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Dear Friends,
I have just read and signed the online petition:
"National Cemetery Protection Act"
hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition
service, at:
http://www.petitiononline.com/sg0001/petition.html
I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might
agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider
signing yourself.
Best wishes,
Daniel A. Blakemore
HI List,
The below database was added on ancestry.com yesterday and as per noted on
the site, will be free until 07/10/2000. Seems to have a lot of good info.
AOL users click on underline:
<A HREF="http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4725.htm">Ancestry.com
- Individual Database Search</A>
Other servers:
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4725.htm
Description:
The Gene Pool was created while gathering genealogical data for use in the
study of human genetics and disease. Compiling data for genetic research does
not require the same type of documentation as traditional genealogical
research. The genes themselves verify relationships and qualify or disqualify
a person from a particular study. Citing the source of every genealogical
fact in the electronic gene pool was deemed unnecessary and cost prohibitive
by medical researchers. Millions of individual records were created from
birth, marriage and death records, obituaries, probate records, books of
remembrance, family histories, genealogies, family group sheets, pedigree
charts, and other sources. The records collected that did not fit a specific
study and became the project's "by-products" and were schedule to be
discarded. After viewing the quality of the source material used to create
the gene pool and despite the absence of cited documentation, the electronic
rights to the data were purchased rather than see it destroyed.
Ruth in NC e-mail: RLugowski(a)aol.com Rootsweb Sponsor