ROOTSWEB REVIEW: RootsWeb's Genealogy News Vol. 3, No. 44, 1 November 2000, Circulation: 710,890+ (c) 1998-2000 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ ROOTSWEB REVIEW and MISSING LINKS are free, weekly e-zines Editors: Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG RWR-Editors@rootsweb.com Advertising: sbrenay@myfamilyinc.com RootsWeb HelpDesk: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ Data Submission Form: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit.html New Databases (check often): http://searches.rootsweb.com/ IN THIS ISSUE o News and Notes from RootsWeb (New Searchable Databases; Who Has the Data?; Ask a Genealogist at RootsWeb; Researching with Rhonda at RootsWeb; Shaking Your Family Tree; RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees; WorldConnect Tip; Salem Witches Database at Ancestry) o Connecting through RootsWeb o New Genealogy Mailing Lists o New Genealogy Web Pages o GenConnect o USGenWeb Archives o Letters to the Editors o Humor o Reprint Policy; Back Issues; How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe RootsWeb's WORLDCONNECT contains more than 46 million names and new GEDCOMs are added daily. Search WorldConnect and upload your own GEDCOM(s) to http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ NEWS AND NOTES FROM ROOTSWEB NEW SEARCHABLE DATABASES AT ROOTSWEB. RootsWeb thanks all of the individuals and groups who contribute their data to share with the genealogical community. See the full list of contributors at http://userdb.rootsweb.com/contributors.html ITALY, NETTUNO. World War II Darby's Rangers in Nettuno Cemetery 80 records; Carl Lentz http://userdb.rootsweb.com/italy/ ALABAMA, BLOUNT COUNTY. Ricetown Chapel Cemetery 121 records; James T. Rice, Sr. http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ CALIFORNIA, FRESNO COUNTY. WINN/WYNN Marriages (1906-1956) 50 records; Lee Nave http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/ CALIFORNIA, ORANGE COUNTY. Civil War Graves 742 records; Gordon Bricken http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ MORTALITY SCHEDULES for 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, surname CONNOR, O'CONNOR; 211 records; Ley K. O'Connor http://userdb.rootsweb.com/mortality/ LOUISIANA, ORLEANS PARISH. Death Certificates, 1903 (Part) 56 (additional) records; Joseph Cacibauda http://userdb.rootsweb.com/deaths/ MAINE, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Cape Elizabeth. Seaside Cemetery 474 records; S. Grange http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ NEW YORK, WYOMING COUNTY, Attica. Brainard Cemetery 486 records; Leilani Spring http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ NEW YORK, WYOMING COUNTY, Attica. Forest Hills Cemetery 6,663 records; Leilani Spring http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ PENNSYLVANIA, BLAIR COUNTY, Hollidaysburg. H-Burger Golden Anniversary Book, 1879-1929, Hollidaysburg HS 1,147 records; Eileen L. Van Allman http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ TEXAS. HUNT COUNTY. Reeds Chapel/Josephine Cemetery 192 records; Mary Wagner http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ VERMONT, RUTLAND COUNTY. Deaths, 1935 331 records; Andrew Powers http://userdb.rootsweb.com/deaths/ * * * WHO HAS THE DATA? Does your state, province, county, parish, or church have a database available that has not yet been placed on RootsWeb and that you think would be of interest to genealogists and historians? Do you have a database that you would like to share that you think would be of value and interest to others? In most cases, RootsWeb would be proud to host them. Please use the data submission form to tell us about such databases: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit.html * * * ASK-A-GENEALOGIST AT ROOTSWEB. Selected queries will be answered and posted on the new Ask-A-Genealogist at RootsWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/ask-a-genealogist.html Before e-mailing a question to ask-a-genealogist@rootsweb.com please read the GUIDELINES at http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/askguidelines.html If you e-mailed a genealogical question to rwr-editors in the last few weeks, it is possible that you will find your question and a response to it on the new Web page today, as several such queries were selected from the mail bog for this purpose. * * * RESEARCHING WITH RHONDA AT ROOTSWEB. The 1790 Census -- Enumerating a New Nation is the first of a series of lessons on the U.S. federal census. Before you dig into the digitized 1790 census images on Ancestry, read more about the 1790 census. Learn what is included in this census and how the census was created at the beginning of the new United States. http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/classes/1790class.html Rhonda R. McClure is a professional genealogist specializing in New England research and computerized genealogy and the author of the award-winning THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO ONLINE GENEALOGY. See also http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/authors.htm * * * SHAKING YOUR FAMILY TREE (SYFT) by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG. Learn