Hi Juanita, I was looking for my grandmother named Clara also. What I finally found out was that she was raised as Mary which was really her middle name. She used the name Clara as an adult. Even my mother did not know she ever used the name Mary. I found her in the 1910 census under Mary. everything else fit. I finally confirmed everything by getting a copy of her baptismal certificate. Good luck, Lynn -----Original Message----- From: juanita <juanita2@cox.net> To: NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 10 May 2005 20:28:38 -0500 Subject: [NEWGEN] Nicknames I've been unable to find anything about my great grandmother whose first name was "Clara", according to her marriage certificate and the entries on different censuses. Also that is the name she used when she and her husband bought a home. She was widowed in 1882 with 3 young children at age of 24 or 25 yrs and I've not been able to find her name on any record since about October 1882. Now I'm wondering if she may have actually been called something beside "Clara". Does anyone know a common name for Clara or have a suggestion for me? Another grandmother of mine was named "Mary Bell" but was always called "Mamie". Another bit of mystery about her is her birthplace put on her death certificate which says she was born in Clinton, Iowa. Without a doubt, I know she was born in Chariton, Iowa. I'm sure it was an error of the funeral director but I don't know how it could be changed at this late date. She died in 1945. juanita ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

I've been unable to find anything about my great grandmother whose first name was "Clara", according to her marriage certificate and the entries on different censuses. Also that is the name she used when she and her husband bought a home. She was widowed in 1882 with 3 young children at age of 24 or 25 yrs and I've not been able to find her name on any record since about October 1882. Now I'm wondering if she may have actually been called something beside "Clara". Does anyone know a common name for Clara or have a suggestion for me? Another grandmother of mine was named "Mary Bell" but was always called "Mamie". Another bit of mystery about her is her birthplace put on her death certificate which says she was born in Clinton, Iowa. Without a doubt, I know she was born in Chariton, Iowa. I'm sure it was an error of the funeral director but I don't know how it could be changed at this late date. She died in 1945. juanita

Welcome to our 19th Century Photography site. We hope you will find this information both entertaining and informative. Whether you collect antique photographs, or just have a box of old family photos to identify, these pages will help you determine exactly what you have. We do not discuss the monetary values for old photos, but be assured, whatever you have has some economic value, in addition to whatever sentimental value it may represent. Take care of those old photos! http://www.ajmorris.com/roots/photo/index.php A site for easy uploading of family, military and mystery photos - not to mention family stories, websites and recipes. Thousands already searchable by name or place. http://www.ancientfaces.com/research Having a photo of an ancestor is a great addition to your written history or family video history you may make. Photos are also good for showing family resemblances. Sometimes photos are helpful in showing genetic health concerns. The pictures we feature here were taken between 1875 and 1970 and were gathered from around the United States. Our vanished photo collection first went online in 1998. http://genealogytoday.com/store/vanished.html Over 10,000 photos, representing over 25,000 surnames.... and thousands of families... maybe even yours! http://www.familyoldphotos.com/ All of the photos have names and dates or places on them. They include Tintypes, Daguerreotypes, Cabinet Cards, Carte-de-visites, Personal Picture Postcards, Photo Albums and Yearbooks." http://fourkings.freeyellow.com/Page3.html This website is dedicated to old photographs from the past. The people depicted on these photographs are mysteries to me. Do you recognize anyone? Are they related to you? If you can identify them as part of your family of ancestors, you will make a lot of people happy! http://www.photographsfromthepast.com/index.html An international portrait and post card database. Particularly strong in post cards, and in France and Belgium. http://portraits.geneanet.org This site offers thousands of identified photos for people searching for long-lost relatives. You can also upload your own mystery photos for others to possibly identify. http://www.deadfred.com/ Larry L. Ford and Eric C. Nagle are incurable collectors of antique family photos, Bibles, and documents. At this site, they alphabetically list hundreds of items they have found over the years. If you find something from your family, you contact them and they respond with pricing and shipping details. Lots of testimonials demonstrate lots of happy customers. Particularly worth a look if you have Ohio or Kentucky ancestors. http://my.erinet.com/~fordnag/FordNagle.htm Ancestor Genealogy Photo Archive is a free genealogy database of family photos containing online vintage photographs. Many of these photos have been submitted by our visitors to help you find your ancestors and surnames. Others were found in antique stores and flea markets, and posted here in hopes of reuniting them with family members. Your ancestors could be among these genealogy photos. http://ancestorarchive.com/

