NEW YORK (AP) -- At the start of Black History Month, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture announced the creation of an education project focusing on black migration over the past 400 years. The project, which includes a new Web site, will give the public access to articles, photographs, maps and historic documents -- including a letter from President Lincoln in which he writes about sending blacks to Haiti. Entertainer Harry Belafonte, who got his start in a basement theater at the original Schomburg center in Harlem, said Tuesday that the "In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience" project will help people learn about the "profound impact the African-American has had in shaping the culture and history" of the United States. "This Web site documents our journey," said Belafonte, who immigrated from the Caribbean island of Jamaica and worked as a janitor in Harlem before becoming an actor and singer. "It will help us get on with the business of understanding who are, make us become more prideful and for the rest of the world to understand what they have done to us, for us and with us." Besides the Web site, the project includes a book, published by National Geographic, and 100 lesson plans for schools. The Web site has 17,000 pages of text from books and manuscripts, 8,000 photographs and 65 maps, many specially designed to trace international and domestic migration patterns of approximately 35 million blacks and their ancestors. For example, someone interested in Virginia can click on a map and follow the journey of runaway slaves from a plantation to the cities, said Dr. Sylviane Diouf, the project's manager. "This is an invitation to every person of African descent in the United States to revisit their families' migration histories," Diouf said. The project, funded by a $2.4 million federal grant, breaks down the major movements of people of African descent into, out of and within the United States into 13 categories. It also offers a new interpretation of African-American history: The first Africans arrived in South Carolina, Texas and Florida in the early 16th century -- almost a century before the 1619 Jamestown settlement, said Howard Dodson, director of the Schomburg center. The Schomburg Center is a research unit of the New York Public Library. It was founded in 1911 by Arthur Schomburg, a collector of African-American books. For the past 80 years the center has collected and preserved materials documenting black life. www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/02/02/black.migration.ap/index.html

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~vanhornfamily/military.htm FRB Military Records and Genealogy If you do not know if your ancestor served in the military, the year of birth may be an indicator that they possibility did. Most people who were in the military were between 18 and 45 years of age. Use our Family Roots and Branches war chronology on our website to see if there was a military conflict during the time that your ancestor lived.Our chronology is a complete and up-to-date listing of known military campaigns, conflicts, expeditions and wars that colonial Americans, U.S. military and state militia forces have been involved in. 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: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.8 - Release Date: 2/14/2005

