RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine 10 November 2004, Vol. 7, No. 45, Circulation: 823,673+ (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/ Search/download past issues of the RootsWeb Review: http://e-zine.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb HelpDesk: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ =============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. NEWS AND NOTES 1a. Editor's Desk: Some Sites Worth Seeing 1b. Tips from Readers: "Hidden Ancestors" 1c. Adventures Online: "Burnishing Leaves and Pruning Twigs" 1d. Learning How to Find Your Ancestors. Upcoming Online Classes: 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb: "Fighting Technology" "Kreek Treasures Buried in Mining Town" "Finding Some Scottish 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: "Crediting Those on Whose Work You're Building" "Oldest Canadian Soldier in WWI" "The Search Continues" "Finding Sailing Ships Pictures" 8. Humor/Humour: "English Wits" 9. Subscriptions, Submissions, Advertising, Reprints =============================================================== 1. NEWS AND NOTES 1a. EDITOR'S DESK. Some Sites Worth Seeing ARMISTICE DAY. On November 11, 1918, the Allied powers signed a cease- fire agreement with Germany at Rethondes, France, bringing World War I to a close. Between the world wars, November 11 was commemorated as Armistice Day in the United States, Great Britain, and France. After World War II, the holiday was recognized as a day of tribute to veterans of both world wars. In 1954 the United States designated November 11 as Veterans Day to honor veterans of all U.S. wars. http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/vetday.htm REMEMBRANCE DAY. Canada, Australia, and United Kingdom: http://canada.kos.net/remembrance.html http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/remembrance/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/remembrance/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/remembrance/yours/index.shtml THE FIRST ARMISTICE DAY: When the Doughboys Came Marching Home. http://www.detnews.com/history/veterans/veterans.htm U.S. VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT. There are about 19 million war veterans living in the United States today, but many are dying each day. By conducting oral history interviews with those who served in World War I, World War II and the Korean, Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars, you can preserve their stories and experiences and make them available to future generations. Learn how at: http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/ * * * FOOD FOR THOUGHT. In a recent issue of "Genealogy Gems: News from the Fort Wayne Library," Curt B. Witcher, manager of the Fred. J. Reynolds Historical Genealogical Department of Allen County (Indiana) Public Library, writes: "In these last sixty-one days of the year, nearly every religious tradition celebrates some holiday or feast day. What a perfect opportunity for all of us to see when the last history of our church, meeting-house, mosque, synagogue, or temple was written. If it has been a while (or never!), why not get a group of interested individuals together and commit to compiling an early twenty-first century history? In the process of doing such compilations, it is amazing the number of records that are uncovered, both official records of the religious entities and the letters, diaries, and daybooks of the leaders. Such endeavors also typically uncovered some wonderfully unique photographs. Researching and recording these histories help ensure the information is available for future generations of genealogists and historians. "And of course, the Historical Genealogy Department [Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana] would be interested in receiving a copy of any work that might be compiled, whether published or not. Our library also provides nice homes for older church histories, yearbooks, and directories that folks may not have a need for anymore. Please do keep us in mind." Learn more about this fine library, its collections, and programs: http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html http://www.FriendsOfAllenCounty.org/ * * * 1b. TIPS FROM READERS Hidden Ancestors By Shirley Rosecrans I searched every index I could find for the Iowa census for my SMITH g-g-grandfather. Alas! He seemed to just disappear. In desperation I decided to search the entire 1850 Iowa census -- page by page -- since I knew they were there because my g-grandfather was born there. I finally found my Robert R. SMITH listed as "Bob" SMITH. So if your ancestor is elusive, try a possible nickname! * * * Have you encountered or solved a pesky research problem? Share it with the RootsWeb Review readers. Send to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com * * * 1c. Adventures Online: Burnishing Leaves and Pruning Twigs After Susan Sterling's revised GEDCOM was uploaded to WorldConnect, she continued to hear from new cousins and other interested researchers. Most of the e-mails were quite informative and helped to fill the branches with an ever-expanding array of names and dates. Susan couldn't resist chuckling when she learned that great-great- grandfather Jedediah STERLING's sister, Emma