/library/faq/archive/cultures/irish-faq/part10.html Ireland Workhouse http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/workhouse/ The Great Irish Famine http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/irish/irish_pf.html Examples of emigration schemes pre 1900 http://www.standard.net.au/~jwilliams/emigrate.htm The Impact of the Potato http://www.history-magazine.com/potato.html Newspaper articles for periods during the famine http://vassun.vassar.edu/~sttaylor/FAMINE/ 1832 Tithes Rebellion http://www.standard.net.au/~jwilliams/Ire1.htm A description of an Irish Hedge School http://www.standard.net.au/~jwilliams/ireschool.htm JDKSheesley@aol.com wrote: > --part1_ae.b04c8ce.2705365a_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hi, > Is there a web address with more information about Irish immigrants? There > was one posted on this list I think but I've since lost it. > Thanks, > Kathy > > > > > > >

> TO YOUR NEW CYBER FAMILY AT NEWGEN ! ! ! ! ! > > RECOMMEND NEWGEN TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS ! ! ! ! ! > > Dr. Bills' site has been given an award for being one of the most helpful genealogy sites on the internet........ > > > * You will find everyone here is extremely helpful. Don't be afraid to ask what you may consider a 'dumb' question. There is NO question that is 'dumb'. If you need help with your computer or a program ask that too! Remember, the only 'dumb' question is the one you don't ask. We all benefit from your questions. ! ! ! > > * Should you need a Mentor, someone to help guide you, please let Dr. Bill know and we will find a Mentor for you. We have wonderful, knowledgeable and caring people that are more than willing to help. All you need to do is ask! > > * If you in turn feel you can help someone is a specific region let Dr. Bill know or better yet, post it to the list..... We are here to help each other. > > * Be sure to post a message to the list giving the surnames you are searching. Type the surname only in caps, i.e. John BROWN. It is much easier to pick out the surname when it is in caps and those who skim will see it more readily. If you don't post your surnames, no one will know who you are searching, therefore no one can help you. > > * Every Monday night at 8:00 P< EDST we meet in our own personal 'stress free' genealogy chat room provided so generously by Dr. Bill. Bring all your genealogy questions with you. This is where we really help each other........ meet new friends and just have a good time...... > > ***********Directions to our Chat Room.... > Go to..... www.dr-fox.com > X on Chat in side panel > X on BOTTOM chat room (this is our PRIVATE > room) > After you enter the Chat Room at the top of > the page is the word 'default'. Clear that out > and enter your name then hit enter. Your > name will now show in the chat area. > > * Dr. Bill has so much interesting information on his site. > www.dr-fox-com. You should really go entirely through it and > see what information you can use. > One of the fun things he has is 'Name That Tune'....... > Dr. Bill puts up a tune and the first person to guess it gets His/Her name up in lights. Not.... He/She gets their > name listed as being the first person to Name That Tune! > It really is a thrill to see your name on the winners page. > Try it and let me know how good it feels! This is > strictly a FUN thing to do. > > * The Links page has some really good information on it. > Be sure and check it out! > > * While at Dr. Bills' site be sure and look at the Members > Page. There is a wealth of information there for you. > Our Members are more than willing to do a look up for > you. Check them out and see if the area you are > searching is listed by someone. If it is contact them. > > * Another Dr. Bill attraction is the Soap Box. We get a > chance to express our opinions on most any subject. > There have been some pretty good pages there! Any > subject is fair game. > > * Should you have a prayer concern, we here at > NEWGEN would like to pray with you or for you. Let > the list know of your prayer concern and we will take > it from there. > > * Please don't send attachments to the list. The HTML > messes up NEWGEN at Rootsweb and can't go through. > It WILL be returned to you. > > * Dr. Bill will send a post concerning new virus reports > AFTER he has validated the virus. The virus will NOT > be discussed on the list. He will do this to make us > aware. > > * Subing.....NEWGEN-L-Request@Rootsweb.com (list) > * NEWGEN-D-Request@Rootsweb.com (digest) > *Unsubing.....Same as above address to unsubscribe > > * Dr. Bill and everyone here at NEWGEN welcomes you > and we know your stay will be enjoyable, productive > and interesting......... > > * You may want to print this message for your future > reference. > > Bunny > > > > ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > NO BIT OF INFORMATION OR TIP IS MINOR WHEN IT CAN LEAD TO A MAJOR FIND. >

Here are some URL's that might be helpful re Great Potato Famine http://www.toad.net/~sticker/nosurrender/History.html http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/6477/potato.html On this one make sure the second line is included when trying to get to the site. http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Ireland/Arts_and_Humanities/Humanities/H istory/By_Time_Period/19th_Century/Great_Famine__The/