You've almost certainly faced the problem: you've got an album or box of old photographs but almost all of them lack any identification. Family Chronicle's new special can't help you identify the subject but it probably can help you with dating when the picture was taken _ often within a couple of years http://www.familychronicle.com/datphoto.htm Photo Mysteries A great article by photograph guru, Maureen Taylor, about the best resources for solving your photo mysteries. Although she features others_ books, be sure to consider hers listed in the bio at the end. http://www.familytreemagazine.com/photos/jan02-03.htm Lost and Found Family Photos, Genealogies and Tidbits Long since lost, many family items such as diaries, documents, registers, scrapbooks, postcards and yearbooks find their way to antique shops, flea markets, musty basements. As we acquire these, we post them here in the hopes that they will find their way home. http://www.idreamof.com/lost.html Sally Rolls Pavia sallyavia2001@yahoo.com "You cannot unsay a cruel word." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus" by Debra Griffith <http://pages.prodigy.net/debernade/IMStats>

Ancestors .. The companion web site to the PBS family history and genealogy television series. http://byubroadcasting.org/ancestors/ Zip Code Lookup and address verification: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board are limited to individuals who worked in the rail industry after 1936. It is possible to request these records. Please do not contact us with requests for records before that date. We don't have that information. http://www.rrb.gov/geneal2.html Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA Includes Obituaries, Cemeteries & the Social Security Death Index: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html USGenWeb Archives - census wills deeds genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ Civil War Rosters - All States UPDATED 4/29/05 http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/3680/cw/cw.html GenealogyForum.com: Alphabetic Surname Message Boards http://www.genealogyforum.rootsweb.com/messages/Alpha.htm Sally Rolls Pavia sallyavia2001@yahoo.com "You cannot unsay a cruel word." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

The Southern California Genealogical Society has recently added searchable databases to its redesigned website. The data is free and available to all. One important database lists Los Angeles County Burial Permits from 1870 to 1892, which documents deaths that occurred long before the state required that death records be maintained. Southern California Genealogical Society and Family Research Library volunteers extracted the data from burial permits on file at the Los Angeles County Vital Records Department, now located in Norwalk, California. The permits cover the years 1870 through 1892 for persons who died in Los Angeles County. They were signed by Catholic priests, ministers, doctors, pastors, medical attendants, health officers, or Justices of the Peace of Los Angeles County who took the information about the deceased or were in attendance when the person died. Those listed here may not be all the permits prepared during this period of time. Some of the records were hard to read because of the handwriting and faded ink. Example: ID: 375 Name: Farrel, Michael Date of Death: 15-Dec-1891 Age: 52y Race/Color: White Sex: M Condition: S (an abbreviation for "single") Nativity: OH Place of Death or residence: Pacific Branch Place of Burial or Church: NHDVS Occupation: Laborer Misc: Certificate No.: 356 Most of the data is self-explanatory. One exception is the abbreviation of "NHDVS," but a quick visit to the site's list of abbreviation shows that it stands for "National Health Department of Veteran Services." From this we can surmise that Michael Farrel was a veteran and was born about 1839 (since he was 52 years old at his time of death in 1891.). It seems that he probably was a veteran of the U.S. Civil War. In short, this data is extracted from original source documents and is easy to use. The Southern California Genealogical Society is offering a great resource of interest to anyone tracing ancestors in Los Angeles County. You can access the LA County Burial Permits 1870-1892 at http://www.scgsgenealogy.com. Sally Rolls Pavia sallyavia2001@yahoo.com "You cannot unsay a cruel word." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

