RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine Vol. 5, No. 41, 9 October 2002, Circulation: 1,055,322+ (c) 1998-2002 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist RWR-Editor@rootsweb.com Certification: http://www.bcgcertification.org/certification/ Please do not send any subscription requests to the editor Advertising: Scott Brenay sbrenay@myfamilyinc.com ====================================================================== In This Issue: 1. News and Notes. (1a. Buried Treasures at RootsWeb 1b. Quick Tip from Readers) 2. Connecting through RootsWeb: "Finding the Broken Links" 3. New User-contributed Databases 4. New Webpages at RootsWeb 5. New RootsWeb Mailing Lists 6. New FreePages and HomePages (personal webpages at RootsWeb) 7. RootsWeb Review's Bottomless Mailbag: "Watching Out for the Bugbear," "Providing Perfect Pedigrees," "Errors Everywhere!" and About Those Sources . . . 8. Ancestry.com News: Dorset Parish and Probate Records; Learn Online 9. Humor: Graveyard Jesters 10. RWR Reprint and Submissions Guidelines; Archives; Instructions ====================================================================== 1. News and Notes: ------------------ 1a. Buried Treasures at RootsWeb: Mining the Mailing Lists Archives. The RootsWeb Mailing Lists archives contain the content of years of discussion that have been carried on among researchers of the subject matter of these various Mailing Lists. Thus buried in these archives could be some treasures that might benefit you in your quest to learn more about your ancestors. Someone at another time -- perhaps years ago -- might have posted just the information you seek today. Because the Mailing Lists archives' content is not included in the metasearch results when you type in a surname on the main RootsWeb page, a specialized search to find the treasures in the Mailing Lists archives must be conducted. Such searches may result in finding some sparkling gems pertaining to your genealogy that you will not discover elsewhere. The archives of the individual Mailing Lists are both browseable and searchable from two separate RootsWeb archives. Most Mailing Lists at RootsWeb are archived. The Threaded (browseable) Archives is at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ and the Interactive Search (searchable archives) is located here: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Both of these links -- Interactive Search and Threaded Archives can also be found under the Mailing List section on RootsWeb's Home Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/ In the Threaded Archives, responses to an original message are displayed attached to the message to which they are replying in an outline format with responses indented from the original message. Thus you can follow an entire subject of discussion by tracing through a thread of messages in the archives. Browsing the Threaded Archives also benefits new Mailing List subscribers who may want to get a feel for the list before posting to it or wish to check out whether their ancestors have previously been discussed. It also aids current Mailing List members by enabling them to check messages they might have missed while on vacation, during e-mail delivery problems, or because of a computer crash. Starting at the Threaded Archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ type in the Mailing List name of your choice to access an index page showing each month and year included in that particular list's archives. View an outline of the subjects of all messages posted to the Mailing List within a given month (including the poster's name and date posted, if desired) in either threaded (the default) or chronological order. Click on a subject of interest to view the full text of the message. The Interactive Search located here: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl allows you to search a single Mailing List one year at a time by marking the appropriate radio button. (Radio buttons are round circles which represent choices within an list of options on a form.) Select a keyword, name, or phrase to obtain results matching your search criteria. The Interactive Search supports some Boolean operators (AND, OR, ANDNOT) to help you establish the most effective searches to suit your needs. Boolean expressions are used extensively by Internet search engines. By default, your searches will include every field in a message, but you may narrow down your results by specifying that you want your search to apply only to matches in a specific field. In the following examples all Boolean operators are shown in capital letters while all search criteria are shown lowercase. This is for explanatory purposes only -- as both are case insensitive. You may search for john OR smith by using the OR operator. You will obtain all messages containing either the word John or Smith. However, if you search on "john smith" or john+smith the results will only yield instances where the words John and Smith appear in that exact sequence. The use of quotes or a plus sign creates a complete phrase. Searching for john AND smith (using the AND operator), or john smith (with a single space separating John and Smith) will yield results where John and Smith appear somewhere in the message, but not necessarily side-by- side. The ANDNOT operator may also be used as follows: john ANDNOT smith which would yield all messages where the word John was found unless the message also included the word Smith. Grouping search criteria and the applicable operators within parentheses will permit more complex searches. For example, (sarah AND jones) OR (john AND smith) will yield results where Sarah AND Jones OR John AND Smith appear somewhere in a message but the words are not necessarily side-by-side. Searching on a specific message field, such as searching for all messages posted to a list by a specific poster during a year, is accomplished by typing in the search criteria: from/johndoe@anyisp.net Only the "from" field will be searched. If you are looking for a specific thread and you know the subject or partial subject you wish to locate, you may opt to search the "subject" field only, as follows: subject/"john smith in ohio" -- note that double quotation marks are used to tie the entire phrase together when you are searching for more than a single word. The phrase in quotation marks must match the subject, or a portion of the subject, exactly to return a hit. You may search for all messages posted on a given day without specifying a field but you must use quotation marks to tie the phrase together. For example: "02 may 2002" will get all messages posted on May 2, 2002 and "22 may 2002" will get all messages posted on May 22, 2002. Searching on "may 2002" will yield all messages posted within the month of May 2002, and searching on 2001 will result in getting all messages posted to the list for the entire year. Interactive list searches support trailing wildcards only (wildcards coming at the end of a word). Use an asterisk * to represent zero or more unknown or variable letters at the end of a word after you have specified a minimum of at least the first letter. Interactive list searches work on whole words and not strings of letters. In other words, if you search for john and a message includes johnson it won't come up in your results -- but if you search on john* it will. One benefit of the searches applying to words rather than strings of letters is that a search on sy will pick up the given name or surname Sy but will not yield words which include the string "sy" such as the word "easy". Exploring the Mailing Lists Threaded Archives and using the Interactive Search capabilities in creative ways may reward you with some previously buried genealogical treasures. 1b. QUICK TIP. Thanks to: -- Kate Johnson kkkkaty55@yahoo.com Perhaps this is obvious to others, but it wasn't (initially) to me. If you are looking for a name, and use quotation marks to limit the number of hits you get on the Web (i.e., "John Smith"), you should also reverse the order and try the search the other way (i.e., "Smith John"). If your ancestor is on a list somewhere that is alphabetized by the last name, the second search may find him, but the first won't. I found my great- grandfather on a list of documents held at the Museum of the Confederacy, and without doing the search with the names reversed I would not have found that reference. ==================== Paid Advertisement ==================== OCTOBER HIGHLIGHTS AT WWW.GENEALOGICAL.COM *OCTOBER ADDITIONS TO GENEALOGY WAREHOUSE "Genealogies of Rhode Island Families From NEHGR (2 vols.) http://www.genealogical.com/item_detail.cfm?ID=4883 "The Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry. Lineage of Members" http://www.genealogical.com/item_detail.cfm?ID=9221 "Plymouth, New Hampshire Families" http://www.genealogical.com/item_detail.cfm?ID=9414 *Shop 300+ WAREHOUSE titles, all 40-50% off! http://www.genealogical.com/warehouse.cfm *Into Royal Genealogy? 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Through your organization I received several e-mails after almost giving up hope of finding any information about my mother's family. The e-mails came from Laurie, who does some work on the Vermont mailing list. As we communicated I learned that one of my mom's brothers were still alive. I now have the privilege of knowing my Uncle Wesley and through him a side of my mother as a person growing up that she never talked about. It has let me understand some of her actions a lot better. 