RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine 2 November 2005, Vol. 8, No. 44 (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: Password Central; Guy Fawkes; Some Sites Worth Seeing 1b. Tips from Readers: "Spam Filters Choking Online Genealogy" 1c. Using RootsWeb: "What's in Your Attic?" 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb: "Genealogy via a Stamp Dealer" 3. New User-contributed Databases 4. New/Updated FreePages and HomePages 5. New at RootsWeb 6. RootsWeb Review's Bottomless Mailbag: "Lost Wife in Ohio" "Placing H's and R's" "Ancestor Was 'Fetched from Freshford'" "Shameful Diseases of the Past" "Another Head Scratcher" "Enlightenment on Chinese Names" "An Aging Tale" "Something Really Useful" "Inscription Puzzler Down Under" "Relying on Granny Not Always Wise" 7. Humor/Humour: "Research Reveals Curious Fruits" 8. Subscriptions, Submissions, Advertising, Reprints =============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. NEWS, NOTES, AND SITES WORTH SEEING 1a. EDITOR'S DESK: Password Central; Freepages Server; Guy Fawkes; Sites PASSWORD CENTRAL: Before you go to RootsWeb's HelpDesk for assistance, check Password Central. It may have the answers you seek. At Password Central lost or forgotten passwords can be retrieved for most RootsWeb services that require them. Also, there you can obtain: --User codes, passwords and Post-ems attached to your WorldConnect family tree(s). --A list of all the RootsWeb mailing lists to which you are subscribed --Passwords to your websites at Freepages, Homepages, etc. --RootsLink entries --Guestbook titles and passwords Click on the PASSWORDS tab at the top of any RootsWeb webpage or go to: http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ FREEPAGES SERVER PROBLEMS. RootsWeb recently experienced some hardware problems with the freepages server. Thank you for your patience. Before asking the HelpDesk about technical problems, always consult the announcement box that is located at: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ * * * GUY FAWKES AND BONFIRE NIGHT. November 5 is observed in England (and other localities) to commemorate the foiling of the attempt led by Guy Fawkes in 1605 to blow up the king and members of Parliament in retaliation for increasing repression of Roman Catholics in England. Guy Fawkes, the only son of Edward Fawkes and Edith Blake, was born 13 April 1570 in Yorkshire. He is immortalized in the "Gunpowder Plot" -- a nursery rhyme. Remember, remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder treason and plot. We see no reason Why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! Guy Fawkes, guy, t'was his intent To blow up king and parliament. Three score barrels were laid below To prove old England's overthrow. By god's mercy he was catch'd With a darkened lantern and burning match. So, holler boys, holler boys, Let the bells ring. Holler boys, holler boys, God save the king. And what shall we do with him? Burn him! SOME SITES WORTH SEEING: Guy Fawkes: A Genealogical and Biographical Look http://www.britannia.com/history/g-fawkes.html Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night http://www.bonefire.org/guy/ Bonfire Night Recipes. Includes Treason Toffee, Houses of Parliament Soup, Bonfire Potato Dogs, Banger Burgers, and Guy Fawkes Casserole. http://www.hookerycookery.com/bfire-menu.htm * * * 1b. TIPS FROM READERS Spam Filters Choking Online Genealogy By Peter Savage of Australia It seems that once, when you found possible cousins by their family tree on RootsWeb, they sent you a reply almost every time. These days it seems that I am lucky to get a 50 percent reply rate, and some of them only after a second or third e-mail. The reasons for this can be many. Some are old e-mail addresses that still exist but are not in use. Other folks are perhaps just not as polite about replying to e- mail as they used to be. But more and more often I find people trashing my e-mail as spam without even knowing it, because their spam filters are set to always trash e-mail from strangers, or because my e-mail mistakenly ended up in their trash folder and they didn't check it before deleting. To paraphrase the old quote, there are no strangers in genealogical research, just cousins we haven't met yet. Like my wife's cousin who sent her photographs of her 3-great-grandfather and his family when previously we had only known his son by a nickname, and even went out of her way to photograph the headstone of someone who wasn't her relative. Or the other cousin who sent us copies of pages from a family Bible and an excerpt from a book referring to an ancestor mortgaging a slave. These are things we wouldn't have had access