RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine 14 March 2007, Vol. 10, No. 11 (c) 1998-2007 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aDq0Ec * * * ROOTSWEB HELPDESK: Check here for announcements: http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aDr0Ed * * * ROOTSWEB REVIEW ARCHIVES: Current and previous editions: http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aDs0Ee http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aDt0Ef ============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Editor's Desk: News and Notes 1a. RootsWeb Logo Change 1b. National Genealogical Society Offers Scholarship for Home Study Course 1c. Twenty-seventh International Conference on Jewish Genealogy 1d. A Site Worth Looking At 1e. Ancestry.com Is Looking for Stories About Your Veterans 1f. Using RootsWeb: Keeping Up with What's New on RootsWeb 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb: Genealogists Are One Family 3. Bottomless Mailbag: Letter from a Missouri Doughboy The BOWSER name (2) Tricky Handwriting 4. New at RootsWeb 4a. New User-contributed Databases 4b. New/Updated Freepages and Homepages by Individuals 4c. New/Updated Freepages and Homepages by Counties, States, and Genealogical/Historical Societies 4d. New Mailing Lists 5. Humor/Humour 6. Subscriptions, Submissions, Advertising, Reprints ============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Editor's Desk: News and Notes 1a. RootsWeb Logo Change As many of you know, RootsWeb is owned by The Generations Network (formerly MyFamily.com, Inc.). When MyFamily.com, Inc. changed its name to TGN in late 2006, the company also took on a major re- branding effort, committed to bringing the visual identities of Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com, MyFamily.com, Family Tree Maker, and RootsWeb.com together. The end result of all that re-branding is available on the TGN website (http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aDu0Eg For RootsWeb, the result of all of that hard work is that we have been given a new logo! As we say goodbye to the RootsWeb tree, we welcome the new logo (affectionately called "the sproutlets" by the RootsWeb staff). We are especially excited that this logo symbolizes growth and community, two vital components of what RootsWeb is all about. Over the next few weeks and months, you will start to see the sproutlets pop up around RootsWeb. Eventually, the headers and site logos all over RootsWeb will be replaced with this new logo, but we want to wait to launch those changes until we can work together with you, the community, on widespread visual changes. We've heard your concerns about the readability of font sizes and colors and we know that you, the community, are our very best resource for learning what works on RootsWeb. 1b. National Genealogical Society Offers Scholarship for Home Study Course The National Genealogical Society (NGS) is offering a scholarship to NGS members for its Home Study Course. The course is for intermediate to advanced researchers seeking to improve their genealogical skills and possibly pursue a career in genealogy. The course, which includes feedback from experienced genealogists, normally costs $475.00. Applications must be in by 1 May 2007. For application instructions visit: http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aDv0Eh 1c. Twenty-seventh International Conference on Jewish Genealogy 15–19 July 2007, Salt Lake City, Utah If you haven't heard already, the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies is having its annual conference on Jewish genealogy from the 15-19 July in Salt Lake City. The conference includes world-renowned speakers, a daily Jewish Film Festival, special photographic exhibits, and access to the Salt Lake Family History Library. Registration before 1 May 2007 is $230.00; afterward, it is $275.00. The 2008 Conference on Jewish Genealogy will be at the Chicago Marriott Hotel from 17-22 August 2008. For a complete conference program and registration information see: www.slc2007.org 1d. A Site Worth Looking At Library Thing Library Thing is a fun site for helping you create a library out of your own personal book collection. Enter some words from the title, the author, or the ISBN and the site will automatically locate the full book information and a thumbnail picture from Amazon.com, the Library of Congress, or elsewhere. It will then create a catalog of your books with the Dewey Decimal or Library of Congress classification system, subject tags, etc. The site can also recommend books you might like (or not like), connect you with users that have similar reading interests, give you book ratings and other information, and more. www.librarything.com 1e. Ancestry.com Is Looking for Stories About Your Veterans For Honor and Freedom “Over There” With less than twenty-five World War I veterans living today, are the American servicemen who sacrificed for freedom in danger of being forgotten? Ancestry.com wants to know the stories of the Great War veterans in your family tree. How do you honor and remember them? How has your family history work increased your understanding of their service and sacrifices? We’re also interested in stories about soldiers who served in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and more recent conflicts. Send entries of approximately 250 words to share@ancestry.com by 17 March 2007. Please include your name and phone number with entries. 