3. New User-Contributed Databases at Rootsweb --------------------------------------------- There are no new user-contributed databases this week. Who Has the Data? Ever thought about sharing information from your grandmother's high school yearbook or the names from your dad's World War II military roster? While precious to your family, the information in such books and documents also can be genealogical treasures to others whose family members are named therein. Consider transcribing such valuable information for submission to the RootsWeb's User-Contributed Databases where it will be made searchable and others can find it. Just a few minutes of your time could bring great joy to another researcher. A yearbook transcription for the Alumni Lists, for example, can be as simple as listing the school, the year, the country, county/town/city, state or region, last name (surname) and first (given) name of each individual and any other pertinent information the book may contain about each individual. Do it in consistent, labeled fields. Does your state, province, county, parish, church, old military unit or alma mater have material or do you have access to lists of names or databases that you think would be of interest to genealogists and historians? If so, and you would like to share it, in most cases, RootsWeb would be proud to host it. See guidelines and detailed data formatting instructions at: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/guidelines.html When ready, submit your database(s) here: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ RootsWeb thanks the individuals and groups who contribute their material to share with the worldwide genealogical community. See the full list of contributors at: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/contributors.html ==================== Paid Advertisement ==================== Visit Myinks and Save up to 80% on Inkjet Supplies We offer the highest quality printer cartridges and refills. You'll enjoy our low prices, quick delivery, and first-rate service. We guaranty our inks for 100% Customer Satisfaction. After ordering at Myinks, how will you spend the money you save? http://store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/clink?myinks+4qXMLR+index.html ============================================================ 4. New Webpages 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/~ [accountname] Note that the ~[tilde] before the Web account name is required. Example: The Adams County, Idaho page can be found by going to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~idadams/ CANADA nbnorthu -- Northumberland County, New Brunswick U.S.A. alcsilve -- Silverhill, Baldwin County, Alabama ctcfarmi -- Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut idadams -- Adams County, Idaho misaghs -- Stockbridge Area Genealogical/Historical Society (Michigan) molca -- Lobb Cemetery Association (Missouri) okjeffe2 -- Jefferson County, Oklahoma tnsevier -- Sevier County, Tennessee txalhn -- Texas State site for the American Local History Network vtaddiso -- Addison County, Vermont vtcaledo -- Caledonia County, Vermont vtchitte -- Chittenden County, Vermont vtorange -- Orange County, Vermont vtorlea2 -- Orleans County, Vermont vtrutla2 -- Rutland County, Vermont vtwashi2 -- Washington County, Vermont To request a free Web account: http://accounts.rootsweb.com/ ==================== Paid Advertisement ==================== The Sept/Oct issue of FAMILY CHRONICLE is on the newsstands now or you can obtain a free trial copy by visiting http://www.familychronicle.com/ Articles include "Civil War Records", "10 Ways to make the Most of Census Research", "Consanguinity: Close Marriage Questions", "Breaking Through Brickwalls", "Multi-Generation Photographs", "12 Ways to Find a Female Ancestor's Maiden Name" and many others. 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For more information and an index to the more than 25,600 RootsWeb-hosted genealogy Mailing Lists and easy subscribing options, go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ 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 and the subject line to: [name of list]-L-request@rootsweb.com (for mail mode) or to: [name of list]-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL-INTEREST MAILING LISTS APG-NORCAL -- APG members in Northern California, and those interested in our meetings NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS POL-TRZCIANKA -- Trzcianka, Wielkopolskie, Poland POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE -- Wielkopolskie, Poland NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS COOTE DOUST, DUERDEN GRALAPP GREEN-MA -- The Green surname in Massachusetts HARDWARE, HILTABIDLE, HOWSER HANSELL-UK -- The HANSELL surname in the United Kingdom HELTON-JOAB -- The descendants of Joab Helton of Knox County, Kentucky KETSDEVER LAMERAUX, LANCIANO, LANGIANO, LOEWENSTEIN MCCREDIE, MCILEAVY MACKLIN-ENGLAND -- The MACKLIN surname in England NENONEN RAFFENSPERGER, RINARD SABINASH, SAHLBERG, SHEERS TEDEN, THOENE WIYRICK, WOODART To request a new Mailing List: http://resources.rootsweb.com/adopt/ ==================== Paid Advertisement ==================== "I am totally impressed by your integrity and efficiency and would not hesitate to recommend your service" (GB, Ontario). BRITISH ANCESTORS researchers throughout England and Scotland can search birth, marriage, census, church and other records for your ancestors (1837-1950). No payments are required in advance and if we are unsuccessful, you pay nothing. To see if we can help you visit http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=774&sourceid=1028 ============================================================ 6. New Personal Freepages and Homepages at RootsWeb --------------------------------------------------- [Note: When your new, updated, or substantially revised personal pages located at RootsWeb (they will have "freepages" or "homepages" in the URL) are up and ready for visitors, please send the URL (Web address), along with a brief description of what is available on your site to: rwr-editor@rootsweb.com Comments and questions about any of these independently authored webpages should be directed to their respective compilers/webmasters.] ENGLAND. LIVERPOOL CEMETERY, ANFIELD. Contains more than 700 Memorial Inscriptions online and more than 300 different surnames -- in a searchable format, with grave and section numbers, plus a map of the cemetery from the 1860s, a bit of history about it, and some grave photographs that are available. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpoolcemetary/ FRYDIG/ FRIDIG, FRIDAY, FRIDY AND FRYDAY. The descendants and ancestors of the FRYDIGs. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thefridays/ GEORGIA PHOTOS. 20 unidentified photos that are believed to be those of relatives of James Morgan RICHARDSON and his wife, Nancy Catherine MCBURNETT, probably taken in Haralson and Polk counties or in surrounding localities. James Morgan "Jim" RICHARDSON was born 1883, in probably Floyd County, Georgia, and died in 1953. Nancy Catherine "Kate" MCBURNETT was born 1883 in Carroll County, Georgia and died in 1972 in Cedartown, Polk County, Georgia. She was the daughter of Stephen Joshua MCBURNETT (1858-1927) and Millie Elizabeth WINKLES (1851-1941. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westgeorgiaphotos/ HESTON FAMILY ASSOCIATION. For the descendants of Zebulon HESTON and Dorothy HUTCHINSON, who were married on 3 December 1698 in Hutchinson Manor, Burlington County, New Jersey. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hestonfamily/ JANE'S GENEALOGY SITE. Surnames include: SANFORD, BOSKILL, COULTER, DYER, ANDREWS, GALBRAITH, PEDDICORD, and OSTERHOUT. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~janeha/ KAISER, JOHNSON. The ancestors of William KAISER and Jane JOHNSTON, Edward I. WARREN and Susan Amelia FOREMAN; Ross P. FENTON and Edna Rose FELLOWS, all of Wexford County, Michigan, plus other assorted ancestors of allied families of the area. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pbwarren/ NEW YORK. Documented information on the following Central New York families: BOYD, MARRIOTT, PILLMORE, ROWBOTTOM, and WALL of Oneida County; MEAD of Oswego and Wayne counties; and the Mystery of Joram ROBERTS of Monroe County. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cnyfamilies/ PLATT FAMILY ASSOCIATION. Descendants of Richard PLATT of Milford, Connecticut, 1638 and Thomas PLATT of Burlington, New Jersey, 1712; membership information; newsletter queries (indexed); meeting information; research and projects. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~plattfamilyassn/pfahome.html TRACING THE PATHS OUR ANCESTORS TOOK. By Marianne DOXEY and Ludwig FEIST. Surnames: FEIST, MAIER, LAUINGER, BENSON, STILL, RYAN, VOLK, WELK, GUTENBERG, ALDRICH, RAND, HEADLY, HUDSON, LEAVEY, and FITZSIMMONS. Includes photos, documents, surname index with links to genealogy, link to GEDCOM at WorldConnect. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~feist/ ==================== Paid Advertisement ==================== The new Oct/Nov HISTORY MAGAZINE is on the newsstands now but you can obtain a free copy by visiting http://www.history-magazine.com/ Articles include "The History of Zoos", "Armor through the Ages", "Everyday Life in the Confederacy", "Enduring Diamonds", "The Women Who Won the West" and many others. For a trial copy visit http://www.history-magazine.com/ ============================================================ 7. From Rootsweb Review's Bottomless Mailbag -------------------------------------------- Watching Out for the Bugbear Your article in last week's RootsWeb Review was very valuable. Just yesterday I received a huge file [attachment] from [what appeared to be] one of the genealogy mailing lists -- one that I'm not on . . . so I deleted it without opening, but didn't understand what it was. So often we get e-mails from our friends warning us about viruses and are never sure what and who to believe. But getting this [Bugbear warning] from RootsWeb Review adds a lot of validity to it and makes me want to take it very seriously. I've had my hard drive crash once and lost many of my genealogy records that I hadn't made hard copies of. I'd hate to have it exposed to viruses that could crash it again. Thanks for helping us out! --Barbara Jensen robinette17@hotmail.com [Editor's Note: Many victims of computer crashes have discovered that WorldConnect can be the ultimate backup system for your GEDCOMs because they are housed away from your computer and away from your home. WorldConnect provides an excellent means of disaster recovery should you ever lose your genealogy files on your own computer. At WorldConnect you determine if others can download your file, and if so, how many generations can be downloaded. Only you, the submitter, can download your entire file. Learn more about submitting your GEDCOM to the WorldConnect at: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wcsubmit1.html Don't forget to check WorldConnect often to find ancestors. It currently has 209 million names and is growing daily. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ ] * * * Providing Perfect Pedigrees Recently, there have been a lot of discussion about the importance of verifying information before adding it to your database. While I agree that verification of data is extremely important, I disagree with those that say that one should not add it to his or her database until it has been verified. To begin with, not all information is verifiable. Information may have come from interviews with individuals who are no longer living or from records that are no longer accessible. But just because information cannot be verified does not mean that it is without value. In fact, adding unverified information to my database and posting it at RootsWeb has been the means of connecting with relatives that have helped me in my research. I have been contacted by dozens of people over the past few years because I have posted unverified information. Some of them have been adamant about not posting their unverified information on the Internet, but they didn't complain when I was able to connect them with other relatives. In a couple of cases in my research, both of which are in a county whose records have been almost completely destroyed by natural disasters, the only records that I have is early genealogical research done by someone else. The documentation is sometimes good, but often poor. In some cases, we have been able to verify or discount the information in those genealogies. But if I hadn't included the incorrect information in my database in the first place, I wouldn't have been able to collaborate with others to find the correct information. I have three suggestions on how to deal with the problem of flagrant copying without regard for accuracy. First, I have a disclaimer in my WorldConnect database, in all capital letters, that states that data without source information should be considered unverified. (I use the Header and Footer options.) Secondly, I do not set my WorldConnect GEDCOM to be downloadable. If someone wants a GEDCOM, they have to ask me for it. Then I only send them the portion of the data that pertains to them. This also gives me an opportunity to warn them about those portions that I think still need some follow-up research, as well as to ask them for their information on the same family. Next, when someone sends their GEDCOM to me, I review the information, particularly in those areas where they seem to have overcome a brick wall and ask them for their sources, if they're not clear from the source records and notes of the GEDCOM. If they cannot give me a credible source, I either do not include the GEDCOM in my database or I write a message in the notes of that individual or family that the information is questionable. My point is that we should be careful about perpetuating errors, and we should endeavor to educate new researchers about the problem, but we shouldn't be so rigid in our rules that it actually hurts our research. --Tracy Polyak tracymirko@hotmail.com * * * Errors Everywhere! I read with amusement in recent RootsWeb Reviews concerning documenting and sourcing your data. In my particular case, I was applying for my Canadian passport and naturally applied for my birth certificate -- a mandatory required document in the application process. Well, lo and behold, the copy of the birth certificate I received showed that I was born on August 6 instead of what I thought was my birthday -- October 6. To make a long story short, the minister of the church some- how in his copy of the register wrote in the wrong date, all the witnesses signed it and the government now had the incorrect date. I had to go to the hospital where I was born and obtain a letter from them stating that their birth records indicated that I was born on October 6. It just goes to show that you can not trust all sources. Even on the Canadian censuses which show birth dates besides everyone's names that I have personally viewed I have noted that individual birth dates are not accurate and they can vary widely from one census to another. The bottom line: Check, recheck and check again. Never assume a date is right until it has been verified, especially in the older documents. --Richard Pollock rpollock@videotron.ca * * * About Those Sources . . . [Editor's Note: Which source is correct? How do you know? Learn how to weigh the evidence that you find: http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/lesson12.htm See also these excellent (free to access) articles: "Evidence and Sources--And How They Differ," by Donn Devine, CG, CGI http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/ancmag/1657.asp "Building a Case When No Record 'Proves' a Point," by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/ancmag/803.asp "Citing the Internet as the Source," by