RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine 19 October 2005, Vol. 8, No. 42 (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/ * * * RootsWeb HelpDesk http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ For best results, when contacting the RootsWeb HelpDesk, provide information about your computer (PC or Macintosh), its operating system (Windows 2000, XP, Mac OSX, etc.) and your Web browser and its version. http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/form1.html * * * =============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. NEWS, NOTES, AND SITES WORTH SEEING 1a. Editor's Desk: News from NEHGS Some Bewitching Sites Worth Seeing Around and About: Wisconsin GenWeb 1b. Tips from Readers: "Deciphering Old Handwriting" "Ironing Old Faxes" 1c. Using RootsWeb: "Which Witch Hangs on Your Family Tree?" 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb: "Family Mystery Solved via Mailing List" 3. New User-contributed Databases 4. New/Updated FreePages and HomePages 5. New at RootsWeb 6. RootsWeb Review's Bottomless Mailbag: "Hard-headed Ancestor Causes Grief" "Fading Memories" "Bank Vaults Suffer Flooding" "Safe-deposit Boxes Not Always Safe" "Aging Perception Is Relative" "Misreading Stymies Researcher" "Especially If You're Not Dead" "Puzzling Inscription" "Doctoring the Records" 7. Humor/Humour: "Git Along Little Dogies?" 8. Subscriptions, Submissions, Advertising, Reprints =============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. NEWS, NOTES, AND SITES WORTH SEEING 1a. EDITOR'S DESK: News from NEHGS Gary Boyd Roberts is the Senior Research Scholar of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS). He is the author of several authoritative publications, including "The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States," "Ancestors of American Presidents," "Notable Kin" (volume 1 and volume 2), "American Ancestors and Cousins of the Princess of Wales," and "Best Genealogical Sources in Print: Essays." In 2002, Roberts commented, "I hope everyone who uses the Internet continues to share information with each other. Many "lost pioneers" and 19th-century immigrants have a sibling or cousin who is in the ancestry of another genealogist. The Internet is much speedier, and potentially more comprehensive, than any past query column or other medium of exchange . . . The Internet is also, of course, a splendid tool for updating your branch of a particular genealogy. An electronic medium should never replace library and primary research, and it may well expose beginning genealogists to many old mistakes. But use the Internet, gather information from cousins online, and then begin your real research with at least hints, if not resolutions, about ancestors who might previously have remained "dead ends." In celebration of Roberts' achievements at the NEHGS, it is offering free access to all of his columns for a limited time. These articles can be read at: http://www.newenglandancestors.org/education/articles/research/special_g uests/gary_boyd_roberts/gbr_mainpage.asp * * * D. Brenton Simons, who will succeed Ralph J. Crandall as executive director of the New England Historic Genealogical Society in December ( http://newenglandancestors.org/), is the author of a new book, "Witches, Rakes, and Rogues: True Stories of Scam, Scandal, Murder, and Mayhem in Boston, 1630-1775." It contains more than 20 true--but long forgotten--tales from Boston's past. While the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692 are well-known to the public, few people realize that colonial Boston experienced a series of witchcraft trials and other demonic episodes throughout the 17th century. Four local women--Ann Hibbins, Margaret Jones, Alice Lake, and Mary Glover--were tried in separate cases, convicted, and executed for the crime of witchcraft. Other women were charged with witchcraft and several narrowly escaped punishment. In 1693, for example, a group of reputable Bostonians swore that they had witnessed a young woman, Margaret Rule, levitate in midair during the throes of a satanic encounter. By digging deep into Boston's records, Simons reveals a veritable rogues' gallery, along with some family skeletons and other skirmishes in Boston's colonial gentry, including scandalous affairs and acrimonious divorces. Additionally, the little-known suicide by arsenic poisoning of Governor John Winthrop's widow is examined. These well- documented narratives will engage, surprise, and entertain readers and family historians. http://www.newenglandancestors.org/education/main/%20Witches_Rakes_and_R ogues.asp * * * SOME BEWITCHING SITES WORTH SEEING: The Salem Witch Trials. http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/ What About Witches (Salem, Massachusetts). http://www.salemweb.com/guide/witches.shtml 17th-century Colonial New England (with special emphasis on the Essex County witch-hunt of 1692). http://www.17thc.us/ * * * AROUND AND ABOUT: Wisconsin GenWeb The Wisconsin GenWeb (WIGenWeb) Tombstone Photograph Project now has more than 56,000 photos online. It includes 56 of the state's 72 counties with more than 600 cemeteries represented. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/ * * * 1b. TIPS FROM READERS Deciphering Old Handwriting By Stan Bayne in New Zealand For the last four months I have been working steadily through the transcription of a piece of the 1861 English census returns for Lancashire. Eventually it will be incorporated in an index for the whole of the 1861 census. But the real challenge comes in deciphering the handwriting. I have been surprised at the extent to which some of the old 17th- century Secretary Hand had survived -- the double s using the long s followed by a small s -- the incredibly complicated form of the capital F -- the curious form of k which looks at first like lb. I have no trouble now that I'm used to it, but at first I had to use a magnifying glass to sort some of it out. Perhaps a few who read this may be tempted to have a go at transcribing -- it's interesting work and will help future genealogists. [Editor's note: The following links pertaining to handwriting can be useful to genealogists struggling to decipher documents: Palaeography: Reading Old Handwriting, 1500-1800, a practical online tutorial is available at the UK's National Archives. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/ English Handwriting, 1500-1700. An online course. http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/index.html Need help with Scottish handwriting? See the "Online Tuition in the Palaeography of Scottish Documents, 1500-1750." http://www.scottishhandwriting.com/ RootsWeb has a mailing list that may be of interest to researchers trying to decipher old English documents. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Translations_and_Word_Origins/OLD- ENGLISH.html] * * * Ironing Old Faxes By Jo Ann Reagan Alice Syman's heating method of darkening the print on old faxes can be safer if an iron (not steam) is used with the old fax sandwiched between two sheets of paper. Takes a bit longer but is safer, I think. Also, I have had luck by scanning, then manipulating the dark/light on the image with Photoshop [software]. Scanning and then manipulating works also for old negatives when you don't have the picture and don't dare send the old negatives out of your sight. * * * Do you have a tip to share with other researchers? Send them to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com * * * 1c. USING ROOTSWEB: Which Witch Hangs on Your Family Tree? Wanda WILLARD knew from the time she was a girl that she was "different." Her parents told her she was "special." Wanda showed signs of possessing unusual talents from an early age, one being an uncanny ability of knowing what people were thinking. Rather than playing Chutes and Ladders and Candy Land like most children, she had preferred the Ouija board and Magic 8-ball. Instead of an imaginary friend such as that created by many youngsters, Wanda was always accompanied by the family's pet cat. She would chatter away for hours to Mehitabel and the black cat would sit staring back at Wanda as if transfixed. As Wanda grew older her father sat her down and told her a story that had been passed along from generation to generation in the family. She learned that she was the descendant of a witch -- or at least someone who had been accused of witchcraft in Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. However, her father couldn't recall the given name of the ancestor accused of being a witch but the surname TOWNE was one he recalled his mother having mentioned. This made Wanda curious to learn more about her ancestry and any possible inherited "talents" and how she connected to a Salem witch. She searched the Internet and turned to RootsWeb in an attempt to learn more about the family stories. She checked the list index pages for mailing lists and found two lists of interest under the Other classification -- WITCH-TRIALS and WITCH-HUNTING. She subscribed to both lists directly from the index page. Since all RootsWeb lists are free and she could subscribe and unsubscribe any time she wanted to, she figured she had nothing to lose by joining the lists. She also clicked on the links on the index pages for these lists to the browseable archives so that she could read what others had already posted to these lists in the past just in case she could learn more about her witch trial ancestor. Next she headed for the RootsWeb/Ancestry message boards at: http://boards.rootsweb.com/ and checked the Topic boards where she quickly located the Salem Witch Trials board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.salem-20- witch-20-trials Wanda explored the links from the main RootsWeb page, found the "Websites at RootsWeb" link, and checked out the miscellaneous sites http://www.rootsweb.com/~websites/misc.html. On this index page, she located the following web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa/witch.html Eventually Wanda located several family trees in RootsWeb's WorldConnect database (http://wc.rootsweb.com/) that included information about a TOWNE family that had three daughters who were accused as witches in Salem in 1692. Wanda discovered more than she ever dreamed about witches and witchcraft and American history. She also learned about the circumstances that led to being accused of witchcraft in 17th-century Salem, which often didn't include anything even remotely evil or unusual about the unfortunate souls who found themselves accused and/or convicted of being a witch. She found herself fascinated by the challenge of making the genealogical connection from her grandmother to the TOWNE family of early New England. Which of three TOWNE daughters -- Rebecca, Mary, or Sarah -- was her ancestor? Wanda found that she didn't need to stir a cauldron, take flight on a broomstick, or conjure up an evil spell to learn about her ancestor who had been accused of witchcraft -- she merely needed to make use of the resources she located at RootsWeb. No sorcery required. 