RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine Vol. 6, No. 40, 1 October 2003, Circulation: 946,441+ (c) 1998-2003 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com Certification: http://www.bcgcertification.org/certification/ * * * Search and post messages on all relevant surname, locality, and topic Message Boards and Mailing Lists: Message Boards: http://boards.rootsweb.com/ Mailing Lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ Find and share your ancestors: WorldConnect: http://wc.rootsweb.com/ Learn how to trace your family tree: http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ * * * SUBSCRIPTIONS: Do not send any subscription requests or e-mail address changes to the editor. Use these special e-mail addresses: RWR-on@rootsweb.com -- this adds you to the RWR Mailing List. RWR-off@rootsweb.com -- this removes you from the RWR Mailing List. If you need assistance, please visit the HelpDesk: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help.cgi =============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. NEWS AND NOTES. 1a."Use WorldConnect's Advanced Searches for Difficult Surnames"; 1b. Items from Editor's Virtual Desk: "Picture This"; 1c. Upcoming Online Classes; 1d. Tips from Readers: "Unusual Given Name Has Ancient History" 2. Connecting through RootsWeb: "Finding Families via Freepages" 3. New RootsWeb Mailing Lists 4. New Webpages at RootsWeb 5. New/Updated FreePages and HomePages 6. New User-contributed Databases 7. RootsWeb Review's Bottomless Mailbag: "Tossing Out That Genealogy 'Stuff'"; "Welcoming 'Newbies'"; "Looking at the Flip Side"; "A Louisiana 'Flo-Rae' Tree"; "Initial Search Leads to Name Change"; "More Than Just Names"; and "Who Really Hangs Upon Your Tree?" 8. Humor/Humour: "Census Amusement" 9. RWR Reprint and Submissions Guidelines; Archives; Addresses; Subscription Modification Instructions =============================================================== 1. NEWS AND NOTES 1a. Use WorldConnect's Advanced Searches for Difficult Surnames Whether you are chopping away at your BUTCHER ancestry, hammering at those pesky CARPENTERs or just plucking away with your FIDDLERs, you are probably well aware that some surnames in your family tree are more difficult to research than others are. Butcher, Carpenter, and Fiddler are all occupations as well as surnames. Your searches for your ancestors with occupational surnames can just as easily lead you to meatpackers, cabinetmakers, and down-home country fiddling contests as they can to information about your brick-wall MASON line. Difficult, as well as common, surnames require looking at databases where surname-specific searches are possible, and where searching on known facts can lead you to the information you seek. When dealing with such names sometimes date or locality searches can fill the bill. Searching the combined WorldConnect/Ancestry World Tree database with its millions of surname entries provides a resource where simple surname searches and more advanced specific-field searches can narrow down your results to include information of interest to you and not leave you with a list of thousand of BAKERs of fresh bread or pumpkin pies. Start on the main WorldConnect page: http://wc.rootsweb.com/ Type in surname or surname (last name) and given (first) name or use the advanced search options by clicking on SEARCH ALL DATABASES. You can search all the databases in WorldConnect using only a surname or just part of a surname. You also can search on a field other than the surname field -- perhaps a "date only" or a "place only" search. Search on any one field or more than one field. Of course, the fewer fields searched, the greater number of matches. Searching many fields at once yields fewer and more specific matches. When the surname you are researching is common like BAKER or MILLER, refining your search by adding a date range or locality can help to exclude the MILLERs (for example) that are not of interest to you. If you know that your MILLER family lived in Ontario, Canada from 1870 on, you don't need to wade through the MILLERs of Jay County, Indiana in the 1850s. There might be an instance when you wish to search for the maiden name of the Susannah who married your ancestor, John MILLER. You don't have a surname to search, but you know she lived in Pennsylvania and perhaps you even know she died in 1885. Did you know it is possible to do a locality-only search, or a death date/year and locality search using Susanna's given name only (with the surname field blank) in your advanced search? You also can use blank surname advanced searches in special situations such as for slave names and Native American and other ethnic groups where surnames were not used or known to you. For advanced surname searches there is a drop-down menu offering the option for an exact spelling of the name, a Soundex, or a Metaphone search. WorldConnect's Global Search allows what's called trailing wildcard matches. Those are a name with a minimum of three letters followed by an asterisk. These advanced features come in handy when you are searching a name that may have had a variety of spellings or where you are unsure of the exact spelling. Want additional information about Soundex, Metaphone, and trailing wildcard searches? You will find this and other tips for making the most of WorldConnect's Advanced Search and the simple surname search features in these previous issues of RootsWeb Review: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20021030.