What is a collateral ancestor. Also what would you call my grandmother's half-sister??? A half-grt. aunt *giggle* fuzzy-brandy-butter-elf Proud member of the IBSSG --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/abercorn.htm Sorry, thought I'd included it with the original email. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." 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"

TENANTS ON THE ABERCORN DONEGAL ESTATE, LAGGAN AREA, CO DONEGAL, IRELAND, 1794 Alphabetical listing with Townlands. Note: Spellings as in original. Indexed by Marianne Philson, Auckland, New Zealand, 25 May 1994. Example: NAME TOWNLAND ALEXANDER Andrew Cavanaca ALEXANDER Cairns Magavelin ALEXANDER James Kinnycally ALEXANDER Joseph Cloghfin ALEXANDER Robert Creatland ALEXANDER Saml. Dromore ALEXANDER Samuel Rateen Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." 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 Second World War and the Islands of New Guinea Often neglected in the media's commemoration calendar and little known beyond those directly affected, this web site commemorates the Second World War in the islands of New Guinea and the impact it has had on many lives. The site aims to make information about the people and events in New Britain and New Ireland before, during and after Japanese occupation, readily available to a wide range of researchers in order to raise the profile of this area and theatre of war. http://www.jje.info/lostlives/index.html Example: Places - New Britain ..... A crescent shaped island, with a series of mountain ranges in the interior which in 1938 remained unexplored. There were many small rivers and protected harbours suitable for coastal plantations. Rabaul on the Gazelle Peninsula in the north east was the seat of government. Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tidal waves had been experienced for many years before the war. There were four administrative sub districts: Rabaul, Kokopo, Gasmata and Talasea. There were connecting roads and police posts. A.I.F. New Guinea Volunteer Rifles, Australian Infantry (1939 - 1943) - On 4 September 1939, the Administrator of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea, Sir Walter McNicoll, was given authorisation from the Australian Government to form a volunteer defence force to be known as the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles. NGVR members were public servants, merchants, bankers, business men, members of the Christian missions, miners, prospectors, traders and plantation owners, managers or associated employees. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." 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 article is from Rootsweb Review. 1a. Editor's Desk: Taxing Times The census taker might have missed your ancestors, but the taxman seldom did. Since every property owner of real estate, personal property (such as a horse or carriage), and eligible voters in most areas in the United States appear on some tax rolls, you might find your ancestors in the tax records even when they appear nowhere else. Tax records aid in such genealogical research problems as: --Tracing the moves of families from place to place --Identifying taxpayers of the same name --Finding clues of relationships that resulted from inheritances See: http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/lesson11.htm Don't despair if your ancestors never lived in America, the taxman was everywhere and taxed all sorts of items. For example. once upon a time in England our ancestors were taxed for using hair powder. (I'll bet my bewigged ancestors groused about that). "Persons wearing hair-powder to take out a certificate annually, chargeable with a stamp duty of 1l.1s. 1. That from and after May 5, 1795, there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid throughout Great Britain, unto and for the use of his Majesty, his heirs and successors, the stamp duty following: every person who shall use, or wear any powder, commonly called hair-powder, of whatever materials the same shall be made, shall previously enter his or her name, or place of abode, and take out a certificate annually, as herein mentioned; and that upon every piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, upon which any certificate to any person shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, there shall be charged a stamp duty of one pound one shilling." --from "The Register of the Times" April/May, 1795 http://www.printsgeorge.com/Jane_Austen-law.htm#powder See also: "The Taxman Cometh" http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=8292 and taxing links by locality (includes England, Scotland, Norway, Canada, as well as various locales in the United States): http://www.cyndislist.com/taxes.htm#Locality Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." 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"

Civil War Photos Links http://712educators.about.com/od/historycw/a/cwphmenu.htm Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." 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"

