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The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy
Newsletter and is copyright 1997 by Richard W. Eastman and
Ancestry, Inc. It is re-published here with the permission of
the author.
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- REX - The Shirt Pocket Computer
As I sit here writing this article I have a complete list of all
my documented ancestors in my shirt pocket. I also have a list of
several "to do" tasks for my next visit to the local LDS Family
History Center; this is a list of records that I wish to order on
microfilm. I also have my Day-Timer book in the same shirt pocket.
It contains my complete telephone and address book, a personal
calendar of appointments and an ever-growing "to do" list. I also
have an alarm clock in the same shirt pocket that alerts me in
time for every item in my list of appointments.
The best part of all this is the fact that my shirt pocket is not
bulging out like a computer nerd's pocket protector (although I
may still be considered a computer nerd!). All of the above
information is contained on a tiny card that is the same length
and width as a credit card and only a bit thicker. And I can
quickly and easily retrieve any information on that card. Even
better, I can insert the card into my laptop or palmtop computer
and update the information within seconds.
REX is a computer built into a standard PCMCIA card. This mumble-
jumble of letters equates to a computer standard for plug in cards
seen mostly in laptops and palmtop computers. A PCMCIA card is
always 54 millimeters by 85.6 millimeters, the same size as a
standard credit card. While there are different thickness
standards for PCMCIA cards, the most common size is the Type II,
which is 5 millimeters thick. The REX computer meets the Type II
standard and weighs 1.4 ounces. You literally can put three or
four of these things into a standard size man's dress shirt
pocket.
The fascinating thing about this little card is its memory
capacity. It is available in two models: REX-1 contains 64,000
bytes of memory and REX-3 contains 256,000 bytes of memory, enough
to hold hundreds and hundreds of pages of text. With its built-in
LCD display screen, the information you call up seems clear and
very easy to read in normal lighting conditions.
In the past I have written about laptop computers. As these
devices became smaller they were frequently referred to as
notebook computers. Then, as the miniaturization trend continued,
the term "palmtop computer" came into use to describe units
weighing two pounds or less. But the new REX is only a fraction
the size of a palmtop; it is really a credit-card sized computer.
REX is produced by Franklin, the same people who produce all the
Franklin handheld organizers, pocket dictionaries, pocket
translation guides and a host of other tiny electronic devices. It
also has the Rolodex label on it. I have found REX for sale in
several stores near me although the stores can't seem to decide
whether it belongs in the computer section or in the pocket
calculator section of the store. If you go looking for one, be
prepared to look around or to ask a sales clerk.
REX is intended to be a PIM, or "Pocket Information Manager." Its
primary design purpose is to hold all your telephone listings and
calendar of appointments, similar to the traditional Day-Timer
books that many people carry. REX carries that information and
also "memo notes" that are simple text files. I'll talk more about
those text files in a moment. REX is powered by two tiny watch
batteries, which the user's manual says should last about 6
months.
REX is a very simplistic computer; its keyboard only has five
keys. And they are all labeled with cute icons. You cannot enter
text into REX; it is a read-only computer. All information is
entered into a regular Windows 95 or Windows NT computer and then
transferred to REX. The software will not operate on Windows 3.1,
nor is there any Macintosh version. Remember that I said that REX
was a standard PCMCIA card size, just like many laptop computer
cards? Here's the neat part: to update the information in REX, you
simply slide it into the PCMCIA slot in your laptop or palmtop
computer, click a couple of icons, and all the data is transferred
to REX within seconds. If your computer does not sport a PCMCIA
slot, you need to purchase the optional docking station that
connects to your computer's serial port.
This simple shirt-pocket computer is only as good as the software
that drives it. Franklin includes a customized version of Sidekick
95, produced by Starfish Software. This custom version is called
TrueSync, but it looks almost identical to SideKick 95 that sells
in computer stores for about $49.95. It is a rather good PIM
(Personal Information Manager) for Windows 95 and Windows NT that
keeps telephone numbers, addresses, appointments and memo texts.
It also shows the time in a wide variety of time zones. You keep
all your data in TrueSync. When you want to update the data in the
REX card, you slip the card into your computer's PCMCIA slot and
click on the "TrueSync" icon. Within seconds the calendar,
addresses and text files are all transferred to the REX card.
