RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine 6 April 2005, Vol. 8, No. 14, Circulation: 806,273+ (c) 1998-2005 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ * * * Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com Certification: http://www.bcgcertification.org/certification/ * * * Keep informed about the latest news, new databases, webpages and mailing lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the free weekly RootsWeb Review. http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ Search/download past issues of the RootsWeb Review: http://e-zine.rootsweb.com/ * * * Is your e-mail address up-to-date at all RootsWeb sources? http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ * * * 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/ RootsWeb HelpDesk: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ =============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. NEWS AND NOTES, AND SITES WORTH SEEING 1a. Editor's Desk: "SSDI Updated Through February 2005" 1b. Using RootsWeb: "Finding Germanic Branches and Roots" 1c. Tips from Readers: "Spreading the Wealth" "Sign It and Date It" 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb: "Finding My Sister" 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: "Old Old News" "Best Friend Looking Like Kin" 8. Humor/Humour: "Woman of Leisure" 9. Subscriptions, Submissions, Advertising, Reprints =============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. NEWS, NOTES, AND SITES WORTH SEEING 1a. Editor's Desk: SSDI Updated Through February 2005 RootsWeb now offers the most recent version of the Social Security Death Index (SSDI), which includes records through February 2005, and is happy to announce that thanks to Ancestry.com this database is available and will be updated on a monthly schedule. http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/ This database contains several important bits of information on the more 74,734,651 persons whose deaths are on file with the U.S.'s Social Security Administration, including: social security number, date of issuance, state of issuance, date of birth, date of death, and last residence of record. The SSDI includes names of virtually all individuals deceased after 1962, the first full year records were computerized -- if the deaths were reported to the SSA. (A limited number of records from as far back as 1937 are also included.) The database also includes the names of legal aliens with social security numbers and some 400,000 railroad retirees, who may be entitled to collect Railroad Retirement Board pensions and benefits. However, there are many reasons why a person might not be in the SSDI: -- SSA might not have been notified of the person's death. -- Person might have died before the SSA began putting its records on the computer in 1962. -- Individual might not have had a Social Security number. -- Information might have been reported incorrectly. -- Person might have changed his or her name. -- Person might have used a different spelling of his or her name. -- Database has an estimated three per cent error rate. The most frequent reason researchers are unable to find someone in the SSDI is including too much information in the search options. If you are searching for Joseph L. Benefield (as an example), he might be recorded exactly that way, or as J. L. Benefield or as Joe Benefield or Joe Lawrence Benefield. His surname (family name) might be spelled differently than you expect. His birth and death dates may differ from the information you have. You might believe he resided in Kansas when he obtained his Social Security number, and perhaps he did, but the SSA office where it was issued was in Oklahoma at the time. If you are unsuccessful in finding someone, try searching with less information -- and be flexible and creative. Did you know that Social Security numbers (SSN) are not reused after a person dies? Even though the SSA has issued more than 415 million SSNs so far, and it assigns about 5.5 million new numbers a year, the current numbering system will provide it with enough new numbers for several generations into the future with no changes in the numbering system. See "Exploring the SSDI": http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/lesson10.htm * * * 1b. USING ROOTSWEB: Finding Germanic Branches and Roots Trudi WEAVER received one or two bounces (returned e-mails) as a result of her attempts at contact plus she received a disappointing response from another person who only was interested in the METZGERs as a collateral line and wasn't directly related or interested in the family. However, she received some wonderful replies from cousins of Mrs. METZGER and her late husband who were eager to connect with their American family members. Not only had Trudi found two second cousins from Mrs. METZGER's ZIEGLER family in Germany, and a second cousin once removed of her husband's METZGER family, she had also heard from some cousins whose ancestors had left Germany shortly after the METZGERs and von der LINDTs had immigrated to America -- only these cousins had moved to other parts of the globe. Replies came from cousins in South Africa, New Zealand, and South America. She carefully printed out the e-mails and message board replies