Friend Zia Miller has dug up another site for us to share. Thanks, Zia. bj Good search tool for those working Illinois - 1763-1900 http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage

These databases are for free search until Oct. 13. bj Today's featured map is: The German "Zollverein" (Customs-Union), 1834-1866 To view this map, go to: <http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=88> ============================================================ GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ============================================================ October 6th has been designated as "German American Day" in the United States, and from the middle of September to the middle of October we celebrate German American Heritage Month. In recognition of the many German Americans who settled in North America and have helped to shape this country, Ancestry.com is providing the following databases free between October 6th and October 13th. ~ Finding Your German Ancestors ~ Wuerttemberg Emigration Index, all 7 vols ~Pennsylvania German Pioneers ~ Pennsylvania Foreign Oaths of Allegiance ~ Pennsylvania Foreign Oaths of Allegiance, Vol. 2 ~ Early Germans of New Jersey ~ New Jersey German Reformed Church Records, 1763-1802 ~ Steinfeld, Germany, Deaths, 1683-1793 ~ Steinfeld, Germany, Baptism Records, 1769-1788 ~ Steinfeld, Germany, Baptism Records, 1824-1849 ~ Kapsweyer, Germany Church Records, 1693-1920 ~ Kapsweyer, Germany Baptism Records, 1879-1902 To search these databases, go to: <http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/german.htm>

After quite a few phone calls to Salt Lake, Dan and I can report that: The new Hamburg Passenger Index update is available through Family Tree Maker on CD. It is $39.95. It is not published through the LDS Church, and Dan isn't sure how that index corresponds to church microfilms. Our Victoria FHC has it on our list of things to buy. Thank you, Kathleen, for bringing this to our attention. http://www.familytreemaker.com/356facd.html

Most of you already know of this site, but for new TXVICTOR's, it bears sharing again. Intercepted message. bj How to pull up a map of a county. There is a great resource site you should all bookmark - it is the US Governments Name Information Service (GNIS) at: http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.simple.html >From this site, you can search for any "feature" - towns, rivers, cemeteries, townships, and so forth. You can search for a named feature (like "Hometown") or just put "ppl" (populated place) in the feature type block with no name - the database will return all the cities and towns in the county. If you call up a "feature", it will display two maps - one of the U.S. and one of the local area. The local area map can be "zoomed" until you can see the whole county.

This particular page has a LOT of resources available, but only a few I see that might help with genealogy. There are at least a couple, Archives, and Libraries, I see. Anyhow, thought I'd send it. I haven't see this one before. bj http://www.josephculligan.com/resources.html

ornell University has put the ENTIRE "War of the Rebellion" on the internet!!! Over 60 volumes!!! It includes scanned images of reports, correspondence, seizures of Southern property, etc. sent to the War Dept. during the Civil War. It includes both Union and Confederate accounts. It is in chronological order but there is no online index. Many libraries have the index. Find the volume and page number for your subject in the index at the library. Go to this website http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/MOA/MOA-JOURNALS2/WARO.html

ONLINE!! Amazing works, the whole 60 volumes of those books is online now at the Cornell University site. Holy Moley, What a Work! This came in on a list, and of course, it will make the rounds. What a bonus for us all. Books, books, and more books! I LOVE it. bj http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/MOA/MOA-JOURNALS2/WARO.html

(This came to me from a friend, Debra Farrior. Thanks, Debra. bj) Names, that is what we genealogists do, hunt for names. Well, this site is for sending out your own name, clear to Mars! Maybe someone one day will search for us up there, you reckon? They can at least find our names.......as a footprint in time. http://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/2001/home.htm

This might be useful, if you can't get to a nearby library to find your towns. bj Travel Genie http://www.netins.net/showcase/travelgenie/

Ky Newspapers Online (but I know Louisville is also on, so this page is not a current listing of all) http://www.onlinekentucky.com/kcn.html#onlinep And this page is LaRue County. Apparently the person who built this page did it using a feature that most of us do not own, and it keeps popping a "Netscape Browser Plug In needed" notice at the top. I found that if I hit the Cancel Button there, and just wait for it to load, it will load without getting the plug in on my computer. It has a 'search' capability that is wanting us to get the plugin, but since it refers to one that has to be bought, I won't do that in order to read a page someone makes. I will download free plug in's, just won't pay $$ for one. Suit yourself, but it will load without the plugin. (I have the newest version of netscape, 7.0, though) LaRue County Page Has some early pioneers, civil war men, old preachers and old churches and members of those. Attractive looking page, but like mine, it needs more work! www.lancom.net/~knobcreek/

