Recently a Y2K fix was posted, which involved changing the the number of digets in the year from 2 to 4 so that the Windows Programs would be Y2K compliant. Since then I have received information via the Carbide retireees organization that this "fix" is a hoax. This is just the standard program that Windows has for letting us use the date (year) in either 2 digits or 4 digits. It has nothing to do with Y2K compliance. I should point out that implementation of this "fix" will not harm anything; apparently it was put on the WEB as a joke. For those needing to update their computer, MS will give a free disc to update Windows 95, 97, 98 for Y2K compliance, if you ask for it. I have done this and am awaiting the disc delivery so that I can implement the fix. The MS phone no. is 1 888 673 8925 (stay on line until you can talk with a person). Hopefully, this disc will be sufficient. Bernie Fulks

Found this on another list. Might be good to bookmark. Check it out. http://www.uq.net.au/~zzmgrinl/abbrev.html 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.

John Quigley, II sent this general purpose website along this morning, and so I send it to you because it's a day to day useful website. I believe you can surely use it for something. I'm sure all of you will find something on this site. Needs a bookmark, bound to be a heavy use site! Thanks, John, I love it. bj http://www.infoplease.com/

In today's Victoria Advocate is an article by our local V.I.P. person, Shari Simonds, who writes computer articles for the Advocate. Shari speaks on the subject of making those old music lp's or tapes into a music file. She mentions MP3 and this is a site that offers that music. Read her article? It was timely for me, because I've been wanting to add a piece of music to our website for our church, that is recorded on a tape. But, the how's escape me, haven't even begun on that project yet. At this site, you'll need to download the RealPlayer to hear these files, or another player, but there are free music files here. Or, maybe like me, you need to learn this for your website. (Every week I wait anxiously for her articles, I love them!) bj http://sharehouse.xoom.com/index.php3?SH_CAT=2

Two web site to look at.Rush & Crum http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/MelvinCrum/RUSH/index.htm#sn http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/MelvinCrum/CRUM/index.htm

Going through the list of links on the RErun list, I was checking the Ford page, and saw an interesting site on Heraldry. Thought you may want to look at it, and maybe some of those listed there. bj http://www.fred.net/jefalvey/jeffhera.html

I reckon you know about this, can't recall if I sent it or not, but here it is. You can search those SSDI records online. bj http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Edna LaFour sent this today. Useful information. Hope you may also think so. bj WWI Draft Applications Update Prior to the US's entry into WW1 (approx. 1917-1918) every male between the age of 18 and 40 was required to register for the draft. The information found on the card was provided by the individual himself. The registration cards vary in information depending on the individual draft board. But by and large the cards include: The full name of the person (this means first, full middle name, any additional middle names and last name); the current address of the man; his age; his birthdate (some include his place of birth); whether he is a US citizen or a naturalized citizen (some ask if his father was a naturalized citizen and his father's race); his race; his occupation; where he is employed (name of employer); address or location of employment; name and address of his next of kin; some cards ask if the man is married or single and how many people he supports. The card is signed by the draftee. On the back of the card his physical description is noted: Height is broken down by short, medium, tall although some cards give the actual height in feet and inches; Build by slim, medium, stout although some cards list actual weight along with the build; color of eyes and hair; any deformities or injuries are listed (such as one arm missing, blind in one eye, etc.); the name and address of the draft board and the date. When these original cards were transferred to the East Pointe NARA branch the LDS spent about 3 years microfilming these cards. There are hundreds and hundreds of boxes and the LDS opened one box at a time and filmed them -- in state order. However, within each state the cards were filed by draft board, not by county or by draftee. This makes the searching of the microfilm difficult to say the least. The good news is that the Friends of the National Archives took each box after it was filmed (and checked) and sorted all of these thousands and thousands of cards into -- state and then COUNTY order and then in alphabetical order by surname and put then in new boxes. The Friends deserve all the kudos we can give them for this monstrous task. So ... rather than spending hours and hours searching the LDS microfilm you can order copies of the original cards from NARA. if you know the county your ancestor lived in between 1917-1918. And BTW - Ancestry.com lists WW1 Draft cards in their searchable data bases, however I know for a fact that there are 22 cards for the surname WHITE found in McIntosh Co, OK and Ancestry only gave me 4 of them so don't depend on that site. I was told yesterday that some reps from Ancestry had visited the archives a couple of weeks ago to talk about filming the cards, took one look at the hundreds and hundreds of boxes and simply left. For copies: Send a letter requesting copy(s) to: NARA Southeast Region 1557 St. Joseph Ave East Point, GA 30344 In your letter be sure to say you want copy(s) of the WWI Draft application Cards. Include the name of your ancestor and his race, the state and the county. If you want copies of ALL of the cards with a given surname, ask them the cost of the copies and send a SASE for them to let you know the copying cost. In your letter be sure and say you want a copy of the FRONT and BACK of the card. Be sure to send a SASE for the return of you copies. The cost for the copy is 50 cents - 25 cents for the back and 25 cents for the front. If you only want one copy send a buck and say the difference is to be given to the Friends of the Archives, because after all they did all this wonderful hard work for you <VBG> And feel free to pass this on to any of the lists you are on.