Binders are bulky and laptops not always available. That's why taking pedigree charts and family group sheets along on genealogy research trips is a good idea. How to Use the Pedigree Chart & Family Group Sheet http://genealogy.about.com/od/free_charts/a/forms.htm?once=true&nl=1 The two most basic forms used by genealogists to record ancestral information are the pedigree chart and the family group sheet. They help you keep track of what you find on your family in a standard, easy-to-read format - recognized by genealogists around the world. Even if you use your computer to enter information, almost all genealogy software programs will print out or display the information in these standard formats. Pedigree Chart The chart most people begin with is a pedigree chart. This chart begins with you and branches back in time, displaying the line of your direct ancestors. Most pedigree charts cover four generations, including space to include names plus dates and places of birth, marriage and death for each individual. Larger pedigree charts, sometimes referred to as ancestral charts, are also available with room for more generations, but these are used less often as they generally are larger than the standard 8 1/2 x 11" format. The standard pedigree chart always begins with you, or the individual whose ancestry you are tracing, on the first line - number 1 on the chart. Information on your father (or ancestor #1's father) is entered as number 2 on the chart, while your mother is number 3. The male line follows the upper track, while the female line follows the bottom track. As in an ahnentafel chart, men are assigned even numbers, and the numbers for women are odd. After you've traced your family tree back more than 4 generations, you will need to create additional pedigree charts for each of the individuals included in the fourth generation on your first chart. Each individual will become ancestor #1 on a new chart, with a reference to their number on the original chart so you can easily follow the family through the generations. Each new chart you create will also be given its own individual number (chart #2, chart #3, etc.). For example, your father's father's father will be ancestor #8 on the original chart. As you follow his particular family line further back in history, you will need to create a new chart (chart #2), listing him in the #1 position. To make it easy to follow the family from chart to chart you record the numbers of the continuation charts next to each individual in the fourth generation on your original chart. On each new chart you will also include a note referring back to the original chart (Person #1 on this chart is the same as Person #___ on Chart #___). Family Group Sheet The other commonly used form encountered in genealogy is the family group sheet. Focusing on the family unit, the family group sheet includes space for a couple and their children, along with fields to record birth, death, marriage and burial places for each. Many family group sheets also include a line to record the name of each child's spouse, as well as a section for comments or sources. Family Group sheets are an important genealogy tool because they allow room to include information on the children of your ancestors, along with their spouses. These collateral lines often prove important when tracing your family tree, providing another source of information on your ancestors. When you have difficulty locating a birth record for your own ancestor, for example, you may be able to learn the names of his parents through the birth record of his brother. Family group sheets and pedigree charts work hand in hand. For each marriage included on your Pedigree Chart, you will also complete a Family Group Sheet. The pedigree chart provides an easy at-a-glance look at your family tree, while the family group sheet provides further details on each generation.

