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RootsWeb Review, Volume 5, No. 13, 27 March 2002

> RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Free Weekly E-zine

> Vol. 5, No. 13, 27 March 2002, Circulation: 935,755

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> ======================================================================

> IN THIS ISSUE

> 1. Connecting through RootsWeb: Clicking Up Ancestors;

> Is Someone Waiting for You?

> 2. News and Notes (2a. Volunteer Appreciation Month Announced;

> 2b. SSDI Updated; 2c. New User-contributed Databases;

> 2d. Spotlighted Web Pages: Major Tool for Researchers Who

> Use British Isles and North American IGI Batch Files

> 3. New Mailing Lists

> 4. New Web Pages

> 5. New FreePages and HomePages

> 6. RootsWeb Review's Bottomless Mailbag: Family Treasures Found at

> Online Auctions; When My Grandfather Was a Little Girl

> 7. What's New for Ancestry.com Subscribers

> 8. WorldGenWeb and USGenWeb

> 9. Humor: You Want to Know WHAT?

> 10.Submissions Guidelines; Reprint Policy; Subscribe or Unsubscribe

> Instructions; HelpDesk Contact

>

> ================================================================

> 1. CONNECTING THROUGH ROOTSWEB. Thanks for sharing your stories.

> ----------------------------------------------------------------

>

> Clicking Up Ancestors

> By Jane Mzjane@...

>

> Today, while catching up on e-mail, I clicked onto the 6 March edition

> of RootsWeb Review. I almost deleted it, thinking I didn't have

> enough time to read it and there wouldn't be anything applicable to my

> research, but I scrolled through it anyway. My attention was

> drawn to the announcement of a new database available for Los Angeles

> County marriages. On a whim, I clicked onto it and typed in the name

> of a HOWARD family member who had moved to Los Angeles in the 1880s.

> To my surprise and delight, up he popped, along with the name of his

> bride.

>

> Many thanks to the hard-working transcribers who provided this

> valuable information. You have saved me many hours of research time,

> since I now have the information needed to order a copy of the

> original marriage record.

>

> I'm glad I didn't delete this e-mail!

>

> * * *

>

> Is Someone Waiting for You?

> By Tina Howe tlc110@...

>

> On March 17, I was searching your Message Boards for someone who might

> be looking for the same info as I, and much to my surprise, I came

> across a message which contained my grandfather's name along with his

> twin sister. I wrote down the e-mail addy of the person that posted it

> and got in touch with him. We exchanged several e-mails and

> information and discovered that his father and uncle are half brothers

> to my mom.

>

> We never knew until this that my mom had any other siblings. I want to

> say that I can't begin to express my gratitude for giving me a place

> to research my family and make this possible for my mom, aunt and

> their recently found siblings. We are trying to plan a get-together in

> the near future. Once again, God Bless.--Tina HOWE, and Marguerite,

> , Eugene and RUTHERFORD.

>

> 2. NEWS AND NOTES

> -----------------

> 2a. VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION MONTH. RootsWeb was founded with the help

> of many selfless and dedicated individuals. These people, and many

> others, volunteer their time and talents to the pursuit of

> genealogical research. In a continuing effort to express our

> appreciation to the intricate network of RootsWeb volunteers, we are

> declaring April the official RootsWeb Volunteer Appreciation Month.

>

> Each week, we will be spotlighting various volunteers who have shown

> amazing devotion in helping others trace their genealogy. Keep an eye

> on our home page to read their stories.

>

> We will also give users the chance to show their appreciation for the

> help they have received. There is now a Message Board created for the

> sole purpose of expressing appreciation toward volunteers as well as

> sharing stories of success made possible only through the help of

> another genealogist. Please join us in saluting our volunteers. This

> is your chance to thank them and give them the recognition they

> deserve. [Note: This is a 2-line URL]

>

> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=

> rw&ptopics.rw.admin.volunteera

>

> 2b. The U.S. Social Security Death Index was updated recently. It now

> contains 67,816,366 records. Learn more about this valuable source at:

> http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/lesson10.htm

>

> 2c. NEW FREE USER-CONTRIBUTED DATABASES AT ROOTSWEB:

> ----------------------------------------------------

> The following databases have come online recently:

>

> CALIFORNIA. California area marriages printed in the New-York Weekly

> Tribune, June 19, 1838; 78 records; Condron

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/

>

> CALIFORNIA. San Bernardino County. Chaffee Junior College Alumni 1934;

