RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine Vol. 5, No. 36, 04 September 2002, Circulation: 1,060,484+ (c) 1998-2002 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist RWR-Editor@rootsweb.com Certification: http://www.bcgcertification.org/certification/ Please do not send any subscription requests to the editor See Section 10 for: RWR Reprint and Submissions Guidelines; Archives; Subscription Instructions, and Advertising Contact ====================================================================== In This Issue: 1. News and Notes. (1a. Ad Glitch Hits Boards; 1b. Posting on Message Boards; 1c. Quick Tips From Readers; 1d. What's Down?) 2. Connecting through RootsWeb: "Around the World I Searched for You . . ."; "Finding My Father" 3. New User-contributed Databases 4. New Webpages at RootsWeb 5. New RootsWeb Mailing Lists 6. New FreePages and HomePages (personal webpages at RootsWeb) 7. RootsWeb Review's Bottomless Mailbag: "The WEAKest Link"; "Don't BOX Me In"; "Birth vs. Baptism Dates"; "Roll Calling in a Cemetery" 8. Ancestry.com News 9. Humor: Dating Matters 10. RWR Reprint and Submissions Guidelines; Archives; Instructions ====================================================================== 1. News and Notes: ------------------ 1a. Ad Glitch Hits Boards. If you accessed our Message Boards on RootsWeb.com, Ancestry.com, or Ancestry.co.uk, on Monday, September 2, you may have seen an advertisement that made your Message Board experience quite frustrating. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Our offices were closed on Monday and this ad was placed by a third party without our review or consent. While we use advertising to help support the Message Boards, we never intend to create a situation where the boards are not usable or the advertising interferes substantially with the process of researching your ancestors. We are reviewing the process of placing advertising and will improve our processes as best we can to prevent this from happening again. --Laryn Brown, Director, RootsWeb.com and Ancestry.co.uk Part of MyFamily.com, Inc. * * * 1b. Where and How to Post on Message Boards http://boards.rootsweb.com/ Found a new ancestor? Want to post a query about a family line you are researching or want to share a document that you've discovered? Naturally, your goal is to reach the greatest number of interested researchers as possible and you want those with information for you, or looking for the data you have posted, to be able to find it and you. That's why it is important to post your message on the most appropriate board. Does your message primarily concern a surname or single family? Then post it on the Message Board for that surname. If it pertains to several families or generations all living in the same geographic area, or if it is about a specific place, post on the locality Message Board. Pick the most specific locality board possible -- the county as opposed to a state (Unknown County) board, for example. If your message is more closely tied to a genealogical research topic such as an ethnic group, a religious body, or an occupation, you may elect to post on a Message Board for that topic. Pick the Message Board that most closely fits the subject about which you are writing. It isn't necessary, in most cases, to post your message on multiple Message Boards at RootsWeb/Ancestry because they are globally searchable. To post: You must be viewing a Message Board that has public posting enabled (designated by a white sheets of paper icon), or be viewing a message posted on such a board, in order to post a message. To post a brand-new message when you are on a Message Board, look for a POST NEW MESSAGE link. However, if you are viewing an existing message, you have the option of posting a new message or posting a reply to the one you are viewing. Click on the POST REPLY link that is within the message box or select the POST NEW MESSAGE link above the message box. If you elect to post a reply, it will be "threaded" with the message to which you are replying. Threading means that responses are grouped with the original message rather than standing alone as an original post. Posting a response (reply) to an original message also means that if the previous posters in the thread have elected to receive e-mail notification of responses (the default setting), they will be notified of your reply. After you have composed your message and completed all required items, select either the POST MESSAGE button (if you are absolutely certain that the message is exactly as you wish to post it), or the PREVIEW MESSAGE button, if you would like to view the message as it will appear on the board before it is actually posted. The preview screen allows you to select