RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine 11 May 2005, Vol. 8, No. 1, Circulation: 804,154+ (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 and share family trees: WorldConnect: http://wc.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, AND SITES WORTH SEEING 1a. Editor's Desk "Britain's National Archives"; "Newspaper Pictorials"; "Caring for Photographs" 1b. Using RootsWeb: "Fishing for Resources" 1c. Tips from Readers: "Lessons from Life" 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb: "Finding My Daughter" 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: "Bird Nests in Family Trees" "Holy Loch!" 8. Humor/Humour: "Terms of Endearment" 9. Subscriptions, Submissions, Advertising, Reprints =============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. NEWS, NOTES, AND SITES WORTH SEEING 1a. Editor's Desk: "Britain's National Archives"; "Newspaper Pictorials"; "Caring for Photographs" The (British) National Archives: From Domesday to the Present . . . http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures. Covering the 1913-1919 period, the images in this collection, selected from American newspaper rotogravure sections, graphically document, people, places, and events. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/rotogravures/ How to Care for Your Photographs. http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/research/photos/care.htm * * * 1b. USING ROOTSWEB: Fishing for Resources Sandy SALMON is an experienced family history researcher and recently completed a 10-year project compiling the SALMON family genealogy into a published book. She's very proud of her accomplishment and wants to get the word out to other researchers and family members about her new publication. Over the years, Sandy received quite a bit of information and also shared much family data with cousins, found newly discovered family members, and learned who to contact about vital family records included in an old family Bible in the possession of an elderly third cousin in Duluth, Minnesota -- all from using RootsWeb mailing lists and message boards in her research. http://lists.rootsweb.com/ http://boards.rootsweb.com/ So Sandy knows full well how to get the most out of RootsWeb's many resources in gathering data for her book, but she isn't sure of the best way to let people know about the book -- within RootsWeb's AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html and she has received conflicting information about what to do. Bill BASS is also an experienced RootsWeb user faced with a dilemma of how best to notify as many interested family members as possible about the first ever BASS family reunion to be held this summer in Knoxville, Tennessee. Bill's in charge of organizing and publicizing the event. He figures there must be a way to use RootsWeb's resources to get the message out to all interested parties but doesn't want to be accused of "spamming" lists and boards. So, he is at a loss to know how best to approach his assigned task. Teresa TROUT has a somewhat different problem. She recently visited a flea market and came away with family treasures that she doesn't want to see lost forever or thrown away. The only problem is that these treasures are not Teresa's family treasures and she is at a loss to know how best to best to let the MULLETT family know she rescued their family heirlooms. Her goal is to reunite the items -- an old photo album, a baby book, and a family Bible, with the rightful family. As a family history researcher, Teresa knows all too well how family treasures once lost, seldom can be recovered. She doesn't want to see that happen to these items obviously lovingly preserved over the years. Teresa thinks there must be a way using RootsWeb's resources to let the MULLETT researchers know of the rescued treasures but she isn't sure where to look. The first thing Sandy, Bill, and Teresa should do is to consider their intended audience -- the segment of the RootsWeb-using public they wish to reach with their respective messages. Next they need to know where to search for the appropriate resources to reach that audience within the scope of RootsWeb's rules and resources. To announce a family reunion, the publication of a family book, or to announce the rescue of someone's lost family heirlooms -- check the index of RootsWeb's more than 29,000 mailing lists for a list devoted to the specific surname. Once you find the list and subscribe to it, before posting a message that might be considered somewhat commercial in nature--such as a book or found heirloom, or even before posting details about a family reunion -- it is advisable to contact the list administrator privately by writing to: LISTNAME-admin@rootsweb.com (replace the word LISTNAME with the actual name of the list such as TROUT- admin@rootsweb.com for example) and explain what you would like to