to show Mrs. METZGER. Trudi's proudest moment was informing Mrs. METZGER that, indeed, one of the cousins still living in Germany was able to identify some of the people in the photos she wanted to label for her grand- children. Furthermore, Heidi ZIEGLER SCHMIDT, wanted to know if Mrs. METZGER would like to correspond by postal mail or even chat on the phone. She wished to discuss the photos of Mrs. METZGER's family and an opportunity to practice her seemingly flawless English. Trudi knew she should check first with Mrs. METZGER before giving out her phone number or postal address but, as she expected, the elderly lady was thrilled at the prospect of filling in the names and learning about the people she only knew from faces on the old fading photos. When Trudi returned home after delivering her triumphant news to Mrs. METZGER, her thoughts turned to learning more about her own family history. Her mom promised to give her aunt Anna a call that evening since she was the family "historian." Trudi's father remembered his family Bible was hidden away in the back of the closet where it had been gathering dust since he and his brothers cleaned out their grandmother's house long ago. The Bible was quite old and Trudi examined the entries with their flowing lettering. She gradually put together the names and dates; the carefully recorded baptisms, marriages, and deaths. The name of the minister who performed each ceremony was listed beside each entry as well. Gertrude SCHNEIDER -- there it was -- the name of her paternal grandmother for whom she had been named. The Bible entries took her back through earlier generations and the names all sounded German to Trudi -- just as she had suspected. Obituaries and letters were carefully tucked inside the Bible for safekeeping. There was a marriage certificate, yellowed with age, which recorded the marriage of her great-great-grandparents, Magdalena HOFFMAN and Conrad WEBER. So she was right! The name WEAVER had originally been WEBER. Inside another page of the family Bible Trudi found a very old baptismal certificate that was beautifully printed in German with colorful heart- shaped designs of flowers and birds intertwined amidst the printing. Before long Trudi was armed with more names and family history after her mother presented her with notes she had taken while talking to her aunt on the phone. Trudi headed for the Internet upon learning that her grandaunt had placed a GEDCOM on WorldConnect http://wc.rootsweb.com/ -- ironically the very place Trudi had researched information for Mrs. METZGER! The notes in the database, plus other information she was reading online about the Pennsylvania Dutch, soon brought Trudi to the realization that although she can Mrs. METZGER and were both of Germanic heritage there was a difference in researching the more recent German-American immigrants and her Pennsylvania Dutchmen. Trudi's families had arrived in Pennsylvania prior to the American Revolution, which meant a great deal of research had to be in American records. Trudi discovered that RootsWeb has three mailing lists devoted to various aspects of Pennsylvania Dutch genealogy, heritage, culture, dialect, and even foods and recipes: PADUTCHgenONLY-L, PENNA-DUTCH-L, and PADUTCH-LIFE-L can be found linked from this page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-German/ There is also a message board for Pennsylvania Dutch topics. http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.padutch On a website Trudi found some FAQs about the PA Dutch and learned more about the colorful baptismal certificate she had found. It was an example of a "fraktur" and called a "taufschein." Frakturs were quite popular among the early Pennsylvania Dutch settlers. http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/padutch/faqs/fraktur.html Much of Trudi's research was going to be centered right near her home in Pennsylvania and online with the many PA Dutch resources at RootsWeb. She found obituaries for her namesake grandmothers tucked inside the Bible, which brought them to life for Trudi as she read about their dedication to their large families and the rich heritage from which they sprang. Trudi decided that being named Gertrude Wilhelmine wasn't so bad after all and she'd try to make her German ancestors proud. * * * 1c. Tips from Readers: Spreading the Wealth; Sign It and Date It Spreading the Wealth By Terry R. Barnhart in Denver, Colorado, USA The Justice of the Peace was important position in early day settlements of the country. They were elected from the general population and were essentially laymen lawyers who for a small fee helped friends, family and neighbors prepare wills, deeds and other agreements for later filing with the local courts or clerk and recorder's office at the county courthouse. They also served other fiscal responsible and social service-type functions for the settlement. My ancestor, R.M.EVANS was one such JOP from about 1870 until after 1910 in Monroe Township of Miami County located in southwestern Ohio. Recently I had a chance to copy one of his lengthy ledger books where he had meticulously recorded everything about each of his clients. At the time, I thought it may be useful someday in my family research as it mentioned more than 