RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine Vol. 7, No. 16, 21 April 2004, Circulation: 839,791+ (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/ =============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. NEWS AND NOTES. 1a. Lost at RootsWeb? Just Follow the Breadcrumbs 1b. Editor's Desk: All Over the Map: "Darling Downs Pioneer Register"; "Battle of Hastings"; and "1901 England Census" 1c. Tips from Readers: "Pictures on the Past" 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb: "Across Miles and Time" 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: "Ship-jumping Legend Washing Out"; "Cause of Death Confounds"; "Ancestor Participated in Haymarket Riots"; "Hearing Voices"; "A Cold, Icy Search"; "looking Further": and "My Notable Granny" 8. Humor/Humour: "All in a Name" 9. Reprint and Submissions Guidelines; RW Help; Advertising Contacts ======================================================================== 1. NEWS AND NOTES. 1a. Lost at RootsWeb? Just Follow the Breadcrumbs Today many new vehicles come equipped with GPS -- Global Positioning Systems -- and newer cell phones often have satellite-tracking devices built into them. These high-tech gadgets help you to navigate and find your way on the highways as well as allowing others to track you down, if need be. Wouldn't it be great if RootsWeb came equipped with a means of finding a page that you once visited or one to which you have been referred as easily as that? Finding your way around RootsWeb can be made easier with a bit of planning and knowledge. When you find a webpage at RootsWeb that is of interest and that you think you might wish to revisit, or to which you might wish to refer others -- bookmark it or list it in your browser favorites. Of course, hindsight being 20/20, you may think of this after the fact and not when you initially visit the page. One helpful and often over- looked method of retracing your steps (just like the breadcrumb trail in "Hansel and Gretel") is to use the HISTORY feature of your browser. All of the most popular browsers come with a "history" feature, which stores the URLs (Internet addresses) of the pages you have visited recently. Most browsers, by default, store these URLs for a period of several weeks. With Microsoft Internet Explorer (including AOL's integrated version of IE), for example, all you need to do is click the down arrow in your browser's address bar to view the most recently visited sites. Highlighting the site will allow you to re-visit the page and mark it as a permanent favorite, if you wish. So the next time cousin Gertrude Hickenlooper sends you the URL for her updated Hickenlooper website located on RootsWeb's Freepages, when you click on the link or copy the URL into your browser window to visit the page, remember that you are also recording and storing the page in your browser's history. However, if you are really at a loss and starting from scratch, to find a page you know that is SOMEWHERE on RootsWeb, start on the homepage: http://www.rootsweb.com/ and navigate from the links found on that page, or use the search box at the top of the page by entering a name, or by hitting the keyword link to search for a specific word on a RootsWeb site. For cousin Gertie's Hickenlooper genealogy site on RootsWeb's Freepages you can use the index to locate her page: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/directory/genealogy.html That is assuming Gertie was smart and used an easily findable title for her family history page. The genealogy freepages are indexed by the title found within the title tags on the webpage (not necessarily the name shown on the actual website), and if cousin Gertie entitled it "My Page," "Main Page," or "Gert's Genealogy," her site will be indexed under the M or G listings and not under H for Hickenlooper. If Gertie titled her page "Hickenlooper Homepage" or "Hickenlooper Genealogy" or even "Hickenloopers on Parade" the page will be indexed correctly under the H listings. Make judicious use of your browser's built-in history feature and take advantage of the indexes and/or the links and search capabilities that are accessible from the RootsWeb homepage. While not as cool as GPS, they can help you to stay clear of the wicked witch's house. * * * 1b. EDITOR'S DESK. All Over the Map Darling Downs Pioneer Register to 1900. Family historians are invited to record their Darling Downs pioneers for posterity. Darling Downs, located in southeast Queensland, Australia, was settled in 1840 by sheep grazers, and this grassland region has become an important farming and dairying area. The Toowoomba and Darling Downs Family History Society is compiling a Darling Downs Pioneer Register to 1900. Brief biographical details of families as well as a paragraph about their achievements will be included in a forthcoming publication. Entries close 31 July 2004 