RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine 12 July 2006, Vol. 9, No. 28 (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. 1a. EDITOR'S DESK: NEWS, NOTES, AND SOME SITES WORTH SEEING NEWS: Garbled Newsletter; Along the Rhein BOOK NOTES: Appomattox County, Virginia SITES: Canadian Post Offices and Postmasters; Artists and Ancestors; Personal Historians, Australasia; Creek Indians 1b. Tips from Readers: Enumerator Hides Ancestors 1c. Using RootsWeb: Slaying Spelling Dragons 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb: Smashing BROWN Brick Walls Picture from Past Opens Present-day Doors 3. New User-contributed Databases 4. New/Updated FreePages and HomePages 5. New at RootsWeb 6. RootsWeb Review's Bottomless Mailbag: Quick Thinking Gets Rapid Response Fast Proposals for Collier Widows Crossing Off My Ancestors Drummer Boy Tale Leads Researcher Home 7. Humor/Humour: Squawking Sounds 8. Subscriptions, Submissions, Advertising, Reprints ======================================================= IN THIS ISSUE: 1a. EDITOR'S DESK: NEWS, NOTES; SOME SITES WORTH SEEING NEWS: Garbled Newsletter. If you were one of the many subscribers who received a garbled version of the RootsWeb Review last week, our apologies. As they say in television, it was "due to technical difficulties." If you did not receive your copy due to another error on our part, you too can obtain a copy of last week's edition from the archives: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/2006/0705.txt The archives, which contains all previous editions of the RootsWeb Review back to 1998, can be accessed here: http://e-zine.rootsweb.com/ Along the Rhein. Reader Jan Hart reports that "In trying to find some German relatives, I came across the following website that brings up a directory of several towns in the Rheinland state of Germany, with the lists of births and marriages from the 1600s to the 1800s, maybe even some later. "I suspect a number of the RootsWeb Review readers have relatives from the "old country" for whom they are searching and this site might open a door or two for them. "I cannot tell you how many records are there, some files have 14-15,000 records. It is best to use the old CTRL F function to search each set of records. Many of the records are church related. For example, the Osann-Monzel records were for the Saint Peter and Saint Nikolaus parish. One of the people I was looking for was originally from Ernst (which was noted beside his name) when he married a young lady from Osann. "The area covered is quite large, mostly west of the Rhein (Rhine) River up to Koblenz, Bernkastel, Bitburg, the Mosel Valley, over to Trier, and south toward the Saar." You probably will need to know the town of origin in order to use this site successfully and to hone your German language skills. http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/wgff/trier/Familienbuecher Westdeutsche Gesellschaft fur Familienkunde e.V (in German) http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/wgff/ The home page of this organization (in English) is here: http://www.genealogienetz.de/index_en.html * * * BOOK NOTES: VIRGINIA. "Appomattox County -- A Pictorial History," by Thomas Terry, Contains more than 300 captioned pictures of the people and buildings of old Appomattox County. This book serves as both a source of historical and genealogical information along with the rare photographs from the author's collection. Available ($30 postpaid) from: Thomas Terry, P. O. Box 25, Appomattox, VA 24522. * * * SOME SITES WORTH SEEING: Canadian Post Offices and Postmasters -- a free searchable resource that documents changes of postmasters at individual post offices located across Canada throughout its history. http://globalgazette.net http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/index-e.html Artists and Ancestors -- A Miniature Portrait Collection. http://www.portrait-miniature.blogspot.com/ Association of Personal Historians, Inc. http://www.personalhistorians.org/ Australasia. Births, Deaths and Marriages Exchange. http://www.ausbdm.org/ Creek Indian Researcher http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~texlance/main.htm * * * 1b. TIPS FROM READERS: Enumerator Hides Ancestors By Carol Steele in Sandusky, Ohio, USA While gathering data on my family lines, I could not locate my grandparents in the 1910 federal census in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio. I verified with my aunt that they had indeed lived in the same house from the date of their marriage, so why couldn't I find them? I searched for the surname ELSNER (not that common of a name) to no avail. When I switched to ELMER (my ex-husband's family), up came my great-grandfather and my great-aunts -- right where they should be, but where were his son and wife? I searched by all their first names: Joseph, Nellie (Ellen), and their baby, Marian, with no luck. I finally decided to go through the census page by page. There they were -- right where they should be, but listed very clearly as SMITH! Wonder what was going on with the enumerator that day? The lesson is "Don't give up" until you have really done a complete search. * * * 1c. USING ROOTSWEB: Slaying Spelling Dragons By Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG Dragons lay in wait for us as we venture forth into uncharted waters of genealogical research. The biggest one out there is the Old Spelling Dragon. He can gobble up your ancestors and sidetrack your research for years -- if you let him. Most of us have some stubborn ideas about the spelling of our surname and often refuse to look at other possible spellings. We waste way too much time complaining about how a clerk or indexer "misspelled" our name. It is time to get over this preconceived notion about how names should be spelled -- there is no "correct" way to spell names. If you are going to find your ancestors, take off the blinders, toss out your preconceived notions about your name and learn to look for all the variant ways the name might have been written or indexed. Say your surname aloud and then write down all the ways you can think of that it might be spelled. It is usually the vowels that trip us up. Old Spelling Dragon often tosses in an extra "e" or throws out a "u" and then we can't find our ancestors in an index. When you are unable to find any listing for your surname in the indices, such as censuses and marriages, it should raise a red flag that there is a spelling problem. Look for variants. Switch the vowels around. Toss them out. Check all forms of the first vowel in your surnames when searching any index. And, you know about the other surname dragons -- Sneaky H and Shifty R -- don't you? Take the surname of Whiteley (Whitley) -- an old English habitational name -- as an example. You should routinely check indices for Wha, Whe, Whi, Who, Whu and Why. The "y" sounds like "i" so treat it like a vowel. Also, drop the "h" and look for Wa, We, Wi, Wo, Wu and Wy spellings. Other variants include Whitely, Whittley, Whittla, and Witley. Have someone from England, Canada, Australia, and Texas (USA) say the name for you -- then you'll hear the spelling problem loud and clear. Look up your surname in a good name dictionary (one of the best in American libraries is "Dictionary of American Family Names," edited by Patrick Hanks) to discover additional spellings. Learn the ethnic origins of your families. Remember that surnames have histories just as families do, but the history of a particular surname is not necessarily the same as your family's. In other words, not all the HOLTs in America came from England, though the name is an English topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood or copse. But, the surname also has German, Danish and Norwegian roots and could be a shorten version of Holtgrave, Holtgrive, Holte, Holten, Holthausen, Holtkamp, Holtmann, Holtmeyer, Holtz, and others. For surnames that begin with a vowel -- a, e, i, o or u -- look under all the vowels, plus under Sneaky H. Some of Wild West personality Wyatt Earp's ancestors were uncovered in Maryland, hidden under Harp and Hearp. I have found my Autry (Awtrey) ancestors disguised as Hawtrey and Ottery. That Sneaky H can slink into names in peculiar places and bring your search to a screeching halt. Shifty R is another dangerous dragon. It is a semi-vowel, appearing helter-skelter in names. Be on the lookout for it, especially in unexpected places. Its appearance can put your names in mysterious places in an index. Don't let spelling peculiarities conceal your ancestors or the spelling dragons defeat you. Watch your vowels and search for variant spellings under which your ancestors are hidden. * * * * * * * * * * Advertisements * * * * * * * * * * WOW! [Internet Genealogy] is stupendous . . . Internet Genealogy is a real asset . . . This new product fills a real need for researchers and is well worth checking out! . . . I'll go out on a limb and say that Internet Genealogy will soon become the most widely read genealogy magazine . . . You've come up with a winning product . . . I am very impressed! 