100 local residents in and around a small unincorporated village called Ginghamsburg. About three weeks ago, I made contact with Nancy, a fellow researcher who was researching the families of WELLS, SKINNERS, BOORCHERS and CHAPLIN all of Ginghamsburg. She mentioned that her ancestor Henry CHAPLIN, was a Civil War veteran who likely experienced "soldier's heart" or posttraumatic stress syndrome. That name sounded familiar and sure enough I had a copy of R.M. EVANS' records from when he was assigned guardian by the Miami County court for fellow vet Henry CHAPLIN. For almost two years he recorded CHAPLIN's $6 per month veteran's pension from the federal government along with a small outlay of money to his elderly wife for "provisions" and expenses. EVANS also provided CHAPLIN 15 cents from time to time for tobacco. CHAPLIN died 15 January 1891 and two days later his wife died. EVANS closed out the estate for Henry and Sophia CHAPLIN. I sent a copy of the record to Nancy in Minnesota. Needless to say, she was thrilled. Everyday records from more than 115 years ago are helping her to understand her family's heritage while helping me to understand the important function my ancestor played in that small Midwestern community where I grew up. * * * Sign It and Date It By Amy in Central Virginia, USA I have just run across another handwritten two-page listing of some of my husband's ancestors, but no name or indication of who jotted this down. Earlier I had found a typed list of his mother's relatives, and I know his mother did not know how to type, so I can rule her out as the "author." I feel these are likely accurate and am in the process of verifying the information through other sources, but wouldn't it be great to know who took the time to write down family history? Those people weren't genealogists in the true sense of the word, but interested none the less. It's too late for those already done, but let's make it a practice to sign our name and date to any informal written (i.e. notes) information we may squirrel away or pass along. Future researchers will be most grateful. 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Finding My Sister By Dawn "Morningstar" Trent in Jacksonville, Florida, USA I have been using your message boards for years and they have been pretty helpful. Thank you for having them, because you see through a message I had posted on the Baltimore board some time back I was able to find a half sister that I had only heard about, but never met. There are more siblings to be found that are my dad's progeny but, I was so glad to find my half sister. Recently she and her daughter and mother drove from Texas to meet me. The greatest thing I discovered was that her mom (who'd dated my dad, of course} had known him since he was 14, and had known his mom and dad and had been invited to my parents' wedding. She attended my dad's mom's funeral, even told me of my grandfather's other wives I didn't know about -- and so very much more. It was great to meet someone who knew all this about my family. Maybe one day I will be able to find my fad's grandfather's family as well, (been searching since 1985 and no luck on any site). But, again thanks for bringing family together. * * * Do you have an online or other "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 29,000 RootsWeb-hosted genealogy Mailing Lists and for easy subscribing (joining) options go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS GARMONSWAY MACNAIR, MILLIKIN, MUNTHE NAREHOOD, NEWSON OTTINGER RIGAS SHEMELIA, SPIELMAN VLAHAKIS VAN_WAGNER -- VAN WAGNER (surname) VANTUYL -- VAN TUYL (surname) WELTERS, WORMSLEY NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS POSEN-DE -- Companion list to POSEN-L with German as primary language 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 website of the Bourbon County, Kentucky Genealogical Society is at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybcgs/ Canada onbayqnt -- Bay of Quinte (Ontario) onlennad -- Lennox and Addington County (Ontario) U.S.A. gafloyd2 -- Floyd County (Georgia) idpcdar -- Pioneer (Idaho) Chapter DAR kybcgs -- Bourbon County (Kentucky) Genealogical Society mdccmgs -- Charles County Maryland Genealogical Society moorego2 -- Oregon County (Missouri) txsmca -- Shiloh McCutcheon (Texas) Cemetery Association 5. New/Updated Freepages and Homepages -------------------------------------- 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 GAY, CRAWFORD. Also includes many other surnames. The author notes that much of this research documented, but some of it is based on family stories and speculation. Additions and corrections are welcomed. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ngcrawford/ KNOX. Research detailing Art Knox and family from Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio. http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~artknoxfamily/ ======================== Advertisement ============================ LOW COST BRITISH RESEARCH SERVICE WITH FREE ASSESSMENTS Need some help with British research? Try British Ancestors, a British company with researchers throughout England and Scotland. 