RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Free Weekly E-zine Vol. 5, No. 24, 12 June 2002, Circulation: 958,461+ (c) 1998-2002 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE: IT IS A POST-ONLY MAILING Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist RWR-Editor@rootsweb.com Certification: http://www.bcgcertification.org/certification/ ====================================================================== IN THIS ISSUE 1. Connecting through RootsWeb: "Links to the Past Touch the Present" 2. News and Notes (2a. RootsWeb Upgrading Servers; 2b. Swedish Census Records; 2c. RootsWeb Receives Prestigious Award; 2d. Return to Sender: Address Unknown 3. Spotlighted Webpages at RootsWeb: Anglo Roots in Montreal; USGenWeb E-zine Debuts 4. New User-contributed Databases 5. New Webpages at RootsWeb 6. New RootsWeb Mailing Lists 7. New FreePages and HomePages (personal webpages at RootsWeb) 8. RootsWeb Review's Bottomless Mailbag: "Passing the Torch"; "Update Your E-mail Address" 9. Humor: "A British Groaner"; "Insulting His Pedigree" 10. RWR Policies and Submissions Guidelines; Archives, Reprint Policy; Subscribe/Unsubscribe Instructions; Advertising; Viruses and Worms ================================================================ 1. CONNECTING THROUGH ROOTSWEB. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Links to the Past Touch the Present By Rancher rancher@gci.net http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hero/navylink.html As the Internet becomes more of our everyday world at times you send or receive an e-mail that changes you. I met Bob this way when I was researching my great-grandfather, Walter TOY. Walter had been a member of an elite group of men known to have been at one time a "Ganges boy." I knew very little about it until the Ganges Association of England so kindly put a Web page up for the entire world to see. Within it they allowed Bob to express in his words what many of us wanted to know -- what was it like on the HMS Ganges? Bob's research and attention to detail enthralled me and I corresponded with him wanting to know so much more, but not wanting to overtax or bother this author. He kindly informed of things so familiar to him and so foreign to me. I being 400 miles and more from any ocean on all sides of me had much to learn about the Royal Navy and life at sea. The people behind the "@some-place-in-the-world" addresses have the same world in many ways as you do: Family, jobs, responsibilities, pressures of daily life -- all a part of their 24-hour days. In some cases you can have a working relationship with a person and never have a picture of them or hear them speak. In time though you "know" them. After a few e-mails back and forth it became more and more of a pleasure to see a letter from him in the e-mail. We sorted out many things about the ships Walter TOY had been on. We learned more about which ships were where during the pre-1900s. As time went by I met his family through e-mail and he met mine. One particular day opening an e-mail from Bob brought shock and sadness. A quick and fast illness of his wife had taken her away. The pain and sadness was equal to any other friend I could run to and help support. A friend comforted me with, "And as surely as we must find a way to come to closure and acceptance of those who are physically in our world, we must do the same in regard to those who enter our world by this medium [e-mail]. In the midst of sadness and pain, the route to peace is to find the meaning in what you knew of the life of that person." I really haven't lost my friend because I knew her and I know Bob. He has still found ways to encourage people. His efforts to make a person feel better through words of appreciation or just plain words are still coming forth through e-mail. At times I know his sadness over the loss can be almost unbearable. Random acts of kindness can bring rewards unknown. Connect through RootsWeb today. You never know, you might brighten someone's day or life. 2. NEWS AND NOTES ----------------- 2a. ROOTSWEB UPGRADING SERVERS. To improve site performance, RootsWeb is upgrading its servers. As a result there will be times in the next couple of weeks when you will be unable to access portions of RootsWeb, including WorldConnect, Social Security Death Index, Mailing Lists and various other RootsWeb-hosted pages. When you encounter such problems, just try again later. Thank you for understanding, and excuse the dust. 2b. SWEDISH CENSUS RECORDS. Thanks to work by Dick Östlind for Arkion, a unit within the National Archives of Sweden, which is a project-based unit that produces databases within various areas, such as industrial history and local history projects, you can now search through more than 4.5 million records (136,222 distinct surnames) from selected Swedish counties and parishes of the 1890 Swedish census (excluding City of Stockholm). In addition to the search instructions in English, they are also in Swedish -- thanks to Östlind: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/sweden/ The Swedish censuses of the past are similar to directories, where