RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine 28 November 2007, Vol. 10, No. 48 (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/2007/1128.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. My Ancestor Was . . . 1b. Website Worth Visiting 1c. Book Notice 2. Using RootsWeb: Gone Missing: The RootsWeb Review 3. Connecting Through RootsWeb: Can You Be Too Connected? 4. Bottomless Mailbag: Double Census Enumeration The Hortons Re: Stolen Goods Names in Obituaries Ripley's Tombstone 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. My Ancestor Was . . . "My Ancestor Was an Agricultural Laborer," by Ian Waller, is the newest book released in the Society of Genealogists' "My Ancestor" series. Other books in the series include, "My Ancestor Was a Lawyer," "My Ancestor Was a Coalminer," "My Ancestors Were Congregationalists," and more. To see a complete list of books in the series or to purchase one of the books, visit the Society of Genealogists' online store: http://www.sog.org.uk/acatalog/My_Ancestors_Series.html 1b. Website Worth Visiting: The National Gazetteer of Wales If your research leads you to Wales, you may want to check out this website with the national gazetteer of Wales. It contains a map showing the thirteen counties of Wales with the main towns and cities, as well as special places of interest. It has a place name index of more than 6,000 locations in Wales--in both Welsh and English/Anglicized versions. And it has a guide to the administrative bodies and areas of Wales. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/geogdata/ngw/home.htm 1c. Book Notice Descendants of Jacob Amidown (1720-90) of Woodstock, Connecticut, and Dudley, Massachusetts (to 1930) By Commander Christopher Amaden and Nancy K. Ameden Mullen Roger Ammidown was in Salem, Massachusetts, by 1637. Frank Best wrote the seminal family history on his family in 1904. Now Heritage Books is publishing "The Descendants of Jacob Ammidown (1730-90)," covering all Amadens and Amedens, as well as many Amidons and all descendant allied families for four generations to 1930. This book also contains significant updates on immigrant Roger Ammidown, his son Phillip Amidown, and his grandson Henry Ammidown. For questions, or to order, e-mail Nancy Mullen at NKMullen@aol.com, or write to: Nancy Mullen 3193 Conservancy Estates Lane Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 53590 2. Using RootsWeb: Gone Missing: The RootsWeb Review By Jana Lloyd Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com Doug R. Opped is one of 280,000 people who subscribes to the RootsWeb Review. He looks forward to receiving it in his mailbox each Wednesday. First, he scans the news items. Then, he jumps to the bottom to read the humorous find. That usually gives him a chuckle. He always reads "Connecting" because he loves a good genealogy breakthrough story--he's waiting for the day when someone responds to one of his message board posts and gives him that missing piece of information. Occasionally, he likes to send a comment in for the "Bottomless Mailbag" section--if he has a tip to pass on to other readers, or if another user's comments have sparked his own thoughts on a topic. But Doug hasn't gotten the Review in a month. At first, he thought it was just a glitch. Maybe he had accidentally deleted or overlooked it. Maybe it hadn't gone out for a few weeks. But now he was starting to get worried. What happened? And what could he do about it? REPORTING SPAM Doug uses AOL as his e-mail provider. What he doesn't know is that one week he accidentally hit the spam/junk button while viewing the Review. This simple click of a button sent a message to the service that mails out the Review to remove him from their database. 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We'll try to get you receiving the Review again as soon as possible. * * * * * * * * * * Advertisements * * * * * * * * * * REQUEST A SEARCH FOR YOUR ANCESTORS AT 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/ For help from professional genealogists in England or Scotland visit http://www.britishancestors.com/research/ Or join us 13-18 April for our TENTH SALT LAKE CITY RESEARCH TRIP--the dream genealogy vacation! * * * * * * * * * * End of Advertisements * * * * * * * 3. Connecting Through RootsWeb: Can You Be Too Connected? By Pattie Schultz Networking, connecting, e-mailing, blogging, researching, texting, Googling. Can you be too connected? Can you overload yourself with too much information about your family tree? A year ago I would have said, "Never!" I would have welcomed any and all information about the family trees I was researching. But then it happened. Late one night, with a stack full of brick walls and dead ends sitting in front of me, I started leaving messages. I left a few on RootsWeb message boards, one or two on some county websites, and then, in desperation, I joined some new mailing lists and sent a few e-mails. I went to bed blurry-eyed but satisfied. I had finally left messages and written those e-mails I had thought about, but had never actually sent. If I did not track down William, Nellie, Jane, Myrtle, or Charles it would not be because I had not tried. What happened over the next month was unbelievable. I received responses to all my inquiries, many of which provided me with new and useful information. I went back and looked at the postings. I wanted to see if they were written better or had better titles than posts I had made before. I found that some were quite badly written. (In my defense, it was late at night.) Nonetheless, I received responses. Now, months later, I am still reading, researching, verifying, and transcribing all the information I received. And I am still getting e- mails from different people that have come across the original postings. So, can you be too connected? Maybe not too connected, but instead just a little too overwhelmed (and grateful) for all the responses I received from those messages I left one very late night. 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.] ------------------------------------------------------------- Double Census Enumeration By Vernetta Nelson v.b.nelson@embarqmail.com Regarding the article "Counted Twice," by Mary Steffens, which was published in the RootsWeb Review, 24 October 2007, I found my great- grandparents and their children enumerated in each of two adjoining counties in 1900. They lived on the county line and evidently the census taker in each county claimed them. To read "Counted Twice," visit: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/2007/1024.txt * * * The Hortons By Gloria Horton For many years my father-in-law used to joke with my children and tell them that his real name was Frank Alexander Northmore Tinkum Horton. While on holidays recently, I joined Ancestry.com and found his grandfather's name, which was Frank Northmore Horton. He also had a great uncle whose name was William Northmore Horton. What a surprise this turned out to be. I still have to figure out where the Tinkum came from. My children were amazed when I told them the story. It certainly brightened up my holidays. * * * Re: Stolen Goods By Ruth Mather www.matherclan.com I just wanted to comment on "Stolen Goods," by Kate Shields, which was printed in the 14 November issue of the RootsWeb Review. The loss of all her relative's records was a terrible tragedy and her suggestions for preventing it were good. I'd like to add one more: Scan or photocopy all of your important documents before traveling with them. Take only copies--never originals--with you on trips. Taking a laptop and the scanned images only is even better. Then, make copies of documents and information you gather on your trip and mail the copies to yourself before starting the trip back. I have three copies of almost all my genealogical information and give CDs to my kids on a regular basis so that my information is not all in one place. This stuff is too valuable to risk losing. To read "Stolen Goods," visit: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/2007/1114.txt * * * Names in Obituaries By Sue Sisco-Garcia Laveen, Arizona Be sure to read between the lines when perusing obituaries. I had one obituary stating that the son of Marshall Beezley had died. I did not have a Marshall Beezley in my files at all. It took me awhile, but I figured out the source of the confusion. The son of Marshall Beezley was actually the son of Thomas Beezley who was the acting "constable" or "marshall" of the city in which the obituary was printed. * * * Ripley's Tombstone By Joy A. Santa Rosa, California Robert Ripley, the cartoonist who created Ripley's "Believe It or Not" cartoon series featuring unusual facts from around the world, is buried with his mother and father in Santa Rosa, California. His tombstone reads, "Believe It or Not." Every year I take my class to do tombstone rubbings of famous local people and his is one of their favorites. 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. No New user-contributed Databases at RootsWeb 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] * * * No New/Updated Freepages and Homepages by Counties, States, and Genealogical/Historical Societies * * * 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 BRATTEN MCCLAINE MCCREADIE MCCRUMMEN MCGEHEARTY MCLAINE MCSHERRY SAURAGE SOUPLIS 6. Humor/Humour My aunt was born in Birmingham (UK) in 1900 at the height of the Boer War. The family story is that my grandparents wanted a boy and intended to name him Hector after some famous war hero. However, they were blessed with a girl so they created the Christian name Hectorine, which my aunt hated. She was always known to me and the family as "our Rene." --Thanks to Robin Wright * * * While searching for some other records in the recently released Kentucky Marriage Records, 1852-1914, I found that an "Icey Frost" was married in Kentucky in 1878. Checking census records to see if she had a brother named Jack, I found to my disappointment that she only had a sister named Martha. However, I did come across another Icy Frost, a ten-year- old living with her grandmother in Kentucky, according to the 1900 census. --Thanks to Julie Hu 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. 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