This is an incoming message to me, for passing along to you Victoria people, in case you have an interest in Nacogdoches County, and are interested in this message. Thanks to the Iraggi's for sending this. bj I am passing this along to you since you can get to everyone in Victoria. Thought someone might like to look at this. ------------- > > > > The Nacogdoches Genealogical Society is DEFINITELY GOING to reprint the > > NACOGDOCHES COUNTY FAMILIES book which was published originally in 1985. > > This volume contains 752 pages with 1203 family sketches with hundreds of > > photographs. Also included are sections on early physicians, early > schools, > > churches, and communities. > > > > Reprint cost will be $75.00 plus $6.19 sales tax for Texas > > residents, plus $5.00 shipping and handling. [$86.19 Texas residents, > $80.00 > > out of state] A $50.00 deposit will reserve your copy of this reprint. THE > > ORDER TO REPRINT THIS BOOK HAS NOW BEEN MADE. IT IS A SURE THING -- BUT WE > > NEED YOUR ORDER SO THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY WHO HAVE UNDERWRITTEN > IT > > CAN BE REIMBURSED. > > > > Surnames included are: ACREY, ADAMS, AIKEN, ALDERS, ALEXANDER, > > ALLEN, ANDERSON, ARMSTRONG, ARNOLD, ATKINSON, ATWOOD, ATKINSON, AUSTIN, > > BAILEY, BAKER, BALCH, BALLARD, BARHAM, BARNETT, BARNHART, BARRET(T), > BARRON, > > BASS, BATES, BAXTER, BEALL, BEAMAN, BECK, BELL, BENTLEY, BERRY, BIRDWELL, > > BLACKBURN, BLAKE, BLANKENSHIP, BOATMAN, BONE, BOOZER, BOX, BOYD, BOYETT, > > BOYKIN, BRADSHAW, BRANCH, BRANTLEY, BREWER, BRIDGES, BRIDWELL, BRILEY, > > BROOKS, BROWN, BRYANT, BUCKNER, BULLOCK, BURK, BURROWS, BUTLER, BYRS, > > CAMPBELL, CARIKER, CANNON, CARNES, CARTER, CARTWRIGHT, CASTLEBERRY, CATES, > > CAVER, CHANCELLOR, CHANDLER, CHAPMAN, CHESSHER, CHISUM, CHRISTOPHER, > > CLIFTON, COATS, COLE, COLLIER, COLLINS, COON, COOPER, CORLEY, COVINGTON, > > COX, CRAIG, CRAIN, CRAWFORD, CROSSLAND, CROUCH, CROW, CUNNINGHM, CURL, > > CURTIS, DANIEL, DAVENPORT, DAVIDSON, DAVIS, DAVISON, DAWSON, DAY, DEAN, > > DENNIS, DICKERSON, DIXON, DONEGAN, DORSEY, DOUGHASS, DRIVER, DUKE, > DURRETT, > > DUROUGH, DURST, EASTER, EDDINGS, EDWARDS, ELLIOTT, ELLIS, ENGLEDOW, > ENGLISH, > > ESTES, EUBANK(S), EVANS, FALL, FARR, FENLEY, FERSUGON, FEWELL, FIELDER, > > FIELDS, FLORES, FLOURNOY, FORD, FORE, FORSYTH, FOSTER, FOUNTAIN, FOWLER, > > FULCHER, FULLER, FURRA, FUSSELL, GANN, GARRARD, GARRETT, GASTON, GEORGE, > > GIBSON, GILBERT, GLASSMAN, GOLDSBERRY, GOODMAN, GOODWIN, GORDON, GRAHAM, > > GRAVES, GRAY, GREEN, GREER, GRESHAM, GRIFFIN, GRIFFITH, GRIMES, GUNNING, > > GUNTER, HALBERT, HALE, HALL, HALTOM, HAMBY, HAMIL, HAMILTON, HANCOCK, > HANEY, > > HANNA, HARDEMAN, HARDY, HARGIS, HARGROVE, HARRELL, HARRIS, HARRISON, > HARVEY, > > HAYNES, HAYTER, HEAD, HEARN, HEFLIN, HELPINSTILL, HENDERSON, HERRIN, > > HERRINGTON, HILL, HINES, HOBBS, HODGES, HOGAN, HOLT, HOOD, HOUSE, HOUSTON, > > HOWARD, HOWELL, HUGHES, HUMPHREYS, HUNT, HUNTER, HURST, HUTSON, IRION, > > JACKSON, JACOBS, JAMES, JENKINS, JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