ROOTSWEB REVIEW: RootsWeb's Free Weekly E-zine Vol. 5, No. 4, 23 January 2002, Circulation: 973,272 (c) 1998-2002 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ Do not reply to this message. This is a post-only mailing. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see instructions at the end. Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist RWR-Editor@rootsweb.com All back issues of RootsWeb Review can be searched and downloaded at: http://search-rwr.rootsweb.com/ ====================================================================== IN THIS ISSUE 1. Connecting through RootsWeb: Cousins by the Dozen 2. News and Notes (2a. SSDI Updated; 2b. New User-Contributed Databases; 2c. Subscription Databases Added at Ancestry.com; 2d. Ancestry's Census Project Updated; 2e. Beginning Genealogy Computer Class Offered) 3. New Mailing Lists 4. New Web Pages at RootsWeb 5. New FreePages and HomePages (Personal Web sites at RootsWeb) 6. RootsWeb Review's Bottomless Mailbag: Reach Out and Touch Someone--in Germany; Going Dutch 7. USGenWeb and WorldGenWeb 8. Humor: What is a Genealogist? 9. Submissions Guidelines; Reprint Policy; Contacts, Subscribe or Unsubscribe Instructions; Back Issues ================================================================ 1. CONNECTING THROUGH ROOTSWEB. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- MAILING LIST LEADS TO COUSINS BY THE DOZEN By Gil Raymond gilr@paradise.net.nz of Wellington, New Zealand Ever since I began family research about 10 years ago I have regretted knowing so little about my father's side of the family. His family came from Madras in southern India. His father (my grandfather) was married three times. My father is descended from the first wife. Only toward the end of last year I discovered that my grandfather had two daughters by his second wife, one of whom died at birth. Then I had the chance to look at some new microfilms that the Family History Library filmed with the cooperation of the Catholic Archdiocese of Madras, bringing coverage right up to the 1990s. There I discovered that the surviving daughter had two daughters who had married two brothers. One of these girls gave Australia as her place of residence although she got married in Madras. I wondered how I would be able to track them down in Australia -- assuming that she did not go out there alone, but had accompanied her family. My brother in Melbourne was deputed to search the Electoral Registers when I decided to chance my arm on the RootsWeb India Mailing List. [Editor's Note: To find a locality-related mailing list at RootsWeb go the index of the lists where they are arranged by International or USA categories: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/ The India Mailing List is a busy one. Join and/or search its archives here: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IND/INDIA.html ] So I posted my plea asking for any information about these two sisters who coincidentally married two brothers. Someone on the India mailing list knew someone not on the list who knew someone who went to school with one of the brothers. The next thing I knew is that I received an e-mail from one of the girls -- the daughter of my dad's half sister, living in Sydney, and sister to half a dozen more siblings. She also told me that she had an Aunt Maggie, my dad's other half sister from grandfather's third marriage. Well, as you can imagine I was absolutely delighted. Suddenly I possess a whole swag of first cousins and an aunt I didn't even know existed two months ago. My grateful thanks to the RootsWeb India Mailing List and its members for putting me in touch with a branch of my family I had not been aware of for more than 60 years. 2. NEWS AND NOTES ----------------- 2a. The December update to Social Security Death Index (SSDI) with 67,390,019 records is now available at RootsWeb: http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/ For additional information and tips on using this valuable American source, please see RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees--Exploring the SSDI and Railroad Retirement Records: http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/lesson10.htm 2b. NEW FREE USER-CONTRIBUTED DATABASES AT ROOTSWEB ---------------------------------------------------- The following datasets have come online recently: ENGLAND: GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Some burials in Painswick. 