Historical Newspapers and the Insights Within - Juliana Smith History and family history naturally go hand in hand, and since I've always loved learning about history, I've always been drawn to historical newspapers. They are the diaries of days gone by. I can remember one of my first research outings with my mother, as a teen (more years ago than I'd care to count!), when we went to the Chicago Public Library to search microfilms of Chicago newspapers for a client she was working for. I knew what I was supposed to be looking for, but, much to her chagrin, I was constantly getting distracted and reading everything but that targeted information. One of the most enlightening parts of my job as editor of the Ancestry Daily News is choosing the Clipping of the Day. And since I still haven't outgrown my tendency to wander off the path, it can also be one of the most time-consuming tasks. I still get lost in the pages of these periodicals, and with more information available at the click of the mouse, the next thing you know I'm following up articles with research on other websites as I seek to learn more about some interesting event that I've run across. On more than one occasion, I've been embroiled in some fascinating era of long ago, only to discover that my deadline is fast approaching (or occasionally has past!). "Newsletter, what newsletter? Was I supposed to be working?" Despite the logistical problems it can create, I refuse to change my ways. These daily meanderings have really given me a feel for the times in which my ancestors lived. It allows me to see the "big picture" when I try to place my ancestors in the context of history. So in today's column, I thought I'd take a look at how you can access historical newspapers (both free and for fee) and how you can find unexpected gems that can advance your family history research within their pages. Easier Access Now The collection of historical newspapers on Ancestry.com now includes over 8.8 million pages of historical newspapers, with dates ranging from the late 1700s to the present. In addition, there are a number of other websites that host digitized images for a particular area. Many of you will recall me referring to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1841-1902, which was made available online by the Brooklyn Public Library (www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/eagle/) in previous columns. Sherry Irvine recently wrote a column for the "Ancestry Daily News" with information about three resources for Scottish newspapers available online. Many more can be found through Cyndi's List (www.cyndislist.com/newspapr.htm#A). Venturing out into the real world of libraries and archives will lead you to even more newspapers, typically via microfilm. For newspapers in the United States, check out the U.S. Newspaper Program (www.neh.gov/projects/usnp.html), which inventories newspapers help in various repositories by state. Microfilm copies can often be accessed through interlibrary loan. Granted, this isn't as convenient as browsing from your home computer, but it does bring these newspapers closer to home. Even if the online offerings currently don't pertain to your area of interest, don't dismiss them out of hand. Just as our current newspapers carry news from other locations, so did those of our ancestors, albeit a bit delayed. Skip the Obits for Now To really get a feel for a particular era, pretend you don't know there's an obituary section (or at least save them for last). Take it all in. Browse through the editorials, which are rarely "politically correct," and discover the news of the day. Knowing what you do about your ancestors, how would the events and sentiments of the times have impacted them? Weather events, disease, economic factors, and natural disasters may have had a profound effect on your ancestors. Make a note of these type of articles and include them in your timelines. By including them, you may be able to surmise your ancestor's reason for some action. Did he and his family migrate to a new home following a severe weather event, such as a drought--"moving on to greener pastures." Or perhaps they left in search of work, following the closure of a factory or a strike. Can an estimated death date be narrowed through an article that references an epidemic that struck their area? News That Can Impact Your Research The clipping on Friday, 6 May 2005 was from an article on legislation that would make it more difficult to obtain divorces in Indiana, by adding the requirement that the parties live in Indiana for three years prior to the divorce. Apparently, before this 1871 legislation, Indiana was a popular destination for those in surrounding states seeking to be relieved of their marital obligations. The 15 March 2004 newsletter ran a clipping regarding the nativity of George W. Matsell. Even though I'm not related to Mr. Matsell, the comment made by the defense in this case caught my attention. The attorney tells the court that, "It had led at times to discussions as momentous as those which formerly occurred at the polls on election days about the question of residence, and which finally settled down to this, that a man was decided to live in New York who had his washing done there." This clipping has reminded me to widen my search of New York naturalizations when searching for my immigrant ancestors. Reminders of Living Conditions Other clippings just serve to remind us of how vastly different living conditions were then as opposed to now. Household tips on delousing beds with pennyroyal oil, the "evils" of bathing, and the miraculous cures that can be wrought from any number of patent medicines, opiates and "pure" whiskey, make you wonder how our ancestors survived. When you think of the streets of New York City, you typically don't think of dusty dirt roads in need of watering (see the 29 April 2005 clipping), and pigs roaming the streets freely in search of food. (Of course this clipping escapes me now that I need it, but more information on this "garbage disposal system" can be found at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/nyc.html.) Newspaper articles point to these conditions and give us a clearer picture of life 150 years ago. (Remind me to thank our Streets and Sanitation Department this week!) Locating These Gems Try searches using the city or town name in which your ancestor lived, rather than that ancestor's name, and don't overlook papers from other areas. They frequently picked up stories from other locations and you might find information about the devastating flood in your ancestor's Iowa town in a Pennsylvania newspaper, with details that can include whose barn was washed away and who lost their prize bull. If there is a particular subject that you'd like to learn more about, try searching for insights that were written at the time, rather than reading later perspectives in reference books. For example, do a search for a disease and see how it was looked at during the period in which a family member might have died from it. Speculation about the causes for many illnesses was rampant, and the "cures" recommended often were worse than the disease. Sometimes, the best insights are found accidentally. They are those items that you would have never thought to search for. Why not make a browse of a historical newspaper part of your daily routine? Pick one and start a log. After you finish reading your current newspaper, hop online and take a quick journey into the past. I promise, you won't be disappointed. Juliana Smith is the editor of the Ancestry Daily News and author of The Ancestry Family Historian's Address Book. She has written for Ancestry Magazine and Genealogical Computing. Juliana can be reached by e-mail at ADNeditor@ancestry.com, but she regrets that she is unable to assist with personal research. Copyright 2005, MyFamily.com. [reprinted with prior permission of Juliana Smith, Ancestry Daily News] Sally Rolls Pavia sallyavia2001@yahoo.com "You cannot unsay a cruel word." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

Early American History by Early American Authors 1492-1820 http://www.mith2.umd.edu:8080/eada/index.jsp Currently indexing over 8800 libraries and library-related Web sites in 130 countries. This site contains no ads, and is not built from a database that will only allow you to view one listing at a time. http://www.webpan.com/msauers/libdir/index.html City Directories of the United States of America http://www.uscitydirectories.com/ Sally Rolls Pavia sallyavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