Looks very interesting, lots of "goodies" available. Sally ******************* Documents, Chiefly Unpublished relating to the Huguenot Emigration to Virginia and to the Settlement at Manakin Town, Published by the Virginia Historical Society in 1886 The history of the religious persecution of the Huguenots in France, from the massacre of St. Bartholomew to the infamous outrages which preceded and followed the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, is so familiar, through frequent graphic narrative, that any attempt at repetition here would be quite unnecessary, were the means to be employed adequate. But recently this topic has been ably considered, and a comprehensive narrative of the establishment of the fugitive Protestants in the New World presented as well. An unpretentious assembling of scattered data relating to the Huguenot settlement in Virginia, and of families of the lineage, happily to serve as material in abler hands in the future, may only be essayed by the present editor. Desultory Walloon emigration to Virginia early in the seventeenth century is indicated by names of record in the State Land Registry; and the Walloons of Leyden, planning to follow the example of their Puritan neighbors, the Pilgrim Fathers of New England, presented, July 21, 1621, to Sir Dudley Carleton, the British Ambassador at the Hague, a petition signed by fifty-six heads of families, Walloon and French, all of the Reformed Religion, who desired to come to Virginia. The answer of the Council of the Virginia Company, though not altogether adverse, appears to have been not sufficiently encouraging, as the correspondence went no further. Eight years later, in June, 1629, a similar application was made to the English Government, by Antoine de Ridouet, Baron de Seance, in behalf of a body of French Protestants, asking for encouragement to settle in Virginia. His proposal was favorably entertained. The emigrants destined for Carolina, landed in Virginia, but the colony maintained a languid existence for a few years ofliy. An act styled "Concerning Denizdtions," giving encouragement to foreign settlers, was passed by the Colonial Assembly in March, 1657 [1658]. It provides that "all aliens and strangers who have inhabited the country the space of ifower yeeres, and have a firme resolution to make this country their place of residence, shall be free denisons of this collony." etc. http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/manakin.htm

Don't think I'd want that kind of job, little too much activity for me. Sally Pony Express Riders http://shorl.com/foryfubinifre Wanted .. Young, skinny, wiry fellows, not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. Irish Welcome to Apply. To date, company records have never been found. The following list of riders has been compiled from various sources, including accounts from people who knew riders, relatives of riders and newspapers. The list is not considered to be complete nor have all of the names been confirmed. Example: Last, First Anson, John Avis, Henry Babbit, Rodney Ball, Lafayette Banks, James Barnell, James Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." 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"

Spotlight on State Archives: Pennsylvania (http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us) The Archives Records Information Access System (ARIAS) of the Pennsylvania State Archives was designed to make the state government's archival records accessible to a broader audience. Currently, there are about 1.5 million records online. They are may be of interest to anyone researching family members from Pennsylvania who served in the military. The original card files have been microfilmed and digitized. The Pennsylvania State Archives provides detailed instructions on how to use ARIAS and a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). To access this information, just click on the links at the top of the ARIAS homepage. The following are some records series currently available through ARIAS. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861 - 1866 This database is arranged alphabetically by surname. The card file developed from a list of Civil War veterans, which was compiled for an index to Samuel Penniman Bates' book, "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861 - 1865." Pennsylvania's Office of the Adjutant General later added records from the original Civil War Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1861 - 1866. The information on the cards includes the soldier's name, military unit, citations from the Bates' book (volume and page number), age at enrollment, physical description, residence and birthplace, date and place where the soldier enrolled, date and place where he mustered in, and date of discharge. Mexican Border Campaign Veterans' Card File The source for this database is a card file titled the "Mexican Emergency, Call of President, June 18, 1916." The information on the cards includes the veteran's name and rank; regiment and company; age and place of birth; physical description; date of commission or enlistment; home station and date of rendezvous; and date of acceptance into United States service. Examples of additional data included are the date the soldier's enlistment expired and emergency contact information. World War I Service Medal Application Cards This database was compiled from cards submitted by veterans of World War I and their survivors who applied for service medals. The information on the cards includes name and serial number, place of residence on entry into service, date and place the veteran entered into service, rank, military unit, place and date of honorable discharge, and the applicant's signature. Spanish American War Veterans' Card File of United States Volunteers This file includes information on veterans of the Spanish-American War. It was created in 1941 from official records of the United States War Department. The data about each veteran includes name, race, residence, place and date of birth, date and place of enlistment, military organization to which he was attached, rank, and dates serving in either Cuba or the Philippines. In some cases, additional comments will be found on the cards. Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File This alphabetical file contains transcriptions of data extracted from Pennsylvania State Archives' original records regarding Revolutionary War service in the Pennsylvania Militia, Pennsylvania Line, and the Navy. The data contained in each record includes the name and rank of the soldier, duty status (active or inactive), county of residence, battalion in which the soldier served, and the record from which the information was extracted. Militia Officers Index Cards, 1775 - 1800 This alphabetical card file contains the names of Pennsylvania militia officers who served during the Revolutionary War, in Indian campaigns in northwestern Pennsylvania, and in putting down the Whisky Rebellion. The data includes name, county, rank, company or battalion, dates of service, and township. On occasion, additional information, such as place of burial, wounds received, names of children, and date discharged, is included on the card. Click on the PHMC Web Site link to connect to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission home page to explore the onsite resources of the Pennsylvania State Archives. Visit http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us to help guide your research into the military service of your Pennsylvania ancestors. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." 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"