1f. Using RootsWeb: KEEPING UP WITH WHAT’S NEW ON ROOTSWEB Yesterday I went for a walk at lunch and noticed a small anthill. I watched a handful of ants scurrying in and out of the tiny mound and wondered how much activity was going on underground that I couldn’t see. An entire colony of worker ants was underneath that small hill tunneling, transporting food, and doing who knows what else. RootsWeb is like that. Thousands of RootsWeb users (and don’t forget the handful of dedicated staff) are scattered around the world busily at work keeping RootsWeb in tact. They are building websites, submitting user databases, exchanging genealogical information via boards and mailing lists, fixing bugs on the site, and generally making RootsWeb better. But, like the ant hill, all that activity can remain underground-- virtually invisible--unless we know where to look. Fortunately, RootsWeb provides a few tools to help us keep up-to-date with what is new and upcoming on the site. I like to think of these tools as turning an anthill into an ant farm--a glass box that gives us an insider’s look at all that behind-the-scenes activity. NEWSROOM, NEWSROOM MAILING LIST, AND NEWSROOM RSS FEED The most recent feature introduced to keep RootsWeb users informed is the RootsWeb Newsroom. You can link directly to it by visiting http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aEO0E4 or find it off the homepage under the “Getting Started” section. The Newsroom works like a blog. Staff at RootsWeb post announcements and readers can post comments and get a dialogue going. Right now, the Newsroom has announcements about the new WorldConnect server, a RootsWeb survey you can take to provide feedback about RootsWeb, some message board fixes, and more. If you’d like to read the Newsroom announcements but know you’re bound to forget checking them on a regular basis, you can get the announcements by doing what RootsWeb does best: using a mailing list. The Newsroom Announcement-Mailing List will send you an e-mail containing the newest announcements from the Newsroom. Subscribe by going to the list’s page at http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aEP0E5 The Newsroom Announcement Mailing List will send you an e-mail containing the newest announcements from the Newsroom as they are posted. The list is an announcements-only list, so you can't submit comments to the list; for that, go straight to the Newsroom and make your comments there. (Note: Whether you sign up for the traditional list or the digest version you will receive e-mails as posts to the Newsroom are made. There isn't enough traffic for a digest version.) If an RSS Feed (Really Simple Syndication Feed) is more your style, you can also have Newsroom announcements sent to you that way. An explanation of what an RSS feed is and how to sign up for one are included on the Newsroom itself. For the sake of brevity, I’ll simply provide the link to those instructions here rather than repeating them ( http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aDw0Ei I used them to get an RSS feed for the Newsroom set up on my personalized Google homepage this morning without much hassle. I’d also like to add a little plug for the Newsroom. Since it is so new, not many messages have been posted yet. And fewer reader responses to those announcements have been posted. As with most other things at RootsWeb, the more you participate, the better it is. You can make the Newsroom as helpful and cool as you want it by returning to it frequently and posting your own comments. WHAT’S NEW PAGE Like the RootsWeb Newsroom, the What’s New Page is located under the “Getting Started” section on the RootsWeb homepage. Or go to http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aDx0Ej The What’s New Page is where RootsWeb staff post the new user- contributed databases, mailing lists, and websites on the site. Of course you already know that weekly additions to these databases, mailing lists, and websites are printed in this newsletter each week too. HELP PAGE You can access the Help page in one of three ways: by clicking the Help tab on the homepage, clicking the “FAQs and Help-Related Resources” link under the “Help” section on the homepage, or going directly to http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aDy0Ek The Help page is the place to go to find answers to your questions about using RootsWeb. It’s also the place to get announcements about maintenance fixes to the site. While the Newsroom includes announcements about everything under the sun, including some maintenance fixes, ALL maintenance announcements are posted on the Help page. You’ll recognize them because they are posted in a bright yellow box at the top of the page. IN A NUTSHELL RootsWeb should be an ant farm, not an anthill. We should be able to see all the hard work going on behind-the-scenes. To keep up-to-date on new databases, mailing lists, and websites, visit the What’s New page. To keep up-to-date on maintenance fixes to the site itself, visit the Help page. And to keep up-to-date on RootsWeb happenings in general, visit the Newsroom or sign up for the Newsroom Announcement Mailing List. And, of course, don't forget this newsletter. It's a great way to keep up on RootsWeb and hear from other members of the RootsWeb community. 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It was the Bible of the family of Edward and Hannah Needham who lived in the Lake Preston, South Dakota, area in the late 1800s. Edward was my great- grand-uncle, the eldest brother of my great-grandfather, Melville Needham. I have had my family tree listed with RootsWeb for several years, and she found my listing of Edward and Hannah Needham, and, bless her heart, e-mailed me to ask if I was interested. She is not of our family--a complete stranger--but she took the time to look for the family. I told her I was definitely interested. I sure didn’t want the Bible out of the family. She traveled back to the antique store in a snowstorm to attend the auction. She called me about half an hour before the auction closed and said she wasn’t sure she could stay because it was becoming a regular blizzard outside. I told her to leave if she needed to, and not to take a chance on her life, but she decided to stay. About a week later I received the Bible. It is about the most beautiful one I’ve ever seen. Thanks to that wonderful person from Minnesota, the Bible is now back in our family and the information inside about the family is invaluable. Also, I wish to thank RootsWeb for making this kind of connection possible. I have found so many family members through RootsWeb and lasting friendships have been made with “cousins” I never knew existed. 3. 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]. ------------------------------------------------------------- Letter from a Missouri Doughboy By Debbi Geer dgirth@yahoo.com While reading the most recent issue of the RootsWeb Review at http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aEQ0E6 I read the notice about Ancestry looking for stories about veterans. While researching my husband's family I happened to find a letter that his mother's first cousin had written to her parents (his aunt and uncle) about his life in the military during WWI. It's well over the limit for words and I don't think there's any way that it could be reduced and still express his feelings and experiences. Thus, I am submitting it to you. I think it does a good job of telling what the doughboys went through back then. The following letter was written by Henry “Pug” Roy Page (1893-1971) a few months after being seriously injured during WWI. It was sent to his mother’s youngest sister and her husband after he returned to the States. Fort Des Moines, Iowa March 11 Dear Uncle, Aunt and all: Will answer your most highly appreciated letter which I received yesterday. Was glad indeed to hear from you. This leaves me as mean as ever; hope it will find you all well. I will give you a little sketch of a few things I have seen and went through since I saw you all last: I went into the service on July 7th, 1918, and was sent to Camp McArthur, Texas, for training, and on August 15, I started for debarkation camp and arrived at Camp Merritt, N.J., on August 18th, and on August 21st, we sailed for Liverpool, England. Had a very nice trip over, except my bunk was not quite as soft as my mother used to have. But nevertheless, we landed on the 5th of September and were loaded on the train and shipped to Southampton, England. We were there two days, and from there we boarded a transport and crossed the English Channel and landed at Le Havre, France. From there we hiked out to a rest camp about seven miles out. It was called a rest camp merely because chow was scarce and our stomachs got a rest. On the third night we were there, about 10 o’clock, while we were having a nice shower (we had quite a few showers) we got orders to fall out with full packs. We boarded side door pullmans after reaching town and were soon on our way to St. George where we got about ten days more hard drilling. From there 200 of us were sent to the 5th Division, which was back in reserve, to replace the boys who happened to have hard luck. After about two weeks of hard drilling and hiking, we landed up in support, just back of the front line, about 6 o’clock a.m., October 12, my birthday. They scattered us around in a thicket; the shells were raining all around. But at that, we slept fairly well, as we had hiked since 3 o’clock in the afternoon of the day before. That evening, we got the order to fall in. So, after we had all lined up, our company commander told us in a very brief and quiet manner what was next, and for our own good what we should and what we should not do. We were out on post until 7 