RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine Vol. 6, No. 51, 17 December 2003, Circulation: 936,429+ (c) 1998-2003 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com Do NOT use your REPLY TO e-mail option to contact the editor. Certification: http://www.bcgcertification.org/certification/ Search/download past issues of RootsWeb Review: http://e-zine.rootsweb.com/ * * * 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."Helping Santa via WorldConnect"; 1b. "Holiday Contest--Gifts from the Heart" 1c. Tips from Readers: "Copying Large Documents" 2. Connecting through RootsWeb: "The French Connection" 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: "Ohio Ancestors' Brush with Aviation History"; "Pruning the Family Tree"; and "Dividing the Loot" 8. Humor/Humour: "Creative Family History Writing" 9. RWR Reprint and Submissions Guidelines; Archives; Addresses; Subscription Modification Instructions =============================================================== 1. NEWS AND NOTES. 1a. Helping Santa via WorldConnect Ah, 'tis the season for sharing and getting together with family and time for a reminder that now can be a good opportunity to locate new cousins or make it easier for them to find you. One sure-fire method to have your cousins reach out to you is by uploading your family tree to RootsWeb's WorldConnect. If you don't know about WorldConnect, start off by reading the WorldConnect FAQs to familiarize yourself with the submission process. http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wcsubmit1.html WorldConnect only accepts files uploaded in a valid GEDCOM format. While it is the contents of the file that determine whether your family tree is a valid GEDCOM format, and not the file extension's name, the vast majority of GEDCOM files will have the file extension of .GED. The one exception would be if you send your genealogy file as a zipped file (compressed file). In that case, be sure that the file you have selected to "zip" is a valid GEDCOM file and that it is *not* in .FTW, .PAF, or some other format before you zip it. To create a GEDCOM open your genealogy file -- the one in which you input your family tree information. Use the manual that came with your program or read the FAQs for creating a GEDCOM using the most popular software programs available here: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wcgedcom4.html Pay close attention to the file name that your genealogy program creates for the GEDCOM file. You will be asked to name the file or accept your genealogy program's default name, as well as the location where the GEDCOM resides on your computer. Jot down the actual file location (path) -- such as C:\FTW\filename.GED. Yours might be something like: C:\FTW\KRINGLE.GED D:\PAF\CLAUS\SANTA.GED You will be asked to specify the path (that's the "C:\FTW" or "D:\PAF\CLAUS\" part) to the file later on when you prepare to submit it to WorldConnect. For most submitters actually uploading a family tree GEDCOM to WorldConnect is uneventful and straightforward and only takes a few minutes -- in fact, 90 percent of submitters are able to upload their GEDCOMs in 20 minutes or less. Even a huge file and on a slow Internet connection should not take more than an hour. If you know how to ZIP files, ZIP your GEDCOM before you upload it. That really cuts down on upload time because zipping reduces a file size up to an average of 75 percent. Begin on the main WorldConnect page: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ Click on START HERE. Select a user code and password for your account. Because your user code will become part of the URL (Web address) where your GEDCOM will be housed, it cannot contain anything other than alpha- numeric characters, hyphens, and underscores, which are acceptable to browsers, and it should be between three and 16 characters in length. It is most important to use a hyphen "-" or an underscore "_" to represent blank spaces when establishing your user code. WorldConnect URLs, user codes, and passwords are all case-sensitive. If you want your user code to be "Frosty Snowman" you must create it as "Frosty-Snowman" or "Frosty_Snowman" (remember, no spaces) -- but not "Frosty_snowman" or "frosty-snowman" (remember it is case-sensitive). Select a password that is no longer than 16 characters. Should you receive an error message, even though you have adhered to the above criteria, it probably means that you have selected a user code that is already in use. Try selecting a slightly different one. Every user code must be unique -- there is only one user code per GEDCOM. Click on the STANDARD button to access the Standard Set-Up page as recommended for all first-time submitters. You will be taken to a screen that shows your user code and asks you to type in your full name and e- mail address. Click on SET-UP after you have completed these items. You will be asked to select a variety of options on the Set-Up page concerning the display (what the world sees) of your GEDCOM, and whether or not you wish to allow other researchers to download all or part of your file. As previously noted, you will be asked to locate the GEDCOM you are about to upload on your computer. You can either type-in the path to the GEDCOM: C:\FTW\KRINGLE.GED (or use the BROWSE button to locate it. If you use the browse button, navigate to the GEDCOM, highlight it, and click OPEN to transfer the path information onto the Set-Up page. Three items to complete on the Set-Up page are: Title, Headers, and Footers. These three items appear on every page of your file, so give them careful consideration. Title is required. It introduces researchers to your WorldConnect site. Make it specific, giving clues to the contents of your file and the major families therein -- "My Ancestors" or "The Smith Family" are not good titles. "Descendants of Samuel Smith and Elizabeth Borton of Aynho, Northamptonshire, England" or "Kringles of the North Pole, 1403-2003" are more descriptive and better identify the information in your file. Remember that WorldConnect is accessible to researchers around the world, not just those in your country. Caution: Don't confuse "user code" and "title." The "user code" is selected when establishing a new account and is an identifier for your family tree at WorldConnect. It becomes a part of the URL (Web address) of your file, but it is not the title of your pages. Headers and Footers are optional. If you are uncertain what to use for them, leave them blank. You can always go back through the Set-Up page and add Headers and/or Footers by reprocessing your file. It is not necessary to upload your file again to do this. When you have completed the items on the Set-Up page, click on the UPLOAD/UPDATE button. Wait for the file to upload -- the length of time required for the upload process will depend on the size of the file and the speed of your Internet connection. Average time is 20 minutes or less. There will be a confirmation screen verifying that the process went without a hitch. This screen provides you with details about your file and a clickable link to your database. Newly uploaded databases are queued for a short period and then become directly accessible. However, information in newly submitted files is not available instantly. It become available from a search when the searches are updated each night.If you go to the WorldConnect global search box on the main WorldConnect page and type in the names from your database they won't be found for at least a day after you submit your GEDCOM. So, don't be alarmed if you do not find them immediately. You can still access your database directly at the URL on the confirmation page, or by typing the following URL into your browser window: http://wc.rootsweb.com/~usercode Replace the word "usercode" above with the exact user code (case sensitive) that you selected when you created your account and uploaded the GEDCOM. For example: http://wc.rootsweb.com/~kringle Do not put a closing slash on the URL here. You also can access your database from the main WorldConnect page by typing your user code in the box that says "jump to a specific database" and clicking GO. For example, type in "kringle" (without the quote marks) and click GO. If you should encounter any problems with the uploading process, don't worry. Go to the FAQs on Problem Solving: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wcsubmit6.html Also, check out: Error Messages: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wcsubmit7.html These pages should provide you with enough help to enable you to resolve most problems. If they don't, contact the RootsWeb HelpDesk for assistance. http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help.cgi Maybe this is the year Santa will answer your requests to find those "lost" ancestors. Help him out by posting your GEDCOMs at WorldConnect. * * * 1b. Holiday Contest (U.S.A. and Canada): Win $8,000 Grand Prize with Stories about "Gifts from the Heart" Celebrate the holidays with a creative gift from the heart. The national Legacy Project has a free family Holiday Activity Kit filled with ideas. Together with MyFamily.com, there's also a Holiday Contest in which you can share the story of a special gift you've given or received to win a Grand Prize that includes a Lane cedar chest and a new bedroom set ($8,000 retail value). The Holiday Activity Kit is filled with activities, crafts, games, and homemade gift ideas. Try Holidays Then & Now, Calendar of Memories, Mini Christmas Tree, Family Stars, and Cookie Mix Memories. The "Gifts from the Heart" Holiday Contest runs to December 31 and is open to adults and children 8 years and older in the U.S.A. and Canada. To enter, write a story (300 words or less) about the BEST gift you've ever received or given -- a gift from the heart. The gift should be something memorable, meaningful, or unusual. Maybe it was a surprise or something you wanted for what seemed like an eternity. Maybe it was bought in a store (after much searching or saving) or a keepsake passed across generations. Maybe