post. Check with the admin to be sure if a post of this nature is acceptable on the specific list. Also, if the post would be acceptable to the admin, have the admin review the wording of any such message to be sure you are adhering to any rules for the list -- such as not mentioning prices, fees, or ordering information. For resources such as a new book, also consider special lists, like GEN-BOOKS-L and GEN-MAT-L. They were created specifically for the purpose of announcing books and other genealogical materials: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Genealogical_Materials/GEN-BOOKS.html http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Genealogical_Materials/GEN-MAT.html HEIRLOOM-L is for the discussion of lost and found heirlooms: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Genealogical_Materials/HEIRLOOM.html The RootsWeb/Ancestry message boards are searched and browsed by thousands of readers on a regular basis and are also an excellent resource for announcement-type posts. However, posts to message boards must never contain any information that appears commercial in nature so wording of messages must not include prices or sales information, or links to commercial websites. In addition to appropriate surname boards, try locating Topic boards to suit your needs, such as the following: Somebody's Links (for announcing found treasures to be reunited with their family): http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.researchresources.e-zines.somebodyslinks Found Family Heirlooms: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.heirlooms Genealogy Products: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.researchresources.genealogy-20-products Reunion Announcements: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.reunion Don't flounder around like a fish out of water at RootsWeb. Get in the swim by exploring and locating the most appropriate resources to reach the widest audience possible to get your message across. * * * 1c. Tips from Readers: Lessons from Life By Sherry in Colorado, USA While reading a recent RootsWeb Review about forenames, I was reminded again how much everyday life teaches us about genealogy research. Late one night, during a general conversation with a young co-worker, I learned a new lesson about naming practices of cultures/families other than American. My 20-something young male co-worker was born in Korea. At birth he was given a Korean name. At the age of two, his family of origin moved to a South American country. He was then given a Latin name, which he used until the family moved to the United States, when he was 10 years old. Then he was given an American name, which he used until he was legally an adult here. Now he uses his original Korean name, which he feels is his true identity. Somewhere out there in this big world I have a purported Asian half brother (the result of my father's military experience during World War II), who I have never been able to locate. My young co-worker is a highly intelligent, personable, beautiful young man, whom I'd be thrilled to claim. I wonder how his descendants will be able to find him through all the name and country changes. Just another lesson in keeping an open mind to the many possibilities in genealogical research. 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Finding My Daughter By Peter Schuck My greatest genealogical success ever grew out of not very happy circumstances in the beginning. My relationship with K.S. throughout the back in 1967-1968 was certainly amiable enough -- we liked each other very much; one could say that it bordered on love between us, and we definitely had plenty of good times together. However, there came the time that she announced her pregnancy and our relations unfortunately began to unravel. Both of us were still students at community college in the San Fernando Valley of California with no effective means to support ourselves and a child, despite the kind offers of assistance from my parents. Then there was the issue of K.S.'s less-than-sterling mental health of which she had made me aware. I came to learn how her physician was advising that she might not be able to handle child-rearing well at all. These considerations and others naturally weighed heavily upon me. I had been in the process of making plans to study in Mexico City during the summer of 1968 when the evolving mess eventually ended up in court. My lawyer, a very capable and shrewd fellow, counseled that I go ahead and leave for Mexico, as my presence could be dispensed with during the proceedings, which played themselves out over the course of that summer. The upshot was that as K.S.'s time drew nigh and her suit's not progressing well, upon the urgings of her physician and my attorney, she ultimately, though heavy-heartedly opted to have the child adopted by a wonderful couple then living