You could try your State Historical Society, in Kansas they have microfilmed many of the small town and county newspapers, you might find his obit. Also you could try the funeral homes in that county. Jean --- ruth foster <lrfoster@JoiMail.com> wrote: > Any suggestions as how to find info regarding a > family member who died > in 1928 - know his first name and date of death, > wife and daughter's > first names and county of residence - they evidently > lived in a small > crossroads community- and that is all I've > got...help, please. > > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > HOW TO CONTACT THE LIST ADMIN: > please click here and send: > mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

Does anyone have access to the Germans to America books or the "Genealogy" site and if so could they please find a Christian Rau that came to America 1887 and tell me whatever info. is given. The Genealogy site says there is one. A subscription is needed to obtain the info. Thank you.

Any suggestions as how to find info regarding a family member who died in 1928 - know his first name and date of death, wife and daughter's first names and county of residence - they evidently lived in a small crossroads community- and that is all I've got...help, please.

Is there anyone in this group that might have the email connection for the Mennonite Obit site,,,,,,,,,,,thought someone closer to Indiana might be familiar with it,,,,,,,,,,thank you

In a message dated 9/10/2003 10:38:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, mrsfuzzygem@worldnet.att.net writes: Does anyone know what happened to Julie Case and her "Missing Links"??? It's been ages since I got an issue. Kay- You can find Missing Links/Somebody's Links (and subscribe to the e-zine) here: http://www.petuniapress.com/ Joan

List members, I really think a PDA would be a great "tool" to have on genealogy research trips. Some times space is limited in courthouses, libraries etc., cemeteries and laptops aren't a good mix either. Anyone have a PDA??? any thoughts on software to use with them??? There are several software programs and the more I read about them the more confused I get. HELP! Does anyone know what happened to Julie Case and her "Missing Links"??? It's been ages since I got an issue. Thanks for answers or comments on any of the above. Kay

Sorry Doris, I meant Judy, I have no clue why I did that, I guess that is what I get for rushing huh ! Dianna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Arnold" <judy@ntacustomjewelers.com> To: <ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 7:01 PM Subject: [RC-ROOTS] Port of New Orleans > > > Judy Arnold wrote: > > > Could someone on this list please help me? I am > > trying to find out > > how to find out what ship my ARNOLD ancestors came > > over on. > > I know they landed in New Orleans and traveled up > > the river to Indiana > > and then shortly thereafter they came to Kentucky. > > > > If someone would guide me on this one then I could > > continue > > on some of my others. Ships are new to me. I > > appreciate > > your help. > > Enjoy this list. > > Judith Pierce Arnold > > > > ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > > To volunteer to do a lookup or to exchange lookups, go here: > > http://www.RAOGK.org > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM LIST MODE: > please click here and send: > mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Judy Arnold wrote: > Could someone on this list please help me? I am > trying to find out > how to find out what ship my ARNOLD ancestors came > over on. > I know they landed in New Orleans and traveled up > the river to Indiana > and then shortly thereafter they came to Kentucky. > > If someone would guide me on this one then I could > continue > on some of my others. Ships are new to me. I > appreciate > your help. > Enjoy this list. > Judith Pierce Arnold > > ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > To volunteer to do a lookup or to exchange lookups, go here: > http://www.RAOGK.org > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I'm sorry..........I sent this info in from Ancestry. Bob Walter of Glen Carbon IL sent this tip in to Ancestry and from the sound of it, Bill Clayton has sent a tip to Ancestry about doing the same thing. I would be interested in doing something like this also, but haven't investigated it yet. I'm sorry if you were mislead in any way. Doris in NW IL ----- Original Message ----- From: Bailey acres To: ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] Ancestry Quick Tip Jamboree 9/1/03 to Bob Walter and Bill Clayton, what you are doing with Mic-word , i mean making a document with pictures and family info, is exactly what i wish to do, but don't know how to get started -- if you can give me a few clear concise instructions, i would greatly appreciate, also Bill, are you related to the claytons of Iowa- 1800's ?? BB