Rhonda R. McClure http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/ancmag/3660.asp "Information, Evidence, and Proof," by Donn Devine, CG, CGI http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/ancmag/4214.asp "It's on 1,000 Web Sites," by Michael John Neil http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/3202.asp "Copyrights, Plagiarism, and Ethics: Rights to Use Information," by Donn Devine, CG, CGI http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/ancmag/730.asp RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ offers 31 free lessons in research techniques and links to many valuable sources. You can take advantage of the various speciality lessons online that are offered by Ancestry.com (see details below in Section 8).] 8. Ancestry.com News: Dorset Parish and Probate Records. Parish and Probate records provide invaluable tools in discovering your ancestors. Prior to 1837, registration of vital records was not required in Great Britain. As a result, these parish and tax records remain particularly important to British genealogy. In recognizing this great value, Ancestry.com has added, and continues to regularly add, various Parish and Probate Record databases. One such addition is Dorset. Dorset is located on the southern coast of the England with great geographical contrast ranging from hilly woodlands, to lowlands, and pebble beaches. Although Dorset is one of the smaller English counties, more than 136,000 records ranging from the early 1500s to the mid- to late-1800s are available to help you locate your ancestors. Click here to view United Kingdom Parish and Probate Records. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?sourceid=1380&targetid=3895 * * * LEARN ONLINE. Class fees ($29.95 per class) include a 30-day subscription (including online census images) to Ancestry.com. GERMAN ANCESTRY RESEARCH CLASS ($29.95) Starts Thursday, October 17. FINDING FERDINAND: Learn how to research your German ancestors; identify key words and phrases in German, how to search, find and interpret the different types of German Records. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=3667&sourceid=481 SCOTTISH ANCESTRY RESEARCH CLASS ($29.95) Starts Monday, October 21. Learn how to research your Scottish ancestry with Janet Reakes, who teaches genealogy basics and covers such topics as: Sasine registers, surname databases and clan societies, Scottish civil registration districts, Gretna Green and Border marriages. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=3561&sourceid=481 EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY ($29.95) Starts Monday, October 28. Join Georgeann Malowney and learn new techniques for sharing your family history data, preserving photographs and documents, and getting past your genealogy brick walls. Create family history booklets. This course is for people who have already taken Malowney's "MyFamily.com Beginning Computer Genealogy Training Class" or who are comfortable with using their computers for genealogy research. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=3598&sourceid=481 9. Humor: Graveyard Jesters --------------------------------------- Thanks to Jenny joats@cei.net My grandmother and I were in a graveyard researching dates on tombstones when she politely said: "Something smells dead." I just smiled. As we were leaving I told her. "Grandma, make sure you close the gate -- people are dying to get in." 10. Submission Guidelines, Reprint Policy, RWR Archives, Subscriptions ----------------------------------------------------------------------- We welcome short (500 words or less) articles, stories, or letters for publication in the RootsWeb Review. We reserve the right to edit all submissions. All mail sent to the RootsWeb Review editor is considered to be for publication. Send all mail as plain text e-mail message (no html, stationery, or attachments) to: RWR-Editor@rootsweb.com RootsWeb Review does not publish or answer genealogical queries, and the editor regrets that she is unable to provide any personal research assistance or advice. Post genealogical queries on all relevant surname, locality and topic boards and lists: Message Boards: http://boards.rootsweb.com/ Mailing Lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ Search/download all back issues of RootsWeb Review: http://e-zine.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb Review does not publish or answer genealogical queries, and the editor regrets that she is unable to provide any personal research assistance or advice. Post genealogical queries on all relevant surname, locality and topic boards and lists: message boards: http://boards.rootsweb.com/ mailing lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ Please do not send any subscription requests to the editor. To unsubscribe, send plain text e-mail message to: Rootsweb-Review-unsubscribe@rootsweb.com Search/download all back issues of RootsWeb Review: http://e-zine.rootsweb.com/ 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: Previously published in RootsWeb Review: Vol. 5, No. 41, 9 October 2002.