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Date:         Tue, 25 Aug 1992 14:03:00 EDT
Reply-To:     "Tom Cunningham, Computer Science Department" <TPC@IUP.BITNET>
From:         "Tom Cunningham, Computer Science Department" <TPC@IUP.BITNET>
Subject:      Network Help

     The Problem:  I would like to make a network connection with someone at
Austin [TX] Community College - Southwest Campus.  You may feel free to stop
reading at this point.

     The Story:  My niece is starting to do research into her family history.
I would like to help her with our half of the family and feel that e-mail would
be the way to go.  She has almost no experience with computers, but she is a
part time student at Austin Community College.

     The Questions:  Is there anyone reading this who could help me get some
information?  Is Austin Community College on the network?  Can students get
access to the network.  I think that I can provide technical support once I get
the path opened (if there is a path).  Because of her lack of computer
knowledge it has been difficulty for me to get her to investigate this
possibility.

     Thank you for your time.
Tom
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From: Steve.Hayes@f20.n7101.z5.fidonet.org (Steve Hayes)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Genealogy files by ftp
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 07:54:00 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 5:7101/20 - Unisa Editorial, Pretoria

The following genealogy files are available by anonymous ftp from 
WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL

3.09.92          SIMTEL20 FILES    


File name     File size  File date
------------  ---------  ---------
SIMTEL20 subdirectory: <MSDOS.GENEALOGY>

00-INDEX.TXT    2871     920827
ACC50D1.ZIP   272448     911107
ACC50D2.ZIP   279475     911122
ACC50D3.ZIP    12077     911107
ACCNWD4.ZIP     2343     911122
BK50E1.ZIP    239195     920122
BK50E2.ZIP    229777     920122
BK50E3.ZIP    360919     920122
BK50E4.ZIP    316351     920122
BK50EDOC.ZIP   53910     920122
BKINDX.ZIP     71168     910207
CENSUS20.ZIP  177872     910507
CHART.ZIP      44094     910429
CRD301.ZIP    284874     910507
CRDLT11.ZIP   293543     910507
CTREE32.ZIP   329436     920131
DESCEN21.ZIP   25344     910505
FHS9105A.ZIP  223906     920121
FHS9105B.ZIP  332841     920121
FRU18.ZIP     162816     910906
FT119D.ZIP    177063     910512
FTP119A.ZIP   137894     910512
GBBS9104.ZIP   27392     910507
GED2T9.ZIP     73472     901107
GENKIT15.ZIP   61486     901118
MYFMLY20.ZIP  233349     910507
NAMED119.ZIP   81497     910507
NAMEV201.ZIP  109068     910507
PAFABLTY.ZIP   68736     910802
PAFP21.ZIP    132096     910504
SDIPRT94.ZIP  105281     910507
SLEKT02.ZIP   127275     901128
TTGEN122.ZIP   25640     920123

Does anyone know of an ftp source that has more up-to-date files?

Regards
       Steve.




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From: renfro@geewhiz.ssc.gov (James Renfro)
Subject: Family Puzzlers:  need address
Organization: Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 13:09:44 GMT



Somebody mentioned kindly a publication named, _Family Puzzlers_, a few days  
ago, and included an address.  Would that person, or anybody else, please  
repost the correct address for _Family Puzzlers_?  The address in the former  
posting was incomplete, or wrong, because the USPS in Athens, Georgia bounced  
my postal card, with the _insufficient address_ rubber stamp.

Here is the formerly posted address which seems to be wrong or incomplete (no  
zip code was provided, and I used 30601 which my local post office looked up  
for me:

        Family Puzzlers
        Heritage Press
        Athens, Georgia

Thanks in advance.  

Jim Renfro
renfro@geewhiz.ssc.gov

Researching: Renfro, Renfroe, Renfrow, Rentfro, Rentfroe, Rentfrow, VA>NC>GA>TX
             Post, NJ>VA>NC>GA>AL>LA>TX,
             Crimm, Crim, TX
             Shaddox, GA
Newsgroups: soc.roots
From: schaerer@isibee (Thomas Schaerer)
Subject: Re: LDS Church & Genealogy
Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 18:54:21 GMT

Sharolyn Pyeatt (LIBSJP@VM.BYU.EDU) wrote:
: With regards to Jamie Andrews' question regarding why the LDS Church
: is so actively involved with preserving genealogical records...
: 
: The "nutshell" reason is that genealogical work is an integral part
: of the religion.  Mormons believe that it is their responsibility to
: ensure that their ancestors have the opportunity to accept/reject the
: LDS ordinances of baptism, endowment and sealing.
: 
: If you wish a more detailed answer, please contact me directly & I'll
: provide it.
: 
: Sharolynn Pyeatt


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Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1992 07:12:57 -0700
Reply-To:     WEILAND@UPS.EDU
From:         WEILAND@UPS.EDU
Subject:      Starter kit
Comments: To: roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu

I downloaded a file from Roots-L called "Starter Kit", thinking it was
perhaps some information about getting started with genealogy.
Turns out it was something different.