COLORADO. Denver. Transcription of the first history written about the City of Denver, Colorado, USA with a "Complete Business Directory" of 1866. It includes an every-name index compiled by the transcriber. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rocky/1866_History/cover.html ENGLAND. Merseyside. Main towns and villages on this website are Bebington, Birkdale, Birkenhead, Bootle, Bromborough, Crosby, Formby, Heswall, Hoylake, Kirkby, Knowsley, Ledsham, Litherland, Liverpool, Moreton, Newton-le-Willows, Port Sunlight, Prenton, Prescot, Rainford, Rainhill, Southport, St. Helens, Thatto Heath, Thornton Hough, Upton, Wallasey, and West Kirby. See BMDs. "Deaths and Inquests," "Murder," "Divorces," "Shipping." 21 January 1899; check out "New Snippets." http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dadds/MERSEYSIDE.index.html ENGLAND. Newspapers at Richard Heaton's Family History Homepage has updated newspaper transcripts and index with another 3,500 names (surnames ABBEY to ZWINGHAM). Principally the coverage is of Wiltshire, Hampshire, Dorset, Worcestershire, Northamptonshire, and Yorkshire. Reports include an account of the uprising on the Albemarle, Admiral Lord Nelson on the Battle of the Nile (with several other Nelson-related references), Moscow burns in 1812, and there is another account of the consequences of an accusation of witchcraft. On a lighter side there is some more Georgian humour with a "Ghost" in Kensington, and an uplifting celebration of a life from an outstanding obituary (the "Uncommon Man"). Click on the "Local Newspaper Index (excluding Windsor and Eton Express)" link near top of the page. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dutillieul/index.html HAAS, DAVENPORT. Includes old Oklahoma-Indian Territory newspaper transcriptions from the 1800s and updated "How To Articles." http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/ PENNSYLVANIA. Lehigh Valley Cemeteries. Photo documentation of cemeteries in the area -- Lehigh and Northampton counties. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lehvalcem/ MAINE. Cumberland County. Gorham. Deaths from Town Reports, 1893-1944, 3,475 records; Brenda Caldwell http://userdb.rootsweb.com/deaths/ NEBRASKA. Greeley County. O'Connor Catholic Cemetery; 614 records; Kathy Sweeney http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ NEW HAMPSHIRE. Grafton County. Haverhill. Deaths from Town Reports, 1887-1901; 576 records; Connie Verratti http://userdb.rootsweb.com/deaths/ VERMONT. Caledonia County. Danville. Death index, 1784-1998, 1,381 records; Robert H. Goss http://userdb.rootsweb.com/deaths/ Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." 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 came from another site.it's very interesting...... Bunny GRANNYS GARDEN..... http://www.100megsfree3.com/granny1/index.html

From cemetery transcriptions to census records, millions of genealogy resources have been posted online in recent years, making the Internet a popular first stop in researching family roots. And with good reason. No matter what you want to learn about your family tree, there is a pretty good chance you can dig up at least some of it on the Internet. It's not quite as simple as finding a database that contains all of the information on your ancestors and downloading it, however. Ancestor hunting is actually much more exciting than that! The trick is learning how to use the myriad of tools and databases that the Internet provides to find facts and dates on your ancestors, and then going beyond that to fill in the stories of the lives they lived. While each family search is different, I often find myself following the same basic steps when beginning to research a new family tree online. As I search, I also keep a research log noting the places I've searched, the information I find (or didn't find), and a source citation for each piece of information that I find. The search is fun the first time, but not if I forget where I've looked and end up doing it all over again! Begin with Obituaries Since family tree searches generally work their way back in time from the present, searching out information on recently deceased relatives is a good place to start your family tree quest. Obituaries can be a gold mine for information on family units, including siblings, parents, spouses, and even cousins, as well as the date of birth and death and place of burial. Obituary notices may also help lead you to living relatives who can provide further information on your family tree. There are several large obituary search engines online which can make the search a bit easier, but if you know the town where your relatives lived you will often have better luck searching the obituary archive (when available online) of the local paper. If you aren't sure of the name of the local paper for that community, a search for newspaper and the city, town or county name in your favorite search engine will often get you there. Be sure to search out obituaries for siblings and cousins as well as your direct ancestors. For remainder of article: http://genealogy.about.com/od/basics/a/internet.htm?nl=1 Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." 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"

