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Date:         Fri, 21 Aug 1992 05:50:52 CDT
Reply-To:     Cliff Manis <cmanis@CSOFTEC.CSF.COM>
From:         Cliff Manis <cmanis@CSOFTEC.CSF.COM>
Subject:      Re: Re; date estimation and Reunion ! !
Comments: To: Kaye Saunders <KSaunders@gandalf.otago.ac.nz>

Kay:

Reference part of this message:

> From gandalf.otago.ac.nz!KSAUNDERS Thu Aug 20 20:10:20 1992
> From: "Kaye Saunders"  <KSaunders@gandalf.otago.ac.nz>
>
> I don't know much about program and its capabilities but I have all my
> families on Reunion - I really like it.  But I prefer the printouts
> (esp the pedigree charts) on PAF so I exported it in GEDCOM format from
> Reunion and imported it into PAF and had a great time.

Wow, now that's a quick answer from a long way off and I appreciate
your comments.  I have been reading about REUNION, and just happened
to see it on the shelf here in Maryland last night.  When It did not
advertise as being GEDCOM compatible, and they would not open the
package, then I did not purchase it.

>
> Just found I have my manual for Reunion 3.0 at work and it says that
> it will import and export GEDCOM files and gives all the details on how
> to do that.  There are some fields in PAF not supported by Reunion and
> vice versa.
> University of Otago              E-mail: KSaunders@gandalf.otago.ac.nz
>

Thanks for all the information, and from what I saw, I will now (at least)
go back and re-read the advertisement on the box and probably purchase it,
just to check it out, and take a good look at the reports which it will
produce.....

I am posting your good answers back to the net, so that all may see
and know more about Reunion.

Thanks again, and good luck to you.

later..cliff


Cliff Manis         K4ZTF        Manis/Manes Family History
Researching: MANIS MANES WHITEHORN CANTER BIRD FRANCIS NEWMAN
USMAIL:   P. O. Box 33937, San Antonio, Texas  78265-3937
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Standard Disclaimer:  We are not associated with anyone. (PERIOD). (.)
From: Brian.Randell@newcastle.ac.uk
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Early UK -> USA immigration (The Currier-Briggs Index)
Date: 17 Aug 92 09:48:12 GMT
X-Mailer: mail-news newcastle perl version

The June issue of the UK magazine Family Tree, the latest available in our
local library, carries a one-page article entitled "Indexers and their
indexes: The Currier-Briggs Genealogical Index" by Noel Currier-Briggs,
which might be of interest to American soc.roots/ROOTS-L readers who are
trying to trace early emigrants  from England. (My apologies to readers if
this information is all well known in the US.) Quoting from the article:

"As a specialist in early American colonial families and their origins, I
have built up, over the course of more than 35 years as a professional
genealogist, a very large card index. . . Into this card index I have
entered the name of every individual I have encountered in all the wills,
legal proceedings and other unpublished documents I have needed to consult
on behalf of clients. . . my index covers the period from 1550 to about
1700 and is made up of several hundred thousand names. . . In addition to
my personal name index I have been able to assemble from both manuscript
and published sources an index of more than 500 ships covering the period
1600 to 1685.

Although of primary interest to those seeking to find the English origin of
their emigrant ancestors, my index is of equal value to those in search of
purely English, non-emigrant ancestry. Because most emigrants to early
Virginia and New England came from the south east of England there is a
bias in the index towards families in these counties but in fact nearly
every Emglish county is covered.

To consult the Currier-Briggs Index, all you have to do is send the surname
or surnames of the families or individuals in which you are interested,
together with a cheque for (pounds)2.50 and a self-addressed envelope to:
Noel Currier-Briggs, 3 High St., Sutton-in-the Isle, Ely, Cambs, CB6 2RB.
You will then be sent an estimate of the cost of supplying you with
photocopies of the documents in which the name or names appear."

Please note: I have not myself made use of this service, and cannot vouch
for it, though I have no reason to disbelieve any of the above statements. 

