RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine Vol. 7, No. 13, 31 March 2004, Circulation: 840,661+ (c) 1998-2004 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ * * * Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com Certification: http://www.bcgcertification.org/certification/ Please do not reply to the address the newsletter is mailed from. =================================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. NEWS AND NOTES. 1a. "Soaring with Eagles" 1b. Editor's Desk: "Discovering Distaff Sides of Our Trees" 1c. Tips from Readers: "Saving Data" 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb: "Someday Your Turn Will Come" 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: "Flunking the Test"; "Kissing Cousins"; "Tracing a Given Name"; "Black Sheep Pops Up"; "Duplications in British Census"; "Double Enumerations"; "Solving the McWho Mystery" "Hearing the Name"; "Stonecutter's Mistake?"; "Errors on Tombstones"; "Family Explores Graveyards Together"; "Mom Works Miracles"; and "Accurate Tales of the Past" 8. Humor/Humour: "Boasting About Bloodlines" 9. Reprint and Submissions Guidelines; RW Help; Advertising Contacts ======================================================================== 1. NEWS AND NOTES. 1a. Soaring with Eagles Remember back when you were first starting to research your family history online? You were looking for information about your great- grandfather, Josiah EAGLE. Josiah was elusive. You knew he should have been on the 1880 U.S. federal census, but try as you might, you just couldn't find him. And, then there were all those false leads you got for birds when you were searching for a surname. So, you posted messages on the EAGLE surname mailing list and on the EAGLE surname RootsWeb message board -- places in which you felt confident that references to an EAGLE would be interpreted as applying to a surname only. Finally, one day, someone suggested that you search for Josiah IGEL and voilà ! There he was, and from that point on you learned about his parents and their parents and you were no longer wallowing with the dodos--you were soaring with the EAGLES again. But, what about the old original queries you posted years ago on the mailing list and message board? Are they still out there, telling the world you need help with great-grandpa, Josiah, when, in fact, your flight path has taken you several generations farther back? Perhaps they don't even reflect your current contact information since you moved over to a cable modem last year and changed your e-mail address. Is all that you have learned recorded on the list and board so that it may, one day, provide answers for others with the same plight as yours? And, if they turn out to be cousins, will they be able to reach you from the information listed in your old messages? Keeping track of postings you have made in the past on lists and boards, and keeping your information current, doesn't have to be a mind-boggling task. Using ADVANCED SEARCH features you can search all RootsWeb message boards for posts with you as the author from the main board page: http://boards.rootsweb.com/ Registered board users can even update their e-mail addresses globally by logging in and clicking on MY PROFILE and updating the e-mail and post e-mail boxes. You can add new information to the queries you posted long ago by replying to the earlier posts with the updated information. You can even include any new questions that have arisen from your new- found data. Do a Google search for your name or e-mail address (including old addresses) to learn quickly where you need to do some housecleaning to update information. This will help you locate old mailing list messages. Start at: http://www.google.com/ and select ADVANCED SEARCH. Look for the box that limits search results to ONLY one domain and select RootsWeb.com as the domain. For mailing lists, you cannot update information in the existing list archives as archives are merely a record of what transpired at the time, but you can post a new message under your current e-mail address (if you are currently subscribed to the list in question) to bring your information up to date and have you soaring with the EAGLES once again. If you are not subscribed, doing so is an easy matter once you find the mailing list on the list index pages: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ . * * * 1b. EDITOR'S DESK. Discovering Distaff Sides of Our Trees In the U.S. March is National Women's History Month. Learn more here: http://www.nwhp.org/tlp/links/links.html "What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?" An oral history of Rhode Island Women during World War II-- written by students in the Honors English Program at South Kingstown High School http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html Notable Women Ancestors: Investigate many women's history links here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa/women.html * * * 1c. TIPS FROM READERS. Saving Data By Rick Van Dusen newnethboy@hotmail.com Lori Jett (RWR March 17) is only the latest victim of the age-old failure to back up one's data. (At least she had all her family data backed up!) Her story should be a warning to us all--the last warning before we take action. She offered a paper-based, partial solution, but I maintain