RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine Vol. 7, No. 9, 3 March 2004, Circulation: 872,992+ (c) 1998-2004 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ * * * Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com Certification: http://www.bcgcertification.org/certification/ * * * 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. Your "REPLY TO" e-mail option will not reach the editor. See subscription change instructions at end of this newsletter. * * * Search and share family trees: WorldConnect: http://wc.rootsweb.com/ Learn how to find your ancestors: http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ Post and search 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/ =============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. NEWS AND NOTES. 1a. "Will the Mystery Guest Sign In, Please?" 1b. Editor's Desk: "Lassoing a Horsethief"; 1c. "SSDI Update"; 1d. Tips from Readers: "Saving Census Copy for Posterity" 2. Connecting through RootsWeb: "Finding a Treasure Online" 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: "Including Sources"; "Withholding Sources"; "OONKing Along Through the Tulips"; "Assigning a Maiden Name"; "Finding Grandfather"; "Coincidences Return Heirloom"; "Timing Is Everything"; and "Counting Noses" 8. Humor/Humour: "Genealogical Quiz" 9. Reprint and Submissions Guidelines; RW Help; Advertising Contacts ======================================================================== 1. NEWS AND NOTES. 1a. Will the Mystery Guest Sign In, Please? When you visit the RootsWeb/Ancestry message boards to search or browse for your ancestors, your identity may remain shrouded in mystery -- if you choose. You can opt to post a new message or reply to an existing message you find on the boards by filling in your name and e-mail address on the spot without registering and/or logging in (creating a permanent account) if you prefer, although there are advantages to registering and logging in. There is no reason to fear that registering your e-mail address in the appropriate boxes of the account registration form or the e-mail box on a board will result in you being spammed. Addresses listed there are encrypted and are displayed as graphics on the boards, which makes them safe from e-mail address harvesters and spambots. However, it is not recommended that you include your e-mail address WITHIN the message body on the boards, as addresses displayed there could be harvested. A spambot -- a robot that specializes in gathering e-mail addresses for a spammer to use -- does not read a web page that you see in your browser. It looks at the underlying source code for the page where it will find img src="imagea.gif", img src="imageb.gif" (with a separate image for every character included in your e-mail address). Spambots can not translate the image source into e-mail addresses for harvesting. Registering and logging in when posting or replying to a message on a board establishes a record that the post you have made applies to you. This means that, in the future, should you wish to record a name or e- mail address change, you can do so globally (and retroactively) on every message you posted using the old account information simply by updating the record in ONE place -- MY PROFILE, which you can access while logged into your account. Registering and logging in ensure that your account information is secure, is properly identified as referring to you (establishing your identity), and that only you can change or update the record. To set up your account for the first time, click on the LOGIN link in the upper right corner of any message board page. Next, click on the NEW TO ROOTSWEB -- SIGN UP NOW button and complete all required items on the registration form. Select a unique user name and password for yourself. Verify your password by retyping it in the box provided for that purpose. Complete the entries for first name, last name, and e-mail address. Click SUBMIT when all information has been properly entered. If the user name you initially choose is already in use or is otherwise rejected, select another or pick one from those suggested on the form. The user name and your chosen password should not include any spaces or non-alphanumeric characters -- only letters, numbers, and underscores -- no foreign or extended characters or symbols. Your password must be between five and eight characters. Some advanced or customized features of the message boards require that you be registered and logged in to use them. The reasons are, once again, that logging in establishes your identity and sets up a secure environment for you. Advanced features that require registering and logging in are: MY FAVORITES -- allows you to create a list of your most frequently visited boards as well as a list of posts made by a specific author. MY FAVORITES provides you with quick links to all your favorites. MY NOTIFICATIONS -- enables you to receive an e-mail notification whenever a new message is posted to a particular board. REPORT ABUSE -- permits you to report a message that you deem to be inappropriate or in violation of message board or posting rules; also lets you request removal of any message you have posted (use "Other" as the reason and explain in the Comments box). REQUEST NEW BOARD -- lets you to request the creation of a new message board and to become an administrator for the new board if you so choose. BECOME