to Bob Walter and Bill Clayton, what you are doing with Mic-word , i mean making a document with pictures and family info, is exactly what i wish to do, but don't know how to get started -- if you can give me a few clear concise instructions, i would greatly appreciate, also Bill, are you related to the claytons of Iowa- 1800's ?? BB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris Mathis" <doris40@aeroinc.net> To: <ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 7:36 AM Subject: [RC-ROOTS] Ancestry Quick Tip Jamboree 9/1/03 > Ancestry Quick Tip Jamboree > > Personal Synopsis > I have used MS Word to store photo information (like Bill Clayton) but with a little slant on it. > > I designed a document I call (strangely enough) "Family History." It is kind of a synopsis of the information that may be gleaned from the research of a given person. If I have photos and wish to have them as part of that document I use the "Insert Table" option and create either a two- or three-column table that allows me to put more than one picture across or to put data alongside the picture I have added to the document. After the table is filled, I remove the lines defining the table. > > Bob Walter > Glen Carbon, Ill. > > More on Storing Pictures and Info. in Word > Bill Clayton of B.C. writes that he stores photos in Word. When I recently wrote to Ancestry Tips that I am writing down all my memories of my life for my children, I type it out in Word and insert pictures of the event I write about to give a little clearer perspective to the reader. This way, I have the story behind the picture. > > I have scanned all of my pictures into Word and saved the information in a folder of collages, adding any story or information I have. I have stored them on a CD to send a copy to my siblings as well as anyone else who is interested. > > MS Word is a priceless tool for creating a group of pictures of one person or family with stories or captions. You can resize them to fit and edit the picture. I then print them out and add them to a family album. I can get a lot of pictures in an 8 x 11 space. > > S.J. Meese > Ohio > > Delayed Birth Registration Can > Cause Confusion > My experience with obtaining my birth certificate happened when I applied for a "work paper" during WW2 while I was in high school. I found that I had never been registered at City hall and there was no record of my birth. It was necessary for me to go to my church, obtain a baptismal record and bring my mother to City hall where she had to swear that the information > was correct. > > To further confuse the issue, I asked the priest to write down an Americanized version of my first name, which he did. I now have a legal birth certificate, which differs from my baptismal record. It is my legal name. This is how some people get "lost" when we research > various records. > > Estelle Bentley > > More on Laptop Backpacks > This is to build on the laptop backpack mentioned in the August 26 Ancestry Daily News. > > > I have a laptop also, and I cleverly (I thought) bought a computer case with wheels for air travel, as I take my computer everywhere. I discovered, much to my surprise, that the case was too wide to tow down the aisle of a plane or put under the seat ahead of you, and that it was too heavy for me to put in an overhead bin when I am traveling alone. My solution was to purchase a student's backpack with wheels which is much more compact and will fit easily under the seat ahead. It doesn't hold as much and isn't as well arranged, but it works for this older, short lady. With all of the recent back-to-school sales, now is the time to find a good selection of student backpacks. > > MaryAnn Eberbach > > > > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM DIGEST MODE: > please click here and send: > mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Ancestry Quick Tip Jamboree Personal Synopsis I have used MS Word to store photo information (like Bill Clayton) but with a little slant on it. I designed a document I call (strangely enough) "Family History." It is kind of a synopsis of the information that may be gleaned from the research of a given person. If I have photos and wish to have them as part of that document I use the "Insert Table" option and create either a two- or three-column table that allows me to put more than one picture across or to put data alongside the picture I have added to the document. After the table is filled, I remove the lines defining the table. Bob Walter Glen Carbon, Ill. More on Storing Pictures and Info. in Word Bill Clayton of B.C. writes that he stores photos in Word. When I recently wrote to Ancestry Tips that I am writing down all my memories of my life for my children, I type it out in Word and insert pictures of the event I write about to give a little clearer perspective to the reader. This way, I have the story behind the picture. I have scanned all of my pictures into Word and saved the information in a folder of collages, adding any story or information I have. I have stored them on a CD to send a copy to my siblings as well as anyone else who is interested. MS Word is a priceless tool for creating a group of pictures of one person or family with stories or captions. You can resize them to fit and edit the picture. I then print them out and add them to a family album. I can get a lot of pictures in an 8 x 11 space. S.J. Meese Ohio Delayed Birth Registration Can Cause Confusion My experience with obtaining my birth certificate happened when I applied for a "work paper" during WW2 while I was in high school. I found that I had never been registered at City hall and there was no record of my birth. It was necessary for me to go to my church, obtain a baptismal record and bring my mother to City hall where she had to swear that the information was correct. To further confuse the issue, I asked the priest to write down an Americanized version of my first name, which he did. I now have a legal birth certificate, which differs from my baptismal record. It is my legal name. This is how some people get "lost" when we research various records. Estelle Bentley More on Laptop Backpacks This is to build on the laptop backpack mentioned in the August 26 Ancestry Daily News. I have a laptop also, and I cleverly (I thought) bought a computer case with wheels for air travel, as I take my computer everywhere. I discovered, much to my surprise, that the case was too wide to tow down the aisle of a plane or put under the seat ahead of you, and that it was too heavy for me to put in an overhead bin when I am traveling alone. My solution was to purchase a student's backpack with wheels which is much more compact and will fit easily under the seat ahead. It doesn't hold as much and isn't as well arranged, but it works for this older, short lady. With all of the recent back-to-school sales, now is the time to find a good selection of student backpacks. MaryAnn Eberbach

