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FYI -- Just in case any of you do research in Virginia.
Linda
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Virginia Historical Society online catalog
The Virginia Historical Society takes pleasure in announcing the opening
of its online library catalog. As of July 1, the online public access
catalog is available in the Society's reading room and on the Internet
via
the Society's webpage: http://www.vahistorical.org (select "Collections"
and then go to the bottom of the screen for the catalog). While the
online catalog is definitely a "work under construction," researchers may
use it to access records of all printed books and serials in the
Society's
collections, along with about 6,200 records of manuscript collections.
Future searchable components of the catalog will include records of maps,
newspapers, photographs, and portraiture. (A photographs index is
currently accessible from the online catalog or directly through the
Society's web page.)
A number of persons and agencies have supported the Society's automation
efforts, including Mr. Alan M. Voorhees, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the Richard and Caroline T.
Gwathmey
Trust, and the Commonwealth of Virginia. At this time, the Society is
engaged in a comprehensive retrospective conversion project that, by June
2000, will have accounted for the transfer to automated format of the
vast
majority of existing records in the library's card catalogs. Staff
members
anticipate a second phase to the project that will complete the recon of
manuscript collection records and extend the conversion process into
other
record categories in the Society's holdings.
At an open house on September 19, 1998, the official opening of the
online
catalog will be celebrated and special presentations on its use will be
featured. In the meantime, questions about the Virginia Historical
Society's online catalog should be directed to Julie Beamer, data manager
(jbeamer(a)vahistorical.org). Research queries may be submitted to the
Society's library reference staff by telephone (804-342-9677) or by mail
to P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311. Genealogical queries should be
submitted in writing to the address listed above. Currently, the
Society's reference staff cannot accept reference queries via e-mail.
E. Lee Shepard
Assistant Director for Manuscripts and Archives
Virginia Historical Society
P.O. Box 7311
Richmond, VA 23221-0311
(804) 342-9670
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The Center for Electronic Records, (U.S.) National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA) has updated the 'Title List: A
Preliminary and Partial Listing of the Data Files in the National
Archives and Records Administration.' The 'Title List' is
current as of July 6, 1998, and now has entries for approximately
14,000 of the over 100,000 electronic records files in the
custody of NARA.
The Title List' is available via the NARA homepage. The general
URL is http://www.nara.gov/ with information about the electronic
records program and holdings available at
http://www.nara.gov/nara/electronic.
Title List files are also available via FTP. Anonymous FTP
(password 'guest') to FTP.CU.NIH.GOV, directory NARA_ELECTRONIC.
A READ.ME file on the FTP site provides further information about
the 'Title List' and Title List extract files. Note that the
full 'Title List' file has 21,666 lines and is approximately 1.5
megabytes in size.
Among the new entries in the 'Title List' are:
1) Title List Section III, Department of Commerce, Records of the
Bureau of the Census (R.G. 29): Decennial Census of Population
and Housing, 1990: Subject Summary Tape File 19 [The Older
Population of the U.S.] and Federal Assistance Awards Data System
(FAADS), 3rd & 4th Quarter, FY1997.
2) Title List Section IV, Department of Defense, Records of the
Office of the Secretary of Defense (Record Group 330): [Southeast
Asia] Combat Area Casualties Current & History Files, as of
November 1997.
I hope this information is useful.
THEODORE J. HULL
Archives Specialist
Center for Electronic Records
National Archives and Records Administration
(301) 713-6645
theodore.hull(a)arch2.nara.gov
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Hi to all Chesneys.! I am a member of the DAR on my Hale(Heale) line.
You do have to prove all the way back to your ancestor with marriage
certificates, birthcertificates and publications or books about your
family. You can also join on another member of your family's DAR number,
but it does help to have the number.
Here is the web site of the DAR:
http://www.chesapeake.net/DAR/
Tissie Chesney Schwebel
The requirements (in terms of proof of lineage) for membership have changed at different times. The proof is now more stringent (from what I've been told) than it used to be. Apparently DAR got some big-time embarassing leaps of faith and tightened up on their proof requirements.
Am sure that a DAR member could clarify.
--jsl
>Gary, you recently wrote:
>
>>My proof for William John Chesney and ancestors is soft. My great aunt
>>researched the family for the purpose of becoming a member of DAR.
>
>Don't women who become members of DAR have to provide pretty solid
>evidence of their lineage?
>
>I too have an aunt that became a member of the DAR. However, no one in
>the family seems to know who she claimed as her lineage. My mother
>always understood that if she could just get Aunt Isabelle's "DAR Number"
>she could find out more. However that number seems to have gone to the
>grave with dear Auntie -- she was buried wearing her DAR pin with the #on
>it!
>
>Anyone else on the Chesney list have experience with DAR lineage?
>
>Linda
>
>
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Gary, you recently wrote:
>My proof for William John Chesney and ancestors is soft. My great aunt
>researched the family for the purpose of becoming a member of DAR.
Don't women who become members of DAR have to provide pretty solid
evidence of their lineage?
I too have an aunt that became a member of the DAR. However, no one in
the family seems to know who she claimed as her lineage. My mother
always understood that if she could just get Aunt Isabelle's "DAR Number"
she could find out more. However that number seems to have gone to the
grave with dear Auntie -- she was buried wearing her DAR pin with the #on
it!
Anyone else on the Chesney list have experience with DAR lineage?
Linda
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Tom, I got this this morning from my friend in Kansas City.
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Linda:
You mentioned searching the GNIS site for Rosedale. Did you search it
for Chesney Park? I did and I found it. Then I pulled out my Topeka map
to figure out which streets it was on since the GNIS site does not show
street names. Low and behold Chesney Park is identified on my map. Why
didn't I try that when you first asked? But then again, why didn't you
check it out on the internet when you first asked?
The park appears to be between Buchannan and Clay south of 18th St. If
you have a Topeka map, this is about half way between Washburn Univeristy
and the Fairgrounds.
I just reread the previous message and realized that he lived at 1916
Lincoln instead of having his office there. I guess his office was
always downtown. Anyway, Lincoln is the next street west of Buchannan so
this park is obviously very close to where he lived. Next time I go to
Topeka, I'll try to find time to go to the park and get a picture.
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