Loading the data is probably the easiest part of all.
TrueSync has most of the features of Sidekick 95. It is missing
the expenses category and does not have any group scheduling
capabilities. It is, however, a very good calendar and phone book
program for one person. Not only does it connect to the REX pocket
PIM, but it also prints calendars in a wide variety of formats on
any Windows printer. It will also print your personal phone book
on different sizes of paper; I used it to print on 5.5-inch-by-
8.5-inch paper that I then inserted into a regular Day-Timer book.
If you keep your telephone and appointment data in another PIM,
you will note that Franklin's customized version of Sidekick 95
can also import data from Microsoft Schedule+, Microsoft Outlook,
ACT! 3.0 and Lotus Organizer. In addition, telephone numbers and
addresses can be imported from dBASE files and a wide variety of
spreadsheet files and ASCII text files.
Now for the fun part: I found that I could generate text files
with my favorite genealogy software and then import those files
into Sidekick's memo files. The files may be either in ASCII text
or RTF (Rich Text Format). The import was fast and easy. I created
a number of RTF files with The Master Genealogist for Windows
showing some of the incomplete information that I maintain on a
"work to do in the future" list concerning several ancestors. I
then transferred those files to REX. On my next visit to the
Family History Center or to the appropriate courthouse, I can pull
the 1.4-ounce REX out of my shirt pocket and look at the entries
in my "to do" list.
REX even preserves the formatting of imported RTF files. When
looking at the data on the REX screen, I saw the same bold and
italics formatting as created by The Master Genealogist. Even
"bullet lists" are transferred and displayed correctly. Other
genealogy programs also create RTF files which would transfer in
the same manner. In fact, any text imported or created in a word
processor and saved in RTF format would transfer intact to the
REX.
One note: REX cannot search for text within a file. It can only
scroll up and down the file while displaying information on the
screen. Trying to scroll through a large text file and manually
reading it word-for-word on REX's tiny screen is a bit
frustrating! I would suggest you keep multiple small files instead
of one large file. Luckily, REX's software does a nice job of
handling individual text files, showing the title of each one in a
"Table of Contents." Click on any title to display that one text
file on the screen. Most of the text files I transferred to REX
are only 2 or 3 paragraphs long.
So how much data can you load into this credit-card-sized
computer? At this moment my REX-3 contains about 500 names,
addresses and telephone numbers along with my schedule for the
next few weeks. It also has about 25 small text files, most of
them containing a paragraph or two about information I want to
research on my next trip to a genealogy library or courthouse. I
checked the status screen, and it says that I have filled just
over 100,000 bytes of the REX-3's 256,000 bytes of memory. There
is still room for a lot more data.
This will be a very cool Christmas gift for the genealogist or
almost anyone else who uses computers. Hmmm, it might even be a
neat gift for you. The REX-1 with 64k of memory sells for $129.95;
the REX-3 with 256k of memory sells for $149.95. That twenty-
dollar additional price seems cheap for a unit with four times the
memory capacity. I would strongly recommend the REX-3 version with
the extra memory. I purchased the REX-3 unit and a docking station
bundled together in one box for $179.95 U.S. funds. All models
come with a leather carrying case with batteries also included.
Keep in mind that REX includes the customized version of Sidekick
95 which normally sells for $49.95 all by itself. Check it out at
http://www.franklin.com/rex
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The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy
Newsletter and is copyright 1997 by Richard W. Eastman and
Ancestry, Inc. It is re-published here with the permission of
the author.
================================================================
- PhoneFerret
I think genealogists have a fascination with telephone directory
databases. While these databases obviously do not have information
about our ancestors in them, they are a great source of
information about long-lost distant cousins or other descendants
of an ancestor with an unusual surname. Telephone directories are
available online and on CD-ROM, I have used a number of them over
the years.
The best known online telephone directory is at
http://www.switchboard.com. It is an excellent resource and is
free of charge. However, it doesn't list everyone. I have found
that sometimes I can find people in other online telephone
directories when they are not listed on switchboard. Obviously I
can manually search one database after another, but a new software
tool has greatly simplified the process.
PhoneFerret is a 32-bit Windows 95 and Windows NT program that
searches multiple telephone number databases quickly and easily.
