ROOTSWEB REVIEW: RootsWeb's Genealogy News Vol. 4, No. 20, 16 May 2001, Circulation: 824,026+ (c) 1998-2001 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ ROOTSWEB REVIEW and MISSING LINKS are free, weekly e-zines Editors: Julia M. 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Dad said that his great-grandfather YOUNG was "100 percent Dutch." It turned out that YOUNG was JUNG and "Dutch" was "Deutsch." A New York State village historian broke this news to me explaining, "Up here, Dutch and Deutsch are interchangeable." Do you have a tradition of Dutch ancestry? Consider the possibility that your Dutch too might have been Deutsch. If your family with Deutsch origins resided in Pennsylvania, explore the PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH resources hosted by RootsWeb. Among them are: GENCONNECT PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH QUERY BOARD http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Pa/Dutch/ PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY WEB SITE http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/padutch/ MAILING LISTS http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/PA/misc.html PENNA-DUTCH-L@rootsweb.com (Discussion of genealogy, history, and culture related to the Pennsylvania Dutch and focused on but not exclusive to Berks, Chester, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York counties, Pennsylvania.) 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Go to: www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11GC ** END PAID ADVERTISEMENTS ** CONNECTING THROUGH ROOTSWEB. Thanks for sharing your stories. NICKNAMES ARE IMPORTANT CLUES by Carol Richardson, Derby, UK cbr206@onetel.net.uk When I got the bug for family history research four years ago, I had an initial goal to link up all the family members I knew or knew about. I had been successful except for one first cousin who I had only met once and who had been born and brought up in Africa. I had tried last known addresses without success and thought perhaps I would have to let that member of the family go undetected. However, two things happened over the last year. The first I wrote about in an article in MISSING LINKS, Vol. 5, No. 30, 26 July 2000, involving the return of documents after 15 years out of the family. Among those papers were some letters written by my cousin's father, which gave more recent information about her and her children. I tried later addresses but once more got no response. The second event, which was to change things dramatically, was the publication of an article in the 29 March 2001 issue of MISSING LINKS by Cindy Binks, who gave her location as South Africa. Her story reminded me of similar situations in my research and, on a whim, I wrote to her and mentioned my search for my cousin. Then began an amazing series of events as she took up my cause and with incredible tenacity pursued every avenue to see if my relative could be found. My cousin was known by an unusual nickname. Apparently when she was a baby she had made a noise like a bugle when she cried, so the name "Bugles" stuck. However I wasn't sure if she had dropped it in later life, so although I mentioned this nickname I also provided her full given names. Cindy put me in touch with other people who provided snippets of information about Bugle's husband's work and early death but nothing seemed to be forthcoming about Bugles herself or her four children (in their twenties and thirties) whose names I knew. Cindy searched telephone directories in Port Elizabeth and Durban, both places where she had been known to live, but nothing came to light. Throughout all this time the e-mails were flying back and forth as Cindy checked out every detail and kept coming up with new avenues to pursue. She followed up on Bugle's father who had lived with her at the end of his life, the local schools in the area for information about the children, and even the runners list for the Comrades Marathon between Durban and Pietermaritzburg. It had been mentioned in one of the letters that the husband of one of the children competed regularly in this race. But still nothing was forthcoming and we were hampered by not knowing the married names of the three female children and only the first name of the runner husband. Hopes were pinned on the only boy, the youngest child, but there was no obvious lead there either. Finally, Cindy asked if I would like her to send a letter to the paper about the family and I agreed, feeling just a little apprehensive that we might be intruding into the lives of people who did not want to be found. So, on 13 April she sent a letter to the editor of the NATAL SUNDAY TRIBUNE which was published. To my amazement and delight, two of the children saw it and got in touch with Cindy