Hi Very sad to see the films finishing of which I knew a good few years ago that it was going to happen. What makes me sad is transcriptions are not the best and even films can be taken into account, take for instance my two instances, in NZ I read a film for the 1851 census in Scotland which was in a very poor reading state, knowing there was more than one film I ordered another and another in the hope could be read, ditto ! asked the librarian who could not help,and in the end gave up but took a job in Scotland for 6mths and ordered the film in Edinburgh fingers crossed, guess what absolutely readable and family proof. The second problem was we had an ancestor who had married again between census's with wife having the same christian name different place of birth (not unusual in census) common name for groom wife Elizabeth resulted if a few years of searching with nil result, BMD's would not help unless plenty of money and time and a whole lot of useless certificates, transcriptions held no clues but eventually a film from LDS was uncovered with the grooms occupation and place of abode stated on it, not transcribed of course but such a valuable snippet of info. I have seen the Fiche Index's disappear and now it will be the films what will be next ? Regards

The time frame for reference would be more likely than not before 1920. My grandmother born 17 March 1893 referred to a Professional Women's Basketball Association that seems to have been established during the war years. Can anyone help me with some history of this event? I don't have much to go on however there was enough truth to her story that the entire Portland Oregon Trail Blazers paid a visit to her home after they won their world series title. Nana as we called her was born in the newly created city of Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York. She attended a business college earning a degree in Bookkeeping. She came by Train into the city working in and with an Auto Car Sales where she taught herself to drive a stick shift auto I believe headquartered on Manhattan. Thanks Daniel

World War 1 years? Where? NYC? World Series of Women's basketball. No such title then. I played for 8 years and two years college. My father's sister b 1917 NYC. d 1960 left me a gold basketball charm from HER days playing and its marked "Champions." This was way before they thought women could run full court. Who are the "Portland Oregon Trail Blazers?" In NYC, never heard of them. What year was the bookkeeping degree? Chances are women's basketball then was affiliated with a CYO or other church league. You need a Mt. Vernon historian. So much hearsay, Dan. But in my experience family lore proved true. Your "facts" are too oblique to build a case on. Find out what years she was in Mt Vernon and contact a historian there, and maybe you an come forward with something. I'm thinking that around that era, Mt Vernon may have been part of the town of West Chester; part stayed in Westchester County, part became Bronx. Try the Westchester County Archives. Ask for Jackie. -----Original Message----- From: daniel_lewis_frommherz <daniel_lewis_frommherz@mckenzievalleymarket.com> Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional womens Basketball Team The time frame for reference would be more likely than not before 1920. My grandmother born 17 March 1893 referred to a Professional Women's Basketball Association that seems to have been established during the war years. Can anyone help me with some history of this event? I don't have much to go on however there was enough truth to her story that the entire Portland Oregon Trail Blazers paid a visit to her home after they won their world series title. Nana as we called her was born in the newly created city of Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York. She attended a business college earning a degree in Bookkeeping. She came by Train into the city working in and with an Auto Car Sales where she taught herself to drive a stick shift auto I believe headquartered on Manhattan. Thanks Daniel

The only decent genealogical resource for Scotland "Scotland's People." Scotland w -----Original Message----- From: Toni Evans <toni.evans@xtra.co.nz> To: nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, Jul 1, 2017 7:01 pm Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] LDS films Hi Very sad to see the films finishing of which I knew a good few years ago that it was going to happen. What makes me sad is transcriptions are not the best and even films can be taken into account, take for instance my two instances, in NZ I read a film for the 1851 census in Scotland which was in a very poor reading state, knowing there was more than one film I ordered another and another in the hope could be read, ditto ! asked the librarian who could not help,and in the end gave up but took a job in Scotland for 6mths and ordered the film in Edinburgh fingers crossed, guess what absolutely readable and family proof. The second problem was we had an ancestor who had married again between census's with wife having the same christian name different place of birth (not unusual in census) common name for groom wife Elizabeth resulted if a few years of searching with nil result, BMD's would not help unless plenty of money and time and a whole lot of useless certificates, transcriptions held no clues but eventually a film from LDS was uncovered with the grooms occupation and place of abode stated on it, not transcribed of course but such a valuable snippet of info. I have seen the Fiche Index's disappear and now it will be the films what will be next ? Regards ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message