Would think the same info would, more-or-less, apply to most states .. Sally Tax schedules, also called tax lists or rolls, are valuable as locator aids. Depending on the information listed in the tax records, they may provide not only place of residence but valuable clues about age; death dates; migration; relationships; identity of individuals with the same name; and, of course, relative wealth. Tax schedules that are available over many consecutive years are the most valuable because the changes over time contain important information. Therefore, the nearly-annual county tax schedules of Kentucky are an excellent source of information to knock down these southern brick walls. Before setting up for a long afternoon at a library looking at tax schedules, know that it can take many hours using tax schedules to uncover, extract, and analyze the information. Because using tax schedules can be so time-consuming, it is generally wise to check censuses, vital records, church records, and probate records first. Tax schedules are particularly valuable for counties where other records have been destroyed or are not available. Schedules for Kentucky counties are generally available from the date the county was organized until 1892. The validity of tax schedules comes not from the entries for a single year, but the comparison of tax entries over as many years as possible. Finding the same ancestor or family on the schedule each year can make it possible to see life events and stronger relationship connections. For instance, if a new name is listed on the tax schedule, it can suggest events such as: males coming of age males moving into the county males acquiring taxable property females becoming widowed single females marrying or inheriting property A name disappearing from the tax schedules could allude to events such as: a male moving from the county or dying a male becoming exempt from taxes a female dying or moving out of the county or even a female remarrying and her property becoming taxed under her new husband Using Tax Schedules In order to use Kentucky county tax schedules effectively, don't forget a few of these tips. First, know the county in which the ancestor lived and any county boundary changes that may have taken place. It is important to study the tax rolls to find out what is being taxed, as well as what is not being taxed. Some early tax schedules include watercourse; value and acreage of real estate; number of men over twenty-one and young men between sixteen and twenty-one in a household; slaves; and horses. Seeing changes in specific kinds of property through a span of years can be important in signifying coming of age, marriage, death, and inheritance. Was there a year the ancestor was not listed on the tax schedule? It can also be helpful to check the beginning and end of a schedule to find possible late, delinquent, and insolvent taxpayers added to the schedule later. Because information listed on a county tax schedule varies between counties, it is essential to be thorough and use any information given. Extracting Tax Schedules Just rolling through pages of tax schedules is great, but you do need to record your findings in order to make tax schedules work for you. Be sure to extract all years in which the family you are researching was living in the county, including 5-8 years before the family first shows up on the schedule, and 5-8 years following the last recorded tax instance of the family. Extract all entries of the surname you are searching, as well as surnames of those associated with your ancestors. This includes possible neighbors, in-laws, and business partners that may have been mentioned in a land record with your ancestor. It may seem time-consuming to record so many entries from your surname, but as the research unfolds, it will be useful to have them all extracted with the others. Kentucky tax schedules have been microfilmed for most counties to 1892 and are available from the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and Salt Lake City's Family History Library. The Kentucky Historical Society has tax records to 1875. More background on Kentucky's tax schedules can be found in Roseann Reinemuth Hogan's Kentucky Ancestry: A Guide to Genealogical and Historical Research. Source: GenWeekly, 17/Mar/2005

http://rememberme.ca Remember Me - Canadian Memorials Online. =~=~=~= http://www.idreamof.com/cemetery/md/cecil/st_marks.html 864 Burials from 1798-2002 in St. Mark's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Cecil Co., Maryland. Many other cemeteries from Cecil Co. and over 75,000 other online databases at I Dream of Genealogy. =~=~=~= http://www.geocities.com/stpeterstc/ St. Peter's Parish Church, New Kent County, Virginia Early Episcopal (Anglican) church established in New Kent County, Virginia, site of wedding of George Washington and Martha Custis. Church history section contains parish member lists, reports of births, marriages, deaths. Glory Gospel Group http://glorygospelgroup.homestead.com/Welcome.html Cades Cove Preservation Site http://cadescovepreservationtn.homestead.com/welcome.html Cades Cove,TN Site http://cadescove.homestead.com/cadescove.html -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.4 - Release Date: 3/18/2005