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20021106.txt Don't let your BREWERs drive you to drink or your WAGGONERs lead you down the wrong trail. If you are stuck on your JOINERs, pulling weeds with your GARDENERS or still buried in the sawdust of your CARPENTER lines, make the most of WorldConnect's advanced search options and find those ancestors -- even if they jumped ship with your SAILORs. * * * 1b. ITEMS FROM THE EDITOR'S VIRTUAL DESK. Picture This. Perhaps your ancestors are pictured here: The American Library of Congress offers "America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839-1864: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/daghtml/daghome.html Learn more about Daguerreotype in "Historical Photography: Identification and Preservation," by Diane VanSkiver Gagel http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/ancmag/759.asp Document and Photo Preservation FAQ, by Linda L. Beyer: http://loricase.com/faq.html "A Focus on Family Photographs," By George G. Morgan: http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/george/4799.asp "Caring for Your Family's 35mm Slide Collection" by George G. Morgan: http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/george/5416.asp Want to know how to protect your various family treasures? Check out the numerous and excellent tips provided by the National Archives of Australia in its "Archives Advices--Preservation" section: [Note: this is a 2-line URL; copy it completely and paste carefully] http://www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/ preservation/advices/preservation.html See also: Photographs and Memories category at Cyndi's List: http://www.cyndislist.com/photos.htm * * * 1c. UPCOMING ONLINE CLASSES: Each class is only $29.95 with a 30-day subscription including Ancestry's online census images. Instructors cover eight lessons, two lessons a week. You can work at your own pace on your own schedule. Prerequisite for all classes: A working knowledge of computers (please view the Beginning Computer Genealogy course outline to see if you know the basics). Details about all of the online classes can be found here: http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=home&htx=gentraining&_lin=1 Northeastern United States Research Class. Starts October 8. http://ancestry.myfamily.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4438&sourceid=481 Italian Research Class. Starts October 8. http://ancestry.myfamily.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=3729&sourceid=481 German Intermediate Research Class. Starts October 9. Prerequisite: Beginning German Research Class. This class will only briefly review the basics of German research. This intermediate course will focus on additional German research methodology and sources in the U.S. and Germany, using histories to understand the context of your ancestors lives (and thus producing more clues for your genealogical research), and records available for German-American settlements. Research into other German- speaking countries will also be discussed. http://ancestry.myfamily.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4622&sourceid=481 Native American Research Class. Starts October 15. http://ancestry.myfamily.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4551&sourceid=481 Multimedia Family History Class. Starts October 20. http://ancestry.myfamily.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4212&sourceid=481 Slovak Beginning Research Class. Starts October 21. http://ancestry.myfamily.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4477&sourceid=481 Learn How to Research Your Scottish Ancestry. Starts October 22. http://ancestry.myfamily.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=3561&sourceid=481 * * * 1d. TIPS FROM READERS. Unusual Given Name Has Ancient History By Carl Hommel chommel6@comcast.net I have noted on some mailing lists mention of the given name of Benoni. This is an unusual name, and some people think that it is an Italian family name and the child is named after his or her mother’s family and then indicate that they have been unable to find a family with that surname. Actually Benoni is a Biblical name that means "son of my sorrow." It was the original name given to the younger son of the patriarch Jacob. Rachel, his mother, in her dying agony named the child Benoni. (Genesis 35:18). This name was often given in American Colonial times to a child whose mother died in childbirth or whose father died before the child was born. In fact, this is an important clue. When one sees the name Benoni, look to see what sad event might have caused the child to be given that name. It might have been the death of a grandparent, a parent or a sibling. 