that the best solution is full backup of the entire hard drive. >From the time I got my first hard drive I struggled with backing up, the need and desire versus the difficulty. Backing up to CD is a great idea, but it takes forever with today's big drives, and forget Zip or floppy, and tape has its problems. But I have a backup system now that works. I back up my entire hard drive once a week, and it only takes about half hour. My method requires an extra hard drive at least as big as the original. I simply use a disk-cloning program and clone the operating drive to the back-up drive. This method is quick, easy, but not without cost and not iron-clad safe; it has to be done with great care. But I'm backing up my 60GB drive weekly, so I'm not going to lose my data, and that's what counts. The exact process is too complicated to present here, but any RWR reader who wants to get serious about backing up may contact me by e-mail for FREE advice. (I am not selling anything nor do I expect to gain anything except the satisfaction of there being less sad accounts of loss.) PLEASE USE ONLY THIS SUBJECT: RootsWeb Backup Advice 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Someday Your Turn Will Come By Mavis Powell--Ontario, Canada I have been reading RWR for several years now and each time I read about someone finding long-lost family I have felt a twinge of envy. I am a first-generation immigrant in Canada and a lot of the members of my mother's large family of cousins were "lost" to each other through being bombed out and moving around during the London blitz, etc. In my father's case, Charles Henry POWELL, he was brought up in Argentina and some of his 12 or so siblings were born there, some in Yorkshire, England, and they grew up and scattered themselves around the world before, during and after the war. I have found it very difficult trying to trace them. They are, or were until now, my multiple brick walls. My 77th birthday was this month and on that day imagine the most wonderful surprise I received in the five years of my genealogy research. I just couldn't believe the letter staring at me from my computer screen. A cousin had found me. How many times have I wished that I could trace some of these long-lost cousins, many of whose surnames I could not remember. The daughter of a first cousin, who herself is the daughter of my deceased father's younger sister, found my name on Genes-connected. Parts of my family tree had been posted there by a very, very distant cousin by marriage. This distant cousin found me through a RootsWeb message board several years ago about a year after my posting and we have been corresponding and helping each other ever since. The connection that brought this newly discovered first cousin once removed (1C1R) to me was her g-aunt Clarice May POWELL, an aunt of mine, and a much older sister of her grandmother Grace POWELL. The best part is that I remember some of this new cousin's ancestors in person from when I was a child and telling her about them brings back many, many memories to me. Not only that, I might now get more help with my paternal grandparents, who lived and died in Argentina although being British citizens, through this daughter of my first cousin. She has probably heard things about the family from her mother, who was much younger than my father and hopefully will provide a whole new view of our mutual grand- and great-grandparents. I have so much to share with her too that I am bursting with pleasure at finding a family member who is also interested in our family history. Now I know that this kind of serendipity really does happen. Don't give up, post your messages, and some day it might be your turn, too. 3. New Mailing Lists at RootsWeb Request a New Mailing List: http://resources.rootsweb.com/adopt/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Brand-new mailing lists can be found under OTHER/MISCELLANEOUS until moved to their proper categories. For information and an index to the more than 28,000 RootsWeb-hosted genealogy Mailing Lists and for easy subscribing (joining) options go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ No new mailing lists created this week. 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. Example: The Idaho Association of Professional Genealogists' website can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~idapg/ U.S.A. azcpg -- Council of Professional Genealogists (Arizona) gaapplin -- Appling County (Georgia) gabacon2 -- Bacon County (Georgia) gacoffee -- Coffee County (Georgia) idapg -- Association of Professional Genealogists (Idaho) mactaunt -- Taunton (city), Massachusetts nhbhs -- Bristol (New Hampshire) Historical Society parecs -- Historical and Genealogical Records (Pennsylvania) wvsrhcm -- Swiger Run (West Virginia) Historical Center and Museum 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 EPPERSON, RIDGWAY, ROARK, SPENCER Family Bible Record. 1751-1915; Bible printed in 1793. Other surnames mentioned: ADAMS, CALLAWAY, GILLIAM, and YOUNGER. Sassytazzy's Genealogy Research. [Note: 2-line URL] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sassytazzy/family/surnames/ apperson/bible/eppersonjosbible.html FOWLER. Some descendants of John FOWLER of Revolutionary War period, of Laurens County, South Carolina. Follows the family of John's son, Joel (and his descendents) from South Carolina to Georgia and then to Texas. Includes research notes, sources, stories, and puzzles. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~klfowler/ MYERS. Myrtle CORELL MYERS Family Bible Record; Roanoke, Virginia. [Note: 2-line URL] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sassytazzy/family/surnames/ corell/bible/mcmyersbible.htm NEW ZEALAND. Pakeha (European)/Maori names. A list of European names with their Maori equivalent. Designed to help genealogists with indexing projects in New Zealand. Many of the names have biblical origins due to the work of the early missionaries. Search engine included. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sooty/Pakehamaori.html SHAND. Some notices of the surname of SHAND, particularly of the County of Aberdeen by the Rev George SHAND. Printed Norwich, England 1877. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sooty/MiscFrame1Source1.htm SURNAME PRONUNCIATION. A guide to correct surname pronunciation. From the book "Enquire Within Upon Everything." First published 1860s London. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sooty/MiscFrame1Source1.htm WISCONSIN. Richland County cemeteries. Provides data from transcriptions of headstones in this locality plus genealogical and historical information from various sources, including marriage and death records and local history books. Currently more than 34,000 surnames with thousands of cemetery photographs. This is a on-going one-person project and all corrections and additions are welcomed. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~richlandwi/ ======================= Paid Advertisement ======================== Subscribe to Family Chronicle Today and Receive a FREE copy of "500 Brickwall Solutions to Genealogy Problems." For a limited time, Family Chronicle, the magazine for people researching their roots, is offering a great bonus for new subscribers. Subscribe for two or three years before April 9, 2004 and we'll send you a FREE copy of our newest book, "500 Brickwall Solutions to Genealogy Problems" as our gift to you. This beautifully bound, 432-page volume, now in its second printing, contains more than 500 stories from people who have overcome their genealogy "brickwalls." For more information about "500 Brickwall Solutions" and to subscribe today, visit our secure server at https://familychronicle.com/rootsweb/free500.htm =================== End of Paid Advertisement ===================== 6. New User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ ---------------------------------------------- The following databases have come online recently. They are searchable, but not browseable. ALABAMA. Cullman County. Marriage records; bridegrooms' surnames beginning with Ba, 1877-1940 (partial); 696 records; Darlene (Campbell) Scott http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/ CALIFORNIA. Humboldt County. 1875 jurymen; 361 records; Karen Hendricks http://userdb.rootsweb.com/courtrecords/ ILLINOIS. Cook County. Marriage licenses issued 28 March 28 1940; 200 records; John Murnan http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/ KENTUCKY. Clay County. Selected marriage records associated with CLARK, CLARKSON, CLARKSTON surnames; 286 records; Gloria Kay Vandiver Inman http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/ WEST VIRGINIA. Grant County. Marriage Records 1866-1920; 416 records; Michele Golden http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/ 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]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Flunking the Test By Pam Yates I had to laugh when I read the article "Pre-Nuptial Genealogical Test." When I asked my husband his grandmother's name, he answered, "Grandma." * * * Kissing Cousins By Kim Dugan If I had been thorough in my prenuptial genealogy test, I may never have married my first husband. We were discussing his mother's maiden name and its pronunciation when we discovered a common family name. Certain and stupid as we were that it was just a fluke, we passed off the fact that AHLES (pronounced "ahh-less" in my family and assumed to be Dutch, and pronounced "a(long)-leez" in his family and known to be German) was a common name, but the name Hattie seemed familiar to him as well. The "Dutch" was actually Pennsylvania Dutch (German). I had married a cousin far enough removed to be legal, but a cousin nonetheless. Hattie AHLES was actually my great-grandmother and her father's brother was the origin of my husband's line. Who'd have thought it? * * * Tracing a Given Name By David Jackson I saw this person's name in a relative's obituary and I think the person was female. Her name was Icie LIPTRAP. I have since learned that she was a friend of the family (I was hoping she was a cousin) and that the name LIPTRAP is of British origin, but I'm still wondering where the name Icie comes from. I've seen it a couple of times since then. [Editor's Note: LIPTRAP is English (Lancashire) name; unexplained in the UK, it occurs more frequently as LIPTROT, from a Germanic personal name composed of lieb (dear) + trut (beloved) and seems to be a comparatively recent importation into the UK.] * * * Black Sheep Pops Up By Paul T. Hohe I have a great-uncle who my father recalled was a "black sheep." When