and within a very short space of time I was chatting on the phone to my youngest female first cousin, once removed, and receiving e-mails from her younger brother. My fears had been unfounded. I learned that, sadly, Bugles had died in 1994 but that her children knew nothing about me or any of that side of their mother's family. One of the daughters has gone to live in Australia and I have yet to contact her directly but at least now I have a direct family source for her address. The only thing that we got wrong in the letter was that we assumed that she had reverted to her given name whereas the name Bugles had stayed with her until she died. I am sad to have been too late to make contact with my cousin but immensely grateful to Cindy and to RootsWeb for the chance now to catch up with her family. We are exchanging information and photographs and attempting to bridge the gap of more than 40 years. Thank you Cindy! Thank you Missing Links! * * * * * MAILING LISTS. For an index to the more than 21,000 RootsWeb- hosted genealogy mailing lists, visit http://lists.rootsweb.com/ NEW MAILING LIST REQUESTS. 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If one that interests you isn't up yet, please check again in a few days or a week. http://www.rootsweb.com/~[account name]. Note that the ~[tilde] before the account name is required. FOR EXAMPLE, to visit the Web page for Kent County, Delaware, go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~dekent/ BRAZIL brawgw -- Brazil WorldGenWeb U.S.A. altchs -- Tallapoosa County Historical Society (Alabama) dekent -- Kent County, Delaware mephs -- Pittsfield Historical Society (Maine) migchs -- Genesee County Historical Society (Michigan) modent -- Dent County, Missouri ndakota -- North Dakota state page for American Local History Network (ALHN) nvolshcs -- Old Logandale School Historic And Cultural Society (Nevada) nyrgs -- Rochester Genealogical Society (New York) nyschs -- Suffolk County Historical Society (New York) ohcfalls -- Falls Township, Ohio * * * SOME NEW HOMEPAGES AND FREEPAGES [N.B.: When your new RootsWeb FreePage or HomePage is up and ready for visitors, please send a brief description and the URL to rwr-editors@rootsweb.com ] BANKER(T) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~banker/Index.htm BRUCE. Also The ancestry of Hattie E. J. BRUCE of Newfane and Brattleboro, Vermont including MORELL, CHARTER, BALL, WHITNEY, PHILLIPS, STEARNS, and many other early New England families. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mroman/atafel.htm EMBRY and HILL families of Kentucky, and allied families of Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kansas, and Illinois. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~katembry/ GAME ANCESTRY. Includes publication of "The Game Ancestry" book, which includes the author's Hungarian and Austrian ancestors. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fggame/ KUHN GENEALOGY. Also BRICKNER, DROLL, HELLER, LICHTLE, POWELL, ZIMMERMAN. Seneca County, Ohio Township maps and church photos; links to books scanned and put online (including HOUCK Family History, 1912; HOUCK Family History, 1906; POWELL Family History, 1945; Seneca County, Ohio Biographical History, 1902, volumes 1 and 2; Tiffin, Ohio 75th Anniversary Book 1822-1897; ZIMMERMAN-RITTER Family History); cemetery pages for Ohio (Brokensword Cemetery; Crawford County cemeteries; Calvary in Toledo, Lucas County; Seneca County cemeteries; St. Mary's of Marion County; Sts. Peter and Paul in Putnam County; and Wyandot County cemeteries); Florida (Myrtle Hill Memorial Park Cemetery, Tampa, Hillsborough County); Indiana (Holy Trinity in Jay County); Kentucky (Cave City Cemetery; Little Hope Cemetery in Mammoth Cave National Park); Michigan (Roselawn Memorial Park in Lasalle); and Maine (Black Point Cemetery, Scarborough, Maine). http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ohio/links2.shtml LAMPSHIRE and TREGONING pictures and pedigree. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~juanitab/ MARYLAND. BALTIMORE CITY POSTCARDS. A collection of postcards originally published from the turn of the century to roughly 1940 by I & M Ottenheimer and Company depicting many buildings, streets and panoramic views of Baltimore City. Examples are from the collection of Robert W. Barnes. http://freepages.collecting.rootsweb.com/~ruppert/ PKZ'S HOME PAGE. Families include CANOTE, MCMAHAN, SANDERS, HAMPTON, MILES, SIMS, STEVENS, EVANS, and HAWKINS. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pzebe/home.html TURNER, LAWRENCE, LAURENCE, SINKER, GROVES, BENNETT, FOX, FIELDS, STONE, KEEFER, LONG, PORTER, SPANGOLE, DAVIDSON, O'NEAL, NEAL, BALLOU, BILYEU, CREASON, CRESON, TARWATER, PORTLOCK, IMEL, ROWAN, ROUAN, SHANK, BOYCE, BARLOW, WHEELER, HAYES http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jstkat/index.html BARTON. The mostly New England ancestry of Harold Mayland BARTON, including surnames GARRETT, CONWAY, ABBOTT, YOUNG, SMALL, et al. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~onebartonfamily/haroldb HUTT SURNAME CENTER. Sources, links, researchers, and more. http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~genroots1/ PENNSYLVANIA. Fort Loudon Historical Society. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~flhs/ PENNSYLVANIA, Columbia and Montour counties, History of. 851 Biographies. [TWO-LINE URL] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jowest/Research/ CCBiosIndex PERITON FAMILY HISTORY http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~periton/ RAYMOND SCHAD's GENEALOGY PAGE. History of SCHADs from Germany to America. Includes surnames MORFELD, WIGGER, WEBB, PIERCE, MENGES, WATSON, et al. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rapasc/ TENNESSEE, Obion County. Pedigrees (more than 15,000 names). http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jane1 WARDWELL. The mostly New England ancestry of Viva Arlene WARDWELL including surnames PERKINS, LITTLEFIELD, HUTCHINS, NOYES, et al. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~onebartonfamily/viva/ * * * * * GENCONNECT. For a complete list of adoptable GenConnect surname boards, go to http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/surnames/adoptable/ For the form to request a GenConnect surname board, go to http://resources.rootsweb.com/adopt/ * * * * * USGENWEB ARCHIVES. THE ARCHIVES NEWSLETTER contains the USGenWeb Archives submissions in the last week. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/newsletter/ USGW-ARCHIVES-ANNOUNCE is a read-only mailing list for weekly announcements of updates and submissions to the USGenWeb Archives. To subscribe, send e-mail that says only SUBSCRIBE to USGW-ARCHIVES-ANNOUNCE-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com For an online version, go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/USGW-ARCHIVES-ANNOUNCE/ DAILY-UPLOADS-L is a read-only mailing list that announces every file uploaded or changed in the USGenWeb Archives. To subscribe, send e-mail that says only SUBSCRIBE to DAILY-UPLOADS-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com * * * * * LETTERS TO THE EDITORS. Please send as plain text e-mail messages to rwr-editors@rootsweb.com . I have been using RootsWeb since December 2000. You wouldn't believe the changes it has made in our lives. My husband grew up with only his mother and brother. Mom never talked about her family and when we located dad through a helping hand in the VA system, he was unable to help with family information due to advanced Alzheimer's. My husband thought I was foolish for joining and searching. In less than five months, while searching LaLONDE and CAMPBELL surnames, I have located living relatives on both sides and a family past going to the 1600s in Wales. Without RootsWeb this would have been impossible, as all research started in the states of Ohio, Minnesota, and Washington and we live in Southern California and are unable to travel. Thanks to you we have a huge tree to pass on to our children and grandchildren, complete with photos and military history. Thank you so much. Susan Campbell campbellmom@msn.com I wish to thank all the nice folks who sponsor county message boards. We have been searching for the father of Charles MESERVY for years without success. I posted a message on a new Union County, Indiana message board at RootsWeb and the next day I had the information all the way back to 1620 Isle of Jersey in the English Channel. Now if I can just find information on my grandfathers James Marion MCCRORY and Henry Banks LEWIS, and great-great grandfather John J. FINNEY, our family tree will be mostly complete. Of course, there are the women left to research who are harder to find. Thanks to online trees, I did find my grandmothers Susan JACKSON back to Allen JACKSON, 1800 South Carolina, and Melissa E. TILL back to Henna TYLL, 1620 Switzerland. Thank you, RootsWeb, the many volunteers who donate their time to make needful information available, and genealogists who upload their family trees. Frances M. Meservy pennywind@yahoo.com [Re item submitted by Frances Deveaux that was published in SOMEBODY'S LINKS NEWSLETTER, Vol. 3, No. 15, 4 May 2001, to wit: "I found a book called THE WAR-TIME JOURNAL OF A GEORGIA GIRL 1864-1865, written by Eliza Frances ANDREWS, who was born 10 August 1840 in Washington, Georgia, the second daughter and the sixth child of Judge Garnett and Annulet Ball ANDREWS. I would like to give this to a descendant of this family." Less than a week later, on 10 May 2001, the message below