STERLING, whom Susan had listed as unmarried in her database, had actually eloped at age 16 (which explained her absence from census records), married a man named Archibald SILVER, moved to Iowa, and became the mother of 12 children. Susan thought it was funny that someone named STERLING married a man named SILVER. What was even more humorous was the fact that the couple named their first-born son Sterling SILVER. Susan thought maybe the RootsWeb Review Editor would be interested in the cute name for the humor section of the e-zine. Susan had been thinking about dropping a note to the editor at Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com anyway to see whether her new Freepages site, which highlighted her various family lines, could be listed in an upcoming issue -- she decided to do that now, and to include her Sterling SILVER find. After sending off her note, Susan checked her incoming mail only to discover a not-too-pleasant message from distant cousin, Josephine HIDERMAN, who was up in arms about having been included in Susan's updated WorldConnect file as the source for the information about her collateral line to one of Susan's many tree branches. Josephine was worried that having her e-mail and postal mail addresses listed in Susan's file could lead to address harvesters inundating her with spam. She also went on and on, ranting about her "privacy." Susan hadn't considered the growing concerns about spam and privacy when she documented her file -- she was thinking only of proper attribution of her sources. Susan had received e-mails from so many delighted cousins and researchers who were thrilled to find her well-researched database online that on the rare occasion when she received a negative response she seriously pondered how to deal with the issues involved. In this case, she decided, after searching the Net and reading several articles on source attribution, that although the database needed to include attribution and sources, it would do no harm to name cousin Josephine (and other contributors to her tree) as the source in her public database, but keep a private record on her computer of their e-mail and postal mail addresses. Susan made the necessary changes in her genealogy file and, following the same procedure as the last time she updated her tree, uploaded her edited file to WorldConnect. While she was browsing through the latest revision of her file she noticed a link she had not explored as yet---on each individual record page, down near the bottom was a link that said "Search WorldConnect" with a burnt orange pedigree icon to the left of it. Susan clicked on the link and discovered it led to an index of matching records in other WorldConnect/Ancestry World Tree databases and she set about visiting these matching entries, and contacting the submitters of these files in an expanded attempt to find an ever greater number of cousins. What a wonderful resource! When she had finished exploring and contacting submitters, Susan wrote to cousin Josephine and explained her decision that there was nothing wrong with her name being included in the file as the source of the information--proper attribution was important--but that she agreed that keeping private the e-mail and postal mail addresses of contributors to the data was probably a good idea and that she had taken steps to remove that information from view in her online database. As Susan sent off her reply to Josephine she found a new message from cousin Rupert in Australia and, while she somewhat worried about how he would feel about her decision to keep the information about Rupert's great-grandfather Jeremiah's illegitimacy in her database, she was hopeful he'd come around. After all, she had taken special care in crafting the reply to Rupert and showed concern for his viewpoint, making every effort to be considerate and polite. The polite considerate approach worked! Rupert, after thinking the matter over, was coming around slowly to acceptance that facts, even those long-buried, are merely facts. Susan's invitation for Rupert to add information about the Brisbane branch of the family tree was accepted as well. He included a GEDCOM with the most recent generations of his line descending from Jeremiah RAKESTRAW and even told Susan she could feel free to add the Australian family members to her tree as long as she cited him as the source. This was more than Susan had anticipated in her wildest dreams. All was well in the STERLING corner of the world once again. The cousins continued to share information and lived happily ever after amid the widening branches of their family tree. 1d. Learning How to Find Your Ancestors. Upcoming Online Classes: Each class, unless otherwise noted, is $29.95 and includes access to select Ancestry.com collections for 30 days. Instructors cover eight lessons. Prerequisite for all classes: A working knowledge of computers (please view the Beginning Computer Genealogy course outline to see if you know the basics). Details about upcoming online classes are here: http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=home&htx=gentraining&_lin=1 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Fighting Technology By Jamie Johnson Hunter I am, by nature, a fighter. Right now I am in the midst of fighting breast cancer. However, in 