130 records; Stephen Pegler http://userdb.rootsweb.com/uki/ USA: ALABAMA. Mobile County. Mauvilla Cemetery, Eight Mile 181 records; Michelle Woodham http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ KANSAS. Meade County. Fowler Cemetery 1,214 records; Susan McGuire http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ MICHIGAN. Ottawa County. Chester Township 1912 land records 355 records; Lynea D'Angelo http://userdb.rootsweb.com/landrecords/ MISSISSIPPI. Perry County. Early marriages, book one (1) 954 records; Lynda McElhaney Balch http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/ NORTH CAROLINA. Wilkes County. Center Baptist Church Cemetery 259 records; James Smith http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ NEBRASKA. York County. 1889 Atlas. 2,794 records; York County Historical Association http://userdb.rootsweb.com/landrecords/ NEW JERSEY. Hudson County. Class of Jan. 1952, Dickinson High School, Jersey City; 156 records; Karl E. Gansberg http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ NEW MEXICO. Dona Ana County. 1844 census -- Dona Ana Bend Colony (includes Las Cruces, Dona Ana, Tortugas); 260 records; Emilie Garcia http://userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index/ NEW YORK. Death dates of priests of the Archdiocese of New York, 1824 to 2001; 2291 records; Mary Theresa McCombe http://userdb.rootsweb.com/deaths/ NEW YORK. Onondaga County. 1925 census Skaneateles; 4,734 records; Jim Dougherty indexed by Phyllis Hunt, Skaneateles Historical Society http://userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index/ OREGON. Multnomah County. Jefferson High School, June 1938 graduates, Portland; 316 records; Patricia L. Dunn-Hanning http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ PENNSYLVANIA. Warren County. Headstone information, Tryonville Cemetery; 310 records; Thomas J. Goodwill http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ TENNESSEE. Putnam County. Central High School, Cookeville, 1957; 94 records; E F Kerley http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ TEXAS. Births; 6 records; John Fitzgerald http://userdb.rootsweb.com/births/ TEXAS. Brazos County. Weaver Cemetery; 31 records; Gayle Wilcox http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ TEXAS. Lubbock County. Cemetery listings; 6 records; John Fitzgerald http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ VERMONT. Caledonia County. Birth index records, Town of Barnet; 4,884 records; Robert H. Goss http://userdb.rootsweb.com/births/ VERMONT. Caledonia County. Death index records, Town of Barnet; 3,376 records; Robert H. Goss http://userdb.rootsweb.com/deaths/ WHO HAS THE DATA? Does your state, province, county, parish, or church have a database available that has not yet been placed on RootsWeb and that you think would be of interest to genealogists and historians? Do you have databases -- other than your personal family tree (genealogies should be posted at WorldConnect: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ ) -- that you would like to share that you think would be of value and interest to others? In most cases, RootsWeb would be proud to host them. See the guidelines, tutorial and examples of data formats for user- contributed data: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/guidelines.html Please use this submission form: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ RootsWeb thanks the individuals and groups who contribute their data to share with all of the genealogical community. See the full list of contributors at http://userdb.rootsweb.com/contributors.html 2c. SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES POSTED RECENTLY AT ANCESTRY.COM ----------------------------------------------------------- CANADA: Civil Service List of Canada: 1911 http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=481&key=D6096 BRITISH COLUMBIA. Birth Index: 1872 to 1899 http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=481&key=D6092 BRITISH COLUMBIA. Death Index: 1872 to 1979 http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=481&key=D6093 BRITISH COLUMBIA. Marriage Index: 1872 to 1924 http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=481&key=D6095 ONTARIO. Immigrants Extracted from the 1901 Census (Update) http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=481&key=D5789 U.S.A. SHIP PASSENGER LISTS. Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 3: GALVESTON, TEXAS 1846-1871 http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=481&key=D6094 CALIFORNIA. Sacramento Bee Newspaper 1889-90: Vital Records http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=481&key=D6098 MASSACHUSETTS. Barnstable County. 