RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine 3 May 2006, Vol. 9, No. 18 (c) 1998-2006 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: Check here for announcements: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ * * * ========================================================= IN THIS ISSUE: 1. NEWS, NOTES, AND SOME SITES WORTH SEEING 1a. Editor's Desk: 1841 England and Wales Census Arrives at Ancestry.com Ancestors in the News Book Notes: South Carolina Some Sites Worth Seeing: New York City Vitals 1b. Tips from Readers: "Overcoming Spelling Hang-ups" 1c. Using RootsWeb: "Exploring the SS-5" 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb: "SS-5 Unlocks the Hidden Past" 3. New User-contributed Databases 4. New/Updated FreePages and HomePages 5. New at RootsWeb 6. RootsWeb Review's Bottomless Mailbag: "Using a Wiki to Expand Genealogical Horizon" "Researching U.S. Naval Vessels" "Where in the World is This?" 7. Humor/Humour: "Stable Answer"; "Some Signs Your Ancestor Was Feeble-Minded" 8. Subscriptions, Submissions, Advertising, Reprints ======================================================= IN THIS ISSUE: 1. EDITOR'S DESK: NEWS, NOTES; SOME SITES WORTH SEEING 1a. EDITOR'S DESK: The 1841 England and Wales census is now available at Ancestry.com -- completing the largest and only online set of all publicly available England and Wales censuses. Searching the online England and Wales censuses is just like searching the U.S. census records on Ancestry.com -- and subscribers will not have to leave the country (or their home) to track their ancestors. The England and Wales censuses have facts similar to what you'll find in the U.S. censuses. Although information varies by census, especially for the 1841 census, you will usually find the following: --Address: house number or number and name of the street --Residence: whether home was inhabited and, if inhabited, number of rooms occupied --Occupant: name of each person who spent the night in the house and each person’s relationship to head of family --Personal: sex, age, condition (marital status), birthplace of each occupant, and rank, profession, or occupation --Health: whether blind, deaf, dumb, imbecile, idiot, or lunatic The actual images (more than 40,000 total) of original handwritten census records are now available, now including 16 million names in the earliest standardized England & Wales census. 1841 was the first census in British history to include more than just a statistical count. The UK census collection includes fully indexed enumerations for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901, and covers all counties in England, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man. 1841 England Census: To view the images, you must be a paid subscriber. http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=list&dbid=8978&offerid=0%3a679%3a0 * * * ANCESTORS IN THE NEWS. Exploring RootsWeb turns up genealogical gems, historical treasures, and a few ancestors we might prefer to prune from our family tree. Browsing through the Lawrence County, Alabama website (part of the USGenWeb project) we discovered the following tidbits from old Alabama newspapers -- thanks to the efforts of some fine volunteers. http://www.rootsweb.com/~allawren/bitspg1.htm An effort is being made to secure the pardon of Hollis and Chassie SCOGGINS who were sentenced to three years in the penitentiary last April, a year ago, for shooting one W. T. CHILCOAT for ruining their sister under the promise of marriage.-- Moulton Advertiser, 20 July 1899. The SCOGGIN Boys were taken to the coal mines last Saturday. There is a general feeling throughout the county to have them pardoned. -- Moulton Advertiser, 11 February 1899. The Rev. J. W. SHOEMAKER, who endeavored to steal a few postage stamps from Uncle Sam, was tried at the recent Conference in Huntsville and expelled from the Methodist Church. Poor creature! His greed has placed a stain upon him which can never be erased, but he is not alone. There are others, high in position, whose crimes will some day be revealed to the public.-- 8 December 1898. Mrs. Lizzie SHELTON, a lady of high social standing in Scottsboro, while walking across the street last Wednesday, seeing Hugh BYNUM at a distance, called him to her side, drew a pistol and shot him through the shoulder. She fired twice again without effect, and then surrendered to the authorities. She claims that Bynum had insulted her.--Moulton Advertiser, 4 June 1885. * * * BOOK NOTES: South Carolina South Carolina Royal Grants, Volume 1: Grant Books 1 through 9; 1731-1761, by Brent H. Holcomb. 