, JUSTICE, KELLEY, > > KELLY, KENNEDY, KERR, KERSS, KEY, KING, KOONCE, LACEY, LACKEY, LAMBERT, > > LANGFORD, LAVENDER, LAWRENCE, LAWSON, LAYTON, LAZARINE, LEE, LEGG, LEWIS, > > LILLY, LITTLE, LLOYD, LONG, LOONEY, LOVE, LOWE, LOWERY, LUCAS, LUNSFORD, > > LYLES, MANDHAM, MANNING, MARONEY, MARSHALL, MARTIN, MAST, MATHEWS, > MATTESON, > > MAYES, MAYFIELD, MCBRIDE, MCCALL, MCCANDLESS, MCCLAIN, MCCLURE, MCCORKLE, > > MCCORMACK, MCCUISTION, MCDANIEL, MCDONALD, MCFADDEN, MCKINNEY, MCKNIGHT, > > MCLAIN, MCMILLAN, MCMINN, MCNEIL, MCSHAN, MEALS, MEANS, MELTON, MENEFEE, > > METTAUER, MIDDLEBROOK, MILLARD, MILLER, MILLS, MITCHELL, MONROE, MONTES, > > MONTGOMERY, MOORE, MORA, MORGAN, MORTON, MUCKLEROY, MURPH,M MURPHEY, > MURRAY, > > MYERS, NEILL, NELSON, NEWLAND, NEWMAN, NICHOLS, NOBLE, NORRIS, OLIVER, > > ORTON, OWENS, PACE, PACK, PAGE, PAINE, PALMER, PARISH, PARKER, PARMLEY, > > PARRISH, PARROTT, PARTIN, PATTERSON, PATTON, PERKINS, PERRY, PETERSON, > > PETTUS, PETTY, PHILLIPS, PIERCE, PIKE, PINKSTON, PITTMAN, PITTS, PLEASANT, > > POCHMANN, POLK, POOL(E), POPE, POWELL, POWER, POWERS, PRICE, PRINCE, > PRUITT, > > PYE, QUICK, RAGUET, RAMBIN, RANDALL, RANEY, RAWLINSON, RAY, RECTOR, REED, > > REEVES, REID, REYNOLDS, RICHARDS, RICHARDSON, RISINGER, ROBERTS, > ROBERTSON, > > ROBINSON, RODRIGUES, ROGERS, ROQUEMORE, ROSE, ROSS, ROWLETT, RULFS, RUSK, > > RUSSELL, SAMUELS, SANCHES, SANDERS, SATTERWHITE, SCHMIDT, SCOGIN, SCOTT, > > SCROGGINS, SELF, SHANNON, SHARP, SHAW, SHEPHERD, SHIPPEY, SHIRLEY, > SHOFNER, > > SIMMONS, SIMPSON, SIMS, SINGLETON, SISCO, SITTON, SKEETERS, SKILLERN, > SLAY, > > SMELLEY, SMITH, SONES, SOWELL, SPARKS, SPENCER, SPINKS, SPIVEY, SPURGEON, > > STACK, STALLINGS, STANALAND, STARR, STEEN, STEPHENS, STERNE, STEVENS, > > STEWART, STOCKWELL, STOKER, STOKES, STONE, STRAHAN, STRIBLING, STRICKLAND, > > STRIPLING, STUBBLEFIELD, SULLIVAN, SUMMERS, TATUM, TAYLOR, TEUTSCH, > THOMAS, > > THOMASON, THOMPSON, THRASH, TINDALL, TODD, TRAVIS, TRAWICK, TUCKER, > TURNER, > > VAUGHN, VAUGHT, VAWTER, VOIGT, WADE, WALKER, WALL, WALLACE, WALLING, > > WALTERS, WARD, WARREN, WASHINGTON, WATKINS, WATSON, WEATHERLY, WEAVER, > WEBB, > > WEEKS, WELCH, WEST, WESTMORELAND, WHEELER, WHITAKER, WHITE, WHITEHEAD, > > WHITMIRE, WHITTON, WIGGINS, WILBURN, WILKERSON, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMSON, > > WILSON, WINDER, WINDHAM, WINDSOR, WINFIELD, WOOD, WOODS, WRIGHT, WYNNE, > > YARBOROUGH, YATES, Y'BARBO, YOUNG, and YOUNGBLOOD. > > > > Mail your check to Nacogdoches Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 4634 SFA > > Station, Nacogdoches, Texas 75962. Tell all your friends. Help us get > enough > > orders for the reprint so that the Society members can be reimbursed. This > > was a personal underwriting by several core Society members -- the > Society > > itself did not have enough money to do it. > > Sincerely, > > > > Pam Philllips > > Nacogdoches CC > > Listowner TXNACOGD and TX-NACGSCIG > > Chair Nacogdoches Genealogical Society Computer Interest Group > > Email: webpsalms@iname.com

