RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine Vol. 7, No. 2, 14 January 2004, Circulation: 892,247+ (c) 1998-2004 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ Do NOT use your "REPLY TO" e-mail option to reach RootsWeb Review Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com Certification: http://www.bcgcertification.org/certification/ Search/download past issues of RootsWeb Review: http://e-zine.rootsweb.com/ * * * Search and post messages on all relevant surname, locality, and topic Message Boards and Mailing Lists: Message Boards: http://boards.rootsweb.com/ Mailing Lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ Find and share your ancestors: WorldConnect: http://wc.rootsweb.com/ Learn how to trace your family tree: http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ =============================================================== =============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. NEWS AND NOTES. 1a. "Climbing the Family Tree--at RootsWeb" 1b. Editor's Desk. "Phony Princes"; "Copyrighting Facts"; "DAR Lookups"; and "Writers' Alert" 1c. Tips from Readers: "Combing the Neighborhood" 2. Connecting through RootsWeb: "Finding a Link from DownUnder" 3. New RootsWeb Mailing Lists 4. New Webpages at RootsWeb 5. New/Updated FreePages and HomePages 6. New User-contributed Databases 7. RootsWeb Review's Bottomless Mailbag: "Naval Vet Aged Conveniently"; "Missing the Point"; "Fearful of Continuing"; and "Flexibility Key to Success" 8. Humor/Humour: "Dead Zone" 9. RWR Reprint and Submissions Guidelines; Archives; Addresses; Subscription Modification Instructions =============================================================== 1. NEWS AND NOTES. 1a. Climbing the Family Tree--at RootsWeb. It's the time of year when many newly minted genealogists fire up their computers for the first time and head out to explore the wilds of the Internet. It is also the time of year when many of us are fondly looking back on family gatherings over the holidays and resolving to learn more about whether there is any truth to the stories Uncle Harry told about his grandmother being the descendant of a Cherokee princess. If you are among the veterans of Internet genealogy, remember to be tolerant of the "Newbies" who pop up on the RootsWeb message boards and mailing lists. And, if you are one of the newcomers, welcome, and here's some pointers to get you started. A good place to start is with the RootsWeb homepage: http://www.rootsweb.com/ The usual starting point on this page is to type in the names you are looking for in the search boxes at the top of the page, but remember, it is only a beginning in a few unique databases. Do not type in your own name and expect to find your family history already completed for you. The searches are for ancestors -- prior generations -- not for the living. If you do not find the information you had hoped to find using the search boxes it doesn't mean that there is nothing to be found for you at RootsWeb. Explore the links under GETTING STARTED on the homepage and, even if you are not new to genealogy, check out the RootsWeb Guide for information that will be helpful in your search for your ancestors. http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ Genealogical research isn't an "instant" hobby or pursuit, it usually takes some time and effort to uncover names, dates, and other facts about your ancestors. Explore all of the links on the homepage that interest you. You will probably find the next resources you will want to make use of will be the mailing lists and message boards. An index of all mailing lists at RootsWeb can be found at: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ Navigate through the index pages to find surname, locality, or topic lists that will be relevant in your searches. The index pages for each specific list include links to searchable and browseable archives where you can check to see whether your family has already been discussed on a list. You can also use the archives to get a "feel" for a list to help you decide whether you want to subscribe to the list or not. Subscribing to mailing lists and using message boards at RootsWeb is entirely free. Once subscribed to a list you can unsubscribe at any time by following the simple instructions included in the welcome letter you receive at the time you subscribe. Save that letter for future reference and read it carefully. The letter will also often include specific list rules and guidelines for the list you are joining. Once subscribed to a list you will receive all messages posted by other list members to the list and you can also post a query of your own in case other list members might be able to help you. To search, browse, or post a query on the message boards, start at: http://boards.rootsweb.com/ Use the FIND A BOARD search box or navigate through the board hierarchy to find the boards of use in your research. Post a query or response to an existing message, if appropriate. Posting a query on a message board and/or participating in a mailing list does not always yield instantaneous results, but you will often get answers