from EDIT MESSAGE or POST MESSAGE buttons. Use the EDIT MESSAGE button (and not your browser's BACK button) to make any changes to the message prior to finally selecting the POST MESSAGE button, which will put your message on the Message Board. Note: You cannot post a message while on an index page for a category or subcategory (represented by a yellow file folder icon), and you cannot post a new message if you are viewing an admin board for which you do not serve as an administrator (there will be a black circle with a line through it and the notation "you are not an administrator on this board"). Occasionally you will come upon a "Read Only" board designated by an icon showing yellow sheets rather than white ones. Such boards are special ones, and public posting on them is not permitted. To learn more about Message Boards, see also: "Posting on Message Boards from Libraries; Using an Ancestry Temporary Trial Account" (RootsWeb Review 5:35, 28 August 2002); "Message Board Administrators," (RWR 5:34, 21 August 2002) "Visual Aids on Message Boards" (RWR 5:33, 14 August 2202; "Sign In, Please: Registering and Login" (RWR 5:32, 7 August 2002); "Portals to Success: Message Board/Mailing List Gateways," (RWR 5:31, 31 July 2002); "Message Board Queries," (RWR 5:30, 24 July 2002); "Message Board Solutions," (RWR 5:29, 17 July 2002) "Meandering Through the Message Boards" (RWR 5:28, 10 July 2002); "Discovering Display Options on the Message Boards" (RWR 5:27, 3 July 2002); "Getting the Most Out of Message Boards" (RWR 5:26, 26 June 2002); "Message Board Attachments" (RWR 5:23, 5 June 2002); and "Message Board Icons" (RWR 5:22, 29 May 2002) -- all previous issues of RWR are searchable and downloadable here: http://e-zine.rootsweb.com/ * * * 1c. Quick Tips from Readers: By Carol Snook psnook47@earthlink.net I would like to tell RootsWeb Review readers about some sites I happen to come on. I have never enjoyed myself so much and for so long while going through the links and information on Dave Lossos' webpages. For those who are doing research in Missouri, particularly in St. Louis, check out: "Missouri Society of Mayflower Descendants" http://www.rootsweb.com/~mosmd/missouri/ "The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony: 1620" http://www.rootsweb.com/~mosmd/ "Genealogy in St. Louis" http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com Lossos also is the list admin for MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L -- a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the metropolitan area of St. Louis, Missouri. You can learn more and subscribe to it here: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/stl/metro.htm * * * 1d. What's Down? RootsWeb has been experiencing technical difficulties lately with some of its databases, including the Social Security Death Index. However, these should be repaired soon. In the meanwhile, please feel free to visit our sister site, Ancestry.com, http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm which also has a copy of the SSDI and many other databases that may be searched for free. Current information pertaining to technical issues or other problems you might encounter at RootsWeb can always be found at: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ * * * Have a Quick Tip to share or found a great website located at RootsWeb? Let us know: RWR-Editor@rootsweb.com 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Around the World I Searched for You . . . By Edna Thomas defarm@worldnet.att.net I had been trying to locate relatives of my mother since I got a computer for my 50th birthday. RootsWeb was one of the first places I came across in my search. While I continued to run into blanks research- ing my mother's family (They immigrated to China from Russia in 1914 following the death of my maternal grandfather. My maternal grandmother remained in China while her mother and brother emigrated from China to Australia.) I kept reading the RootsWeb Review and hoped someday my turn would come to have some success. About two years ago, you had an Australian web- site for leaving messages. I left a message with some of the information regarding my Russian relatives in Australia. As long as I can remember, my mother had always wondered what had happened to her mother's brother. Her mother died in Shanghai when she was 15. Her father, a Dutch national, lived in Java and died there, but we don't know when he died. A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from a wonderful woman who works for the government looking for heirs. She was answering the message I had left two years ago. When I read the message the hair on the back of my neck stood up! There were too many facts she knew for this not to be my