I checked the 1900 U.S. census for my ancestors, he was listed as residing at home in Cook County, Illinois with my widowed great- grandmother. To my surprise, when I later "hit" on the family name on Ancestry's website, I also found him enumerated in Kane County, Illinois, residing in state prison! This finding allowed me to obtain his prison records and thus learn far more about his history. * * * Duplications in British Census By Alex Dow in Scotland Here is another example of a person apparently being recorded twice in the 1881 British census: I was looking for Robert HUNT in the South-West of England. When scanning through the returns, I noted the following: Dwelling: Donnington Villa Census Place: Westbury On Trym, Gloucester, England Source: FHL Film 1341604 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2504 Folio 25 Page 43 Marr Age Sex Birthplace Robert S. HUNT M 41 M Wales Rel: Head Occ: Commander Royal Navy H.M.S. Doedalus Bristol (Active List) Mary C. HUNT M 39 F New Zealand Rel: Wife Vessel: -- "Dadalus" Census Place: Bristol, Gloucester, England Source: FHL Film 1341594 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2469 Folio 4 Page ? Marr Age Sex Birthplace Robert Sidney HUNT M 41 M New South Wales, Australia Occ: Commander It seems unlikely that this is NOT the same person; but note the very distant "birthplace" possibilities. However, he was not the person I was looking for. * * * Double Enumerations By Grace Gleason Alicia Woods' article, "Timing Is Everything" [RWR7:9], reminded me of a similar occurrence in my research. I was looking for a girl named Albertice WHITE, in Perquimans County, North Carolina, where she was born 14 Feb 1868. (Name and date from her tombstone.) I found her with her parents, Caleb [farmer] and Elizabeth A. [mnu] WHITE: "Abertice WF 12 Daughter" -- enumerated 03 June 1880. Then I found, with Francis [town postmaster] and Amelia E. [JORDAN] BARROW: "Abertice WHITE, WF 12 Boarder" -- enumerated 12 Jun 1880. Huh? Surely there weren't two Albertice WHITEs, age 12 in Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina in 1880? Then I remembered a cousin telling me that her father [my grandmother's brother] lived with my grandparents IN TOWN during the school year, and ON THE FARM the rest of the year. Apparently, that is what was happening with Albertice and her sister, Mary E. age 9, who must be the girl listed with the BARROWs as Marietta WHITE. age 9, Boarder. The girls "usually" lived in each place, so they were enumerated in each place. And, yet another reason for finding a double enumeration. [Editor's Note: U.S. enumerators were suppose to record the household's information as of the official census day -- not the actual date of the enumeration. Of course, we have no way of knowing who followed these instructions and who did not. However, the official census days were: First Monday in August for 1790-1820 schedules June 1 for 1830-1880 First Monday in June for 1890 (most of this schedule was destroyed or badly damaged by a fire in 1921) June 1 for 1900 April 15 for 1910 January 1 for 1920 April 1, for 1930 For more about census records see RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees on the subject: http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/lesson9.htm ] * * * Solving the McWho Mystery By Jennie Macfie In last week's RWR, Richard L. Ornauer mentions the gravestone with the inscription "Agnes McFazden" for "Agnes McFadden" -- I suspect McFADDEN is a version of McFADYEN, and in old Scots Z = Y. Even today, several people round where I live in the Scottish Highlands are called MENZIES, a name which is pronounced by most people "Mingies." Understandably confused by this, the stonemason may have transposed the Z and the D. Checking the current Highland telephone directory, I also found one spelling McFADGEN. I am particularly sensitive to this as when researching my MACFIE ancestors on the Isle of Bute, I found one generation in the early 1800s when the baptismal records for the children have a different spelling of MACFIE for each child. Macfee, McFee, MacFie, McPhie, McPhee, Macphee, and so on. At that time they were probably all speaking Gaelic, and I suppose the minister just wrote it down phonetically according to the way he was feeling at the time without a thought for poor genealogists to come. * * * Hearing the Name By Sheena M. Ireland The name that I am familiar with in Scotland is M(a)cFADYEN. I have an idea that the Z on Richard Ornauer's great-grandmother's gravestone should really be on the other side of the D. The use of Z in Scots' names tends to be pronounced as a Y, e.g. Menzies (pronounced Ming-iss), Culzean (pron. Cul-ain) -- I can't think of any others just now. Therefore, it is likely that her name was pronounced McFadyen, with the old spelling being retained--McFadzen -- until somebody made a mistake. * * * Stonecutter's Mistake? By Sue Caraway Regarding the interpretation that Agnes' name was actually what was written on the tombstone: McFAZDEN instead of McFADDEN. Not necessarily true. When we traveled to Texas to visit the final resting place of my great- grandparents, we found the small marker of a daughter who died in her youth. We know that her name was Bonnie, but the stonecutter had spelled her name "Blonnie." I'm sure that money being