It not only searches switchboard.com, but it also searches
Database America, InfoSpace and Yahoo. In addition, searches can
be narrowed down by specifying city and state. PhoneFerret also
automatically discards duplicates, and it allows different views
and sorting of results.
I downloaded PhoneFerret from CompuServe's Genealogy Techniques
Forum and installed it on a Windows NT system. Within a few
minutes I was searching for all the DEABAYs in the United States.
That is my mother's maiden name, a corrupted spelling of the
French-Canadian surname of Dube (with a diacritical over the e).
Doing a search manually on all the telephone databases probably
would have required fifteen minutes or so. PhoneFerret found all
the DEABAY entries on all the online telephone directories in less
than one minute. (There were only 33 of them.) I also did a search
for all the entries for people named Richard Eastman. That search
required several minutes to find all 241 of us. PhoneFerret found
my old telephone listing in Massachusetts but did not find my New
Hampshire listing (I moved 5 months ago).
You can also narrow the search by first names or by state or even
by city and state. The software is very easy to use. I never did
look at the instructions.
PhoneFerret has a few drawbacks: It searches for U.S. addresses
only; it does not look for Canadians or for anyone in other
countries. It is only for Windows 95 and Windows NT. There is no
Windows 3.1 version, and I could not find any mention of
Macintosh. One thing I disliked is that it also flashes
advertising at you when operating, just like a Web page.
PhoneFerret is shareware with a $13.95 registration fee (U.S.
funds). I found PhoneFerret on the Genealogy Techniques Forum on
CompuServe with a file name of PFT111.EXE. You can also find it at
http://www.ferretsoft.com
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Hi Clough cousins,
I think some of you may find this interesting. Hannah Emerson Dustin's
grandaughter, Mary Dustin married Jethro Clough (#32).
John Clement wrote:
>
> Hannah DUSTON a looney murderer? The history revisionists are at it
> again. Thank goodness Fire Chief Richard Borden and librarian Greg
> Laing have come to her defense.
>
> The following appeared in Denver's Rocky Mountain News on 29 November
> 1997.
>
> Headline: Honoring a hatchet lady or a heroine
> Sub Headline: School may be named for woman who killed Indians
> By Alison Fitzgerald
> Associated Press
>
> HAVERHILL, Mass. - To some she's a symbol of bravery: a colonial
> heroine. To others she's the hatchet lady who murdered 10 Indians.
>
> Now, 300 years after her bloody escapade, officials in this small
> town near Boston are thinking of honoring Hannah Duston by naming an
> elementary school for her.
>
> "She's part of Haverhill's history that's very interesting, and
> certainly controversial," said Mayor James A. Rurak, who proposed
> the name.
>
> In March 1697, Abenaki Indians from Quebec raided the outskirts of
> Haverhill and killed 27 people. They took 15 captives, including
> Duston and her 5-day-old son.
>
> During a forced 15-day trek north, the captors killed the crying
> infant by bashing his head against a tree.
>
> >From there the story gets muddled.
>
> In the traditional tale, Duston, late one night, killed and scalped
> her captors while they slept, freeing herself, her nurse and a child.
> She returned to Haverhill with 10 scalps.
>
> But many historians argue that Duston was bloodthirsty. Of the 10
> Indians she killed, most were women and children, and she collected a
> bounty for the scalps she brought back.
>
> Duston was the first woman ever to be honored with a monument in the
> United States. Today Haverhill has several sites commemorating her,
> including a statue, large rock and nursing home.
>
> A school in town once bore Duston's name, but it closed in the 1980s.
> The new school is scheduled to open next fall. The school board will
> decide whether to name it after her. A meeting is scheduled for
> Wednesday.
>
> John Matthews, who has lived in Haverhill for 14 years, said Duston
> was a bad choice. "She was a great warrior, but she was loony," said
> Matthews, who has four children who attend Haverhill's schools.
>
> Fire Chief Richard Borden sees it differently. Duston watched her
> neighbors and baby murdered, feared for her own life and simply
> fought back. His conclusion: "She's a real hero."
>
> Greg Laing, a Haverhill librarian in charge of a special collection
> of Duston books and artifacts, said the only way to understand Duston
> is as a product of her own time. Hundreds of English women were taken
> captive, and Duston was the first to fight back.