it was something small and simple, big and elaborate, or even something someone did or said. The Grand Prize is the new Lane "Something to Remember Me By" Cedar Chest (based on the chest in the award-winning storybook that inspired the Legacy Project, Something to Remember Me By by Susan V. Bosak) with a Lane bedroom set to go with it (total retail value $8,000). There are ten runner-up prizes of a $100 book gift certificate from Books Are Fun and a handcrafted keepsake from Geezer.com. All winners also receive the Celebrating The Family book and Family Tree Maker 11 software from MyFamily.com. As a way to bring generations in families closer together, the Legacy Project explores and celebrates the keepsakes, memories, and family stories passed from generation to generation. Click here: http://www.legacyproject.org/holiday/contest.html to get all the Holiday Contest details and to find out more about the Legacy Project and the free online family Holiday Activity Kit. * * * 1c. TIPS FROM READERS. Copying Large Documents By Chris Woods chris.woods@eidosnet.co.uk I often receive large documents, usually ship's Voyage Reports, but also old records, which are often as large as A2. Handling them is a problem and scanning then in A4 sections is time consuming. I found the answer at a firm that carried out copying services for architects, amongst others. They have very large scanners and can reduce anything down to A4 size which can then be scanned into the computer. In England there is a franchise called ProntaPrint, which carries out this service most satisfactorily and is extremely reasonably priced. [Editor's Note: See "A" Paper Sizes Conversion Chart at: http://painting.about.com/library/glossary/bldefpapersizes.htm ] 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- The French Connection By Karen Sue Haley ksh15051@stargate.net On 16 July 2002 I posted my genealogy on RootsWeb's freepages. On 26 September 2002 I received an e-mail message that said, "Hello from France." It was a distant cousin who lives in the south of France and had seen my lines online. We connected on about six lines in France. We continued writing to each other and then her sister, who lives in the north of France, started writing to me. We all got along so well and they invited me to France last summer for four weeks. I spent 10 days with my new cousin Francine in Lille and we spent 10 days on the Riviera in Menton with her sister Michelle and then we went to the Alps for a week. I can't begin to tell you how very happy this reunion with distant cousins I never knew existed has made me. We continue to write to each other daily. The experience has changed our lives. I am so happy, it is like a dream come true to be reconnected to France -- the land of my ancestry and to know these distant cousins. I want to thank RootsWeb for giving me the opportunity to post my genealogy so that my cousins were able to find me. It has been a life- changing experience. Thank you so very much. 3. New Mailing Lists at RootsWeb Request a New Mailing List: http://resources.rootsweb.com/adopt/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- For more information and an index to the more than 27,500 RootsWeb- hosted genealogy Mailing Lists and for easy subscribing (joining) options go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS BONTEMPO, BULSON CORONIL, COURTIS DEMICHELI DAY-DNA -- The DAY surname DNA project DOWDY-NEWMAN -- Descendents of Newman John DOWDY and Nancy Willena FERANDERS in Marion County, Mississippi(1859-1936) FAILOR GEHRIS, GORENFLO, GOUWS, GUEVARA MAHURON, MANNERS, MATHERNE OBRIENCLAN -- Companion list to http://www.obrienclan.com/ PEPPERMAN ROBERT-REV-PIERRE -- Descendants of Reverend Pierre ROBERT (1656-1717)--Huguenot immigrant to South Caroline ca 1690) SAMMIS, SIPPEL SIMMONS-ELITHOMAS -- Descendents of Eli Thomas SIMMONS THOMPSON-TN -- The THOMPSON surname in Tennessee WECH YETLEY NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS ANZ-GEN-MAT -- The buying or selling of new or used genealogical materials (e.g., books, newsletters, CDs, magazines) in Australia and New Zealand 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. U.S.A. orccdar -- Champoeg (Oregon) Chapter DAR ohport2 -- Portage County (Ohio) 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 AFRICAN AMERICAN COAL MINER INFORMATION CENTER. Provides brief history of the African American coal-mining experience in America, with identification of associated coal towns and camps, database of individual miners, links to related sites, and listings of related offline material. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blackcoalminers/ MARTIN. Some Descendants of "Salem Witch" Susannah (NORTH) MARTIN. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~susannahmartin/ MASSACHUSETTS. Andover. Vital Records. The first two parts (births and marriages) of the Andover Vital Records to 1850 are online at: http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/andover/ MASSACHUSETTS. Phillipston Vital Records to 1850 are online at: http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/phillipston/ MASSACHUSETTS. Salem. Most of the Salem's Vital Records are online; compiled from seven books and more than 2,900 pages. http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/salem/ OMEDA BREWER'S HOMEPAGE. Surnames include: ALLEN, BLALOCK, CARLISLE, CULLER, EDWARDS, FULK, JOHNSON, KRIEGER, LANE, MOSER, SPAINHOUR, and WESTMORELAND http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~omeda/ RAWLS. Rawls Home page. Surnames include: RAWLS, REDWINE, SPIVA, CRANFORD, THROCKMORTON, HINKLE, STEVENS, WARNER, SHANAHAN, and McPHERSON http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rawls/ SCATTERED LEAVES of THORNTON, HUMPHRIES, AVERY, and STEIN families. Many Australian families, mostly descended from convicts from U.K., from 1795 to 1920; many individuals are listed in groups of families, and there is a page on the convicts in the family. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bluegum/ VAN ROOYEN. Tuisblad Home Page; VAN ROOYEN, South Africa, Suis-Afrika, Cape, Kaap, VAN DEVENTER, Cornelis, Hein, Lichtenburg, VAN ROOYEN Familiewapen, Coat-of-Arms, Stamvader, Stamboom, Familieregister, and VAN ROOIJEN. http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~vanrooyen/vanrooyenhome.htm ======================= Paid Advertisements ======================== Christmas is Coming! Family Chronicle's "500 Brickwall Solutions to Genealogy Problems" is Our Gift to You For a limited time, Family Chronicle, the magazine for people researching their roots, is offering a great Christmas bonus for new subscribers. Subscribe before January 5, 2004 and we'll send you a FREE copy of our newest book, "500 Brickwall Solutions to Genealogy Problems" as our gift to you. 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/free500x.htm * * * NO-FIND NO-FEE BRITISH RESEARCH Researchers in every county of England and Scotland provide a low-cost NO-FIND NO-FEE research service. Get a free e-mail assessment from BRITISH ANCESTORS at: http://www.britishancestors.com/rwr/ =================== 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. GEORGIA. Pierce County. Big Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery; 115 records; Ashley Dietrich Murray Patterson. Lake Chapel Primitive Baptist Cemetery; 2 records; Ashley Dietrich Murray Patterson. Old Tyre Cemetery 4 records; Ashley Dietrich Murray http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ ILLINOIS. Cook County. La Grange. Oak Avenue School Class of 1936 75 records; Charlene Degener http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ KANSAS. Leavenworth County. Fort Leavenworth. Disciplinary Barracks Cemetery; 240 records; Darby Lea Edwards http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ KENTUCKY. Garrard County. Adams Family Cemetery; 9 records; Nancy House Perry http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ MICHIGAN. Macomb County. Utica. Utica Cemetery; 4,294 records; Jack Vander-Schrier http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ MICHIGAN. Oceana County. "Pioneers and Business Men of Today, 1890" 3,396 records; Denis Paul Edeline http://userdb.rootsweb.com/bookindexes/ MINNESOTA. Ramsey County. St. Paul. Mechanic Arts High School, Teachers, 1921; 61 records; Charles Deutsch Mechanic Arts High School Class of 1921; 147 records; Charles Deutsch http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ OHIO. Wayne County. Orrville. Orrville High School Class of 1956; 99 records; Neil E. Webner http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ TEXAS. Cooke County. "Crisis and Conflict: Prologue To War"; 136 records; Jack Ware "History of Woodbine (TX)" by Mrs. Francis Lynch; 284 records; Jack Ware "The Great Gainesville Hanging, October 1862" by Pete A. Y. Gunter; 88 records; Jack Ware "Trexler's Episode In Border History"--Southwest Review January, 1931; 71 records; Jack Ware http://userdb.rootsweb.com/bookindexes/ TEXAS. Wichita County. Electra. Electra High School Graduates 1950-59; 228 records; Jane Engbrock http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ TEXAS. Wise County. "Pioneer History of Wise County" -- Chapter V: 'Conspiracy of the Peace Party' by Cliff D. Cates 24 records; Jack Ware http://userdb.rootsweb.com/bookindexes/ 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]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ohio Ancestors' Brush with Aviation History By Terry R. Barnhart tbarnhart@hylandhills.org I grew up near Dayton, Ohio with most of my ancestors settling in the southwest corner of the state in the early part of the 1800s. My TIPPY relatives were in Licking County (east central Ohio) circa 1820, but several siblings moved to Greene County Ohio -- near Dayton -- sometime after 1850. All this was easy to document long distance with the help of local libraries and the county records. I was also fortunate to have long-living grandparents who started my early research with family names, stories and specific locations. What