in New York City. On October 3 of that year J.B. was born and, as I came to learn much later, was quickly transported to her new home by the pair who raised her with great love and care, providing her with a first-rate upbringing -- in the better environs of Long Island throughout most of her life -- and education. They made her adoption known to her from a very early age. Myself, relieved that the ultimate fallout appeared to have ended for the best for all concerned, I completed my education, did a lot of traveling, and then wed a long-time girlfriend, though this marriage was of short duration. I remarried not long thereafter and have been happily married for 26 years ever since; my wife and I have a 25-year-old son. But life didn't turn out so well for K.S., I later learned. Very despondent over giving up our daughter, her demons got the best of her, and she became mired in the narcotics-infested counterculture for some time. She finally managed to get her act fairly together though and achieved some success for herself in Hollywood. Just as things were going well for her, however, she learned that she had contracted a rare form of cancer. Despite doleful prognostications, she was able to beat it into remission, and she carried on with her career for five years or so until she learned of its return, which was now exacerbated by a new cancer of the lung. With these terminal reports, she retired to pastoral Sierra Nevada foothills, where she lived the rest of her time. K.S.'s acute illness impelled her to make an attempt to contact our daughter, and to this end, she hired an investigative team that got in touch with J.B.'s adoptive parents. The state of K.S.'s malady was made known to them, and they advised J.B. that this would be a one-time chance to connect with her mother, though without informing her as to her mother's actual condition. J.B., her not wanting to upset her adoptive parents, declined the offer. She completed her schooling and married well. However, after the birth of her second child, J.B. developed a serious postpartum depression, and all the questions and demons concerning her origin, which she had kept in check all her life, came roaring to the fore. She was compelled to seek therapy which provided her some relief. But the questions really never went away. For my part, I had always wondered how K.S. had made out in life and how our daughter had fared, but I never really did anything about my thoughts until the availability of universal access to the Internet. Once I was connected, I ran periodic searches for K.S., my thinking that she might have gotten in touch with J.B. at some point over the years and perhaps would be wiling to share the contact information, but I never obtained any hits. In the meantime, though, J.B. with the assistance of a Net-savvy dear friend of hers had begun her own investigations into what had become of her natural parents. She knew her mother's full name of course, but she knew only my given name. Her friend was ultimately able to establish contact with K.S.'s brother here in California, who informed her that K.S. had died of her illness in 1992, which information naturally upset J.B. to no end, given the lost contact opportunity of years before. As her uncle had been overseas with the military while K.S. and I were together, I had never made his acquaintance, and he too only knew my first name. However, as part of the adoption arrangement, the adoptive parents had requested that we natural parents supply them with a photo of each of us, and J.B. who had received the photos from her parents passed along a copy of mine to her uncle on the slimmest of chances that something might in future turn up with respect to me at his end -- and it did. By turning again to RootsWeb last April, I finally got a hit concerning K.S., via the Social Security Death Index. I went back to the Web and began searching anew for her surname -- a not very common one -- and I located a certain fellow who was residing in California through a posting of his at a particular Vietnam vets' site. My thinking, what did I have to lose? I put together a brief note describing my relationship with K.S., and asked whether he might be related to her. He came back to me full of amazement, stating that he was indeed K.S.'s brother and that "there is a beautiful young woman in New York who thinks that [I'm] her father"; he additionally passed me the copy of my photo which J.B. had sent him, which effectively cinched it for me. Naturally, I asked him if he wouldn't put me in touch with her; he said that he'd contact her with my request and information and see how she'd respond, as he didn't want to trample upon her sensitivities. One day in May, as I was finishing up my morning shave, my wife came to the bathroom door holding the remote phone and saying, "This is a call that you'll definitely want to take." Yes, it