> 234 records; Ellen Applegate

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/

>

> CALIFORNIA. Siskiyou County. Siskiyou County Births;

> 6,030 records; Steve and Melton

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/births/

>

> GEORGIA. Peach and Houston County. Macon Telegraph Obituaries from

> Feb.5, 2002; 30 records; Josh Deitner -- Macon Telegraph

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/

>

> IOWA. Allamakee County. St. s Wheatland Church Records;

> 340 records; Darcy Fritche

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/churchrecords/

>

> ILLINOIS, Cook County. 1940 graduates; Lyons Township High School;

> La Grange; 322 records; Charlene Degener

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/

>

> ILLINOIS. Cook County. 1942 JayCee Tower (yearbook); Lyons Township

> Junior College, La Grange; 186 records; Charlene Degener

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/

>

> INDIANA. Gibson County. Mt. Olympus High School alumni,

> " The Olympian " annual, 1923, pp. 52-43; 120 records; Dan Elliott

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/

>

> KANSAS. Finney County. Garden City Junior College graduation members;

> 41 records; Sprague

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/

>

> MASSACHUSETTS. Suffolk County. McCann (surname) deaths, 1849-1869;

> 80 records; McCANN

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/deaths/

>

> MICHIGAN. Ingham County. Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan

> State University) Class of 1922; 246 records; Elliott

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/

>

> MINNESOTA. Faribault County. St. 's Cemetery, Minnesota Lake;

> 356 records; Darcy Fritche and Betty Jean Sonnek

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/

>

> MINNESOTA. Goodhue County. Red Wing Lutheran Church records, partial

> extraction, 1871,1875,1876; 785 records; Darcy Fritche

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/churchrecords/

>

> MISSOURI. lin County. Pacific High School, Pacific, Class of

> 1975; 241 records; Marcine (Amelung) Lohman

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/

>

> MISSISSIPPI. Lamar County. Lamar from n marriages, 1892-1901;

> 850 records; Barbara VanDuser

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/

>

> MISSISSIPPI. Sunflower County. Early HUGHES (surname) marriages;

> 54 records; L. P. s

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/

>

> NEW JERSEY. Livezey/Livesey and related families in 1920 and 1880

> Soundex; 86 records; Jim Sweetman

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index/

>

> NEW JERSEY. Sweetman/Soeteman/Sweatman and related families in 1920

> Soundex; 179 records; Jim Sweetman

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index/

>

> NEW JERSEY. Burlington County. Burlington City High School Seniors

> 1916; 39 records; Ed Purdy

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/

>

> NEW MEXICO. Curry County. Clovis, Class of 1928; 72 records;

> Debbie Schafer

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/

>

> NEW YORK. Cayuga County. Class of 1924, Auburn Academic High School;

> 153 records; D. J. Khoury

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/

>

> OHIO. Seneca County. Methodist Cemetery, Seneca Township;

> 870 records; Carolyn Reinbolt and a Kuhn Krumm

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/

>

> OKLAHOMA. Caddo County. 1928 Caddo Yearbook, Anadarko;

> 457 records; Judy Gibson

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/

>

> PENNSYLVANIA. Luzerne County. Deaths from Hazleton Standard-Speaker,

> July-December 1995;1,077 records; Dalice Fadden

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/

>

> SOUTH DAKOTA. Lincoln County. Larsen Cemetery;

> 13 records; M. Hass

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/

>

> SOUTH DAKOTA. Minehaha County. 1916 Washington High School alumni,

> Sioux Falls; 104 records; Cindy L. Hawley

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/

>

> TENNESSEE. Giles County. Beech Hill Cemetery;

> 31 records; E Young

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/

>

> TENNESSEE. Sevier County. 1910 census index (all those over 18 years

> of age); 6,624 records; Owen Wolfe

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index/

>

> TEXAS. Hill County. Heath Cemetery;

> 352 records; Don Heath

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/

>

> ENGLAND. Masons in Middlesex, England;

> 144 records; Mason

> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/uki/

>

> 2d. SPOTLIGHT ON SOME DISTINCTIVE WEB PAGES AT ROOTSWEB

> -------------------------------------------------------

>

> BRITISH ISLES, CANADA and UNITED STATES. Hugh Wallis' Web pages

> provide some unique finding and searching aids, including:

>

> IGI BATCH NUMBER INDEX, BRITISH ISLES AND NORTH AMERICA. Here's a

> major tool for researchers who are using the IGI (International

> Genealogical Index) -- a complete listing of IGI Batch Numbers of

> batches produced as part of the Controlled Extraction Program

> organised by country and county or state or province. It is

> extensively cross-linked where batches cover more than one location or

> a location appears in the IGI in more than one jurisdiction. Plus

> there's direct links to the IGI itself for " one click " easy-to-use

> searches by batch with or without specifying a surname. This site

> provides a means to overcome the 5,000-record limit when using the

> online IGI to browse through large batches of records. Coverage is

> British Isles, Canada and United States. This site proved so useful to

> researchers that it received more than 100,000 hits in the first three

> weeks after it went live last month.

>

> LONDON (ENGLAND) MIDDLE-NAME INDEX. A middle-name index to the IGI for

> London (including Middlesex), England. As of mid-March, this site

> contained an index to the IGI of more than 44,000 different middle

> names that appear in nearly four million IGI records for this area.

> This represents about 70 percent of all IGI Controlled Extraction

> Program entries for England's largest city and will be updated with an

> index into the remaining IGI Controlled Extraction Program records in

> the next little while. Middle names are often mothers' or

> grandmothers' maiden names or fathers' surnames in the case of out-of-

> wedlock births. This kind of index is believed to be the first of its

> kind on the Internet, providing another innovative tool for locating

> otherwise difficult to find relatives or lost family branches.

>

> STOKE DAMEREL OPC (DEVON, ENGLAND). Online Parish Clerk (OPC) site for

> the critical parish of Stoke Damerel, Devon, England -- a parish of

> significant importance, which includes the Devonport Dock region of

> Plymouth and is not adequately covered by the IGI. This includes an

> automated (free) lookup request system (using Soundex matching) for

> key baptism, burial and marriage records for this parish as well as

> various middle name indexes for all of Devon.

>

> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/

>

> 3. NEW ROOTSWEB MAILING LISTS

> -----------------------------

> To subscribe or unsubscribe to/from any RootsWeb-hosted mailing list,

> send a plain text (not HTML) e-mail message with only the word

> SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) in the message body to:

> [name of list]-L-request@... (for mail mode) or to:

> [name of list]-D-request@... (for digest mode)

> To request a new mailing list: http://resources.rootsweb.com/adopt/

>

> [Editor's Note: The following are NOT Web pages--they are mailing

> lists. For more information and an index to the more than 24,400

> RootsWeb-hosted genealogy mailing lists and the subscribing options,

> go to:

> http://lists.rootsweb.com/]

>

> NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS

> BLANCHFIELD, BLESSINGTON, BOWERSMITH, BOWERSOX, BRYMER, BURGI

> CHARTRAW, CIAVARELLA, CUDNEY, CURREN

> DELANGE, DIEM, DUBIGNON

> FAISON, FILLANS, FOWKE, FREAK, FRIDLEY, FROGGATT

> GRAYELL

> HARDAGE, HEINSOHN, HOWTON

> KENDELL, KENNEWELL, KRAVETS

> LANAHAN, LAUDERMILK, LENE, LYNGAAS

> MACH, MARKGRAF, MCCOLLAM

> NASATKA, NEYLON

> OGBORN, OSHIELDS

> PAUPST, PLICHTA

> REUTHER

> SCAPIN, SHORTS, SIGNOR, SIMSA, STPETER

> TOVAR

> VANDEKERKHOVE

> WORT

>

> NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS

> BROWN-ENG -- The BROWN surname in England

> CA-MCGS -- Merced County (California) Genealogical Society

> DE-AfricaAmer -- African American heritage in Delaware

> GA-FGS -- Companion list to the Georgia Family Group Sheet

> Web page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~garichmo/groupindx.html

> HART-NOVASCOTIA -- The HART surname in Nova Scotia, Canada

> JOHN-DALLICOTT-SOCIETY - The Dallicott Society (1721-1785)

> NY-ORPHANAGES -- The research and discovery of Orphans and

> Orphanages in New York State, USA

> OK-FAMILY-GROUP-SHEETS -- Companion list to the Oklahoma Family

> Group Sheets Web site

> QUIROGAS-NL-MX -- The QUIROGAS and related families from Cienega de

> , Nuevo Leon, Mexico

> SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH -- Ancestors who emigrated from the