and are free. Forms may be obtained by e-mail as a Word document attachment from: ddfhs@hotkey.net.au * * * BATTLE of HASTINGS. Explore this comprehensive website on the Battle of Hastings, which contains about 850,000 words and 300 graphics. There is no search engine, but the material is well organized under headings such as: Kings of Wessex and England, Where is 1066 Country? Why did the Battle Happen?, The Buildup to the Battle, Harold's Battle Force, William's Battle Force, the Battle, the Aftermath, and Norman Rule after 1066. The author provides a comprehensive glossary of words and people. http://www.battle1066.com/ * * * 1901 ENGLAND CENSUS. Ancestry has begun posting names to its 1901 England Census project. Through a license agreement with the National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom, Ancestry will digitize the 1.47 million original census images on 1,813 rolls of microfilm. Upon completion, the collection will contain about 32.5 million names and will be fully indexed and searchable by name, county and parish, with the search results linking directly to images. As with other census years, civil registration, and parish databases that Ancestry has added recently, the 1901 census is available to current subscribers at no additional cost. The recent release completes the counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, and London -- nearly 8 million names or 24% of the entire census. * * * 1c. TIPS FROM READERS: Pictures on the Past Saving B&W Negatives By Ann Wideman Since my article on scanning and printing old black and white negatives appeared in the RootsWeb Review, I have received numerous e-mails about it. Some just saying thank you, some with questions and some with other tips for processing the negatives. I thought I would put all these together, so that others can take advantage of the tips and perhaps clear up some questions. Tips for obtaining prints from old black and white negatives: --Some online and local photo shops will make negatives and prints from old prints. --In the USA, Wal-Mart (and other places) will scan and put them on CD. --Someone with a darkroom and the know-how can make contact prints. --You can purchase "Printing-Out Paper" from Chicago Albumen Works -- http://www.albumenworks.com/ which allows you to make a "contact" print. Paper is a bit expensive. --Of course, we know there are scanners that have the negative scanning mask, but I needed a method that did not require me to purchase a new scanner. Answers to questions about my method: 1. I used a 60-watt bulb in my lamp. One person said they had 5x7" size negatives and I would suggest if that is your case to go to 100-watt bulb so the light will be more even across the entire negative. 2. The "mask" is simply for holding the negative flat. It is similar to the pasteboard that holds a slide. By leaving an opening on one side of the mask, you can slide your negative in and out so that you will only need to make one for each size of negative you have. 3. The light source is not close enough to the negative to burn it. Also the white cover helps protect it. 4. The white lid I used came from a margarine container. Someone else used a lid from a coffee can. The white lid diffuses the light so that it is more even across the negative and does not leave a "hot" spot in the center. The light goes through these lids much the same way a light will go through milk glass. 5. There is a right side and a wrong side to the negative. It has been a while since I did mine so I cannot remember if the shiny side had to be against the scanner bed or the dull side. If you have any words on a negative you will soon find out because if you lay it wrong, the words will be backwards. 6. A scanner cannot pick up an image from the negative without the light source because the scanner light will not penetrate the negative. The light source penetrates the negative allowing the scanner to pick up the image. It works on the same principle as the old 8mm movie films. The light was behind the film, which would cause the image to be projected unto your screen. In this case the light is the movie projector lamp, the negative is the film and the scanner is the screen.(I hope this makes that more understandable). 