you can find people -- not in alphabetical order -- but by place of residence. Since 1749 population censuses have been taken in Sweden, and they often were the extracts from the household examination rolls made by the Swedish state church. Swedes were registered in their home parishes with name, year of birth, parish of birth, gender, occupation, and marital status. Arkion's (http://www.arkion.se) 1890/1900 census archives contain the following information: Persons in the household; information about each person's home parish, residence, county, year of birth, place of birth, occupation, Titel [sic], marital status, gender, family status, and other details. Unfortunately children (in 90 percent of the cases) were not given a last name [surname] by the preachers in 1890 census books. Therefore it is not possible to say what surname they took later in life because they often took the surname from their father's Christian (given) name, who often had several of them. So, what surname did they take? It is impossible to know until you check the 1900 Sweden census. Is it to be presumed that the surname is the same as their father's? The answer is no -- in most cases. It is assumed that researchers will know at least the Christian (given) name, and when they see the birth year and county they can figure out that this could be the person they want to know more about. They can write to find more information in Sweden's other records. http://www.ra.se/indexengelska.html This particular user-contributed 1890 census database does not require that a surname be entered for searches. "First name only" searches are possible, due to the circumstances mentioned above. http://userdb.rootsweb.com/sweden/ For more on the patronymic surname problems of Swedish research see this posting in the SWEDEN-L (mailing list) Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/SWEDEN/2001-10/1002121428 See also: RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees: Scandinavian Roots: http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/lesson23.htm#Swedish 2c. ROOTSWEB RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARD. RootsWeb has been named one of the Top 50 Most Incredibly Useful Sites by Yahoo Internet Life Magazine, (http://www.yil.com/index.asp) which says, "From the early days of the Net, genealogy has been one of the most popular online pastimes, and it has only gotten easier over the years. Just type in a name and surname at RootsWeb to get back detailed information about your ancestry and family history. A match isn't guaranteed, but this is an excellent starting point for your research." 2d. RETURN TO SENDER: ADDRESS UNKNOWN: At one time or other most of us search WorldConnect, the RootsWeb message boards, or a mailing list archive and find someone we want to contact because he or she has posted information of interest to us. We send an e-mail message and eagerly await a response -- only to have the message returned because the address is no longer valid. RootsWeb does not keep track of users' e-mail addresses and has no magical means of locating a new address for someone, so it does no good to write to your editor or the HelpDesk for this information. However, here's what you can do: --Check other RootsWeb and Internet resources for the same surnames or keywords that originally resulted in finding the person. --Is there a RSL (RootsWeb Surname List) entry or a WorldConnect family tree on file, perhaps with an updated address? --Explore the User-contributed Databases and the SSDI (Social Security Death Index) to see whether this individual placed notes on records of mutual interest to both of you. --Search relevant mailing list archives for an updated address. --Look for mutual family surnames using Internet search engines to locate other places this person might have entered a new address. Try Cyndi's List Search Engine section on E-Mail, Phone Numbers, and Address Search Engines at: http://www.cyndislist.com/search.htm If you are unable to find an updated address, wait a few days or even a few weeks and retry the original address. The problem that resulted in the returned (bouncing) e-mail could be a temporary one, such as a full mailbox or an ISP (Internet Service Provider) with mail delivery problems. Keep checking periodically to see whether the individual has updated his address since you last checked. To maximize the chances of making contact if there is an option to add Post-em Note or post a reply to the person's message, do so. Consider posting your own genealogical data on the family lines of mutual interest to the two of you. At some future date the individual may then find you. Perhaps someone is looking for you now. Is your e-mail address current on all the RootsWeb resources you have used? For instructions in updating your address, see: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/addresses/ 3. SPOTLIGHT ON SOME DISTINCTIVE WEBPAGES AT ROOTSWEB ----------------------------------------------------- MONTREAL GENWEB: Searching for "Anglo" Roots in Montreal. These pages focus on researching the Anglo Protestant (Scottish, English and