1855 Census (Update) http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=481&key=D4815 Hanover County Virginia Birth Records, 1853-1896 http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=481&key=D6091 OREGON. Portland Deaths, 1915-1924 (Update) http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=481&key=D4479 These databases are available exclusively to Ancestry.com subscribers unless they are marked (FREE). To subscribe to Ancestry.com and gain access to these databases and many more sources, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribeplanstx.asp?sourcecode=481 NEW UK/IRELAND COLLECTION SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE ADDED RECENTLY --------------------------------------------------------------- OBITUARIES. England, Scotland, Ireland: Musgrave's Obituaries Prior to 1800, parts 3 & 4 http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=481&key=D5877 Irish Independent Newspaper Obituaries: March-Sept 2001 http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=481&key=D6097 CHESHIRE: Wills and Inventories, 1701-1720 http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=481&key=D5856 SUFFOLK: Bury St. Edmunds -- Biographical List of Boys Educated at King Edward 6th Free Grammar School, 1550-1900 http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=481&key=D5936 WORCESTERSHIRE: Churchill in Oswaldslow -- Parish Registers (Christenings, Marriages, Burials), 1564-1839 http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=481&key=D5950 The UK/Ireland Collection databases are available exclusively to Ancestry.com members with an UK/Ireland subscription. To subscribe to Ancestry.com's UK/Ireland Collection, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribeplanstx.asp?sourcecode=481 2d. CENSUS IMAGES ONLINE. Ancestry.com continues to update its valuable Census Images Online Project. The collection includes more than 425 million names on 10 million images from 1790 to 1920 Recently updated is the 1920 U.S. federal census index, which adds 2,265,831 names linked to images for New York. The entire state of New York has now been indexed (almost 4 million names of heads of household and others) for this census year. 1920 indexes are also available for Utah (131,642 names) and Vermont (129,687 names). There are indexes available and linked to census images for the years 1790-1840 and to much of the 1850 census. Ancestry.com census subscribers can view these original census images from the comfort of their own homes -- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week -- easily and effectively. For more information, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=3235&sourceid=481 To subscribe to Ancestry.com's Images Online go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=3234&sourceid=481 2e. BEGINNING GENEALOGY COMPUTER CLASS (only $29.95). Join Georgeann Malowney to learn how to take your family history research further using your computer. Malowney hosts a new class that starts Tuesday, January 29. This course includes such topics as search engine techniques and researching in the right place. Learn how to use your computer to improve your genealogy research. Details at: http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=home&htx=gentraining 3. NEW ROOTSWEB MAILING LISTS ----------------------------- [Editor's Note: The following are mailing lists not Web pages] For an index to the more than 23,900 free RootsWeb-hosted genealogy mailing lists and easy subscribing options, please visit http://lists.rootsweb.com/ TO SUBSCRIBE OR UNSUBSCRIBE to/from any RootsWeb-hosted mailing list, send plain text e-mail with only the word SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) in the message body to: [name of list]-L-request@rootsweb.com (for mail mode) or to: [name of list]-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) MAILING LISTS. For an index to more than 23,900 RootsWeb- hosted genealogy mailing lists, visit http://lists.rootsweb.com/ NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS ADELMANN, ALLEIN BARSON, BELINFANTE, BENTING, BEZETT, BOLEDOVIC, BREACH, BRETTLE, BURSCOUGH CAUSSEAUX, CLOUGH, CRASKE DIPACIO, DOCKREE FLASHMAN GIULIANI HAKES, HARBORNE, HARDGRAVE, HASSAN, HASSEN, HEYDENREICH JACHIMOWICZ, JAMIC, JULIANO KRAUSSE LABAND, LITWIN McLAUGHIN, McLOUGHLIN, McSHEA, MOHRMANN NOTMAN ONSTOTT PREDOSA QUAID RIGGAN, RIGGANS, RIGGEN, RIGGENS, RIGGIN SCHINO, SEMMENCE, SHIERS THORNTHWAITE, TOLUBIAK VIRUET WILLACY, WILLAMOWSKI NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS AMERICAN-INDIAN-MISSIONS -- Research of American Indian Missions and their connection to the American Indians and Pioneers. COKER-SAN-ANTONIO-TX -- Descendants of John and Joseph Coker who settled in San Antonio in mid-1800s. IRISH-IN-PENNSYLVANIA -- Irish ancestors that came to/lived in the State of Pennsylvania KBHF -- Create genealogies of current and past Kansas Business Hall of Fame, Inc., members. LDS-LESSONS -- For genealogy instructors to share lessons plans. While this list is primarily geared for Family History Center genealogy instructions; it is open to all genealogy instructors