mother's uncle. We had no way of knowing he had gone by the name of "John" BELOKNOFF. She has been able to give us so much information about my mother's family including the name of my maternal great-grandfather, and the fact that he had died in 1914 while serving in the Russian navy. We now know the town where they came from, and the location of the graves of my mother's uncle and grandmother in Australia. She even found the photo of my mother's uncle that was on his immigration papers when he immigrated to Australia, and the people who vouched for them and acted as sponsors. While it would have been great to have found this relative when he was alive, at least we now know what happened to my mother's family. She just celebrated her 75th birthday and for the first time in her life she has some closure knowing the whereabouts of her long-lost uncle. I can't thank you enough for the help. * * * Finding My Father By Elaine Pierce Smith elainesmith44@yahoo.com Waycross, Georgia, U.S.A. RootsWeb means so much to me. My daddy left when I was eight months old. I've looked for him all my life through different organizations, and the Salvation Army tried many years to help me find him. His name was Klein PIERCE. One of my daughters-in-law found his death record information on RootsWeb. Turns out he was just going through El Centro, California when someone dropped him off at the hospital and he died of heart problems -- when I was eight years old. Last June I went to see my son in Houston, Texas, and he took me to El Centro, California to see my daddy's grave. I thank those that assisted me, and I appreciate RootsWeb -- for the help, and the closure. ==========================Paid Advertisement============================ The Aug/Sep issue of HISTORY MAGAZINE is on the newsstands now or you can get a free trial copy by visiting http://www.history-magazine.com/ Issue includes articles on "Coffeehouses," "History of the Postcard," "Secrets of Locks," "The Garment Industry," "Roller Coasters," "The Coast Guard," and many, others. Visit http://www.history-magazine.com/ for trial copy. ==========================Paid Advertisement============================ 3. New User-Contributed Databases at Rootsweb --------------------------------------------- The following new user-contributed databases have come online recently (these are name searchable, but they are not browseable): U.S.A. Military Records: USS Brookings APA-140 Ship's Company 432 records; Lynn Bernhard http://userdb.rootsweb.com/military/ CALIFORNIA. Santa Cruz County. Watsonville Union High School, California, "The Manzanita" for 1919; 172 records; Janece Carter Streig http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ CALIFORNIA. Santa Cruz County. Watsonville Union High School, California, "The Manzanita" for 1922; 247 records; Janece Carter Streig http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ CALIFORNIA. Santa Cruz County. Watsonville Union High School, "The Manzanita" for 1923; 174 records; Janece Carter Streig http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ CALIFORNIA. Santa Cruz County. Watsonville Union High School, "The Manzanita" for 1925; 215 records; Janece Carter Streig http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ CALIFORNIA. Yolo County. Woodland Cemetery Records 86 records; Shellie Dugrenier http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ INDIANA. Jennings County. 1930 Census--Bigger Township 515 records; Heather Stafford http://userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index/ MASSACHUSETTS. Worcester County. Old Settlers' Burial Ground, Lancaster 200 records; James M. Sanders http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ MISSISSIPPI. Mississippi Marriage Index Data, 1870-1925 642 records; Raymond Montgomery http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/ Who Has the Data? Does your state, province, county, 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 any 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. Please see the guidelines, tutorial and examples of data formats for user-contributed data: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/guidelines.html Use this submission form: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ Questions about submitting your material? Go to RootsWeb Help Desk: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ 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 4. 