4,000+ clients worldwide have been helped since 1999 with prices starting from just $70 US. Researchers will search the records of your English and Scottish ancestors stored in archives throughout England and Scotland, most of which are unavailable on the Internet. For a FREE! No-obligation research assessment visit http://www.britishancestors.com/consultrwr/ ====================== End 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. 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. U.S.A. Birth Records: Selected births 1785-1891 with ties to Readsboro, Vermont. 123 records; J.C. Streig http://userdb.rootsweb.com/births/ Book Indexes: William J. T. Saucer's "Civil War Log of Letters Sent and Received." 20 records; Brad Cogdell Family Bible: Elisha and Tabitha (Strong) Ladd and Descendants. 13 records; Anna Deane http://userdb.rootsweb.com/bookindexes/ ARIZONA. Maricopa County. Phoenix. Arizona Republic. Obituaries reported in October 1979. 718 records; P. Wilson http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/ ARKANSAS. Jackson County. Obituary of Charles Henry Dyer (1914-1965). 1 record; Sharon Vandiver http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/ CALIFORNIA. Amador County. Amador Society of California Pioneers, 1881. 84 records. Ditch (Mining) Owners, 1861. 24 records. Lori (Powell) Wicks http://userdb.rootsweb.com/groups/ Humboldt County. Marriages, 1853-1867; 158 records; Karen Hendricks for Marilyn Milota http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/ Monterey County. Salinas. 1910 Census, Enumeration District 3. 2,090 records; M. Hellam http://userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index/ Sacramento County. Elk Grove. Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 274. 21 records. Lori (Powell) Wicks http://userdb.rootsweb.com/groups/ Sacramento. Sacramento High School Class of 1939; 580 records; Rebecca Coletti http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ Sonoma County. California Honor Roll from "History of Sonoma County, California," by Tom Gregory. 305 records. Lori (Powell) Wicks http://userdb.rootsweb.com/bookindexes/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Washington. Georgetown University, Law Class of 1916. 103 records; Washington College, Law Class of 1916, 38 records http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ Selected bank officers and directors, 1916, 55 records; http://userdb.rootsweb.com/groups/ Paula Lucy Delosh FLORIDA. Brevard County. Cocoa. Cocoa Tribune, deaths, 1945-1966. 3,986 records; Jim and Bonnie Garmon http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/ ILLINOIS. DuPage County. Wheaton (near). Pleasant Hill Cemetery. 112 records; Courtland Yockey, E. Whaley, L. K. Thomas, D. A. Sender, and R. Leroy. http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ KANSAS. Pottawatomie County. Mariadahl. "Mariadahl Family Album." 633 records; C. McGinnis http://userdb.rootsweb.com/bookindexes/ MARYLAND. Montgomery County. Silver Spring. National Park Seminary Class of 1916. 73 records; Paula Lucy Delosh http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ MAINE. York County. Family Bible: Joshua and Lucy Eaton and Descendants, 1745-1881. 22 records; Tara Rainier http://userdb.rootsweb.com/bookindexes/ MINNESOTA. Traverse County. Tintah. Tintah High School, Class of 1938. 10 records; C. White http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ NEBRASKA. Lancaster County. Lincoln. Journal Star. Weddings reported June 29, 1976. 44 records. C. White http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/ NEW YORK. Brooklyn. New York Homeopathic College Training School for Nurses, 1894. 12 records; Paula Lucy Delosh http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ Erie County. Tonawanda. Tonawanda High School Class of 1974. 443 records. Carl Kalota http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ Genesee County. Batavia. Daily News. 1929. 7,350 records; Leilani Spring, Genesee County History Department volunteer http://userdb.rootsweb.com/news/ OHIO. Hamilton County. Cincinnati. Wesleyan Cemetery (also known as Cumminsville Cemetery) burial records; 175 records. Sherri Hall, for the Wesleyan Records Transcription Project http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ OREGON. Multnomah County. Portland. Jefferson High School, Class of 1919 with selected alumni and faculty. 143 records; Pat Dunn-Hanning http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ TEXAS. Robertson County. Sunnyside Cemetery. (Meier surname); 12 records. Donna Strunk http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ VERMONT. Bennington County. Readsboro. Amidon, Bailey, Chapman, Dodge, Fairbank, Grout, and Puffer marriages, 1795-1930. 128 records; J.C. Streig http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/ Caledonia County. Danville. Clerk's Marriage Index, 1771-1998, 3,852 records; Waterford. Clerk's Marriage Index 1778-May 2004. 2,806 records; Robert H. Goss http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/ VIRGINIA. Bath County. Millboro. Millboro public school students, 1904. 33 records; Hanover County. Ashland. Highland Park Public School and Randolph-Macon College graduates, 1904. 37 records; King George County. King George. King George High School Class of 1930. 16 records; Hooes. Potomac District School No. 12 students, 1907. 