RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine Vol. 7, No. 21, 26 May 2004, Circulation: 841,215+ (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/ * * * Search and share family trees: WorldConnect: http://wc.rootsweb.com/ Learn how to find your ancestors: http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ Post and read 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/ =============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. NEWS AND NOTES. 1a. "Gateway to Success: Helping Messages Take Wing" 1b. Editor's Desk: "The Readers Respond" 1c. Upcoming Online Classes 1d. Tips from Readers: "Procrastinators in the Family Tree" 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb: "Welding Broken Links" 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: "Runs in the Family" "Something Fishy Here" "Biblical Names Found on Tree" "Name Puzzler in Georgia" "Mulling on the Minister's Moniker" "Unusual Names Dangle from the Family Tree" "Call Me Darling" "Parles Vous Francais?" "Looking for a Latin Link?" "Probing for Headstones" "Personal Website Contacts" "Tombstone Recording Customs" "Tombstone Recordings" "Recording Ages on Tombstones" "Calendar Change Created Problems" "Naming One-upsmanship" 8. Humor/Humour: "Extra! Extra! Read All About It!" 9. Submission Guidelines, Subscriptions, Advertising, Reprint Policy ======================================================================== 1. NEWS AND NOTES. 1a. Gateway to Success: Helping Messages Take Wing Next time you post a message on a RootsWeb/Ancestry message board http://boards.rootsweb.com/ take a moment to see if the board on which you are posting has a yellow envelope icon over the usual white sheets of paper icon indicating a message board, and if the board includes a yellow highlighted blurb stating that "messages posted to this board also appear in the LISTNAME-L@rootsweb.com mailing list." If you find the icon and blurb on the board, you are in luck -- the message board is one of the many boards that are gatewayed to a corresponding mailing list at RootsWeb. The corresponding list will have the same subject or topic as the board upon which you are posting your message. Posting a message to a gatewayed board increases the exposure of your message by ensuring that the greatest number of people see it. Many mailing list members are quite knowledgeable about the topic of the lists to which they subscribe. This means that, in addition to the future researchers who will discover your message on the board, you'll also gain the benefit of having the corresponding mailing list experts see and possibly reply to your query. While replies to message board posts often are delayed rather than immediate, mailing list readers often reply quickly with the information you are seeking or will provide suggestions or assistance to aid you in your search. When a gatewayed board message wings its way onto a mailing list, list subscribers are alerted to the fact that the message originated on the board and a link is provided so that the reader can click on it to access the message on the board. Replies can then be made directly on the board where you are certain to see them and where you can be notified that a reply awaits. 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Although mailing lists and message boards have been with us for years, the gateway between boards and lists represents a newer approach -- the next generation of communication for genealogists. Let your query take flight and soar to the widest audience possible, using the combined list/board resources to their fullest advantage * * * 1b. EDITOR'S DESK. The Readers Respond. Here's just a sampling of the funny and/or outrageous names found in the family trees of our readers. See Section 7. * * * 1c. UPCOMING ONLINE CLASSES: Each class, unless otherwise noted, is only $39.95 with a 30-day subscription including Ancestry's online census images. Instructors cover eight lessons, two lessons a week. You can work at your own pace on your own schedule. Prerequisite for all classes: A working knowledge of computers (please view the Beginning Computer Genealogy course outline to see if you know the basics). 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Procrastinators in the Family Tree By Hugh McKiernan I've just now got back home from Dublin where I (without success-- again!) examined the baptism records, from 1859 to 1869 for my grandfather's baptism, of St. Thomas Parish, which is right in the city centre -- O'Connell Street, Amiens Street Railway Station (Connolly), the Custom House, etc. I did however find out two things. 1). My grandfather while describing himself as a "farmer's son" nevertheless also, whenever called upon to fill a form demanding such information, described himself as "native" of St. Thomas Parish, something I found incredible and was inclined to treat with a large grain of salt. But surprise, surprise, there were three, at least, baptisms of children whose fathers were farmers right in the heart of the city with addresses by street and number. So some farmers did live in cities, or at least in Dublin, in the 1860s. 2). Of wider interest and not just applicable only, I suspect, to Ireland was the age of some of the children baptised. At first, not being interested in any name but the one I sought, I merely thought it odd to find quite a number of twins born in this parish. Eventually though, I took notice, to find that it seemed quite common to baptise several children of the same family together. This meant that the older