was J.B. calling from her home on Long Island. After a few moments of awkward pleasantries between us, she began to put some of her long-held questions to me, and we spent some 45 minutes in sometimes near tearful conversation, concluding with the promise to continue our communication over the Internet -- and we did. At first our correspondence was a bit difficult, as J.B. was somewhat apprehensive as to me and what she was getting herself into, but over time in cyberspace and also by phone, as we got to know each other better, she eventually warmed to me and our newfound relationship. Then in September, she surprised me with her statement that she wanted to come to California to meet me. Piggybacking on an October business trip of her husband, J.B. flew into Los Angeles and lodged herself at a hotel in Beverly Hills. I drove over the next day to take lunch with her, which provided the most delightful, and near tearful, long overdue union between us. She had invited me and my wife and her "new" half brother to take dinner with her and her husband that evening, which we did, and this too was a wonderful event. The next morning, I drove back to have breakfast with her and her other invited guests -- her uncle and his and K.S.' half sister. As we all simply couldn't see to it to break off our lively conversation there in the lobby, breakfast became one big Kaffeeklatsch instead. I drove over again the following morning, and J.B. and I finally managed to have breakfast together this time, over which we continued to get to know one another. It was very tough to say good-bye. We promised to keep in close touch with one another, and we have. In the end, this father couldn't be prouder of such a lovely, charming, and gifted daughter. Now to meet the grandchildren! * * * Do you have an online or other "connecting" story to share? Send to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com ======================== Advertisements ============================ Get a Hoveround and get your life back Learn more about Hoveround(r) power chairs with a FREE Information Kit. Includes a video, brochure, Free Test Drive Certificate and Q-and-A Guide. No Cost Power Chair if you qualify. 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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 CRODEN, CROSTON EDWARDS-JACKSON -- Ancestry of (John or Jonathan) Jackson EDWARDS, who left New York before 1870, moved to Texas; married Betty MILLER GOBEN HENHAM, HYNDMAN IOCOVOZZI KNAUER-DNA -- Discussing KNAUER (surname) DNA projects LAUTENSCHLAGER MAFFITT SALEMI, STARLEY, STEPTER TREUBIG NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS ENGLISH-OBITS -- The sharing of obituaries of those in/from England GENOTA -- Discussing and sharing of information by users of the Genota and Genota Forms (genealogy research software) programs ITALIANS-PA -- Genealogy and history of Italians in Pennsylvania NE-VINTAGEPHOTOS -- Discussion and sharing of information regarding the use of vintage photos in Nebraska genealogy PA-LEROY-HERITAGE-MUSEUM -- History and genealogy pertaining to Le Roy (Bradford County), Pennsylvania 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 Valley County, Montana website is at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtvalle/ Saint Helena shnai -- Ascension Island U.S.A. aknome -- Nome Census Area (Alaska) gamcint2 -- McIntosh County (Georgia) kynichol -- Nicholas County (Kentucky) msmsbm -- Midway (Mississippi) School Building Museum mtsherid -- Sheridan County (Montana) mtvalle -- Valley County (Montana) okdgs -- Delaware (Oklahoma) Genealogical Society pavfcdar -- Valley Forge (Pennsylvania) Chapter DAR vamchs -- Mathews County (Virginia) Historical Society wisauk2 -- Sauk County (Wisconsin) 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 GHOST TOWN USA. A three-part site featuring extensive ghost town information from all 50 states, genealogy information and a newly created and growing section devoted to the hobby of license-plate collecting. Surnames featured in the genealogy section include: BEATTY, GASH, PARSONS, PRESTON, SPECK and WESTBROOK, as well as BRATTMILLER (BRATTMÜLLER), GUNTHER (GÜNTHER), KOLB, ORBAN, and WEISS. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~gtusa/ OUR SCOTTISH ANCESTORS - Folklore, history of Dundee-area cemeteries, and funeral customs of Scotland. Parish of Carmyllie, Inverarity, and Tealing. Success stories of the families living near Dundee, Scotland who immigrated to the United States between 1870 and 1920. The McGILVRAY and SEERIE men, skilled stone cutters, who removed to Denver, Colorado and started contracting companies--building some of the largest projects in the West. Includes photographs of Denver's historic Riverside Cemetery. Family names of Dundee: BOWMAN, GRANT, GUTHRIE, HOGG, ORROCK, DUFF, and KINNEAR; family names of Denver include McGILVRAY, BEATON, STURROCK, WILSON, RUSSELL, THOMPSON, HAYES, SEERIE, PRICE, MILLER, FINDLAY, GOLD, HALL, EVANS, RENO, KNOX, McNEIL, BARTON, HIMMELEBER, DUFF, ORROCK, DAVIDSON, WARWICK, and SIGI. http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.com/~bldr/ 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. ENGLAND Westmorland Gazette (newspaper); selected deaths and marriages, 1818-2000. 