ROOTSWEB REVIEW: RootsWeb's Genealogy News Vol. 2, No. 41, 13 October 1999, Circulation: 363,950+ (c) 1999 RootsWeb.com, Inc. RootsWeb.com, Inc., P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 Editors: Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG RootsWeb HelpDesk: DONATIONS HELP ROOTSWEB HELP YOU AND ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED. For details about support levels, benefits, and payment options (check or credit card), e-mail or visit . Mailing address: RootsWeb.com, Inc., P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798. (Please write your e-mail address on all correspondence and checks.) * * * * * IN THIS ISSUE: o WorldConnect Project Launched o Free Pages Update o RootsWeb's Online Lesson 16: Naturalization o Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Project o Special Thanks to RootsWeb Donors o RootsWeb Welcomes DearMyrtle o Communities Mailing Lists and Web Pages o Connecting through RootsWeb o New Mailing Lists o New Web Pages o GenConnect o USGenWeb Archives o Letters to the Editors o Humor o Reprint Policy o Subscribe/Unsubscribe Instructions * * * * * NEWS AND NOTES AT ROOTSWEB ROOTSWEB'S WORLDCONNECT PROJECT by Robert R. Tillman, CEO We are proud to announce the BETA TEST of the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project. Now you can upload, edit, delete and download to others your GEDCOMs on RootsWeb. We have developed GEDCOM software that is the most advanced on the Web to provide you with unprecedented control over your posted GEDCOMs. Key features include the ability to: o Upload a GEDCOM file generated by any of the major genealogy software applications WITHOUT first converting it to HTML. o Edit or delete your GEDCOMs as well as change the display or download options at any time. o Link the GEDCOM to your own home page. o Screen or remove information about living individuals from the GEDCOM. o Link Post-Em notes both from the GEDCOM originator and other RootsWeb users by attaching to the record of a particular individual. This capability is similar to the implementation of Post-Ems in RootsWeb's Social Security Death Index. o Link a GEDCOM to other GEDCOMs using Post-Ems. o Allow RootsWeb users to download subsets (portions) of the original GEDCOM starting with a specific person and choosing either ancestors or descendants. o Display GEDCOMs online in highly flexible ways. We think that this display capability is where RootsWeb WorldConnect Project really shines. Unlike with certain other Web sites, you have full control over your GEDCOM. You can change or remove it completely at any time and RootsWeb will never burn it onto a CD-ROM or charge others to access it. Check out this new capability at . Search for individuals listed in uploaded GEDCOMs at . Beat the crowds. Upload your GEDCOM now, but please remember that this is a beta test. We will change features of the offering based upon your feedback. You can expect that there will be malfunctions, problems, delays, etc. during this test. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding. Submit your complaints and suggestions for improvements to the RootsWeb GEDCOM Suggestions Board at . You might also want to thank Randy Winch, the author of this wonderful new RootsWeb feature. He has devoted months to this project. Kudos to Randy! * * * FREE PAGES PROGRESS REPORT. So far the beta test of unlimited free Web site space on RootsWeb is going extremely well. As of Tuesday evening, October 12, 1999, we had received and fulfilled 1,143 requests. Consider moving your Web sites to RootsWeb and tell your friends. We particularly welcome genealogy and historical societies. To see the complete Free Pages announcement, please click on FREEPAGES Directory (users' pages at FREEPAGES): * * * ROOTSWEB'S GUIDE TO TRACING FAMILY TREES. . Our mid-semester break is over and Lesson 16, Naturalization and Denization Records, awaits you at . ROOTSWEB IN THE NEWS. RootsWeb was featured in the o 3 September 1999 issue of RED HERRING MAGAZINE at http://www.herring.com/insider/1999/0903/vc-ancestor.html; o the Sunday, 10 October 1999 issue of ACCESS INTERNET MAGAZINE [Note the two-line URL]; and two genealogy articles in o Net4TV Voice at The Net4TV Voice articles are "Is Your Pedigree AKC?," which deals with connecting to the famous and infamous in your family tree. The International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists on RootsWeb is mentioned in this article. The story URL is: The second, continuing a series on Genealogy Power Tools, features the Social Security Death Index and particularly the one offered by RootsWeb with its Post-Em feature. The story URL is: . DearMYRTLE's daily genealogy column is now hosted by RootsWeb. You'll find it at . RANDOM ACTS OF GENEALOGICAL KINDNESS (RAOGK) wishes to thank RootsWeb for hosting this volunteer project. The site has a new and easier to remember URL: . Since its inception in March of 1999 RAOGK has grown to more than 1,500 volunteers in the United States, Canada, and a few other countries. Its volunteers offer to do the "legwork" in the area in which they live for those who do not live nearby or who are unable to visit the locality - for just basic copying and mailing costs. These acts of kindness range from looking up and copying documents in county courthouses to taking digital photographs of a tombstone. SPECIAL THANKS TO ROOTSWEB DONORS. Some contribute at a rate that allows RootsWeb to bring new resources and tools online for everyone. A voluntary listing of contributors at the Donor level and above is at . * * * * * COMMUNITIES MAILING LISTS. Communities mailing lists are listed at as soon as they are established. You can subscribe to a list at that page. To learn which communities lists are up for adoption, visit: . 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FamilyStoreHouse will donate 10% of the sales proceeds to RootsWeb. * ADVERTISEMENT * * PHOTOREVIVAL.COM * Vintage photo restoration company conducting survey . . . answer our quick questionnaire and enter to win your choice of a FREE scanner or digital camera. Photorevival.com is intent on becoming your favorite online source for all of your photo restoration and photographic gift needs. * * * * * CONNECTING THROUGH ROOTSWEB. Thanks for sharing your stories. FINDING RELATIVES. After posting that I was looking for information on George Washington CANNON, I received an e-mail from my niece Glenna. The family had not heard from her in about six years, since her mother, my sister, passed away. It was so nice to have a family member back in the fold. . . Thanks so much for RootsWeb. I can hardly wait for the new pages! Sharon * * * SEARCHING FOR RELATIVES. I've been searching North Dakota for my families -- SHEPTENKO and LITWENKO -- with no luck. I know they lived there and owned property near Minot. I posted at RootsWeb and an hour later had mail. Much to my surprise, there were two good links. I was elated and feel that much closer to solving the mystery of my missing relatives. Thank you. Ruth Usnick * * * * * MAILING LISTS. For an index to most user mailing lists hosted by RootsWeb, visit . NEW MAILING LIST REQUESTS. Please request new mailing lists at: NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS BITZ (includes BITS, BITTS, and PITZ) BRUDER DAVIS-NORTHERN-STATES (DAVIS families in the U.S.A. who followed a northern migration pattern from New England) DETHLEFSEN DOMAGALA DONACHY ENGELKEN FANN FASNACHT (includes FASSNACHT and FOSNACHT) GETMAN GUDGER HARPOLD (includes HARPOOL, HARPOLE, and HERBOLDT) HERBAGE LYNSKEY MAES MCEACHIN PEYER QUICKEL RAWORTH (includes RAYWORTH) RHAMES TAYLOR-KY (TAYLOR surname of Kentucky) VANMARTER (includes VAN MARTER) WEIDEMANN WETHERINGTON WIDDRINGTON WOLETZ NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS ARKANSAS-QUERIES -- Arkansas-related genealogical queries KY-FEUDS - To discuss feuds and murders in Kentucky from a historical perspective; covers all of Kentucky and the border states. Discussions limited to answering who, where, why and how of a particular feud or murder and how it shaped Kentucky. NOT a surname list. PADATA -- For sharing original Pennsylvania source documents NEW ETHNIC, SPECIAL INTEREST, AND MISCELLANEOUS MAILING LISTS METIS -- Metis descendants NEWSPAPER-ABSTRACTS -- For the submission of abstracts from any newspaper in the United States. All submissions to this list will be forwarded to the appropriate state/county sites to be placed in their archives. POCAHONTAS -- This list is dedicated to the genealogy and history of Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan (1595?-1617) * * * * * NEW WEB ACCOUNT REQUESTS. Please see the instructions at . NEW WEB SITES. 