Now, if I'd only pasted the information, we'd all have already had it, sorry about that. Wondered why it went out so quickly! ..one other note, if you get this, and aren't on our TXVICTOR-L group as a subscriber, it's because I thought you might enjoy knowing of these, so I've included you on this mail out, though you aren't a list subscriber. Hope that's ok. bj ROOTSWEB SEARCH ENGINE - ANY SURNAME OR LISTING http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl http://lists.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/findlist.pl Trying to find a Rootsweb surname list? Don't know which of 8,000 possible variant spellings it might be listed under? This tool finds sound-alike matches for a given surname from among RootsWeb's thousands of surname lists. Give it a try! http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ (Find any Rootsweb genealogy mailing list) FAVORITE SEARCH ENGINES: http://www.aj.com/ (Ask Jeeves) http://www.altavista.digital.com/ (Alta Vista) http://www.aol.com/netfind/ (AOL Searcher) http://www.excite.com/ (Excite) http://galaxy.tradewave.com/galaxy.html (Galaxy) http://www.hotbot.com/ (Hot Bot) http://www.infoseek.com/ (Info Seek) http://lycospro.lycos.com/ (Lycos) SEARCH FOR PEOPLE - SEARCH ENGINES: http://www.anywho.com/resq.html http://www.555-1212.com/whte_us.htm http://www.four11.com/ http://in-114.infospace.com/_1_196816106__yp.ch/reverse.htm (reverse finder) http://www.switchboard.com/ http://www.whowhere.com/ http://www.icq.com/emaildir.html (Search the ICQ email directory - Millions of users) REAL-TIME COMPUTER TRANSLATIONS (All European languages) http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: http://www.calle.com/world/index.html (Global Gazatteer - Foreign) http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html (United State Geological Service - finds exact location of place names, cemeteries, churches, streams, etc. Excellent !!) http://www.indo.com/distance/ (Distance between two locations. Enter geographic coordinates or placenames) http://www.mit.edu/geo/ (finds county for known place and state) http://www.ahip.getty.edu/tgn_browser/ (geographic thesaurus) http://www1.proximus.com/lycos/ (Lycos road map) http://www.mapquest.com/ (Mapquest) http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html (geographic name locator) http://www.expediamaps.com/PlaceFinder.asp (Microsoft worldwide info) http://members.aol.com/oldmapsne/ (Historical Ink; old maps, NY&NE) http://www.outfitters.com/genealogy/land/twprange.html (township and range system) http://www.multimap.com/ (United Kingdom) http://www.livgenmi.com/1895.htm (US Atlas, 1895) http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/gnis/ (Yale geographic name locator) http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/terra_findaspot_coordinate.htm (One meter resolution aerial and satellite photography of the USA and select foreign locations. Enter geographic coordinates only) http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/terra_findaspot.htm (One meter resolution aerial and satellite photography of the USA and select foreign locations. Select location from a map or enter a place name) GENERAL REFERENCE SITE - ALL IN ONE http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html · Atlas & Maps · Beginner's Guides · Bios & Who's Who · Databases · Dictionaries · Electronic Texts · Encyclopedias · Genealogy · Government · Grammar & Style · History · Internet Resources · Law · Libraries · Miscellaneous · Phone Book · Population · Postal · Science · Thesaurus · Time & Date · Weights & Measures · World Religions · WWW Virtual Library -------------------- VITAL RECORDS: http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm (center for health stats) http://www.medaccess.com/address/vital_toc.htm (where to write) http://www.inlink.com/~nomi/vitalrec/ (Naomi's list) http://www.census-online.com/links/index.html#top (online census materials) http://www.doitnow.com/~moravia/census.html (alternate, census online) http://members.tripod.com/~rosters/ (searchable south) CHECK AND CLEAN VIRUSES FROM YOU COMPUTER - free ! http://housecall.antivirus.com/explorer.html (Trend Microsystems) Excellent - highly recommended on-line service - no charge) GIANT GENEALOGY SITES: http://www.hamrick.com/names/ U.S. Surname Distribution from the U.S. census during various period in history http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html (barrell of links) http://www.CyndisList.com (Cyndi's List) http://www.wwnet.com/~krugman1/fgc/ (Ford Genealogy Club) http://www.genforum.com/ (genealogy discussions) http://www.polaris.net/~legend/genalogy.htm (genealogy gateway) http://posom.com/hl/ (genealogy helplist) http://www.citynet.net/mostwanted/ (genealogy's most wanted) http://emcee.com/ (genealogy online) http://genealogy.tbox.com/ (genealogy tool box) http://www.gensource.com/ifoundit/ (genealogy search engine) http://www.genhomepage.com/societies.html (genealogical societies) http://www.lds.org/Family_Hostory/How_Do_I_Begin.html (Mormon FHCs) http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ (National Genealogical Society) http://www.nehgs.org/ (New England Historic Genealogical Society) http://www.rand.org/personal/Genea/ (Rand genealogy club) http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/ (Roots Web Searches) http://www.bc1.com/users/sgl/html/usa.htm (searchable genealogy links) http://genealogy.travellor.com/genealogy/ (Travellor southern families) http://www.ukans.edu/heritage/research/dbd.html (UofKS sourcelist) http://www.usgenweb.com/ (US Genealogy web) http://www.usigs.org/index.htm (US Internet Genealogical Society) ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/roots-l/genealog/genealog.vital-mo (genealogical and historical societies of Missouri; to change states, delete "mo" and substitute the postal abbreviation of the state of our choice) ------------------- CHURCH HISTORY: http://www.ncccusa.org/ (National Council of Churches) http://www.ats.edu/members/denom.htm (theological seminaries) http://www.rrlc.org/guide/arc02.shtml (American Baptist) http://www.cob-net.org/ (Church of the Brethren) http://www.catholic.net/ (Roman Catholic Church) http://www.cin.org/ (Catholic information network) http://www.catholic.org/colweb/direct.html (Catholis web directory) http://www.disciples.org/historc.htm (Disciples of Christ) http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/ (Episcopal Church, USA) http://www.elca.org/ (Evangelical Lutheran) http://www.fum.org/ (Friends United/Quaker) http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/index.htm (Quaker genealogy) http://www.mercer.edu/mainlib/SpColl.html (Georgia Baptist) http://www.depauw.edu/lib/services/Desc/dept.htm#archives (Indiana UMC) http://www.lcms.org/ (Lutheran, Missouri Synod) http://www.jewell.edu/academia/currylibrary/partee/partee.html (MO Baptist) http://cmc2.cmc.edu/arc.html (Missouri United Methodist) http://cc.owu.edu/~librweb/spuma.htm (Ohio United Methodist) http://www.libertynet.org/~pacscl/phs/index.html (Presbyterian) http://www.rca.org/ (Reformed Church in America) http://carolus.furman.edu/library/welcome/specpage.htm (SC Baptist) http://www.ucc.org/ (United Church of Christ) http://www.gcah.org/center.htm (United Methodist archives) http://www.gcah.org/Conference/umcdirectory.htm (UMC state archives) ETHNIC RESEARCH: http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/searchable.html (searchable Canada) http://www.genealogy.com/gene/www/emig/emigr.html (emigration from Germany) http://genealogy.org/~palam/#iareg (Palatines to America) http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~tbrass/AMST/Amst.html (Dutch in New Amsterdam) http://www.familyworkings.com/genealogy1.htm (German Genealogy) http://www.kst.dit.ie/nat-arch/index.html (Irelands national archives) http://www.rootsweb.com/~irish/index.html (Irish Genealogical Society) http://gentreegenealogy.com (Irish Genealogy) http://www.anywhere.co.uk/news.html (Scots birth, death, marriage indices) http://www.scotclans.com/ (Scot Clans) http://www.tartans.com/genalogy.htm (Scots genealogy) http://www.origins.net/GRO/ (Scotland General Register Office) http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/story/story.htm (tartans & clans) http://www.tartans.com/ (tartans) http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/ (UK genealogy) ------------------- ARCHIVES FOR MILITARY HISTORY & WARS: http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milhist/ (Canada war timeline) http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~hoemann/unit1.html (Civil War fighting units) http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm (CW Dakota State) http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ (Civil War, U of KY) http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/civlink.htm (Civil War, LSU) http://www.usgenweb.com/military/index.htm (military history for genealogy) http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ (Military History Institute) http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/millib/index.html (military libraries) http://www.toast.net/~beau/gs1812.htm (Society of the War of 1812) SOURCES FOR BOOKS: http://www.clark.net/pub/rmharris/netdlrs.html (antiquarian books) http://www.appletons.com/homepage.html (Appleton's) http://www.glbco.com/ (Blair's) http://www.esva.net/ghotes/biblio/bkdealer.htm#dealer (dealers and publishers) http://www.hearthstonebooks.com/ (Hearthstone) http://www.higginsonbooks.com/genbooks.htm (Higginson genealogy) http://www.hopefarm.com/genealog.htm (Hope Farm, NY books) http://www.midcoast.com/~picton/ (Picton Press) http://server.mediasoft.net/Scott/C/ (Willow Bend) http://www.yogs.com/ (Ye Olde Gen Shop, Indianapolis) LOOKUP SERVICES: http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo/#States (books we own) http://www.mindspring.com/~wcrews/BooksPlus.html (mostly southern Books) http://www.longstreet.net/census.html (census lookups) http://www.cswnet.com/~mgoad/dar.html (DAR patriot index) http://www.concentric.net/~Mikerice/hl/usa/index.shtml (genealogy helplist) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2154/springin.htm (surname springboard) GENEALOGY MAILING LISTS - "HOW TO GUIDES": http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html http://members.aol.com/gresinet/gen_mail.