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Hi Lists and guests,
If there is ANY chance your families could have a Canadian connection,
connect up to the 1901 Census of Canada here (beautiful site and very easy
to use. From the initial site, be sure to click on the right side numerical
Links - shows more info in a family presentation):
http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/index.html
Barry
PS: This is a resulting family presentation, altho this is ASCII .txt. The
site presents it in color and formatted.
44 88 Barlett John M Head M Dec 14 1848 52
45 89 Barlett Barbara F Wife M Apr 4 1850 50
46 89 Barlett Clara F Daughter S Mar 7 1877 24
47 89 Barlett Charles M Son S May 17 1882 18
48 89 Barlett Henry M Son S Apr 14 1887 13
49 89 Barlett Edith F Daughter S Jul 18 1889 11
50 89 Bartlett Minnie F Daughter S Feb 10 1890 10
http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/index.html
Hi Lists,
FYI,
Barry
Software program helps researchers map ancestor's land
http://users.rcn.com/deeds/index.shtml
By James M. Beidler
Researching an ancestor's land used to require a lot of patience -- and if you wanted to map the property, you needed a protractor, a ruler and some math skills that usually get left behind in high school.
You still need the patience, but with tools such as Direct Line Software's DeedMapper software program, pre-high tech items such as the protractor have been swept aside.
There is nothing that DeedMapper does that cannot be done manually, but it can save loads of time in more sophisticated projects, such as:
Untangling people having the same name by analyzing their landholdings and transfers.
Finding the location of a particular plot by anchoring a group of
neighboring plots against a stream.
Creating a complete map of landholders in a region and embellishing the work by drawing census- or tax-taker routes on top of it.
Write a book of county deed abstracts containing maps of landholders on the various creeks.
While the core premise of DeedMapper is simple -- there have long been computer-aided design (known as CAD) programs around -- the software is loaded with a number of capabilities that make it especially helpful to land researchers.
For one thing, many different measurement units and survey methods are supported. Depending on the part of the country, odd and archaic
measurements such as "rods" and "chains" were used. Custom units can also be defined in the program.
DeedMapper is also fairly nimble at allowing users to cut and paste
information to and from other programs -- both in terms of text and graphic files.
Another handy feature is that plots can be rotated -- slightly or a lot,
depending on the need -- to compensate for compass errors. In this way, two deeds from different time eras can be compared and often are found to be the same piece of land.
DeedMapper has three displays. The "Text View" is where you type in your deed description using an easy-to-follow system. Once that is done, the parcel is automatically plotted and shown in another display called the "Plot View."
On the "Plot View," the outline of the land can be shown unadorned, but there are options to add descriptions of each line segment (its length and angle), corner (this is usually "a stone" or "marked black oak" or "chestnut") as well as the names of the adjoining owners.
A great feature of the "Plot View" is that it can also contain DeedMapper maps of your research area. It's in this window that you "drag" plots with the computer mouse, fit them together with other plots, and place them on the maps.
These optional computer maps are sold separately from the software -- allowing the researcher to buy as many or as few areas as he or she is interested in -- but can be invaluable for placing the land plots accurately on modern era maps.
DeedMapper runs on the most popular Windows systems 95/98, NT, ME, XP, Win 2K. It requires 8 Mb of RAM and uses about 3 Mb of space on your hard disk, not including your project data.
The software costs $99 and is available from Direct Line Software, 71
Neshobe Road, Newton, MA 02468. An order form is on Direct Line's Web site at the URL, http://users.rcn.com/deeds/index.shtml
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Beidler is a freelance writer and lecturer on genealogy. Contact him either
at Box 270, Lebanon, PA 17042 or by e-mail to jmbeidler(a)comcast.net
Hi Ian, [Carruthers]
A Gedcom is basically a big ball of Text/ .txt/ Ascii Text, ie the lowest
common denominator of electronic written communication. Gedcom is recognized
in toto by every Gen program w/which I am familiar, and I'll go out on a
limb and say EVERY Gen program. It was developed by the Mormons (
http://www.familysearch.com ) for their PAF (a very nice & free Gen
program - anyone w/o a gen prog should D/L PAF now and then use your
Carruthers GedCom to get started - they will have your very
Tree!, w/near all the Bells & Whistles, w/a very nice presentation), for
exactly the purpose you seek. i.e., it is for distributing a tree, including
very large trees, to anyone with a a Gen program (or if no Gen program yet,
just save it til they get a Gen program and then populate it instantly w/the
one they have been saving for months or years - better would be to
D/L/Import a new up-to- date version).
They receive it as an Attachment to an email (or in a floppy disk or CD
in the mail - so very much more bother & timewasting), and save it intact to
a readily found location (that's the trickiest part - most just do it to 'My
Documents).' Then they open their Gen program, and follow the instructions -
most will go to 'File' then follow instructions to d/l & Open (some do it by
'Import/ Copy or somesuch),' the Gedcom. Ignore the error msgs and just plug
right along - then in 2 minutes, voila!
If perchance they screw it up, and it takes a destructive Genius to do
so, they just redo it, & if worse comes to even worser, (never heard anyone
needed to do so), just re-use the Gedom as recd to re-import, or ask for
another email & redo all. Out of an abundance of caution, altho it
complicates the process, suggest that each, after installing, save a copy of
their Gen file to another disk, or CD, or if not too big, to a floppy (which
all should be doing anyhow. There are only 2 (TWO) kinds of hard drives -
those that have failed and those that will fail! Only those 2 kinds!!).
