RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine Vol. 6, No. 19, 7 May 2003, Circulation: 993,495+ (c) 1998-2003 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com Certification: http://www.bcgcertification.org/certification/ * * * See Section 9 for guidelines and instructions Do not send any subscription changes to the editor ================================================================= In This Issue: 1. News and Notes. 1a. Library Alert; 1b. Genealogy Consumer Tocsin; 1c. Tips From Readers: "Connecticut Yankees and More"; "On Seeing Better for Windows Users; 1d. Errors Found in Records: "Not Even Church and State Error-free"; and "Lying Ancestors") 2. Connecting through RootsWeb: "Tiptoeing Through the Tulips" 3. New Webpages at RootsWeb 4. New RootsWeb Mailing Lists 5. New User-contributed Databases 6. New FreePages and HomePages (personal webpages at RootsWeb) 7. RootsWeb Review's Bottomless Mailbag: "Spring Clean in Folkestone Turns Up Surprise"; "Crossing International Borders"; "Remembering Our Ancestors"; and "Rewards of Sharing" 8. Humor: "Nimble Mom" 9. RWR Reprint and Submissions Guidelines; Archives; Addresses; Subscription Modification Instructions ================================================================== 1a. NEWS AND NOTES. LIBRARY ALERT. When you are using the RootsWeb/Ancestry Message Boards at the library, before you post a new message or reply to an existing message take a second to verify that you are not logged in under the library's account. Because if you are logged in under the library's account and post a message or reply you will not be identified properly as the author of the message, and you cannot, therefore, be notified or contacted if someone replies to your post. If you are logged in under the library's account, you will see a LOG OUT link in the upper right corner of the screen (you might have to scroll over to see it). Click on that link to log out and then post your message or reply by completing the name and e-mail address boxes manually. Of course, if you prefer, you can LOGIN using your own personal account in order to post your message(s). Be sure to UNcheck the box that says REMEMBER MY PASSWORD if you do though. You do not want other people who later use the library's computer to have access to your account. Also, be sure to log out when you have finished posting your message to prevent others from using your account for posting their messages. * * * 1b. GENEALOGY CONSUMER TOCSIN: Scams at the Speed of Light By Ted Pack tedpack@thevision.net http://www.tedpack.org/ In the old days, back when mail crossed the country in days, sooner or later every genealogist would get a letter from the "American Something- or-Other Institute." It claimed to have accumulated tons of data on your specific family, oddly enough, which you could have, for a fee. What you got was a list of famous people with the surname in question, culled from an encyclopedia, and a list of people in the United States with that surname, culled from telephone company databases. It left the exact relationship of all of these people as an exercise to the gullible. The scam artists changed their name every couple of years, but the game was the same. Today, e-mail crosses the country at the speed of light. The crooks do too. If you do genealogy on the Internet, sooner or later you'll get an e-mail offer from a scam artist. If you do, put one hand on your wallet and back away slowly. Typically they promise millions of names (sometimes billions) in hundreds of databases. They take your money, then give you links to RootsWeb and other free sites. They change names a lot and often have "genealogy," "gen," or "family" in their titles. They promise a 5-, 7- or 10-day free trial, but ask you for a credit card number. They ask you to sign up for a month, with the option to cancel, if not satisfied. Once they get your credit card number, it is virtually impossible to cancel your subscription. How can you tell if the e-mail is from these scam artists with yet another name? A couple of ways. Typically these outfits use a Yahoo, Hotmail, Juno, or some throwaway e-mail account. If you reply to this e-mail, your message either bounces or is never answered. The website itself has neither a customer service mail link nor a toll-free telephone number. So, if you get e-mail saying, some outfit "may" have data you asked for on the SMITH board (for example) just last month, and all you have to do is sign up for a trial subscription. Be warned. It's a lie. * * * [Editor's Note: Check "Consumer Protection" topic at Cyndi's List under Myths, Hoaxes & Scams: http://www.cyndislist.com/myths.htm#consumer * * * 1c. TIPS FROM READERS. Connecticut Yankees and More By Fred Chesson fchesson@snet.net I have a large roster of Civil War troops (and related wars) interred in Connecticut (plus Connecticut troops buried in other locales) to share. Visit my "very eclectic" website at: http://pages.cthome.net/fwc/ * * * On Seeing Better for Windows Users By Marv Kennebeck RailfanK@aol.com I use the following trick (more time-consuming, but easier on the eyes!) First, highlight the information you want to read. Then open Notepad and paste the information into it. Then change the font to 20 or higher. Then you can scroll down and easily read the text. * * * 1d. ERRORS FOUND IN RECORDS: Can You Top These? Not Even Church and State Error-free By Jacqueline Auclair Auclair@treeline.net Here is another example of original records being incorrect. My mother- in-law was married in a triple wedding with a sister and a sister-in-law on August 16, 1933. Due to three parties being involved, there were many pictures, and of course, everyone