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ http://php.indiana.edu/~stephen/ownlists.htm http://www.eskimo.com/~chance/lists.html ----------------- STATE & REGIONAL GENEALOGY SOCIETIES: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/mhgs/index.html (midwest gen society) http://www.asc.edu/archives/genealog.html (Alabama genealogy) http://wwwcogensoc.org/cgs/cgs-home.htm (Colorado gen society) http://www.cslnet.ctstateu.edu/ (Connecticut library) http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/ (Florida gen society) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9829/Ga.html (Georgia helplist) http://www.sos.state.il.us/ (Illinois Secretary of State) http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/ (Indiana library) http://www.uiowa.edu/~shsi/index.htm (Iowa historical society) http://home.att.net/~ladylake10/ipl/ipl_main.htm (Iowa pioneers) http://www.kumc.edu/kansas/KSL/Ref/ksl_ref.html (Kansas library) http://www.kdla.state.ky.us/kdlaindx/kdlaindx.htm (Kentucky library and archives) http://mlin.lib.ma.us/ (Massachusettes Library and Information Network) http://www.mnhs.org/ (Minnesota historical society) http://mosl.sos.state.mo (Missouri archives) http://www.system.missouri.edu/shs/ (Missouri historical society) http://www.nehgs.org/ (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston) http://www.state.nj.us/statelibrary/libgene.htm (New Jersey library) http://www.sara.nysed.gov/ (New York archives) http://unix2.nysed.gov/ (New York library) http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/vr.htm (New York vital records) http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/ (North Carolina archives) http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NCSLHOMEHTM#information (NC library) http://www.ohiohistory.org/ (Ohio historical society) http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us/ (Oklahoma museum of history) http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ (Oregon archives) http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Historical_Museum/DAM/overview.htm (Pennsylvania archives) http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/pde/LIDSTATE.HTML (Penn. commonwealth library) http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/respol.htm (South Carolina archives) http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/escn_database_reports/ (old SC papers) http://www.historic.com/schs/ (South Carolina historical society) http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/mnscrpts/index.html (USC's South Carolina library) http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/tslahome.htm (Tennessee library & archives) http://www.vsla.edu/index.html (Virginia Library) http://www.westvirginia.org/ (West Virginia online) http://www.wisc.edu/shs-archives/ (Wisconsin historical society) http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/www/wis_lib.html (online Wisconsin libraries) -------------------- SURNAMES: http://www.one-name.org/top.htm (Guild of One Name Studies) http://cgi.rootsweb.com/surhelp/srchall.html (suname helper) http://www.eskimo.com/~chance/lists.html (surname mailing lists) http://www.gendex.com:8080/display?page=surnames& (surname search engine) http://surnameweb.org/registry/ (surname web's registry) SEARCH FOR LAND TITLES AND LAND PATENTS: http://www.avana.net/~lhaasdav/Patentlocations.html (all states) http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ (BLM eastern states land records) http://www.innernet.net/hively/newpage29.htm (PA lands, with links) http://image.vtls.com/collections/LO.html (Virginia land office records) NEWSPAPERS: http://www.dds.nl/~kidon/medie-link/uspapers.shtml (Kidon US Dailies)(I haven't tried this, but if it doesn't work, note that the next two say Media-link and try that) http://www.dds.nl/~media-link/usweek.shtml (Kidon US Weeklies) http://www.dds.nl/~kidon/media-link/capapers.shtml (Kidon Canada) http://caroline.eastlib.ufl.edu/flnews/projects.html (state newspaper projects) http://www.lib.virginia.edu/cataloging/vnp/contacts.html (state projects list) http://www.naa.org/hotlinks/index.asp (state associations, dailies by state) CEMETERY RECORDS: http://users.deltanet.com/~steven/cemetery.html (cemetery listings) http://www.funeral.com/cemeterystates/ (cemetery listings) http://www.funeralnet.com/cgi-local/notfound.pl?/ (funeral home istings) http://www.dreamscape.com/goldlinks/cemetery.htm http://www.Islandnet.com/ocfa/ (Ontario cemetery listings) http://we.got.net/docent/cem/uscem.htm (US cemeteries) http://www.inwd.com/death/usa.htm (US cemeteries) OTHER RELATED GENEALOGY SITES: http://www.firstct.com/fv/stone.html (breaking down the wall) http://www.ala.org/alonline/ (American Library Association) http://www.genealogy.org/~bcg/ (Board for Certification of Genealogists) http://www.firstct.com/fv/oldhand.html (deciphering old handwriting) http://www.nara.gov/regionals/stlouis.html (fed personnel records) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3207/ (low Country Huguenots) http://OfficialCitySites.com (index of local government sites) http://www.umdl.umich.edu/moa/moa_search.html (UMich literature search) http://www.vanished.com/pages/database.html (misc. online databases) http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us (Mid-Continent Public Library) http://www.libraryspot.com/librariesonline.htm (libraries everywhere) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8080/philly.html (Philadelphia) http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/ (Zip Codes)

This is from another list, so if that offends you, we're sorry, but this is going to be useful to some of OUR list members, since we have brand new ones who don't yet know what all is out there. Enjoy it, it's a donation to our list from the Hardie's, Dorothy and Alan, whom we thank for thinking of our list group. ....Reminding you, all Rootsweb Archives can be searched, by the way. bj

This in from the most recent Rootsweb notes, points to a IIGS page showing a lot of beginning search spots for that native home of your ancestor. Thought you might enjoy this concise list of helpers. bj http://www.iigs.org/newsletter/9908news/place.htm.en

I got this off another list and thought it was worth passing on. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/2318/ Teresa iraggi@tisd.net Victoria, TX Iraggi*Maggio*Marzullo*Burizillari*Ferraro - Palermo,Sicily Smith*Meeks*Moore*Stevens*Medford - TN,MS Leeper*Shannon*McCauley - MS, AR, SC Crawford*Ragon - AR,TN,MS Meyer* Myers* and other spellings - TX & alot more !

Find yourselves a mailing list, or a batch of them, to subscribe to, for your surnames or area of search. They are invaluable in contacting others. Here's one place to look for one. I recommend subscribing in Digest Mode, as some have HEAVY traffic. Some don't, and are okay for individual emails, it's what we call the L mode, or List mode. It sends out individual letters, and can get extremely heavy in letters coming to you, where Digest Mode accumulates a batch then sends out the batch at one time. Your choice, though. bj http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/