Cheers

Brian Randell


Dept. of Computing Science, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU,
UK
EMAIL = Brian.Randell@newcastle.ac.uk   PHONE = +44 91 222 7923
FAX = +44 91 222 8232 
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Newsgroups: soc.roots
Date:         Sat, 15 Aug 1992 00:05:53 -0500
Reply-To:     elizabeth siwek <lsiwek@CNDE.IASTATE.EDU>
From:         elizabeth siwek <lsiwek@CNDE.IASTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Seek location of 3 Polish places
Comments: To: roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu

Brian-

Posen was a province before 1919, which is now (since 1945) the provinces
Posnan and Bydgoszcz, in NW (almost central) Poland.  On my map, I see a
city names Sreni in Southern Poznan, but no sign of Gutow.  I know nothing
about (L/)uber - Migilno.

There is a gazetteer of Poland you can check, something like:
S(l/)ownik Geograficzny Mapa Polski (???)

I suggest contacting the Polish Genealogical Society, 984 N. Milwaukee Ave,
Chicago, IL 60611.  The only phone number I have is for Edward Peckwas (who
is the editor for the newsletter) at 312-586-4242.

I have some other references.  If you're interested, contact me via e-mail.

-Elizabeth
lsiwek@cnde.iastate.edu
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Newsgroups: soc.roots
Date:         Fri, 14 Aug 1992 07:48:00 LCL
Reply-To:     FREDG <FREDG.DSD-1@DATA.RAIN.COM>
From:         FREDG <FREDG.DSD-1@DATA.RAIN.COM>
Subject: BROADBENT - TTafel Match
Comments: To: TGOWDYK <ROOTS-L@VM1.NoDak.EDU>

I'd be happy to send you some information. I don't have a great deal on the
my BROADBENTs. I have  a copy of an obituary on Ann BROADBENT. I have
copies of photos of her and her father.

You can send email directly to me at fredg.dsd-1@data.rain.com.


Fred.
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Newsgroups: soc.roots
Date:         Wed, 12 Aug 1992 08:27:28 CST
Reply-To:     Betty Vinski <BV5731@ETSUADMN.BITNET>
From:         Betty Vinski <BV5731@ETSUADMN.BITNET>
Subject:      KLONDIKE, TEXAS

You'd never know it now, but Klondike, Texas, was once a booming
railroad town in northeast Texas.  It now consists of a few houses,
a post office, and two churches.  I understand it acquired its name
because the town was searching for a name at the time of the Klondike
gold rush.  (My theory is that they had an excessively hot summer
that year and were doing a bit of "wishful thinking.")
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Newsgroups: soc.roots
Date:         Fri, 14 Aug 1992 18:20:21 EDT
Reply-To:     Alan Greenberg <ALAN@VM1.MCGILL.CA>
From:         Alan Greenberg <ALAN@VM1.MCGILL.CA>
Subject:      Re: Help Ottawa Co, Quebec, 1881
              14 Aug 1992 14:07:17 GMT from
              <jcarroll@LEONARDO.SRC.HONEYWELL.COM>

On Fri, 14 Aug 1992 14:07:17 GMT Joe Carroll said:
>Can someone point me to a map of Ottawa County, Quebec, Canada for the 1881
>federal census there?  I cannot find that county on current maps.  Trying to
>trace CARROLL among all the Irish there.

 I haven't checked a map, so I cannot tell you the exact boundaries, but
 Ottawa County is still there!  The spelling is somewhat different,
 but in French, the pronunciation is similar.  It is now called "Outaouais".
 It includes the area north of Ottawa, including Hull and Chelsea,

 Alan
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Date:         Mon, 17 Aug 1992 10:15:00 EDT
Reply-To:     TS2440@OHSTMVSA.BITNET
From:         TS2440@OHSTMVSA.BITNET
Subject:      Book offer legit???

The other day I got an "invitation" to purchase the book
"Himmelbergers Since the Civil War" from some outfit in Denver
CO.  The cost is $23.00.  Typically, I have always thought that
most of these things are little more than compilations taken
from current phone books, city directories, and the like.  But
this purports to offer more in-depth coverage, and I am tempted
to pay the $23.00 to see what its all about.  Has anybody had
any experience with these things.  I have my eyes open and
don't really expect to learn much that I don't already know.
But curiosity compells me all the same . . . Many thanks for
any info that you might share.
From: LEISUR42@MMC.BITNET
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: RE: TTAFEL
Date: 13 Aug 92 16:12:00 GMT
Reply-To: LEISUR42@MMC.BITNET
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                  I N T E R O F F I C E   M E M O R A N D U M

                                        Date:     13-Aug-1992 11:11am CDT
                                        From:     Carole Leisure
                                                  LEISUR42
                                        Dept:     Marketing and Development
                                        Tel No:   (615) 327-5940

TO:  Remote NJE Network User              ( _JNET%ROOTS-L@NDSUVM1 )


Subject: RE: TTAFEL

I'm fairly new to genealogy and the list.  Could someone tell me, what is a
"tiny tafel?"  Thanks.


Carole Leisure
LEISUR42%MMC@CTRVAX.VANDERBILT.EDU
RESEARCHING: Dockery (England, NC, TN, KY), Pitman (KY), Malone (Ireland,
KY), Watson (NC), Fisher (TN, AL), and Leisure (France, TX, OK)
From: tjones@harriett.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Resa Jones)
Subject: Questions
Organization: Nat'l Ctr for Supercomp. Appl.
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 23:43:33 GMT

I just started reading this group and am interested in obtaining a little 
help from the more knowledgeable netters in how to start.  I have always 
been interested in finding out about my past but have always pushed it 
aside as not being important.  Now as I get on in years and don't have any 
family medical history (I'm adopted), I find myself wanting to find out 
before it's too late.

I have my adoption papers in my possession with the translation (original 
in Japanese) but I am afraid that the orphanage is no longer standing in 
Tokyo.  So my first question is ... Whom do I contact first - the Japanese 
government or try to find if the orphanage has moved?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.



            
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Newsgroups: soc.roots
Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 1992 17:50:36 -0400
Reply-To:     Carol Botteron <botteron@BU-IT.BU.EDU>
From:         Carol Botteron <botteron@BU-IT.BU.EDU>
Subject:      Everton's Genealogcal Helper, July/August 1992
Comments: To: ROOTS-L@VM1.NoDak.EDU

Articles in this issue:

Saskatchewan Genealogical Society's Library

Searching the Elusive American Indian

Scandinavian-American Repositories

Directory of Genealogical Societies

--

Everton's Genealogcal Helper is available in many genealogcial
societies and libraries.  Also look for "The Genealogical Helper"
as the name was changed recently.

Disclaimers:
[1] No connection with EGH, just a satisfied subscriber.
[2] BU doesn't even know who I am.

Carol Botteron   botteron@bu-it.bu.edu
Newsgroups: soc.roots
From: noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring)
Subject: Recommendations for Genealogical Software
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 19:26:21 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

Hello,

I have a lot of family genealogical history that I'd like to archive and
organize using genealogical software to run on my pc-clone.  I'm looking
for software that is flexible, can keep anecdotal information on each
person, and can present the data in clear ways, including printing out 
family trees, etc., on my postscript laser printer.

I've seen a lot of shareware and public domain software at wuarchive.  Is
any of that acceptable, or should I go with payware?

Jon Noring

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Newsgroups: soc.roots
Date:         Wed, 19 Aug 1992 10:59:09 PDT
Reply-To:     Karen Isaacson <karen@MONTY.RAND.ORG>
From:         Karen Isaacson <karen@MONTY.RAND.ORG>
Subject:      ZIPRON -- what is the origin?
Comments: To: roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu
Comments: cc: szimmerm%uhavax.dnet@ipgate.hartford.edu
              19 Aug 92 12:20:34 D. <9208191620.AA17803@ipgate.hartford.edu>

Hi all,

I just received the following rather self-explanatory note.  Can
anyone help Stacy?  Her address apparently is
	szimmerm%uhavax.dnet@ipgate.hartford.edu

And Stacy, if you'd like to subscribe to Roots-L and receive
all these messages in your mailbox (depends on how big your
mailbox is), you can do so by sending e-mail to listserv@vm1.nodak.edu
with the message (in the letter, not the subject line):
SUB ROOTS-L     Stacy Zimmerman

Good luck!

Karen
karen@rand.org

Stacy wrote:

  Hello Karen...

  My name is Stacey Zimmerman and I found the newslist soc.roots when
  I was fiddling around with one of my friends' accounts.  Recently
  I've been wondering what nationalities I am.  My birth-father left
  when I was very young, so I can't find out any information by asking
  him.  My birth surname is Zipron.  It seems to be a rare name. I
  have NEVER seen it.  I have no clue as to where it's from.  Is it
  possible that you can post a request so I can find out about it.
  Please note, I am NOT looking for my birth-father. I just want to
  know some of my ancestory.

  If you can help, I'd really appreciate it.

  Thank you.

  Stacey
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Newsgroups: soc.roots
Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 1992 23:23:23 -0400
Reply-To:     FEN-SURVEY <J_KANE@UNHH.UNH.EDU>
From:         FEN-SURVEY <J_KANE@UNHH.UNH.EDU>
Subject:      US white pages cd-rom, name searches
Comments: To: roots-l%ndsuvm1.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu

Do you know who knows of a source for doing current name searches?
How does one go about locating a particular person?  Local genealogy
group wants to know.
Please reply directly to J_Kane@unhh.unh.edu (not on list.)  ;^)
From: beaurega@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Denis Beauregard)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: A network problem (not genealogy)
Date: 12 Aug 92 13:56:40 GMT
Organization: Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec, Varennes, Canada

PLease note : this is not genealogical material.  It concerns
something of network administration nature.

From time to time, I receive a message like this one from ROOTS-L.
I understand this may be out of control, but in case it is not,
is there a way to correct this?  This makes me thinking my posting
did not go across the net and my first reaction is to repost.

I include the full path of the message in case this help to cure
the problem.  Sorry for use of bandwidth, but repreating a message
because we think the message was lost is also taking some bandwidth.


Extract of the email I got:

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To: beaurega@ireq.hydro.qc.ca
Subject:      What a family party...
Status: R

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From:         Denis Beauregard <beaurega@IREQ.HYDRO.QC.CA>
Subject:      What a family party...
To:           Multiple recipients of list ROOTS-L <ROOTS-L@VM1.NoDak.EDU>


La version francaise suit...
[my original posting follows]

-- 
  \_\    Denis Beauregard  *  internet:beaurega@ireq.hydro.qc.ca
 /   \   Genealogiste officiel : Beauregard/Jarret/Jarest/Vincent
J   __>  Barthelemy Jarret (1471) -> Andre Jarret, sieur de Beauregard (1665)
\_.-===   -> Denis Beauregard (1992)                  Opinions ? Et pis non !
From: Brian.Randell@newcastle.ac.uk (Brian Randell)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Re: Northumberland
Date: 20 Aug 92 08:50:44 GMT
Followup-To: soc.roots
Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne,UK

I am posting this reply to the net since it contains some further general
explanation about the book Family History Knowledge UK 1992/3, as well as a
specific reply to Sophia Brown.

In article <2228.86.uupcb@wugate.wustl.edu>,
sophia.brown%travel@wugate.wustl.edu (Sophia Brown) wrote:
> 
> To: Brian.Randell@newcastle.ac.uk
> From: sophia.brown#%travel@wugate.wustl.edu
> 
>         Brian,
> 
>         The FAMILY HISTORY KNOWLEDGE UK seems quite interesting
>         for those of us doing British research.  You mentioned that
>         there were smaller lists dealing with particular places.  In
>         Northumberland, alone, I am doing research on COWENS/COWAN,
>         DIXON, DRURY, EDINGTON, FINLAY, HINDHAUGH, HUNTER, JOHNSON,
>         MUIRE, NICHOLSON, TAYLOR, WILSON, and others.  Is there a
>         section of this book dealing with Northumberland?  My interest
>         is so great in this shire that this year I have joined the
>         Northumberland and Durham Family History Society.

Sophia:

Let me attempt to be a little clearer. Amongst the smaller lists there is
one list, a couple of pages or so long, listing the specific places that
some submitters have listed as being ones they are doing general research
on. There is I believe a plan to produce an index next time which will
enable you to find all the submitters who have named a particular place in
their set of data listing the various surnames, dates, etc that they are
researching. (I don't have the book to hand as I type this, so I can't be
sure.)