to without an initial e- mail to a stranger. Genealogists need to examine the settings of their spam filters and NOT block strangers or complete domains (e.g. all of Hotmail.com), but only block single e-mail addresses known to be spam sources. We should also check each e-mail source and subject carefully before trashing it. Spam can be an almost overwhelming tide. People submit their trees to the WorldConnect for the express purpose of making connections with cousins to further their research. We should not allow ourselves to be denied these vital contacts. * * * Do you have a tip to share with other researchers? Send them to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com * * * 1c. USING ROOTSWEB: What's in Your Attic? It wasn't an easy chore cleaning out grandma's attic when she was about to move into the retirement home, but as an amateur genealogist Jim JUNKIN took pleasure in one thing -- finding bits of family history tucked among the "antiques" covered in dust and cobwebs in the old trunks and boxes. He separated all the items as he came across them into piles -- items that grandma might want to keep or pass along to younger family members, things that she might want sold, and things to be given away or thrown out. Among the items to be kept or passed down in the family were old school yearbooks and photos of grandpa from his Army days as well as photos of a few of his Army buddies. There were other miscellaneous newspaper clippings of weddings and obituaries -- all items that would make any family history researcher jump for joy. Jim considered for a moment what he could do to share this information with others who might be interested in it as well as how he might find families of the old Army buddies so that he could share with them the photos of their loved ones. Jim considered the nature and amount of each type of information he had found and what lengths he would be willing to go to in formatting and recording the data. Where he had limited information, Jim decided his best option is to post it on the free mailing lists and/or message boards at RootsWeb. To learn about, find, and join mailing lists, Jim started here: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ To locate message boards, he started here: http://boards.rootsweb.com/ Taking a few death notices, funeral cards, obituaries, baptismal records, and marriage notices Jim decided to share them with others on the appropriate surname and locality message boards. Boards are not just for queries he discovered but also great for sharing all kinds of data. The bits and pieces of information Jim had in his possession might be just what someone else had been seeking for years. Even the photos of his grandpa's old Army buddies could be scanned and uploaded directly to the message boards where anyone will be able to find them in a search. For the larger collections of data, such as the high school yearbooks, reunion class listing, and business college graduating class roster, Jim decided to format these into databases in consistent, labeled columns or fields, and submit them to the User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb where the data will be made searchable within a master database of similar type records. When he finished, Jim submitted the databases to: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ In addition to the items Jim knew would be of interest to his extended family members as well as cousins he hadn't met yet, and the photos and class lists that would have appeal beyond his family, he also had found some items that had no known connection to his family that he was able to determine. They were for a family named REDPATH. Jim had no idea who the REDPATHs were. Jim showed these remaining items to his grandmother and she said they had belonged to her sister's husband's family -- an old photo album, a baptismal certificate, and naturalization papers for someone's ancestors -- but not Jim's. There was even an original apprenticeship certificate for Albert REDPATH who had served as an apprentice to a master carpenter around 1900. Jim felt it would be nice to attempt to reunite these items with the family with whom they "belonged." He knew that if the tables were turned he'd be very grateful if the items from his family were returned. But how could Jim begin his search to find descendants of the REDPATHs? Investigating the various resources at RootsWeb, Jim eventually elected to post a message about the items on the Somebody's Links message board at RootsWeb. http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.researchresources.e-zines.somebodyslinks He carefully included what information he knew from his grandmother and from the documents he had found. He recorded the REDPATH surname in the surname box and typed in a meaningful subject for his message so that it could be found easily in a search or by anyone browsing the board. Jim felt confident he'd done his part in reuniting lost family documents with their rightful owner so that they could one day be on the path back to the REDPATHs. He also had a feeling of accomplishment in recording and making public his own family data. He had learned that what might have seemed at first like mere junk in the attic could be priceless treasures to the JUNKIN family. Have you ever stopped to think what genealogical treasures might be in your attic, basement, or closets? 