to your questions and make contact with cousins as a result of your inquiries. Patience is the watchword when beginning your quest for your family history and RootsWeb resources are among the best tools (all free) that you will find on the Internet to aid in your search. * * * 1b. EDITOR'S DESK. Phony Princes; Copyrighting Facts; DAR Lookups; and Writers' Alert SHARE YOUR ANCESTORS ONLINE, BUT WATCH FOR SCAMMERS. Not even genealogists are safe from Nigerian "princes" and other scammers. Many of us receive e-mail from these phonies claiming that some long-lost relative has been killed in an accident in their country and has left a lot of money that as next of kin we can receive. Of course, it is a scam -- they'll ask you for "legal fees" so you can collect the inheritance, which, of course, you'll never see. Beware of Phishing -- also called "carding." This is a high-tech scam that uses spam (unsolicited e-mail) or fraudulent websites to deceive you into disclosing your credit card numbers, bank account information, Social Security number, passwords, and other sensitive information. Don't fall for it either. See the U.S.'s Federal Trade Commission's consumer alert about this: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/fakealrt.htm * * * COPYRIGHTING GREAT-GRANDPA Facts, like ancestors, do not belong to only some of us -- they may be freely included in anyone's data. Also you can compile a family tree about any family you wish -- being related to that family in any way is not a requirement. Even if you are the first one to learn that your great-grandparents were married on the "Black Nymph" on their way to Australia in 1843, you can not "own" that fact. It does not matter how much time and/or money it costs you to discover a fact, it is still an uncopyrightable fact. * * * NSDAR VOLUNTEERS OFFER LOOKUPS. Do you think you might have an ancestor who served in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)? Would you like to know whether your ancestor is listed with the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) in its "Patriot Index"? A helpful group of NSDAR VIS Volunteers monitor the RootsWeb DAR Message Board every day and welcome lookup requests. Include your Revolutionary War-era ancestor's first and last name, spouse's name (if known), dates of birth, death, and state of residence when posting your lookup request. You need not be interested in joining the NSDAR to request a lookup. [NOTE: THIS IS A 2-LINE URL--COPY AND PASTE ALL OF IT--CAREFULLY] http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics. organizations.dar WRITERS' ALERT. Do you have a genealogy tale to tell? Crank up those word processors because here's your chance to enter the "Genealogy Research Story" category of ISFHWE's (International Society of Family History Writers and Editors) writing contest. This annual contest offers small cash awards in four categories for family history writers, including one for want-to-be-writers, for original articles, and two for published writers. Deadline is March 6. Details, rules, and entry forms can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cgc/2004contest.htm * * * 1c. TIPS FROM READERS. Combing the Neighborhood By Connie Wulfman momming@juno.com The story "From London to Adelaide and Back" in last week's RootsWeb Review reminded me of my few days in real estate when my broker emphasized that most homes are sold to someone related or acquainted with other owners within a two-block area. When working with an address and a name, the researcher in London had absolutely the right idea. We might find a lot more relations by exploring city street maps within a two-block area of the pertinent address. I might add that a great-great-grandmother of my husband was a PHILLIP and there is an extensive genealogy that goes right back to 14th-century Wales. It is also from the British Isles, so if the researcher can access that she might find some clues that will help her with further searches. 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Finding a Link from DownUnder By David Bales sandave@ceinternet.com.au Just over 12 months ago I received a phone call from someone named John. The doctor that both he and I visit suggested John should call me. John had said to the doctor that his blood group was different to anyone else in his family. The doctor questioned this and sent John off to think this through, which also involved John sending for his birth certificate whereupon he found that he was adopted and had been born in Western Sydney. This was quite a shock for someone almost 59. John tried to locate adoption records, hospital files, etc., but other than for locating his birth mother's name had little success. Our doctor knew of my interest in family history -- hence passing my name on. The following story is correct except for the name changes. I tried a few avenues without success then put the birth mother's name into a RootsWeb search. She had an unusual given name. One matching name, I'll call her Laurel Neilson, came up with a daughter Robyn marrying a Neil Green. Now I've known a Neil Green for about 30 years who like me