Thanks! I'll certainly check them out. Kathy

--part1_90.a3f9503.270536d5_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Is there a web sight with more info on Irish immigrants? I think there was one posted earlier but I have lost it. Thanks, Kathy --part1_90.a3f9503.270536d5_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <NEWGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zb03.mx.aol.com (rly-zb03.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.3]) by air-zb01.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.3) with ESMTP; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 20:21:45 -0400 Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by rly-zb03.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 20:20:50 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e8S0D1v06306; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 17:13:01 -0700 Resent-Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 17:13:01 -0700 X-Original-Sender: pavia@futureone.com Wed Sep 27 17:13:00 2000 Message-ID: <00bd01c028d9$a264c060$86a8d2d1@futureone.com> From: "Sally Pavia" <pavia@futureone.com> Old-To: "WVGS Mailing List" <AZ-WESTVALLEYGENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 16:21:13 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Subject: [NEWGEN] Great Potato Famine in Ireland Resent-Message-ID: <l4K49.A.WiB.N0o05@lists6.rootsweb.com> To: NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/23706 X-Loop: NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: NEWGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com Research in Ireland Potato Famine reprinted with permission of Jeannette Holland Austin, Editor of Expert Genealogy The Great Famine in Ireland was caused primarily by the crop failure about 1845. Prior to that time, there had been other crop failures, as well as other disasters, which affected the Irish economy. For one thing, between 1740 and 1741, there was a very high mortality rate. Again, in 1800, and between 1816- 1819. Prior to 1815 the Irish people depended on their crop of potatoes as a mainstay; income from this source was used to purchase other other foodstuffs. Another major crop was wheat. As the English purchased food from the Irish, the economy prospered. During wartime, there was a demand on the Irish economy, and when they ended, Ireland's economy was affected. Between 1830 and 1831 there was a European-wide famine. Among the problems, was that for decades the common Irish people failed to conform with their landlords, and overseers. The Irish planted potatoes on small plots, using the money from cash crops to pay landlords. By 1841 the population of Ireland was 8 million, and more than two-thirds of the population were dependant upon the potato crop . Others wer engaged in Industrials and manufacturing. In November of 1845, as the newspapers reported famine and starvation, the Prime Minister of England took action to cure the problem by purchasing 100,000 pds. Of Indian corn and meal from the US. People were employed in England to provide relief to the starving. Between 1845 and 1846 England extended loans to Ireland. But the disaster was overwhelming - it was too late. Economic depression has commenced. In June of 1845, the government targeted the Irish landlords as being responsible for the Famine, and forced relieft payments from them. To remedy their situation, the landlords exacted the money from the agricultural work force. This caused farmers to evict, leaving their homes. Displaced workers could not find work in the industrial plants, so they the alternative, and to began to emigrate. In 1846 the greatest wave of immigration occurred. The worst time of the Famine was called "Black 47" (1847) when public works were abandoned. Soup kitchens became the norm. People got sick as raging epidemics of typhus, combined with dysentery, ravaged the land. It seems this was caused by the consumption of turnips. Another problem was that the government-furnished indian meal did not contain Vitamin C, and dropsy and edema became common-place. By 1847, over 100,000 immigrants had sailed to the US. Genealogical research considers the enormous death rates during this period, and suffers for lack of records. A good place to start is a Family History Center (Mormon Church) where all parish registers in Ireland (and the British Isles) have been extracted and placed in alphabetical order on cds. All that you do is type in a name, and a global search is made. This saves a lot of time, especially if you have no idea where in Ireland your family lived. Other sources to be searched are any and all immigration records from Ireland. Keep in my State Records, such as the N. C. State Records. There are entries in these volumes where shiploads of Irish people applied to the Governor for Land Grants to settle its passengers. If left ungranted, they sometimes sailed to another area and did the same thing. To see details on the Famine Emigrants books, go to http://www.genealogy- books.com/books/gpcire.html Also, while you are the Family History Center, search the catalog for collections of genealogical manuscripts housed in various office, and order them on microfilm. ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== ROOTSWEB.............R.I.P. --part1_90.a3f9503.270536d5_boundary--