>
> "As far as a source of local pride, Hannah's a little heavy. But I
> don't think you should be embarrassed by Hannah," Laing said . "It's
> a real burden. We have Hannah in Haverhill whether we like it or not.
> She's our girl."
>
> --
> John Clement, 6940 E. Girard 205, Denver, CO 80224-2917
> Email: jclement(a)m2.sprynet.com Voice: 303-691-0613
>
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Hi All!
Just want to say thanks for the flowers CJ< Judy & Carl & Jerry! Its
appreciated!
Paul, glad you got your book finally!
Allen, sorry if I confused you!
Hope you all didn't eat too much! Trip was fine, if long and boring!
Take care jackie
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I found a picture of my Aunt Mabel Clough when she was a young woman. She is
dressed in a uniform and there are initials on the hat, QMC. She was born in
1900. Can anyone tell me what QMC stands for?
Thank you for your help.
Virginia Pensel
I'm forwarding the message below to the group. The names/places don't ring
a bell with me, but may be of interest to someone else.
>Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 18:43:43 -0800 (PST)
>To: bonnie(a)capital.net
>From: hariji(a)sirius.com (harriette jensen)
>Subject: Clough/Hoisington
>
>Hi, Bonnie.
>
>Don't have any information to share with you yet, but I found an old e-mail
>from a Pam Senffner on the Roots-L list (1996) in which she has a surname
>list that includes many of my surnames and also Clough and Clough Creek. I
>have written to her, as I cannot tell from the partial lists exactly what
>she list listing. She hops around from the surname listing to an account
>of one of her ancestors, the Rev. John Corbly.
>
>Do you have any Cloughs who were in Washington County PA or in Southern Ohio?
>
>Harriette
maybe I found a way to share address that come through ok, I sent a
forward on a map address. As most of you know I have a hard time sharing
address that come out correct . hope this works and the address is good
for you to use. Judy
Hi, I just forwarded a message I received from someone , I hope it gets
through. it is about the gov. creating a web site for information most
frequently asked for. Judy and CJ
Greetings from...
:-) Elizabeth :-)
Clough-L(a)rootsweb.com
Just playing around. Hope the family is well after yesterday's feasting!
Happy Thanksgiving
From this family to the cousins, hello and hope the holidays were fair
to you. Mom and I are hoping to get to the library this sunday to root
around again, if we find good stuff we will surely spread the cheer!! it
has been a while since we found some real tidbits of information.
don't get trapped in a mall someplace. !! Judy and CJ
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I don't think anyone has been able to help this man or his wife yet.
Here's some more information he sent to me.
Onetowon(a)aol.com wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Harry Clough was stationed in Iceland during WW 1 & left before my wife's
> birth so we have very limited knowledge about his ancestors, we don't know
> his middle name or that he was from England for sure. We know he had a family
> member named Daisy (sister) we think or maybe another family, we know he ask
> my wife's mother to name her Daisy after 1 of his family members.
> Thank you for all of your help is this most trying matter.
> We are renting our house & moving into a motorhome & we are going to travel
> the USA & I was hoping we could contact some family members on our trip. The
> picture we have of Harry Clough In in with our belongings packed in a box God
> knows where, but as soon as we can locate it we will send it to you.
>
> Sincerely
> One To Won
> John R. & Margret D. Fureigh Sr.
> 305 Spring Ln.
> Destin,Fl 32541
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Seeking information on Judith Clough, born about 1720-1730, (Goochland,
County, Virginia.) FTM has a listing on Cd #229, marriage index for a Judith
Clough, if someone has this CD will they please do a look-up for me?
Also seeking any information as to her parents, grandparents, etc.
She has been listed in one family tree as Judith Clough Anderson, daughter of
Robert Anderson and his wife Elizaberth Clough both of Gold Mine, Virginia.
I feel that this information is wrong due to the date of birth and date of
marriage listed for her parents.
Judith was the wife of Samuel Shelton of Albermarle County, Virginia. Samuel
born 1703, died 1792. I don't know if she had a prior marriage and am hopeing
that information in the FTM CD # 229 will help to solve this question.
Thanks for any help,
Sam
HAPPY TURKEY DAY TO ONE AND ALL!!!!
jackie
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