1997 I was fighting a different battle -- the battle of the Internet. I had already tried to talk my husband out of getting a computer -- didn't work -- but I ended up on the silly thing more than anyone in the house, transcribing a handwritten family story from a great-aunt. Now I had to try to figure out the Internet with my sons and my husband peering over my shoulder. How nerve racking is that! So, one night after dinner I locked myself in the computer room and instructed them all to leave me alone. I (somehow) found a Pendleton County, Kentucky website, which listed queries. Reading through them I found a familiar surname. Being as naive as I was, I figured I couldn't do any damage (what did I know?) I would just send an e-mail (whatever that was) to the person who submitted the query. Within moments I had an answer from a person I had never met before. I was yelling to my family -- "What do I do now? How do I answer him?" He turned out to be a 5th cousin, we traded information and have since met in person. All total, from the time I left the dinner table to the time I was contacted by my newfound cousin, had to be no more than 30 minutes. I haven't stopped since. I've met dozens of new cousins on the Internet and have even met a few in person. I've just had the best time for the last seven years. My first time on the Internet (that thing I fought so hard against back in 1997) turned out to be a really good thing. * * * Kreek Treasures Buried in Mining Town By J.P. Smith. Here in Arizona, we don't see the amount of antique shops that seem to be on every corner in the Midwest and New England. Those types of shops are especially thin in an old mining town named Globe. But, I had heard of a special shop that was a hardware, antique and quilt shop named Johnny's Hardware. Sounded interesting, so we drove the 1.5 hours into the mountains to look the place over. It is a special store with something for the women, men and history buffs. While cruising the antique-laden shelves, I came upon one, nice, thick, antique photo album. I opened it not knowing what to expect; but there on the pages were several KREEK family members with names and occasionally dates. The price was a steep $75, and we left it. At home, a quick search of RootsWeb turned up KREEK listers and one Midwesterner who was very interested in recovering the family album. We never figured out how the album ended up in Arizona, but now it's back home where it belongs. Here's hoping they all reach a good home. * * * Finding Some Scottish Links By Harry and Sharon Moore Colquhoun in Belle Mead, New Jersey http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hscc/ The Griggstown Reformed Church: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~griggstown/ In the mid-1970s, in an effort to keep my mother-in-law's mind active, I began collecting genealogy charts and information on our various families. My mother-in-law gave me much information on her family but my husband's father was not very helpful. As he sat in his recliner listening to his wife rattle off dates of birthdays and anniversaries among her aunts and uncles, he would frown. He had little to share except that his mother had had four brothers, all of whom were very tall and members of a Royal Regiment in Scotland, serving in the Boer Wars. He had been born in Scotland and came to America as an infant. He told us stories about living in Nyack, New York and how the river would freeze and they could walk across the Hudson River. They once saw Henry Hudson's ship, "The Half Moon," sail up the river and even saw Buffalo Bill and his Wild West Show. He did not, however, know the names of his grandparents or his own parents' siblings. Twenty years later both of my husband's parents were gone. I bought a computer and input all the info I had from my old charts. I posted a note on RootsWeb's message board for Scotland. "I'm looking for the brothers of Wilhelmina Bryce COLQUHOUN. She left Scotland in 1905 with her husband, James, and children Mary and Walter." I didn't think much of it and I didn't hear from anyone. About a year later, I sat at the computer while my husband reclined in his chair (must be genetic). I screamed when I saw that I had an e-mail message entitled "Wilhelmina COLQUHOUN." Sure enough -- there was a second cousin of my husband. Robert BRYCE was living in England with his family. His father and my father-in-law were, indeed, first cousins. We corresponded daily until we had completed each other's databases. We exchanged photos. He sent us a photographic portrait of my husband's great-grandparents. I printed it from the computer and framed it. The following year, Robert and his family came to visit and met all of our family. Just as a footnote -- even though my father-in-law tended to "invent" history at times (and deliberately left out some essential details) all that he told us about "Nyack" turned out to be true. Thanks to the Internet, I was able to verify that, yes, the Hudson River did indeed freeze over in the early part of the 20th century due to much less pollution. Yes, a replica of the "Half Moon" did sail up the Hudson and the Wild West Show certainly did arrive. It was such a thrill to prove his stories to be true. Use those message boards. You never know what your next e-mail message