--part1_ae.b04c8ce.2705365a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Is there a web address with more information about Irish immigrants? There was one posted on this list I think but I've since lost it. Thanks, Kathy --part1_ae.b04c8ce.2705365a_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <NEWGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zb03.mx.aol.com (rly-zb03.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.3]) by air-zb01.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.3) with ESMTP; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 20:21:45 -0400 Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by rly-zb03.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 20:20:50 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e8S0D1v06306; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 17:13:01 -0700 Resent-Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 17:13:01 -0700 X-Original-Sender: pavia@futureone.com Wed Sep 27 17:13:00 2000 Message-ID: <00bd01c028d9$a264c060$86a8d2d1@futureone.com> From: "Sally Pavia" <pavia@futureone.com> Old-To: "WVGS Mailing List" <AZ-WESTVALLEYGENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 16:21:13 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Subject: [NEWGEN] Great Potato Famine in Ireland Resent-Message-ID: <l4K49.A.WiB.N0o05@lists6.rootsweb.com> To: NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/23706 X-Loop: NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: NEWGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com Research in Ireland Potato Famine reprinted with permission of Jeannette Holland Austin, Editor of Expert Genealogy The Great Famine in Ireland was caused primarily by the crop failure about 1845. Prior to that time, there had been other crop failures, as well as other disasters, which affected the Irish economy. For one thing, between 1740 and 1741, there was a very high mortality rate. Again, in 1800, and between 1816- 1819. Prior to 1815 the Irish people depended on their crop of potatoes as a mainstay; income from this source was used to purchase other other foodstuffs. Another major crop was wheat. As the English purchased food from the Irish, the economy prospered. During wartime, there was a demand on the Irish economy, and when they ended, Ireland's economy was affected. Between 1830 and 1831 there was a European-wide famine. Among the problems, was that for decades the common Irish people failed to conform with their landlords, and overseers. The Irish planted potatoes on small plots, using the money from cash crops to pay landlords. By 1841 the population of Ireland was 8 million, and more than two-thirds of the population were dependant upon the potato crop . Others wer engaged in Industrials and manufacturing. In November of 1845, as the newspapers reported famine and starvation, the Prime Minister of England took action to cure the problem by purchasing 10

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Looking for information on Edward Vowles b. 1811/2 Somerset England m. Mary Ann Ganfield b. 1809 Somerset on 24 Feb 1835

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Research in Ireland Potato Famine reprinted with permission of Jeannette Holland Austin, Editor of Expert Genealogy The Great Famine in Ireland was caused primarily by the crop failure about 1845. Prior to that time, there had been other crop failures, as well as other disasters, which affected the Irish economy. For one thing, between 1740 and 1741, there was a very high mortality rate. Again, in 1800, and between 1816- 1819. Prior to 1815 the Irish people depended on their crop of potatoes as a mainstay; income from this source was used to purchase other other foodstuffs. Another major crop was wheat. As the English purchased food from the Irish, the economy prospered. During wartime, there was a demand on the Irish economy, and when they ended, Ireland's economy was affected. Between 1830 and 1831 there was a European-wide famine. Among the problems, was that for decades the common Irish people failed to conform with their landlords, and overseers. The Irish planted potatoes on small plots, using the money from cash crops to pay landlords. By 1841 the population of Ireland was 8 million, and more than two-thirds of the population were dependant upon the potato crop . Others wer engaged in Industrials and manufacturing. In November of 1845, as the newspapers reported famine and starvation, the Prime Minister of England took action to cure the problem by purchasing 100,000 pds. Of Indian corn and meal from the US. People were employed in England to provide relief to the starving. Between 1845 and 1846 England extended loans to Ireland. But the disaster was overwhelming - it was too late. Economic depression has commenced. In June of 1845, the government targeted the Irish landlords as being responsible for the Famine, and forced relieft payments from them. To remedy their situation, the landlords exacted the money from the agricultural work force. This caused farmers to evict, leaving their homes. Displaced workers could not find work in the industrial plants, so they the alternative, and to began to emigrate. In 1846 the greatest wave of immigration occurred. The worst time of the Famine was called "Black 47" (1847) when public works were abandoned. Soup kitchens became the norm. People got sick as raging epidemics of typhus, combined with dysentery, ravaged the land. It seems this was caused by the consumption of turnips. Another problem was that the government-furnished indian meal did not contain Vitamin C, and dropsy and edema became common-place. By 1847, over 100,000 immigrants had sailed to the US. Genealogical research considers the enormous death rates during this period, and suffers for lack of records. A good place to start is a Family History Center (Mormon Church) where all parish registers in Ireland (and the British Isles) have been extracted and placed in alphabetical order on cds. All that you do is type in a name, and a global search is made. This saves a lot of time, especially if you have no idea where in Ireland your family lived. Other sources to be searched are any and all immigration records from Ireland. Keep in my State Records, such as the N. C. State Records. There are entries in these volumes where shiploads of Irish people applied to the Governor for Land Grants to settle its passengers. If left ungranted, they sometimes sailed to another area and did the same thing. To see details on the Famine Emigrants books, go to http://www.genealogy- books.com/books/gpcire.html Also, while you are the Family History Center, search the catalog for collections of genealogical manuscripts housed in various office, and order them on microfilm.

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