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Genealogy via a Stamp Dealer By Bob Roland in Amarillo, Texas, USA I just had published 11 letters written by Benjamin Bradford PECK and William DeWolf PECK, who were sons of Nicholas PECK (1789-1838).in the October-November 2005 issue of "La Posta: A Journal of American Postal History" (http://www.la-posta.com/journal.htm). Nicholas PECK and his wife Ann BRADFORD were from Bristol, Rhode Island. and he immigrated to Texas and fought at the Battle of San Jacinto. (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/SS/qes4.html) The first two letters were written by Benjamin from Gonzales, Republic of Texas, to his family in Rhode Island. This wealth of history came into our hands via a stamp dealer. My friend, the owner, transcribed them and I attempted to provide the historical details, but the letters tell it all. Hopefully, a family member and genealogist will find them of value. We certainly enjoyed putting them before the public. [Editor's note: Also see DeWitt Colony Biographies: http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/innerresidents3.htm and Nicholas Peck Papers (merchant of Bristol, Rhode Island] http://www.rihs.org/mssinv/Mss016.htm] ======================== Advertisements ============================ PICK 3 DISNEY MOVIES, ONLY $1.99 EACH WITH FREE SHIPPING! Browse the world's most magical movie library as a member of the Disney Movie Club. Pick 3 of your favorites for $1.99 each--with FREE shipping and processing when you join. Satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. 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Details and sign up at: http://classes.myfamily.com/ ====================== 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. U.S.A. Military Records. 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, 1945 795 records; Dianna Davis. USS Hopewell; DD-681 U.S. Navy Destroyer, 1943-1970; 1,725 records; USS Hopewell DD-681 Association http://userdb.rootsweb.com/military/ ALASKA. Kenai Peninsula Borough. Cooper Landing. Saint John Neumann Catholic Cemetery; 5 records. Halibut Cove. Tillion Cemetery, 4 records. Kenai. Saint Nicholas Memorial Chapel, 3 records. Nanwalek. Sts. Sergius and Herman of Valaam Russian Orthodox Cemetery, 71 records; Seldovia. Seldovia City Cemetery, 286 records. Seward. Seward City Cemetery, 410 records; Seward. Presumed Seward City Cemetery burials; 401 records. Tyonek. Tyonek Cemetery, 109 records. Totem Tracers Genealogical Society http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ CALIFORNIA. Los Angeles County. Redondo Beach. Central Elementary School, 8th grade, 1938-39, 31 records; C. Kelso http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ Monterey County. Alisal Township. 1910 Census, Enumeration District 1, 573 records; Enumeration District 2, 764 records; Enumeration District 4, 616 records; M. Hellam http://userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index/ Tulare County. Obituaries Index -- 1859 to 2002 108,139 records; Sequoia Genealogical Society http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/ INDIANA. Brown County. Probate records, 1895; 17 records; Probate record for Eleven Moore; 1 record; Probate record for Harvey Moore, 1906; 1 record; http://userdb.rootsweb.com/courtrecords/ Nashville paper; 1918 Martha Ann Moore obituary; 1 record; Carolyn Brumley http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/ NORTH CAROLINA. Caswell County. Walker family genealogy research; 7 records; Roberta Walker Butler http://userdb.rootsweb.com/nativeamerican/ NEW YORK. Lewis County. Brantingham Cemetery burials 360 records; Susan Gyore http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ PENNSYLVANIA. Westmoreland County. Index of Naturalization Records of Ethnic German Immigrants, 1809-1914, 3,066 records; Richard A. Newhouse http://userdb.rootsweb.com/naturalization/ SOUTH DAKOTA, Hand County. IOOF Cemetery, 243 records; Polo. Fairview Township. Calvary Catholic Cemetery; 255 records; Ree Heights. Morningside Cemetery; 471 records; Rose Hill Township, Halen Family Cemetery; 5 records; Saint Ann's Catholic Cemetery, 462 records; Saint Lawrence Cemetery (Some IOOF), 569 records; Spring Township. Orient Prairie View Cemetery; 314 records; Ronette and Jenny http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ WEST VIRGINIA. Cabell County. 