might bring. * * * Do you have an online "connecting" story to share? Send to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com 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 28,600 RootsWeb-hosted genealogy Mailing Lists and for easy subscribing (joining) options go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ No new mailing lists were 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. For example, the Jones County, Mississippi Genealogical and Historical Organization's website is at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~msjcgho/ U.S.A. usdctk -- Descendents of Colonial Tavern Keepers (United States) gachath3 -- Chatham County (Georgia) inadams2 -- Adams County (Indiana) inalhn -- AHLN (Indiana) State Page innorthc -- North Central Area (Indiana) inwvga -- Whitewater Valley (Indiana) Genealogical Association macrockl -- Rockland, Plymouth County (Massachusetts) msjcgho -- Jones County (Mississippi) Genealogical and Historical Organization njnccdar -- Nova Caesarea (New Jersey) Chapter DAR ribiog -- Biographies Project (Rhode Island) tndavid2 -- Davidson County (Tennessee) tnwcjhs -- Whites Creek-Joelton (Tennessee) Historical Society vaocrcd -- Old Carolina Road (Virginia) Chapter DAR (DAR: Daughters of the American Revolution) 5. New/Updated Freepages and Homepages -------------------------------------- BEAL. The Beal Surname DNA Project. Includes the BAILEY, BALES, BAILES, BALE, BEAL, BEALE, BEALL, BEEL, BEALS, and BELL surname DNA studies. Any other possible variants of the Soundex B400 surnames will be added, as needed. The project will address the ancestry of these lines by studying the "Y" chromosome of living males with ancestry consisting of father, grandfather, great-grandfather, etc., up the surname male line to their first ancestor to be positively identified through genealogical records. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bealdna/ KENTUCKY. Kentucky is My Home. Surnames include: ALEXANDER, ALLEN, BALL, BASHAM, BLANTON, BRITTAIN, BROCK, BROWNING, BULLOCK, CAMPBELL, CARROLL, COBB, COPE, FARMER, FORRESTER, GREEN, HACKER, HAMILTON, HARRIS, HENSLEY, HORNUNG, JONES, KELLY, LEDFORD, LINDSEY, MCCOLLUM, MEREDITH, MESSER, MIDDLETON, MILLS, NOE, NOLAN, PACE, PENNINGTON, PERKINS, PHILLIPS, POCOHONTAS, PONDER, ROBERTS, ROOF, SASSER, SEXTON, SHELL, SKAGGS, SMALLWOOD, SPOONAMORE, SPURLOCK, THOMAS, TURNER, WEAVER, WHITE, WHOBREY, WILDER, and YEARY. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kyborn/index1.html MISSOURI. Civil War ancestors. Includes a portrait gallery section under the link entitled "Gallery." Anyone can post a story and picture about a Missouri-related Civil War person or subject. http://www.missouricivilwarmuseum.org/ PENNSYLVANIA. Lehigh County. Allentown. Lists the names of all Civil War veterans buried in the Union and West End Cemeteries in this locality. There are more than 650 veterans buried in these two cemeteries, which abut one another and appear, for all intents and purposes, to be a single cemetery. The rank and unit designation for each soldier is shown, when available. A brief history of the units raised in Lehigh County during the Civil War is included along with a listing of all units activated from Pennsylvania. http://www.rootsweb.com/~paalncem/ TENNESSEE. Sumner County. Updated, with many funeral home records and death certificates. Includes variety of records available for this locality, such as marriage, census, court, and Bible records, wills, lineages, tax lists, and newspaper obituaries. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~providence/ourpage.html * * * Has your website ever been mentioned here or do you have a new, updated, or substantially revised website located at RootsWeb (it will have "freepages" or "homepages" in the URL)? 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 6. New User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb ---------------------------------------------- SHARING OPPORTUNITY. Does your alma mater, old military unit, church, parish, province, county or state have material available that you think would be of interest to genealogists and historians? Do you have any compiled lists of names or databases (other than your personal genealogy) that you would like to share and that you think would be of value and interest to others? In most cases, RootsWeb would be proud to host such material. http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ The following databases have come online recently. They are searchable, but not browseable. Search: To look for specific data or occurrence of text in a file. Browse: To view the entire contents of a file or a group of files. NORTH CAROLINA. Yancey County. Bastardy bonds, 1865-1899; 66 records; Anita Wages http://userdb.rootsweb.com/courtrecords/ NEW YORK Genesee County. Alabama. Alabama Cemetery; 642 records; Alabama. Transit Cemetery; 73 records; Alexander. Alexander Village Cemetery; 1,162 records; Alexander. Mount Pleasant Cemetery; 613 records; Batavia. Grand View Cemetery; 4,973 records; Corfu. Evergreen Hill Cemetery; 4,360 records; Darien. Allegheny Cemetery; 58 records; East Bethany. East Bethany Cemetery; 401 records; Indian Falls. Old German Cemetery; 207 records; LeRoy. Van Allen Cemetery; 73 records; West Bethany. West Bethany