child, in the first case I noticed, was about four years old when baptised. I then kept an eye out for more, and there were many, some were six or seven years of age being baptised. The NEALES, baptised en masse on Sept 16, 1865, ranged from 1848 to 1864 -- nine of them, and all their birth dates filled in with great precision. (I don't know how they could have been so accurate). There were many instances and right across the social spectrum -- doctors labourers, clerks, etc. The FRENCHes, the WILLIAMSes, PEAKEs, ANDERSONs, and HOLDENs were others. One explanation might be that they were "converts" to Church of Ireland and were given a "proper" baptism in case the first one didn't take. But I'd hate to work out my ancestor's birth date with much travail and brilliant arithmetic and fail to find confirmation of his baptism just because he postponed it for a year or two -- or 15. So beware the procrastinating baptistisers! 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Welding Broken Links By Debbye Lansing My father was the youngest of 13 children, and all but my father have passed. I only knew his two sisters and two of his brothers and often asked about his other siblings. He recalled a time when he and his father baby-sat for one of his older brother's daughters and thought that he was about eight and she was about three at the time. He didn't know whatever became of her as one day they just disappeared. I thought to myself, I need to find her. He knew her name, and I was told my uncle, who was a "gypsy" truck driver, lived in either Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, or Maine. I searched for her for two years, and lastly searched in Maine Well, I was thrilled to find my uncle's marriage record there and thought perhaps she married there as well. Sure enough, there was a marriage record for the same name as hers. I was so excited! I then crossed my fingers, and hoped not to find her in the SSDI (http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/). I didn't, but I did find her probable husband. Then I found his obituary, which listed his widow and three of his daughters and their married names. Off to an online site where I pulled up all three girls' phone numbers. Once I gathered myself and got up the nerve, I called one of the daughters. Sure enough, this was my cousin I've been searching for. She gave me her mother's phone number and we talked and talked, and talked some more. I finally had found my cousin. 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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 VERMONT. Northeast Kingdom Genealogy. Congregational Church, Westford. 1876 list of pastors, deacons, and parishioners. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nekg3/files/church_westford.htm 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. ILLINOIS. Cook County. University of Chicago, Class of 1920; 391 records; Dani Loeb http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ NORTH CAROLINA. Selected North Carolina cemetery records -- Edgecombe, Pitt, and Martin counties; 847 records; Annette Roebuck http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ 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]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FUNNY AND/OR OUTRAGEOUS NAMES Runs in the Family In my mother's family, her brother named Quilla married a lady named Rilla. And, mother's sister Pearly married a man named Early. Makes you think it runs in the family? -- S. Brown * * * Something Fishy Here Preserved FISH, Sr. born 1679 Rhode Island and Preserved FISH Jr. born 1706 Rhode Island arrived via GEDCOM with no sources. They are not ancestors of my family but I always wondered what prompted someone to name their child such an outlandish name and then pass it on to a son. --Katherine L. Short in Texas * * * Biblical Names Found on Tree My most unusual ancestor name is Maher-Shal-Al-Hash-Baz NELSON, born ca 1720 in Mamaroneck, Westchester County, New York. It is a biblical name from Isaiah 8:1.--Anne Sears * * * Name Puzzler in Georgia Recently, while looking for neighbors of my ancestors, I discovered an unusual name. I know that a few of the men in this line are red-haired Baptist preachers. And during the 1850s, a mother and her children were living next door with the same last name as one of the preachers. I concluded that she must be a relative, probably the eldest daughter or something. Her name was Elizabeth KNIGHT. Her eldest daughter's name was Enterinthy KNIGHT. It was difficult to read on the 1850 federal Tattnall County, Georgia census. I almost thought it said Eternity but in re-reading it and studying it, it looks like "Enterinthy." Well, perhaps the little child was afraid of the dark or this possibly goes back to something religious, from "Enter In Thy, Kingdom of Heaven" or something? And, might have been something Elizabeth would have heard in a sermon, especially if her father or uncle were preachers. Because two men in this family are Southern Primitive Baptist preachers, I lean on a religious connection. From the 1860 Tattnall County, Georgia census, it looks like the census taker was a little unsure of the name, and spells it Enarentha or Emarentha. I can just picture a family member saying her name proudly as the census taker hurriedly wrote something before getting a sermon about her name. However, I've never heard of Enterinthy nor Emarentha -- does anyone know anything about this given name? --Laura in Georgia * * * Politically Incorrect, Too How about LARGE Fanny (for a real name)? Luckily she does not live in this generation. Imagine being in school and having the roll read. --Glenice in Australia * * * Mulling on the Minister's Moniker My ancestor was Loveless SAVAGE. This was a most unlikely name for his profession: Loveless SAVAGE, was a chaplain with the Georgia Troops during the American Revolutionary War, and a Minister of the Gospel in Columbia County, Georgia, for many years thereafter.