Beginning March 2nd, 2020 the Mailing Lists functionality on RootsWeb will be discontinued. Users will no longer be able to send outgoing emails or accept incoming emails. Additionally, administration tools will no longer be available to list administrators and mailing lists will be put into an archival state.
Administrators may save the emails in their list prior to March 2nd. After that, mailing list archives will remain available and searchable on RootsWeb
They think that I should wash and clean, and be a model wife.
I tell them it's more interesting to study Grandpa's life.
They simply do not understand why I hate to go to bed . . .
I'd rather do two hundred years of research work instead.
Why waste the time we have on earth just snoring and asleep?
When we can learn of ancestors that sailed upon the deep?
We have priests, Rabbis, lawmen, soldiers, more than just a few.
And yes, there's many scoundrels, and a bootlegger or two.
How can a person find this life an awful drudge or bore
When we can peek into the lives of folks who came before?
A hundred years from now of course, no one will ever know
Whether I did laundry, but they'll see our Tree and glow . . .
'Cause their dear old granny left for them, for all posterity,
Not clean hankies and the like, but a finished Family Tree.
My home may be untidy, 'cause I've better things to do . . .
Checking all the records to provide us with a clue.
Old granny's pulling roots and branches out with frenzied glee,
Her clothes ain't hanging out to dry: she's hung up on The Tree.
by Mel Oshins
I thought y'all would be interested in this.
--Derick
==============================================================
- English Origins Launches Online Database
I have written several times in the past about Origins.net, a
company that has collaborated with the Public Records Office of
Scotland to produce Scottish Origins, an online database
containing genealogy information gleaned from the holdings of the
Public Records Office. This fee-based service is a great resource
for anyone with Scottish ancestry. Origins.net decided to not rest
on their laurels: they started expanding. In the April 8, 2000
edition of this newsletter, I wrote:
In the past few days the Society of Genealogists has signed an
agreement with Scottish Origins to put much of their material
online on a pay-as-you-view basis. This is great news for
genealogists. Scottish Origins appears to be well prepared for
this vast amount of material. The company has already worked
with the General Register Office for Scotland to place much of
their data online at http://www.origins.net. Obviously
Scottish Origins is now planning a similar effort with the
Society of Genealogists.
I can announce that the new "English Origins" is now available.
Here is the official announcement from Origins.net:
Origins.net, in collaboration with the Society of
Genealogists, announces the launch of English Origins. This
will operate on a similar 'pay per view' basis to the
company's existing Scots Origins service.
The Society has agreed with Origins to allow important parts
of its unique collection of British Isles material to be made
available over the Internet, no longer restricting access to
those able to visit the Society's Library in London.
The initial datasets are all of English records and will
appear on the new English Origins site. Others may appear on
different parts of the Origins site in due course.
The English Origins database currently includes over one
million names, covering the period 1568 to 1850, and including
the indexes listed below. These indexes provide rich
genealogical and biographical details and also allow you to
locate otherwise inaccessible source documents.
* Vicar-General Marriage Licence Allegations Index, 1694-1850
* Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations Index, 1701-1850
* Bank of England Will Extracts Index, 1717-1845
* London City Apprenticeship Abstracts, 1568-1850
* London Consistory Court Depositions Index, 1703-13
* Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index, 1700-1807
Other records, which will be added to the collection over the
course of 2001, include:
* Boyd's Marriage Index, over 6 million records
* Apprentices of Great Britain,1710-74; over 600,000 records
* Boyd's Inhabitants of London,14th-19th centuries; 60,000
families
* Boyd's London Burials; 50,000 names
* Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1750-1800; 333,000
records
Access to the English Origins database is by credit or debit
card, via a secure payment system. The charges are: £6 (about
$9) for 48 hours continuous access to the database, with hard
copies of original documents (which can be ordered online)
costing £10 (about $14.50). A free surname search facility is
available to determine whether there are any potentially
interesting records for a given surname.