o’clock the following morning, when we were relieved. Our artillery had not gotten set as yet, so we took turns holding our own until they got ready. Jerry was throwing his whizz bangs pretty swift when we started back. My battalion got scattered pretty badly, and did not get together again until sometime during the night of the 13th. The next morning about 4 o’clock we started up again. It was yet dark when we had finished our little dugouts. About 5:30 our barrage started and very shortly afterwards Jerry started his. At 8:30 we started over to see what we could find. We had not gone far until I found something I could not get away with it. It was a high explosive shell that had my number. My right arm was torn off just below the elbow. My third finger on the other hand was also torn off and my left leg was so badly shattered that three weeks later an amputation was the only show. It was taken off just below the knee. About the first thing I witnessed after I got to the field hospital was a fellow trying to stick a Camel cigarette in my mouth. And of course after I had opened my eyes and found out what was going on, he had no further difficulty. Ask any doughboy how a tailor-made American cigarette went with him along that hour of life. Well, I guess I will stop now for it is almost bed time. One more thing I wish to tell you, I am from Missouri. Show me. And I am not dead yet. So good night. I am as ever, Your nephew, H. R. Page * * * The BOWSER Name Mitch Carter Bristol, UK Reading last week’s newsletter at http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aEQ0E6 I see there was a question about the origins of the name BOWSER. I submit the following information for those so interested. A group of variations for BOWSER include BOOZER, BOUCHER, BOUCHIER, BOURCHIER, and BOWSHER. Early references to these names are: Boose's Green in Colne Engaine, Essex, UK. Robert and John de BURSER, BOUSSER 1285, 1303, BURGHCHER 1349. BOURCHIER'S alias BOUCHIER'S Hall in Aldham Essex, UK. John de BOURCHIER 1311; Bouchier's Grange in Great Coggeshall Essex, UK. John de BUSSER 1326 Bourchiers Chapel in Tollesbury, Essex, UK. John de BOUSSER 1328. Bouchier's Hall in Messing, Essex, UK. Boarstyle Farm and Bowser's Hall in Rivenhall, Essex, UK. Robert de BOUSER, BOUSSIER, BOURCHIER 1327, 1339. Name is possibly derived from “dweller in the place planted with bushes.” A similar French name is BUSSIERE. It would seem that there is a likelihood that some people with those variations of the BOWSER name would have ancestors that came from the Essex area of the UK. * * * The BOWSER Name Lydia Krise Regarding last week's Humor/Humour column, I am related to both Bowsers and Barefoots (Barefeet?). These names are not unusual in western Pennsylvania, where I grew up, and wouldn't raise an eyebrow! * * * Tricky Handwriting By Ron Kirlew My ancestors lived in Northern England and most were bricklayers and labourers and ditch diggers. Imagine how I felt when I got a copy of my grandfather’s birth certificate dated 1867 (hand written of course), which stated that his father’s occupation at the time was “Lawyer.” Of course I was very proud to think that my great- grandfather was such a well-educated and intelligent thirty-four- year-old man back in those days. Especially knowing that he came from a working class family. Imagine my dismay when a few years later I was told by my family historian that my great-grandfather was never in fact a “Lawyer” but was actually a “Sawyer,” and his job was really cutting down trees! [Editor's Note: Ron, I think you can still be proud of your Sawyer great-grandfather. There's nothing wrong with cutting down trees for a living. In fact, I think many people would rather have a Sawyer for a relative than a Lawyer anyway! I saw a funny lawyer cartoon online this week, drawn by Jason Love. The picture showed a father talking to his son, who had just finished mowing the lawn. The caption underneath read, "No, Jimmy, I distinctly said that you can 'halve' your allowance if you mow the lawn. That's why we ask for things in writing." Oh, and by the way, the capital letters "S" and "L" are often misread and mis-transcribed.] 4. New at RootsWeb 4a. New User-contributed Databases at RootsWeb http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aD20EZ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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. US Book Indexes: Hanna of Castle Sorbie, Scotland, and Descendants; 9662 records; Wayne and Micky Hannah. http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aD30Ea CALIFORNIA. San Joaquin County. Glenn Petition; 1096 records; Matt Mathews. http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aD40Eb ILLINOIS. Vermilion County. Vermilion County IL Marriages to 1850; 4308 records; Amy E. Baity. http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aD50Ec INDIANA. Bartholomew County. Harmony Cemetery; 367 records; John Richardson. http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aD60Ed INDIANA. Fountain County. Silver Island Cemetery; 186 records; Joni