about the "Vital Records Index: Western Europe" -- an important new finding aid available on 21 CDs, which contain high-quality references to many original European records. These CDs have some vital records' information from approximately 10 million birth or christening records and 2.5 million marriage records, extracted primarily from various European church records and civil registrations, dating from the 16th to the late 19th century. http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/syft/curcolumn.htm SYFT columns are archived by subject and can be browsed at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/syft/ * * * ROOTSWEB'S GUIDE TO TRACING FAMILY TREES (RWGuide) http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ ADOPTIONS AND ORPHANS RESEARCH http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson31.htm * * * WORLDCONNECT TIP: Uploading your files The time has finally arrived when your family tree database is ready for submission to WorldConnect. You have read the manual or help file that came with your genealogy program and created a GEDCOM from your file. For good measure, you also read the WorldConnect FAQs on submitting your file http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wcsubmit1.html and familiarized yourself with the submission process. For most submitters the next step of actually uploading a family tree GEDCOM is uneventful and straightforward. 1. Begin on the main WorldConnect page http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ and click on "Start Here." 2. Select a user code and password for your account. 3. Click on the "Standard" button to access the Standard set-up page as recommended for all first-time submitters. 4. Complete the items on the set-up page and click on the Upload/Update button. Wait for the file to upload. 5. There will be a confirmation screen verifying that the upload process went without a hitch. The confirmation screen provides you with details about your file and a link so that you can jump directly to your database. If there are any problems with the above process, don't worry. If you provide sufficient information, RootsWeb can help you overcome them. First, go to the FAQs on Problem Solving and Error Messages http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wcsubmit6.html If the FAQs don't resolve your problem, contact the RootsWeb HelpDesk for assistance, http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help.cgi The HelpDesk will either assist you in resolving the problem or refer you to someone who can. RootsWeb Review's WorldConnect Tip-of-the-Week Storehouse: http://www.rootsweb.com/~review/tips/index.html RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees, Using Technology to Dig up Roots: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson3.htm * * * SALEM WITCHES DATABASE IS FREE AT ANCESTRY.COM http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5141.htm This historical database lists more than 200 individuals accused of witchcraft in New England between 1647 and 1697. The scope of the list is limited to individuals who were formally accused and underwent a trial process in a town court proceeding. Many "accusations" took place on an informal basis or did not reach trial, hence these individuals would not be listed in the database. Though the database is entitled "Salem Witches" database, many of those listed in this collection were accused before or after the Salem trial in 1692 and resided in areas outside Salem, most notably in Andover, Gloucester, Rowley, and other towns in Massachusetts, as well as towns in Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Maine. 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Census Images Online are available by special subscription at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/about/main.htm From now until November 3, Ancestry.com members can get the Census Images Subscription for only $29.95. ** END PAID ADVERTISEMENTS ** CONNECTING THROUGH ROOTSWEB. Thanks for sharing your stories. CONNECT THE DOTS by Carol Bogue rbogue@frontiernet.net Years ago, my dad told me of his great-grandfather DEUTSCH, who came to the U.S.A. from Bavaria to escape the draft of the Duke of Bavaria. There were three children: August, Anna, and Anton. When my dad was a teenager (right before World War II), his grandmother DEUTSCH, wife of Anton, told him of how August had been the chief of police in Cincinnati, Ohio. She showed him the gun, powder horn, and bullet bag that had belonged to August. He had had to sign a "special paper" to prove that he had no allegiance to the Duke of Bavaria (not just the citizenship paper). When I started doing genealogy seriously a year ago, I looked up this connection. From the Rootsweb cemetery listing for Clinton County, Illinois, I found her listing in St. Dominic's (Catholic) Cemetery , as my dad had said. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclint2/cemetery/cem004.htm However, my great-great-grandfather was not in the RootsWeb listing. I browsed the other RootsWeb Clinton County cemetery records http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclint2/cemetery/cem015.htm and found him listed in the St. John's (Evangelical) cemetery. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclint2/cemetery/stjohnabc.htm I passed this information on to my uncle who still lives in that town. He went to the cemetery and found my great-great- grandfather's tombstone, but that left us with a dilemma: who was buried in "great-great-grandfather's" tomb? From my great-great-grandparents' tombstones, I found birth and death dates. She was "GEB KLOS ZULANDSTUHL RHEINLANDBAYERN GERMANY" -- born as a KLOS, in Landstuhl, Germany, and he was from "Edenkoben Rhunbayern." I now had his place of birth and her maiden name and place of birth. From LDS files http://www.familysearch.com/, I found the record of my great-great-grandparents' marriage and also found six children born to them in Landstuhl, Germany. Sons one and three, spaced four years apart, had the same name, named after their father, so I felt sure the first son had died in Germany. I also found that great-great-grandfather was christened in an Evangelical church, but they were married and the six children were christened in a Catholic church. From obituaries and census records, I found that the family had immigrated to the U.S.A. in 1868 with five kids. Son one (should have been 14) wasn't in any records, and great-great-grandmother had had two kids die before 1900. Further census and obituary records showed that son three had died soon after immigration. It was he who was buried in "great-great-grandfather's tomb." Because they both had the same name, and the tombstone was hard to read, the family had assumed that that was great-great- grandfather's grave. We still had a problem, though: where was August, the Cincinnati chief of police? Cincinnati historical biographies partially solved that question. A Phillip DEITSCH had been chief of police in Cincinnati in the late 1800s. The biography also mentioned that he immigrated about 1860, served in the U.S. Army, then signed up again for the Civil War, and "participated in: Siege of Yorktown, battle of Williamsburg, battle of Beaver Dam, battle of James' Mills, seven days' fight at the battle of Malvern Hill, battle of Manassas, battle of Antietam, battle of Fredricksburg, battle of Chancellorsville, battle of Gettysburg, at which fight he was wounded, battle of the Wilderness, battle of Spottsylvania, battle of North Anna River, battle of Botomail Creek, battle of Petersburg, and siege of Petersburg. After being wounded at Gettysburg . . . [he] was commissioned ordnance sergeant of the United Stated army." At this point, I am convinced that Phillip DEITSCH is "August", but perhaps was great-great-grandfather's brother, instead of son. According to the LDS files http://www.familysearch.com/, my great-great-grandfather's father's name was Phillip. There are two other sons, both named Phillip, listed for parents of the same name and time period, all christened in the Edenkoben Evangelical church. The "gun, powder horn, and bullet bag" were real; my dad saw them and is pretty knowledgeable in that area. The Cincinnati chief of police story, except for the name, is the same. The "special paper" may have been necessary to join the army. I just need one small line to connect those dots. Without the RootsWeb starting point, we might never have found my great-great-grandfather's tombstone and the information on it. * * * * * MAILING LISTS. For an index to most genealogy mailing lists hosted by RootsWeb, visit http://lists.rootsweb.com/ NEW MAILING LIST REQUESTS. 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FOR EXAMPLE, if you are interested in the surname PRIMROSE, send a SUBSCRIBE request to PRIMROSE-L-request@rootsweb.com NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS, GENCONNECT BOARDS, AND CLUSTERS Arwine Baltz, Barentine, Braybrook Culberhouse Daines, Deeks, Dorez, Dorinsky, Dragustinovis Eisiminger Flatman Gaden, Gingell, Griewahn Hammond-AUS (surname HAMMOND in Australia) Kernodle, Klimes, Konigsbauer, Kozojed, Kreps, Kyzar Leedham, Lown Mardle, McCoid, McDonel, McPike Orum Primrose Scarff, Shamberger, Skrajewski, Simons-UK, Symonds-UK, Swindall Travel-Surname Uuhlenkott Vires Wheelhouse Zurbuch NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS AUSTRALIA AUS-QLD-CHARLEVILLE -- Genealogy in and around Charleville AUS-WA-CONVICT -- For those with interests in prisoners from the British Empire sent to Western Australia AUS-WA-PENSIONER-GUARDS -- For those with interests in the ex army personnel and their families who went as Pensioner Guards on the Convict Transport ships. ETHNIC AND SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS FREEDMEN -- for people with interest or questions about the Freedmen files, data, or any slave information to share HATEVIL -- given name Hatevil MENNOBITS -- Mennonite Obituaries; Mennobit Project, list for transcribers. MICHIGAN-AFAM -- African Americans in Michigan SENIOR-NEWBIE -- Seniors new to genealogy or computers or the Internet * * * * * NEW WEB ACCOUNT REQUESTS. Please see the instructions at http://accounts.rootsweb.com/ NEW WEB SITES. Some of these might not yet be accessible. If one that interests you isn't up yet, please check again in a few days or a week. http://www.rootsweb.com/~[account name]. Note that the ~[tilde] before the account name is required. FOR EXAMPLE, to visit the Web page for the Nebraska State Genealogical Society, go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~nesgs/ CANADA nbcgreen -- Greenwich Parish, New Brunswick nbckings -- Kingston Parish, New Brunswick nbcwestf -- Westfield Parish, New Brunswick nbwestmo -- Westmoreland County, New Brunswick U.S.A. akmatanu -- Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska arcemete -- Arkansas Cemeteries mocemete -- Missouri Cemeteries nctyrdth -- Tyrrell County, North Carolina Death Records nesgs -- Nebraska State Genealogical Society txcolli2 -- Collin County, Texas txgrayso -- Grayson County, Texas witlgs -- Three Lakes Genealogical Society (Wisconsin) SOME NEW HOMEPAGES AND FREEPAGES ARIZONA. 