AN ADMIN -- click on this link on any adoptable message board in order to register to serve as the administrator for it. When logged in you also have the convenience of seeing links to messages you have already read appear a different color than the unread ones -- enabling you to keep better track of your READ and UNREAD messages. All of these special features require that your identity and account information be known for the security of establishing that you are the person making the request or managing the customized settings. There is nothing to fear when being asked to register and login to use certain features of the RootsWeb message boards and there is no need to remain a mystery guest. * * * 1b. EDITOR'S DESK. Lassoing a Horsethief By Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG We all laugh about finding a horsethief in the family, but the possibility is not as remote as some think. My online adventure started with a search in one of the recently uploaded user-contributed data- bases. You might have overlooked it when it was announced in the RootsWeb Review on 18 February, but having discovered a purported relative who was listed in the Leavenworth, Kansas penitentiary at the time of the 1910 census, I decided to do a search in this database. KANSAS. Leavenworth County. Leavenworth federal prisoners, 1895-1911, 7,506 records; 1911-1920, 8,337 records; Staff and volunteers of the Central Plains Branch, National Archives http://userdb.rootsweb.com/groups/ Alas, or yahoo! -- depending on your feeling about finding a jailbird perched upon your family tree -- I discovered two of them. Here's how: At the webpage here: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/groups/ I typed in the surname of interest (skipped the optional first name because I wanted to find everyone of this surname), selected KS (any county) in the State/County (optional) window, and under the Group/Organization (optional) window, selected Leavenworth (KS) Federal Prisoners. A match for my query appeared and under the Notes/PostEms option, I clicked on VIEW/ADD NOTES, which revealed the name, year, the fact that it was a civilian (rather than military) case, the 1905 date, the jurisdiction was Indian Territory, the offense was larceny, plus it gave a record number, and under photograph, it says "true" (meaning there is one available). I followed the instructions that are provided with each successful search, which say: A copy of this record is available at the National Archives regional office in Kansas City. NARA's Central Plains Region 2312 East Bannister Road Kansas City, MO 64131-3011 Mail orders must include the prisoner's case number and name. The archives' staff will write back with cost of copying the record--DO NOT send money until you have received confirmation from them on the cost. Since Leavenworth was a federal prison don't assume your ancestor might not have served his time there based just on locality. Many prisoners were from Indian Territory, Missouri, Illinois, Texas, and North Dakota, for example, but some are listed from Washington, D.C., and there's even a military prisoner from Philippine Islands, who was sent there for disobeying orders. Crimes range from murder, assault, and grand larceny to stealing mail pouches, housebreaking, theft of interstate shipments, and violating national banking laws. The entire process took about two weeks and each file cost me about $10. Both had pictures of my less-than-illustrious relatives along with additional valuable genealogical information. Guess this will teach me not to laugh at my spouse's sheep-stealing Irish ancestors who were shipped off to Australia. * * * 1c. SSDI update. The U.S. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), which contains 72,265,659 records through January 2004 is now available. http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/ Can't find your ancestors or relatives? Read the guide and tutorial: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson10.htm http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ssdi/index.html * * * 1d. TIPS FROM READERS. Saving Census Copy for Posterity By Larry Pocobello After filling out my 2000 U.S. census form as accurately possible, and before mailing it off, I made a copy of the entire form. That copy is now filed with my research so that anyone interested can see it before 2072. I also thought it might be interesting to someone in the future to see if what I actually sent will be accurately represented. 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Finding a Treasure Online By Merle McLaughlin, of Everett, Washington For several years I have been looking for my 2-great-grandfather Jacob MCLAUGHLIN's wife Waty BELCHER. I knew Waty was born in Nova Scotia as was Jacob and they moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Canada. Looking through some of the RootsWeb sources, I found her family dating back to the early 1500s. I can finally finish a seven-year project of making a history of both sides of our family for our four grandchildren -- thanks to RootsWeb. 