You may like these, they can be printed and kept for reference, to help determine a relationship. bj http://home.earthlink.net/~howardorjeff/relation.htm http://www.isn.net/~dfaith/chartpage5.html

This one in from Teresa Iraggi, it's a Rootsweb search site. Nice one, you will all be able to use it for someone! Thank you, Teresa. bj http://searches.rootsweb.com/htdig/search.html

This little snippet of info might help you check your machines for the Y2K thing, and reassure anyone with doubts about their machines. Sent me by a list friend, our thanks to Betty Bireley. bj Dear Billye, I don't know if you have received this message before. I seem to remember you printing out something on Y2K. The beauty of this is...even I can understand it. It applies to Windows 95 and Windows 98. TEST Double click on "My computer." Double click on "Control Panel." Double click on "Regional Settings" icon. Click on the "Date" tab at the top of the page. Where it says, "Short Date Sample", look and see if it shows a "two digit" year (yy). That's is the date setting that will not roll over to 2000. It will roll over to 00. Click on the button or arrow across from "Short Date Style" and select the option that shows "mm/dd/yyyy. Be sure your selection has four Y's showing, not two. Then click on "Apply" and then click on "OK" at the bottom. You're fixed. This took me about three minutes. Remember, I'm slow. Maybe this will help someone.

Might find something of interest here. bj http://www.my-ged.com/

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A thank you to Bob Smith, of this list, who sends this useful piece of information for you all. Our folks can use this sort of help. bj DATING OLD PHOTOGRAPHS In searching for the identities of persons in old photographs, sometimes it is helpful to first establish a time frame. Here are ten ways to help date old photographs: 1- Many studio photographs have the name and/or address of the studio printed on it. By using city directories, it is possible to find out when the studio was in business at that address. 2- Clothing or uniforms--here are some Web sites that feature some examples of period clothing. Harpers Bazaar Online http://www.victoriana.com/library/harpers/harpers.html Victoriana http://www.victoriana.com/index.html Vintage Clothing at GladRags http://www.vintagegladrags.com/ Stoney Creek Trading Co. - Historical and Primitive Clothing, Accouterments & Supplies for Re-enactors and Trekkers. http://www.pconline.com/~sctrader/page11.htm AzRA Historical Resources - Wardrobe http://members.aol.com/azrahist/war.htm Grand Illusions http://www.grand-illusion.com/ Civil War Period Uniforms and Accouterments http://extlab1.entnem.ufl.edu/olustee/uniforms/uniforms.html 3- Year and make of automobiles (also check license plates for year) Cars of Yesterday http://www.carsofyesterday.com/gallery/index.html Antique, Classic Car Photos http://www.c-zone.net/dochemp/hcca1.html 4- Arrangement in a photo album is many times chronological. 5- Look for correspondence that tells of vacations or trips, then match photos with trips and get dates from letters or postmarks. 6- Architecture and decor of houses may also provide clues. 7- Match with other photos that have dates on them. See if you can determine that the setting or person is the same as the setting or person in a photo that has a date on it. 8- Look for photos within a photo that may provide clues. 9- Furnishings--check with antique shops. 10- Types of photos--Below are some photo types and estimated years in which they were used. Daguerrotypes - 1840s to 1860s Ambrotypes 1850s to 1880s Tintypes 1850s to 1920s Pannotypes 1850s to 1860s Calotypes 1830s to 1880s Stereographs Civil War period Lantern Slides Albumen Prints 1850 to 1890 Other articles that may be helpful in identifying old photographs are: Card and Paper Photographs, 1854-1900," by Diane VanSkiver Gagel http://www.ancestry.com/magazine/articles/photographs.htm Preserving Old Photos http://www.ancestry.com/columns/myrtle/april98/my980427.htm Deciphering Age of old Photographs http://www.ancestry.com/columns/myrtle/april98/my980417.htm More information can be found in "Unlocking the Secrets in Old Photographs," by Karen Frisch-Ripley http://ancestry.viamall.com/ancestry/unsecinoldph1.html Unlocking Secrets in Old Photographs (Review by DearMYRTLE) http://www.ancestry.com/columns/myrtle/april98/my980414.htm ===============================================