440 pages hardcover, indexed, The grant books are not strictly in chronological order and many of the township grants are in separate volumes. $45 plus mailing costs. Chester County, South Carolina Will Abstracts 1787-1838 [1776-1838], by Brent H. Holcomb. Hardcover, 220 pages, indexed. In 1787 the county courts became courts of ordinary (probate courts) and began recording wills and estates at the county level. $35 plus mailing costs. Order from Brent H. Holcomb, PO Box 21766, Columbia, SC 2922. Mailing charges are $4 for first book, $1.50 for each additional book to same address. South Carolina residents should add 6 percent sales tax. * * * SOME SITES WORTH SEEING: New York City Vitals Births. Links to Brooklyn (and Long Island) births http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Birth/index.html Births from Queens County Sentinel http://www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com/QUEENSBIRTH.html Marriages. Links to Brooklyn, Long Island, Manhattan, etc. marriages http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Marriage/index.html New York Marriage Records http://marriagedatabase.com/newyork/marriage-records.htm Deaths. Contact information for obtaining death dates from wills and letters of administration from the Surrogate's (Probate) Court in each county in New York City http://www.jgsny2006.org/research.cfm Links to Brooklyn, Long Island, Manhattan, etc. deaths http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Death/index.html * * * 1b. TIPS FROM READERS: Overcoming Spelling Hang-ups By Wanda Hilyard Gonzalez For some 30-plus years, I had searched for information on my mother's great-great-grandmother. In a death record for her daughter, she was listed as Lacrissa Annie SINKLER. While I was able to find a limited number of SINKLERs in my search, none of them brought me any closer to my SINKLER. One day, as I was searching, I saw a SINCLAIR and wondered, could my SINKLER actually have been SINCLAIR? Perhaps someone couldn't spell very well. Once I thought that, I looked at her first name, Lacrissa. I had never seen that name, either and then thought, if SINKLER was SINCLAIR, could Lacrissa be Lucretia? With that in mind, I searched for Lucretia SINCLAIR and in minutes, I found her, Lucretia Anne Christina SINCLAIR. She was married to the right man, though searching for him had never uncovered her. My 30-year mystery was solved by thinking outside the box. [Editor's Note: If you have been unable to find your ancestors in census and other compiled indexes, the problem may be misreading of the surnames rather than omissions. Leap over the name spelling hang-up. Your ancestors may have always spelled or signed their name a certain way, but you can bet that those who actually recorded their names -- census takers, county clerks and tax collectors -- spelled it in various ways. How often have you had your own surname misspelled? Think about it . . . According to William Thorndale, in The Source, "An enormous amount of genealogical research fails because people do not take simple precautions in searching for spelling variants." -- http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/lesson8.htm] * * * 1c. USING ROOTSWEB: Exploring the SS-5 Now that you have found Aunt Grace in the RootsWeb SSDI (Social Security Death Index) (http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/), what's next? Let's assume you wish to send away to the Social Security Administration for information included on Grace's SS-5 (Application for a Social Security Number). This information is available under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for deceased individuals. To request Aunt Grace's data, click on the link that says "SS-5 Letter" under the Tools column on the line with her SSDI listing at RootsWeb. You will find a preprinted request letter with her Social Security number and other pertinent information already typed in for you. Print the letter and enclose a check for $27 and mail it to the address provided on the request form. You can also request the SS-5 information without the Social Security number, but it costs $29 in such cases. What information can you hope to learn from the SS-5? You can expect to receive a printout from the microfilm of the items on the SS-5. It probably will provide the following information: --Full name --Full name at birth (including maiden name) --Present mailing address (at time the application was made) --Age at last birthday --Date of birth --Place of birth (city, county, state) --Father's full name "regardless of whether living or dead" --Mother's full name, including maiden name, "regardless of whether living or dead" Many of the requests being made for old SS-5 application data will include the information the person provided to obtain his or her Social Security Number originally -- based upon the questions asked on the old form. The items originally found on the SS-5 application when Social Security first began