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Family Mystery Solved via Mailing List By Linda Johnston After years of receiving the JOHNSTON mailing list from RootsWeb, there was finally a query that was a direct link to my husband. It seemed that his uncle, Andrew JOHNSTON, who married Mary BEAR, just evaporated from the face of the earth. For years, the family has searched to find where he went after leaving Michigan. They knew that he'd died at a young age and the story had it that he'd been working in a quarry in northern Ohio. Now, the lost has been found. When I saw a posting on the JOHNSTON list requesting information on Andrew JOHNSTON and Mary BEAR, I answered it. The query was from Joe THORPE, a grandson of Mary BEAR. Andrew and Mary had a set of twins who died without having been named. That part I knew. However, they also had a daughter, born in my county (about half a mile from my house) and a son, who was born in Ohio. After Andrew died (at the age of 39), Mary married again and had a daughter. That husband abandoned Mary and her daughter when the daughter was about five years old. He was never heard from again. Mary then married for the third time. This man adopted her daughter -- the mother of the cousin who wrote the query. I guess, technically, this person is not related to the JOHNSTONs, even though his aunt and uncle are JOHNSTONs and his mother's mother was a half sister to them. (Is it any wonder that we genealogists are slightly off kilter? Just trying to figure out some of these relationships is enough to drive a person off the deep end!) Joe was writing so much, in response to my e-mail, he neglected to give me the date and place of death for Andrew. He was just so excited to have found somebody who knew anything about the JOHNSTON and BEAR connection. I wonder what he'll do when he finds out that I also have information on the THORPE surname? I wrote him back to secure the information that has been a brick wall for many, many years, even to those who have no interest in doing the work of genealogy. My husband and I want to be able to go and visit Andrew's graves on our next trip to Ohio. It will be a welcome relief to many of the immediate family to know that the lost has been found. I definitely will have my digital camera along to capture a photo of the site. I just wanted to share my good news and remind those who get down because they can't find a certain person -- never give up. Those brick walls can crumble in a moment. ======================== Advertisements ============================ BRITISH ANCESTORS RESEARCH WEEK Salt Lake City, February 12-17, 2006 Register early for a 10% discount! British ancestors? Enjoy the ideal genealogy getaway -- spend a whole week at the Family History Library, accessing the vast British collection with help and advice from professional researchers. 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You'll also find pages to list your parents' and grand- parents' names so your grandchildren will know even more about who they are and where they came from. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=20529&key=P3820 * * * MYFAMILY.COM OFFERS GENEALOGY ONLINE TRAINING COURSES (each $29.95 USD). Sign up for English Research, Eastern Europe Intermediate Research, Jewish Internet Research, Scottish Research, Irish Research and more. Details and sign up at: http://classes.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=home&htx=onlinetraining&class= &siteid=*&school=GEN ====================== End Advertisements ============================== 3. New User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ ---------------------------------------------- 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. ALASKA. Kenai Peninsula Borough. Kenai. Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church Cemetery; 185 records. Homer. Homer Community Cemetery; 104 records. Hope. Hope Cemetery; 37 records. Kasilof. Kalifornsky Village Orthodox Church Cemetery; 10 records. Nikiski. McGahan Cemetery; 104 records. Nikiski. Monfor Cemetery, 22 records. Nikolaevsk. Nikolaevsk Cemetery; 18 records. Seward. Masonic Cemetery; 116 records. Totem Tracers Genealogical Society http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ TENNESSEE. Grainger County. Israel McBee, Revolutionary War pension file, 1 record; Kay Haden. http://userdb.rootsweb.com/military/ 4. New/Updated Freepages and Homepages -------------------------------------- Can your cousins find your website at RootsWeb? Has it ever been mentioned here or do you have a new, updated, or substantially revised website at RootsWeb (it will have "freepages" or "homepages" in the URL)? Send the URL (its Web address), along with a brief description, including the major pertinent surnames and what is available on your site, to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com ENGLAND. Norfolk Baptism Project. Transcription project to place online complete records for baptisms in Norfolk from 1813 to 1880. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tinstaafl/ INDIANA. Bloomington (Monroe County). University High School, 1938 through 1972. Includes school photos, alumni and faculty, reunion news, and memories. http://freepages.school-alumni.rootsweb.com/~mjolson/ OKLAHOMA. Mangum (Greer County). All about the senior class of 1948. http://freepages.school-alumni.rootsweb.com/~chousmith/ 5. New 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] CANADA nsafva -- Association Francophone de la Vallée d'Annapolis (Nova Scotia) U.S.A. azatcdar -- Apache Trail (Arizona) Chapter DAR azgbcdar -- Gila Butte (Arizona) Chapter DAR azpcg -- Pinal County Genealogists (Arizona) aztcdar -- Tombstone (Arizona) Chapter DAR casgs -- Sequoia Genealogical Society (California) ilwbcgs -- Winnebago and Boone counties Genealogical Society (Illinois) micholly -- Village of Holly (Michigan) microse -- Rose Township (Michigan) motcogs -- Tri-County Genealogical Society (Missouri) ncgcgs2 -- Granville County Genealogical Society (North Carolina) pajfcdar -- Jacob Ferree (Pennsylvania) Chapter DAR DAR -- Daughters of the American Revolution * * * New Mailing Lists at RootsWeb Request a New Mailing List: http://resources.rootsweb.com/adopt/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- MAILING LISTS. 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 29,400 RootsWeb-hosted genealogy Mailing Lists and for easy subscribing (joining) options go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS ABSALOM ADAMS-ANZ (Adams in Australia and New Zealand) ADKISSON BEEL BODIFORD CLARK-AL (Clark in Alabama, USA) DORNHOEFER DOUBLEHEAD FAIVRE FARNEN FERGUSON-UK (Ferguson in UK) FROMKE FULLER-DNA GADE HIMAN JATHO JONES-DC (Jones in Washington, District of Columbia, USA) JONES-MD (Jones in Maryland, USA) MATLOCK-DNA MAUREY MAURI MOOREY MOREE MORI MORREY MORRY MORY MOUREY MOURY MOWREY PRALL SAYCE (includes SAISE, SAYS, SAYESM, SEYS) STEEL-UK (Steel in UK) SUCHAN TADESSE TORNOW VANEYDERSTEYN (Van Eydersteyn) VIGRATZ WISEL YOUNKIN ZURENDA NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL-INTEREST MAILING LISTS AUS-NEWSPAPER-EXTRACTS --listing of funeral, death and obituary notices from Australian Newspapers ENG-GEN-EVENTS -- share schedules, topics, speakers, and other information about genealogy events in England, including conferences, meetings, conventions, and seminars UK-1921-CENSUS -- deals with all aspects of the 1921 UK census, including availability. NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS KVGS -- Kalamazoo Valley (Michigan) Genealogical Society NCGCGS -- Granville County (North Carolina) Genealogical Society WA-SGS-Announce -- Seattle (Washington) Genealogical Society 6. 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]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hard-headed Ancestor Causes Grief By Doris Davis in Houston, Texas, USA Researching census records for my grandfather I found the following "informative" records. 1910 Washington Co., MS [Mississippi]: Duthu, Louis Head M W Refused to Answer 1920 West Carroll Parish LA [Louisiana]: Duthu, J. L. Head M W (There were 17 errors in this one, including many birthplaces, listing one daughter as a son, and last four children listed on the next page as black. I don't know if all this was again the result of my grandfather refusing to answer or the Louisiana enumerator's errors or combination of both.) Thanks a lot, Grandpa! He did much better on the 1930 census (or my grandmother stepped in with answers). Everything was right on it. * * * Fading Memories By Kay Ohana My mother, Anna Sue MENASCO COKER (1916-1998), was an avid amateur genealogist. I wasn't very interested most of the time and found it difficult to become excited when she would wave a document in front of me, exclaiming, "Oh, I found my great-great-grandfather's will," etc. The best I could manage for her was to transcribe the old handwriting, and type it so she could read it. In 1992 at age 76, she began to show signs of memory failure, was aware of her loss, and begged me to take over her genealogy files. She was so concerned that 40 years of genealogy research would come to naught. I bought my first computer in 1996, a genealogy program, and started entering data from her files. (Needless to say, with nary a thought of including her sources). It took me nearly six months to complete all the basic information from her family sheets and when finished I printed out her ancestral tree. I taped it all together and then taped it to the dining room wall. She asked me what