Hey, Some pretty good ideas - thanks for sharing. Rene'e Davis, CFO ARD, Family Groups PRA - Group 9 Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.penningtonresearch.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "bvirginia76" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:38 PM Subject: DATE CALCULATOR - Ancestry Weekly Digest > Rosie, > > Ancestry Weekly Digest, 15 March 2003 > > DATE CALCULATOR > > While working with newspaper obituaries and other articles, there is often a > need to translate something like ". . . funeral to be held on Thursday . . > ." into a precise calendar date for the family history file. However, there > is a great tool for this and other calendar functions at: < > <http://www.timeanddate.com/date/> >. > > In this example, I simply added the year and month I was working with. Then, > the exact date of my great-grandfather's funeral was available in an > instant. > > Nancy Haberkorn Rachlin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > LOOKING FOR A MISSING RELATIVE? FOLLOW THE RAILROADS! > > I recently found a missing relative by using a bit of intuition. In > > 1890, a large group of relatives were living in Richland Co, North Dakota, > but a few decades later, some of them were missing. I did all the usual > things like looking in nearby counties, etc., but was unable to locate them. > > While doing some research for another hobby, I realized that the SOO (later > the Great Northern) Railroad ran through Wahpeton in Richland Co. Thus, I > expanded my search to the cities and towns along the rail line, and found > them in Minneapolis. > > There are many rail fan websites that have the history of the railroads in > the USA. A Google search with the name of the railroad will turn up a good > list. Also, try the keyword "Fallen Flags." A fallen flag is a railroad that > is no longer running today or has been absorbed by another road. > > Gordon & Juanita Reeder > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > SCANNED WORKING COPIES FOR NOTES I've been doing my family research for a > little over a year now, and I came up with something that works for me. When > I receive documents or copies of documents, I duplicate it with my scanner, > and use it as a working copy. I can make notes on it, or highlight > information that I want to researcher further on. Arlene Nickell > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > REPRINT POLICY We encourage the circulation of the "Ancestry Daily News" via > non-profit newsletters and lists providing that you credit the author, > include any copyright information (Copyright 1998-2003, MyFamily.com Inc. > and its subsidiaries.), and cite the "Ancestry Daily News" > > (<http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews>) as the source, so that others can > learn about our free newsletter as well. > > > > ==== PRA Mailing List ==== > ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ==== > For more information about the PRA DNA Study, visit our Web Site at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > >