RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine 31 October 2007, Vol. 10, No. 44 (c) 1998-2007 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ * * * Having trouble reading this newsletter? The online version is available at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/2007/1031.txt * * * ROOTSWEB HELPDESK: Check here for site maintenance announcements: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ * * * ROOTSWEB NEWSROOM: Check here for the latest RootsWeb news: http://blogs.rootsweb.com/newsroom/ * * * ROOTSWEB STORE: Check here for the latest in genealogy books, software, photos, and more: http://www.therootswebstore.com/ * * * ROOTSWEB REVIEW ARCHIVES: Check here for previous editions: http://e-zine.rootsweb.com/ ============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Editor's Desk: News and Notes 1a. Website Worth Visiting--Salem Witch Trials 1b. U.S. Civil War Bookstore 1c. Book Notice 2. Using RootsWeb: The Digital Genealogist: Identifying Photographs and Photographers 3. Connecting Through RootsWeb: Serendipity, or Finding a Branch in Cornwall 4. Bottomless Mailbag: What I Learned from My Genealogy Trip Great-Grandpa's Brand Tips on Scanning Photos 5. New at RootsWeb 5a. New User-contributed Databases 5b. New/Updated Freepages and Homepages by Individuals 5c. New/Updated Freepages and Homepages by Counties, States, and Genealogical/Historical Societies 5d. New Mailing Lists 6. Humor/Humour 7. Subscriptions, Submissions, Advertising, Reprints ============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Editor's Desk: News and Notes 1a. Salem Witch Trials Interested in learning more about the Salem witch trials? Check out this interactive page by National Geographic. It includes a brief background of the event, a case study, and a question and answer section by a historical expert from Salem. http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/salem/newintroframe.html Or, check out this freepage about the trials created by a RootsWeb user: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa/witch.html 1b. U.S. Civil War Bookstore The stated goal of this website is to provide a place where people can find not only Civil War merchandise, but information about Civil War round tables, Civil War reenactment units, regimental histories, Civil War battles, and websites for Civil War battlefields and Civil War historical sites. http://www.thecivilwarbookstore.com/store/products/8_books/ 1c. Book Notice Ohio War of 1812 Soldiers' Family Groups By the Ohio Society of the Daughters of 1812 This book contains information on nearly 1,250 soldiers, representing 8,157 families and almost 19,000 individuals. The project was begun more than twenty years ago, was in limbo for many years, and is now finally in print. All members of any Ohio chapter of the National Society of United States Daughters of 1812 (NSUSD) were invited to submit information on their 1812 ancestor, whether or not he was ever in Ohio. Otherwise, the general public was invited to submit information on any 1812 veteran who either served in Ohio, lived in Ohio at any time, or passed away in Ohio. The book is available for a donation of $25.00, plus postage. The money goes to the Ohio branch of the NSUSD. To order, contact Betty Graybill at steelmanntg@yahoo.com or the Ohio Society state president, Jean Muetzel, at sigmametz@aol.com. 2. Using RootsWeb: The Digital Genealogist: Identifying Photographs and Photographers By Mary Harrell-Sesniak maryh@volunteer.rootsweb.com "Genealogy is not just a pastime; it's a passion." Photo portraits are a real joy; that is, if you can identify who's in them. But if you can't, participate in the RootsWeb Photography Message Board, where pleas for help are posted in droves. You'll learn all about analyzing photographs. http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.methods.photography/mb.ashx Here are some recent subject lines from queries I found on the board: "Dating Old Tintype or Daguerreotype" "Is there a hierarchy in old photos?" Some of our knowledgeable volunteers chimed in and shed light on these and other questions. I found their commentary helpful and intriguing. DATING OLD TINTYPE OR DAGUERREOTYPE For example, RootsWebber Ron Mesnard replied to the first query (the poster asked for help with dating an old, "metal" picture). He explained the difference between tintypes and daguerreotypes, and gave date ranges for each. He wrote: "TTs [tintypes] are photos on metal instead of paper. Often they are not framed. Dags [daguerreotypes] were short lived--1840 to 1865. TTs were very long lived (1850 to maybe 1900). They were most popular circa the Civil War but they were used at carnivals much later than that." IS THERE A HIERARCHY IN OLD PHOTOS? The second query was written by a user trying to determine how several individuals in a family photograph were related. She knew the two individuals in the center were her great-grandparents, but who were the two women (one older and one younger) on the right and the man on the left? Were the man and the older woman married? Then why were they on opposite ends of the photograph? View the full query and the photo itself here: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.methods.photography/379/mb.ashx None of the responders had definitive answers, of course, but their dialogue was fascinating. One person felt that positioning is usually traditional in photographs; that is, a son would typically be next to a mother, and a wife would be next to a husband, and so forth. Therefore, the two were probably not related. However, he pointed out that the girl and adult female on the right were touching. This indicated a closer relationship--presumably that of a mother and her daughter. Other members suggested the man and woman were not married at all, but were brother and sister, and that the younger girl was another sibling. And yet another user suggested that the man was engaged to the younger of the two women, who was standing by her mother. Perhaps, he posited, the engaged couple did not feel appropriate standing next to each other until they were married. PHOTOGRAPHERS One of the best clues to a photograph isn't in the picture--it is on the back. Turn your mystery photo over and note the name of the photographer or studio. Often an image can be dated from this information alone. Some items to research include: 1. When did the photographer live? 2. What was the photographer's career date range? 3. Where was the location of the studio? 4. Was a logo or watermark used? 5. What type of photo was it--what medium was used and what size was it? 6. Did the artist have a specialty (e.g., military, carnival, or funeral photography)? 7. Did the artist travel or work primarily in the studio? 8. What backdrops and props were placed in the photo? Some clues are subtler than others. To determine if a photograph was taken in a studio or elsewhere, look at the lighting. Take another look at the "Hierarchy" photo discussed above. There is light streaming between the subjects' legs. Studio light is positioned higher, so in my opinion, the light in that photograph was natural light, such as that from a window. Any other ideas? Post your opinions. We'll be reading the commentary with interest. WEBSITES ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHERS Several RootsWeb users have developed websites about photographers. Brett Payne of Tauranga, New Zealand, created one of the more extensive and interesting ones, "A Perspective on Photographers and Photographic Studios in Derbyshire, England." http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photos/dbyphotos.html Although not a professional photographer, Brett reports that he has been actively engaged in genealogical research for more than ten years. His homepage features an in-depth portfolio of nineteenth- and twentieth- century professionals covering more than 460 studios and fifteen photographers. There is a very interesting introduction by David Simkin and examples of each photographer's work are included. Brett says this about the site: "The index and profiles of Derbyshire studios were created primarily as aids to family history research. . . . The work was initiated as an extension to my research into my own Derbyshire ancestors, and subsequently developed into a resource, which I hoped would be of use to fellow researchers. The great advantage of putting the index on the Web is that I've been able to harness the contributions of images from many, many other family history researchers all over the world, without whom it just would be a rather boring, if useful, list of names." Brett is particularly interested in the interpretation of old photographs that provide something of a detective challenge and recommends his sister site, "Photo-Sleuth," and another one that currently features an analysis of a picture titled "Dead Horse Photo." Take time to read the analysis. It covers shadow angles, camera lenses, and comparisons to historical maps. http://photo-sleuth.blogspot.com/ http://forensicgenealogy.info/ Sites about other photographers can also be found at RootsWeb. Here are a few: AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND 1. "Photographers in the Victorian North East" http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVNE/Resources/photographers.html 2. "Carnarvon Photographers" http://www.rootsweb.com/~wlsccaer/photographers.html CANADA 1. "Montreal Photographers, 1840-1950" www.rootsweb.com/~qcmtl-w/photographers.htm UNITED STATES a. Illinois: 1. "Adams County Photographers" http://www.rootsweb.com/~iladams/photographers.htm b. Indiana: 1. "Indianapolis Photographers" http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~vklein/ingen.html#photographers c. Iowa: 1. "IAGenWeb Photographers' Index" http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaphotos/PhotoShops/photoindex.htm 2. "Clarke County" http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaclarke/photographers.html d. Nebraska: 1. "Photographers in and Near Platte County, Nebraska" http://www.rootsweb.com/~neplatte/photographers.html e. New York: 1. "Cazenovia's Photographers of the Nineteenth Century" http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyccazen/MscLists/Photographers.html f. New York and Pennsylvania: 1. "Tri-Counties Genealogy and History: Photographers of Our Area" http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/photog/photog.htm g. Tennessee: 1. "Nineteenth Century Photographers of Pulaski and Giles County" http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngiles/hist/photogr.htm h. Wisconsin: 1. "Early Wisconsin Photographers" http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/photographers.html 2. Juneau County, Wisconsin, Photographers http://www.rootsweb.com/~wijuneau/photogrphrs.htm 3. "Rock County: Photographers by City/Village" http://www.rootsweb.com/~wirock/Photos/Photographer.html * * * * * * * * * * Advertisements * * * * * * * * * * REQUEST A SEARCH FOR YOUR ANCESTORS AT THE WORLD'S LARGEST GENEALOGICAL LIBRARY ANCESTOR SEEKERS researchers at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City will search this vast collection for your ancestors from the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, or Europe. Friendly service, affordable prices. For a no-obligation research plan and quotation visit http://www.ancestorseekers.com/research/ Or join us 13-18 April for our TENTH SALT LAKE CITY RESEARCH TRIP--the dream genealogy vacation! * * * GET HELP FROM A BRITISH GENEALOGIST! 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I had two sources for him that I thought were definitive: the family Bible and his death certificate. The death certificate gave his birth date as 24 June 1852 and also gave the names of his parents as William BRANCH and Jane HERRIES. Armed with this information, I thought it would be an easy matter to locate him in the British censuses and the public records indexes. I was wrong. There were plenty of men named William H. BRANCH in the censuses and public records indexes for Cornwall, where he was from, but none of the birth years or parents' names matched. Over the years I tried searching again and again, but to no avail. Several years ago, a cousin of mine was taking a trip to England to visit the places her ancestors lived and asked if I could help her out by providing her with some information on the family. I gave her all of the information I had and she thanked me. Upon her return, she announced, "I have great news. I found William Henry's parents, and I even got their marriage certificate and located them in the 1861 census. Their names were Thomas BRANCH and Lydia CORNISH." Being the conscientious researcher that I am (translation: wet blanket), I asked what her proof was because the names didn't match what I had in my records. Did she have William Henry's birth record, with the names of his parents on it? She sent me copies of everything she obtained across the pond, and I duly filed it away in my "unproven sources" file. Recently--some two years later--I was at the New Jersey State Archives in Trenton, researching other things, when I came across the marriage record of one James BRANCH and Anna URWIN. This was not unusual in and of itself; I often run across records with the BRANCH name. Normally I take a glance at them in case I have found another cousin, but they don't amount to much. However, as I looked at this record I began to see a number of coincidences. The groom's parents, James and Ellen, had been born in England. James the younger had been born in Dover, New Jersey, but had an address in Ansonia, Connecticut. James and Anna were married in Kearny, New Jersey. One of the witnesses was Lydia BRANCH. Prickles went up my spine. William Henry's second daughter was named Lydia, she was still single at the time, and Kearny is the town right next to Harrison, where William Henry's family was then residing. William Henry and family had originally settled in Mine Hill, New Jersey, a stone's throw from Dover. The family had also spent time in Ansonia when William Henry couldn't find work in New Jersey. Two of his children, John and Mildred, were born in Ansonia. Further, according to the marriage certificate, James the younger was a toolmaker--the same occupation that William Henry worked at. The family story went that William Henry had come to the U.S. from Hale (Hayle), Cornwall, with a younger brother. Could James the elder--the father of the groom on this marriage certificate--have been that brother? Had James the younger learned his profession from or been apprenticed to his uncle, William Henry? I had to explore this avenue. I made a copy (fifty cents well spent) for further research. I did some census look-ups when I got home and found this new BRANCH family living in Ansonia in the 1900 census. James the elder's birth year and month were listed as July 1859. I looked at the British censuses again. In the 1861 census for Cornish I found a two-year-old named James BRANCH, son of Thomas and Lydia BRANCH. I gazed upon a familiar looking census page--the one that my cousin sent me two years ago. And there a few lines above this James Branch was William Henry, age eleven. I nearly jumped out of my seat and had to stifle an exclamation. In hindsight, it only made sense. The sources I had saying William Henry was born in 1852 were secondary sources, produced long after the actual event. The copies of the BRANCH family Bible I had were handwritten and from after 1896, and his death certificate (the only source I had for his parents' names) was created in 1940. The closest source to the actual event that I had--the 1880 U.S. census--put his birth at around 1850, his true birth year. I have a hunch that when I send for his birth certificate (I've already pinned it down to a three-month period between 1 April and 31 June 1850), it will turn out to be 24 June 1850--the day being correct, but the year having been misremembered or miscalculated over time. To put a cap on everything else, I ran across an e-mail sent to me months ago by another cousin about a photograph she found that was labeled on the back as follows: "Grandpa Branch and Uncle Jim Branch-- Ansonia, Conn." I informed my cousin that she'd been right all along. There are still some mysteries, though. A Thomas BRANCH was listed as a witness on William Henry's marriage certificate. If James was the younger brother who came to America with William, who was Thomas? William Henry did have a brother named Thomas, but he was three years older. Did he come to the U.S. too? If so, was it before or after William came? Also, if they weren't William Henry's parents, who the heck were William BRANCH and Jane HERRIES? Oh, and one more thing. I never did find the record I had originally been looking for in the New Jersey State Archives. 4. 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.] ------------------------------------------------------------- What I Learned from My Genealogy Trip By Gene Ewert Neodesha, Kansas I thought I would briefly share a couple of things that I was reminded of on a recent genealogy trip to Seattle. It was a quick, three-day trip. I did genealogy stuff while the rest of my family did other things. I had the trip completely planned out-- literally hour-by-hour. I had used resources on the Internet to plan the trip and corresponded via phone and e-mail with repositories before I left. I'm no rookie at this! However, even though I've been doing this for years and teach classes in genealogical research, I made several "rookie" mistakes. 1. I had my trip so well planned out (two weekdays and one Saturday) that I left no time in my schedule to take almost any of the detours to which my new research discoveries directed me. 2. I was so focused on the paternal line that was the main reason for the trip that I completely forgot to look up anything on one of my maternal lines while there. I didn't even use the Seattle city directories and obituary lookups at the Seattle Public Library, which probably could have given me some good information on that line. 3. I went alone. Although going it alone gives you certain freedoms, a partner of some kind would have been helpful in many ways: reading a map for me while I was trying to get out of downtown Seattle, helping me find stones in cemeteries, helping me look up people in city directories (divide and conquer), and just celebrating with me when I found an obituary that I had been told by another researcher wasn't available. 4. I was in such a hurry before the library closed on Saturday that I forgot to record page numbers for my last several city directory notations. This is not a fatal mistake, but I hate the hole that it puts in my documentation. 5. The biggest rookie mistake actually didn't happen, but it was close. I was on my way back to Kansas on the plane and was reviewing my notebook with all my notes from the trip, glowing in my successes. I remember putting it in the seat pocket in front of me, but I don't remember retrieving it. The mistake is that I had not put any contact information in the front of that notebook! When I got home and could not find it, I immediately called the airline with my description of the book. Regretfully, I had to tell them there was no identification in it. The story has a happy ending: I found the notebook in a pocket of my carry-on bag later. You can be sure that it now has my name, address, phone number, cell phone number, e-mail addresses, etc. in the front and back cover. These are just a couple of reminders to help people as they head out on those research trips. You are never too experienced to not be careful about the details. * * * Great-Grandpa's Brand By Anonymous I subscribe to a number of genealogy newsletters and frequently check family history blogs looking for announcements about new databases or information available online. Good information is being made electronically accessible all the time--and you never know when that one database you need will appear on somebody's website, commercial or private. A couple of weeks ago I noticed an announcement in one of these newsletters saying that Utah's Animal Brand Books from 1849 to 1930 were now online at the Utah State Archives' Digital Collections. Since my great-grandfather was a cattle rancher in southern Utah in the early 1900s this caught my attention. I followed the link and, using a name search, was quickly able to identify him--and the brand he used on his cattle--in a branding book kept by the state department of agriculture in 1920. While I never would have thought to look for a book on his cattle brand (I continue to be surprised by what types of things records exist for), it was a fun find and made me feel a little more connected to my great- grandfather. I know this particular database won't apply to many people reading the newsletter, but it was an exciting find for me and I wanted to share it. I would love to hear other people's stories about fortuitously running across the right database. The page showing my great-grandpa's brand. His name is Levi Snow: http://images.archives.utah.gov/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/540&CISOPTR=743&REC=4&CISOSHOW=723 The Animal Brand Book Collection at the Utah States Digital Archives: http://historyresearch.utah.gov/digital/540.htm * * * Tips on Scanning Photos By Louise Power power_louise@hotmail.com I would like to add some information to the article by Cathy Herrin, Wasilla, Alaska, on scanning family photos. As a desktop publisher, I find that the most important thing is to scan photos at a high resolution. The preferred resolution for publications is 300 dpi (dots per inch). It will take up more room on your CDs, but it will make your photo much better in any publication. You may not be planning a publication at this point, but someone in your family may in the future. You can always reduce the size of a copy of the photo to 72 dpi for Web publication. If you understand the principle behind this, you'll see why it's important. Photos are not made up of solid color or black and white masses. They're made up of thousands of pixels (short for picture element) or pieces of information. If you scan a photo of a certain size at 72 dpi, a common resolution for Web photos, it will look fine on a website even if you make it smaller. If you try to enlarge the picture for, say, publication, you end up enlarging each pixel giving the photo a fuzzy look. Just remember, you can always take information out of a photo by resaving it at a lower resolution, but once that's done, you can't put information back into the picture. In 2001, Texas A&M University's Agricultural Communications Dept. published some guidelines for photos used in publications. They said, in part: "Avoid saving images as JPEGs. JPEG is a compressed image format. Saving an image as a JPEG reduces the size of the file, which is convenient in terms of storage space. However, compressing also degrades the image. The more times you open a JPEG, make changes, and resave it as a JPEG, the more the image deteriorates. If you must use the JPEG file type, take photos at the highest possible resolution and then do not open your images or manipulate them in any way. Simply copy them to your computer (or a disk or CD) and then forward the files to the editor of your publication. The preferred file type for publication is TIF. A TIF file can be edited without losing data. Uncompressed PICT files and EPS files also are acceptable. "A 72 ppi image is fine for viewing on a computer monitor; 300 ppi is the resolution required if an image is headed for a printing press. "Another way to understand resolution is in its relationship to image size. If a 72 ppi image is 17.7 x 14.2 inches on your monitor, it will be just 4.3 x 3.4 inches when sized for printing at 300 ppi. So, if you submit a 72 ppi image to use in a publication, the largest size at which it can be printed will be about one-fourth of its original size." And I say, always assume that at some point your photos will be used in a publication, so make them the best that you can. Another thing is never work on your original scan. When you open it up, immediately save it as a copy and work on the copy. Then, if you mess it up, you can always go back to the original. As I said above, you can always take information out of a photo by resaving it at a lower resolution, but once that's done, you can't put information back into a picture. If you work on a copy, however, you'll always have the original to go back to. On your CD, you may want to make two folders, one for the original, high resolution photos and one for the lower resolution copies. You can name each one the same except use HR or LR to denote the different resolutions. Lastly, for longevity, I recommend investigating gold CDs which many institutions now use for archiving electronic media since gold does not deteriorate. 