Can someone tell me what it is for and does it require me to copy the
information to disk, or do I have to type the info as a program?

Dont know if I really need it.

Thanks

Larry
From: "stan birch" <stan.birch@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: irish palatines
Date: 25 Aug 92 14:32:27 EST
Reply-To: "stan birch" <stan.birch@canrem.com>
Distribution: soc
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

Researching the following:

BENNER:   1709  Palatine > Co Limerick, Ire
          1750  Co Limerick > Co Kerry, Ire
          1769  Co Kerry > New York > 1770 Camden Valley, NY >
                                    > 1780 St.Armand, Quebec
          1822  Co Kerry > Woodburn, Ontario
          1884  Woodburn, Ontario> Burlington, Ont
                                 > 1870 Orillia, Ont
                                 > 1883 Duff, Saskatchewan
                                 > 1890 Vancouver, British Columbia
                                 > 1890 Fork River, Manitoba
          1898  Co Kerry > Chicago, IL > Portland OR > Los Angeles, CA.
          18xx  Co Kerry > New Zealand
BURTON:   1830 Norfolk, Eng > Carlisle, Ont
DAVIDSON: 1830 Norfolk, Eng > Carlisle, Ont
DOLMAGE:  1709  Palatine > Co Limerick, Ire
DONNELLY: 1822 Co Kerry > Woodburn, Ont
EMBURY:   1760  Co Limerick, Ire > New York > Camden Valley > 1780 Quebec
EVANS:    1822 Co Kerry, Ireland > Woodburn, Ont
HARRIS:   18xx  Devon, Eng > Orillia, Ont > 1883 Duff, SASK > BC; OREGON
LUSSE:    1840 Switzerland > Woodburn, Ont
MAGILL:   1816  Co Mayo, Ire > 1832 Toronto/Hamilton, Ont
MAY:      1830 Cornwall, Eng > Burlington, Ont > Nassagaweya, Ont
MILLER:   1769  Co Limerick > New York > Camden Valley > 1781 Quebec
NEWELL:   1830 Co Kerry > Woodburn, Ont
RUTTLE:   1709  Palatine > Co Limerick/Co Kerry, Ire
STEPHENS: 1822  Co Kerry > Woodburn, Ont
WILSON:   18xx  Isle of Man > Orillia, Ont > 1883 Duff, SASK > 1890 MANITOBA
ZIMMERMAN:1814 Pensylvannia > Nelson Twp, Ont > Carlisle, Ont
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Date:         Sat, 29 Aug 1992 19:07:13 -0400
Reply-To:     Bill Green <ak385@cleveland.Freenet.Edu>
From:         Bill Green <ak385@CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: State Censuses?
Comments: To: ROOTS-L@VM1.NoDak.Edu

The topic of state censuses is covered quite well in "The Source".
It's quite a book.

--
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*                  green%milo@plains.NoDak.Edu                   *
*  Researching:  ANHORN, KOHOUTEK, KOTCHIAN, HAVLENA, MARSCHALL  *
*    WILSON, BROWN, REED, IDE, MASON, GLEASON, COOK, LAMB        *
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Date:         Thu, 27 Aug 1992 08:59:13 CDT
Reply-To:     Brian Madsen <vortech!enterprise!bmadsen@TEXSUN.CENTRAL.SUN.COM>
From:         Brian Madsen <vortech!enterprise!bmadsen@TEXSUN.CENTRAL.SUN.COM>
Subject:      Learning a foreign language (Danish)
Comments: To: texsun!vm1.nodak.edu!roots-l@texsun.Central.Sun.COM

After spending several years on my German and American genealogy,
I'm developing an itch to get serious about my Danish lines.

Before I do, I'd like to spend a little time learning Danish --
more than just the basic vocabulary, I'd like to know enough
about sentence structures and such to be able to say that I can
struggle through an actual Danish language document.