can be viewed on the Social Security website: http://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/ss5.html Keep in mind that birthdates and other information supplied by the applicant were generally not verified at the time of application on the older applications--but rather, proof was submitted at the time the individual or his family members applied for benefits on his account. The information on the SS-5 may or may not be 100 percent accurate. Besides requesting SS-5 information, what other data can you obtain from SSA? Requests for Computer Extracts of Social Security Number Applica- tions, called Numidents, may be made at a charge of $16 -- if the SSN is provided and $18 if the SSN is not provided. The Numident has limited information but it does include name changes for married women. This information is not found on the original SS-5 forms. Many Numident records of older individuals, primarily those born in 1910 or earlier, are abbreviated records that do not contain the names of the individual's parents and may not contain the place of birth. While it happens infrequently, there have been cases where only the Numident form still exists. The SSA will also search for information about the death of an individual for a fee of $16 if the SSN is provided, and $18 if it isn't. Note that SSA does not usually have the place of death, burial, or cause of death. It will not search for the Social Security number of anyone born before 1865. SSA attempts to handle request within 20 (working) days from the date it is received. However, it may take longer depending on the difficulty of finding the record and depending upon the current case load. Requests are processed on a "first in" "first out" basis. * * * * * * * * * * Advertisements * * * * * * * * * * FINALLY, A STORE WITH PRODUCTS JUST FOR SENIORS! 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No middle names or initials were available then to narrow my search. That forced me to request a copy of the SS-5 for each of the most likely candidates in turn. The Roots Web version of the SSDI helps you do this with a link to the proper form letter. The SS-5 is the form your ancestor filled out to apply for a Social Security number and to enroll in the system. For a fee (now $27) SSA will mail you a photocopy, often in the applicant's own handwriting and always with a signature, full of golden info. It takes a few weeks. On my second try I hit pay dirt. Suddenly I knew my father's date and place of birth, that his father's name was William Houston and that I had a grandmother named Lola (RUSTIN). I also learned where he lived and worked on 21 May 1937, and the Social Security number they gave him on that date. From the SSDI itself I now knew that he had died in 1967, many years before, but I didn't have a clue where or why, or what his life was like for his 60 years. His places of residence and last benefit were unreported. But, as the recent addition of middle names/initials to the RootsWeb version of the SSDI, shows, Social Security knows more about us than they routinely tell. If sometimes can tell more, but you have to ask. Acting on a tip from a fellow family researcher, I went to my local Social Security office armed with my father's SSN and the basic documents I needed to identify and link me to him: birth, divorce and name change records. I asked a sympathetic person there for my father's last place of residence and final employer. When I left I knew that he died on 1 September 1967 in Nashville, Tennessee while working for the Chicago-based architectural and engineering firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. A few days later, I received by mail printouts of his most recent earnings history! I had all the clues I needed and soon added birth and death certificates and an obituary from the Nashville "Tennessean" daily newspaper. Will SSA go that extra mile for everybody? I think I got lucky. I had an appealing story and found a good-hearted employee on a quiet day. Your stars may not so align, but it never hurts to ask. What's next? His death certificate said my father served during World War II. I hope to soon know if the National Archives measures up to Social Security as a helpful federal agency. Also, I'm following RootsWeb's suggestion and attending the National Genealogical Conference this June 6-8 in Chicago. Maybe a Skidmore employee there will be as helpful in person as my friend at the Social Security office. * * * [Editor's Note: Information about obtaining military records of U.S. veterans from the National Archives can be found here: http://www.archives.gov/veterans/evetrecs/index.html A Prologue article "20th-Century Veterans' Service Records Safe, Secure -- and Available," By Norman Eisenberg, will be of interest to many military records researchers. http://www.archives.gov/veterans/research/prologue-spotlight-nprc.html] * * * Did you leap over some brick walls or cleverly figure out where your grandmother was hiding in a census? Do tell! Dazzle us with your brilliant sleuthing or uncanny luck. We're all ears. Send your tales of genealogical adventure to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com 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. FLORIDA. Brevard County. Obituaries from Today newspaper; 1966; 464 records; 1967; 721 records; 1968; 894 records; Jim and Bonnie Garmon http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/ NORTH CAROLINA, Martin County. Roberson Family Cemetery. 