Scots- Irish) families who settled in the Montreal area. Quebec records (such as births, marriages, and deaths) are divided mostly into Catholic and non-Catholic. Newspapers, books, and historical papers are written in the language of those they pertained to, so much of the information in this site will be helpful to those seeking other non-Catholic families, as well as families with English-speaking Catholic ancestors. http://www.rootsweb.com/~qcmtl-w/ USGENWEB E-ZINE. The first issue of this new quarterly e-zine is now on the Web. It highlights various features and special projects of USGenWeb including "The Little Known Wonder: USGenWeb," an article by D. Joshua Taylor, explaining the various projects that will help you better utilize this grassroots volunteer project. Other items of interest in this issue include a county spotlight: Baker County, Florida; Treasures in Your Backyard; Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK), and information about and links to the Bureau of Land management (BLM). http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maggieoh/ezine/ 4. NEW FREE USER-CONTRIBUTED DATABASES AT ROOTSWEB --------------------------------------------------- RootsWeb thanks the individuals and groups who contribute their material to share with the worldwide genealogical community. See the full list of contributors at http://userdb.rootsweb.com/contributors.html The following user-contributed databases have come online recently (these are name searchable, but not browseable): ENGLAND. 1947 Church Bell Ringers and Some Clergy; Dioceses of Gloucester and Bristol; 1,090 records; Roger Bull http://userdb.rootsweb.com/uki/ SWEDEN. 1890 Census 4,575,640 records; Dick Östlind for ARKION -- a unit within the National Archives in Sweden http://userdb.rootsweb.com/sweden/ U.S.A. Book Indexes: Descendants of Joseph M. DUSCHL Sr. 314 records; Lynn Bernhard http://userdb.rootsweb.com/bookindexes/ CALIFORNIA. Santa Cruz County. 1922 Watsonville City and Householder Guide. Last Names A-K; 2,893 records; Janece Carter Streig http://userdb.rootsweb.com/citydir/ CALIFORNIA. Santa Cruz County. 1922 Watsonville and Pajaro Valley City and Householder Guide. Last Names L-Z; 3,224 records; Janece Carter Streig http://userdb.rootsweb.com/citydir/ LOUISIANA. Orleans Parish. Commencement Exercises John McDonogh High School, June 4, 1936, New Orleans; 187 records; Nancy Archer http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ MASSACHUSETTS. PEASE surname death records 2,341 records; Rick Bart http://userdb.rootsweb.com/deaths/ MINNESOTA. Todd County. Todd County Ungraded Elementary Commencement, July 31, 1934, Long Prairie; 307 records; Kal Perry http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ MONTANA. Sweet Grass County. 1900 Census, Melville 732 records; Joan Shurtliff http://userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index/ NEW YORK. Orange County. United States Military Academy -- Class of 1941 426 records; Michael F Troy, in memory of Fran Troy '41, KIA Hagenhau, France http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ NEW YORK. Oswego County. Oswego High School Class of 1922 99 records; Mike Troy, Town of Carmel Historical Society http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ PENNSYLVANIA. Montgomery County. Class of 1958 Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington; 32 records; Ruth Ora Mortensen http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ WISCONSIN, Milwaukee County. Milwaukee County Pioneer Association 1896 80 records; Ellen Kuchta http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ WHO HAS THE DATA? Does your state, province, county, country, parish, church, old military unit or alma mater have material available that you think would be of interest to genealogists and historians? Do you have compiled lists or databases -- other than your personal family tree (genealogies can be posted at WorldConnect: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ ) -- 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. See the guidelines, tutorial and examples of data formats for user-contributed data: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/guidelines.html Please use this submission form: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ 5. NEW WEBPAGES AT ROOTSWEB ---------------------------- 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 next week. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ [account name] Note that the ~[tilde] before the Web account name is required. To request a free Web account: http://accounts.rootsweb.com/ CANADA qcmtl-e -- Montreal-East, Quebec SCOTLAND sctarlfc -- Argyll County FreeCENS UNITED KINGDOM ukancestor -- Family and Local History Directory U.S.A. cacbcdar -- Clara Barton Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution gafulto2 -- Fulton County, Georgia ilcghs -- Cary-Grove Historical Society (Illinois) mioaha -- Otisville Area Historical Association, Inc. [Genesee County] (Michigan) mnprgm -- Pommern Regional Group of Minnesota mojaspe2 -- Jasper County, Missouri monewto2 -- Newton County, Missouri nchender -- Henderson County, North Carolina ncperqui -- Perquimans County, North Carolina ncsurry -- Surry County, North Carolina nhcnewto -- The History of Newton, New Hampshire njmcgs -- Monmouth County Genealogy Society (New Jersey) ny330bg -- 330th Bomb Group (New York) scnewbe3 -- Newberry County, South Carolina txterry2 -- Terry County, Texas txvictor -- Victoria County, Texas wvboone2 -- Boone County, West Virginia 6. NEW ROOTSWEB MAILING LISTS ----------------------------- The following are NOT webpages--they are mailing lists. For more information and an index to the more than 24,900 RootsWeb-hosted genealogy mailing lists and the subscribing options, please go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS BARTLES, BIROS, BRENGLE CATCHPOLE-UK -- The CATCHPOLE surname in the United Kingdom FIGERT GOBBLE, GORST HEBDEN JURCINA KENT-SURNAME-UK -- The KENT surname in the United Kingdom MCGLINCHEY OUTHOUSE PRENTICE-UK -- The PRENTICE surname in the United Kingdom PULLINGER ROEHRICH SEIGRIST, SINGLES, SMITHE, SPLAWN, STEPHANS, STOVEL TRULY VOGENSEN YOUDS NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS AL-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in Alabama AR-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in Arkansas BELGIAN-AMERICAN -- Belgians who immigrated to America CANADIAN-TRAIN-DISASTERS--Document historical aspects of train wrecks in Canada, passenger lists and to record those who may have perished CORNWALL-AUSTRALIA -- Immigrants from Cornwall (England) to Australia DE-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in Delaware FL-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in Florida GA-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in Georgia GIBSON-MATTHEW -- Matthew GIBSON descendents KY-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in Kentucky LA-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in Louisiana LUSITANIA -- The ship Lusitania, which sank on 7 May 1915 off the coast of Ireland MD-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in Maryland MO-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in Missouri MS-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in Mississippi NC-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in North Carolina NJ-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in New Jersey OK-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in Oklahoma PA-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in Pennsylvania SC-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in South Carolina TN-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in Tennessee TX-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in Texas VA-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in Virginia WV-FREEDMEN -- Freedmen in West Virginia NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS AUS-QLD-WESTERN -- Western and Inland Queensland from west of the coast ENG-SOM-KILMERSDON -- Village of Kilmersdon, Somerset, England and close surrounding hamlets To subscribe or unsubscribe to/from any RootsWeb-hosted mailing list, send a plain text (not HTML) e-mail message with only the word SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) in the message body to: [name of list]-L-request@rootsweb.com (for mail mode) or to: [name of list]-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) To request a new mailing list: http://resources.rootsweb.com/adopt/ 7. NEW PERSONAL FREEPAGES AND HOMEPAGES AT ROOTSWEB --------------------------------------------------- [Note: When your new personal webpages at RootsWeb are up and ready for visitors, please send the URL (address) along with a brief description to: rwr-editor@rootsweb.com -- comments and questions about any of these independently authored webpages should be directed to their respective compilers/webmasters.] AUSTRALIA. Northern NSW. Tyalgum Public School. Collection of school photographs showing students and teachers from the years 1907-1995. The site is an on-going student project, and photographs with names are added regularly, and it is fully searchable. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tumbulgum/tyalgum/genealogy.htm BULLER-CARMICHAEL GENEALOGY AND FAMILY ALBUM. The genealogy of the BULLER and CARMICHAEL lines of our families; includes cemetery transcriptions, family stories, ancestor photos and other items. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bullercarmichael/ CLARK, COPLEY, JACKSON, MAYNARD, ROBERTSON, SHANNON, WALLACE, and WEBB. Includes family history, photos, and interesting ancestral facts. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genbaby5/directory.html ENGLISH Plantation. A one-name study of the surname ENGLISH. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~englishsurname/mainpage.html GRAYS THAT LIVE IN OHIO. This is a work in progress of six years of research and documentation. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gray1/INDEX.HTM HARRIS. Compiled information by researchers about West HARRIS who entered Montgomery County, North Carolina before the Revolutionary War. Researching his ancestors back to Sir William HARRIS of Essex County, England and all descendants; also documenting related branches. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westharris/ RICHARD HEATON'S FAMILY HISTORY HOMEPAGE. Website for SPANSWICK One-name study; includes surnames of BURNISTON, CUTTRISS, CURDIE, DREW, DUTILLIUEL, DUTTON, GEMMELL, HEATON, LEIGHTON, MERTENS, MCCORMICK, MIDDLETON, SOUTHWOOD, WATSON, and WEEDON. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dutillieul/index.html PENNSYLVANIA. Ebenezer Union Church 1740-1990 -- Stones of Help; 250-year history of the Ebenezer Union Church (Lutheran, United Church of Christ) at New Tripoli [Lehigh County], including church and cemetery records. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~weterb/ SMITH BRICK WALLS. Smith Surname Study: Includes extractions of Smiths from census, marriage records, land patents, and other resources. 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My mother was still distraught over my brother's death and put the letter away intending to respond later. Several times during the next few years she searched for the letter intending to respond, but could not locate it. Sometime during June of 2001, I finally stopped pretending to be nonchalant about family history and bought a genealogy software program, CDs, books and the whole nine yards. After several months of searching and actually finding relatives my mother never knew existed, we spent an afternoon going through her dresser drawers for obituaries, old addresses, and finally found the letter. I excitedly sent off letters to the researcher and his local genealogy society in an attempt to contact him, and was informed that he had died. He had left his research to his local society, but I lived across the country and was unable to go look at the documents myself. Everyone has been kind and helpful but it's not the same as reading through the documents yourself and knowing which ones you need and which ones you don't. It was quite a let-down after my initial expectations. Then I received some information that at first chilled me, but upon reflection encouraged and warmed me. The distant relative had died in June of 2001. The same month I had begun my research in earnest. The torch had been passed -- a family needed to be remembered. Since then I have contacted a few more distant cousins and am happily sharing and discovering information. * * * Update Your E-Mail Address By Jolene Baker bakerjolene@yahoo.com I so enjoy your "Review" and the success stories of others. However, I have a request for people who have posted inquiries in the past to the messages boards, etc. --please go back and review them periodically as someone just starting could be trying to answer you. Also if your e- mail address has changed since you posted the inquiry, go back and add a new message to the thread with that information as well. Those of us just starting could be your relatives and are trying to get in touch with you but are hitting that "brick wall" because of old information on the message boards. I have just started dabbling into my genealogy history (working two jobs, I don't have a lot of time to spend on it). After tracking down some information, I started going through the message boards and have found some relatives on the WOOLLARD board from a post a from a couple of years ago. Unfortunately when I tried to e-mail directly to the person posting the query, the e-mail was no longer valid or for some other reason undeliverable. So I answered by replying to her query on the message board. However, since it was from 1999, I do not know how much luck I will have unless Mary FISTER happens to periodically go back to her old posts looking for responses. [Editor's Note: Please see: 2d. RETURN TO SENDER: ADDRESS UNKNOWN in today's RootsWeb Review] 9. HUMOR: A British Groaner; Insulting His Pedigree --------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Anonymous@noname.com (and understandably why): So a lorry-load of tortoises crashed into a train-load of terrapins -- now that is what's called a turtle disaster. * * * Insulting His Pedigree Thanks to: Charnee Smit charnees@aol.com who credits Lyon County, Kansas Historical Archives for this clipping. When I got some photocopies of the April 27, 1898 "The Greeting" newspaper of Americus, Kansas relating to my FROST and SHOCKLEY ancestors, I found the following little story on one of the pages: "Last Saturday an altercation arose over a game of marbles between MALCOLM BIRCKET and BLAINE CLAY in which Blaine used some very rough language and called young Bircket names reflecting on his nativity and maternal parentage where upon Malcolm proceeded to wipe up the face of the earth, using Blaine for a mop." * * * LOVE OLD NEWSPAPERS? To see what's available and to subscribe to the growing Historical Newspaper Collection at Ancestry.com, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/periodicals/news/main.htm?lfl=ttd Click here to view a sample newspaper: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=3547&sourceid=2134 10. 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