Cemetery; 351 records; Wheatville. Wheatville Cemetery; 149 records; Leilani Spring http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ New York County. New York City. Joseph Scholz naturalization, 1905; 1 record; Jennifer Scholz http://userdb.rootsweb.com/naturalization/ Wyoming County. Attica. Brainard Cemetery; 475 records; Attica. Forest Hill Cemetery; 6,243 records; Attica. St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery; 1,016 records; Attica. Vernal Corners. Vernal Cemetery; 40 records; Dale. Dale Cemetery; 649 records; Middlebury. West Middlebury Cemetery; 650 records; Oakfield. Reed Cemetery; 1,493 records; Orangeville (Dutch Flats). Pleasant View Cemetery, 406 records; Warsaw. Hatch Cemetery; 126 records; Wright's Corner. Wright's Corner Cemetery; 95 records; Leilani Spring 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]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Crediting Those on Whose Work You're Building By Sharon Ray Why should you give credit to others? Is it so that they get recognition? Yes and no. Only part of the reason for giving credit and sources it to recognize the work that others have done previously. Another important reason is that when you give credit and sources, it reflects favorably on you. Your abilities and reputation as a genealogist are reflected in the work that you do. If you do sloppy work that is full of errors and a lack of citations and references, then that is what I am going to use to judge your skills and abilities. If your work is nicely cited, with proper recognition for the hard work and long hours that others have put in before you, so that you don't have to, then this tells me that you do quality work. It tells me that you have studied and gained a level of proficiency. In the case of the first, I wouldn't waste my time looking at it, unless I want an example of what not to do for a class that I am teaching. The second I would not only spend time looking at, I would contact that person and share information with them. So when you give credit to others and cite your sources, you are doing it for yourself not for the recognition of others. * * * Oldest Canadian Soldier in WWI By Neil Mesler The information about the Canadian veterans of World War I (WWI) was particularly interesting to me since, Benjamin MESLER (my 1st cousin 3x) was reputed to be the oldest Canadian soldier to serve in WWI. Benjamin MESLER had been denied service in the South African War in 1900 because he was too old. But when "the boys" were leaving for France it was more than he could stand, and he enlisted in the Canadian Army. The following is taken from "Buffalo Courier-Express," dated Sunday July 19, 1936 in which Mr. Mesler is identified as the "Oldest Vet of World War..." "'I'm 44 past, I told the recruiting officer.'" Mesler recalled, and the officer added 'yes and a hell of lot past.' However, I got through alright and went through the four years without a scratch. The only time I was in the hospital was for rheumatism." Mr. Benjamin MESLER died June 23, 1941 and is buried at Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St. Catharines, Ontario. * * * The Search Continues By Jacqui Hogan in Australia I read with pleasure the letter by Teri Durham on her reflections on why we search and research and I say, "Well done, Teri" -- spoken as a true blue Aussie and fellow researcher, having just come back from Ireland I share her sentiments and say "keep on keeping on." * * * Finding Sailing Ships Pictures By Linda Garrett in the USA I have gathered the names of many of the early ships of the 17th and 18th centuries that my ancestors sailed on to America. I would love to find a place to buy prints of these early ships. I would think many of them are so well-known that someone has painted them. I am talking about ships, such as the Mayflower, Anne, Sparrow, the Winthrop Fleet, etc. But so far, I have not been able to find a place that sells prints of these early ships. Does anyone know such a source? 8. Humor/Humour: English Wits ----------------------------- The midwifery college at the Southampton University, England has the additional legend on its signage: "Deliveries round the back" --Thanks to: Martin Hollett * * * I found the following marriage record in a book of transcripts from the parish registers for St. Nicholas' Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England: "Robert Todd, bachelor, of this parish married Maria Wright, spinster, of this parish, by banns, on May 8th, 1830. "Wit: David Absolon (parish clerk), Mary Murrel. "See the Norfolk Chronicle" Whoever transcribed this also looked up the reference in the local newspaper and transcribed it as follows: "Saturday, last, at Yarmouth, ----- TODD, Shoemaker, to Maria Wright, the bride and bridegroom had each a wooden leg, and to add to the singularity of the group, the bride's maid was lame and blind in one eye, and the father was deaf and lame." --Thanks to: Ian Pidgeon in St. Albans, England * * * Found a humorous sign or entry in census, parish, church, etc. records? Send to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com 9. Subscriptions, Submissions, Advertising, Reprints ----------------------------------------------------- SUBSCRIPTIONS. 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