Found this off one of the other sites, it's got a lot of Quaker information, in case you've not run across it. It's a frames site, index on left, and drop menu at top. Click the Quaker fella on the left side to go to the home page, if you get lost. bj http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/index.htm
Off the RootsWeb page. I don't usually see much on Old New Jersey. bj http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/burying.htm
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/news/body_frame.html Are you all aware that NARA might be about to raise prices on ordering papers from them, like Military papers, and the other things we order? It's not a done deal, but bears watching, and if, like me, you've successfully postponed ordering those papers on your ancestor, maybe you might want to take a bit of time and do that now, while prices are stable. I've heard some hair-raising tales of prices, and surely it won't be as bad as I heard. However, I don't intend to chance it, and I for sure will be putting my requests in the mail pretty quick. (Just in case) Billye D. Jackson List Manager
Cynthia (& Jack Buttram, not to ignore her good right hand helper-person), web mistress for Victoria Co., has told me she's updated the webpage. She said "just updated the Victoria webpage. I added a note about the Fort St. Louis project. Also have the GenConnect Query System on it now. You need to know that now we have our Victoria County Webpage, The US GenWeb Query Page for Victoria County, (which Cynthia also manages) and this TXVICTOR-L connected together so that when anyone posts a query to the USGenWeb page for Victoria County, it will automatically post to this mail list at the same time, thanks to the expertise at RootsWeb, and our Cynthia. Thanks, Cynthia, for following through and doing that, and for taking the job of managing that Query page, too. Billye D. Jackson Mail List manager
Thought you might like this one. Listmanager, bj http://www.hopefarm.com/dutchnam.htm
Hi, > I just received this from another list and thought I would pass it along. Thanks Alli for posting this info. > What Do Those Initials Mean? > Initials after your ancestor's names may provide useful information that you'd not expected. The following list includes initials you may come across when reading old wills or other documents. > > a.a.s. died in the year of his/her age (anno aetitis suae) ( 86 y/o died in year 86) > d.s.p. died without issue (decessit sine prole legitima) > d.s.p.l. died without legitimate issue (decessit sine prole mascula supesita) > d.s.p.m.s. died without surviving male issue (decessit sine prole mascula supersita) > d.s.p.s died without surviving issue (decessit sine prole supersita) > d.unm died unmarried > d.v.p. died in the lifetime of his father (decessit vita patris) > d.v.m. died in the lifetime of his mother (decessit vita matris) > Et al and others (et alia) > Inst present month (instans) > Liber book or volume > Nepos grandson > Nunc Nuncapative will, an oral will, written by a witness > Ob he/she died (obit) > Relict widow or widower (relicta/relictus) > Sic so or thus, exact copy as written > Testes witnesses > Utl late (ultimo) > Ux or vs wife (uxor) > Viz namely (videlicet) >
A flier came from Salt Lake advertising another genealogy conference. "A World of Records" presented by the Federation of Genealogical Societies and Utah Genealogical Association. September 6-9, 2000 at Salt Lake City, Utah -- Salt Palace Convention Center. Visit at http://www.fgs.org or http://www.infouga.org Contact FGS toll free: 888-FGS-1500. -Julie Bowen
> This just came across another list I am on and I thought it would be of > use to some of you. Hope you won't get duplicates of this. > > You can go to this site to find the phone numbers and addresses for all > the county courthouses in the whole U.S.A.: > > http://www.familytreemaker.com/00000229.html > > You click on the state you want to know about and up comes all the info > about the court houses in that state.