Some good sites re land. ________________________________ Historical Map Archive: http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/index.html National Mapping Information: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form Geographic Names Information System: http://geonames.usgs.gov/ Bureau of Land Management: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov Sally Rolls Pavia sallyavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

A Study of the War Memorials and Military Burials in New Cumnock .. Although the site explores the War Memorials and Military Burials in the parish of New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, there are photographs and transcriptions of tombstones in the various village cemeteries. http://www.newcumnock-warmemorials.org.uk/ Example of Gravestone Inscriptions: In Memory Of David Arthur Late Farmer In Wellhill who died 8th March 1860 aged 79 years and of Jane Findlay his wife who died 11th March 1860 aged 80 years also of their son James who died in Infancy also The Undernoted J F Arthur Esq. M.D. C.S.I. who died at Lochside House 26th July 1886 aged 79 years Erected by J F Arthur Esq MD CSI Surgeon Major HM's Indian Army John Findlay Arthur was born at Creoch, New Cumnock on 17th January 1807 and was christened in the Parish Church on the 23rd of that month. Sally Rolls Pavia sallyavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

LUSITANIA SINKS: May 7, 1915 On the afternoon of May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. Within 20 minutes, the vessel sank into the Celtic Sea. Of 1,959 passengers and crew, 1,198 people were drowned, including 128 Americans. The attack aroused considerable indignation in the United States, but Germany defended the action, noting that it had issued warnings of its intent to attack all ships, neutral or otherwise, that entered the war zone around Britain. When World War I erupted in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson pledged neutrality for the United States, a position that the vast majority of Americans favored. Britain, however, was one of America's closest trading partners, and tension soon arose between the United States and Germany over the latter's attempted quarantine of the British isles. Several U.S. ships traveling to Britain were damaged or sunk by German mines, and in February 1915 Germany announced unrestricted submarine warfare in the waters around Britain. In early May 1915, several New York newspapers published a warning by the German embassy in Washington that Americans traveling on British or Allied ships in war zones did so at their own risk. The announcement was placed on the same page as an advertisement of the imminent sailing of the Lusitania liner from New York back to Liverpool. The sinkings of merchant ships off the south coast of Ireland prompted the British Admiralty to warn the Lusitania to avoid the area or take simple evasive action, such as zigzagging to confuse U-boats plotting the vessel's course. The captain of the Lusitania ignored these recommendations, and at 2:12 p.m. on May 7 the 32,000-ton ship was hit by an exploding torpedo on its starboard side. The torpedo blast was followed by a larger explosion, probably of the ship's boilers, and the ship sunk in 20 minutes. It was revealed that the Lusitania was carrying about 173 tons of war munitions for Britain, which the Germans cited as further justification for the attack. The United States eventually sent three notes to Berlin protesting the action, and Germany apologized and pledged to end unrestricted submarine warfare. In November, however, a U-boat sunk an Italian liner without warning, killing 272 people, including 27 Americans. Public opinion in the United States began to turn irrevocably against Germany. On January 31, 1917, Germany, determined to win its war of attrition against the Allies, announced that it would resume unrestricted warfare in war-zone waters. Three days later, the United States broke diplomatic relations with Germany, and just hours after that the American liner Housatonic was sunk by a German U-boat. On February 22, Congress passed a $250 million arms appropriations bill intended to make the United States ready for war. In late March, Germany sunk four more U.S. merchant ships, and on April 2 President Wilson appeared before Congress and called for a declaration of war against Germany. On April 4, the Senate voted to declare war against Germany, and two days later the House of Representatives endorsed the declaration. With that, America entered World War I.