11 records; Richmond (Independent City). Richmond Memorial Hospital Training School Nurses, 1904. 8 records; Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Medicine, Class of 1911. 33 records. Woman's College and Richmond Female Seminary Students, 1903. 29 records. Spotsylvania County. Chancellor, Marye, and R. E. Lee High School's 1930 graduates. 24 records; http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ Richmond (Independent City). Libby Hill Rifles, 1904. 24 records; Winners of the Lord Calvert Coffee Contest, 1927, 17 records; http://userdb.rootsweb.com/groups/ Paula Lucy Delosh 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]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Old News By Leo Kindt Contrary to what was said in RootsWeb Review recently, it is not true that (probably) the London Gazette is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the world, but instead it is the Haarlems Dagblad (previously the Oprechte Haerlemse Courant--the Sincere Haarlem Gazette). This Dutch newspaper has been published since 1656. As you know, Haarlem is an old city in the Netherlands, well-known because its inhabitant Laurens Jansz COSTER (http://www.psymon.com/koster/) claimed to be the true inventor of the art of bookprinting (which he probably was not) and also the name of the city survives in the name of Harlem, New York. See: http://www.haarlemsdagblad.nl [Editor's Note: The London Gazette is the oldest surviving English newspaper; it was first published on 7 November 1665. Read more about newspapers at: http://www.lian.com/TANAKA/comhosei/NPinEB.htm] * * * Best Friend Looking Like Kin By Ruth Sprowls I have been researching my TENNEY family for five years. This is my maiden name. My best friend is a childhood friend. Her parents grew up with my father in Upshur County, West Virginia. Later, due to employment migration, both her parents and my dad moved to the same neighborhood in Lake County, Ohio, and we became friends and have stood up for each other for our marriages. In conversation one day about two years ago, she mentioned that her grandmother's maiden name was TENNEY, but her mom said we weren't related. I said, if she is from Upshur County, West Virginia somewhere along the line I bet that we are. Her grandmother died in Lake County, Ohio so within an hour had obtained her death certificate and luckily it had the parents' names. I went through my paperwork, contacted two TENNEY researchers who were updating books, and within a few hours had proven the lineage. My best friend's 3rd-great-grandfather and my 3rd-great-grandfather were brothers. Through this research, we learned that my best friend's great- great-grandfather, John Nicholas TENNEY, migrated to Wisconsin. And some of his descendants still living there were having a reunion in June 2002. I drove my "new cousin" to Wisconsin and met her new cousins and it was wonderful. They welcomed us both with open arms and are in contact with us both. At the same time this was happening, nieces and nephews of my friend's mother located her after many years of being lost to the family. Due to this search, we have shared newfound photos and family information and these adult nieces and nephews have found new family. 8. Humor/Humour: Woman of Leisure ---------------------------------- Thanks to: Diane Rooney Membership Director, Lithuanian Global Genealogical Society In the early decades of the 20th century, it was common for the Lithuanian, Polish, Slovak, and other Eastern European immigrant families in the coal regions of eastern Pennsylvania to take in boarders. The arrangement gave new immigrants a place to live while they established themselves and helped the family with its expenses. My Lithuanian great-grandmother had boarders through the Depression years. Scrolling through Ancestry's 1910 online census pages for Gilberton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where my ancestors settled, you can see numerous examples of this practice. The housewife was the first one up in the morning to stoke the coal stove. In addition to looking after her husband, children, and house, each day she prepared breakfast and dinner for the boarders, packed their lunch pails before they left for the mines, scrubbed their backs in the tin washtub in the kitchen when they came home, and did their laundry. Most houses had no running water at this time -- hot water had to be heated on the coal stove. In addition, the lady of the house often kept a cow, a pig, chickens, and some semblance of a garden. Patchtown houses were small, not well made, and had an outhouse at the back of the lot. Frank Krolick, age 28, was a typical Slovak immigrant living on Railroad Street in the West Ward of Gilberton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. His wife, Annie, age 26, had two children, aged 6 and 4, and 10 boarders -- all Slovak immigrants, age 25 to 50. Nine boarders and her husband worked in the coal mines and one worked for the railroad. Annie's occupation is recorded as "None." * * * (Source: 1910 Census, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Gilberton Boro, District 28, page 26, lines 65-78.) * * * 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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