--Lou Hicks Nelson * * * Unusual Names Dangle from the Family Tree There are some interesting names on my family tree. One of my ancestors is Experience BLISS, who married Nathaniell CHAFFEY and she was born 5 February 1648/49. One of my very-great-aunts is Mahershalalhashbaz GORTON, was born ca 1639 to Samuell and Maplet GORTON. She was born around the time that her father was booted out of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, so probably it reflects Samuell's attitude at the time, as it was the name of the daughter of Isaiah in the Bible, and means "swift is the booty, speedy is the prey." Another special name is Valentine SWEET, born on Valentine's Day 1664/65, son of James SWEET and Mary GREENE. There were others of the same name born to this family line in later years. --Lois (Remington) Sorensen -- http://www.thesorensens.net/ * * * Call Me Darling When my mother was attending Queens College in the 1940s she had a friend named W. B. DARLING. Through college W. B. was asked what his initials stood for, but he always refused to answer. It wasn't until they were graduating and everyone was going their different directions that they found out. It seems his parents were childless many years. When he was born they were so ecstatic they named him Welcome Baby DARLING.--Stefanie Penna * * * Parles Vous Francais? My family had not one but three males named Napoleon Bonaparte BOSS. This was all I knew when I started my research. The first Napoleon was 19 when he enlisted in 1862 as a private in Co. E, 53rd Indiana Infantry [American Civil War]. He died in 1864 from wounds suffered in Atlanta. My great-grandfather was named for his "Uncle Polie." He died in Paoli Indiana in 1917. In 1918, my uncle was born and named after his grandfather. His wife called him "Nap," but the rest of the family called him "Polie" also. He was stopped by a policeman once and the cop asked him his name. He only got out "Napoleon Bonaparte" when the cop said. "Yeah and I'm George Washington!" My uncle died in 1999 and he swore he would never inflict that name on a helpless infant. He was the last Napoleon Bonaparte BOSS.--Kay Armstrong * * * Looking for a Latin Link? A relative of mine was christened Nonus et Undecimus. He was born in Devonshire to the Rev. Henry HIERN and his wife in 1849. --Olga Hiern-Cooke in Tasmania. Blame the Puritans Many of the odd given names in America were of Puritan origins. My 10g- grandfather William BREWSTER named four of his children Fear, Patience, Love, and Wrestling (the first was a relatively normal Jonathan). Fear's sister-in-law was named Remember ALLERTON. Fear and Patience were girls; Love and Wrestling were boys. I hope they had nicknames. Then there's Original BROWN in 17th-century Virginia (I suspect he was "originally" Original Sin BROWN), and there's Restitute TEW, who was married 2 June 1639 in Saint Marys County, Maryland Does anyone know the origin of the female given names Apphia and Million? They were popular in certain English families in the 17th century in Virginia, but I can't identify their origin.--Kathleen Much * * * ON OTHER SUBJECTS . . . Probing for Headstones By Mary Gramelspacher This is in response to Sallie Lou Morris Nelson's note. She can take heart that it is possible the grave of her 5-great-grandmother has indeed buried itself. One of my ancestors was in the American Civil War. He drew a pension and lived to the ripe old age of 94. I was taken to the family plot to see his gravestone, but it was the old white one and was almost impossible to read. I did note that June was a word on it--but no June figured into his data. After checking with the library, I found that it wasn't his stone! He didn't have one. So, I contacted NARA online and found the correct form for ordering him one. (The records at the cemetery had stated "no marker" so I was able to get one for him for free.) I had mentioned to the manager of the cemetery that his wife was also buried there according to the widow's pension papers. He told me that she was not listed as being buried there. But he said that wasn't really unusual. Some were not remembered to be marked and others were left off on purpose, if there had been a squabble previously between the record keeper and the deceased. When the marker for him was to be set, I had already decided to purchase one for her also. The manager was trying to decide where to put the marker, since the records did not indicate which of the four plots my 2- great-grandparents had been buried in. He said he always does a probe before he has stones or markers set. And I am so glad he did. He said he hit something and probed a bit more. They ended up digging up a hand- made marker for his wife. Just to know that her 5-great-grandmother is there, I would ask the uncle to loan me the probe or to show me how it is done. Some people need to be asked to do something, while others will volunteer. Ask uncle now for a demonstration, and you might be pleasantly surprised! * * * Personal Website Contacts By Alice Mechler -- http://grumbles.kemisu.com In answer to the question/complaint about lack of contact information on personal