> United Kingdom to South African pre-1900

> ST-LOUIS-GENEALOGICAL-CIG -- St. Louis Genealogical Society Computer

> Interest Group

> TURNER-UK -- The TURNER surname in the United Kingdom

>

> NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS

> ENG-BRECKLAND -- The 400-mile area of Suffolk and Norfolk known

> as The Brecks or Breckland

> ENG-HAM-NEW-FOREST -- The New Forest, Hampshire, England

> MO-BOOTHEEL - Boot-heel area of Southeast Missouri (USA)

> PA-PHILA-FISHTOWN -- Area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

> VA-BUCKNHAM -- Buckingham County, Virginia

>

> 4. NEW WEB PAGES AT ROOTSWEB

> ----------------------------

> Some of these might not yet be accessible. If one that interests

> you isn't up yet, please check again in a few days or next week.

> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ [account name]

> Note that the ~[tilde] before the Web account name is required.

> To request a free Web account: http://accounts.rootsweb.com/

>

> CANADA

> nscsheet -- Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia (community)

>

> UKRAINE

> ukrterno -- Ternopilska

>

> U.S.A.

> iacherok -- Cherokee County, Iowa

> iasioux -- Sioux County, Iowa

> idelmore -- Elmore County, Idaho

> ididaho -- Idaho County, Idaho

> idlewis -- County, Idaho

> ilmassa2 -- Massac County, Illinois

> inmontgo -- Montgomery County, Indiana

> mapcg -- Plymouth County Genealogists, Inc. (Massachusetts)

> mssimps2 -- Simpson County, Mississippi

> msyazoo2 -- Yazoo County, Mississippi

> okfamgrp -- Oklahoma Family Group Sheets

> txlubbo2 -- Lubbock County, Texas

> txmpghs -- MetroPlex Genealogy/Historical Society (Texas)

> wasigs -- Sno-Isle Genealogical Society (Washington)

>

> 5. NEW FREEPAGES AND HOMEPAGES (PERSONAL WEB SITES AT ROOTSWEB)

> ---------------------------------------------------------------

> [Note: When your new personal Web pages at RootsWeb are up and

> ready for visitors, please send the URL (address) along with a brief

> description, but do not abbreviate localities to:

> rwr-editor@...

> Comments and questions about any of these independently authored Web

> pages should be directed to their respective compilers/webmasters.]

>

> BOOKS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST. Transcriptions of historical books and

> other publications, mainly of the State of Iowa, biographical sketches

> of pioneers -- all books are at least 75 years old.

> http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~cooverfamily/

>

> CONLEY. This site has a group of links for immigrant ships,

> cemeteries, censuses, births, and many others, that all have CONLEY

> information.

> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~carhart/Conley/

>

> COWAN. Births and marriages in Selkirkshire, Scotland, parishes of

> Ettrick, Galashiels, Kirkhope, on, Selkirk, and Yarrow.

> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/cowan/

>

> CRINER FAMILY. Includes DICKEY, HEFLEY, PELLHAM, REDDELL, MARTIN,

> DAVIS, and SEXTON, of Newton County, Arkansas.

> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~crinerfamily/crinerfamily.htm

>

> GEORGIA AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY.

> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~georgiaafam/

>

> HANLON, O'HANLON, UA'H-ANLUAIN. Origins of the name in Ireland; Irish

> cemetery transcriptions and headstone photographs, Irish census

> records. HANLON immigration records to the United States. Includes

> HANDLON, HANLEN, etc.

> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hanlon/

>

> HARRIS, LARKINS, ROBINAULT, BOYD, and WESTBROOK FAMILIES.

> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~confido/hindex2.htm

>

> JORDANS in the United Kingdom. The JORDANS who started their life in

> and around Black Torrington in Devon, England.

> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~margaretann/

>

> KUMPAKISKE/KUMPAKSZKE/SCHULTZ Family Page. Henry and

> KUMPAKISKE/KUMPAKSZKE-SCHULTZ came to United States in 1903.

> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kumpakiskeschultz/

>

> NEW YORK. Biographies -- Mohawk Valley gathered from various sources.

> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~darci/notes/bios.htm

>

> OBEL and SUTTON. The OBELS can traced back to 1530 in Dachsenhausen,

> Germany. Includes a database of OBEL, SUTTON, MITCHELL, and BROWN.

