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.