A couple of quick genealogy stories for you folks. I have hesitated up to now in posting them, since I wasn't sure funnies were welcome on here! 1) Did you hear about the lady with pretensions to an upper class background who hired a professional genealogical researcher to do her family tree for her? She was a bit of a snob and planned to publish it and give copies to all her relatives. The researcher asked for 5,000 dollars up front before he would start. She said that was fine and gave him the money. But when he delivered his report and the would-be aristocratic lady read what he had discovered about her family tree, she paid him another 5,000 dollars to keep quiet about it! 2) Did I ever tell you that I had an ancestor who was killed at the Battle of Hastings? It was a bit of a tragic error really, since he wasn't supposed to be at the battle at all. He was just camping in the next field and went over to complain about the noise! 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've been away for a time. Am I still getting through? Sheila shegrim@aol.com
Hi.... I received this from other lists I belong to and thought it worthwhile to pass on you everyone at NEWGEN..... The scam involves The website below > selling subscriptions at $49.95 to view databases. > . Bunny > > Sue > > >From: "Joy Fisher" <jfisher@ucla.edu> > To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 1:30 PM > Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Possible Genealogy SCAM > > Hi Everyone: > > About 2 weeeks ago we received a complaint from an Archives > submitter that > her materials were found on a genealogy subscription service: > > www.familydiscovery.com > > The submitter was able to do a little digging and found that > they were > linking to her files housed on her server, but shrink-wrapped > inside a > frame so it appears to be THEIR work. About 10 days ago, to > investigate > this, I signed up with familydiscovery. To date, I have not > received a user > id or password to get inside. The registered owners of the web > site gave > bogus telephone numbers in their registration. One number goes > to a > recorded message line; the other to a carpet company. Some of > the e-mail > addys on their web site bounce. > > Standing on the outside and looking through the window, it > appears that > several folks' web sites have been prize-mined: > > http://www.familydiscovery.com/whatsnew.htm > > The Storey Co., IA and the Washington Co., PA stuff seem to > come from > USGenWeb sites. Some of the other IA and NC stuff seems to come > from > non-USGW sites. None of the materials seem to be housed at > either rootsweb > or usgennet. > > Permission is granted to forward this message.
Well , if they find it post it to this list also .. And I was married to a long and have gone quite a ways back on them.. Let me know who you are looking for... ----Original Message Follows---- From: OLong99159@aol.com To: NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NEWGEN] Southern Migration Trails Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 15:44:46 EDT Does anyone on the list know of an individual[I think his name is WARE] that is very familiar with the Southern migration trails. It's been ages since I saw a posting from him, and don't remember which list I was always seeing them on. I'm trying to assist someone on another list and have slammed into a brick wall. Researching COLLINS, LONG, PEARSON, ROBINSON[married to Joseph Oscar Long] I'm going to try to make it to the chat room tomorrow night---do more lurking than chattin' Regards, OLong ==== 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) Thanks Lina _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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Our Bunny had a real scare and wound up in the hospital....heart problem but maybe not an attack at this time. Let's make sure she is strong and well with our prayers, o.k.? Please let her know you are keeping her in your prayers. Bunny@lightstream.net Bill@Dr-Fox.Com WebSite {http://www.dr-fox.com}
Hey gang, I skipped brunch this morning so I could update the music files {my plea for pity} and I have selected a NTT this week which I dedicate to each and every one of my Lovely Lady ListMembers who do so much to make this list work. Dr. Bill Bill@Dr-Fox.Com WebSite {http://www.dr-fox.com}
Dr. Fox has been in process of moving his abode and has lost track of his midi list where he can update the tunes. Will do it soon though, so stick with me. Bill@Dr-Fox.Com WebSite {http://www.dr-fox.com} ----- Original Message ----- From: juanita <juanita@kscable.com> To: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 6:27 PM Subject: [NEWGEN] Name That Tune : What's happening on Dr. Fox' webpage? NTT hasn't been changed : for ages. : : ja : : : ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== : ROOTSWEB.............R.I.P.
Does anyone on the list know of an individual[I think his name is WARE] that is very familiar with the Southern migration trails. It's been ages since I saw a posting from him, and don't remember which list I was always seeing them on. I'm trying to assist someone on another list and have slammed into a brick wall. Researching COLLINS, LONG, PEARSON, ROBINSON[married to Joseph Oscar Long] I'm going to try to make it to the chat room tomorrow night---do more lurking than chattin' Regards, OLong
Of interest. Elaine Czech-L Listowner http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elainetmaddox/index.htm Excerpted from NETSURFER DIGEST Volume 06, Issue 30 Tuesday, August 29, 2000 Maps By Land, By Air, By Sea Whatever you say about the US government, it's commissioned a staggering collection of high quality maps, and now Joe Taxpayer can look at them free. The Maptech site lets you view, print, and e-mail a huge selection of three types of government issued charts: topographical; nautical; and aeronautical, including high altitude photography of coastal regions. You can also buy large printed charts. http://www.maptech.com/mapserver/index.cfm
We're gonna hang in there with you, Dr. Fox, never fear. We ain't goin nowhere. Regards OLong99159@aol.com
Per Dr. Bill's request (I always do what the good doctor asks me to do), here is a list of URLs for the local libraries in the Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, U.S.A. area: Tacoma Public Library - Genealogy Collection http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/nwroom/genea.htm Several searchable databases online through the TPL site: Washington Place Names Database http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/nwroom/WaNames.htm Ships & Shipping Database http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/nwroom/ships.htm Tacoma Obituary Index http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/nwroom/Obit.htm SEE ALSO: Puget Sound Genealogy Resources http://www.rootsweb.com/~watpcgs/pugetres.htm A list of research libraries, institutions, museums and research groups in the greater Puget Sound area. National Archives Microfilm Collection in Seattle http://www.rootsweb.com/~watpcgs/narafilm.htm Good luck! Cyndi
What's happening on Dr. Fox' webpage? NTT hasn't been changed for ages. ja
In a message dated 09/02/2000 4:28:14 PM US Mountain Standard Time, juanita@kscable.com writes: << What's happening on Dr. Fox' webpage? NTT hasn't been changed for ages. >> I have wondered about this also. Does anyone know what is going on?
--part1_6e.2b26622.26e27f98_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >From another list...too funny not to share. Patricia --part1_6e.2b26622.26e27f98_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <HARRIS-HUNTERS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yd05.mx.aol.com (rly-yd05.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.5]) by air-yd01.mail.aol.com (v75_b3.11) with ESMTP; Sat, 02 Sep 2000 11:30:49 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by rly-yd05.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Sat, 02 Sep 2000 11:30:33 2000 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e82FTuS28992; Sat, 2 Sep 2000 08:29:56 -0700 Resent-Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 08:29:56 -0700 X-Original-Sender: qmgen@juno.com Sat Sep 2 08:29:56 2000 Old-To: WVPIONEERS-L@rootsweb.com, Harris-Hunters-L@rootsweb.com Old-Cc: WVBRAXTO-L@rootsweb.com, VAPATRIC-L@rootsweb.com, darlings-L@pacifier.com Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 08:28:18 -0700 Subject: Genealogy funny... Message-ID: <20000902.082821.-716641.0.qmgen@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 5.0.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 1-4,12,15-16 From: Patsy H Weikart <qmgen@juno.com> Resent-Message-ID: <6b4Z6D.A.yEH.0zRs5@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: HARRIS-HUNTERS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: HARRIS-HUNTERS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <HARRIS-HUNTERS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4610 X-Loop: HARRIS-HUNTERS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: HARRIS-HUNTERS-L-request@rootsweb.com >From the April 2000 issue of Genealogical Society of Stanislaus County Newsletter, Modesto, CA. ( " Stanislaus Researcher "- Vol.22 -Number 4) FAMILY HISTORY The Smith's were proud of their family tradition. Their ancestors had come to America on the Mayflower and the family included Senators and Wall Street Wizards. The family decided to compile a family history, a legacy for their children and grandchildren. So the family hired a fine author to put together all their research notes, only one problem arose - how to handle great Uncle George, who was executed in the electric chair. The author said not to worry for he could handle the story tackfully so the book appeared and it said, " Great Uncle George occupied a chair of applied electronics at an important government institution. He was attached to his position by the strongest of ties, and his death came as a great shock." posted by patsy --part1_6e.2b26622.26e27f98_boundary--