> SUTTONS, of Texas.

> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obel/gen/obel/

>

> PEAVEY RESEARCH CENTER. This site dedicated to the surname PV, whether

> you spell it PEAVEY, PEEVEY, PEVEY, PEVY, PAVY, PEVA or a dozen other

> ways. PV transcripts and scanned images of vital records: birth,

> death, marriage, divorce, census (mainly 1850), wills, probate, and

> land records; photos of ancestors and gravestones, brick walls, family

> group sheets and researcher's notes, letters, surveys, and

> speculations.

> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jalanne/Index.html

>

> STEWART. Includes surnames of STEWART, LINGENFELTER, DIVELY, DOBSON,

> MARTZ, ROWAN, ZETH and including photos of some family members.

> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jstewart/family.html

>

> TOLLEY. Contains cemetery photos from Fountain Green, Nephi, and

> Provo, Utah cemeteries, and information on the CHAPIN, DURHAM,

> FARNSWORTH, HUGGINS, LAURITZEN, MICKELSEN, ORME, PEARCE, RICH, and

> TOLLEY surnames.

> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tolleygenealogy/

>

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> 6. FROM ROOTSWEB REVIEW'S BOTTOMLESS MAILBAG

> --------------------------------------------

>

> Family Treasures Found at Online Auctions

> By Lowder ldyflagger@...

>

> I practically live on eBay, and am saddened to see so many family

> Bibles, photos, marriage certificates and other things that should be

> handed down to the descendants being sold. I bought an old vintage

> photo album in hopes of getting it back to the family, but there are

> no names on anything. A week ago I bought an old tintype wedding photo

> of a couple, and the back of it said, " Grandpa and Grandma MEERDINK --

> 1866. " I found their family a few days later and last Friday, I sent

> the photo. It sure made them happy to receive this photo, and it made

> me feel just as good sending it to them.

>

> I bought a marriage certificate for a HOUSER/DURKEE in on

> County, Indiana, but have no leads on it yet.(I even left a note on

> the Message Boards).Please let people know that their family history

> may be being sold on these auction sites. I wish I could save them all

> by buying the things I see, but I'm on a fixed income at the present.

>

> * * *

>

> When My Grandfather Was a Little Girl

> By Belva Gurr belvad@...

>

> When I was child growing up on my grandparents' farm, my grandfather

> used to talk about his family and how hard it was in the " old days. "

> His father died when he was five, leaving his mother to raise six

> children alone. Most of his stories started, " When I was a little

> girl, " and I would sit there confused. I knew what little boys looked

> like, there were eight boy cousins around, and I knew granddaddy

> wouldn't tell a lie. But then I had seen a picture of him as a baby,

> in a dress, when he was born in 1890. It kept me puzzled for many of

> my growing up years trying to figure out at just what point would he

> have turned into a little boy.

>

> I always enjoyed the evenings listening to him talk about his family.

> The one I eagerly awaited was when he would talk about his cousins,

> Vester and Lester, the twins. He'd tell me about going to Vester's

> house on a side trip to north Georgia and of giving his cousin $5 to

> send him a copy of the JENNINGS family tree when it was finished. I

> waited every day for the mail to see them bring granddaddy a tree. I

> never saw the tree and he died in 1966 and didn't see the tree either.

>

> I worked at my family's story for many years, more piddling than

> working, but I wanted to give my granddaddy his tree. He'd left a

> picture of his grandfather in full Masonic regalia with a brief but

> informative story of the PARKERS and LAWHONS of Georgia. I didn't know

> much about them, they were his father's family and after his father,

> Shedd, died in 1895 the family moved in with his mother's family, the

> JENNINGS, in middle Georgia. The PARKERS gave me somewhere to start

> and I was ambitious, tracking all these people down but I couldn't

> find Vester and Lester.

>

> I don't know if people believe in ESP or the paranormal but something

> happened one day about a year and a half ago. I was trying to fit some

> of granddaddy's family in a niche that just didn't work when I

> remembered his cousin JENNINGS. had a dairy farm

> outside ville, Florida, and when he weaned the calves we would

> ride with granddaddy from Tallahassee to ville to pick up the

> calves. This wasn't as easy as it sounded. Granddaddy only had a two-

> door coupe, we had to take the back seat out and line the floor with

> hay and try to convince two or three calves that they really wanted to

> take a 150-mile drive.