I found extremely interesting and what they did not tell me, was specifically where our ancestors lived and the historic events that the family probably witnessed during the summer of 1904 Jacob TIPPY and his family bought a small farm outside a little village named Fairfield with inheritance money. Their property was adjacent to a large pasture owned by a Dayton banker, who was a friend of Wilbur and Orville Wright's father. After successfully "jumping" their invention at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903, they returned to Dayton to continue their experiments. Being very practical men, they knew that they could not continue to return to windy Kitty Hawk , so had to find a place close to their workshop and home to continue the tests. Huffman Prairie was flat and open. It was also adjacent to a traction or trolley line for easy access from Dayton. It was here that they flew their second plane and perfected their wing-warping technique to achieve full control of the aircraft. Essentially the airplane was perfected at Huffman Prairie in 1904-6. My grandmother never told me that her great-grandparents and her grandfather witnessed these historic flights. It is likely that she never knew since she was not born until 1906 in a nearby county. Today, Huffman Prairie along with the TIPPY family farm and many other properties are part of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Fairborn, Ohio. While my ancestors did not contribute to this important invention, they undoubtedly heard and likely saw the Wright Brothers' "contraption" flying around Huffman Prairie. Wonder what they thought? One hundred years later, it probably means a whole lot more to me (and my research) that it did to them. * * * [Editor's Note: Here's a sampling of related online material about the Wright Brothers and their family]: http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/tours/vt1.htm Milton Wright and Susan Koemer: Parents of the famed brothers: http://www.first-to-fly.com/History/Just%20the%20Facts/family.htm Milton Wright's Genealogy and English Roots: http://www.first-to-fly.com/History/Just%20the%20Facts/genealogy.htm Orville Wright in the 1930 U.S. census: http://www.rootdig.com/1930census/orvillewright.html WRIGHT brothers, Wilbur and Orville [1867-1912, 1871-1948]: American inventors and pioneers of flight http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~dav4is/people/WRIG109.htm * * * Pruning the Family Tree By Evangeline R. Denton vangie6232@verizon.net I have to agree with Dr. Alwin's assessment of the value of obituaries in last week's RootsWeb Review. The reasons they may not be accurate no doubt vary, but in my family's case it is jealousy. When my father died a couple of years ago, my current stepmother refused to acknowledge my two sisters and myself in his obit. Anyone reading it would have to conclude that he had three less children than he actually had! * * * Dividing the Loot By Bonnie Selig bselig@blkhawk.net I read the "Hints for Heirlooms" with great interest. Both my husband and I have been married previously and each has four children. We do not live close to most of the children and often wondered what we would do about making sure the correct family would receive the family heirlooms when the time came. We went through the whole house, room by room, drawer by drawer, and photographed each item, then put the photos into photo sleeves in a loose-leaf notebook. Next to each photo is a card identifying the object and whatever history we know about it -- approximate age, to whom it belonged originally, etc. We have had each one of our children go through this album and make a notation if there are any particular items they may want at some time. As we have gotten older and feel that we don't need as much "stuff" anymore we have gone through the album and selected an item chosen by a child and given it as a Christmas or birthday present. It is always happily received and we know that it is something that will be treasured. 8. Humor/Humour: Creative Family History Writing ------------------------------------------------ Thanks to: Jim Coady jcoady@asmequipment.com -- who writes that he found the following in the 22 March 2002 (Prince Edward) Island (Canada) Register newsletter: http://www.islandregister.com/ [Editor's Note: This apocryphal tale has made the rounds in genealogical circles for years in numerous versions, but, just in case you haven't heard it before . . . ]: "The children of a prominent family, chose to give the patriarch a book of their family's history. The biographer they hired was warned of one problem. Uncle Willie, the 'Black Sheep' of the family, had gone to Sing Sing Prison's electric chair for murder. The writer carefully handled the situation in the following way: "Uncle Willie occupied a chair of applied electronics at one of our nation's leading institutions. He was attached to his position by the strongest of ties. His death came as a true shock." 9. 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