1945 death record for Adam Oliver Kelley, 1 record; Ruth Kelley http://userdb.rootsweb.com/deaths/ 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 AUSTRALIA. Western Australia. Parkerville is a small semi-rural village in the hills about 30 kilometers to the east of Perth. Includes 1901 shipping list of the ship, Oroya (list of children who arrived at Fremantle on 11 December, 1901, with Sister Kate and Sister Sarah and several young women helpers; biographical information from the Parkerville Children's Home Cemetery; Post Office directories and electoral rolls http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~parkerville/ HENDERSON. "Tennessee Hendersons." A one-name genealogy study dealing with the surname Henderson, primarily in state of Tennessee. http://tnhendersons.rootsweb.com/ 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] ITALY itaaihs -- Altavilla Irpina (Italy) Heritage Society itafhs -- Frigento (Italy) Heritage Society U.S.A. almvcdar -- Marble Valley (Alabama) Chapter DAR azcthcdar -- Charles Trumbull Hayden (Arizona) Chapter DAR azmcdar2 -- Maricopa (Arizona) Chapter DAR azycdar -- Yuma (Arizona) Chapter DAR flfhs -- Florida Huguenot Society fljccnsh -- Jean Calvin Chapter of the National Society of Huguenots (Florida) gacamde2 -- Camden County (Georgia) gahcsg -- Habersham County Saving Graves (Georgia) iapsd -- Pioneer Sons and Daughters (Iowa) kynelson -- Nelson County (Kentucky) kywashi2 -- Washington County (Kentucky) mioaklan -- Oakland County (Michigan) ohmcdar -- Mariemont (Ohio) Chapter DAR orampcdar -- Anna Maria Pittman (Oregon) Chapter DAR wamrwcdar -- Mary Richardson Walker (Washington) 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 AILES GAUBATZ LUTER MORRIS-DNA (MORRIS DNA research) PERALTA RAFERT SEIFFER NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL-INTEREST MAILING LISTS GA-CIVIL-WAR (U.S. Civil War--Georgia) 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]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lost Wife in Ohio By Joye Wyatt in West Jordan, Utah, USA My ancestor, Hiram ALLEN, married a young lady named Jely GOO in June of 1844 in Warren County, Ohio. "She left home on June 5th to go and visit relatives and has not returned, this being November 1847." -- Divorce granted. * * * Placing H's and R's By Kinter D. Bernard, Jr. Cockney English does indeed drop the "H" at the beginning of words but it also places an "H" before a word that begins with a vowel. Thus, "Emma's home" becomes "Hemma's 'ome." The accent in Boston does the same type of thing with a terminal "r" so that words ending in pronounced vowels have an added "r" while a terminal "r" is usually converted to "uh." Thus, "Cuba" becomes "Cuber" and "Worcester" (worster) becomes "Wuhstuh." * * * Ancestor Was 'Fetched from Freshford' By Tony Taylor-Neale in Martlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk I have tried over a number of years to find my grandfather's family without success. What we know, and the earliest record are four letters dated 21 January 1892, 28 January 1892, 8 February 1892, and 25 February 1892 written by Bessie Anne HUNT of Buxhall Cottage, 3 Denzil Road, Guildford to a Mrs. NEALE. The letters indicate: a. A form of "adoption" took place with terms and a financial agreement. b. Mrs. NEALE lived at or near Purbrook Park Hampshire at the time. c. The little boy is referred to as "Willi" (probably short for William). d. The child is to be "fetched (him) from Freshford" and Mrs. NEALE being paid the fare. e. The mother was unwell during the period and the letters only refer to his mother. In the 1901 census William T. G. NEALE, age 10, is living with Charles and Louise NEALE at 18 Eversfield Mews Hastings where Charles' occupation was shown as a coachman domestic. My family believes, as we have no written proof, that: 1. His name was originally TAYLOR, as this name was incorporated into our surname by the time of his marriage in 1914. The "T" in the 1901 census return could be for Taylor, but was this name given later, after 1892? 2. His second Christian name was George, the "G" in the 1901 census return was probably George, but we have no indication that this was given by his natural mother. 