knew the date of the wedding, which was also established by the wedding certificates. I needed some other information from the local church records in Maine where the weddings took place, and I came across my mother-in-law's wedding entry which stated July 16, 1933, but the other two participants were married August 16, 1933. I pointed out the error to the priest, but he was unwilling to change any records even after viewing the original marriage record as recorded by the state, and listening to the story of three weddings performed on the same day. Also please be careful of state sites on the Internet. Someone had to type in the records at one point before the website was set up, and my own marriage record online as listed by the State of Maine is incorrect. Trying to get it to straighten it out has been an ordeal. * * * Lying Ancestors By Teddy Markhart teddymarkhart@yahoo.com While searching the U.S. 1910 census for my husband's 2g-grandparents I found his 2g-grandmother living with her daughter. She stated she was a widow. I added this information to my GEDCOM file and left it at that. Recently I decided to check out some of his 2g-uncles. Imagine my surprise when I found his 2g-grandfather alive and well and living with a son. He had listed himself as married. Not only were they living in the same state, but the same county and township. Wonder what the big fight was about for them to split up and for her to declare herself a widow? Another thing I have found on the census is that people lie about their age. One ancestor gave her age as the same on two census reports. 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- TIPTOEING THROUGH THE TULIPS By Jan Parsons Armstrong JArmstr904@aol.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~janarmstrong/ As a genealogist of 45+ years, I am one of those who remembers postage expenses, snail mail, ordering census microfilms and endless trips to the library ... and I think the Internet has been the greatest thing to ever happen to our wonderful hobby. My website is on RootsWeb's Freepages (see URL above). On 12-31-2000, I received an e-mail from my husband's 2nd cousin, VAN BRUGGEN line, in Holten, Overijssel, Netherlands. He had been attempting to locate the descendants of his father's favorite uncle who had come to America. This 89-year-old man was in poor health and had been orphaned at the age of 12. The uncle went back to Holland to get him when his parents died, but the other aunts and uncles would not let him come to America. All his life, he wondered about the family in America, and wished he could have gone with his uncle. The uncle was my husband's maternal grandfather -- Hendrik "Henry" Van Bruggen. Once our contact was made, there was a whirlwind of activity. We had albums and boxes of photos from Holland, with no names on them; we had correspondence in Dutch, which we had no translations for, and I almost burned out my scanner sending items for the cousins to show to their father. It was such an exciting and happy time. When the old gentleman saw the first photos, which were of the parents he lost when he was 12, he broke down in tears of happiness. He died on Jan. 20, 2001 -- just 21 days after our contact was first made, but his family said he died knowing that all was well with those of us in America. And on April 15 one of the cousins, his wife and two of their lifelong friends came to Texas for a visit. It was like we had known one another all our lives. Now we are learning Dutch and getting passports because we are going to Holland in May 2004. Thanks to RootsWeb for giving us the opportunity to have this highly emotional, wonderful experience. As one of the Dutch cousins said "It took almost 100 years to get this gang together, but we did it!" ======================= Paid Advertisements ======================== History Magazine's April/May issue, now on newsstands, features articles on the 1720s, the Hunt for Pancho Villa, the Grand Tour, the Age of Viking Raids, Comets, the Filles du Roi, Foxhunting and more. Subscription Special until 20 May: Get a FREE copy of History Magazine Volume 2, a $25 value, with your paid subscription! This book is a glossy, colorful compilation of the entire contents of our second year of publication. 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New Webpages at RootsWeb To Request a Free Web Account: http://accounts.rootsweb.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- Some of these pages might not yet be accessible. They are created by volunteers, so 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 Monmouth County, New Jersey website can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmonmou/ CANADA onkbogs -- Kawartha Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society (Peterborough, Ontario -- area encompasses Peterborough, Victoria, Haliburton and Northumberland counties) U.S.A. alghstwn -- Alabama Ghost Towns Project almajub -- Major Uriah Blue Chapter-United States Daughters of 1812 (Foley, Baldwin County, Alabama) arghstwn -- Arkansas Ghost Towns Project coychs -- Yuma County Historical Society (Colorado) gahaber2 -- Habersham County, Georgia gaupson2-- Upson County, Georgia ilgswc -- Genealogy Society of White County, Illinois kycoalcmp -- Coal Camps within the state of Kentucky msghstwn -- Mississippi Ghost Towns Project njmonmou -- Monmouth County, New Jersey okghstwn -- Oklahoma Ghost Towns Project tnmcmin3 -- McMinn County, Tennessee txsbtudc -- Seven Brother Theus Chapter 2393 (Midland, Midland County, Texas) usghstwn -- United States Ghost Towns Project 4. New Mailing Lists at RootsWeb Request a New Mailing List: http://resources.rootsweb.com/adopt/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- For