arrived.] Thank you! I just sent the e-mail to my ex-husband (whose step-mother was first married to an ANDREWS in that area of Georgia). Amazingly, he was home and called Mable in Georgia immediately. A return e-mail was sent to the original announcer, and Mable is excited about receiving the book for the family. The father of the book's author was Mable's first husband's grandfather. Wow! Nancy Greer (Frances Ellen DuBois Greer, Jr.) greer@usadaoa-emh1.army.mil Again, RootsWeb has come through like a true champion. My stepfather is up in years and his daughter, my half sister, mentioned that she would love to locate family information regarding his mother and possibly a family tree. He was able to provide me with quite a few newspaper clippings regarding his mother as well as some names and dates. With that little information, I pulled up my favorite Web site -- RootsWeb. Within a matter of minutes, I was lead to a family file which took us all the way back to before the Revolution to a family of Tories who then settled in New Brunswick, Canada. This amazing file also included many sources, so that I was then able to provide my stepfather with a very detailed family file. Thank you so much, RootsWeb, for having a place for people to post their family information which then can be used to expand another family's history. Leilani leilani@iinc.com My new husband, Ken Krumm, and I, each with a digital camera in hand, visit cemeteries in our spare time. We have the advantage of several "smart cards" which we can swap into the cameras as they get full. Their capacity allows us to photograph 400-600 photos of tombstones in one day. We live in Franklin County, Ohio but my family is from an area two hours to the north, so when we travel, with cameras ready, we stop at cemeteries and attempt to photograph all stones in any particular cemetery and then post them to the Web. These are NOT just relations to us, but a FUN project nonetheless. While on our honeymoon "out West," we even photographed the cemetery at Calico, a ghost town in California. Thanks to the "unlimited space" provided to me by RootsWeb's FreePages, I am able to post as many photo as we have time to take of tombstones. Currently our goal is to put up photos of all tombstones in cemeteries in Seneca and Wyandot counties in Ohio. I have posted a page for each county. The page contains a listing of all the cemeteries and their locations in that county, along with a link to a designated cemetery page if I have photos or further information for it. I got the idea when I saw another cemetery site at: http://www.kenton.com/users/chuck/cemetery.htm and I even copied the format he used (I wrote to him and told him it was a great site). I hope others will copy what we are doing as well. The digital camera day has come! To upload the photos is easy and there is NO cost of film involved. Just upload them, erase all files from your "smart cards" and your camera is ready to head to the NEXT cemetery. I love this idea because the photos "preserve" the tombstones. Putting photos of them on the Web for others to see without travel preserves for future generations tombstones that otherwise would be eroded into oblivion. [See description of contents of the KUHN Genealogy FreePage, with a list of cemeteries included, in the "Some New FreePages and HomePages" section http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ohio/links2.shtml ] Kristina (Kuhn) Krumm kkuhn@columbus.rr.com I would like to thank everyone who responded to my request about abbreviating locations. Your warm and sometimes funny replies reassured me that I wasn't the only one ignorant of the United States suburbs. Many of you are from the States and are confused as I am! Happy searching, everyone. Sally Wagstaff sallyandwaggy@bigpond.com.au * * * * * HUMOR. The story of the father reading the story of Lot to his son brought back one of my favorite memories of my daughter when she was about five years old. We started saying the Lord's Prayer together at night after I tucked her into bed. One night she wanted to say it alone and I sat there listening with pride as she said the prayer word for word until -- "lead us not into temptation and deliver the pizza. . ." Pam Donohue pam@value.net * * * * * ROOTSWEB REVIEW and MISSING LINKS do not publish queries and the editors regret that they are unable to provide research assistance. You can subscribe to the relevant surname and locality mailing lists http://lists.rootsweb.com/ and then post queries to them. You can search all of RootsWeb's resources by starting at RootsWeb's main page http://www.rootsweb.com/. Search WorldConnect frequently, as new material is added daily (WorldConnect now contains more than 66.5 million entries). 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