LOVELESS-NY -- Companion list to LOVELACE focusing on the LOVELESS families in New York (mainly those who descend from the Dutchess, Saratoga and Albany counties Loveless families.) MARKHAM-AU -- The MARKHAM family in Australia. MYERS-DIETRICK -- Descendants of Dietrick MYERS (d. ca 1792) of Opequon Creek, Virginia/West Virginia. NS-CEMETERY-PROJECT -- The Nova Scotia (Canada) Cemetery Project. SHIPWRECK -- To post and compare information about shipwrecks, and persons lost at sea (includes inland waterways, lakes, etc.) WEEAKS-FAMILY -- The WEEAKS surname NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS ENG-YKS-CRAVEN -- Craven area of Yorkshire England TN-BLOUNT-OBITUARIES -- Blount County, Tennessee obituaries SPECIAL LOOKUP PROJECT: Marriages in the 50 U.S. states and District of Columbia: AK-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP AL-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP AR-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP AZ-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP CA-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP CO-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP CT-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP DC-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP DE-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP FL-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP GA-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP HI-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP IA-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP ID-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP IL-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP IN-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP KS-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP KY-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP LA-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP MA-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP MD-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP ME-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP MI-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP MN-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP MO-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP MS-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP MT-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP NC-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP ND-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP NE-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP NH-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP NJ-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP NM-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP NV-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP NY-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP OH-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP OK-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP OR-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP PA-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP RI-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP SC-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP SD-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP TN-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP TX-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP UT-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP VA-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP VT-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP WA-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP WI-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP WV-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP WY-MARRIAGE-LOOKUP TO REQUEST A NEW MAILING LIST: http://resources.rootsweb.com/adopt/ 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. CANADA canghl -- Canada Genealogy Helplist ongenpro -- Ontario Genealogy Projects SOUTH AMERICA bolivia -- Bolivia U.S.A. casanfr2 -- San Francisco County, California gabrooks -- Brooks County, Georgia gaharal2 -- Haralson County, Georgia galanier -- Lanier County, Georgia galownde -- Lowndes County, Georgia kyletch -- Letcher County, Kentucky kylinco2 -- Lincoln County, Kentucky kyscott2 -- Scott County, Kentucky kywoodf2 -- Woodford County, Kentucky launion -- Union Parish, Louisiana mdpgcgs -- Prince George's County Genealogical Society (Maryland) melhc -- Lewiston Historical Commission (Maine) modcgs -- Dade County Genealogical Society (Missouri) nydlgar -- New York Department of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic oktulsa2 -- Tulsa County, Oklahoma txfhgs -- Five Hills Genealogical Society (Texas) txkleber -- Kleberg County, Texas vtcplymo -- Plymouth, Vermont (city) TO REQUEST A WEB ACCOUNT: http://accounts.rootsweb.com/ 5. NEW FREEPAGES AND HOMEPAGES (PERSONAL WEB SITES) --------------------------------------------------- [Note: When your new personal Web pages at RootsWeb are up and ready for visitors, please send a brief description (use the style shown below) and the URL (address) to: rwr-editor@rootsweb.com Comments and questions about any of these independently authored Web pages should be directed to their respective compilers/webmasters.] ALLEN, GIVENS. ALLEN family from Ireland to Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jamesdow/Allen DANENHOWER. Genealogy of DANENHOWER (various spellings) and other early southeastern Pennsylvania German settlers who came through the port of Philadelphia, 1700-1850. This ongoing research attempts to link the various families; includes informative historical data. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~danenhower/ HALL FAMILY of Prestbury, Gloucestershire, UK. The family trees of our HALL and BATHGATE families and the family saga of the HAWORTHs of Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. Surnames include: HALL, PILKINGTON, BOSS, VARLEY, BERRY, MacKECHNEY, STEWART, and HAWORTH -- Lancashire; PILKINGTON, FITTON, MORRIS, and HAWORTH -- Yorkshire; BATHGATE -- Edinburgh; BATHGATE, JOHNSTON, and FOULIS -- Fife; STEWART, ROBERTSON, CAMPBELL, McFARLANE, MENZIES, and DYSART -- Perthshire; DYSART and KIDD -- Dundee; JONES and OATES -- Co. Durham; and JONES -- Worcestershire. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bathgateline/Welcome.htm MARY STARNES GENEALOGY. Surnames include: BENNETT, BRADFORD, BRYAN, CATE, ESTES, KEENER, LAYMAN (LEMAN), McCOOL, and MORRIS. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~marystarnesgenealogyhomepage/ MISSOURI. St. Louis. 1880 census information for the orphanage, House of the Guardian Angel. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kstoneberg/houseangels.html PUERTO RICO: MY ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. Surnames: ALGARIN, BAUSO, COLLAZO, DIAZ, LEBRON, MORALES, QUINONES, SALGADO, SANTIAGO, and VIVAS. The author has a particular interest in the towns of Coamo, Rio Grande and Salinas and includes specific information relating to those towns, plus there are tips and transcriptions of genealogical material pertaining to Puerto Rican ancestry. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~prraices/ RZEPKA, REPKA. The saga of Thomas and Theresa RZEPKA/REPKA and their 11 children. From Namslau, Silesia, Germany to Honey Creek, Sauk County, Wisconsin in 1885. Family pages, stories, Bible, naturalization record, reunion information, and photos. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rzepka/ ************************PAID ADVERTISEMENTS************************ Save up to 80% on Inkjet Cartridges! All products 100% Guaranteed. It's easy to find what you need. Rated 5 stars by Yahoo for excellence in customer service. Every day shipping gets your to you FAST. 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FROM ROOTSWEB REVIEW'S BOTTOMLESS MAILBAG -------------------------------------------- REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEONE --IN GERMANY [From: Richard Harrington richardharrington@erols.com My cousin, Andrea Kindelberger, who was born, reared and lives in Rumbach, Germany has been in hot pursuit of her heritage for several years. Through interest in our mutual family, we became acquainted a few years ago. I recently received the following message from her that I would like to share with RootsWeb readers, and I have her permission.] By Andrea Kindelberger www.kindelberger.de For the past couple of years I have been doing genealogy research on my mother's family. I knew my grandmother's maiden name and that she was born in Pomerania, an area in northern Poland that over the centuries has alternately been part of Poland and Germany. I had sent for my grandmother's birth certificate that arrived on 24 December 24. My grandmother's maiden name, ALLENFORT, is a unique name here in Germany. The German phone book lists only 22 ALLENFORTS so I decided to call each listing to find out if we are related. The responses to my calls were mixed. While some people were just not very interested and would not provide information, others were cooperative and gave me data such as their parents, grandparents and family members. I took careful notes as I spoke to each of the ALLENFORTS that I called. Most of the information did not seem to fit into my grandmother's family as we know it. One of the men that I talked with, a Mr. ALLENFORT from Berlin, gave his father's name as Erwin ALLENFORT. He stated that almost the entire family had fled from Pomerania during World War II. One of the brothers of his father was missing in