Ancestry Quick Tip Jamboree Don't Rely Solely on Indexes When looking at online or even microfiche birth death and marriage indexes be aware that just because your info isn't listed there doesn't mean the information isn't there. I have looked at indexes for several ancestors and not found them but when I contacted the county records keeper, there were certificates on file; they just weren't listed in the index. Nancy McCoy Storing Photo Information in Word One way I like to keep track of who is who in my old photos is to import the photo into a blank Word document and add all of the names, where I got the photo from, and the "original" file name of the photo. I then save the Word document with a name very similar to the file name of the original photo. A printout of the photo in Word goes into my working file. It is also an easy way to send the photo to someone else with all of the backup information intact. I find that most people can open a Word file, regardless of whether they operate on a Mac platform or PC. Bill Clayton Surrey, B.C. Family Tree Cookbook I'm trying something new and thought I would share it. I'm working on a Family Tree Cookbook. I'm asking all of my family members for new and old recipes, especially recipes that their grandparents and parents might have used. I will use these recipes to compile a cookbook for the grandchildren and great-grandchildren down the line. Thank you, Pat Laptop Backpacks You mentioned lugging your laptop through three airports. My son is leaving for college and is taking a laptop, as it is required for his engineering program. I found a Computer Backpack by Samsonite. It is called Ballistic Tech. It has a padded compartment for the laptop, a main compartment with file divider for books and papers, and a third zippered section for organizational things, such as small notepads, pens, calculators, etc. The shoulder straps are padded for comfort as well, and it also has a handle for carrying alongside. Their website is http://www.samsonite.com . I thought fellow genealogists might like to put something like this on their Christmas list. I am! Barbara Murray

CHECK UP ON 'EM AT WORK This week's tip comes from Helen McCollum of Philadelphia: "While investigating my grandfather, I hit a brick wall, so I called the company where he used to work. I asked for the personnel office, explained what I was doing and asked if they would check their files for any info with my grandfather's name. I stated that I would be glad to pay for their time, but they said no, they would be happy to look up my grandfather's name and mail me anything they find. "Today I received their package and in it was my grandfather's birth certificate from Poland, as he never became a US citizen and had to prove his birth when he went on pension. I also received insurance cards showing my great-grandparents' names and where they were born. It would have taken me years to get a birth certificate and more years to find my great-grandparents' names."