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I was unable to get back farther than Jacob -- I hit my brick wall. I joined RootsWeb’s BROWN mailing list, the Sangamon County, Illinois mailing list and posted a message on the BROWN message board asking if anyone had information on Jacob’s parents. My lucky day came when I met Kenny BROWN through the RootsWeb BROWN message board. Kenny was also trying to find Jacob’s parents. He lives in Illinois close to Sangamon County, which was a plus in doing our research. We developed a strong friendship and shared all the information we gathered on Jacob BROWN and his family. Since I live in California Kenny was our on-site leg man in Illinois. I was able to tell Kenny that Jacob was buried in the Morgan Cemetery. He went and took pictures of Jacob and Ann’s graves. The grave photos proved to be the key in finding Jacob’s parents. Our breakthrough came when Kenny came across a Jacob BROWN on another website (http://www.familysearch.org/) who was born 15 August 1782 in Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut to a Jacob and Keziah (WARD) BROWN. The surname WARD jumped out as significant. Our Jacob BROWN had a son named Amos Ward BROWN and low and Keziah’s father was named Amos WARD. Looking further it was learned that Keziah's mother’s maiden name was JONES. A grandson of our Jacob’s was named Jacob Jones BROWN. Kenny and I were excited with this new possibility. Could the birth date and location given in Power’s book be wrong? To separate the two Jacob BROWNS, I refer to (1) Jacob, meaning the father of (2) Jacob, my ancestor. The 1880 American census was the first year that the parents' birth places were listed and three of (2) Jacob’s children were still alive in 1880. Hulda, the oldest of the three, stated her father was born in Connecticut. Jacob Jr. and Elizabeth said he was born in New York. None of the children said he was born in Vermont. I kept on looking for documentation that the two Jacobs were the same person. I e-mailed the Somers Historical Society in 2001 and it confirmed that the (1) Jacob BROWN family moved to Vermont after his son Jacob was born in Connecticut. Revolutionary War pension records show in 1818 (1) Jacob BROWN was living in Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont. The Barbour Collection from the Connecticut State Library confirms the birth date of a Jacob Brown as 15 August 1782 in Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut to (1) Jacob and Keziah BROWN. I studied the photo Kenny had taken of Jacob’s tombstone in Morgan Cemetery, Gardner Township, Sangamon County, Illinois. It says (2) Jacob BROWN was 57 years 1 month and 26 days when he died on 11 October 1839. I went to an Internet birth calculator and plugged in his age and death date as shown on his tombstone and it said his birth date was 15 August 1782. I e-mailed Kenny my findings and the two of us did the genealogy happy dance. How could this mix-up of one year and one day have happened? The Barbour Collection says (1) Jacob was born 14 August 1755. It is possible that (1) Jacob’s birth date of 14 August was confused with (2) Jacob’s birth date of 15 August. It is also possible the birth year was miscalculated since the birth date didn't appear on the tombstone. I have come to realize that genealogy books have errors. The error of Jacob BROWN’s birth date and location created my brickwall. Only perseverance uncovered the mistake and let me add a couple of more generations to my family tree. I've been able to add to my BROWN files -- (1) Jacob BROWN to his father Alexander BROWN and to his grandfather John BROWN. I'm so grateful to RootsWeb for bringing Kenny BROWN and me together via the BROWN message board. Without collaboration neither of us would have found Jacob’s parents. In January 2001 Kenny and his wife traveled to California to attend my parents' 60th wedding anniversary. It was a thrill for me to meet Kenny in person after getting to know him through our shared research. Thank you, RootsWeb. * * * Picture from Past Opens Present-day Doors By Bonnie Ladoe in Portland, Oregon, USA I broke down a brick wall and found a living cousin! It started with a 1935 snapshot taken in Santa Monica, California of my parents and grandparents while they were visiting my grandfather's Aunt Sadie. Also in the photo were Mabel and Francene, Sadie's daughter and granddaughter. No one in my family knew what happened to their California cousins. I knew that Sadie was actually Sarah UPTON, born about 1858. I obtained her California death certificate and found the informant to be a Mabel Francine WRIGHT -- Obviously the daughter, I then obtained a death certificate for Mabel and the informant was Francene. Next I tried to obtain a death certificate for Francene. But, no luck. By "guesstimating" her age at about 82, I realized that she might be still alive. So I started posting the information I had on all the RootsWeb sites and lists with Francene's last name. After about two years, I got an answer that merely said "my grandmother's name is Francene." I wrote back with more questions and was told by this young lady that she wasn't supposed to be "talking" to any one she met on the Internet. After many futile attempts to assure her I was not a predator and e- mailing her many family photos and documents, she told me she was 16, and "believed me." But at her age she had no sense of history and