Fortier. http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aD60Ed PENNSYLVANIA. Adams County. Alumni Dillsburg High School 1947; 27 records; Carrie White. http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aD70Ee PENNSYLVANIA. Adams County. Alumni York Springs High School 1947; 16 records; Carrie White. http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aD70Ee 4b. New/Updated Freepages and Homepages by Individuals To Request a Free Web Account: http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aD80Ef ------------------------------------------------------------- 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, the title of the website, the name of the author, and a BRIEF description of the site, including major surnames, to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com * * * If your genealogical or historical related site is located somewhere other than at RootsWeb.com, you can add the link here: http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aEA0Ep * * * WEBSTER, HUDSON, AND ASSOCIATED FAMILIES. By Judy Webster. Surnames include AGAR, BARBER, CORDUEX, GIBLETT, HARLEY, HUDSON, MATTHEW, MUSTELL, PEACOCK, PORTER, WEBSTER. Mainly England (London, Middlesex, Surrey, Yorkshire, Durham, Somerset, Derbyshire, Kent and elsewhere) and Australia (especially Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria). Biographical details, source citations, charts, indexes, some photos. http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aEB0Eq * * * STEINKE, RIENECKER, HAHN, AND ASSOCIATED FAMILIES. By Judy Webster. Surnames include STEINKE, RIENECKER or REINECKER, HAHN, JORGENSEN, KLIBBE, KOY, NAUMANN, SCHIMKE (emigrants from Germany/Prussia to Queensland, Australia, and their descendants). Biographical details, source citations, charts, indexes, some photos. http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aEC0Er 4c. New/Updated Freepages and Homepages by Counties, States, and Genealogical/Historical Societies To Request a Free Web Account: http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aD80Ef ------------------------------------------------------------- Some of these Web pages 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. No New/Updated Freepages and Homepages by Counties, States, and Genealogical/Historical Societies This Week. 4d. New Mailing Lists To Request a New Mailing List: http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aEE0Et ------------------------------------------------------------- For information and an index to the more than 30,000 RootsWeb-hosted genealogy mailing lists and for easy subscribing (joining) options go to: http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0QQeUy0HQR0aEF0Eu NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS ADGIE ALLBROOK ASHDOWN BESEROCK BOGUS BUDDLE CARENDUFF CATTERSON CHIKE DAWN DEVERSON DREGE DUNTZENHEIM ETTINGER HAPTED HARKLAU HELEN HIGMAN HIPKINS HUNTERMAN JEREMIAS MINSHEW MUTLOW PAGDEN PECSI PINES RENFREW SCHMERSE STIPE WESTING WROTH NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS AUS-NSW-PARRAMATTA -- A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the district of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. DC-MEMORIES -- This list is for the reminiscing about living and growing up in D.C., whether it be personal memories or those that will help us learn more about our ancestors who lived in this area. ENG-DEV-SOUTHTAWTON -- A mailing list for people researching their ancestors from the parish of South Tawton, Devon, England. Sharing of information regarding individuals, families, and local history will be encouraged. ITA-SICILY-VENTIMIGLIA -- A mailing list about genealogical research of Ventimiglia di Sicilia. Open to all. NEW ETHNIC OR SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS KNAPP-DNA -- A list for those with the surname Knapp who are interested in using DNA for genealogical research or have already been tested and wish to discuss testing and results. OREGONSOC -- Oregon Genealogical Society member mail list. SSDI -- This list is for the discussion of the Social Security Death Index. TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORU -- This is a mailing list for anyone who is on the road to becoming a professional genealogist. It is a place to share experiences, problems, obstacles, downfalls, and triumphs. It is a place to compare notes, and to learn from each other's successes. 5. Humor/Humour My great-great-grandpa didn't have such an unusual name, considering he was from Germany, but it sure makes for some interesting reading when I Google it--Christian (or Christ) Warning. Thanks to Jill Doyle * * * Found a funny or "proper name for the job" in old records, or an amusing entry in census, parish, church, etc. records? Send them to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com. We also welcome other humorous genealogy- related submissions. 6. Subscriptions, Submissions, Advertising, Reprints ------------------------------------------------------------- SUBSCRIPTIONS. 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