Naturally, I don't want to get all my learning from books; I'd
like to know how the language is supposed to sound, which leads
to my real question:  what's the best way to get a basic under-
standing of a foreign language?

Given that I want to hear, as well as read the language, it would
be neat if Danish were taught at a community college somewhere,
but even in a city the size of Dallas, I somehow suspect that
there isn't enough demand for Danish that it would be offered
here anywhere.  Is that a reasonable assumption, or would I be
able to find such a thing here if I looked hard enough?

And the second best, I suppose, would be to get some of those
"learn to speak a foreign language in 30 days" cassettes that
you see advertised everywhere.  Does anybody have any experience
with those, who could make some recommendations about what's
good and what to avoid?

Is there a better alternative than these two that I should be
looking out for?

By the way, for what it's worth, and just in case it affects
anybody's answers to any of my questions above, I am already
more-or-less fluent in German.

Brian Madsen
From: gblane@UALR.EDU (Gloria B. Lane)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Tri-County Genealogical Society, Marvell, Ark.
Date: 31 Aug 92 17:25:58 GMT
Reply-To: gblane@UALR.EDU
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I happened upon the Tri-County Genealogical Society
                    P.O. Box 580
                    Marvell, AR 72366

It provides information on Lee, Monroe, and Phillips Counties in Eastern
Arkansas.  They also have some Tennessee & Mississippi information, and
are very helpful.  If your ancestors passed that way, it's a great
resource.

Members (Membership is $10) may submit an unlimited # of queries, by the
way.

Gloria Bronte Lane (Univ. of Ark. at Little Rock)
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Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 18:35:19 EDT
Reply-To:     Paul Marshall <FORPPM@GSUVM1.BITNET>
From:         Paul Marshall <FORPPM@GSUVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      DUTCH GENEOLGOY OF STROUP FAMILY

 My great-great grandmother died in Young Harris, GA in 1906.  She
 was on a horse-drawn wagon with her daughter's family William M Wright
 and Sarah Jane Creasman or (Creasmon).  They had moved from Buncombe Co.,
 NC (near Asheville) by train and were completing the last portion by
 wagon.  She was very old and unfortunately fell off the wagon and
 died within two weeks of her fall.  We still live in the same valley
 today.
 I'm trying to locate any relatives who are from the Netherlands as well.
 Her parents were David and Margaret (?) Stroup.  Sarah Jane Creasman
 married Joseph A or H Creasman, he was also Dutch.
 Does someone else share the same ancestors?
 Paul M. Marshall pmarshal@gsubm1.bitnet
 Researching:
 North Carolina > Georgia Right or Wright, Reed, Plemmons, Creasman,
 Stroup, Norris, Newman, Marshall, Burch, Barrett, Arrowood, Cunning-
 ham, Denton, Kelley, Kendall, Maney, Moreland, Cowart, Hamilton, Shook,
 Nicholson, Wood, Huskin, Frankum, Pinson (1762-present)
 Tennessee > Georgia Hedden, Dayton (1860-now)
 South Carolina > Georgia Chastain, Alexander, Hooper, Hanes (1660 - now)
 PLEASE E-MAIL OR WRITE ME AT:
 PMARSHAL@GSUVM1.BITNET

 PAUL M. MARSHALL
 GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
 MODERN & CLASSICAL LANGUAGES
 ATLANTA, GA  30303
From: Steve.Hayes@p5.f22.n7101.z5.fidonet.org (Steve Hayes)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Family History Help
Date: 29 Aug 92 16:12:00 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 5:7101/22.5 - Novell User Group, Pretoria RSA


 * Copied from 'Software' by Steve Hayes

The following is available for f-req from 5:7101/20 at 2400 bps

It is also available on 5:7101/22 at 9600 bps

FHH130   ZIP    63103 92-07-03 20:01 Family History Help v 1.30

This is a hypertext tutorial program on how to trace your family tree. It is a 
kind of interactive FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) file, and will be useful 
for anyone who is just beginning, or who would like to begin tracing their 
family history, but does not know where to start. 

It could also be useful for more experienced genealogists and family 
historians who want to trace immigrants from another country. It deals with 
international family history, and has information about several different 
countries.

I have sent a copy on disk to Mike Fisher of 2:440/50@Fidonet, and have asked 
him to distribute it via the Genealogy Software Distribution System (GSDS) on 
Fidonet, so it should already be available at BBSs that participate in the 
GSDS. 