1877-1914; 10 records; Annette Roebuck http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ VIRGINIA. Spotsylvania County. R.E. Lee High School. 1923; 10 records; Paula Lucy Delosh http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ VIRGINIA. Richmond. Partial list of John Marshall High School students. 1940; 11 records; Paula Lucy Delosh http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ 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 BLACKWOOD, County Down, County Antrim to Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Iowa. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smschlack/black.html ELSINGER. Descendants (and Ancestors) of George Elsinger, who came to Washington County, Wisconsin from Großenzenried, Bavaria, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elsinger/ KRENZELOK FAMILY. Paul and Elizabeth Krenzelok of Ladysmith, Wisconsin. http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~gregkrenzelok/Our%20Family%20the%20Krenzeloks.html 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] U.S.A. arahgp -- Arkansas AHGP Site kylee2 -- Lee County (Kentucky) kywchgsm -- Whitley County Historical Genealogy Society and Museum (Kentucky) medfhs -- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society (Maine) orampdar -- Anna Maria Pittman Chapter DAR (Oregon) wiwaush2 -- Waushara County (Wisconsin) Key: AHGP -- American History and Genealogy Project APG -- Association of Professional Genealogists CAR -- Children of the American Revolution DAC -- Daughter's of the American Colonies DAR -- Daughters of the American Revolution DCW -- Daughter's of Colonial Wars DRT -- Daughters of the Republic of Texas DUVCW -- Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War NSCAR -- National Society Children of the American Revolution NSCD -- National Society Colonial Dames 17th Century OGS -- Ohio Genealogical Society SAR -- Sons of the American Revolution UDC -- United Daughters of the Confederate USD -- US Daughters of the War of 1812 * * * 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 29,800 RootsWeb-hosted genealogy Mailing Lists and for easy subscribing (joining) options go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS ADERHOLD (includes ADDERHOLD, ADDERHOLT, ADERHOLT, ADERHOLZ, ADIHOE, and ATHERHOLT) BERKELOW DUTFIELD EDMONSTON GRIPPEN HASSALL, HURDON LEPIRD, LIPPITT NEEPER ROSINE, RUSECKAS (includes RUSECKI/Y, RUSKEY, and RUSAS) NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS AUS-QLD-CAIRNS -- Cairns, Queensland, Australia AUS-QLD-MARYBOROUGH -- Maryborough, Queensland, Australia AUS-QLD-ROCKHAMPTON -- Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia AUS-QLD-TOWNSVILLE -- Townsville, Queensland, Australia 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]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Using a Wiki to Expand Genealogical Horizon By Matt Mathews http://glennpetition.wikispaces.com/purpose Having heard growing up that one of our relations was one of the earliest criminal defendants in California, I was very interested in knowing exactly how we were related. To my disappointment, however, I found that the California Supreme Court case made no mention of the defendant's first name. The following describes how I was able to deduce that the defendant in this case was in fact my 2nd great-grandfather, Isaac C. GLENN, something which I was able to confirm once I received the actual records of the trial from the California State Archives. Please see: http://glennpetition.wikispaces.com/Relationship/ On April 29, 1858, in Stockton, California, Isaac GLENN, (my 2nd great- grandfather), was tried for murder and convicted of manslaughter in connection with an "affray" that grew out of his efforts to evict from his property two notorious claim jumpers, Francis and Robert BRUBAKER. From the record we know that GLENN shot both on 25 January 1858 and that Robert died instantly while Francis died from his wounds some 14 days later. Whether Glenn killed them in self-defense as he maintained or whether he "feloniously, willfully, unlawfully, and of his malice