Buried Veterans Records on Web The VA has made it easier and faster for the public to get answers about family history, old war buddies or famous war heroes. The agency has put on the Web 3.2 million records for veterans buried at 120 national cemeteries since the Civil War. The VA's Nationwide Gravesite Locator also has records for some state veterans cemeteries and burials in Arlington National Cemetery since 1999 (http://www.cem.va.gov/). The navigator includes names, dates of birth and death, military service dates, service branch and rank if known, cemetery information and grave location in the cemetery. The VA will withhold some information, such as next of kin, for privacy purposes. For more details, see this article. For more on military death and burial programs, see the Death & Burial Overview. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "Peace begins when all the hungry are fed." 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 Kansas City Daily Times" (Missouri) Tuesday, April 4, 1882 THE TRAGEDY. St. Joseph, Mo., April 4. --- About 10 o'clock this morning a hurried report was made in this city that Jesse JAMES had been shot and killed at his home in the south part of this city, where he has been residing for the past six months, under the assumed name of HOWARD. In a few minutes, an immense throng was on its way to the place designated, and on arrival there, found the report verified, and Jesse JAMES dead, he having been assassinated by two members of the gang, Charles and Robert FORD, of Ray county, both of whom immediately surrendered themselves to the authorities. One of them confesses having wounded the express messenger in the Blue Cut robbery. The house where the great outlaw was killed is a frame building, a story and a half high, setting in a little grove of fruit trees on one of the round ridges back of the World's hotel. It commands a view of the approaches for a long distance. The wife of the outlaw at first insisted that the name of the dead man was HOWARD, but later made a full confession of the whole affair, along with a history of the robberies in which her husband had been engaged. She said they resided last summer in Kansas City, but had removed to this city where Jesse hoped to reside in peace and earn an honest living. They brought with them the two FORD boys who had since been living in their house. These boys are mere youths, apparently between 15 and 20 years age. This morning, after breakfast, Robert FORD and Jessie went into the sitting room to do some work about moving a stove, and Charles was assisting her in the kitchen washing dishes. After a little, Charles also went into the room where the two men were, soon after she heard a shot and rushing in she found her husband laying on the floor shot to death, while on a chair lay his pistol, belt and cartridges which he had removed while at work with the stove. The FORD boys both ran from the house, one jumping over the rear fence, the other running around by the front way. They both returned again and then started to the city to deliver themselves up and claim the reward offered for Jesse JAMES. They first come to the marshal's office, but finding him out, went direct to the sheriff and gave themselves into custody. Soon after the shooting, the reporters were informed by Coroner HEDDENS that a man had been shot and killed on Thirteenth and Lafayette streets. Reaching the place indicated, and on approaching the door leading into the front room, a man was found lying upon the floor cold in death, with blood oozing from his wounds. From the few who had gathered around the door, more from curiosity than anything else, it was inquired what was the cause of the shooting. None of them knew, but said we could find out from the man's wife, who was in the rear room. Walking into the room and passing around the dead man's body, we opened the door leading into the kitchen, where we found the wife and two little children, a boy and a girl. When she discovered us with note book in hand, she began to scream and said: Please do not put this in the paper. At first she refused to say any thing about the shooting, but after some time she said the boys who had killed her husband had been living with them for some time, and that their names were JOHNSON, but no relation. Charles, she said, was her nephew, but she had never seen Robert until he came home with her husband a few weeks ago. Robert was an old friend of her husband, and when he met him upon the street he invited him to come and see them. He came home with them that night and had remained ever since. When asked what her husband name was, she said it was HOWARD and that they had resided here about six months. "Where was your home prior to moving here, Mrs. HOWARD?" asked the reporter. "We came from Baltimore here and intended to rent a farm and move to the country, but so far have been unsuccessful." "Had your husband and the two JOHNSON boys ever had any difficulty?" "Never. They have always been on friendly terms." "Why, then, did they do the deed?" "That is more than I can tell. Oh, the rascals!" And at this she began to cry and ask God to protect her. "Where were you when the shooting was done?" "I was in the kitchen, and Charley had been helping me all morning with my work. He entered the first room, and in about three minutes I heard the report of a pistol; and upon opening the door I discovered my husband lying in his own blood upon the floor. I ran to the front door and Charles was getting over the fence, but Robert was standing in the front yard with a pistol in his right hand. I says: Oh you have killed him, and he answered: No, he didn't kill him, and turning around, walked into the kitchen and then left with Charles, who was waiting for him outside the fence." At this juncture the two JOHNSON boys made their appearance and gave themselves up to the officers, telling them the man they had killed was Jesse JAMES and now they claim the reward. Those who were standing near by drew their breaths in silence at the thought of being so near Jesse JAMES, even if he was dead. Marshal CRAIG said: My God, do you mean to tell us that this is Jesse JAMES? Yes, answered the two boys in one breath. That man is Jesse JAMES and we have killed him and don't deny it. We feel proud that we have killed a man who is known all over the world as the most notorious desperado that has ever lived. THE WIFE'S FINAL CONFESSION. "How are we to take your words for this?" asked the marshal. "We do not ask you to take our words. There will be proof enough. The confession of the wife will be enough." The marshal then took Mrs. HOWARD, as she called herself, into the room, and told her the name of her husband was not HOWARD, but JAMES. She denied it at first, and when the marshal left her, the reporter entered the room, in company with three or four other gentlemen and one lady, who was present. Mrs. HOWARD, it is said your name is not HOWARD, but JAMES, and you are the wife of Jesse JAMES. "I can't help what they say. I have told the truth." The boys who killed your husband have come back and given themselves up, and they say that he is Jesse JAMES and your husband. "Oh, is it possible they have come back. I can't believe it," and placing her arms around her little boy and girl, who were standing by her side, she wept bitterly. All present told her it would be much better for her to tell the truth, that the public would think more of her and that she would not want for any thing. "My God, can it be that they have come back." She was told that they were standing outside the house near the fence, and she should go and see them with her own eyes. Walking through the room by her dead husband she caught sight of the ones who had killed her husband, and screaming at the top of her voice, she called them cowards, and asked them why they killed the one who had always befriended them. Then turning to the body of Jesse, she prayed that she and her children might be in death's cold embrace by his side. She then left the room, followed by the reporters, who told her that the boys were not mistaken, that it certainly must be Jesse. She uttered not a word, but the little 7 year old boy who stood by her side said: God Almighty may strike me down if it is not pa. The boys say their names are FORD and not JOHNSON as you said, continued the reporter. "Do they say so, and what else do they say?" That they killed him to get the reward. Holding her dear little children closer to her bosom, she said: "I can't shield them long. Even after they had shot my husband, who has been trying to live a peaceable life, I protected them and withheld their names, but it is all true. My husband is Jesse JAMES, and a kinder hearted and truer man to his family never lived." This confession from the wife of the most notorious outlaw known to the annals of criminal history created a profound sensation. The thought that Jesse JAMES has lived among us for the past six months, and walked our streets daily, causes one to shudder with fear. When the wife had made her confession, we asked her to tell all about Jesse, Frank, and the FORD boys who had killed him. She said she would, but begged us to do all for her we could to keep them from dragging her husband's body over the country. We promised to do this and also told her that she and her children should be taken care of. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "Peace begins when all the hungry are fed." 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LINKPENDIUM -- Linking People and Information -- A 1,583,467 link directory of genealogical resources http://www.linkpendium.com/ Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "Peace begins when all the hungry are fed." 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"