This is an interesting site. It caught my eye, the Adoptee Search factor, and I looked back at the main page, too. It is full of useful websearch tools and I think all of us can make use of these pages. You might want to bookmark for later use. bj Flip's Search Sources http://members.aa.net/~flip/search/search.html Flip's Main Page http://members.aa.net/~flip/

This web site provides immigration and naturalization information contained at the New York State and National Archives. Perhaps it will provide you with some much-needed information in the search for your ancestors.. http://unix6.nysed.gov/holding/fact/natur-fa.htm --

---------- > From: Billye D. Jackson <coffey@viptx.net> > To: TXVICTOR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: devil made me do it.... > Date: 20. syyskuuta 1999 20:47 > > I saw this and got a laugh at it. Shouldn't send it, but think I > will. I got to wondering how you could mar a quacker. Stuff the > duck down in a pillow? :) I'm sorry, I can't help it. I'm still > thinking it over. bj > > He was kicked out of the Quaker Church for not marring a Quacker. > > > ==== TXVICTOR Mailing List ==== > Please don't send "forwards" to the list. Please Clean your > messages with the cut and paste method, or your delete key. > Our Historical Commission for Victoria County has a bright, > beautiful Victoria County Yard/Door flag to sell to you. > Contact Patsy Hand <ghand@viptx.net> for info. > Great, no dates, so it can be used for years. >

Anyone interested in the Oregon Trail? Here's a site. bj http://www.peak.org/~mransom/pioneers.html

List of sites again. I hadn't see this particular list, it might have something new for us. bj http://www.genealogypages.com/Cool/

Did you know you can search the Rootsweb Archives any Mail List on RootsWeb since they began their Archive Holdings last year? http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl If you want our list, type in TXVICTOR-L for Victoria County. Then you need a surname to search. Since we use our list for random information also, try using my name or initials if you want those odd posts from myself, since I regularly post websites and other messages. (some will be of old/no interest now) The Archives, all of them, began in 1998. A 1998 search using "Jackson" will get you 147 messages A 1998 search using "bj" will get you 84 messages A 1999 search using "Jackson" will get you 288 messages A 1999 search using "bj" will get you 245 messages These searches could be duplicates if both search subjects were in the message. This is just an Information Bulletin. bj ListManager

Friend Carolyn sent this just now, and just in time to help someone looking for records in this area, just yesterday! Again, thanks, Carolyn, for your good help. bj Billye - Must be the week for Archives. I received this from another list. This one is not as easy to use, but at least it is a German reference site IN ENGLISH. Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: Hgurski@aol.com <Hgurski@aol.com> To: BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-L@rootsweb.com <BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 4:33 PM Subject: http://members.aol.com/hgurski4/StuttgartE.htm >Friends of the list, > >there is a site about the genealogical publications >which are stored in the State Archive in Stuttgart. >Andreas Hanacek created the site - I only translated >it for our English speaking friends . . . >((Andreas, ich hab Dein Einverständnis mal vorausgesetzt >und die Seite vorab schon veröffentlicht. Danke!)) > >The address is: >http://members.aol.com/hgurski4/StuttgartE.htm > >. . . and I promise it works :-) > >Hope you enjoy >Hanno > > >==== BADEN-WURTTEMBERG Mailing List ==== >Visit the Baden-Wuerttemberg Mailing List Website: >http://members.xoom.com/BW_List/bw.htm > >

And another, just in case..bj Indiana Vital Records Information - birth, death, marriages.. http://www.vitalrec.com/in.html#County

Here's another to look at. You might have seen this one, since it is part of the TN State Library and Archives work. bj Partial Index to Tennessee Death Records 1914 http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/death.htm#index

Found this site on KY on a KY list group not on Rootsweb, and you may not have seen it. I hadn't. It has some material of interest to you genie's. bj Links to South Kentucky RECC Magazine Articles</A> http://www.webcom.com/~duane/skrecc.html