aforethought did kill and murder" Francis, as he was charged, is a matter of debate. What makes the case interesting however is that GLENN was convicted largely on the basis of Francis' dying declaration, who, "impressed with his approaching dissolution," was presumed to be beyond all temptation to lie. In this regard, this case has become an oft-cited precedent, "People vs. Glenn," for admitting as evidence the statements of a dying person as relayed posthumously by another (the Justice of the Peace in this case), which under different circumstances might otherwise be inadmissible as hearsay. Although GLENN lost his appeal to the California Supreme Court, the circumstances behind his "affray" with the BRUBAKER brothers were such that some 1,100 citizens, (including some from the jury that convicted him), signed petitions asking that he be pardoned -- a pardon which he ultimately received from Governor Weller after serving nine months in San Quentin. Perhaps your ancestor's name is among them. http://glennpetitionpublic.wikispaces.com/p1 http://glennpetition.wikispaces.com/NewspaperAccounts * * * Researching U.S. Naval Vessels By David Allen Lambert Did your ancestor serve in the United States Navy? Have you ever wondered about the actual history of the vessel? Or what the vessel physically looked like? Obtaining an image and history of the vessel breathes new life into the story of your relative’s service. Naval vessels from the 18th to the 21st century are available on the Internet from small crafts to aircraft carriers. After you determine what vessel(s) he or she served upon you could use a simple image search at http://www.google.com/ to locate a photo or print of the vessel. However, I would like to recommend two under-utilized websites to answer this question. Online version of the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships supplied by the U.S. Department of the Navy: http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/index.html The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships was published in nine volumes between 1959 and 1991. This database puts online for the first time more than 10,000 individual histories, references, and links to images of U.S. Naval ships, and updates the earlier printed editions. To search specifically for the images from the Online Library of the Department of the Navy go to: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org11-2.htm In addition to U.S. Naval Ships, there are images for other vessels, including Ships of the U.S. Army, Ships of the U.S. Coast Guard, Revenue Cutter Service and Lighthouse Service, and Ships of the Confederate States. There are also selected images for foreign navies (though not as complete as those for the U.S. Navy), including those of Australia, Brazil, Britain, Cuba, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Republic of Korea, Norway and Spain. There are many other images to explore on this website. You can easily download the image or order a print from http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org11-3.htm * * * Where in the World is This? By Roger Quaintance (formerly SNOCKEN) in Two Harbors, Minnesota Some years ago I posted to RootsWeb inquiring about my family surname of "SNOCKEN." I have since found that it occurs only in the UK and is derived from SNOEKEN, a Belgian family name. However in my search there is one loose end that you or your readers may be able to help with. There was mention of the name of a town or city in the USA of SNOCKENBERG. Does it still exist, what is the story behind its name, where is it. Can anyone help? 7. Humor/Humour: Stable Answer ------------------------------- Thanks to: Alice Sawyer A man emigrating from Ireland landed at Ellis Island in New York. The official asked him his nationality. He replied, "Scottish." The officer seemed confused and said, "But your papers say you were born in Ireland." The proud immigrant squared his shoulders and explained. "If a man is born in a barn, that doesn't make him a horse." He entered his new homeland as a Scotsman. * * * Some Signs Your Ancestor Was Feeble-Minded --Sold his farm to a neighbor "magic beans and other valuable considerations." --Attended the wrong family reunion for 10 consecutive years. --Was turned back at Ellis Island for failing the doorknob test. --from "The Genealogue Shop" http://genealogue.blogspot.com/2006/03/top-ten-signs-your-ancestor-was-feeble.html * * * Found a "proper name for the job" or humorous sign, amusing entries in census, parish, church, etc. records? Send them to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com 8. Subscriptions, Submissions, Advertising, Reprints ----------------------------------------------------- SUBSCRIPTIONS. 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