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I recommend this site for southeastern U.S. maps http://maplibrary.ua.edu/full%20atlas%20page.htm. I have found it most helpful. If you go to the Georgia map collection and look at the 14th (Anthony Finley's 1823 map) and 15th (1833, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge) maps, you will see the area that would be the Cherokee purchase. [reprinted with prior permission of Juliana Smith, editor of Ancestry Daily News]

http://bmd-cert-exch-site.ourwardfamily.com/ BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS CERTIFICATE EXCHANGE SITE This new site is for people to list any Birth, Marriage or Death Certificates that they may have acquired in error, I myself have done this on a couple of occasions, thought that I had found one of my ancestors, only to discover that after purchasing the certificate he/she was indeed not the person that I was looking for, so these certificates usually end up in the back of my files.It is Totally Free to enter details of any certificate you may have spare, and there are no charges whatsoever to view the listings on this site, if you do see a certificate that is of interest to you, all you have to do is click on the 'email' in the Contact column, you will then be able to contact the person who has entered the listing. =~=~=~= http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cnyfamilies/Vitals/spburials.html St Peter's Catholic Cemetery Rome, Oneida County, NY 1837-1882 Approximately 600 burials from 1837-1882. 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: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 2/10/2005

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cnyfamilies/Vitals/jcvitals.html 1000 Vital Records from 1865 Jefferson Co., NY Census Extracted from the 1865 State Census for Jefferson County, NY. 677 Deaths, 294 marriages and 623 deceased Veterans records. =~=~=~= http://www.wvpics.com WV pics.com is a collection of pictures and historic information about West Virginia site of old West Virginia photos, cemeteries, maps and historical data about the state. 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: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 2/10/2005