1883 Pensioners on the Roll--Arizona Territory. Official government list of veterans, widows and dependents receiving pensions for military service, in Arizona Territory, circa 1883. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~godwin/reference/arizona1883.html BAILEY. The Diary of Celia L. E. C. (PEEBLES) BAILEY. Diary entries from 16 February 1851 to 14 July 1851 with Trading Post Journal entries from 21 January 1835 to 2 May 1844. William R. and Celia L. E. C. (Peebles) Bailey were early settlers in old Choctaw County, Mississippi, in the 1830s. Bailey operated one of the earliest trading posts near the Natchez Trace in what is modern-day Montgomery County, Mississippi, just east of the town of Stewart, Mississippi. Celia Bailey's Diary offers a wonderful insight into the daily life experiences of the early pioneers of Mississippi. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mschocta/celiapeeblesdiary.html JOHN BENNETT'S GENEALOGY PAGE. BENNETT, GOSSETT, INGLIS, MCMILLAN, SMITH, and TOLLE. Historical records of selected surnames -- people who settled northwest Missouri, particularly Andrew, Gentry, and Dekalb counties, as well as numerous stories of life on the prairie. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bent/ CIVIL WAR PROJECT. Providing information on the Civil War at the state and national level. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~pdyess/ahgpcw.htm HARRISON. Roots and Branches. Family genealogy reports, photos and tombstone photos. Harrison lines are traced from Maryland to Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska. Other surnames include: BRICE, OWEN, McDONALD, MADDUX, CLARK, CULP, PITZER, SEAMAN, DUNN, CALDWELL, LYONS, and CONNELL. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/ DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT HILL, founder of Salem Methodist Church, Mason County, Kentucky http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hillsofsalem/ LEBLANC FAMILY Web site. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~leblanc/ MISSISSIPPI, WEBSTER COUNTY (part that was Choctaw County in the 1830s). PEEBLES Cemetery, located on land that once belonged to Alpha PEEBLES, one of the early pioneers. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswebst2/peebles.html RURY Genealogy and Side Branches [good example of linking FreePages and WorldConnect] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~krury/roots/roots.htm TREASURES. Mainly for those researching Pennsylvania ancestors. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~treasures/ WYNCOLLs of Suffolk and Essex. Genealogy of WYNCOLL, UMFREVILLE, WALDEGRAVE, ALEXANDER, FOWLER families detailing lineage to mediaeval Scottish, Anglo-Saxon and Norman. http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~cgb143/ * * * * * GENCONNECT. RootsWeb hosts many surname GenConnect boards that are in need of people to maintain them. o For a complete list of adoptable GenConnect surname boards http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/surnames/adoptable/ o For the form to request to adopt a GenConnect surname board (the same form is used for surname mailing list requests) http://resources.rootsweb.com/adopt/ * * * * * USGENWEB ARCHIVES -- THE ARCHIVES NEWSLETTER contains the current USGenWeb Archives submissions from the last week. 30 October 2000 issue www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/newsletter/2000/oct/oct30.htm Back issues of THE ARCHIVES NEWSLETTER are archived at www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/newsletter/ DAILY-UPLOADS-L is a read-only mailing list and includes every new file uploaded or changed in the USGenWeb Archives. To subscribe, send e-mail to DAILY-UPLOADS-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com and on the first line, type: subscribe * * * * * LETTERS TO THE EDITORS. Please send letters and all submissions as plain text e-mail messages (no attachments or html) to RWR-Editors@rootsweb.com I have been researching my family for only about two years. . . Virtually all the older relatives passed on before I began to investigate. My great-grandfather on my mother's side is one of the relatives about whom I have little information. One thing that does exist is a lot of jewelry with the Mason symbol on it. Thanks to your publications, I wrote to the Livingston Masonic Library. I was astonished to find out the great information they had on him. They responded promptly and the gentleman who wrote, Tom