more information and an index to the more than 26,700 RootsWeb- hosted genealogy Mailing Lists and easy subscribing options go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS BARNSLEY, BORCHER CLARK-AR -- The CLARK surname in Arkansas, USA CLARK-CANADA -- The CLARK surname in Canada CLARK-ME -- The CLARK surname in Maine, USA CLEMMONS-TN -- The CLEMMONS surname in Tennessee, USA CREEL-LA -- The CREEL surname in Louisiana DONLAN ERMER FITZGIBBONS, FOLLICK HOLDMAN, HORGAN KAISS LAUGHRAN MOLTHOP NEGUS PATIN, PERRUZZA, POINTS SCRIVENER NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS ENG-YKS-HARROGATE -- Harrogate, Yorkshire, England NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS (The following lists are all USA-related) AK-CEMETERIES -- Locating, and preserving historical information about Alaska cemeteries AK-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Alaska AL-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Alabama CT-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Connecticut DE-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Delaware FL-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Florida HI-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Hawaii IA-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Iowa ID-CEMETERIES -- Locating, and preserving historical information about Idaho cemeteries ID-CEMETERY-PRESERVATION -- A mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information regarding the preservation of historic Idaho cemeteries IL-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Illinois IN-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Indiana KY-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Kentucky LA-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Louisiana MA-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Massachusetts MD-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Maryland ME-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Maine MI-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Michigan MN-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Minnesota NC-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of North Carolina NE-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Nebraska NH-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of New Hampshire NJ-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of New Jersey NM-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of New Mexico NY-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of New York OH-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Ohio OR-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Oregon PA-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Pennsylvania RI-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Rhode Island TN-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Tennessee VA-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Virginia VT-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Vermont WA-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Washington WI-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of Wisconsin WV-GHOSTTOWNS -- The ghost towns of West Virginia 5. New User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Who Has the Data? Does your state, province, county, parish, church, old military unit, or alma mater have material with a few names or thousands of names available that you think would be of interest to genealogists and historians? Do you have a list of names or a database that you think would be of value and interest to others? In most cases, RootsWeb would be proud to host it. Such user databases are other than your family tree since family trees can be posted at WorldConnect: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ See the guidelines, tutorial and examples of data formats for user- contributed data. Large or small files are welcome. http://userdb.rootsweb.com/guidelines.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The following databases have come online recently. They are searchable, but not browseable. CANADA. Manitoba. 1891 Census -- Scratching River Mennonite Settlement 278 records; L. Scharfenberg http://userdb.rootsweb.com/canada/ ITALY. Sicily. 1883 birth records; Cerda, Palermo, Sicily 243 records; Ingrid Keltz http://userdb.rootsweb.com/italy/ ITALY. Sicily, Cerda. 1820 birth records; Cerda, Palermo, Sicily 124 records; Ingrid Keltz http://userdb.rootsweb.com/italy/ ALABAMA. 1880 Census; LETT surnames and variations 370 records; Mary Ann Jones http://userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index/ ARIZONA. Maricopa County. Phoenix High School, 1927 307 records; Cindy Detlefsen http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ CALIFORNIA. Kern County. 2002 Obits Index -- Bakersfield Californian Newspaper 5,061 records; Sharon Dulcich http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/ CALIFORNIA. Los Angeles County. Long Beach Jordan High School Alumni, Long Beach, 1947; 349 records; Cindy Detlefsen http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ FLORIDA. Okaloosa County. Northwest Florida Daily News Obituaries; Crestview; Thursday June 1, 1995; 9 records; Margaret M. Harris for the Genealogical Society of Okaloosa County http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/ ILLINOIS. Cook County. Death records for PHELPS surname and variant spellings, 1871 to 1916; 191 records; Tamra Phelps http://userdb.rootsweb.com/deaths/ KENTUCKY. Clark County. 1860 Census, Limited index; 79 records; Clark County Researcher http://userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index/ MASSACHUSETTS. Essex County. 