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/~ [accountname] Note that the ~[tilde] before the Web account name is required. Example: The Custer County (Idaho) page can be found by going to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~idcuster/ To request a free Web account: http://accounts.rootsweb.com/ U.S.A. idcamas -- Camas County, Idaho idcuster -- Custer County, Idaho idoneida -- Oneida County, Idaho kymchgs -- Martin County (Kentucky) Historical and Genealogical Society midickin -- Dickinson County, Michigan mscoahom -- Coahoma County, Mississippi msissaq2 -- Issaquena County, Mississippi msjeffe2 -- Jefferson County, Mississippi msmonro2 -- Monroe County, Mississippi msquitma -- Quitman County, Mississippi paehs -- Equinunk (Pennsylvania) Historical Society tnabcdar -- Andrew Bogle Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution txatmscv -- Army of the Trans-Mississippi, Sons of Confederate Veterans (Texas) vtgrandi -- Grand Isle County, Vermont ==========================Paid Advertisement============================ WHAT'S NEW AT WWW.GENEALOGICAL.COM Twenty-six different CDs and Books for September http://www.genealogical.com/new_products.cfm HUGE SAVINGS on complete National Society Sons and Daughter of Pilgrims Lineage Records http://www.genealogical.com/item_detail.cfm?ID=9735 Spotlight on CENSUS RECORDS http://www.genealogical.com/featured.cfm Blockbuster new 10th ed. of THE HANDY BOOK FOR GENEALOGISTS http://www.genealogical.com/item_detail.cfm?ID=9083 ==========================Paid Advertisement============================ 5. New Mailing Lists at RootsWeb -------------------------------- For an index to more than 25,400 RootsWeb-hosted genealogy mailing lists, visit http://lists.rootsweb.com/ NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS BERRIAN, BULLITT BYOTT-UK -- The BOYOTT surname in the United Kingdom COLLINS-UK -- The COLLINS surname in the United Kingdom DIEZEMANN, DOUTHERD ELEY-UK -- The ELEY surname in the United Kingdom FACEY, FEARS, FENSKE HEYDEN KETTERER, KNEELAND LANGS, LATOURELLE, LINZEMANN MCCULLER, MENGES ODANIEL -- The O'DANIEL surname PERILLARD, PETTER RICHENDOLLAR SHABINO, SNEESBY, SOBOLESKI, STREAMS TENKILLER ZEINSTRA, ZINCKGRAF NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS 17TH-TX-CAVALRY -- The 17th Texas Cavalry regiment DURHAM-1891 -- Durham, United Kingdom 1891 census volunteers list GREGORCZYK-TX -- The GREGORCZYK surname in Texas with emphasis on Francz Grzegorczyk who immigrated from Poland to Panna Maria, Texas in 1855 during the Moczygemba-induced Polish immigration IDRESERV -- Native American tribes who have reservations in Idaho NE-POLISH -- Polish peoples in Nebraska OK-ORPHANPHOTOS -- Announce and keep track of orphan photographs that anyone can send in to the OK-OrphanPhoto website NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS PA-CARNEGIE -- Carnegie, Allegheny, Pennsylvania 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/ 6. New Personal Freepages and Homepages at RootsWeb --------------------------------------------------- [Note: When your new, updated, or revised personal pages located at RootsWeb (they will have "freepages" or "homepages" in the URL) are up and ready for visitors, please send the URL (Web address), along with a brief description of what is available on your site 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 N.S.W. The Tumbulgum Public School Genealogy Project contains photographs of students and teachers for the period 1890-1993. The site is fully searchable: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tumbulgum/ BARNUM/BARNHAM FAMILIES. Includes: LENNARD family in England; TRUMAN family chronology, and information on the families of James TAPPERO and Ann MANNING. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tapperofamily/ MURPHY. MY LIL WORLD -- MURPHY. Irish: Main surnames include MURPHY, O'SULLIVAN, O'KEEFFE, and VIRTUE; plus transcribed records for selected surnames gleaned from sources in New York and Ireland. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clannymurphy/ NEBRASKA. Denton (Lancaster County) Community Historical Society Treasures. Denton Community Historical Society (DCHS) collects and preserves objects, artifacts, documents, and published materials relative to the heritage and cultural environment of people and events in the Village of Denton and the surrounding areas of Denton, Berks, Cheese Creek, Rokeby, Yankee Hill, Burnham, Cobb Junction, Centerville, and Emerald. http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/ PENNSYLVANIA. Lower Luzerne County research. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lowerluzernecounty/ WORCESTER, WORSTER DESCENDANTS IN MAINE. Features the Rev. William WORCESTER, his descendants, and their wives. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~worstergene/ 7. From Rootsweb Review's Bottomless Mailbag -------------------------------------------- The WEAKest Link I just had to add my two cents about hitting "the brick wall." I recently started researching my husband's line for the surname WEAK. I hear it all--weak body, weak mind, weak family tree, but it won't be weak for long. Someday I'll have the last laugh. Thanks for letting me respond. --Theresa KLIMENT-WEAK treeweak@cox.net * * * Don't BOX Me In All the talk about brick walls really hits home, doesn't it? Whenever I enter our family name (BOX), I get so many hits, that I don't even try to proceed. Anyone with a post office box listed will give us an automatic "hit." Let's face it, BOX is not an easy name to deal with. In case other readers are interested in sharing, however, our BOX family includes marriages to: WHITEHEAD/WHITE, PARTIN, BOLTON, RAPER, HULSEY, KING, BONE, DAVIS, RIGGANS/RIGGS, MOORE, McKOWN, WILLIAMS, HODGES and Mississippi land purchases from JOHNSON, HIDEN, BEENE, HAMPTON, and BOYD. My research goes from Hill County Texas back to Laurens County, South Carolina via Mississippi and Georgia. --Darla Bostick darla6000@yahoo.com * * * Birth vs. Baptism Dates I have for a long time been irritated by receiving computer-generated family trees where the stated dates of birth are actually baptisms. Many a child has been baptised long after its birth and many a family has had more than one child, of different ages, baptised at the same time. All too many family historians assume that two siblings baptised on the same day were twins. Would they be so quick to assume they were all born on the same day if six or seven siblings were baptised together? I think not. I've also come across baptisms in local parishes (I live in the county of Sussex, England) that concern adults. Checking with the parish register at the local Record Office often shows that the age of the person was given. No indication of such things appear, of course, on the IGI [International Genealogical Index]. After 20 years of family history and local history research (the latter involving looking into other people's genealogy) I have purchased a genealogy program. What do I find? Although there is a section for entering people's baptismal dates and places, this does not appear on print-outs of family groups, descendancy charts and so on. Unless you put a date in the "birth-date" section, no date will appear on such reports and charts. So I can now well understand why so many people treat baptismal dates as birth dates, as family trees need dates! But it means they are not showing the correct information. Why, oh why do compilers of genealogical programs not get wise to this -- unless I'm unlucky in the program I chose to buy, but I understood it was one of best. -- Margaret Cullingworth lisa@culli.freeserve.co.uk> * * * Roll Calling in a Cemetery While researching my family I have used numerous obituaries from relatives to get valuable information. I always make it a point to record where each person was buried. While doing this I noticed there were quite a few buried in a cemetery in Georgia. Recently I went to Fitzgerald, Georgia for my grandmother's 91st birthday party where five generations of the family attended. At the party there was a cousin who was willing to take me to the cemetery. While we were talking about it, others at the party were listening and wanted to go. By the time we were ready to go all the grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren wanted to go, so we loaded everyone in different cars and headed for the cemetery -- 10 miles away and a mile down a dirt road behind a church. When we got out of our cars I gave the "great-grands" a piece of paper and pencil and told them the information I needed. We all started looking at headstones until the children got bored and started their own search. They started calling out names from the headstones according to the list of surnames I gave them. At that time all anyone could hear was names and echoes; it was a roll call in the cemetery. The names that were called out that I did not recognize, my aunt was able to help with. The children looked like they were searching for Easter eggs. My brother was filming gravesites and a description of the cemetery and taking his own personal notes; another brother was cleaning the graves, while yet another brother made sure the children wrote down the right information. My aunt, who we did not expect to come because she had only visited once a year since her son's death in 1978, joined us shortly after we arrived. She spent time telling some of my in-laws, nieces and nephews about the family members there that she known personally. I was also able to see my great-great-grandmother gravesite. I have been searching for her birth/death date for quite a while. It turns she was buried with a slab marker, but there was no information on it. Her grave was identified by my aunt who showed us where it