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Since I obviously haven't made this clear enough, I will try again! :)
You will address an email to the list, subject line will be ***DINNER
PARTY*** ancestors name. Then in the body of the email you will put which
ancestor you would wish to have dinner with, and what you would like to ask
them.
The meal under preparation was just a lighthearted attempt to have fun with
everyone. The choice of seating arrangements the same. There is NO real
DINNER PARTY, it is using your imagination to get your brick wall out there.
The RSVP was an attempt to get everyone writing to the list.
This is similiar to having a roll call with a bit of a twist.
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For instance, IF this was on my surname list Elaine "DENTON" I would send
in:
subject line: ***DINNER PARTY*** William DENTON born c. 1801
Body of email:
I would invite my great greatgrandfather, William DENTON. I would like to
ask him the following questions:
1. Who are your parents?
2. What is your wife, Sarah's, maiden name?
3. Why did you move your whole family to Missouri from Tennessee in the
late 1840's?
4. Where are you and Sarah buried?
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You want to get as much info into your questions as possible to hopefully
break through your brick wall. This is just a sample...you want to make it
pertinant to this list.
And REMEMBER, this is all in fun,
Thanks,
Lainee
List Admin
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(this goes out to ALL of my lists)
Hiya everyone,
With the recent state of servers at RootsWeb and all of us being out of
touch for the last week or so, I thought it would be a nice idea to have a
dinner party. We have had some new subscribers over the last week that are
now finally able to post, so even the lists that had a dinner party a couple
weeks ago are getting a second one. :)
You can invite ONE or TWO guests of your choosing. ***PLEASE RSVP with the
same subject line and the guest(s) you will be bring in the subject line
also. Then list who you are bringing and what your questions will be to
them.
The menu will be chicken (fried and baked), roast beef, ham, potatoes au
gratin, mashed potatoes (taters to us from the southern US), garden peas,
fresh green beans, and corn.
Dessert will be apple pie (freshly baked of course), ice cream (all flavors)
and cake.
Dinner will be served buffet style so that you can either sit at the big
table in the dining hall or you can wander out into the lovely garden to sit
picnic style on the fragrant chamomile grass among the blooming flowers
under a nice shade tree.
Have fun and don't forget your RSVP,
Lainee
List Administrator
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Hello everyone,
For some of you I am a new administrator. I just wanted to say that for the
last about a week, Lists2, a server on RootsWeb for most of the lists has
been down. As a result, if you sent a message to the list, it didn't get
distributed to the list however, it did get into the archives which can be
found:
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/
You can then enter the list name into the search box to see if you have
missed anything.
To find out at any time if there is a problem you can go to RootsWeb and
click on the help link at the top of any RootsWeb page. There is usually an
announcement there. In this case, RootsWeb has said that they do NOT expect
to lose any data due to the server being down.
I just wanted to let you all know that you can now post and search once
again for your roots,
Lainee
List Administrator
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It is a period of intense political times when emotions and opinions
will run high in many directions. The simple issue is that RootsWeb
is for genealogical research and not for political discussions. Equivalent
political situations have been known to cause significant
disturbances and needed intervention by admins and occasionally by
staff.
RootsWeb asks all admins to reinforce where necessary to their
subscribers the basis of the mailing lists and their provision by RootsWeb
to users, and, where necessary, take reasonable actions to maintain the
focus of mailing lists.
RootsWeb cannot and will not be supportive of list administrators who
encourage political discussions on mailing lists.
I appreciate the fact that no one has posted any political or off-topic
messages and that this will remain as such. Please continue with your
messages as normal regarding the genealogy research as to the topic of this
list!
Lainee
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For those of you who might be searching in New York.
Lainee
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The following article is from Eastmans Online Genealogy Newsletter and is
copyright 2003 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the
permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at
http://www.RootsForum.com.
New York State Proposes Higher Fees
New York Governor Pataki's proposed new budget includes price increases that
will impact genealogists researching ancestors in that state. I have not
seen the document yet, but sources have provided me with the following
statement of the budget proposal, showing the current fees in braces before
the price increase:
For any search of the files and records conducted for authorized
genealogical or research purposes, the commissioner or any person authorized
by him shall be entitled to, and the applicant shall pay, a fee of [ten]
*twenty* dollars for each hour or fractional part of an hour of time of
search, together with a fee of [one dollar] *two dollars* for each
uncertified copy or abstract of such record requested by the applicant or
for a certification that a search discloses no record."
Other proposed fee changes include:
Uncertified vital records certificates (for genealogical purposes) - the
current $11 fee will become $22.
Certified vital records certificates - the current $15 fee will become $30.
http://www.rootsforum.com/newsletter/
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If anyone is researching England and Wales now, or will be in future, this
looks very good for us.
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The University of Leicester's New Opportunities Fund project is creating a
digital library of eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth century local
and trade directories from England and Wales.
Local and Trade Directories from England and Wales
Directories of counties and towns can be important sources for local and
genealogical studies. They include lists of names, addresses, and
occupations of the inhabitants of the counties and towns they describe, and
successive editions reflect the changes in the localities over a period of
time. You often can find ancestors listed in the trade directories when they
may be difficult to locate otherwise. In larger cities, you can often find
the address of a tradesman's shop. Assuming that he lived nearby, this
information can help you quickly zero in on the appropriate neighborhood in
census records that have not been indexed.
This new online collection contains images of a large number of directories.
The Web site also has a powerful search engine available so that names,
occupations, addresses, and other key words or phrases can be located to
their exact places on pages within the text. This makes it very easy for you
to find names and other information quickly.
To access this excellent resource, go to:
http://www.historicaldirectories.org/
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Your viewable WorldConnect file is a composite of the GEDCOM you upload and
the *options* you select on the Set-up Page. These options include your
owner information, password, display options (selections) -- what you choose
to let the virtual world see -- and download options.
Unlike changes you make to the GEDCOM itself, changes in your selected
options can be made without uploading a revised file (i.e. leaving the
location of GEDCOM box blank). Probably the most common option change
involves updating your e-mail address.
If you wish to update or revise your WorldConnect options -- but not
change the GEDCOM itself, start on the main WorldConnect page:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/
Click on: "Also, go here to update or correct your existing Family
Tree." Enter the user code and password for your existing GEDCOM (the
same ones you used when originally uploading the GEDCOM). If you don't
remember your user code and/or password, have them sent to you by e-mail
from Password Central:
http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/
--if you have the same e-mail address or can still receive mail at that
address. If your e-mail address has changed and you are not able to
retrieve mail at the old one, you will have to contact RootsWeb's
HelpDesk for your account information.
http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help.cgi
You can choose either the Standard or Advanced Set-up Page in updating
your account. However, use the Advanced option if you previously used
it, or if you wish to customize items not included on the Standard
option. Choose the Advanced option if you submitted or last updated your
GEDCOM before there was a choice of Standard and Advanced.
CAUTION: If you see a message that says "you are about to create a new
GEDCOM account. If this was not what you intended, click the Oops
button" -- this means that you have NOT entered the exact user code and
password you originally used for your existing account.
Make certain you are viewing the Set-up Page for your existing
WorldConnect account. Leave the path/location of GEDCOM box on the Set-
up page blank. WorldConnect assumes you are going to update the
*options* for the existing GEDCOM rather than uploading a new one if
this box is left blank.
Keep your e-mail address current for your WorldConnect account. This
makes it easier for your cousins to find you. If your e-mail address
changes and you have not updated it at WorldConnect, you might miss an
important connection. Before you leave your old ISP or change your e-
mail address, try to remember to record the original user code and
password for your account. If you can't remember them, request your
account information from Password Central (click on Password tab at
http://www.rootsweb.com/ ) while you still can receive mail at your old
e-mail address as that is where the information will be sent. However,
if you have a sudden change and can't access your old e-mail account,
you will need to contact the HelpDesk as indicated above.
Other options for your WorldConnect file that you might wish to change
or update from time to time include the wording of your Title, Headers
and/or Footers; the download options (whether or not you wish to allow
visitors to download all or part of your GEDCOM); your password; whether
notes and sources are included in your display; whether living family
members are cleaned or removed, plus many other options -- items which
are not a part of the GEDCOM itself--but which affect how your GEDCOM is
handled online by WorldConnect.
After completing the options to be changed, scroll down and click on the
upload/update button to reprocess the existing GEDCOM. Wait for the
message confirming that the current GEDCOM has been reprocessed.
To learn about the reprocessing options available on the Advanced Set-up
Page (the Advanced Set-up Page is not recommended for first-time
submitters), please see:
http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wcsubmit4.html
The above instructions apply ONLY if you originally uploaded your GEDCOM
to RootsWeb's WorldConnect, and not if you submitted your file to Online
Family Tree (OFT) or Ancestry World Tree (AWT) at Ancestry.com. To edit
your GEDCOM file you must use the tools available at your original
upload site following the instructions located here:
http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/questions.html#gedcom
If you wish to make changes to your actual family tree file that is
shown on WorldConnect, you must first update your information in your
genealogy program. It cannot be done online. Update your files, create a
new GEDCOM file, and then upload the new (revised) file using the same
user code you did the previous time.
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http://userdb.rootsweb.com/guidelines.html
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The following databases have come online recently. They are searchable,
but not browseable.
ARKANSAS. Greene County. Cemetery Records
1,404 records; Tina Easley
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/
ARKANSAS. Sebastian County. Old Union Cemetery
558 records; Eddie Hopper
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/
CALIFORNIA. Sonoma County. City of Sonoma Valley Cemetery
747 records; Lori J. Wicks
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/
GEORGIA. Columbus County. Fort Benning Officers' Candidate School--1965
144 records; Paula L.Delosh
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/
KANSAS. Shawnee County. Lincoln Junior High, Topeka, Class of
January 29, 1937; 55 records; Eloise Franks
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/
MICHIGAN. Iron County. Iron River Cemetery
1,599 records; Dale Safford
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/
MISSOURI. Jackson County. William Chrisman High School--Class of 1947
306 records; Shirley L. Stanford
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/
MISSOURI. Jackson County. William Chrisman High School--Class of 1948
268 records; Shirley L. Stanford
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/
MISSOURI. Jackson County. William Chrisman High School--Class of 1949
342 records; Shirley L. Stanford
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/
NORTH DAKOTA. McHenry County. Kief City Cemetery
240 records; Karen A. Trzcinski
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/
PENNSYLVANIA. Adams County. Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery
248 records; Deb Jones
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/
PENNSYLVANIA. Allegheny County. 1900 Census of Western Penitentiary
159 records; Lesa McElwain
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index/
VIRGINIA. Scott County. 1850 Census
9,349 records; Mary Lou Wardlaw
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index/
VIRGINIA. Williamsburg. William and Mary College, 1931
190 records; Paula L.Delosh
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/
WISCONSIN. La Crosse County. Name index to "The History of La Crosse
County, 1881." 9,518 records; La Crosse Area Genealogical Society,
courtesy of UW-L's Murphy L
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/bookindexes/
6. New Personal Freepages and Homepages at RootsWeb
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Note: Comments and questions about any of these independently authored
webpages should be directed to their respective compilers/webmasters.
When your new, updated, or substantially revised personal pages located
at RootsWeb (they will have "freepages" or "homepages" in the URL) are
up and ready for visitors, please send the URL (Web address), along with
a brief description, including the major pertinent surnames and what is
available on your site, to: Editor-RWR(a)rootsweb.com
AUSTRALIA. Northern N.S.W. Fully searchable collection of photographs,
many with names, of past students and teachers (1936-1993) at Dungay
Public School, Northern N.S.W, Australia.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tumbulgum/dungay/genealogy.htm
BILBO, MORGAN. Pertains to Jean Jacques BILBO, his son, John Peter BILBO
and their marriages into the MORGAN family.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lydieanderson/jjbilbo.htm
CARROLL, GREEN, KIRKLAND, and RICHARDSON. Featuring Archibald CARROLL,
Elisha GREEN, John KIRKLAND, and William RICHARDSON families of South
Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gck1/
COLENSO (FOSTER, DRUMMOND and LEEMAN to follow). A look at the lives,
times, occupations of my past relatives within their historical context.
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~mandx
GERMANN GATHERINGS. Researching BATCHELOR, BIRD, CHAPPELL, CHOPE, DAVY,
David EDDY, EMERY, FOSTER, GERMANN, JONES, PHILPOTT, SQUIRES, SWITZLER,
and WILSON.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~germann/
KINFOLK'S FAMILY FILES. Inter-related family lines for more than 14,000
people and hundreds of surnames.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kinfolks/
MOLYNEUX. International MOLYNEUX Family Association--an all-volunteer,
nonprofit family history association researching all variations of
MOLYNEUX, MOLINEUX, MULLINAX, MULLINIX, MULLENIX, MULNICKS, MULNO, etc.
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~imfa/home.html
NEW YORK. Utica City Directory--1854. Partial transcription.
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~godwin/utica1854/
PAULINE'S FAMILY HISTORY. Many family surnames of Ontario, Canada, New
England USA), the UK, and Germany.Includes: HALL-WARD, FRANZEN-
HANENBERG, and JOHNSON-BILLING.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~paulinefranzen/
WISCONSIN. Richland Republican and Observer Index. Name index of those
appearing in these and other Richland newspapers.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~djnsl/RepOb/RepObHome.html
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Some of these pages might not yet be accessible. They are created by
volunteers, so if one that interests you isn't up yet, please check
again in a few days or next week.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~[accountname]
Note that the ~[tilde] before the Web account name is required.
Example: The Macon County, Illinois website is located at:
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CANADA
nscbgha -- Cape Breton Genealogy and Historical Association
(Nova Scotia)
U.S.A.
canhlduv -- Nancy Hanks Lincoln Tent #5 of Daughters of Union Veterans
of the Civil War (San Diego, San Diego County, California)
coapg -- Colorado Chapter Association of Professional Genealogist
cocault -- Ault, Weld County, Colorado
cocpierc -- Pierce, Weld County, Colorado
gaquitma -- Quitman County, Georgia
gatchgs -- Taylor County Historical-Genealogical Society, Inc.
(Georgia)
ilford -- Ford County, Illinois
iliroquo -- Iroquois County, Illinois
ilmacon -- Macon County, Illinois
ilmchenr -- McHenry County, Illinois
lacivwar -- Louisiana Involvement in the Civil War
mnsctbio -- Scott County, Minnesota Biographies Project
msboliva -- Bolivar County, Mississippi
mswashin -- Washington County, Mississippi
okkingf2 -- Kingfisher County, Oklahoma
sckersha -- Kershaw County, South Carolina
scorange -- Orangeburg County, South Carolina
txdawson -- Dawson County, Texas
txglcdar -- General Levi Casey Chapter, National Society Daughters of
the American Revolution (Dallas, Dallas County, Texas)
txmedina -- Medina County, Texas
4. New Mailing Lists at RootsWeb
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NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS
IRL-CORK-MALLOW -- The Poor Law Union of Mallow, County Cork,
Ireland
NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS
BOOCOCK, BROITZMAN, BULCOCK
BROWN-SCOTLAND -- The BROWN surname in Scotland
CORBRIDGE-UK -- The CORBRIDGE surname in the United Kingdom
DENTON-ALBERT-LOGAN -- Albert Logan Denton descendants in Jackson
and Clay counties, Tennessee and Van Zandt County, Texas
ESTWICK
HEBBORN, HOZIE
HARRIS-AUS -- The HARRIS surname in Australia
HARRIS-CA -- The HARRIS surname in California
HARRIS-CO -- The HARRIS surname in Colorado
HARRIS-FL -- The HARRIS surname in Florida
HARRIS-IL -- The HARRIS surname in Illinois
HARRIS-LA -- The HARRIS surname in Louisiana
HARRIS-MD -- The HARRIS surname in Maryland
HARRIS-MI -- The HARRIS surname in Michigan
HARRIS-UK -- The HARRIS surname in the United Kingdom
HARRIS-WV -- The HARRIS surname in West Virginia
HEMPSALL-UK --The HEMPSALL surname in the United Kingdom
JARAMILLO
KEIG, KESTLE
MITCHAM, MUNNERLYN
SCHROYER, SEFFKER, SHARTLE, SMATHERS, STELZER
SCOTT-NY -- The SCOTT surname in New York State (USA)
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NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS
TXLEGNOTES -- A notification system to let people, societies and
organizations know when there are problems relating to records used by Texas
genealogists. The list may discuss legal and legislative issues in Texas
such as pending legislation, legislative bills, vital records issues and
access to open or closed records.
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RETURN TO SENDER: ADDRESS UNKNOWN.
Sooner or later you are going to
find a promising lead about your ancestors on WorldConnect, a Message
Board, Mailing List, or on someone's personal website, so you send a
quick e-mail note. And, it bounces. If your message was returned because of
a full mailbox, or other temporary reasons, try again in a few days.
However, if it bounces because the address is longer valid, then what do you
do? First, it does no good to contact the HelpDesk or your editor, because
RootsWeb does not maintain a database of users' e-mail
addresses, and as much as we'd like to, we can't help you with this
problem.
Most genealogists leave a trail though, so start looking outside the
box. Is there a link to the person's homepage or to their family tree at
WorldConnect? Check those carefully because there might be an e-mail
address there that is different than the one you have. Do they have a
guestbook on their homepage? If so, leave them a note.
Where might this person have posted? Message Boards? Mailing Lists?
What surnames? What localities? Search through the appropriate archives to
see if you can find a more recent address for them. If they are working the
same family lines you are, they are probably using the
same resources. Where have you left a virtual trail? Post a response to
any of their old messages in hopes they will see it. Ask others if they
know of an up-to-date address for this "lost" cousin. Where applicable,
leave a Post-em Note so this person knows you are searching for them.
To find Message Boards and Mailing Lists click on the appropriate tab
near the top of any RootsWeb page, or at the Home Page:
http://www.rootsweb.com/
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WHITTLING 'EM DOWN. You can narrow down the number of "hits" when
searching the more than 256 million names in the combined WorldConnect/
Ancestry World Tree database by using WorldConnect's Advanced Search
options. At this page:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/
click on SEARCH ALL DATABASES.
Refine a search that yields too many "hits" by including more
information -- add a given name, or place of birth, and/or death (using
town, county, state, and/or country as your search term). Birth and
death place searches support recognition of the two-letter U.S. state
postal abbreviations, as well as the state's full name -- KS or Kansas.
Birth year and death year are searchable with a drop-down menu with the
selections of: exact, plus or minus 1, 2, 5, 10 or 20 years. The latter
gives a range to a maximum of 40 years -- 20 years in either direction
from the year you are using as your starting point. Also, you may use a
wildcard with an exact date search. For example, put 187* in the birth
year field to search all years from 1870 through 1879.
WorldConnect uses christening dates and/or places automatically if the
birth dates and/or places are missing. Burial dates and/or places are
substituted in the absence of death dates and/or places. Another option
for searches is on the names of the father, mother, and/or spouse. Too
many John ANDERSONs to wade through? Add "Gertrude" or "Smith" (his
wife's first and/or surname) to narrow it down.
Get rid of the LIVING entries by checking the box marked "omit living,"
which is next to the given-name field. Eliminate matches that contain no
data (genealogical information) in the birth, death, and/or marriage
place fields -- check the boxes marked "omit blanks." You also can check
off the boxes for "Has Descendants," "Has Notes," and/or "Has Sources"
to limit "hits" to only those individuals with these fields of
information included.
However, the more narrow you make the search criteria, the greater the
possibility that you might exclude a record of interest because it is
not an exact match. You can exclude specific databases (yours or anyone
else's) from a search by entering the user code(s) of the database(s)
you wish to be excluded in the SKIP DATABASE box. Exclude multiple
databases by skipping a single space (no commas or other punctuation)
between each user code.
Use the UPDATED WITHIN drop-down menu to limit searches to databases
that have been uploaded or updated since you last performed a search
(the FOREVER selection is used to search all databases). Check back
often as new databases are added all the time, and old records are
updated daily. Caution: If you constantly use SKIP DATABASE to ignore
someone else's database, you might miss an update to their file.
MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER. When viewing an entry within your own database
or someone else's you can access any matching entries in other
WorldConnect/Ancestry World Tree databases, by scrolling way down the
page, and clicking on "search WorldConnect."
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