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Linking Families via Freepages By Mona Houser Houser63@brick.net http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~monajo/ Several years ago, when RootsWeb's Freepages became available, I built a website for sharing the genealogy of my families, most of whom had lived in Wisconsin, Illinois and Nebraska. Cousins contributed information and scans of photos, so there's a lot of data there. Recently I received an e-mail from a lady in Iowa who said she had a copy of a studio photograph of my great-grandparent's RIECKMANN family. I suspected that this family had relatives who had immigrated to Illinois about the same time as they had. But we had absolutely no information on any of them. Apparently when my great-grandparents moved to Nebraska in the 1870s, they lost contact with their relatives. Despite many computer searches for similar names, I had been unable to find any connections. So how had this woman in Iowa received a copy of this family's photo? Well, we discovered that my great-grandmother's mother had been married twice, and so there were half-siblings with a different surname. If I hadn't posted that scan of the RIECKMANN family, we'd never have been able to make a connection. Thanks for making Freepages available! 3. New Mailing Lists at RootsWeb Request a New Mailing List: http://resources.rootsweb.com/adopt/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- The following are Mailing Lists, not websites. For more information and an index to the more than 27,300 RootsWeb-hosted genealogy Mailing Lists and for easy subscribing (joining) options go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS BRANDAU BURDICK-SDB -- Descendants of Robert BURDICK (Elder) and his wife Ruth HUBBARD and the migration of the Seventh-Day Baptists throughout New England DABOURN, DEGROODT, DROMGOOLE FALT, FENDICK GASTIASE, GILDAY HODGENS HOOPER-ONS -- HOOPER surname (One-Name Study Project) MAHLE, MORESCO PEAL, PERSHING RABREN, REGENHARDT, RUMRILL SARR, SHOOLBRED, SHRAKE, SPODEN, STERZER, STUDHAM TEUFER, TREZISE ZOLFAGHARBIK NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS SCT-HIGHLAND-CLEARANCES -- Genealogical discussions surrounding the Battle of Culloden (Scotland) resulting in the forcible migration of many Scottish families NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS CAN-ON-CLIFFORD -- Clifford, Ontario, Canada ENG-STS-GNOSALL -- Gnosall, Staffordshire, England 4. New Webpages at RootsWeb To Request a Free Web Account: http://accounts.rootsweb.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- Some of these pages might not yet be accessible. They are created by volunteers, so 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 Hardeman County, Tennessee website can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnhardem/ Australia austascr -- Tasmania (Australia) Coal River Area Scotland sctnrnfc -- Nairnshire (Scotland) Free Census Project U.S.A. allcdar -- Luxapallila (Alabama) Chapter DAR azscdar -- Saguaro (Arizona) Chapter DAR caigs -- Immigration Genealogical Society (California) flfg -- Friends of Genealogy (Florida) mimacki2 -- Mackinac County, Michigan mnsafcd -- St. Anthony Falls (Minnesota) Chapter DAR msoutlaw -- ALHN Outlaws Project for Mississippi nywnycp -- Western New York (New York) Chapter POINT (Pursuing Our Italian Names Together) tngreen2 -- Greene County, Tennessee tnhardem -- Hardeman County, Tennessee Wales wlslbfhs -- Welsh Family History Society, London (England) Branch 5. New/Updated Freepages, Homepages, and WorldConnect Uploads ------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Comments and questions about any of these independently authored webpages should be directed to their respective compilers/webmasters. 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, including the major pertinent surnames and what is available on your site, to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com CARMACK. Carmack Connections. This site focuses on the CARMACK surname mailing list, message (query) boards and search assistance. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~carmack/ DYER. Dyer Families of New England; also includes the early genealogy of families from Braintree, Quincy, Weymouth areas of Massachusetts. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dyer/ PEDDY. PEDDY Census Records and Indexes. Includes information found in the actual census, page numbers as well as added information. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~peddy/census.html VILLARREAL, GARBIS. The Genealogy Page of Anna Villarreal Garbis. Surnames include: VILLARREAL, KEHO, LAUT, RICE, LEDDY, DALEY, EMMONS, GARBIS, BELTON, MEAD, McBREARTY, WEIHUS, and WIRKUS. Indexes to posted obituaries and pictures, plus links, newspaper articles, ships' passenger lists, Irish genealogy, German genealogy, Spanish genealogy, and free translation link. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~annagarbis/ ======================= Paid Advertisements ======================== SALT LAKE FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY RETREAT NOVEMBER 10-15 Can you imagine spending six days at the world's largest genealogical library with your own professional researcher on hand to give you personal assistance? Enjoy the company of other family historians, attend classes, search for those missing ancestors and find new friends. For details visit: http://www.myancestorsfound.com/retreats.html * * * FREE."500 Brickwall Solutions to Genealogy Problems" when you subscribe to Family Chronicle. For a limited time, Family Chronicle, the magazine for people researching their roots, is offering a great bonus for new subscribers. Subscribe before October 10, 2003 and we'll send you a FREE copy of our newest book, "500 Brickwall Solutions to Genealogy Problems." This beautifully bound, 432-page volume contains more than 500 stories of people who have overcome their genealogy "brickwalls." For more information about "500 Brickwall Solutions" and to subscribe today, visit: https://familychronicle.com/rootsweb/free500.htm =================== End of Paid Advertisements ===================== 6. New User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ ---------------------------------------------- The following user-contributed databases have come online recently. They are searchable, but not browseable. ILLINOIS. Clark County. 1892 Platbook (partial M and N surnames) 3,983 records; Cindy McCachern http://userdb.rootsweb.com/plats/ INDIANA. Shelby County. Shelbyville. Shelbyville High School Class of 1918; 229 records; S. K. Givan http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ IOWA. Warren County. Milo. Milo High School Class of 1934; 27 records; Katherine Short http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ MINNESOTA. Chisago County. American Legion members, ca 1920; 344 records; Charles Deutsch http://userdb.rootsweb.com/military/ Chisago County. Franconia. Liberty Loan Purchasers (World War I); 3,243 records; Charles Deutsch http://userdb.rootsweb.com/groups/ Ramsey County. St. Paul. Summit School, Class of 1932; 33 records; Charles Deutsch http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ NORTH DAKOTA. Bottineau County. Bottineau. Mount Saint Mark Cemetery; 309 records; Vance A. Bailey http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ TEXAS. Wichita County. Wichita Falls. Wichita Falls High School Class of 1904; 13 records; Jane Engbrock http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ VIRGINIA. Frederick County. Marriages. (BERRY surname, 1775-1904) 48 records; Jim Berry http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/ Goochland County. 1810 Census; 826 records; James L. Atkisson http://userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index/ U.S.A. MISCELLANEOUS One-Name Study: FAUGHNAN Census Records; 542 records; FAUGHNAN database contributors http://userdb.rootsweb.com/studies/ Professional, Society, Religious Groups: Methodist ministers attending central Pennsylvania conference, 1908 330 records; Karen Cuccinello http://userdb.rootsweb.com/groups/ 7. FROM ROOTSWEB REVIEW'S BOTTOMLESS MAILBAG [Editor's note: The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the editor or of RootsWeb.com]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tossing Out That Genealogy 'Stuff' By Gene Ewert genee@cobaltboats.com To Jim Duncan regarding his "It's Not Brain Surgery" (in last week's RootsWeb Review) -- boy, do I agree with him. This article reminded me of one of my first encounters with a distant relative (several years before computer and Internet genealogy were as prolific as now). I found her name and address somewhere and wrote for help, sending what little I had and enclosing the mandatory SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope). I was green, but not green enough to ask for "all she had" -- just for a few things that might point me in the right direction. I got back one copy of a Family Group Sheet and a terse reply that there is a lot more information out there, she had spent 30 years uncovering it and if I just looked hard enough I could find it too. It stung enough that I dropped looking into that line for quite awhile. When I did pick it up again and still was getting stuck in "her" line, I thought I would bite the bullet and give her one more try. This time I got back a short, handwritten note on my letter from her husband informing me that she had passed away and he had thrown out all her genealogy stuff. It saddened me that all her hard work ended up being for nothing. Because of that experience, I have it in my will where my genealogical stuff is to go if my children, siblings, nieces, nephews or cousins are not interested in keeping it going. I encourage everyone to put address labels in the front of each of your file folders of the people you correspond with most about that surname or location. Tell your family that if anything happens to you and no one wants the genealogy stuff -- before throwing it away contact those people and then the repository listed in my will. * * * Welcoming 'Newbies' By Lisa Hoffius lmhoffius@hotmail.