Members of the Society of Genealogists are allowed one free
48-hour access each calendar quarter. This will allow members
to view a maximum of 150 of the Society's online records
during each of these accesses. Additionally, members will be
given a 20% discount on orders made via English Origins for
hard copies provided by the Society, i.e. £8 instead of £10.
About the Society of Genealogists
The Society of Genealogists offers a unique combination of
research material, guidance and support for those interested
in family history. It is a charity whose objects are to
promote, encourage and foster the study, science and knowledge
of genealogy. Their library is the foremost in the British
Isles with a large collection of family histories, civil
registration and census material, and the widest collection of
Parish Register copies in the country (over 9,000).
Robert Gordon, Director of the Society of Genealogists said
"As an educational charity, the Society is eager to make its
unique collection available to family historians world-wide -
not just to those who find it convenient to come to our
Library in London when we are open."
About Origins.netOrigins.net was founded in 1997 to work with the custodians of
valuable genealogical information to assist them in using the
Internet to provide broader access to family history
researchers. Since this time it has been home to Scots
Origins, providing exclusive on line access to the General
Register Office for Scotland's birth, marriage and death
records, covering the period 1553 to 1925
Origins.net is quoted in The Good Web Guide as: "an absolutely
central resource for all genealogists..." Scots Origins has
been praised by The Herald as: "a model consumer website with
clear instructions and an excellent demo."
Ian Galbraith, CEO and founder of the company, stated:
"Origins.net and the Internet allows millions of family
historians worldwide to access an extraordinary amount of
genealogical material, allowing for more productive research.
Using the Internet for family history research eliminates
distance barriers, and creates strong 'virtual communities',
linked together by family, heritage and history. We are
delighted to work with the Society of Genealogists to allow
Web access to their rich holdings."
You can find more information and even access English Origins
online at: http://www.origins.net/
==============================================================
COPYRIGHTS: The contents of this newsletter are copyright by
Richard W. Eastman with the following exception:
Many of the articles published in these newsletters contain quotes
or references from others, especially from other Web sites,
software users manuals, press releases and other public
announcements. Any words in this newsletter attributed to another
person or organization remain the copyrighted materials of the
original author(s).
You are hereby granted rights, unless otherwise specified, to re-
distribute articles from this newsletter to other parties
provided:
1. You do so strictly for non-commercial purposes
2. Your re-distribution is limited to one or two articles
per newsletter; do not re-distribute the newsletter in its
entirety
3. You may not republish any articles containing words attributed
to another person or organization until you obtain permission
from that person or organization. While you do have permission
to republish words written by Richard W. Eastman, you do not
have automatic authority to republish words written by others,
even if their words appear in this newsletter.
Also, please include the following statement with any articles you
re-distribute:
The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy
Newsletter and is copyright 2001 by Richard W. Eastman. It is
re-published here with the permission of the author.
Thank you for your cooperation.
==========================================================
Subscription information: There are two different methods to
subscribe to this free newsletter:
Method #1: to subscribe, to cancel an existing subscription,
modify an existing subscription in any way or to read back issues,
go to: http://www.rootsforum.com/newsletter.htm
Method #2: Send an e-mail to rootscomputing-subscribe(a)listbot.com
Please feel free to copy this subscription information and pass it
on to anyone else who you think might be interested in obtaining a
free subscription.
==========================================================
About the author: Dick Eastman is the forum manager of the three
Genealogy Forums on CompuServe. He also is the author of "YOUR
ROOTS: Total Genealogy Planning On Your Computer" published by
Ziff-Davis Press. He can be reached at: richard(a)eastman.net
______________________________________________________________________
To unsubscribe, write to rootscomputing-unsubscribe(a)listbot.com
Book "From Many Lands" by Louis Adamic, 1939; 350 pages. Immigrants to
Ellis Island, Plymouth Rock & many others in early America and their
stories, genealogy, families, etc; some include; Greeks CHEYNEY,
COCORIS; ... and others from London, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Russia
& other lands. Includes a chart of; "Official US Statistics of
Immigrants Admitted From All Countries - By Fiscal Years" from
1820-1939, etc.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=545000847