Do sure and watch; check your local PBS channel for correct time .. here in the Phoenix area it's on at 8:00pm. Sally Never have a few pieces of animal hide been subject to such meticulous and expensive attention. But these aren't just any old pieces of parchment. They are America's priceless Charters of Freedom: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. On "Saving the National Treasures," NOVA tells how a seemingly simple project became a five-year, multimillion-dollar technological odyssey. With the newly restored documents now on display at the National Archives, NOVA offers the exclusive behind-the-scenes story of how a team of specialists created the gleaming high-tech encasements for the Charters, which have experienced flaking ink, improper storage, and overexposure to light during their long and sometimes perilous history. "Saving the National Treasures" not only gives viewers a fascinating glimpse of cutting-edge preservation technology, it also explores the background and meaning of these documents, particularly the Declaration of Independence, whose significance changed over time from a simple catalog of grievances against the English king to a stirring proclamation of the rights of all people. The Declaration of Independence is also the most imperiled of the founding Charters. Penned with the purpose of officially dissolving colonial ties with Great Britain in 1776, the document led a fugitive existence throughout the American Revolution, traveling from town to town in a strongbox with other records of the Continental Congress, often barely ahead of advancing British troops. After the Revolution, the Declaration was almost loved to death by the new nation (see <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/charters/damage.html> The Damage Done). An engraver made a copy in the early 1800s, probably by moistening the original and transferring some of its ink to a clean sheet in order to engrave a copper plate. Later, the original hung for decades opposite a sunny window, further fading the already disappearing text (see <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/charters/fading.html> Fading Away). In 1952, the Declaration of Independence was put on display at the National Archives along with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights-all sealed in airtight enclosures of tinted glass filled with helium gas. The encasements were unsurpassed when they were created, but over time they have developed unanticipated problems. The glass began to deteriorate and form tiny crystals, with unknown effects on the documents inside. NOVA captures the consultations of a blue-ribbon panel appointed to preserve the Charters using whatever technology necessary. The project goes hand-in-hand with a complete redesign of the Rotunda at the National Archives, where more than one million visitors a year view the documents. Given the stakes and the range of disciplines represented on the panel-from archivists to conservators to scientists and engineers-there is a healthy debate about what course to take. Will specially milled titanium and aluminum frames hold a vacuum? Should the humidity inside the frames be controlled with silica gel, which has proven trouble free in similar applications? How far should conservators go in repairing physical damage to the Charters? A riveting moment comes after the decisions are made, the frames are built to perfection, and the team begins the painstaking process of removing the documents from their 1950s mounts and making them ready for their new metal boxes designed to protect against every imaginable natural and human-made disaster. 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Some NY sites: 1000 Vital Records from 1865 Broome Co., NY Census http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cnyfamilies/Vitals/bcvitals.html 1000 Vital Records from 1865 Herkimer Co., NY Census http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cnyfamilies/Vitals/hcvitals.html 1000 Vital Records from 1865 Jefferson Co., NY Census http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cnyfamilies/Vitals/jcvitals.html 1000 Vital Records from 1865 Oneida Co., NY Census http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cnyfamilies/Vitals/ocvitals.html Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." .. Cherokee Proverb 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"

Faye, thanks for sending this site. www.about.com has a black history section both males and females. They are a little used but nice (my opinion) search engine, that allows NO porno/off color sites. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." .. Cherokee Proverb 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"

William Good's wonderful site covers the northern parishes of Gloucestershire and southern parishes of Worcestershire. I was able to find quite a few ancestors, going back to the 1600s. Be sure and visit William's site, you won't be disappointed. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ewrag44/index.htm Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." .. Cherokee Proverb 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"