refused to tell her parents of my existence or relay the information on to them. Finally, after many months, she told me that she lived in the Los Angeles area and that she had given the information to her parents. And she e-mailed a photo of her and her family with Francene. (Her father is Francene's son). But I never heard back from her parents. After a few more months, she apparently changed her e-mail and I lost contact completely. End of story? No! I found that Francene's husband was a Robert and began searching for him. I found a phone listing in the Los Angeles area and gave it a try. To my surprise, Francene answered the phone! As is common with widows, the phone listing had remained in Robert's name. Francene told me she had received all the documents and photos I had sent and enjoyed them. She said her daughter would like to contact me "when she's not so busy". So far, that day has not come. But at least I was able to talk to a long-lost cousin who is still amazed that I could actually find her. So am I. * * * 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/ CALIFORNIA. Los Angeles County. San Dimas. Bonita Union High School; Senior Class 1916; 21 records; Junior Class 1916; 25 records; Sophomore Class 1916; 23 records; C. Kelso http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ LOUISIANA. Ouachita Parish. Monroe. Ouachita Parish High School; Senior Class 1935; 230 records; C. Kelso 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 ILLINOIS. Chicago Genealogy Links. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~khahn/genealogy.html IMMIGRANT SHIPS TO NEW ZEALAND. This is an index showing ships (not name of passengers) that came to New Zealand ports, mostly from the British Isles but also some from Australia, between 1835 and 1910. This index gives the name of the ship, the port it left from, the date it left, the port it arrived at, the date it arrived, the captain of the ship, how long the voyage took, and sometimes some notes and URLs. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shipstonz/shipstonz.htm LEWIS. The Lewis Family of Collin County, Texas, beginning with Martin and Winnie Lewis who went from Cocke County, Tennessee to Collin County, Texas in 1867. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jimmylewis/ 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/~xxxxxx [accountname] U.S.A. alcbonse -- Bon Secour (city, Alabama) mikccem -- Kalamazoo County Cemeteries (Michigan) tnafamer -- African American Griots Project (Tennessee) txccanto -- Canton (city, Texas) txcgrand -- Grand Saline (city, Texas) 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]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quick Thinking Gets Rapid Response By Thomas Scott Regarding the story of the person who claimed that his great-aunt was his grandmother in order to obtain a death certificate, which might have created a government record containing false genealogical information, I doubt that government agencies keep such information. The State of Pennsylvania has similar laws that make it nearly impossible to make use of this treasure house of information [death certificates]. I understand the need to protect the privacy of an individual, but one would think that a person dead for 70 years or more would no longer benefit from such secrecy. Along that vein, many years ago I wrote to a local vital statistics office and requested the birth certificate for a distant relative who had died of old age in 1945. I received a response that said the certificate could only be sent to the named person or their next of kin. I wrote again and claimed I was this person, that I was 106 years old, and that I needed the birth certificate to apply for my passport. I further explained that I needed a passport because I had just gotten married and was going out of the country for my honeymoon. I got the birth certificate by return mail. * * * Fast Proposals for Collier Widows By Richard Weller in South Yorkshire, UK. The story in last week's RootsWeb Review of a "Painful Widowhood," which lasted 'a dreadful seven weeks' before the woman re-married would not have been thought remarkable in coal-mining areas of Great Britain 200 years and more ago. It was not unusual for a widow to receive one or more proposals of marriage on the day of her late husband's funeral or even before it. Not only had the unfortunate woman lost her husband -- most commonly in an accident in the pit or from a work-related illness -- but her home was probably provided by the mine owner and so in her grief-stricken state she would now be expected to find alternative accommodations, often with many children to care for, and no income. Meanwhile one of her late husband's collier colleagues would be looking for a wife, preferably one with some children who could also work down the pit and so