in tight supply, the family decided to use the stone as it was instead of having it redone. (It's not like you can erase a mistake chiseled in stone.) So who's to say that McFAZDEN didn't result from the stonecutter misreading someone's handwriting? We'll never know for sure. * * * Errors on Tombstones By Frances Willess Unfortunately you can't always rely on spelling of names on tombstones. My husband's 2gr-grandfather Nathan Barnes WILLESS was usually written up in official records as Nathan B. WILLIS, although I have copies of several documents with his signature as Nathan WILLESS, and his estate was probated as WILLESS. His tombstone in Parker Cemetery in Rockwall, Texas gives his name as Nathan WILLIS; his wife's tombstone has her name as Nancy WILLESS. * * * Family Explores Graveyards Together By Elizabeth B Harvey The last couple of times I have read the newsletter, I am reminded of the many sweet experiences our family have had by having a mother with a hobby of genealogy. We started by surveying and posting two cemeteries. The children got lots of chiggers, but they still remember the family with nine children who slowly buried all their children, and the last stone had on it something like: "Our last, there are no more." Then both parents died about 15 years later within a couple of months of each other. The children wanted to adopt them as our family so they will be remembered by someone. Or the group of stones, with the epitaph "Murdered in the prime of life." We have tramped through many a field, and through the woods (under protest from the children), and even across a washed-out bridge. At the end of our search, stories, most of which we will never know. Our most recent was a trip to Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Under protest again, we searched through a graveyard, and realized the two stones we were after were missing. By deduction, we guessed that they must be the double headstone fallen face down in front of two ancient cedars. We spent the next hour digging an appropriate hole for the stone, and engineering the mechanics of raising the stone. With the entire clan, it was accomplished. The kids were pleased with the work, as it was their ancestors. The two cedars were strategically placed within inches of the footstones, implying that these cedars were probably part of the burial sites -- the Abbott Cedars as we now refer to them. Meanwhile our daughter of four was picking dandelions and clover, and other weeds in the field nearby, and placing them on each stone so they would not be left out. She found on one gravestone a tiny ceramic angel on the grave of a young child. She searched for the tiniest flower she could find, and asked the family to gather while she ceremoniously placed it in the tiny vase. Everyone in the family may not have the passion I do about genealogy, but there are things they can be involved in, and will always remember. I do. My first experiences were recording old cemeteries with my father -- 30 years ago in Illinois. * * * Mom Works Miracles By Jack Novick of New Jersey My mother was a miracle baby. She always was saying that she was born two to five years later than her twin sister. Her claim was a constant source of amusement within the family. When she got married her license application had her born in 1903 instead of 1898. I wasn't involved in genealogy when she died and when I was asked when she was born I gave my father’s birth year of 1896 by mistake. When my aunt, my mother’s twin sister, died her daughters just took her birth date from my mother’s headstone. A few years ago I discovered my mother’s correct birth date and had the headstone changed from 1896 to 1898. Last year I went to the cemetery and noticed that her twin sister’s stone has her two years older then my mother's (1896). I don't know how my mother did it, but when I told other members of the family they went hysterical. I always trusted the information on birth and death certificates and gravestones. Now I try to find at least one other source. In fact, the best bet is to get as many sources as you can find. Even after she died my mother is still two years younger than her twin sister. * * * Accurate Tales of the Past By Mavis Garland in Ontario, Canada Can't agree in trusting that we are hearing true versions of oral family history. I've discovered there are certain people who take delight in padding stories or re-telling them to suit themselves. I've recently heard family stories re-told having entirely different people involved in an incident. There were so many changes it was amazing. Surely there are others who have experienced this? 8. Humor/Humour: Boasting About Bloodlines ------------------------------------------ Thanks to: Suzi Plooster I had to laugh when I read "Pulling Ancestral Rank" by Len Knotts. Great story. My husband loves to do the CryptoQuotes in the daily newspaper and he saved this one for me to use in my beginning genealogy class (especially for those that love to boast about royal ancestors). "He that boasts of his descent is like the potato, the best part of him is underground" -- Thomas Overbury 9. Submission Guidelines, Changes, 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. Your "REPLY TO" e-mail option will not reach the editor. 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