Charles Drew - The Blood Bank http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldrew.htm Charles Drew (1904-1950) was born on June 3, 1904 in Washington, D.C. Charles Drew excelled in academics and sports during his graduate studies at Amherst College in Massachusetts. Charles Drew was also a honor student at McGill University Medical School in Montreal, where he specialized in physiological anatomy. Charles Drew researched blood plasma and transfusions in New York City. It was during his work at Columbia University where he made his discoveries relating to the preservation of blood. By separating the liquid red blood cells from the near solid plasma and freezing the two separately, he found that blood could be preserved and reconstituted at a later date. Charles Drew's system for the storing of blood plasma (blood bank) revolutionized the medical profession. Dr. Drew also established the American Red Cross blood bank, of which he was the first director, and he organized the world's first blood bank drive, nicknamed "Blood for Britain". His official title for the blood drive was Medical Director of the first Plasma Division for Blood Transfusion, supplying blood plasma to the British during World War II. The British military used his process extensively during World War II, establishing mobile blood banks to aid in the treatment of wounded soldiers at the front lines. In 1941, the American Red Cross decided to set up blood donor stations to collect plasma for the U.S. armed forces. After the war, Charles Drew took up the Chair of Surgery at Howard University, Washington, D.C. He received the Spingarn Medal in 1944 for his contributions to medical science. Charles Drew died at the early age of 46 from injuries suffered in a car accident in North Carolina. Dr. Charles Drew .. http://shorl.com/halabrofrifrise This is the biography of Dr. Charles Drew and his pioneering research into blood plasma preservation and creator of the first blood bank in Britain, told against a history of the black civil rights movement in America. Some interesting highlights in Dr Drew's life . 1938: Drew was granted a research fellowship by the Rockefeller Foundation, and spent two years at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, (attached to Columbia University,) New York. It was here that he did research into the preservation of blood, and developed a technique for the long term preservation of blood plasma, which he found could be kept for longer than 'whole blood'. During this time he was also supervisor of the blood plasma division of the Blood Transfusion Association of New York City. 1939: Drew was asked by the British Government to establish a military blood bank program and collect blood for the British Army, in preparation for the Second World War. It was here that preserved blood plasma was used on the battlefield for the first time. The system worked so well, that the British asked him to initiate the world's first mass blood bank project. 1940: Received a Doctor of Science in Medicine degree from Columbia, for his dissertation on "Banked Blood: A Study in Preservation.". He was the first black person in America to receive this degree. 1941: Drew resigns his position of Director of the AMRC blood bank after the War Dept send out a directive stating that blood taken from White donors should not be mixed with blood taken from Black donors. He called this a stupid blunder and said "the blood of individual human beings may differ by blood groupings, but there is absolutely no scientific basis to indicate any difference in human blood from race to race." He returned to Howard University Medical school to teach surgery. 1950: On April 1st, Drew was involved in a car accident, whilst on a trip to a medical meeting at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. There is a common belief that he died because the nearby hospital refused to admit him, due to his colour, thus denying him the blood that he needed to survive. Contemporary sources state that he received prompt medical attention (in part, from the other doctors who were in the car with him) and was freely admitted to the nearby mixed-race (segregated) hospital, but died soon after from the massive injuries he sustained from the accident. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." .. Cherokee Proverb 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"

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cnyfamilies/Vitals/jcvitals.html 1000 Vital Records from 1865 Jefferson Co., NY Census Extracted from the 1865 State Census for Jefferson County, NY. 677 Deaths, 294 marriages and 623 deceased Veterans records. =~=~=~= http://cadescovepreservationtn.homestead.com/welcome.html Cades Cove Preservation Association DESCRIPTION: History, genealogy, old & new photos, and information about the Cades Cove people who were forced from the community to make way for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tenn. 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: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 2/7/2005

[Name of County] County, VA - Widow's Pension Application: [Name of Applicant] Transcribed by [Name of transcriber] and submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives. *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb *********************************************************************** Image can be viewed on the Library of Virginia website: http://image.vtls.com/CP/html/03631.html (Official Form) APPLICATION OF A WIDOW OF A DECEASED SOLDIER, SAILOR OR MARINE FOR A PENSION. [Name of Applicant] [Name of County] County, Virginia Widow of: [Name of Soldier] Member of: [Name of Soldier's Company, Division, Brigade] Swore to: Name of applicant's deceased husband: [Name of Soldier] When and were, as nearly as can be ascertained, did the applicant's husband die, and from what cause? [Description of death] When and where were the applicant and her deceased husband married: [Date of Marriage] Has the applicant ever married again: [yes/no]. Signed: [signature of applicant] I, [Name], Judge of the County Court for the County of [name of county] do certify that [name of applicant], whose name is signed to the foregoing application, personally appeared before ;me in open court, and, having the said application fully read and explained to her, as well as the statements and answers therein made, [he/she] the said [name of applicant] made oath before me that said statements and answers are true. Given under my hand this [Date of application]. Signed: [signature of notary] ------------------------ [Name of county] County No. 36 VIRGINIA: County of [name of county], TO-WIT: I, [name], Judge of the County Court for the County of [name of county], do certify that I have carefully enquired and examined into, and am fully satisfied from the evidence adduced before me that each and all of the facts set forth in the within application are true; that the applicant is the identical person name in the application; that the application is for the reasons approved, and it is therefore certified that [name of applicant] is entitled to receive annually from the State of Virginia the sum of [amount] dollars. Given under my hand this [date of application] Signed: [Signature of notary]