websites, there is software that scans websites harvesting e-mail addresses, and then sends tons of spam and unwanted e-mails. This might be the reason some people do not want their contact information on their site. Personally, I have found that it is annoying, but I wouldn't miss some of the connections and comments I have received. * * * Tombstone Recording Customs By Richard E. Elden The tombstone recording custom was obviously prompted by the conversion of the calendar from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, which occurred throughout the Western world between 1582 for many Roman Catholic countries and 1752 for English countries. For details see: http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/GregorianCalendar.html In 1582, 4 October was followed by 15 October, and in 1752, 2 September was followed by 14 September. Therefore, one can compare birth dates knowing the calendar system used in each country and the death date in and age in years, months and days. * * * Tombstone Recordings By Karyl Hubbard I was told by a respected local historian once that the reason for putting age at death rather than year of birth was because life is fleeting and every day was counted as precious. Even more so a century or two ago, when 45 was a ripe old age. Makes sense to me. I hope Bill is using one of the excellent "birthdate calculators" available, such as Ben Buckner's at: http://web2.airmail.net/bhende19/b-date.htm * * * Recording Ages on Tombstones By Bill Churchill in the USA I don't know why gravestones contained the age at death rather than the birth date, but prior to 1776 or so in the United States and 1837 in England there was no civil registration of births. In England parish records contained baptism, marriage and burial records, but exact birth and death dates were not recorded. This can be seen in early Plymouth Colony gravestones where the age of individuals at death are given. Oftentimes the age is only in years, sometimes months and years. It has been said that in early times many people did not actually know their exact birth dates but reckoned births to some reference such as the first week of Easter in 1770, a month before the king's coronation, etc. I would speculate that the giving of ages on gravestones in years, months and days simply developed into a customary practice. Very obviously, when an age at death is given down to the day the exact birth date was known so it is logical that this simply came to be the custom. * * * Calendar Change Created Problems By Jeff Hamilton, Minister at the La Vista Church of Christ, near Omaha, Nebraska http://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/ In regard to "Tombstone Recording Customs," by Bill Baumbach, the practice probably came about because there was a shift in dates in the mid-1700s. It causes genealogists plenty of headaches trying to figure out if a date given was under the old system or the new. I'm sure it caused families plenty of headaches as well. It was easier just to state the age at death. Once the practice entered the culture, it remained long after it was needed. * * * Naming One-upsmanship By Tracy Little in the UK Reading about all those little George WASHINGTONs, etc I felt I had to contribute an entry from our own chapel register. In January 1863 the village draper and his wife baptised "Stone Wall Jackson THWAITES." Probably not uncommon at the time in certain circles (although probably not spelt like that); the difference is that John and Mary THWAITES were living in a remote village in the English Yorkshire dales. I can't help feeling that there was a certain amount of one-upsmanship involved, trying to prove that they read the papers and kept on top of international affairs, because a little earlier another couple in the same chapel lumbered their baby with Garibaldi RODHAM. The THWAITES family had started off quite normally with John, William and Mary Jane, then they produced Eleanor Chrishop (I'm still working that one out), and Joseph Musjid (there was a "masjid" in Delhi much in the news at the time, but I bet they didn't realise it meant "mosque" as much as "temple"), before moving on to "Stone Wall." Oddly enough their last child was a Marion, which I always assumed was a straightforward girl's name until reading the recent "Swamp Fox" correspondence. 8. Humor/Humour: Extra! Extra! Read All About It ------------------------------------------------ Thanks to: Dawn Amos My sister and I were trolling through newspapers on microfilm the looking for great-granddad's obituary, when a headline in the Dunkirk Evening Observer (Dunkirk, New York ) August 24, 1901 caught my eye: It reads: MAN WITHOUT LEGS Proved a Modern Don Juan Running Off With Another Man's Wife. Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 24.--A man without legs kidnapped another wife and has left for Wheeling, W. Va. July 24, Owen Stockney of Corfu, who has both legs off above the knees, left his wife, Minnie, and eloped with the 16-year-old wife of B. H. Green of Akron, N. Y. A New York detective traced the couple to Youngstown, Ohio, where all trace was lost. Stockney has written his mother as follows: "I told you if I had six hours start they could not catch us, and a steam engine can't take Eva from me. Write us at Wheeling, W. Va." To add to the disgraceful affair, Mr. Stockney's wife has since her husband's elopement, run away with Mr. Ervin Hay and are [sic] located near Bradford, Pa." 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. 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