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Don Clendenin called me this afternoon. He wants everyone to know that while he knows there are email messages in his in-box he can't get to them to answer them.
HIs location is still under iced conditions from the ice storm about 10-11 days ago. They're okay and his wife has been able to get away from the house in a 4-wheel drive but he's email-less.
He'll get to it as soon as the ice goes away.
Sharon
as sent to me in another group-Cece
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Sometimes our volunteers have trouble finding someone in census indexes
because of misspelled surnames.
Here is an excellent tool that shows variant spellings.
http://www.namethesaurus.com/Thesaurus/
It definitely seems to give better results than the Soundex index.
Greetings All,
Most of us researchers are familiar with FamilySearch.org, the online
genealogy web site from the LDS Church. They have recently launched a new program
which allows the indexing of genealogical documents from home computers over
the Internet. It requires a Windows XP operating system and a Broadband
high speed Internet connection (DSL, cable, satellite). You DO NOT have to
be a member of the church to participate. There are currently several
indexing projects underway - the 1900 census for New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and North Carolina, Ontario & Texas Death records, and West Virginia
marriages as well as several state sponsored projects. There are also tutorials
on the web site for indexing each set of records. Each page takes about 30
minutes to complete, you don't have to be an "expert" to do it (your guess is
as good as mine and the free software program makes it easy to figure out and
much of it is automatic, so it goes fast) and the information will be added
to the free online databases we all love so much. If you or someone you know
may be interested in helping with this project please go to this web site and
sign up to volunteer.
_FamilySearch Indexing: Preserving Our Heritage_
(http://www.familysearchindexing.org/en/index.jsp) or
_http://www.familysearchindexing.org/en/index.jsp_
(http://www.familysearchindexing.org/en/index.jsp)
I have spent the past week indexing the 1900 New York & Illinois census
records and NOW I understand why it is so difficult to find the people I have been
looking for. The names (spelling) I'm finding on those New York census
records have very little in common with the names that show up on Ancestry's
list of names on that page and I know I'm a lot closer to right than they are.
It's no wonder I can't find the people I am looking for.
I was hesitant to sign up because I expected it to be a lot more complicated
than it is and any page they send you that you have difficulty with you can
just return if you can't figure it out. There is no pressure to be "right"
because each page is sent to two people, if the information extracted is the
same from both people
then it goes into the system, if not, then a third person decides.
I encourage all of you to sign up to volunteer and give this a try. If you
find you don't like it or don't have the time, then you can just not do it,
but every little bit helps and faster we can get these records indexed, the
sooner we can all benefit from the information in them. You might even
discover that you enjoy doing it. I did.
This is a great opportunity for all of us to give a little back to the
system we are all so grateful for when we find information on our ancestors in the
databases.
Thanks,
Cathy O'Hare
Note: The latest message I have is that the web site will be down for a few
hours on Thursday morning (Jan 18) for improvements so it may not be
accessible when you try to get in. Please try a little later if this is the case.
Hello folks,
We have always been able to order mtDNA kits but they were never considered part of the Surname project until today.
They will now be a part of the Clendenin surname project and I will be displaying the results and the participants' lineage on the website.
The cost for mtDNA plus (region 1 & 2) is the same as the 37 marker test for the men. You still go to the same location to order the kits.
If your mother was a Clendenin (any of the variant spellings) or her mother was, or her mother's mother was, etc., you can test your mtDNA through our project.
Women pass their mtDNA to both their sons and their daughters but only the women can pass it along.
If you are unsure if your line of descent qualifies please contact me BEFORE ordering the kit.
Thanks,
Sharon