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 27,900 RootsWeb- hosted genealogy Mailing Lists and for easy subscribing (joining) options go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS BASIL, BOHALL BROWN-VALENTINE -- Researchers and descendants of Valentine Brown of Ashe County, North Carolina COOBAN FOLKINS GSCHWIND HASSELWOOD, HUCHOK LANGSTAFFE PARLEE, PEATMAN, PERSHOUSE, PETHERICK, PEVERALL, PILLUAFITO, PILUAFITO, PULIAFITO RASNER, RYDBERG SASSE, SEEDS, SMITHURST, SNEDEN, SOLART SANDERS-DNA -- The SANDERS surname of DNA project VIRZI NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS CAN-YT-CEMETERIES -- Cemeteries in the Yukon Territory, Canada DONNER-PARTY -- Discussion of history and genealogy of those in the Donner Party wagon train (1846-1847) GEN-ANCIENT -- Covers genealogical research from the "dawn of history" (or historical records, ca 2-3,000 BCE) until 600 CE 4. New Webpages at RootsWeb To Request a Free Web Account: http://accounts.rootsweb.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- Some of these webpages 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 Queens County (New York) website can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyqueen2/ U.S.A. albloun2 -- Blount County (Alabama) alecar -- East Central Alabama Region aljeffe2 -- Jefferson County (Alabama) alstcla2 -- St. Clair County (Alabama) alwake2 -- Walker County (Alabama) gawcgr -- West Central Georgia Region iawgs -- Walnut (Iowa) Genealogy Society mepgs -- Pejepscot (Maine) Genealogy Society nyqueen2 -- Queens County (New York) scyork2 -- York County (South Carolina) sdbchs -- Butte County (South Dakota) Historical Society 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 CARR, LEITH. This website has recently been updated to include the migration of the CARR family from Virginia to Alabama to Attala County, Mississippi. George Miller CARR was born ca 1822 in Alabama and he and his family migrated to Attala County, Mississippi. All descendants of George Miller Carr are shown and their offspring up to about 1930. Other surnames are RAINEY, LEITH, SMITH, RAGAN, and BLACK. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~carrleith/ FANCHER. The progenitor of the FANCHER family in America was William FANCY/FANSHAW Sr., and his second wife, Katherine. He was one of the original proprietors of Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, and the earliest record of him is found in the New Haven Colony in 1643. FANCY and FANCHER have been proven to be Colonial spelling variants of FANSHAWE -- an English surname. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wallner/fanshawe.htm HOSSELTON Y-DNA Surname Project. Researching HOSELTON, HOSSELTON, and HUSSELTON. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hosselton/hossdna.htm IDAHO. Canyon County. Headstone Photo Project. An ongoing project to photograph headstones in this locality. Names are added as soon as the images are processed. There is no charge whatsoever for images that are requested. The image files are large and are not included on the site. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~holton/cempics/headstones.htm KENTUCKY. The KYGenWeb Project announces the latest addition to its Special Collections of research references -- the Kentucky Vital Records Project. This centralized collection of Kentucky birth, marriage, and death records, is now available in the first stages. Currently, the browseable index lists all of the deaths in the Kentucky Death Index (1911-1999). The volunteer team is in the process of adding digital images and transcriptions of actual death certificates, which will then be linked to the browseable index as they are added. Records for this project are a combination of researcher-contributed records and a coordinated extraction program. Plans are for the addition of birth records (pre-1894 unless proof of death is provided) starting about 15 April 2004 and marriage records starting about 1 June. As these records are added, they will also be linked to the index. http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kvrp/ KENTUCKY, VIRGINIA. Highland Home Page -- Genealogy of Pioneer Families of Eastern Kentucky and Southwest Virginia. Surnames include HALL, FRANKLIN, COMBS, CAUDILL, and MULLINS, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmohn/ REINE. Our REINE Family Tree. Includes surnames ACY, ALEXANDER, ANDERSON, BALL, BLANCHARD, CREEL, DAIGLE, GRIFFITH, KOZAKIEWICZ, LANDRY, LEBLANC, LUNCEFORD, PEARSON, REINE, and SHERMAN. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wereine/index.htm WALES. Glamorgan. Information about RootsWeb's Glamorgan Mailing List, plus guidance to those interested in family and local research in Glamorgan and surrounding counties. Contains area photos and how-to- translate Welsh gravestones inscriptions into English; some Welsh recipes and genealogical links. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~glamorgan/ ======================= Paid Advertisements ======================== NO-FIND NO-FEE OFFER FROM BRITISH ANCESTORS "I never thought I could obtain so much information at so little cost"--(JB, Connecticut) UK-based researchers will search British archives for birth and marriage records of your English and Scottish ancestors (1813-1950). Also census, church, and other records. In most cases we can offer a NO-FIND NO-FEE service -- we find your ancestors or you pay nothing! For a FREE e-mail consultation, visit www.britishancestors.com/rwr * * * GET HELP WITH YOUR RESEARCH FROM MY ANCESTORS We offer FREE E-MAIL CONSULTATIONS for your research questions and RESEARCH RETREATS in Salt Lake City. Learn more at http://www.myancestorsfound.com/ Most of us live under so much