Everton Publishing was a major genealogy producer of genealogy books and a magazine for many years. In recent years the company hit financial difficulties, brought in new partners, and struggled to survive. Eventually, the company closed its doors and donated its extensive library of 82,000 genealogy papers and books to the City of Logan. The collection includes family histories, maps, atlases, and other historical documents. The failing company also donated the publishing rights to the Everton Genealogical Helper magazine and to the Handybook for Genealogists. One problem: the city didn't know what to do with the donations. Now a new deal has been arranged. In recent months, I have written several articles about these events. Now a new development seems to insure that the books will again be available to the public. Several months ago, a new company purchased the rights to Everton's Genealogical Helper Magazine and has since resumed publishing. Now the company is acquiring the library and the rights to the Handybook for Genealogists. The company is paying $90,000 for those rights, according to an article in the Salt Lake Tribune newspaper. In return, the City of Logan will receive free access to two pages per issue in the Everton Genealogical Helper magazine and "reasonable space" on the company's Internet site "to provide any information the city deems appropriate" regarding the collection, the city, and Logan's library. Further details are available at the Tribune's web site at: http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2614587 Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." 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"

Did you know that English tradition named a first son after the father's father? Family Historians usually concentrate on surnames because they are the most important way of identifying related individuals, they are usually inherited, and they typically retain some form of the original. Given names represent a voluntary choice by the parents or, sometimes, by an individual and are usually not given lightly. See what traditional naming patterns can tell you about your family history. Click here, http://www.genealogy.com/35_donna.html, to read this article. Additional Tips "They Changed Our Name at Ellis Island, http://www.genealogy.com/88_donna.html": This article dispels some common myths about name-changing at various points of immigration. "Names and Word Spelling, http://www.genealogy.com/00000015.html": Name spellings weren't standardized several generations ago, so many people spelled even their own name in a variety of ways. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." 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"

USGenWeb Census Project - Completed Transcriptions http://shorl.com/hudrepukugita Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." 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"

MEET YOUR ROOTS IN ST. LOUIS If your immigrant ancestors settled in St. Louis--or took advantage of the opportunity to become US citizens there before hitting the westward trail--you may be able to find their naturalization records with a new, easy-to-use source. The Saint Louis Genealogical Society has posted online 93,000 index cards to city court naturalizations between 1816 and 1906, when the federal government took over the citizenship process. Search the collection at http://stlgs.org/natsearch.aspx by your ancestor's name, address, country, year of naturalization or the last name of the witness. You also can enter a Soundex code. (See http://www.familytreemagazine.com/soundex.html to calculate your ancestor's Soundex code.) Click on a first name in the results list to see transcriptions of the index cards, which give the person's country of origin, the date and court of naturalization (click on the word "Court" for a key to abbreviated court names), and witnesses' names. The listing also has a user-friendly "What Do I Do Next?" button linking to instructions on finding microfilm of the original cards and records Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." 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"

GENEALOGY : HISTORY: UNITED STATES: IMMIGRATION: The Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.: Search Passenger Arrival Records The Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation, Inc: Search Passenger Arrival Records http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/genealogy/ellis_island.asp "Ellis Island, now a 27.5-acre site located just minutes off the southern tip of Manhattan Island, New York, is likely to connect with more of the American population than any other spot in the country. It has been estimated that nearly half of all Americans today can trace their family history to at least one person who passed through the Port of New York at Ellis Island. Now, nearly a century since the peak years of immigration, Ellis Island is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the National Park Service. Browse the sections of this site below to locate additional information about Ellis Island." Ellis Island Immigrant Experience Ellis Island History Ellis Island Timeline Ellis Island Photo Albums Ellis Island Family Histories Ellis Island & The Peopling of America - Irish, Italian, Jewish, Polish, Lithuanian Visiting Ellis Island "Ellis Island also provides a clear view of both the New York City and New Jersey skylines." Genealogy Learning Center [Links to Quality Genealogy Resources] http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/genealogy/genealogy_sites.asp Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." 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"

If you have someone from Ireland, would be nice to have Irish Citizenship too. Sally See article at: Applying for Irish Citizenship and Passports - About Genealogy http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa030802a.htm?nl=1 Irish Citizenship by Descent The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act of 1956 provides that certain persons born outside of Ireland may claim Irish citizenship by descent. Anyone born outside Ireland whose grandmother or grandfather, but not his or her parents, were born in Ireland may become an Irish citizen by registering in the Irish Foreign Births Register (FBR) at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin or at the nearest Irish Embassy or Consular Office. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." 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"