was and we cleaned off the leaves and dirt that covered the slab. When we left the cemetery we had 50 relatives' names, birth, death date, Soundex spellings of surnames, military ranks and the war in which they served, as well as information on their lives. I took the list back to the party and aunts, uncles, cousins and my grandmother told us who our deceased relatives' parents and siblings were. We had a two-hour session on family history, and I got much needed information. The children had an experience that they enjoyed and will remember as their contribution to building the family tree, as well as something to talk about in years to come. So that they can identify their contribution I am placing their recordings in the family archives. It was a beautiful experience and well worth the time and effort. --Charee charee1@bellsouth.net 8. Ancestry.com News --------------------- Family tree software programs have come to be an important part of family history research. There are many programs available that were designed to make the task of keeping track of your data much easier. Ancestry.com has, too, developed a family tree program to help genealogists record their findings--Ancestry Family Tree (AFT). Intuitive to use, at a first glance, AFT looks similar to other programs. However, there are several features on the AFT that distinguish it. This program is integrated with the various databases on Ancestry.com, and automatically searches more than 1.5 billion names to find the best matches for each person in your family tree. In addition to an automatic search of the databases, AFT lets you view and download existing family tree files from the Ancestry World Family Tree. The primary purpose of this feature is to provide clues as to your ancestry, and as with any second-hand information, should be verified for accuracy. Once confirmed, these "pointers" can open doors to multiple generations that were previously not available to you! Create a new tree, or import your existing files on the Ancestry Family Tree. Download AFT today at: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?sourceid=3582&targetid=3225 9. Humor: Dating Matters ------------------------ Thanks to: Julie Markham bmarkham@cox.net I'm helping a neighbor with her genealogy. I asked her to learn where her great-grandfather was living at the time of the 1880 U.S. census. This is an excerpt from her e-mail reply that came this morning: "I will also try to find out where William lived at the time of the 1880 census. What year was it done?" ==========================Paid Advertisement============================ The Sept/Oct issue of FAMILY CHRONICLE is on the newsstands now or you can obtain a free trial copy by visiting http://www.familychronicle.com/ Articles include "Civil War Records," "10 Ways to make the Most of Census Research," "Consanguinity: Close Marriage Questions," "Breaking Through Brickwalls," "Multi-Generation Photographs," "12 Ways to Find a Female Ancestor's Maiden Name," and many others. Visit http://www.familychronicle.com/ and order your free trial copy. ==========================Paid Advertisement============================ 10. Submission Guidelines, Reprint Policy, RWR Archives, Subscriptions ----------------------------------------------------------------------- We welcome short (500 words or less) articles, stories, or letters for publication in the RootsWeb Review. We reserve the right to edit all submissions. All mail sent to the RootsWeb Review editor is considered to be for publication. Send all mail as plain text e-mail message (no html, stationery, or attachments) to: RWR-Editor@rootsweb.com RootsWeb Review does not publish or answer genealogical queries, and the editor regrets that she is unable to provide any personal research assistance or advice. Post genealogical queries on all relevant surname, locality and topic boards and lists: message boards: http://boards.rootsweb.com/ mailing lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ Please do not send any subscription requests to the editor. To unsubscribe, send plain text e-mail message to: Rootsweb-Review-unsubscribe@rootsweb.com Need to do an e-mail address change? See: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/addresses/#newsletters Search/download all back issues of RootsWeb Review: http://e-zine.rootsweb.com/ Permission to reprint articles from RootsWeb Review is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, provided: (1) the reprint is used for non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) the following notice appears at the end of the article: Previously published in RootsWeb Review: Vol. 5, No. 36, 04 September 2002. ========================================================================