5. New at RootsWeb 5a. New User-contributed Databases at RootsWeb http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ ------------------------------------------------------------- The following databases have come online recently. They are searchable, but not browseable. WEST VIRGINIA. Mercer County. Bluefield Daily Telegraph Obituaries. June-September, 2007. 994 records. Lisa H. 5b. New/Updated Freepages and Homepages by Individuals To Request a Free Web Account: http://accounts.rootsweb.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 genealogy- or history-related site is located somewhere other than at RootsWeb.com, you can add the link here: http://resources.rootsweb.com/~rootslink/addlink.html * * * No New/Updated Freepages and Homepages by Individuals 5c. New/Updated Freepages and Homepages by Counties, States, and Genealogical/Historical Societies To Request a Free Web Account: http://accounts.rootsweb.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- Some of these Web pages might not be accessible yet. 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] * * * Note that the ~[tilde] before the Web account name is required. For example, the Polk County (North Carolina) AHGP website is at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpolk/ * * * DAR = Daughters of the American Revolution USGW = USGenWeb UDC = United Daughters of the Confederacy AHGP = American History and Genealogy Project U.S.A. cosgs -- Swedish Genealogical Society of Colorado ialqm -- Lewelling Quaker Museum (Iowa) ilhcsg -- Henry County (Illinois) Saving Graves lacemete -- Louisiana Cemeteries mnmlchs -- Mille Lacs County Historical Society (Minnesota) mocemet2 -- Missouri Cemeteries moliving -- Livingston County (Missouri) USGW ncbchs -- Brunswick County Historical Society (North Carolina) nccemete -- North Carolina Cemteries ncpolk -- Polk County (North Carolina) AHGP nctyrre2 -- Tyrrell County (North Carolina) USGW nvcemete -- Nevada Cemeteries txosc -- Old Seymour Cemetery (Texas) txwc -- Woodmen Cemetery (Texas) utcemete -- Utah Cemeteries valhcudc -- Lockhard Hamilton (Virginia) Chapter UDC wargcdar -- Robert Gray (Washington) Chapter DAR wvmcgs -- Mingo County Genealogical Society (West Virginia) 5d. New Mailing Lists To Request a New Mailing List: http://resources.rootsweb.com/adopt/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://lists.rootsweb.com/ NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS ACKROYD ALBINA BANCE BERGFELD BRIDEWAY CRANNA DITCHBURN FLOTT GLASPER HAYWORTH HEFFEL KOKINDA MACRINI MCCAVIT MCCOMIS MCCRAVEN MCCULLAGH MCDONAGH MCGILLYCUDDY MCKEOUGH MCKLESKEY MCMURROUGH MCQINNEY MCVANEY MCWRIGHT OPALEWSKI TRICKER VASCOCU WEYER NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS ITA-TRAPANI -- A mailing list for anyone interested in the Italian province of Trapani in western Sicily. FRENCH-GUIANA -- A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in French Guiana. TRINIDAD-AND-TOBAGO -- A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in Trinidad and Tobago. NEW ETHNIC OR SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS WAVERLY_ROUTE -- A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the Waverley Route railway line, including the Irish 'Navvies' who worked on it. 6. Humor/Humour I have six brothers and four sisters. One of my sisters is Celeste Dance (So Lets Dance); the other is You Vonda Dance (You Wanna Dance?). They have had a lifetime of ribbing, while the rest of us have ordinary names. Wonder why my parents named them as they did. --Thanks to Ruthe Dance-Whitney * * * When my daughter was born thirty-nine years ago in Missouri, our last name was Goosey. The doctor said, "I don't care what you name her, I will call her Lucy." From then on every appointment or prescription was for "Lucy Goosey." The pharmacists must have had a good laugh behind straight faces when they filled those prescriptions. --Thanks to B.J. Bayles Found a funny or "proper name for the job" in old records, or an amusing entry in census, parish, church, or other records? Send them to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com. We also welcome other humorous genealogy-related submissions. 7. Subscriptions, Submissions, Advertising, Reprints ------------------------------------------------------------- SUBSCRIPTIONS. 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