1922 marriages, Marblehead; 142 records; Maureen Graves Anderson http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/ NEW JERSEY. Burlington County. Burlington Senior High School Alumni, Burlington, 1961; 236 records; Cheryl Moore http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ NEW JERSEY. Burlington County. Florence Township Memorial High School Alumni, Florence, 1958; 73 records; Cheryl Moore http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ NEW YORK. Onondaga County. 1870 census, Skaneateles 4,524 records; Jim Dougherty, indexed by Beverly Quimby http://userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index/ OREGON. Multnomah County. 1930 Jefferson High School, Portland-- January graduates; 132 records; Patricia L. Dunn-Hanning http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ OREGON. Multnomah County. 1930 Jefferson High School, Portland-- June graduates; 221 records; Patricia L. Dunn-Hanning http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ TEXAS. El Paso County. Bowie High School, 1947; 149 records; Cindy Cetlefsen http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ TEXAS. El Paso County. El Paso High School, 1929-1930; 243 records; Cindy Detlefsen http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ TEXAS. El Paso County. El Paso High School, 1935; 156 records; Cindy Detlefsen http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ TEXAS. Harris County. John H. Reagan High School Alumni, Houston, Winter 1953; 114 records; Patricia Schiro http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ VIRGINIA. Various Virginia Obituaries 135 records; Paula L. Delosh http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/ VIRGINIA. City of Fredericksburg. Obituaries from the Virginia Herald Newspaper (1788-1804), Fredericksburg. 259 records; Paula L. Delosh http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/ WEST VIRGINIA. Nicholas County. Cemetery on Penn Frame's property 33 records; Ginny Blankenship http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ U.S.A. Newspaper Indexes: 2001 index for deaths, obits, and funeral services -- Bakersfield Californian 4,830 records; Sharon Dulcich http://userdb.rootsweb.com/news/ U.S.A. Military Records: Various Military Records 254 records; Paula L. Delosh http://userdb.rootsweb.com/military/ 6. New Personal Freepages and Homepages at RootsWeb ---------------------------------------------------- Note: Comments and questions about any of these independently authored webpages should be directed to their respective compilers/webmasters. When your new, updated, or substantially 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, including the major pertinent surnames and what is available on your site, to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com COWART. COWART FAMILY TREE is dedicated to the ancestors and descendants of Thomas "Wash" Cowart, who was born in North Carolina in 1869. Surnames include: COWART, COWARD, WEAVER, HOLLAND, COXEY, RICHARDSON, HUTCHISON, and BRADLEY. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~washcowart/ ENGLAND. DEVON. Footprints ... A Step Back In Time! A virtual and historical tour of various parishes in the County of Devon; some containing extractions of baptisms, marriages and burials from parish registers, along with transcriptions of other Devon-related genealogical material. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~footprints1/ NEW YORK. More than 1,000 vital records from 1865 Oneida County census 800 alphabetized deaths from 1865 census; 400 marriages sorted by both bridegrooms and by brides. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cnyfamilies/ocvitals.html 7. FROM ROOTSWEB REVIEW'S BOTTOMLESS MAILBAG [Editor's note: The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the editor or of RootsWeb.com]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Spring Clean in Folkestone Turns Up Surprise By Mary Harvey-Wright mary.harvey-wright@eurotunnel.com I just wanted to share with you the successful outcome of a unanswered question that's been puzzling many of my family for several years -- where were my grandparents buried? Our town, Folkestone in Kent -- a town on the south coast of England, like many other towns had to provide more suitable burial space for its growing population. The little churchyards had all been long outgrown and the disposal of the dear departed was a severe problem. In late Victorian times many private companies were set up to take care of this and I believe it was a very profitable business. The cemetery at Folkestone is a large strip of land alongside the railway line and just outside the main town. The cemetery has a large mixture of graves ranging from the very simple to the extremely ornate and is very well tended. However, over the intervening years vandalism and the weather have taken their toll and many graves have simply been grassed over. My grandmother, Fanny, died in 1925 aged just 43 having had 10 children and my grandfather followed her 20 years later, having raised them to successful adulthood. We knew roughly where they were buried but having explored every inch, could never find them. My mother, aged just seven when she lost her mother, could only remember that one of her neighbours, Edwin WILLIS, lived in the same street and was buried just next door. We are having a family visit from New Zealand shortly and I know that they wanted to visit the grave to pay their respects. Finally I contacted our local Environmental Services and, thankfully, learned that they hold the records and plans of the entire cemetery and, within a day or two, I had instructions on how to find the plot -- "Just