British Maps and Aerial Photographs I read your daily sheet with interest and the idea that you should get a feel of the surroundings of your ancestors is interesting to me. I have recently visited the church where my Grandparents married in 1890 in Dover, England. To get a better feel for British locations, the site www.multimap.com/ is very useful. Not only does it have maps of all sizes, it has aerial photographs as well, and many more facilities. Stuart Leonard Germany 100th Birthday Anniversary In response to the tip on identifying those in a group photo taken at a 100th birthday celebration, I thought I'd tell you about our family's celebration of my mother's 100th birthday anniversary. Mother-Athalia Wheatley Wight Lee-died at the age of 88, but her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren gathered in a local park to celebrate her 100th birthday last summer. Along with the usual family reunion activities of picnicking and visiting, we had a photo of Mother as we like to remember her-dressed up in a new Easter suit, hat, and gloves-enlarged to life size and mounted on hardboard. My husband cut out the figure and made a stand so that she was included in each of the activities-listening to a family band, songs and recitations, looking at keepsakes she had made as gifts through the years, etc. Probably the most memorable, though, was making the figure available for picture taking, both with the entire group and individually. Some of the younger generation that didn't get to know her in life now relate more familiarly with her memory. Lorraine Wight Hales Ogden, Utah Duplicate Ancestors or Enumerations? I applaud the recent tipster who realized there might be a language barrier in a Census. I would like to add that I have found other problems with Censuses. When researching, one must remember the purpose of the Census. It was meant to count people in a given area to see to it that they were fairly represented as a "common" interest in the federal House of Representatives (it was not until the 20th century that Senators were elected by the people). The more people counted in a given county, the more likely the county would be represented well. I have found an instance of one of my forefathers (who was a Census Taker) counting people within his own family, not only twice, but three times within his assigned area. I suppose if he were alive we could prosecute him for his obvious crime, but as he is not, I offer this tip as a heads up: Don't presume the "A. J." WHATEVERSURNAME living in one household is not the same "Andrew Jackson" WHATEVERSURNAME living in another. Drop the "S" While trying to research my in-laws' family tree, I was searching for the name of my husband's grandmother. Her last name was "Spoon," yet everyone kept telling me that it was "Spoons." I looked up "Spoons" several times and started to get kind of agitated because I knew that the woman did exist. My father in-law kept insisting that it was "Spoons." Finally when I searched "Spoon" anyway, lo and behold, there she was! Over the years the name was pluralized, so my in-laws grew up thinking "Spoons" was the name-not "Spoon." So watch those names, and try it without the "s." Julia

Hi Dave Try http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/dayofweek.html Kathi > I'm looking for a formula or an URL to be able to read which day > of the week was on any given date . Thank You. > > Dave

Listers, I'm looking for a formula or an URL to be able to read which day of the week was on any given date . Thank You. Dave

When I downloaded the WinZip programm, an icon appeared on my screen, so I 'd know where to find it, I have downloaded the Acrobatic Reader(at least thats what it said), but I can not find it, how do I go about this,,,,,thank you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,lillian

My Samuel was born in Huntington co, In, abt 1859, do not have a date of birth. His son Ira (my grpa) was born in WI, 1883, and his son was born in Bourbon In. Ira and his son are both bur, in South Bend, In., not sure about Samuel,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,lillian

Just wondering if anyone has sent for copy of marriage certificate or birth certificate from Kent and how to go about finding the best way - help appreciated. Ruth Foster, Ocean NJ

Do you think it could possibly be the same for Kentucky. How would I find out? Judy RTooey@aol.com wrote: > Have you tried your states archives. Missouri has records of all their > citizen's war records and are free for the asking. > > Hope this helps. > > Rosemary > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM DIGEST MODE: > please click here and send: > mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237