Thank you, I have subscribed to this........Seems we can all use a reminder now and then. Alice ---------- : From: James Shuman <jshuman@telis.org> : To: SHUMAN-L@rootsweb.com : Subject: [SHUMAN] "Tip of the Day" : Date: Sunday, February 20, 2000 5:55 PM : : Cousins, : : Recently someone called my attention to a web site that includes a : "Genealogy Tip of the Day" <http://www.emazing.com/> written by George G. : Morgan. Many of these are rather ordinary; the sorts of things we all know : to do. Occasionally, however, they post one that is so clever, or : practical, or essential that I just say "YES!" and so I've occasionally : saved them to remind myself of ways to improve my research. : : If these interest you, you can visit the web site, and subscribe to a daily : e-mail which contains the "Tip of the Day." : : Regards! : : JS : : Here are a few of my favorites: : : Wednesday February 9, 2000 : PERPETUAL CALENDAR : : Have you ever wondered on what day of the week your : great-grandmother was born? Or have you wondered whether someone famous was : born on the same date as your father? An excellent perpetual calendar : resource on the Web can be found at Calendarhome.com's 10,000 year calendar : Web site at <http://www.calendarhome.com/tyc/>. Here you can select a : century, a year and a month and click to display a calendar. Then, click on : the day of the month if you want to learn the moon phase, historical events : on that date, the names of famous people born on that date, and much more : information. : : : Thursday February 10, 2000 : RECORDING LOCATIONS : : For each of your ancestors' vital dates (birth, marriage, death), : always record the precise name of the location as it existed at the time of : the event. That means listing the town, the county or parish, and the state : for U.S. events. For foreign locations, record the town, province and : county. More important, because boundaries and jurisdictions change so much : over time, make certain you have recorded the correct names of county or : state or province or country as it existed when the event occurred. This is : important to you for purposes of locating copies of records and important : for future researchers who want to confirm your research and obtain copies : of documents for themselves. : : : Friday February 11, 2000 : TAKE COPIES WITH YOU : : Never take your original materials with you on a research trip. : Always make copies in the event that you lose them or need a quick place to : make notes. You can always make another copy but originals are difficult to : replace. Copies of pedigree charts, family group sheets and other documents : make excellent 'working copies' when you are on a research trip. : : : Monday February 14, 2000 : SEEK ALTERNATIVE PATHS : : When you encounter a dead end in locating the parents of an : ancestor, look for records for his or her siblings. Your ancestor's : obituary, a family Bible or another record may provide the names of : brothers and/or sisters. Try to trace one or more siblings' records back to : identify and locate information about the parents. : : : Tuesday February 15, 2000 : RECORD SOURCE INFORMATION ON COPIES : : When you make a photocopy of a page from a pertinent book at a : library or archive, make a note of the publication information for your : source citation. Include: : : -Author's name(s) : -Title : -City and state (and country if foreign) of publication : -Name of publisher : -Year of publication : -Other appropriate information (volume number, edition, etc.) : : When you return home, enter this information into your word processor in a : bibliographic citation format. Feed the photocopies through your printer so : that the citation will be neatly printed on the back of the photocopies you : made from that source. : : : : Friday February 18, 2000 : RECORDING NEIGHBORS FROM THE CENSUS : : When working with census records, be sure to record the names of : neighbors in six residences on either side of your ancestors. This can be : helpful in other censuses, before and after, in determining when and where : you ancestors arrived in or departed from an area. It can also be helpful : in locating any land and tax records for your ancestors if they owned : property. : : : : ____________________________ : James Shuman, art instructor : Modesto High School : jshuman@telis.org : ____________________________ :