add to the household income, * * * Crossing Off My Ancestors By Lesley Hager I could not find my widowed great-grandmother on the 1920 Chicago (Illinois) census even though I knew her address. My grandfather was still living at home and so was his youngest sister. After many tries of name spelling, I gave up for a while -- then I desperately asked my mom if she remembered any of the neighbors' names. She remembered a little girl that she played with. I found the little girl and then went through several pages until I found the right address There it was and the surname "SZAFRANSKI" was spelled right, but a line was drawn through it. Seven lines were left blank with no information. There was another family (different surname) enumerated at this address. My guess is that my grandfather, Edward, 20, and his sister, Lottie, were living with their mother, Karolina, and were working. Karolina spoke no English and may not have answered the door. With the blank lines it looks like the enumerator planned to return but never did or he or she returned and no one answered the door, so the name SZAFRANSKI was then crossed out? * * * Drummer Boy Tale Leads Researcher Home By Christina Schnitzer in Albany, New York, USA I was able to demolish my REEVES brick wall. My great-grandfather Lafayette Lee REEVES was born in Ohio and I had his birthdate. But that was the extent of the information on him. But there was a story in the family that he was a drummer boy for the Union Army during the Civil War. My friend Walter, who is a Civil War buff, said that the story was not entirely correct. The drummer boy part, no way, but the Union Army information was probably right. Walter suggested that I try to see if my ancestor received a pension. The National Archives has military and pension records back to the Revolutionary War. http://www.archives.gov/veterans/research/genealogy.html I filled out the form and sent it in. If there was a pension record, I could get that and his military service information and maybe some family information. Even though it says it may not be included. Maybe I would be lucky and there would be some. About four weeks later I received a letter that said the National Archives had found a record for him. I mailed the requested $5 (now I believe it costs $10). I waited another four weeks and then a big manila envelope arrived. In it were photocopies of the pension records for Lafayette Lee REEVES. I learned that he enlisted 2 May 1864 and served with the 140th Ohio Infantry (Co. G) and the 188th Ohio Infantry (Co. E.) and was a private. He was discharged 27 September 1865. In addition to learning why he was discharged (rheumatism and hemorrhoids) and the amount of his pension, the documents also gave me all of his children's names and the name of his wife. This is also how I found out that my grandmother Clara had a twin brother named Clarence. A letter written by my ancestor started that he was born in Meigs County, Ohio and that his father's name was Lorenzo Dow REEVES. I checked with the Ohio directory service to see if there was a historical society for Meigs County. There was one, I called. It assigned me a researcher who was able to trace Lorenzo Dow REEVES back to his father -- Richard REEVES. Richard REEVES had served in the Revolutionary War. The researcher found a note that said Edna Spirea WILSON was a relative and a member of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution). I contacted the DAR and it sent me a copy of her application when she joined. It gave information as to where Richard REEVES was born and that his family had moved from Southhold, New York to New Jersey. Next I went to my telephone directory and found a listing for the Southhold town clerk's office. This was easy because I lived on Long Island and that is where Southhold is. The town clerk said that there was a historical society and gave me the telephone number. I called and it was able to confirm that Richard REEVES had lived there with his family and that his father’s name was Solomon, the son of Walter REEVES. I was also in contact with a REEVES cousin who lived in Iowa. He sent me a copy of the "Reeves History from Southhold and New Jersey." It confirmed all of the information on Richard back to Walter. One bit of information can lead you to another in breaking down brick walls. Mine started with a story of a drummer boy in the Union Army. 7. Humor/Humour: Squawking Sounds ----------------------------- Can you top this with an ancestor who has a more interesting or unusual occupation? Thanks to: Bob Klebs, who submits his entry from the 1860 U.S. census: John B. Hamilton, age 23, Darlington Heights, Prince Edward County, Virginia. Occupation -- "a turkey hunting ventriloquist." * * * 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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