pressure--it's essential to get away from time to time. What could be better than to RETREAT from our daily worries and spend some uninterrupted time working on family history? And what better place than the Family History Library in Salt Lake City -- with the largest genealogical collection in the world? Our next Research Retreat is April 26-May 1. Group size is limited so don't delay! * Six nights at the Plaza Hotel - right next to the Library -- you couldn't get closer * Personal assistance from our caring and skilled professionals * Daily research classes and Library orientation =================== End of Paid Advertisements ===================== 6. New User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ ---------------------------------------------- The following databases have come online recently: KENTUCKY. Mason County. Marriage Records, 1857-1862; 1,222 records; Gail Childress, assisted by Kathy Hines http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/ NEW YORK. Genesee County. "Daily News," Batavia; 1878-1889; 11,357 records; 1890-1894; 10,286 records; 1895-1899; 13,373 records; 1900-1902; 10,405 records; 1903-1906; 14,001 records; 1907-1909; 11,473 records; 1910-1912; 11,778 records; 1913-1916; 12,778 records; Leilani Spring, Genesee County History Dept. volunteer http://userdb.rootsweb.com/news/ OKLAHOMA. Pittsburg County. World War I servicemen; 1,892 records; Sue Ann Dixon-Fields http://userdb.rootsweb.com/military/ 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]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Including Sources By Jeff Owens Many who respond to this continuing debate seem to be focusing on the "error" aspect of deficient databases. All data and all family databases, even the most carefully prepared, contain errors, even if they are limited to one or two meaningless typos. Nobody's perfect. The point is not about mistakes, and it's not about sharing informa- tion. What needs stressing, and cannot be ignored, is that if one includes some type of source information, then the process of checking or accepting the data is much more precise. Even source entries that indicate the info comes from "your memory of a personal interview 20 years ago with your 90-year-old aunt" are valuable. One might conclude then that maybe the source is unreliable, or alternatively, that maybe the facts are really not available anywhere else. Many speak of how helpful found data has been. When its validity is annotated by a source citation its usefulness is tenfold. One doesn't need to react to this suggestion like a child caught with their hands in the cookie jar and make all kinds of excuses for the obvious. One needs to accept that we all had to learn about how to do genealogical research, and even very experienced researchers still need pointers on where and how to find things sometimes. Beginners are best reminded before they get very far that a specifically disciplined approach to collecting data will be the best way in the long run to achieve the most in their allotted time. The idea that it "won't be fun" ignores the frustration that will be experienced when false data leads to a dead end. A family tree is never done, and one can never be sure there are no errors. However, it isn't that difficult to record where each notation came from. This is the emphasis of those who are trying to state the case about online data or any genealogical collection for that matter. We have a limited number of genealogical forums to share information. It is incumbent that parties who have the ability to guide them toward more useful ends continue to do so. Suggesting the silencing of positive suggestions in any matter hardly seems progressive. * * * Withholding Sources By John Grant There is something that has been overlooked in the debate about providing sources with family trees that are published online. In the pre-Web publishing days most genealogies were published in scholarly journals or they were privately shared (often as family group sheets) with relatives. A few family histories were published in book format, but almost all at the compiler/author's expense. As the technology advanced and inexpensive software to compile family trees became widely available and the Internet came along, it has made it increasingly easy to compile and "publish" genealogies -- warts and all. Many who are more than willing to share their trees and their sources have been stung by the blatant disregard of a new generation of family tree enthusiasts, who simply take everything, including the source citations and copyrightable narrative, give no credit to those whose works they have copied and complain if you try to educate them about the proper way to do genealogy. Most of us want to share, but it is a two- way street. I, like many others, no longer will post my sources online. * * * OONKing Along Through the Tulips By Krystal Kelley In response to the letter entitled "One Big Happy UNK Family" in last week's RWR, I have really had a time with encountering that abbreviation since starting my research. You see I have one big happy OONK family. (pronounced UNK). My great-great-grandmother was Berendina OONK who married Derk TEN CATE in Allegan County, Michigan. She was the daughter of Jan OONK and Gesiena Willemina TER BEEK who emigrated from Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands. You can well imagine that I have seen