3. His army record from the National Archives at Kew show his date and place of birth as Portsmouth in 1890. I believe this was information given by my grandfather to the army. But no William George TAYLOR was born in Portsmouth in 1890. Now the date could have been wrong and a William George TAYLOR was born in 1889, but he died on 25 April 1892 of whooping cough. 4. His birthday was 27 April, but the Family Records Centre show no William George TAYLOR was born on that date. I also followed the Freshford connection, a village with a railway station near Bath. I checked births for the Bath area and again found a William George TAYLOR born in 1889, but a check of the 1901 census showed he was still living with his family in 1901. Two dead ends, and no other clues I can follow. I hope that some one may be able to help. * * * Shameful Diseases of the Past By Evelyn W. in Texas, USA In Texas where I live, consumption was used as a euphemism for tuberculosis. That was another "shameful" disease. * * * Another Head Scratcher By Mary Craig There is one of my relatives listed as a "nefue Ollie Harmon" on the 1880 U.S. census. * * * Enlightenment on Chinese Names By David Bales A year or two back my wife and I attended a seminar in Sydney where the topic was searching records to do with Chinese immigration into Australia. Several Chinese-speaking people were both listed as speakers to the meeting (they were bilingual) and as members of the audience. It was explained by those people that the word AH was not a name in any Chinese family. It means more "My name is" or "I am." So that if someone asked your name, you might reply, "AH GORMLEY" meaning my name is GORMLEY. It doesn't take much to see where all the AH BEE, AH SOH, AH TICK, etc. families scattered particularly through the English-speaking world are descendants of that other lot named -- AH MISUNDERSTOOD. * * * An Aging Tale By Connie Trier While searching the census for an elusive relative, I found a sad commentary on long life. An elderly gentleman, whose age was given as 112, was living in the local poor house. Evidently he had outlived friends and family -- or maybe he was just an ornery old cuss and no family member would have him. * * * Something Really Useful By Georgine Iseli in La Mirada, California, USA In Missouri we found the Useful Cemetery -- located in Useful [Osage County]. Not much of a community left, but a fun discovery. * * * Inscription Puzzler Down Under By Catherine Murnane in Australia Found on a gravestone in Melbourne General Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia is the following, which makes one wonder as to the story behind such an inscription. "Rid me and Deliver me from the Hand of Strange Children whose Right Hand is a Right Hand of Falsehood" -- Psalms 144, Verse 11 Buried in this grave are: Robert George ENFIELD, his first wife Sarah (who died childless), and his daughter from his second marriage to Ellen WINDRIDGE, Sylvia Muriel MIZEN. * * * Relying on Granny Not Always Wise By Odessa Elliott Margaret Bryant of Australia cites the case of a daughter, not a medical attendant, giving "cause" on a death certificate: father was 78, so of course, he died of "old age." My paternal grandmother made a very serious error in giving information for the death certificate of her father, who died in 1918. She listed his mother as Leatha WALKER. Although it seemed improbable that his mother had the same first name as his wife, I accepted the information with the thought that surely my grandmother knew her grandmother's name! Well, I was wrong! Further research showed that her father's mother had died at some time between 1850 and 1860 and my grandmother wasn't born until 1870. Her father's mother was named Ruth and having this correct information permitted me to find her father on the 1860 Census. Did my grandmother make a Freudian slip in listing her father's mother as having the same name as her father's wife (who'd died in 1913)? The error is certainly odd, in light of the fact that my grandmother did give the correct maiden name of her father's mother! 7. Humor/Humour: Research Reveals Strange Fruits ------------------------------------------------ Thanks to: Peter Edwards One of the ladies at the Family History Centre in Billingham (Durham) was looking through the parish records of Alfreton (Derbyshire) England. As she perused the records she noticed several entries relating to an ORANGE family. Nothing unusual you may think, but the burial entry for the 4th January 1787 caused considerable interest as we confirmed what she had found. 4 Jany Lemon Orange was buried. We all thought it strange to find a Lemon on an ORANGE tree. * * * 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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