Savini, actually apologized if the information he sent was redundant. Most of it was not and I was thrilled to learn some of the basics I had been missing. He even scanned in and sent a program from my great-grandfather's Homecoming celebration following his tenure as District Deputy in 1935, complete with his picture on the front cover. It was a wonderful source of information for which I am most grateful. [See RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees, Fraternal Organizations, http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson18.htm ] Toni McKean briton@gateway.net I wrote a few months ago and told you how I found my husband's birth father using your Web site. Well, I was helping a family that I met on the Internet to find their birth mother and I did it again. He was given up for adoption in 1967 in Texas and they knew her name and that she had been married and divorced, but could not find any more information. I found through the Texas marriage and divorce records that the birth-grandfather had passed away, but he had divorced and remarried. I located his step-birth mother to lead me to the birth mother in Oklahoma. Thank you again for such a great Web site -- best of all it is free! [See RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees, Adoptions and Orphans, http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson31.htm ] Rebecca Clark ABBY4CAT@aol.com In l947 my siblings and I were all placed in different foster families in New Jersey. The youngest was a boy of 1 1/2 years. The last I saw of this brother was when he was about three. I managed to stay in touch or find all of my siblings but him. In October 2000, I put in a search for him on RootsWeb and to my delight I found his children. Christopher and Dawn Folwell were looking for their father's family. We connected via phone and have kept in touch since. It took more than 50 years to find this part of my family and I have you to thank for finding them. Keep up the good work! Betty Folwell Gambill oregons@home.net I am from way down under in Australia and have been delighted with the replies that I have been getting, but I wish to thank you both for what you have here. I am amazed how well is shows a lot of information. Secondly, I must thank a large number of others who have put a lot of work and information towards this (my/our/their) contribution. Wilson, Amos, Ingram, Crofts, Strachan, McGregor, Phelps, Moseley, Poland, Law, Weldrick, Micklethwaite, Beecroft, Long, Newbold Graeme Wilson graemedavidwilson@yahoo.com Hello again from sunny South Africa. I put an article in your ROOTSWEB REVIEW (RWR 3:43, 25 October 2000] about a club that I am starting called Settlers. I have had the most fantastic response and my mailbox is overflowing at the moment. I have opened a Web site called "The Settlers" (still needs some work) where once you have joined, your message gets sent to all the other members and goes on the board for visitors to read. It is at http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/thesettlers?s and is growing as I write this letter. To all those who sent me queries, I will try my best to get answers for you and will also post queries you e-mailed me on the message board. I am so happy to see that people are still so interested in their roots. Marlene Hoar 150mah@muse.wits.ac.za * * * * * HUMOR. Thanks to Bridgett Schneider bridgett@rootsweb.com and Nancy Cole ncole@coffey.com for sharing these tips on "How to Build a Web Page." 1. Download a piece of Web authoring software. (20 minutes) 2. Think about what to write on your Web page. (6 weeks) 3. Download the same piece of Web authoring software, because they have released three new versions since the first time you downloaded it. (20 minutes) 4. Decide to steal some images and awards to put on your site. (1 minute) 5. Visit sites to find images and awards; find five that you like. (4 days) 6. Run setup of your Web authoring software. After it fails, download it again. (25 minutes) 7. Run setup again, boot the software, click all toolbar buttons to see what they do. (15 minutes) 8. View the source of others' pages. (4 hours) 9. Preview your Web page using the Web Authoring software. (1 minute) 10. Try to line up two related images horizontally. (6 hours) 11. Remove one of the images. (10 seconds) 12. Set the text's font color to the same color as your background; wonder why all your text is gone. (4 hours) 13. Download a counter from your ISP. (4 minutes) 14. Try to figure out why your counter reads "You are visitor number 16.3 E10." (3 hours) 15. Put 4 blank lines between two lines of text. (8 hours) 16. Fine-tune the text, then prepare to load your Web page on your ISP. (40 minutes) 17. Accidentally delete your complete Web page. (1 second) 18. Recreate your Web page. (2 days) 19. Try to figure out how to load your Web page onto your ISP's server. (3 weeks) 20. Call a friend to find out about FTP. (30 minutes) 21. Download FTP software. (10 minutes) 22. Call your friend again. (15 minutes) 23. Upload your Web page to your ISP's server. (10 minutes) 24. Connect to your site on the Web. (1 minute) 25. Repeat any and all of the previous steps. 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