was a teacher in the local area about 100km from where John was born. Neil is no longer with Robyn but has a new partner, Julie, also a teacher. Neil wasn't listed in the local phone book but Julie is, so I rang. Neil answered the phone and yes, Neil's mother-in-law had been Laurel Neilson, who had died three years earlier. Neil would pass on my information to his former wife for her to digest and make contact if she wanted. Neil didn't want to do anything which would harm the memories that he and his children held for Laurel Neilson. Laurel had been living for many years within a 20-minute drive of John. The outcome. Just before Christmas I was invited as the only nonfamily member to John's 60th birthday. Sitting either side of him were his two sisters. One was Robyn, who has only known John 12 months but calls him the big brother she always wanted and the family resemblance was unmistakable. On the other side was his sister of 60 years, Ann who was as happy with the situation as John. Also at the table with John was his new Aunt Ellen and her husband. She was John's birth mother's youngest sister.It was a wonderful night and a highlight of my 20-plus years of tracing family history. Still to find is the name of John's father. We have a possible first name of a man that Laurel was engaged to briefly before he headed to New Guinea during World War II in 1943. There is another elderly aunt who probably remembers more but all this has come as a shock and she isn't ready to tell what she knows. John has waited this long so a bit longer won't seem too bad. Besides he has two families now, not one like most of us. When we find the father's name there will be family with an unusual blood condition -- Gilbert Syndrome and B+ blood group. Thank you WorldConnect. 3. 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 27,700 RootsWeb- hosted genealogy Mailing Lists and for easy subscribing (joining) options go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS ALBUIXECH BACKOFEN, BITTICK, BOWHALL, BOWLBY, BOWMER CRAWFOOT DANHAUER, DROTAR, DYES ENSLIN FORHAN, FULLUM GOSSETT-HENRY -- Henry Gossett (born ca 1803 in Virginia; died 1865 in Benton County, Tennessee) HAISLEY, HAYEK MARKIE NUNGESSER PYRAND, PYRANT REATHER, RUDDY SHAEFER, STANKO TATEM, TIREY, TURTON VANROOME WISHER NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS TX-BCC -- The Bosque County (Texas) Historical Commission's announcement list of genealogical-related material NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS CHE-BERN -- Bern Canton, Switzerland CHE-GRAUBUNDEN -- Graubunden Canton, Switzerland CHE-NEUCHATEL -- Neuchatel Canton, Switzerland CHE-SANKT-GALLEN -- Sankt Gallen Canton, Switzerland CHE-SCHAFFHAUSEN -- Schaffhausen Canton, Switzerland CHE-SOLOTHURN -- Solothurn Canton, Switzerland CHE-THURGAU -- Thurgau Canton, Switzerland CHE-URI -- Uri Canton, Switzerland CHE-VAUD -- Vaud Canton, Switzerland 4. New Webpages at RootsWeb To Request a Free Web Account: http://accounts.rootsweb.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- Some of these webpages 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. CANADA bcqbfhs--Qualicom Beach (British Columbia) Family Historical Society ENGLAND engbdlhs--Bromyard and District (Herefordshire) Local Historical Society UNITED STATES cahumbol -- Humboldt County (California) ohecbio: -- Erie County (Ohio) Biographies ohvcbio -- Vinton County (Ohio) Biographies okcanad2 -- Canadian County (Oklahoma) scosbc -- Old St. Bartholomew (South Carolina) Genealogical Society 5. New/Updated Freepages, Homepages, and WorldConnect Uploads ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ENGLAND. Warwickshire. "A Little History of Cherington and Stourton, Warwickshire: -- history of two English villages with an e-book of a 1934 local history by Margaret Dickins, details of World War I soldiers, and many photographs. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~simba/cherington/ MILLET. The descendants of Jonathan MILLET (1740-1798) and his wife, Jennet EDMOND (1746-?) of Voluntown, New London, Connecticut. http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~dcaallen/millet.htm SUTTON. Researching the descendants of Philpot SUTTON from England who settled at Barnston, Stanstead, Quebec and their travels, lives and migrations into Quebec, New England, Minnesota, Washington, California, and other states. Includes surnames: BARNES, BALDWIN, DAMON, DEAN, DOWNHOUR, DRESSER, EDSON, FLAKE, HENRY, HUNNEX, IVEY, KYFFIN, MAY, MORRISON, SEARLE, STILWELL, SUMMERS, TEMPLE, WARWICK, WEBSTER, and WORTHINGTON. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~philpotsutton/ WEDDELLS. The Weddells of Old Westmoreland. An electronic update of the family history about the descendants of George and Mary WEDDELL who settled in 1757 along the Youghiogheny River in what is now Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Included are several "lost lines" since found. 