RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Free Weekly E-zine Vol. 5, No. 13, 27 March 2002, Circulation: 935,755 (c) 1998-2002 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ Do not reply to this message. This is a post-only mailing. Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist RWR-Editor@rootsweb.com Certification: http://www.bcgcertification.org/certification/ RootsWeb Help Desk: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ ====================================================================== 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 Howard Mzjane@aol.com 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@dtgnet.com 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, Marlene, Eugene and James 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&p=topics.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; Frank 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 Laura 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. Johns 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; Susan Sprague http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ MASSACHUSETTS. Suffolk County. McCann (surname) deaths, 1849-1869; 80 records; Denise McCANN http://userdb.rootsweb.com/deaths/ MICHIGAN. Ingham County. Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) Class of 1922; 246 records; Susan Elliott http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ MINNESOTA. Faribault County. St. Paul'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. Franklin County. Pacific High School, Pacific, Class of 1975; 241 records; Marcine (Amelung) Lohman http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ MISSISSIPPI. Lamar County. Lamar from Marion marriages, 1892-1901; 850 records; Barbara VanDuser http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/ MISSISSIPPI. Sunflower County. Early HUGHES (surname) marriages; 54 records; L. P. Stephens 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 Kristina 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; Brian 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; John 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; Andrew 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@rootsweb.com (for mail mode) or to: [name of list]-D-request@rootsweb.com (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 John 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 Flores, 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 -- Lewis 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@rootsweb.com 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, Roberton, 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 George 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/ ************************PAID ADVERTISEMENTS************************ To learn why France is a Catholic country and why you may have Huguenot ancestors, check out our CD, HUGUENOT SETTLERS IN AMERICA http://www.genealogical.com/item_detail.cfm?ID=7600 SAVE $HUNDREDS on linked Colonial genealogies with the CD version of: THE COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY (7 vols.) http://www.genealogical.com/item_detail.cfm?ID=7200 Or COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE USA (7 vols.) http://www.genealogical.com/item_detail.cfm?ID=7189 To learn about exclusive offers on books and CDs from genealogical.com, subscribe to GENEALOGY POINTERS. 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FROM ROOTSWEB REVIEW'S BOTTOMLESS MAILBAG -------------------------------------------- Family Treasures Found at Online Auctions By Linda Lowder ldyflagger@hotmail.com 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 Harrison 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@bellsouth.net 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 Raymond JENNINGS. Raymond had a dairy farm outside Jacksonville, Florida, and when he weaned the calves we would ride with granddaddy from Tallahassee to Jacksonville 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 Raymond's son, Ray as Man-of- the-Year or something. In a flash of inspiration I called Jacksonville 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 Jackson, 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@rootsweb.com 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@rootsweb.com These new uploads are also online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/nu/index.htm 9. HUMOR: You Want to Know What? --------------------------------- Thanks to: Nancy Haugh nehaugh@comcast.net I thought readers might enjoy this paragraph written by census enumerator Mary 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. 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