>

> JENNINGS, that was Vester and Lester's last name and as far I knew

> they were all gone but I had seen an ad for an insurance company in

> Life magazine, in the '60s with Cousin 's son, Ray as Man-of-

> the-Year or something. In a flash of inspiration I called ville

> telephone directory and found Ray JENNINGS, insurance agent and told

> him who I was and what I needed. He said he didn't have that

> information but to call his sister in , Mississippi. I hung up

> and called her, she was on her way out of town for a new grandbaby but

> said to call her daddy's sister in north Georgia. She told me that her

> aunt at 92 was very sharp and knew all the family stories -- Aunt

> Vesta was the family historian.

>

> I got in touch with Aunt Vesta and after telling her who I belonged to

> and where they all were, she told me that my grandfather had stopped

> by her house one day and gave her $5 to send him the family history

> when she finished. Full circle. She told me that there was no one in

> her family that was interested in the family and its story and what

> marvelous pictures she had of my granddaddy (in his dress) and his

> parents and the JENNINGS. We had such a wonderful time we talked

> several times a week, telling each other what names and dates we

> needed to get over some of our brick walls. I was getting a package

> ready to send to her one day when I received my wonderful pictures. I

> was busy and didn't call her that Monday, she called me on Friday and

> asked if I had received her package.

>

> I told her " yes! " and about my pictures I was getting ready to send to

> her. We had a good long talk -- she told me how much she had enjoyed

> being able to give these to someone who would love them as she did for

> she had waited more than 50 years. That Sunday her son called to tell

> me Aunt Vesta had died peacefully early that morning and he wanted me

> to know how happy I had made her in the last six weeks of her life.

>

> When those flashes come, don't let them get away. I just found my

> father's 92-year-old first cousin and learned that I have dozens of

> cousins I never knew. Today I went to meet them and discovered that my

> daddy wore a dress, too.

>

> 7. WHAT'S NEW FOR ANCESTRY.COM SUBSCRIBERS

> ------------------------------------------

> ANCESTRY LAUNCHES HISTORICAL NEWSPAPER COLLECTION. For the past 300

> years, Americans have been turning to newspapers to learn about the

> events that affect their lives and the world around them. Genealogists

> know the value that these windows into the past can add to family

> histories. Beyond the broad insights found in the news of yesteryear,

> newspapers also provide news of individuals in the form of obituaries,

> birth and marriage announcements, anniversaries, graduations, job

> promotions, reunions,legal notices concerning probate proceedings,

> divorce cases, estate or tax sales, notices of missing persons, and

> more.

>

> Ancestry.com now makes it easier than ever to access American

> newspapers from the past with the launch of the Ancestry Historical

> Newspaper Collection. The collection opens with 100,000 pages from the

> following newspapers:

>

> --From New York

> " New York Daily Times, " 1851-1857

> " New York Evening Times, " 1855, 1856

> " New York Times, " 1857-1866

>

> --From Indiana

> " Dawson's Fort Wayne Daily Times, " 1861

> " Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. " 1921

> " The Fort Wayne Sentinel, " 1905, 1909

> " The Weekly Sentinel, " 1907, 1912, 1913.

>

> --From Nevada

> " Weekly Evening Gazette, " 1879

> " Nevada State Journal, " 1870-1875, 1911-13

> " Reno Evening Gazette, " 1876-95, 1897-1902, 1904-06, 1911,

> 1915- 17, 1919-23

> " Daily Nevada State Journal, " 1876-1907

> " Weekly Nevada State Journal, " 1875

>

> In addition to these titles, Ancestry plans to add 1,000 pages

> per working day. With more than 50 million pages slated to be posted,

> subscribers will soon have access to the largest online collection of

> historical newspapers ever assembled.

>

> Free viewer software allows you to see these pages in the comfort of

> your home, with all of the convenience and power you have learned to

> expect from Ancestry.com. The Newspaper Collection is fully

> searchable, and individual pages can be saved to your home computer or

> printed for your family history files.

>

> Ancestry.com's goal is to make its collections available at a very

> reasonable rate. This new collection may not interest all researchers

> and so is being offered as a separate subscription. This keeps the

> overall price of core services affordable. Current annual subscribers

> to any of the collections can add a Historical Newspaper subscription

> at a greatly discounted rate. Subscription rates are:

>

> --Annual Subscription Upgrade: $29.95 -- One year of access for

> those who currently subscribe to Basic, U.S. Census or UK/Ireland

> Collection.