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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]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval Vet Aged Conveniently By LenKnotts@aol.com I read with interest a recent letter about how frequently obituaries gave a wrong birth date. I have a theory on why birthdates from the 1800s are often wrong. In the 1800s they didn't have driver's licenses, Social Security, military draft cards or computerized banking. For Americans, with the exception of Civil War pensioners, people seldom had to prove their age. Some states didn't have birth registration until around 1890 or later, and people who were born at home in an isolated area often didn't have their birth registered. Many Americans have a family story of a relative from the 1940s who used an unusual document to prove their age for Social Security, be it a page from the family bible or a birthday card sent by a relative when they were a child. I think that people sometimes just forgot their age as the year of their birth wasn't as important as it is now. My great-grandfather seemed to "get older" as he got older! He was born in 1825 and by the time he died in 1912 he was listed as age 93 instead of 87.He aged fast, gaining six additional years between 1880 and 1912. Ever have someone ask you unexpectedly "How old are you?" and you blurt out "63" -- then stop, do some quick calculation and say "No wait, I'm 64!" If it hasn't happened yet it probably will! (If someone hadn't asked my "date of birth" at least once a year for the last 50 years I doubt if I could have made that correction.) My favorite story on "age" is about my great-grandfather's brother, John RAHIER, who was a Civil War veteran. I have his Civil War pension record, which runs about 220 pages. About a third of it pertains to appeals about his age. It seems John fought harder for his pension that he did in the war. It is hard to imagine that a man of 21 would forget his age so I suspect there was some other reason that, when he joined the Navy in 1863, he gave his age as 19 instead of 21. His age was always in question, he maintained he was born in 1840. The Army said 1844. Each time he reached an age where he felt his pension should be raised (60, 65, 70, 75, 80) he would appeal to the government. Each time there was an exchange of several letters, with John main- taining he was older and the government rejecting his claim. (He could never find his birth record although a researcher in Green Bay, Wisconsin had no trouble finding it in the church records.) One letter from the Pension Department in 1914 states: "The claimant has alleged he was born on the following dates -- August 18, 1840. October 18, 1840. October 18, 1841. He has filed 21 affidavits, three indicate 1841, 10 indicate 1842 and eight indicate 1843. This office has fixed his birthdate as Oct. 18, 1844 as his enlistment on Nov. 26, 1863 shows an age of 19." He was born in 1842. Moral -- don't lie about your age when you are young, it might cause you trouble when you get older! * * * Missing the Point By Bill Schu billsc@sbcglobal.net The people who chronically complain about others just copying names from various databases, without documentation, miss the point. If just one of those so called "error-filled" databases can lead me or another genealogist to a relative, it is well worth it. Yes, we need to document sources. Yes, we need to strive to be accurate. But the initial starting point is to be able to break through brick walls or to even find relatives that one thought never existed. Through WorldConnect I have found names and clues that have led me to relatives that I would have never known existed, if I was searching just a paper trail. To me Internet databases, along with message boards and mailing lists are the greatest things to ever happen to genealogy. Through all of them I have made some terrific connections with relatives. A good example of the power of the Internet happened when I was doing some volunteer research for a lady who lived in another state. She was positive that her grandmother and her grandmother's sister got married and died in the county where I live in Indiana. Researching county marriage records, I was able to find the marriages, but all searches failed to find where or when they died. I decided to expand my search to other parts of the country and found a small cemetery database from Georgia that showed that they had all moved there and this was confirmed by additional research. The point being, that without the power of the Internet, we would never have known that these people moved to another part of the country. I feel saddened for those people who say they will not post their work because someone will copy it or create one without documentation. The whole idea of genealogy is sharing and helping each other get to know new relatives. Why worry about what others are doing? I see many letters from people constantly complaining that people are "just collecting names" and "not documenting." There may be many reasons for why these people do this, but who cares? As long as you, for your own personal genealogy attempt to document to the best of your ability, why care what others are doing? The important point is in the sharing of knowledge and enabling all of us to find our ancestors. Over the