--- Sharon Sergeant <sharon_sergeant@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Here's a real holiday gift! This database is well worth a visit ... > > Over 23,000 records mention Canada, over 17,000 for NB, over 31,000 > for > NS, 17 for PEI, 911 for PE, over 3500 for Quebec, over 76,000 for PQ, > almost 69,000 for ON, over 8,000 for Ontario, over 21,000 for Boston > MA, over 500,000 for MA, over 91,000 for NH, 111,000 for ME, 70,000 > for > RI, 284,000 for CT, 96,000 for VT and 382,000 for NY ! > > You get the idea - combine a surname with a state or province > location > or a town. Great resource. I have found clusters of info by surname > and > location that I did not have before. > > ============================================================ > DATABASE OF THE DAY (Free for 10 Days!) > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > ============================================================ > > GENE POOL INDIVIDUAL RECORDS > The Gene Pool was created while gathering genealogical data for use > in > the > study > of human genetics and disease. Compiling data for genetic research > does > not > require the same type of documentation as traditional genealogical > research. > The genes themselves verify relationships and qualify or disqualify a > person > from a particular study. Citing the source of every genealogical fact > in the > electronic gene pool was deemed unnecessary and cost prohibitive by > medical > researchers. By that time, though, millions of individual records had > been > created from birth, marriage and death records, obituaries, probate > records, > books of remembrance, family histories, genealogies, family group > sheets, > pedigree charts, and other sources. The records collected that did > not > fit a > specific study became the project's "by-products" and were scheduled > to > be > discarded. After viewing the quality of the source material used to > create > the > gene pool, and despite the absence of cited documentation, the > electronic > rights > to the data were purchased rather than see it destroyed. > Source Information: Lineages, Inc., comp. "Gene Pool Individual > Records." > [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.To search this > database, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4725.htm > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/