it was? I told her that it was her family tree, with her ancestors, pointing to her name and her parents, grandparents, etc. Some of her lines went back to the 16th and 17th centuries. She stood there for a moment studying it and then said, "I don't know any of these people," and walked away. It about broke my heart, as by then she was deeply advanced into the tragedy of Alzheimer's. A year later my granddaughter came to visit with her new baby, which delighted mother, as she adored all babies. While holding her great- great-granddaughter, she suddenly, burst into a wide grin, and with a little laugh while hugging the baby to her, exclaimed, "She's mine, she's me, she is because of me!" * * * Bank Vaults Suffer Flooding By Edwina B. Owen The above article from your Bottomless Mailbag suggests using a large bank safety deposit box for storing our records, pictures and other irreplaceable items. Usually that is the first place most of us think about as the safest storage for our valuables. However, a friend of mine lost a 250-year-old family Bible when the bank vault with the safety deposit boxes was flooded as a result of Hurricane Katrina. It might behoove us to check to see if the vaults are situated above flood stage or if there are pumps and emergency generators to pump out the rising waters. * * * Safe-deposit Boxes Not Always Safe By Bonne Handy in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA How happy I am that I did NOT rent a safe-deposit box for my family treasures. Hurricane Katrina sent a 40-foot tidal surge onto the Gulf Coast and destroyed many banks, turning special documents and pictures into a sodden mess. Users couldn't even get into what was left of the safe-deposit boxes for weeks after the hurricane. When I make a back-up CD of my genealogy program I send it to my daughter in another state for safekeeping. All of my old family pictures are in my computer, which is easily moved to the car. What my family has jokingly come to call my "Hurricane Hampers" (large, empty plastic tubs) are kept in my office ready to be filled in a heartbeat when we have to pack out for a storm. Plus, I try to make copies of as many of my tintypes, old pictures, etc. and distribute them to family members so all will not be lost in case of a disaster. Granted, this system doesn't work in case of fire, tornado or perhaps even earthquake. But if you live in a hurricane-prone area, don't trust a safe-deposit box to protect anything made of paper. * * * Aging Perception Is Relative By Margaret Bryant in Australia I have a beaut for "cause of death" on a death certificate. It reads: Johannes MAUCH -- farmer died 15th April 1885 in Swan Creek, Australia -- Cause of death: "Old Age." (He was 78 years old.) Most death certificates are certified by a medical attendant, but his daughter gave the information. * * * Misreading Stymies Researcher By Glenda S. Strayer For many years I was stymied because I misread my grandmother's death certificate. I thought it said "labor pneumonia." I knew she had died just days after giving birth to my aunt Nina, I puzzled and scratched my head and finally gave up. Then just last year at the historical society I found her on the index and decided to take a peek with magnification. The problem is solved -- it was lobar pneumonia -- another case of the infamous doctor's handwriting. * * * Especially If You're Not Dead By Linda Chamberlain There's a "Surprise" Cemetery, Indiana. Guess if you ended up in the cemetery, it would be a SURPRISE! * * * Final Step Proves Fatal By Neil J. Savage On my maternal grandfather's death notice the following appears: WOUNDS OF ABDOMINAL WALL PERITONITISES (Carrying Pail of Water, Slipped and Fell on Pail) * * * Puzzling Inscription By Burt Lang in Canada An inscription found on an old stone in the Huntingdon Protestant Cemetery, Huntingdon, Quebec read: SPEEDY A. Died Mar. 28, 1857 Aged 7 years Daughter of M and O Cooper One has to wonder what the story behind that name is. * * * Doctoring the Records By David Porter in Mountain View, California, USA When reviewing old records, sometimes the "cause of death," wasn't. I dug up the record of a person who had died of "consumption." However, a most ancient member of the family told me that the person had really died of cancer, but, for no reason she could remember, that had been considered "shameful" and was never entered as the cause of death for a respectable person. 7. Humor/Humour: Git Along Little Dogies? ------------------------------------------ Thanks to: Sharon Bedford, who's been hearing things on the range We have all heard of today's gifted "Horse Whisperers," and assume this is a modern-day profession, but the 1880 Van Zandt County, Texas (USA) census lists several "Cattle Hearders." Makes one wonder what they hear, as those of us without this gift only hear "Moo." * * * Found a humorous sign or entry in census, parish, church, etc. records? Send to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com 8. Subscriptions, Submissions, Advertising, Reprints ----------------------------------------------------- SUBSCRIPTIONS. 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