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bennett1/ Thank you to Jim Duncan and his "It's not Brain Surgery" for defending the Newbies to Internet research and message boards. I'm not new to Internet research, but once upon a time I was. How frustrating to receive a reply to one of my queries only to get a belittling note from an experienced researcher. RootsWeb is a gold mine for the new researchers, who by the way may have information that no one else has! Why alienate them with rude comments? I want to hear from them. Perhaps they have the family Bible or an obit for a long-lost ancestor. To all the Newbie's out there, don't pay attention to "them." There are a bunch of us out here who welcome you and are more than happy to assist you in any way we can. * * * Looking at the Flip Side By Dorinda Shepley DorindaMD@aol.com In response to Susan Marston's "Mailing List Suggestion" (RootsWeb Review: 17 September) I would like to explain the "other side" (about setting mailing lists responses). Consideration must be given to the size of the mailing list. Surname lists are usually no problem unless it would be a very common name such as Smith. U.S. county lists on the other hand are usually much larger. I have several surname lists and I believe they are set for responses to go back to the list, but they have 60 or less subscribers. On my county mailing list with hundreds of subscribers, it's a bit different. The majority of people on this list have been on here for a considerable time and many are on numerous lists. If they were to receive 30+ messages in response to each posting on each list, they would have to unsubscribe as many have jobs, families and other responsibilities. These are people with much knowledge to offer and are a valuable resource to our subscribers. Most people who want all that mail are those with plenty of time for just that but there are many other lists they could also join. In fact, there is a similar list to this one which does send the replies to the list, including the ones which say only "thanks" or "sorry but I can't help you" (these messages were usually meant to go only to the sender, but the poster didn't realize the reply automatically went back to the list, thus sending these "personal" messages to hundreds instead of the one intended). So, you see, as with everything, there are pros and cons. I would also mention that replies sent from Digest mode of a mailing list do go to the list unless the sender changes it. The policy on my county list has always been to reply to the sender and then the sender may send a reply to the list thanking all for their replies and providing a summary of those replies they feel would be of interest to the other subscribers. This way, the information is exchanged through the list but only in two messages to the list, with the sender receiving the 30+ messages they wanted. If others have a shared interest, they may always contact the original sender to have more information shared; in fact the contact between them may even be a benefit in itself. This method seems to work the best for this list; otherwise, we wouldn't have 650 to 700 subscribers (depending on the time of the year). It provides the information for all but doesn't overflow the mailboxes which should accomplish everyone's goals. * * * A Louisiana 'Flo-Ree' Tree By Jay Schexnaydre jmschex@etigers.net I recently read your article, "Funny Names May Adorn Your Family Tree" as mentioned in last week's RootsWeb Review. I read about the family with all names beginning with "Z." I have a similar situation with my great-great-great-grandparents, Benjamin SCHEXNAYDRE and Clara AUBERT. During the 1800s many south Louisianans got quite creative with unique French names. Apparently Benjamin and Clara liked the sound of "Flo-Ree" because they named their nine children: Florian, Florestan, Florestine, Floregard, Florensia, Floremy, Floriska, Floribert, and Clarisse. But wait, you're probably wondering why that last child wasn't called "Florisse." Well, "Clarisse" was the name of Clara's mother, so apparently the final child was named for her grandmother. On a side note, between 1852-1855, Clara lost her husband, six of her nine children, two brothers-in-law, one sister-in-law, and three nephews in a terrible Yellow Fever epidemic that hit Louisiana. * * * Initial Search Leads to Name Change By RitOBrien@aol.com My father always used "J" for his middle initial and I never knew his middle name. One day I asked my mother (after my Dad died) what "J" stood for. She said "nothing," but when I started tracing my father's family, I found that our name was JOCKOW not D'ALLAIRD. It seems the name was changed from the French DeALLAIRD to JOCKOW, then back again to D'ALLAIRD. So far, I have not found why, or just when it was changed, but my grandmother always signed JOCKOW-D'ALLAIRD on affidavits. So, there is always an explanation for everything. No one alive today ever knew the name was changed but I have primary sources to prove it was -- U.S. Military Pension Records. That is what makes genealogy so interesting and, at the same time, frustrating. * * * More Than Just Names By Lisa Taylor ldawntaylor@hotmail.com All this talk about how to indicate unknowns in names brings a question to mind. I have a fascination for language and names and can think of several examples in how names can be confused, but has anyone else had a relative add a middle name or just an initial? That might complicate genealogical research. My grandfather Alvin FIEDLER and his brother were not given middle names at birth. I don't really know why except maybe it has something to do with their parents heritage. Their father, William FIEDLER, was a first-generation American, William's parents were from Germany, and their mother was an immigrant from a German colony in the Ukraine. In fact, the German heritage was still so strong that my grandfather attended first grade twice -- his first year was to learn to speak English. These two full-blood German men decided to enlist during World War II. I guess they got tired of writing "none" in the middle initial blank because shortly thereafter my grandfather Alvin became Alvin William FIEDLER and his brother added Washington to his name. Mom's uncle still talks about "choosing" his middle name. So, now I know not to include William in looking for any of my grand- father's school records or occupation before his enlistment. But, I would include it on requests for records after that, say marriage or death certificate or other events. * * * Who Really Hangs Upon Your Tree? By Janet Miller jkmil@kc.rr.com I am a family genealogist and I have been researching different branches of my family for many years. Although I am not a professional, I have tried to approach my work in that manner. The Internet is only source of information; I use primary material whenever possible. That means if I use anything from the Internet I am very careful about source and attribution. I also never download anything and include it in my own work unless I have checked it out. If I can't verify it, it doesn't go in; and if it does, it is clearly stated from whom, dated, etc. So a lot of it is kept separate from my own work and marked as such. I am always happy to share with family, no matter how distant, although I always caution them if the material I share is not my own work. I also ask if they use my own research, that it be attributed to me, which is both a courtesy and an opportunity to find other relationships. My pet peeve is all the poor work posted on family pages/websites as research which is not research and is never updated or corrected. I was struck by it once again when I contacted an individual who has a family tree posted on the Internet that contains the names of my 3rd-great- grandparents. Since I am stuck on the maternal line in that generation in that family, I was hopeful that at last I had found a connection. But in an exchange of e-mails with the individual I learned that she herself considers her tree poorly done and it has a lot of information she doesn't know anything about. How some of my family was included she has no idea, but said she knew her tree was a mess. Maybe one of these days, she will redo it, she said. Since I cannot post a message to those who read her tree, I can only plead with others to document, document, document. Thanks so much for letting me blow off some steam. 8. Humor/Humour: Census Amusement ---------------------------------------- Thanks to: Fran Bolton Jfrbol@aol.com In the 1860 Bowie County, Texas census I found T. J. CHAMBLISS listed as "farmer." Not unusual, but his wife's occupation is listed as "lady" -- as is the wife of every farmer on that page. Also, while searching in the 1850 Newton County, Mississippi census I couldn't help but smile and wonder what motivated the Samuel STEPHENS family to name their two- month-old baby girl "Pea Eyes." 9. Submission Guidelines, Advertising Contacts, Reprint Policy ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The 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. RootsWeb Review welcomes short (500 words or less) articles, humor, stories, or letters, and reserves the right to edit all submissions. All mail sent to the RootsWeb Review editor is considered to be for publication -- send in plain ASCII text (please, no attach- ments) to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com * * * ROOTSWEB REVIEW ADVERTISING CONTACTS: Ad Sales Operations Mgr. 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