Steve Hayes
P O Box 7648, Pretoria
0001 South Africa




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From: lhe@dash.udev.cdc.com (lh erickson 913-469-9264)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Re: State Census-Neb 1885 is interesting!
Date: 31 Aug 92 00:22:13 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

If any of your ancertors were farmers in Nebraska in 1885, I would urge you
to find them in the 1885 Nebraska State Census because - there is a Schedule
2 - Productions of Agriculture that provides a very interesting description
of each farm.  This is true, even if they were renting for fixed amount, or
renting for share of production.  Information includes: ownership or rental
arrangement, acres unimproved, tilled, permanent meadows, woodland/forest,
other unimproved, farm value of land and buildings, implements, and livestock,
cost of building and repairing fences in 1884, cost of fertilizers purcheased
in 1884, amount paid for farm labor in '84, weeks in '84 in which hired labor 
was used, estimated value of all farm productions in '84, description of grass
lnads in '84 including acrs mown, and production of hay, clover seed, and 
grass seed. Separate counts of; horses, mules, asses, "working" oxen, "milch"
cows.  Movement of cattle in 1884; calves dropped, cattle purchased, sold,
slaughtered, adn died, strayed or stolen and not returned.  Amount of milk,
butter and cheese sold. Additional statistics for sheep movement in 1884.
Some stats. on swine, poultry.  Then details on production of cereals broken
down into barley, buckwheat, indian corn, oats, rye, wheat, pulse (canadian peas and beans) fiber including flax and hemp, sugar (sorghum, maple) broom corn, 
hops, irish and sweet potatoes, tobacco.  Orchards - apple and peach, nursery
and vinyards, market gardens, bee production and forest rpoductions.
 Here one finds a great description of their farm in 1885

Note:  While I found this information on the regular 1885 State census tape,
it was NOT with the Schedule 1 data, but as I recall it followed either at the
end of the township or the county.  You may have to look for it with a little
patience the first time, but your efforts will be rewarded.


LaRonn Erickson
lhe@hare.udev.cdc.com

Newsgroups: soc.roots
From: lisap@olomana.soest.hawaii.edu (Lisa Petersen)
Subject: Have you done research in Washington DC?
Originator: lisap@olomana
Organization: School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 06:51:33 GMT

Greetings!

I'm pretty sure this subject has come up before and I kick
myself for not having saved any postings.  (If someone has
a file of info, would you please send it my way?)

I'm starting to think about a short trip to DC in late Sept.
and will have about 5 days to do research.  I would like to 
get some advice from anyone who has been there.  I know there 
is the National Archives, the DAR Library, the National 
Genealogical Society Library, and the Library of Congress, 
but I really don't know what the strengths are in the
collections of the libraries (I've been to a branch archives
so can guess what they have at the main one).  Now, I *could* 
spend days/weeks/months just browsing and get some information
that way, but since I'm a little short on time I thought what 
I would do is attack 2 long-standing problems:
   1) look for a marriage record in 1799 Northumberland Co., PA
      (the groom happens to be a son of a Revolutionary War
      soldier, but I'm not expecting to find the marriage 
      record since no one else has been able to).
   2) check passenger lists for a German ancestor who arrived
      in the US in 1866 in an effort to find his hometown in
      Germany.
So, can anyone suggest where I'd best spend my time trying to
solve these problems?  I would also like a few details on all 
those places like hours they're open, and if any of them are
going to be closed for renovations or some such thing.  I've
been able to locate them on a map, except for the NGS library
which is in Arlington, right?  Oh, and are there other libraries/
museums/archives that I should go to that I don't know about?

Thanks a bunch!

Lisa Petersen

p.s.- if anyone is planning a trip to Hawaii to do research,
I'd be happy to provide details about our marvelous resources
(ha ha!).
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Date:         Sun, 23 Aug 1992 13:40:45 -0500
Reply-To:     THOMPSON@UTAPHY.PH.UTEXAS.EDU
From:         THOMPSON@UTAPHY.PH.UTEXAS.EDU
Subject:      tintypes
Comments: To: ROOTS-L@vm1.nodak.edu

A recent close look at an old tintype revealed that gold leaf had
been added so as to enhance a pin, earrings, and a wedding ring.  Also
some pink tint had been added to the lady's cheeks.
Was such treatment common or was this a one-of-a-kind??
When did tintypes disappear and photos come into common use?  I have no
date for the item and need some guesses.
jim
thompson@utaphy.ph.utexas.edu
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Date:         Fri, 4 Sep 1992 11:57:39 -0400
Reply-To:     Russell Lionel Martin <rlm2j@FARADAY.CLAS.VIRGINIA.EDU>
From:         Russell Lionel Martin <rlm2j@FARADAY.CLAS.VIRGINIA.EDU>
Subject:      newsgroup
Comments: To: roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu

Please disconnect me from the newsgroup.
From: lincoln@rand.org (Tom Lincoln)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Re: Tomlonson / Tumblson
Date: 27 Aug 92 13:55:55 GMT
Organization: RAND Corporation.