If using FTM, for example, use Explorer to find the .FTW file, probably
in C:/Programs/FTM, or /FamTreeMaker, or somesuch, and COPY the file to
another drive, or disk, or burn a CD, or perhaps even better, email it as an
attachment to your to yourself c/o yourYahoo account, and to others to keep
for you as a Bakup. You can of course, email as attachment both the .FTW
file AND a Gedcom, which will be nearly the exact same info, just in a
slightly different format.
Now, for you Ian, open your Gen prog and locate 'import/ export' in your
Gen program 'File' column, and pretend you are going to do an export (by
attachment) and then an import of your own Gedcom. Shail I send you a GedCom
to try? The one thing I will say is that it is a bit easier to set it up
when the receiving program, if already in existence, is just getting
started, although not too much so.
Barry
PS: Do open a free Yahoo.com email for free - it now allows 100MB of
accumulated size & 10MB msg size. I also just got my MSN 2GB Archives
capability.
PPS: Upon consideration, now that I have put this together, I'm going to
email it to all my lists - I get periodic inquiries.
PPPS: I've had problems w/pdf recently. Seems they have a new version
everytime I want to use it and it has some type of glich, messing up my
task.
----- Original Message -----
From: "carruthers - home" <home(a)zim.co.zw>
To: <CARRUTHERS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 4:30 AM
Subject: [Carruthers] James CARRUTHERS/ McDONALD
> Hello Barry & All
>
> If I told you I had developed a new system You probably would not believe
me
> so here is the truth.......I have my tree in GEDCOM format.....GSP Family
> Tree.
>
> I was led to believe that I cannot send attachments to the list ....So in
my
> self taught manner converted my tree to PDF format which was editable (you
> may have been the one who originally showed me that) For me has been the
> Best way to send drawn trees to family etc who do not have
> GEDCOM..............When in PDF I selected all ,copied & pasted to a Word
> Doc..........Lazy mans way of doing things & yes it is Jumbled ,At this
> stage I just wanted to Jog a few brains & see if anyone recognised names
> then make contact and send the Drawn tree to those interested........The
> problem I have sending the Tree in PDF format is I can only do Sections at
a
> time or else it becomes illegible and takes a lot of Telephone time to
> send.Your attempt at un Jumbling is correct please bear with me until I re
> organise it correctly.
> James (1) was born Urr Kirkcudbright Sarah Born England Sommerset.
> Most of the family born Closeburn Dumfriesshire
> & some Lochmaben,KirkMichael,Mouswald & kirkmahoe.
> Some Migrated to Canada & some to South africa then Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
> However most remained in Dumfriesshire.
> Is there a (SIMPLE) electronic way of converting my GEDCOM to legible tree
> format ?
> Best Rgds
> Ian L.H. Carruthers (Zimbabwe)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Barry Wetherington <cbarrfly(a)comcast.net>
> To: <CARRUTHERS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 12:58 PM
> Subject: [Carruthers] James CARRUTHERS 1795-1851 md Sarah McDONALD 1794 -
26
> Oct 1864
>
>
> > Hi Ian,
> >
> > It appears to me that this is potentially a quite significant
posting.
> > But I'm not able to place it into context, and it is perhaps my
ignorance,
> > particularly of the posting convention, standing in the way of
> > comprehension.
> >
> > Is it possible to post these very interesting Carruthers family
> > connections in a Tree format? (My clumsy attempt may confuse more than
> > enlighten).
> >
> > Is this a Carruthers Dumfriesshire local family? Did any of these
> > migrate.
> >
> > Does anyone have further information for Ian?
> >
> > Barry
> >
> > James CARRUTHERS 1795-1851 md Sarah McDONALD 1794 - 26 Oct 1864
> >
> > (If I am correct, these are James Carruthers sibling descendants):
> > carruthers, elizabeth (17 Dec 1820 - )
> > carruthers, william (23 Aug 1822 - 12 Oct 1863)
> > carruthers, james (11 Jun 1824 - BEF 1835)
> > carruthers , john (ABT1826 - )
> > swan, jane ann (ABT1834 - )
> > carruthers , martha ?? (ABT1831 - )
> > carruthers, janet (22 Mar 1832 - )
> > mccubbin, unknown ( - )
> > neilson, ebernezer (1832 - )
> > CARRUTHERS, James B (6 May 1835 - 15 Jul 1916)
> > bobbett, elizabeth (eliza) anne (17 Aug 1847 - 5 Apr 1921)
> > carruthers ???, john ???????? (12 May 1836 - )
> > carruthers, robert (18 Feb 1841 - )
> > mc vitie ????, sarah ????? ( - 20 Mar 1861)
> > carruthers ????, william
> >
> > James seems to be the top of the Tree:
> > James CARRUTHERS 1795-1851 md Sarah McDONALD 1794 - 26 Oct 1864
> >
> > Number: [1] carruthers , JAMES (ABT1795 - BEF 1851)
Occupation:
> > Agric. Labourer
> > x1mc donald, SARAH (1794 - 26 Oct 1864) Occupation: carter
> >
> > Number: [2] 4
> >
> > carruthers , john (ABT1826 - ) Occupation: Master Boot &
shoemaker
> in
> > 1881& 1851
> >
> > x1swan, jane ann (ABT1834 - )
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "carruthers - home" <home(a)zim.co.zw>
> > To: <CARRUTHERS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 12:33 AM
> > Subject: [Carruthers] carruthers
> >
> >
> > > Re Posting my interests
> > > Ian Carruthers
> > > home(a)zim.co.zw
> > >
> > > Carruthers Dumfriesshire
>
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