years I have found databases that contained important information pertaining to my family lines, but I also found significant errors. To me, the important part was steering me in the right direction. Then as time allowed, I did further research to separate the good facts from the incorrect and make the appropriate changes. Who cares what others do with their own family's genealogy? If your records are well documented and you feel satisfied that it is accurate to the best of your knowledge, that it all that matters. I could care less if others want to copy my work or not document theirs. Again, the main purpose of WorldConnect and other such databases, is in the sharing Let's us all spend more time helping and assisting, rather then questioning the motives of others. * * * Fearful of Continuing By J. Smith in Canada jusmi7@yahoo.co I was very disheartened to read Marcia Farina's letter -- "Name Collecting of Little Value" -- in last week's RootsWeb Review. It's attitudes like this that make me fearful of posting questions or continuing on with my very new interest in my family tree. Some of us are not at the level where we can appear as knowledgeable (or snobby) and, quite frankly, all that I have is a "name" to go on! To think that "names" are not only not good enough, they should be deleted! For me, finding a name is something, and if those names are no longer there, there may be nothing new to go on. At least if I have a name, I can look for a certificate or record of some kind. It may turn out to be unfounded, but the chase is fun anyway. Thank you to all of those wonderful people with all of their names -- I will continue to search their files. * * * Flexibility Key to Success By Gerald Lively kootiej@saber.net It seems strange that a person who insists on detailed citations from websites, large or small, can also fail to recognize the potential value of a name posted without citation. This suggests, to me, a person who is lazy about their own research. Clues are clues no matter where they are found. I have a large published database and a fair amount of it is without citation other than the comment "Family Source." We started out with a stack of loose papers from a cousin who asked that I sort them out for her. I'm a writer, not a genealogist, but for family I did the work. Research is no stranger to me and I dug into those names and places. I thought I might write a book using these names and their experiences as background. I never got out of the family search phase. I ran across an interesting connection to English royalty, wrote the owner of the database for permission to copy, used a Britannica and Funk and Wagnalls to verify what I could, then published. By now I had several thousand names and was beginning to find this sort of family connection, exciting. Distant family members began to offer personal family information. This continued and the database grew. Finally I received a report that someone had contacted a family source and argued over the accuracy of the data (no, we did not publish a phone number). Needless to say, this relative was not prepared for this sort of onslaught. So, we struck a policy of no citations for data from contributing family--having decided that a contributor has the same right to privacy that a living person in a genealogy file has. After that experience, contributions began to come in at a rate of several per day. Now our database is over 31,000, with many stories and in some cases, source citations from sources other than family. All of the single-minded citation hunters come to me now, and I might say that there is an element among them who endeavor to be abusive unless we agree with them. I recommend that researchers be more flexible in their hunt for names, dates and places. Rarely do we find the entire answer in one source. Almost all good data begins with a clue, and a name is a clue. 8. Humor/Humour: Dead Zone ---------------------------------------------------- Thanks to several sharp readers who found this one: "As a cem-gin-eer I rely on my cell phone constantly. There are some areas that it just won't work. I called the phone company the other day to find out the problem and they asked me where I was calling from. I said the cemetery. Their reply: 'No wonder the phone won't work, you're in a dead zone!'" -- http://www.cemgineer.com/jokes.htm 9. Submission Guidelines, Advertising Contacts, Reprint Policy ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ASCII text (please, no attach- ments) to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com * * * ROOTSWEB REVIEW ADVERTISING CONTACTS: Ad Sales Operations Mgr. Shana Davis sdavis@myfamilyinc.com U.S. West Coast: Sacha Yenkana syenkana@myfamilyinc.com U.S. East Coast: Dan Arnold darnold@myfamilyinc.com * * * SUBSCRIPTIONS: Do not send any subscription requests or e-mail address changes to the editor. Please use these special e-mail addresses: RWR-on@rootsweb.com -- this adds you to the RWR Mailing List. RWR-off@rootsweb.com -- this removes you from the RWR Mailing List. * * * 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. 7, No. 2, 14 January 2004. * * * *