lots of spellings for this little four-letter name and one frequent misspelling is the phonetic spelling of UNK. So next time you see UNK, particularly if your family is of Dutch descent, look again! Is this person's surname really unknown? Not always! * * * Assigning a Maiden Name By Georgiana Webster Thanks for publishing the recent letter, "One Big Happy UNK Family." I have one of those way back in my tree, and I thought it was a rather peculiar name, however, you know how names are. Glad to have had this explained. Awhile back, I kept running into an UXOR. This was on a form that is about a family being "embarqued in ye Hopewell" from England to the new world -- back in the 1600s. The husband is shown as Robert Titus, husbandman of St. Katherin's (aged) 35 [and underneath is written] Hannah Titus, uxor 31 [and then the children are listed] I knew Hannah was Robert's wife, but was UXOR her maiden name? I soon discovered, that uxor is Latin for "wife" and I presume it was the official usage for that form. Since then, on a number of Ancestry and RootsWeb listings, I have seen Hannah's name given as Hannah UXOR. Thank's to RootsWeb I can now go back and look at my UNKs and understand them for what they really are. [Editor's Note: RWR readers may find Hyperdictionary helpful: http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/ ] * * * Finding Grandfather By Sandy Shamblin-Strickland It was so frustrating for me a few years ago just trying to find records on my grandfather, Benjamin Conley SHAMBLIN. Even the records in Salt Lake City had nothing on him. I found out that asking for help is the only way I would ever get any information on him. I want to thank Hank SUMMERS and Herschel SHAMBLIN for all their help. It seems that someone listed my grandfather by his mother's maiden name of PARSONS. These two great guys straightened out the problem and now I can trace my history back generations. I think we should thank those who go out of their way to help others track their roots. We need more like them and this lady wishes to say thank you and hope that others will too. There is nothing in my family that I could ever be ashamed of,(speaking of records being marked private) -- after all they are responsible for my being here. So people please share any information you have, it will make someone's day so much brighter. * * * Coincidences Return Heirloom By Tony Batten In re lost family heirlooms, don't give up. My great-grandfather's cane presented to him in the Crimea disappeared in 1927 when my grandfather died. In 1984 a friend of mine went to the Royal Marine Museum in England to do some research on him, where they said they had no personal records, but that a cane presented to a T. BATTEN in 1855 (silver top with inscription) had arrived in the mail that morning. To cut a long story short, yes, it was the one. Two further coincidences saw the cane delivered to me personally three weeks later in Perth, Western Australia by the daughter of an acquaintance who was in the area of the Museum on holiday and collected it for me. * * * Timing Is Everything By Alicia Woods In reply to a recent census query by Sharon Emerson in the last newsletter. our family also has census problems. Ours doesn't fall into the category of missing people though, but duplicate ones. My great-grandparents had a summer farm, away from New York City, but accessible by train. The entire extended family, and a few friends were there for short stays at any given time in the summer. After checking census records for various relatives, they can be found both at their permanent homes, and at the farm. There really were not two sets of them, and yes I am certain that these are the same people. Various children were there, some with and some without their parents. They were merely spending some time with their grandparents. How confusing this would have been if I did not find this before those involved could no longer explain. Obviously the census was taken at different times in different areas. Timing is everything! * * * Counting Noses By Ellen Martin I was privileged to work on (U.S.) Census 2000 and can share some of how we "counted" those who did not fill out a census form. Our enumerators were trained to contact neighbors, meter readers, postmen, etc., to determine: 1) number of people in the household and 2) their names and ages, if known. So, just because Sharon has never completed a census form does not necessarily mean she won't be in the final records. 8. Humor/Humour: Genealogical Quiz ------------------------------------------------ While working on her family tree, Bonnie discovered some members of her family were involved in interesting occupations. Bonnie's cousin, aunt, uncle, mother, father, grandmother, and grandfather are a mayor, dairy farmer, antique dealer, author, conservationist, railroader, and a lumber mill worker. --The mayor is married to the man who works at the lumber mill. --Ruth runs the dairy farm in Wisconsin. --Jerry is Nancy's father. --The author is the niece of the railroader. --The lady who sells antiques is the daughter of the mayor and the wife of the railroader. --The father is not a conservationist and he does not work at the lumber mill. Who does/or is what? [Editor's Note. This is not a trick quiz and no one has more than one job. Answers in next week's RootsWeb Review.] 9. 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