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 a week. . Note that the ~[tilde] before the account name is required. FOR EXAMPLE, to visit the Georgia History Web page, go to . U.S.A. flgsgm -- Genealogical Society of Greater Miami gafecscv -- Forrest Escort Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans (Georgia) gahistry -- Georgia History gsfa -- Genealogical Society of Flemish Americans iablack2 -- Black Hawk County, Iowa ilnhs -- Neponset Historical Society (Illinois) ksmeade -- Meade County, Kansas kybrchs -- Breathitt County Historical Society (Kentucky) kycrrsek -- Cumberland River Region of Southeastern Kentucky mdwchs -- Washington County Historical Society (Maryland) meshklib -- Shaker Library (Maine) mioscoda -- Oscoda County, Michigan mowchgs -- Wright County Historical and Genealogical Society (Missouri) msmarion -- Marion County, Mississippi mtbighrn -- Big Horn County, Montana ncnecsmd -- Northeast Colony of the North Carolina Society of Mayflower Descendants nybgsad -- Buffalo Genealogical Society of the African Diaspora (New York) oheccogs -- Erie County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society ohhocki2 -- Hocking County, Ohio ohlawogs -- Lawrence County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society okcgs -- Cushing Genealogical Society (Oklahoma) pakhs -- Kittochtinny Historical Society (Pennsylvania) parahgs -- Rockwood Area Historical and Genealogical Society (Pennsylvania) scabgs -- Aiken-Barnwell Genealogical Society (South Carolina) txcolcgs -- Collin County Genealogical Society (Texas) txpcgs -- Parker County Genealogical Society (Texas) NEW HOME PAGES AT ROOTSWEB Miss B's Place CARAWAN and McGOWAN Family Pages COLLINS-McFADDEN Genealogy IMRIE-WAMPACH Home Page SUZETTE's Along Those Lines WARNER, HINDLE, HYDE, HAYNES Web Site Charles YOUNG's Genealogy and Family History Page FREEPAGES DIRECTORY: (users' pages at FREEPAGES) * * * * * GENCONNECT. RootsWeb hosts more than 60,000 surname GenConnect boards that are in need of people to maintain them. Visit: o For a complete list of adoptable GenConnect surname boards o For the form to request to adopt a GenConnect surname board (the same form is used for surname mailing list requests) Have you found a genealogical treasure, such as a photo album or an old Bible containing a completed family record page, that you would like to see reunited with its family? If so, you may post a notice about it on the SOMEBODY'S LINKS GenConnect board at . * * * * * USGENWEB ARCHIVES -- CENSUS IMAGES ONLINE COLORADO. 1900 Rio Blanco County COLORADO. 1900 Sedgwick County COLORADO. 1910 Sedgwick County COLORADO. 1920 Sedgwick County COLORADO. 1870 Weld County GEORGIA. 1850 Oglethorpe County INDIANA. 1870 Fountain County KENTUCKY. 1810 Cumberland County PENNSYLVANIA. 1820 Cambria County PENNSYLVANIA. 1830 Cambria County PENNSYLVANIA. 1920 Fulton County TEXAS. 1910 Van Zandt County TEXAS. 1910 Webb County TEXAS. 1920 Webb County USGENWEB ARCHIVES -- OTHER SUBMISSIONS (Note: Many of the URLs are longer than one line. All of the material between a set of angle brackets is a part of the URL but the brackets themselves are not a part of the URL. In the case of a URL that is longer than one line, it will be necessary for you either to cut and paste the full URL or to type it carefully into your browser.) ARKANSAS. 1830 Conway County Census Transcription COLORADO. 1900 Archuleta County US Census Schedules COLORADO. Boulder County. Biographies from Stone's 1918 "History of Colorado" ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/co/boulder/bios/tedrowhb.txt COLORADO. Chaffee County. Corrections to Fairview Cemetery lists COLORADO. Denver County. Transcription of 1944 University of Denver Commencement Program. COLORADO. Denver County. Biographies from Stone's 1918 "History of Colorado" (Updated) COLORADO. Denver County. Transcription of 1937 Skinner Jr. High Commencement Program. COLORADO. Eagle County COLORADO. Garfield County. Headstone photographs from the Highland, New Castle, Cemetery. COLORADO. Gunnison County. Headstone photographs from the Marble Cemetery. COLORADO. Lake County. Thomas Flannery Family History COLORADO. Larimer County. Biographies from Stone's 1918 "History of Colorado" (Updated). COLORADO. Pueblo County. Biographies from Stone's 1918 "History of Colorado" (Updated) COLORADO. Routt County. Listing for the Bennett Family, Pagoda Cemetery (with photograph). and COLORADO. Weld County. Biographies from Stone's 1918 "History of Colorado" (Updated) GEORGIA. 1830 Washington County Census Transcription INDIANA. 1850 DeKalb County Census Transcription (Fairfield Twp) LOUISIANA. 1810 Orleans Parish Census Transcription/Partial MARYLAND. 1790 Caroline County Federal Census MARYLAND. 1790 Worcester County Federal Census MASSACHUSETTS. 1900 Berkshire County Census Transcription/Partial MASSACHUSETTS. 1910 Worcester County Census Transcription/Partial MISSISSIPPI. 1840 Lawrence County Federal Census MISSISSIPPI. 