> TO YOUR NEW CYBER FAMILY AT NEWGEN ! ! ! > > RECOMMEND NEWGEN TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS ! ! ! > > * 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 every question ! ! ! ! ! > > * Should you need a Mentor, someone to help guide you, please let Dr. > Bill know and he 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 letter 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 CLIPPENCLOPPER. > 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. > > * Try to set Monday night 8:00 pm aside for some chatting. Every > Monday > night at 8:00 pm 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..... and > get to know > each other better. > > *****Directions to the Chat Room..... > Go to....... www.dr-fox.com > X on Chat in the side panel > X on BOTTON chat room (this is our PRIVATE room) > Enter your name at the top and hit the enter key. > Your name will > when you chat. > > * Dr. Bill has so much interesting information on his site. 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 in lights. Not.... > He/she gets their name on the site for being the first to 'Name that > Tune' ! It really is a thrill to see your name on the winners page. > Try > it! Then let me know how it makes you feel.... > > * 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 be a look up for you. Check them out and see if the area you > > are searching is listed by someone. > > * Be sure to check our everything on his site. The site can change > daily and you never know what you may find to help you in your quest. > > * Another Dr. Bill attraction is the Soap Box. We get a chance to > express our opinions. 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. > > * 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. > > * Please don't send attachment to the list. The HTML messes up > NEWGEN at Rootsweb and can't go through. It WILL be returned to you. > > ****Subing..........NEWGEN-L-Request@Rootsweb.com (list) > NEWGEN-D-Request@Rootsweb.com (digest) > ****Unsubing......Same address to unsubscribe > > * Dr. Bill and everyone at NEWGEN welcomes you. We know your stay > will be enjoyable, productive and interesting...... :-) > > * You may want to print this message for your future reference. > > Bunny
For those interested, I have put my (free) column, SC Research, online. You can find it at http://www.genealogy-books.com/expert/exp1.htm Jeannette Austin http://www.genealogy-books.com Site of discounted genealogy books
> TO YOUR NEW CYBER FAMILY AT NEWGEN ! ! ! > > RECOMMEND NEWGEN TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS ! ! ! > > * 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 every question ! ! ! ! ! > > * Should you need a Mentor, someone to help guide you, please let Dr. > Bill know and he 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 letter 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 CLIPPENCLOPPER. > 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. > > * Try to set Monday night 8:00 pm aside for some chatting. Every > Monday > night at 8:00 pm 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..... and > get to know > each other better. > > *****Directions to the Chat Room..... > Go to....... www.dr-fox.com > X on Chat in the side panel > X on BOTTON chat room (this is our PRIVATE room) > Enter your name at the top and hit the enter key. > Your name will > when you chat. > > * Dr. Bill has so much interesting information on his site. 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 in lights. Not.... > He/she gets their name on the site for being the first to 'Name that > Tune' ! It really is a thrill to see your name on the winners page. > Try > it! Then let me know how it makes you feel.... > > * 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 be a look up for you. Check them out and see if the area you > > are searching is listed by someone. > > * Be sure to check our everything on his site. The site can change > daily and you never know what you may find to help you in your quest. > > * Another Dr. Bill attraction is the Soap Box. We get a chance to > express our opinions. 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. > > * 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. > > * Please don't send attachment to the list. The HTML messes up > NEWGEN at Rootsweb and can't go through. It WILL be returned to you. > > ****Subing..........NEWGEN-L-Request@Rootsweb.com (list) > NEWGEN-D-Request@Rootsweb.com (digest) > ****Unsubing......Same address to unsubscribe > > * Dr. Bill and everyone at NEWGEN welcomes you. We know your stay > will be enjoyable, productive and interesting...... :-) > > * You may want to print this message for your future reference. > > Bunny
While doing a book version of a line of family history, I formatted it to begin each generation on a new page, which leaves quite a bit of empty space in most cases. I'd like to fill in that blank space with words of wisdom, poems, witticisms, cartoons, etc., of which I have a few I've been collecting. Could use some more and would appreciate any sharing of or sources for such. Shirley/MN