7. I scanned the negative in preview mode the first time because my scanner would then allow me to set the area that it scanned just to the area of the negative for the second scan. This helped to make a clearer image and saved a lot of cropping when I was editing the negative in my photo program. * * * Saving Old Negatives to Disk By Jeanne Roby I have a solution to the old black and white negatives as well. This works great for anyone that does not have a scanner. I use the Fuji machine at the Wal-Mart one-hour photo. But, instead of printing the negatives, I have them put on disk (you can get about 100 on a disk for $3.95). The disk has software on it. When you get home, use the software to reverse each negative and then burn a new disk. Now you have all of your negatives in an archive, and you can get the prints as you need them. You can also e-mail them easily from the disk. * * * Scanners Aid in Historical Pictures' Preservation By Suzanne Wood There are scanners out there now that will scan not only the old larger B&W or color but also the 35mm and slides. I just spent under $200 for an Epson 3170 that does just that. It comes with adapters for the scanner. I was amazed to see the results of making the pictures from these negatives. So many people gave away their only copy of a picture and never bothered to go back and have reprints made. Now I can make prints from a stack of over 100 negatives from World War II-era of Fort Lewis, Washington, and preserve a part of history, plus post them so others may find them interesting or even find a relative. What is best about this is that I do not have to leave my cherished one- of-a-kind negatives at some photo shop that will send them out to be lost. Negative Scanning Tip By Phyllis Reichenbach In response to Ann Wideman's tips on scanning old black-and-white negatives. I also had some that I wanted to make copies of and to post on my MyFamily.com site. I scanned them and saved them to my hard drive. Then I went to that photo, right-clicked on it and choose "invert." This allowed me to then darken it some and re-save. Like Ann's it's not the best, but I can now see it and one-of-a-kind photos can be seen by others in the family. I use a HP 4-in-1 printer and the software that came with it for photo editing. 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Across Miles and Time By D. Roberts Thanks to the message boards yet again. Through a strange quirk of fate, I responded to a message about my stepfather and in the process was put in touch with a stepniece who was looking for information about her mother. After a couple of engaging and informative e-mails, I found out my best buddy growing up (my "sister"), who was actually my stepsister and aunt to the long-lost niece, was alive and well. This was a great piece of news because I had thought I'd lost my "sister" forever. Thank you to everyone who takes the time to post and respond. It can make a world of difference in your life to find someone you love so dearly after 30 years and be able to hear their voice once again! 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/ NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS BUSBY-DNA -- Discussing the Busby surname DNA project COBB-DNA -- Discussing the COBB surname DNA project DODSON-DNA -- Discussing the DODSON surname DNA project EISTER GUYMER HELMBOLD, HEYN INGWERSON, IVANS KATAJISTO, KILLGROVE MOOMEY NIEHOFF ONION PULCIFER QUIRANT RINGEISANN SCHEMELIA, SHEFFLER, SKILL TREWICK NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS KYGCGS -- The Green County (Kentucky) Genealogical Society NA-PASSAMAQUODDY -- Passamaquoddy Native American Tribe NA-PENACOOK -- Penacook Native American Tribe 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. U.S.A. copchs -- Phillips County (Colorado) Historical Society okncgs -- Noble County (Oklahoma) Genealogical Society tncscdar -- Cavett Station (Tennessee) Chapter DAR 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 BROWN. BROWN Family of Hancock County, Ohio. Includes: STOOTS/STOTTS, EVEY/AVEY, LANE, VANLUE, SHULER, DUTTON, CORBIN, ELLIS, and LIONSON. http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~fgris/brown/brown.html ENGLAND. DORSET CONNECTIONS. Family research with Dorset connections. Surnames include: STEELE, PRIOR, PARSONS, BARRETT, LOADER, FREAK, KAIL, HERRIDGE, DOWNTON, ENGLISH, and MOORS. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dorsetconnections/home.html ENGLAND. LONDON MERCHANTS -- A collection of merchants living in and about London, England in 1677. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~frpayments/LM1677/ HARTMAN FAMILY of Herkimer, Jefferson, and Oneida counties, New York. Descendants of Revolutionary War soldier, John Adam HARTMAN,who was born in Edebkoben, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany in 1743 and died in Herkimer County, New York in 1836. {Note: 2-line URL]. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cnyfamilies/Hartmans/ hartman.html HEDRICK, SHAFER, DOOLEY, HARRELL, WEBB, ALLEN, and allied families. Families originated in Germany, England, and Ireland; many settled in Pennsylvania then moved onward to Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and finally Indiana. Many of these families show up in America in the early 1700s. Many Quaker families tied into this HANSON line. Other surnames are HANSON, HELTON/HEALTON/HEATON, RENBARGER, SHOOK, STEVENS, and STREET. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~amylyn/ MARYLAND. Prince George's County. Supplemental bibliography of genealogical, historical, and archival materials for this locality. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pgsources/ TENNESSEE. Claiborne County. Claiborne County Cemeteries Association (CCCA) pages have been updated. Read "The Stone Marker" Newsletter here and click on the "What's New" button. http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncctca/index.htm VERMONT. Northeast Kingdom -- 1896 Town Directory of West Derby. List includes all residences with their wives and children. It includes occupations and their address. [Note: 2-line URL] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nekg3/files/ dir_derby_1896-97.htm 6. New User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ ---------------------------------------------- The following database has come online recently. It is searchable, but not browseable. ITALY, Laurenzana, Potenza, Basilicata. Marriages 1809-1910. 12,636 records. Laurenzana, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy Genealogy http://userdb.rootsweb.com/italy/ 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]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ship-jumping Legend Washing Out By Mel Baumgartner I have only been researching my father’s family tree for about four years. My whole research started with family legends. My father could not recall his father’s name, nor did he even know his grandfathers' names. (My dad’s parents were divorced when he was 5, and he is now 86). What he told me is that his ancestor "jumped ship" in Monterey, California and eventually married "one of the Castro girls." I found my 2-great-grandfather, indeed married to one of Rafael Castro’s grand- daughters after about three years. He had come to California about 1865 from England, but I still don't know how or why, but I don't think he "jumped ship." However, I have managed to locate 12 of his 13 children and several cousins -- all because of the little clue in a family legend. * * * Cause of Death Confounds By Graham Shackleton I just received a death certificate for my 2-great-grandfather who died 1899 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. What I found interesting was the cause of death and was wondering if anyone had any ideas on this or something in their findings similarly unusual. The cause was stated thus "Brain Softening Diarrhoea 1 Day Exhaustion." There was no punctuation, this was exactly as the original certificate. [Editor's Note: The term "Softening of the brain referred to cerebral hemorrhage/stroke." See these other pages for old medical terminology: http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/ArchaicMedicalTerms.htm http://www.cyndislist.com/medical.htm#Diseases ] * * * Ancestor Participated in Haymarket Riots By AJoseph928 Thanks for all the information you gave about Chicago Haymarket Riots in a recent issue of the RootsWeb Review. My 2-great-grandfather, Homer Brown GALPIN, who was a deputy sheriff in Cook County, Illinois at that time, was the person who placed the hoods and nooses on those who went to the scaffold. I believe some of those hanged were later found to have not been guilty - if anyone has more definite information, please get in touch with me at: AJoseph928@aol.com * * * Hearing Voices By Julie Biolo in Wisconsin I would like to respond to Annie Stanley in Connecticut on her 2g- grandfather's choice of headstone inscription for his wife. I found the inscription very tender, not at all comical or sad. My mother has Alzheimer's and has heard voices and seen people no one else hears or sees for years now. I'm so grateful she can have the care that recognizes her disease for what it is, unlike centuries ago. Annie, if this inscription was on my headstone I would be honored. To me it says that your grandmother was gently and lovingly welcomed home by the Lord. Her husband loved her deeply to pay all her bills and never remarry, and I believe this was his way of saying how much she was loved rather than referring to the voices she heard while living. I hope you are able to understand and appreciate the deep and tender meaning behind the headstone. * * * A Cold Search for Icy By Ida Skarson McCormick Brenna E. Lorenz wrote an excellent article which included the Icy cluster of names, "Origins of Unusual Given Names from the Southern United States," in Names, Journal of the American Name Society, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 201-230 (September 1989) ISSN# 0027-7738. In the Icy cluster table Lorenz lists 34 spellings of what she identifies as Icy cluster names. She speculates that it may have come from the German root is (ice) or eis (iron) or from part of a name such as the French Iselin. I wonder about Icy being taken from the first part of Isabel. I recently found Isephena JETER, which is my first Icy cluster name (born circa 