1850 Marion County Federal Census MISSOURI. Camden County. Conway Cemetery MISSOURI. Miller County. Martin Family Cemetery NEVADA. 1870 Esmeralda County Federal Census NORTH DAKOTA. Cavalier County. Newspaper transcription, MILTON GLOBE, Milton OHIO. Allen County Bureau of Land Management Records OHIO Archives Main Page Updated OHIO. Ashland County Bureau of Land Management Records OHIO. Butler County Cemeteries OHIO. 1850 Fulton County Census Completed OHIO. Hancock County Bureau of Land Management Records OHIO. Henry County Bureau of Land Management Records OHIO. 1850 Henry County Census Completed OHIO. Logan County. Soules/Gordon Bible Page OHIO. Mahoning County Bureau of Land Management Records OHIO. 1870 Medina County Census Completed OHIO. Meigs County. Half-Acre Cemetery. OHIO. Meigs County. Rawlings Cemetery. OHIO. Meigs County. Vonschriltz Cemetery. OHIO. Meigs County. Pearsol Cemetery. OHIO. Meigs County. Horner Hill Cemetery. OHIO. Meigs County. White Oak Cemetery. OHIO. Meigs County. Carleton Cemetery. OHIO. Meigs County. Biggs Cemetery. OHIO. Meigs County. Mount Hermon Cemetery. OHIO. Meigs County. Osborne Cemetery. OHIO. Meigs County. Hood Cemetery. OHIO. Meigs County. Keebaugh Cemetery. OHIO. Ottawa County. Locust Point Cemetery Page OHIO. Trumbull County Tombstone Page OHIO. Washington County. Lane Cemetery OHIO. Williams County. Farnham Cemetery OHIO. Williams County. Yackee Cemetery OHIO. Williams County. Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery OHIO. Williams County. Mount Olive Cemetery OHIO. Williams County. Thomas Cemetery OHIO. Williams County. West Buffalo Cemetery OHIO. Williams County. ZETA - CORDIA published by the Senior Class of Bryan High School OHIO. Williams County. 1924 ZETA - CORDIA OHIO. Williams County. 1931 ZETA - CORDIA OHIO. Wood County Tombstone Page PENNSYLVANIA. 1850 Carbon County Census Transcription TENNESSEE. 1840 Jefferson County Census Transcription TENNESSEE. 1850 Jefferson County Census Transcription/Partial TENNESSEE. 1830 McNairy County Census Transcription TEXAS. 1850 Jackson County Census Transcription TEXAS. 1880 Lee County Census Transcription VIRGINIA. 1850 Fauquier County Census Transcription/Partial VIRGINIA. 1820 Middlesex County Federal Census VIRGINIA. 1830 Middlesex County Federal Census WASHINGTON. Skamania County Cemeteries Page WASHINGTON. Chelan County Cemeteries WASHINGTON. Douglas County Cemeteries WASHINGTON. Franklin County Cemeteries WASHINGTON. Thurston County Cemeteries * * * * * LETTERS TO THE EDITORS may be posted to the GenConnect board at http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/RWR-LettersToTheEditor or sent to RWR-Editors@rootsweb.com. Thank you for the special report "One October Saturday in a Galaxy Far, Far Away." The text and photos were excellent in giving an idea of what is involved in maintaining servers. . This helps me to explain -- as I do now and will continue to when recommending RootsWeb. It is difficult to explain to the average person who only uses a PC for letters and e-mail that there is much work and expense involved in providing Net/Web services. Well done! Anne Vestal-Miller * * * I just wanted to let you know how blessed I have been by the people I have met on the RootsWeb sites. There have been a number of researchers with surnames I am connected to who have been very kind to me. I am going very slowly and enjoying the process. I decided to contribute to your "free" genealogy projects. I signed up for the basic sponsor and then thought I really wanted to give more. I live from donations but this is my birthday so I am sharing some of the money presents I received. * * * * * HUMOR: GRANDMA'S REVENGE When my three-year-old son opened the birthday gift from his grandmother, he discovered a water pistol. He squealed with delight and headed for the nearest sink. I was not so pleased. I turned to Mom and said, "I'm surprised at you. Don't you remember how we used to drive you crazy with water guns?" Mom smiled and then replied, "I remember." [Thanks to MeMail's free publication, "Joke of the Day." To subscribe, send e-mail to .] * * * * * PERMISSION TO REPRINT articles from ROOTSWEB REVIEW is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, PROVIDED: (1) the reprint is used for non- commercial, educational purposes; and (2) the following notice appears at the end of the article: Written by . Previously published by RootsWeb.com, Inc., RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Genealogy News, Vol. 2, No. 41, 13 October 1999. 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