Ancestry Quick Tip Check Social Columns in Newspapers by Karen Krugman Most people search for obituaries and death notices but never think to look in the social columns. Many of the older newspapers, pre-1940 in particular, carried in their social columns all sorts of things that were going on the community. Many times, family relationships can be defined through these columns. Birth announcements, marriage write ups, photos, and much more can be found. I've found death/funeral write-ups in the old social columns, even though there was no obituary or death notice. Many newspapers carried columns called Vital Records, listings of marriage applications, births, and deaths. This section may not be found on the same page as the obituaries or death notices. I've found the columns as early as the early 1900's in the Detroit papers. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." .. Cherokee Proverb 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" [Reprinted with prior permission of Juliana Smith, Editor of Ancestry Daily News]

Genealogical & Historical Records of Preble County, Ohio .. A collection of scanned, indexed images of courthouse and local records. <http://66.213.53.5/marriage/search.cfm> http://66.213.53.5/marriage/search.cfm Sally Rolls Pavia <mailto:sallypavia2001@yahoo.com> sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." .. Cherokee Proverb List Owner: <mailto:GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com> 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" A lot of my STUBBS folk were from Preble Co, OH. Sally

Guide to free genealogy sites - England and Wales .. For anybody with English or Welsh ancestors in their family tree, a guide to the free genealogy sites for those places, with tips and shortcuts on how to speed up your research. http://www.freewebs.com/online_genealogy =~=~=~= Libraries in New Zealand .. A listing of library web sites in New Zealand. http://www.indexnz.com/Top/Reference/Libraries Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." .. Cherokee Proverb 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"

Colony Lost And Found Turns Out The Pilgrims Were Tardy by Ellen Barry OCTOBER 27, 1997: The president of the second colony of Virginia died an unpleasant death. Coastal Maine had not turned out to be tropical, as he had somehow expected, and the winter of 1607 is recorded as savage. The firewood was too green to burn, and inside their wattle-and-daub huts the men were fighting like polecats. With the French to the north and the Indians to the west and a near-mutinous second-in-command, George Popham was dying surrounded by hostiles. Snow was falling in very great abundance. But Popham gritted his teeth and thought of posterity. John Abbott's 1875 History of Maine records his last words along these lines: "I die content. My name will always be associated with the first planting of the English race in the New World. My remains will not be neglected away from the home of my fathers and my kindred." He was wrong on both counts. Within a year, Popham's men would pack their bags and scrap the whole America scheme -- "their interest in the undertaking was of the slightest kind," wrote the historian Henry Burrage in 1914. Back in England, they would report that America was "over cold, and in respect of that not habitable by our nation." The Pilgrims would walk away with the credit for settling New England, and Popham's bones would end up in an unmarked grave, possibly under a parking lot. It would prove just another disappointment for George Popham, spectacular loser to Miles Standish in the horse race for historical standing. But after 400 years of deepening obscurity, things began to look up for George Popham three weeks ago, when Jeffrey Brain, an archaeologist affiliated with the Peabody Essex Museum, in Salem, dug up the floorboards of Popham's storehouse. Locals always knew about the colony -- none of them really required any proof -- but no archaeologist had ever found one piece of hard evidence linking the Popham story to a point in time or space. Until now. With the dig over until next year, Brain returned to his Salem office in a state of high excitement. Because the colony was abandoned, the discovery will allow Brain to scientifically recreate the conditions of 1608. With access to evidence rather than the contradictory historical accounts, he will be able to clarify the 400-year-old mystery of why Popham failed. Most important, Brain's discovery will reinject this story into the historical record. The colony predated Plymouth by 13 years and was peopled by speculators who hoped to form a trade network. To them, America was a source of portable goods, pure and simple. Ultimately, Popham upsets the traditional narrative of settlement: that of pilgrims hoping to build a more ideal state. So when he dug through to those floorboards, it was a big moment. For the remainder of the article: http://weeklywire.com/ww/10-27-97/boston_feature_4.html