1868, Kentucky). In this article Lorenz has 26 tables of names, including the Ulysses/Eulis cluster, the Burnis cluster, the Pearlie/Paralee cluster, and the Pamela cluster. Icy Belle LIPTRAP is an indication that Icy/Icie may be from the first element of Isabelle. The Icy cluster of names produced other variants using different second elements, Icyphene, Icylee, etc. Brenna Lorenz did not identify Isabelle as a possible source of the first element of Icy cluster names; however, the idea of Isabelle providing the first element had occurred to me. The second element, -phena, which is common in the Icy cluster names, may be from the New Testament name Tryphena (nickname Pheny, Feenee, etc), which was used for twins, the other twin being Tryphosa (Phosy, Fosee, etc.), also an NT name. Or the second element of some Icy cluster names, -phine, may be from Josephine. Basically parents could do anything they wanted with names in 19th century America and perhaps combined elements of two names to honor two different family members. Although Eunice may have been an isolated source for the nickname Icy, old nicknames for Eunice (3 syllables with long I and long E) were Nicey, Unie, Younee, etc. * * * Looking Further By Alinda M. Miller I thought I would share a recent discovery I made which validates the trauma one might encounter when researching the census records. One of my biggest brick walls has been the family of Thomas Jefferson LEWIS and Priscilla RUDE. They were married in Hamilton County, Ohio in 1834. Priscilla was the daughter of Squire RUDE and Mary "Polly" LOFFLAND. At this time Thomas' parentage remains a mystery. They had two children, Branson and Lucretia, in short order and by 1839 had moved to Illinois. It was there that they joined the Latter-day Saints. After the death of the Saints' prophet Joseph Smith, they began the pilgrimage to Utah with Brigham Young. Becoming disillusioned, they went no farther than Council Bluffs, Iowa. During this time they added six more children to their family: Squire, David, Dorman, Jephaniah, Mary, and Hiram. In 1854 they joined with the "Thompsonites," and settled in Preparation, [Monona County] Iowa. In 1856 their last child, Sylvania, was born. They stayed with this faction until it went to pieces in the trouble with their leader, Elder Thompson. After which they moved to Harrison County and then back to Monona County, where I found Thomas and Priscilla in 1870 in Spring Valley. Enumerated with them were Dorman, Squire, and Sylvania. I could find no record in the index of Branson Laughlin LEWIS, my ancestor, and his wife Mary Lugenia HICKOX, daughter of Hiram Carmi HICKOX and Electra SAYLES. I try to make it a habit to look at the page before and the page after just in case a missing sibling or child might be living nearby. I did not find Branson on either of those pages. However, as I was looking down the page that Thomas was listed on, the name Branson jumped out at me. Upon closer inspection, I discover Branson and Mary enumerated just below Thomas and Priscilla. He was listed as (given name) Lofland (surname) BRANSON. Someone had probably given his name as Branson Loffland, assuming the census taker knew who his parents were and the census taker must have thought the informant was giving his surname first, thus Branson, Loffland. It always pays to look a little further. * * * My Notable Granny By T. Bravo I always enjoy reading the humorous things that occur during genealogy research and thought I would share my story. I was always curious about my ancestors and would ask my great-grandmother about her family. Her reply was always that she couldn't remember anyone’s name and all of the records were burned in the fire or lost in the flood. When I was older my father and I went to the small town where my great- grandmother grew up to look for any remaining records. Since this was our first time looking through microfilm, a nice lady at the courthouse ran the machine and helped us look for the name. Much to our surprise great-grandmother's birth record and mother’s name were there, but next to her name was the annotation "Ill." The lady became flustered and looked at my father and said, "Do you know what that means?" My father replied without missing a beat, "Yes, that means that my grandmother was illustrious!" 8. Humor/Humour: All in a Name ------------------------------ Thanks to: Charlotte "Hardhead Jr." Whittington Spencer My elderly parents just celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary. My mother and her late sister-in-law always referred to my dad and his family as those "hardheaded Whittingtons." A few months ago, I came across a cemetery reading that had a tombstone listed which was marked only with the name "Hardhead Whittington. Surely he was kin! 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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