go through the main gate, turn left, count to 19 and the grave is next to the wall." Well it wasn't quite as straightforward as that and each time I counted I ended up in a different place! In the end, however, I found another little stone marker and cleaned it off to read the name of Edwin WILLIS. My grandparents' graves had disappeared altogether and was now under the shelter of a spruce tree. My cousin and I arranged to meet with our gardening tools to at least cut back the tree and make a little flowered area so that we could pay our respects when the family came over. The tree had a successful pruning and I was just putting my trowel in the soil to plant some petunias when it struck something hard. We were both on our hands and knees like archeologists, gently scraping away the soil and we found the memorial marker, with names and dates and in perfect condition. The flowers are planted and the headstone is in an upright position for all the world to see. I didn't tell my mother anything of this and yesterday took her to see it. As we grew nearer, she said that she thought it was further down, but I took her over to the grave of her parents which she had not seen for 50 years. It was a very special moment and well worth the digging and pruning. We even gave Edwin WILLIS a spring clean, too. As a postscript, my grandmother had a name in death which she never had in life and was buried with the first name of Grace. The reason was that she didn't want to be known forever after the title of the famous "naughty" book -- Fanny Hill. * * * Crossing International Borders By Ramona Card Doten Rapidaging@aol.com Recently I wrote Joan Cowan in Canaan, Vermont -- the town's historian, perhaps. I was looking for information on Jonathan HOPKINS who had served in the Civil War. She found him buried in two places -- the Alice Hunt Cemetery in Canaan, and also across the border in the Old Hall Stream Cemetery in East Hereford, Quebec (Canada). Her curiosity was piqued. She actually went across the border to check it out. Jonathan and his wife were buried in Canada, but there is a tall monument in Alice Hunt Cemetery with all the family recorded. They are listed there also. This gesture was appreciated. * * * Remembering Our Ancestors By Lori McLeod Wilke http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~formyfamily/ I first began researching in 2000 and created a website shortly after organizing all the data my family's previous researchers sent me. Although the original intent of the website was to provide a place for my family (cousins, aunts, etc.) to find ALL the information and stories I had compiled, it soon grew far beyond that. Search engines created traffic and that traffic brought contact with distant relatives who had additional information. I began with their consent to put all the information on the site, which has led to more information. I have never claimed to have done all the research, those who have provided the info are always mentioned as doing so, when a source is lost, I always put a message for the one who shared it with me to please e-mail me so I can give them credit. My forte is analyzing the research, I have been blessed with the ability to see where something doesn't fit in a general timeline. I remember information from previously seen documents. Others are great at the searching of actual microfilms (which give me a migraine). Together we have found and proved more in three years than our previous researchers found in 20. Please, cousins, continue to share. Our ancestors will never be forgotten if we all work together. * * * Rewards of Sharing By Joe Louks joelouks@yahoo.com Every time I get a letter like this below it not only raises my spirits, but it really makes me feel good about posting my GEDCOM to the WorldConnect page. I receive at least one letter a week. Most are inquiring about someone on the far end of a collateral line that I have very little information on and am unable to add more. In this case I was able to put her in contact with the individual that had provided me with the information. The WorldConnect page is my off-site backup. I can access it from any computer. It is also my way of sharing what has been shared with me. "Dear Joe: I was on RoostWeb searching for an aunt of mine who was adopted at the age of seven in 1926. After searching virtually every night for the last six months I have found her in your Louks, Dimmitt and allied families. Her name is Jane Ada McCray aka Eileen SULLIVAN. She, along with five of her other siblings, was placed in St. John’s Orphanage in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the early 1920s. Her biological brother, George Joseph SULLIVAN, was my father. I have, after all this time, found the entire family thanks to your posting. I don't know how to ever thank you . . . Sincerely, Marguerite." 8. Humor: Nimble Mom -------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to: Pat Kramer PATKRAM@aol.com My great-grandfather, W. Abe MUSGRAVES, was born in Indiana on one census and in Illinois on another. His Mom must have been extremely agile! 9. Submission Guidelines, Reprint Policy, RWR Archives ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The 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. RootsWeb Review welcomes short (500 words or less) articles, humor, stories, or letters, and reserves the right to edit all submissions. All mail sent to the RootsWeb Review editor is considered to be for publication; send in plain text (no html, stationery, or attachments) to: Editor-RWR@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. 6, No. 19, 7 May 2003. 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