Cochise County Marriages 1893 - 1901 http://www.mycochise.com/brides1893a2b.php Example: Acuna Maria and Floras Guadalupe, married 17 Nov 1900 Sally Rolls Pavia sallyavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

[This is a wonderful site. You can tell that a lot of work has gone into this project. Dave and Apple should really be congratulated. Sally] The Tablets of the Missing are located at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines. The Tablets honor the names of America's servicemen that are Missing in Action or Buried at Sea in the South Pacific during World War II. The monument is a splendid memorial and is the centerpiece for the graves of 17,206 Americans buried and honored here. http://fizkid.tripod.com/id26.html NOTE: These were Indiana soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen. There are also some pictures of the folk buried in the cemetery. Example: Adkins, Bruce Raymond Seaman Second Class Bruce Adkins of the United States Navy, was injured in the Pearl Harbor bombing June 7, 1941, by the Japanese. He died February 4, 1942 from those injuries. Being buried in the Philippines is a bit of a mystery. He was serving on the USS Nevada. He is buried in the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines. Akers, James R Fireman First Class James Akers, United States Navy, was lost at sea while serving on the USS Spence December 18, 1944. The Spence was along the coast of Samar in the Philippines and Typhoon Cobra caused her to capsize and sink. Only 24 topside shipmates survived as they were rescued by the USS Tabberer. Akers is listed on the "Tablets of the Missing" at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines. Sally Rolls Pavia sallyavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

Tracing Emigrant Ancestors Sometimes, it's difficult to track down ancestors who settled long ago on another continent. SCOTS Heritage magazine has a new feature that will help readers and genealogists find those elusive ancestors. Each quarter SCOTS will publish two pages of genealogical queries relating to missing emigrant ancestors. Queries will also be published on the SCOTS Genes message board at http://www.scotsgenes.net giving researchers a double chance of finding those folks who traveled so far so many years ago. There is no charge for an entry on the website message board but a fifty word entry in the printed SCOTS magazine costs A $25 and each additional 10 words over 50 will be a further $5. You can book your query for the August issue, or view the internet message board at http://www.scotsgenes.net. If you want to look it up, it's Rampant Scotland Newsletter - Issue number 419, dated 23 April 2005. Their email address is: Scottie@RampantScotland.com Sally Rolls Pavia sallyavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

Sorry for the goof. This one works, just tried it and it works just fine. German Roots home.att.net/~wee-monster [cut and paste this URL, no www. needed] Sally Rolls Pavia sallyavia2001@yahoo.com <mailto:sallyavia2001@yahoo.com> List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com <mailto:GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com> Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES> "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

Thanks for continuing to share all these great links. I need to hurry up and retire so I'll have time to check them all out. joni ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sally Rolls Pavia" <sallypavia2001@yahoo.com> To: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 6:57 PM Subject: [NEWGEN] Another Excellent Site from a New Member > > GenealogyBuff.com > http://www.genealogybuff.com > On the main page is a surname utility to look for instances of your > surname in many databases across the web. There is also an obituary > search engine as well as a searchable library of files for most states. > > > Sally Rolls Pavia > sallypavia2001@yahoo.com > List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com > Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES > "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus" > > > > > > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

The Church Record Transcripts are taken from records held at the Somerset Record Office. This is an ongoing project that will be extended at regular intervals. Many of the records are very faint and some entries are entered where the recorder could find a space, these therefore appear to be out of order. Note: The Julian Calendar was used until 1752 when the Gregorian Calendar was adopted putting us in line with the rest of Europe. This meant the loss of eleven days between the 3rd and the 13th of September and also New Years day changed from the 25th of March to the 1st of January. Example: Clapton in Gordano Baptisms 1558-1593 Recorded in Latin. Bapt=baptism. Agneta=Agnes. Alicia= Alice. 1558 Alicia to John Cottrell bapt Oct 6. 1560 Elizabeth to John Cottrell bapt Feb 3. Elizabeth to John King bapt Feb 13. Margart to Jacob King bapt Jul 9. http://www.mary.mason.btinternet.co.uk/page4.html

GenealogyBuff.com http://www.genealogybuff.com On the main page is a surname utility to look for instances of your surname in many databases across the web. There is also an obituary search engine as well as a searchable library of files for most states. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

Ships to Pennsylvania, most from Germany. Passenger Lists are online. Ships to PA - Passenger List Index http://www.rootsweb.com/~GENHOME/ship01.htm Example: 1727 WILLIAM and SARAH arrived September 18 from Rotterdam JAMES GOODWILL arrived September 30 from Rotterdam [prior Portsmouth] MOLLEY arrived September 30 from Rotterdam [prior Deal] ADVENTURER arrived October 2 from Rotterdam FRIENDSHIP arrived October 16 from Rotterdam Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"