147 records; Bob Bond http://userdb.rootsweb.com/uki/ IRELAND County Leitrim. 1807 Freeholders of Leitrim. 164 records; Raymond Whiting http://userdb.rootsweb.com/uki/ U.S.A. CALIFORNIA San Francisco. Engineers and staff listed in "The Story of San Francisco's Struggle to Provide a Water Supply for Her Future Needs," by Ray W. Taylor. 24 records; Lori J. (Powell) Wicks http://userdb.rootsweb.com/bookindexes/ Humboldt County. Arcata. St. Mary's Cemetery; 1,451 records; Karen Hendricks http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ Solano County. Vacaville. "Settlers Who Acquired Property in Los Putos Rancho." 71 records; Lori J. (Powell) Wicks http://userdb.rootsweb.com/bookindexes/ Solano County. Solano County Landowners--Thompson and West Atlas, 1877. 158 records; Lori J. (Powell) Wicks http://userdb.rootsweb.com/atlas_gazetteer/ MASSACHUSETTS. Suffolk County. Boston. American Apollo (newspaper); marriages reported in 1792. 195 records; Andrea K Haga http://userdb.rootsweb.com/news/ American Apollo (newspaper); deaths reported in 1792. 267 records; Andrea K Haga http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/ TEXAS. Carson County. Panhandle. Panhandle Elementary School students and faculty, 1973-1974, 361 records; 1974-1975, 333 records; Panhandle Junior High students and faculty 1973-1974, 231 records; 1974-1975, 208 records; Stacy (Smith) Esquibel http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ VIRGINIA. Fredericksburg (Independent City); Tigers Midget League Football Team, 1928. 23 records; Paula Lucy Delosh http://userdb.rootsweb.com/groups/ 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]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bird Nests in Family Trees By David Porter in California, USA When I first started out in genealogy, I used to called these "bird nests" in the family tree -- anything that made the nice picture really hard to map. I have all the usual sets -- first cousins that marry, a person that successively marries siblings; a woman who discovers she has married her nephew, etc. Probably the most interesting is the woman who married a man, divorced him, married him again, divorced him again, married some other man, divorced him and went back and married the first man again. When I last talked to their children, at a family reunion in the late 1980s, they said they had long since stopped trying to kept track of whether their parents were currently married to each other or not. Besides causing problems for the family genealogist, such things often cause problems for the family itself. My aunt and uncle are first cousins. They had to get permission from the governor of their state to marry, but their real problems stemmed from the fact that both of them had the same last name--PORTER. All through school, their children had difficulty convincing teachers that they had filled out the forms correctly when they listed their father's name as PORTER and their mother's maiden name as PORTER. Most schools would end up sending a note home, telling the parents that the children could not seem to understand the question. After a few years of this, my aunt had a standard note she would send back that read, "Please believe my children when they say that my maiden name is PORTER. It is both my maiden name and my married name." One school, after receiving this note, wrote privately to my uncle telling him that, obviously, his wife did not understand the question either. * * * Holy Loch! By Alex Dow in the UK Noting the discussions regarding Carmel/Caramel, one of the next webpages I read happened to have the following street name included-- Mount Carmel Kirn, Dunoon, Scotland. The "Kirn" part can mean either a churn, as for making butter, or a disgusting mess! Being at Dunoon (Scotland), many of your (former) U.S. Navy personnel may be acquainted with the street and the area. [Editor's note: Stories and pictures about Dunoon and the U.S. Navy: http://www.thistlegroup.net/holyloch/book.htm http://www.thistlegroup.net/holyloch/proteus.htm] 8. Humor/Humour: Terms of Endearment -------------------------------------- Thanks to: Janet W. in New Mexico, USA Found in the 1860 Kansas census -- a PURCELL family that had three daughters named: Australia, Pocahontas, and Sophia. One has to wonder, if later in life they were nicknamed "Aussie," "Pokie," and (the oh so ordinary) "Sophie"? * * * 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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