the war and later when they searched for him they were told that he had died in Russia. In a call on January 6 to another ALLENFORT selected from the phone book, I spoke with a Heinz ALLENFORTH who lives near Stuttgart, Germany. Heinz ALLENFORT, who is 83 years old, told me that he had searched for his Pomeranian family and had been told they were all dead. Heinz's wife died several years ago and his only son, who is disabled, lives in a nursing home. Heinz was all alone and willing to talk about his former family. When he gave me the names of his mother and his siblings, I was shocked. The names were the same as those I had been given for Erwin ALLENFORT'S family. Although Heinz and Erwin do not appear to be members of my grandmother's family, the excitement that these two elderly men, who thought each other to be dead, may be brothers was almost more than I could control. I carefully told Heinz that I may have talked to Erwin's son in Berlin, but I think he did not believe me. I could hardly sleep that night. The next day I again called the son of Erwin in Berlin and told him of my conversation with Heinz. He started crying and said I should call his father, Erwin, right away. I called Erwin who had already been informed about my earlier conversation with his son. Being careful to break the news as gently as possible, I told Erwin that I thought that I had found Heinz in Stuttgart. From his excited reaction on the phone I was concerned that Erwin might have a heart attack. He could hardly write down the phone number of Heinz that I gave him. An hour later Erwin ALLENFORT called me back. Heinz is indeed his brother that he thought was dead! He had just talked to him for the first time after 60 years. A couple of days later, I received a follow-up call from a still happy and excited Erwin telling me that on Friday, January 18, Heinz and Erwin will be reunited near Stuttgart. I have been invited to meet with them on Saturday afternoon, which I will gladly do and take pictures of them. I am so happy for them both! At this time it does not appear that Heinz and Erwin are related to my grandmother. But, with a name like ALLENFORT, which is unique for a German, who knows? Perhaps more research will uncover a connection. The telephone search did locate an ALLENFORT relative -- I was able to find my mother's cousin who lives in Wolfsburg, Germany. We have talked several times since. * * * GOING DUTCH By Rick Van Dusen rickvandusen@lafn.org Not a half-hour after reading Grace Gleason's "Solving 100-Year-Old Mystery [RWR 5:3 16 January 2002] about misspellings and mis- transcriptions, I came across a reference to one of the strangest names I've seen: Yockamencha VAN DEUSEN (b. 1736). This mystery was easy to solve, though; her mother was Jacomyntje (roughly the Dutch equivalent of Jacqueline), and the daughter's name was obviously entered by some record-keeper phonetically in English. 7. USGENWEB and WORLDGENWEB ---------------------------- The USGenWeb Project http://usgenweb.org/ is one of the several volunteer genealogy projects and many of its states and county Web pages and mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb. THE ARCHIVES NEWSLETTER contains the USGenWeb Archives submissions in the last week. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/newsletter/index.htm The WorldGenWeb Project http://worldgenweb.org/ is one of the several volunteer genealogy projects and many of its pages are hosted by RootsWeb. 8. HUMOR: What is a Genealogist? ------------------------- Thanks to Andrew Billinghurst billingh@rootsweb.com who says he saw it on the KENT-L@rootsweb.com mailing list WHAT IS A GENEALOGIST? A full-time detective A thorough historian An inveterate snoop A confirmed diplomat A keen observer A hardened sceptic An apt biographer A qualified linguist A part-time lawyer A studious sociologist An accurate reporter An hieroglyphics expert, AND . . . A complete nut! 9. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES, REPRINT POLICY, SUBSCRIBING HELP ---------------------------------------------------------- ROOTSWEB REVIEW does not publish or answer genealogical queries, and the editor regrets that she is unable to provide any research assistance. Subscribe and post your queries to the relevant surname and locality mailing lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ and post on the Message Boards: http://boards.rootsweb.com/ SHORT ARTICLES, STORIES, OR LETTERS SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION FOR PUBLICATION IN ROOTSWEB REVIEW should be sent to rwr-editor@rootsweb.com as a plain text e-mail message (do not send attachments; they will not be opened). We reserve the right to edit all submissions. 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