>

> --Super Subscription Upgrade (limited time offer) $19.95 -- One year

> of access for current annual subscribers that already have all other

> subscription packages --- Basic, U.S. Census, and UK/Ireland

> subscriptions.

>

> --Super Subscription (limited time offer): $149.80 -- One year of

> access to all four Ancestry.com collections (Basic, U.S. Census,

> UK/Ireland and Historical Newspapers) for new subscribers.

>

> --Annual Historical Newspaper Subscription:$69.95 -- One year of

> access to the Historical Newspaper Collection only.

>

> --Quarterly Historical Newspapers Subscription: $24.95 -- Three months

> of access to the Historical Newspaper Collection only.

>

> This new offering comes at an exciting time as it was announced a few

> weeks ago that Ancestry.com's basic subscribers will be seeing more

> and more images accompanying new datasets at no additional cost. In

> addition, U.S. Census subscribers will be seeing exclusive images of

> the 1930 U.S. federal census going online within hours of its release.

>

> The new Historical Newspaper Collection promises to be valuable to

> researchers. To view a sample image from the collection, go to:

> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?sourceid=2134&targetid=3493

>

> To subscribe to the Ancestry Historical Newspaper Collection, go to:

> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?sourceid=2134&targetid=3234

>

> 8. WORLDGENWEB and USGENWEB

> ---------------------------

> The WorldGenWeb Project http://worldgenweb.org/ is one of the several

> volunteer genealogy projects and many of its pages are hosted by

> RootsWeb. You might be surprised at some of the free treasures here.

>

> The USGenWeb Project http://usgenweb.org/ is another volunteer

> genealogy project and many of its state and county Web pages and

> mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb. You'll find the USGenWeb

> Archives Newsletter at:

> http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/newsletter/index.htm

>

> THE USGenWeb Archives Newsletter contains all of the recent USGenWeb

> Archives submissions. For an online version see:

> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/USGW-ARCHIVES-ANNOUNCE/2002-03

>

> The USGW-ARCHIVES-ANNOUNCE is a read-only mailing list for weekly

> announcements of new updates and submissions to the USGenWeb Archives.

> To subscribe send the following as the only text in the body of a

> message that says SUBSCRIBE to:

> usgw-archives-announce-l-request@...

>

> The CENSUS-ANNOUNCE mailing list is a weekly announce-only mailing

> list for the USGenWeb Census Project. It contains the current census

> additions/updates in the last week. To subscribe send the following as

> the only text in the body of a message that says SUBSCRIBE to:

> census-announce-l-request@...

> These new uploads are also online at

> http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/nu/index.htm

>

> 9. HUMOR: You Want to Know What?

> ---------------------------------

> Thanks to: Haugh nehaugh@...

>

> I thought readers might enjoy this paragraph written by census

> enumerator Ames Atkins at the end of the 1880 Salem,

> Massachusetts census, Enumeration District 240:

>

> " A thorough, patient, faithful canvass, which I have prosecuted in

> spite of dogs, an ignorant post-master, pitiful penny-a-liners

> (livers?), " bad whiskey, " a too sadly frequent assurance that my

> employer was " a meddlesome fool, " and long journeys, often with no

> one to enumerate for great distances. "

>

> 10. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES, REPRINT POLICY, SUBSCRIBING HELP

> -----------------------------------------------------------

> Short (500 words or less) articles, stories, or letters submitted for

> consideration for publication in the RootsWeb Review should be sent to

> rwr-editor@... as a plain text e-mail message (no

> attachments). We reserve the right to edit all submissions.

>

> RootsWeb Review does not publish or answer genealogical queries, and

> the editor regrets that she is unable to provide any personal research

> assistance. Post your queries on all relevant surname and locality

> message boards: http://boards.rootsweb.com/

> and mailing lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/

>

> Permission to reprint articles from RootsWeb Review is granted unless

> specifically stated otherwise, provided: (1) the reprint is used for

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> appears at the end of the article: Previously published in RootsWeb

> Review: Vol. 5, No. 13, 27 March 2002 and written by [author's name,

> e-mail address, and URL, if given].

>

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