>I have a close friend that needs help on the name Tomlonson and Tumblson.
>What is its origin and are there any out there?

Melvyl says: Ask Judy... she might know....

1.
Author:        Tomlonson, Judy Schroeder.
Title:         Mennonite quilts and pieces / Judy Schroeder Tomlonson.
		 Intercourse, Pa. : Good Books, c1985.
Description:   96 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Notes:         Includes index.
	       "Readings and sources": p. 94-95.

Subjects:      Mennonite Brethren Church of North America -- Kansas.
	       Quilts, Mennonite -- Kansas.
	       Quilts, Amish -- Kansas.
	       Amish -- Kansas.

Call numbers:  UCR   Rivera    NK9112 .T6 1985
	       UCSC  McHenry   NK9112 .T6 1985
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Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 08:45:50 EST
Reply-To:     "Bill Veselik WCVESEB@VCCSCENT" <WCVESEB@VCCSCENT.BITNET>
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From:         "Bill Veselik WCVESEB@VCCSCENT" <WCVESEB@VCCSCENT.BITNET>
Subject:      1910 New York Federal Census question

Hello all,

Last week I asked if someone could check the 1910 New York census Soundex
for the name ALEXANDER PAPIERNIK, but I received no responses. Could
some kind soul possibly let me know the series and reel number of the
Soundex that would contain the name PAPIERNIK?

I'd appreciate any help anyone could give.

Thanks.

Regards,
Bill Veselik    WCVESEB@VCCSCENT
Newsgroups: soc.roots
From: dennett@sunshine.Kodak.COM (Charles R. Dennett)
Subject: Re:      New England Onomastics
Organization: Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 11:26:35 GMT

In article <ROOTS-L%92090208353809@VM1.NODAK.EDU>,         Joe Gardner 
>I've traced my paternal line to a John Gardner (1753-1838) of
>Bozrah, CT, but am having trouble getting past him. There's circum-
>stanial evidence that he was the son of a Jonathon Gardner (d.1793).
>But this Jonathon is known to have had a son, Jonathon Jr. Would
>Jonathon Sr. have been likely to have named one son Jonathon &
>another one John?

Could one have died and then the parents reused the name (albeit in a
different form) for a subsequent child?  That's what happened in my
family.  My gr-gr-grandparents had a son named Winburn (1856-1857.)  A
later son was also named Winburn (he was born in 1873.)

It's a situation worth considering.

Charles Dennett  --  dennett@Kodak.COM  --  Any DENNETT information welcome.
Researching: BARNARD, CORBETT, DENNETT, DURGIN, FROST, STODDARD, WHITNEY.
Mostly Colonial New England to present.  STODDARD is Nova Scotia.
From: jdboer@sol.UVic.CA (Johan deBoer)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: De Boer in US
Date: 31 Aug 92 23:11:32 GMT
Distribution: soc.roots
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. CANADA







          Dear fellow genealogy netters,

          Maybe someone can help me with some information. I am researching
          my family line and know  that in the 1920's a relative  emigrated
          to the United States. His name is Anne Meints de Boer, married to
          Grietje Duursma and he  has three children, the names  of which I
          do not  know. He was born in Terwispel  in the Netherlands on Nov
          22, 1879. He died in 1963.

          He went  to the Chicago/Illinois  area and he worked  for 6 years
          for  the  major  of Chicago.  After  that he  started  a  farm in
          Illinois.

          Common first  names in the  family are Meint, Johan  or Johannes,
          Geeske or Geert, Folkert and Anne.

          His brother  Teije Meints de  Boer, also emigrated  to The US  in
          1926. He probably was not married.

          If this  sounds familiar, or  if you might have  any information,
          such as other De Boer's  that have emigrated from the Netherlands
          to the  US in the first half of  this century, I would appreciate
          to hear about it.

          Would  anyone  perhaps  know  about  genealogical  societies   or
          information  sources   especially  about   immigrants  from   the
          Netherlands?

          Thanks in advance.

          Johan de Boer
          Sidney, BC Canada

          jdboer@sol.uvic.ca