Thus to find people who might be researching the same families as you the
basic technique is to check the main body of FHK, under the given surname
and its variants. For a common surname, you are likely to find so many
people that it is best to know an actual town, or village, within a county.
(However you may come across an entry for one-name study, for a given
county, or other area.)

Briefly responding to your specific query:

(i) Nobody has listed any places in Northumberland as being one that they
are doing general research on.

(i) However a quick scan of the main part of the book gives the following
number of people identified as researching your various names in
Northumberland alone as (errors and ommissions excepted):

COWENS/COWAN - 0
DIXON - 8
DRURY - 0
EDINGTON - 0
FINLAY - 0
HINDHAUGH - 1
HUNTER - 8
JOHNSON - 4
MUIRE - 0
NICHOLSON - 1
TAYLOR - 7
WILSON - 3

So you can see why I am not willing to offer a name and address look up
service to the whole soc.roots/ROOTS-L readership! Rather I recommend that
interested readers either buy the book, or persuade their local libraries
to do so.

Cheers

Brian

PS You are right - Northumberland is a great place (almost as good as the
better bits of Wales :-)

Dept. of Computing Science, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU,
UK
EMAIL = Brian.Randell@newcastle.ac.uk   PHONE = +44 91 222 7923
FAX = +44 91 222 8232 
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Newsgroups: soc.roots
Date:         Thu, 20 Aug 1992 13:24:36 EDT
Reply-To:     JPOUNDS@CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU
From:         JPOUNDS@CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU
Subject:      Request for info; subscribing to roots, prodigy vs compuserve
Comments: To: roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu

Help, I am seeking information regarding the most suave and debonair method to
subscribe to roots without ready access to a mainframe.  My uncle, the family g
eneologist and computer neophyte would like to subscribe.  He has a Macintosh w
hich and uses PAF.  Is there a help file which I can FTP, or expereinced user w
ho can advise me on advising him?
Prodigy or Compuserve, are, I assume the options.  Which of these would provid
the best interface to ROOTS-L?  The easiest for a novice to learn and use?   Th
anks.

Searching, but with limited diligence, for hempel/GARDNER/schell/steinbrecker
Newsgroups: soc.roots
From: alf.christophersen@NUTRI.UIO.NO (Alf Christophersen)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Message of unknown origin
Date: 18 Aug 92 21:04:00 GMT
Reply-To: Alf Christophersen <alf.christophersen@NUTRI.UIO.NO>
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Comments: To: roots-l <Roots-L@Vm1.Nodak.Edu>

Seeking descendants of DR. EDWIN W. HUNTER, b. ca. 1800, Abbeville
District, SC, son of ALEXANDER HUNTER, m. ca. 1820 SARAH _____.

Children:

a son, b. ca. 1820-1823
a daughter ISABEL CAROLINE HUNTER, b. ca. 1825, in Gordon Co, GA,
   Oct, 1891
a daugher JANE EMELINE HUNTER, b. ca. 1827, d. before Oct, 1891
a daughter SARAH ANN OCTAVIA HUNTER, b. ca. 1830, d. before Oct,
   1891, probably Gordon Co, GA

Dr. Edwin W. Hunter was in:

Greene Co, GA, 1827
Greene Co, GA, 1830
Greene Co, GA, 1831
Heard Co, GA, 1838
Heard Co, GA, 1840
Heard Co, GA, 1845
Gordon Co, GA, 1847
Gordon Co, GA, 1850

Contact:
Mark Hunter
HUNTERM@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU
4567 Nature's Waye Road
Blacksburg, VA  24060
(703) 552-9003
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Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Date:         Fri, 21 Aug 1992 13:26:13 MDT
Reply-To:     "Sharolyn Pyeatt" <LIBSJP@VM.BYU.EDU>
From:         "Sharolyn Pyeatt" <LIBSJP@VM.BYU.EDU>
Subject:      RE: LDS Church & Genealogy
Comments: To: roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu

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