Are you interested in finding a Heraldry Coat of Arms? Check this site, and I don't vouch for authenticity, a person would have to consult a good heraldry reference book to make sure one was authentic, but this is fun, anyhow. bj http://www.designsofwonder.com/master/master.html
Can't find anything to do? Check for new pages at Roots Web, for your families. Probably need to check over most of the alphabet links, as they don't really go by your Surname you are hunting, it's how the page person made their page and titled it. But, some of the surnames are listed so you can find them easily under an initial. This will take you a bit of time, clear through the weekend, probably. Listmanager, bj <http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/j/a/c/Billye--D-Jackson/index.html>
Another one from the April 2000 Memorandum: A Windows version of the FHLibrary Catalog is expected by April of this year. It will be on compact disc and operate with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher. This version of the Family History Library Catalog is similar to the Internet version but provides additional search capabilities. It will be sent free of charge to all US and Canada Family History Centers as soon as it is available. The compact disc can ALSO be purchased for home use.
BEFORE PATRONS VISIT THE FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY The Family History Library in Salt Lake CIty has one of the largest collections of genealogical records in the world, but not all of the films listed in the FHLCatalog are housed in the library because of space limitations. Copies of the most films for the US, Canada, Britain, Germany, and Scandinavia are available in the library. However, copies of many films from other parts of the world must be ordered by library staff from the Granite Mountain Records Vault or the Salt Lake Distribution Center when needed by patrons. If a copy of a film must be ordered, it may not be available at the library for a day or two. A patron who plans to visit the FHL in Salt Lake should search the FHLCatlog in advance at a Family History Center or at www.familysearch.org to determine if the films are in the library. The patrons can then send a letter or an e-mail to the library, preferably four weeks before the visit, listing the films needed in the priority order. Library staff can verify which films are available in the library and which need to be ordered. The request should include the patron's telephone number or e-mail address. Requests should be sent to: Family History Library Library Attendant Supervisor 35 North West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3400 E-mail address: fhl@ldschurch.org
> The message below came from another list I belong to. Passing it > along FYI. > > Subject: Rip-offs of the genealogy community continues > > Good Morning, friends and cousins in the genealogy community! > > The response to the identification of the genealogy rip-off operation > in Denver last week has been tremendous with a steady stream of requests > > for add'l info. > > The operation in Denver with a newly discovered "branch" in Utah is an > incarnation of the identical scheme that Halbert's used. The same form > letters, books and newsletters are being sold, and the same fake > "Crests" and other products are being created "to exacting standards". > > The new incarnation has not yet been linked financially to Halbert´s or > NUMA (Halbert parent), but the resemblance is so close, they could be > joined at the hip, operating under dba's Mountain West News Service, > Mountain Pacific News Service, and MORPHCORP. The Better Business Bureau > > reports that the company has joined the BBB in January 2000, opened in > 1985, and is rated as satisfactory. A complete history of Halbert's, > courtesy of Jeff Scism (despite our surname homonyms, we ain't kin --- > he hopes!) is available at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~blksheep/shame/halberts.htm > > Volunteers interested in assisting in informing the genealogy community > of this scam have come out of the woodwork. We would ask the recipients > > of this email the following: > 1) A sample of the Colorado flyer is at > http://www.dfc.cc/CyberCousins/genfraud.jpg > Print it and post in the genealogy section at your library with > appropriate message and make announcements at your gensoc. > > 2) After you have read it, as a researcher you realize the fraud that it > > is. Go to the Federal Trade Commissions website at > https://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm and file a complaint ONLINE. For > a sample complaint and further detailed information to use, please go to > > http://www.dfc.cc/CyberCousins/complaint.txt > > 3) Forward this to every list you are on. > > 4) If you are a member of NGS (shane@ngsgenealogy.org) or FGS > (fgs-office@fgs.org), contact those organizations and ask that they get > members motivated. Gentech, Inc. (beau@connect.net) has a director and > a well-known regular conference speaker in the Denver metro. I asked > them to do some local research. No response to date. > > 5) Contact every genealogy columnist whose work you read, both local and > > online such as Myra Gormley (myravg@prodigy.net} or Dick Eastman > (ROOTS@compuserve.com) who was stalwart in early work on Halbert's, both > > of whom, as well as others, are on this list. No response to date. > > 6} If you have rec'd a flyer yourself, please report the names and > addresses to me. We need to know all the DBAs they are using. Then > take it to the local post office and file a complaint. > > 7) If you are in the Denver area, we need search of the court house > records to determine any corporate connections. If we can make a > corporate connection, I am fairly sure the restraints placed on > Halbert's can be extended by the proper authorities. > > 8) If you are a supplier (software, services, researcher) to the > genealogy community, this type of scam effects you even more. > Contribute to the effort. > > 9)This is no small time scam. Halbert's is owned by a company named > NUMA whih in turn is owned by CENDANT. Go to > http://itjobs.cendant.com/cendant_co.html to find other Cendant > companies. You will NOT be happy with how you have been doing business > with folks like this --- I promise you. > > These scams are more likely to rip off folks less involved in genealogy > than most recipients of this msg. Most of us will recognize it for what > > it is and trash it. That does not relieve us of the responsibility of > making it more difficult for these and other parasites within our > community to enjoy their ill-gotten gains. I have found far too many > that "don't want to get involved", "Didn't happen on my watch." (to use > an old Navy excuse), running from controversy and responsibility. Let > us unite in eradicating those that are behind an obvious attempt to > profit unethically from the popularity of genealogy.
I scrambled up that Anson address, let me try it again. Wait for it to fully load, the website links are at the bottom and it's a little slow on loading. bj http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncanson/anson.htm
Another "share" site, for Anson Co. NC, sent in. bjhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~ncanson/anson.htm
Many thanks to all of who replied to my question about the singer from Bloomington, TX. As several of you answered, it was Gale Storm, who starred in the TV series "My Little Margie." I knew I could depend on you to come up with what I needed! Thanks again. Cynthia Buttram
hi cynthia, could it have possbily been gale storm? i have details regarding her in a book somewhere. she was from bloomington and was an actress/singer in the 50s. let me know if i you want more info. ken titt -- Researching these surnames: ANDREWS, AVERY, BASCOM, BOWLE, BUCKERIDGE, BUELL, CALLAHAM, CLOTHIER, CROZIER, CURRENT, EVARTS, FARMER, FRASIER, GANNAWAY, GAUNTLETT, GRISWOLD, GURLEY, HEAL, HOWELL, INGERSOLL, JONES, LEMON, LOGAN, LOOMIS, MIDDLETON, MOORE, SHAFER, STRONG, TITT, WALLIS, WARRINER, AND MANY OTHERS.
I've received an email asking about the location of Bloomington, TX and the name of a 50's singer who came from there. Does anyone know who this singer might be? Cynthia Buttram <buttram@viptx.net>
We finally have the following items in at the Victoria FHC. (3408 N. Ben Wilson Phone: 575-0055) Dan and I apologize for the delay. 1. 15 Generation Pedigree Folded 3 Hole 8.5x11 (3658802) QTY=8 PRICE EACH=$0.95 2. Pedigree Chart 10 Generation P12 (1241452) QTY=3 PRICE EACH=$2.25 (Circle layout of names) 3. 12 Generation Pedigree Folded 8.5x11 Fit 3 Ring Binder (3796325) QTY=5 PRICE EACH=$0.95 The link for ordering pedigree charts from Deseret Books: http://deseretbook.com/browse/family-history/family-history_supplies.html The following items and quantities were shipped: 8 of 15 GENERATION PEDIGREE FOLDED 3 HOLE 8.5X11 (3658802) 2 of PEDIGREE CHART 10 GENERATION P12 (1241452) 5 of 12 GENERATION PEDIGREE FOLDED 8.5X11 FIT 3 RING BINDER (3796325) Thank you for shopping with Deseret Book. Deseret Book Direct 1-800-453-4532 http://deseretbook.com/
If you are hunting NC forbear, (nah, I didn't mean to say that, I meant ancestors) head to the site my cousin Olivia sent. Nice site, Tine! One I've not seen before. bj http://www.thedrake.org/sswills/ssindex.htm