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1. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] Sharing Research With Others .. Sorry if this is a duplicate [1]
>From a friend on the NewGen mailing list. Thought this was well worth sending out. You never know who find. I've found several cousins online that I didn't know I had. Would never have found them without an Internet posting/search. ===================================== Had to share this with all of you. There has been a lot of talk lately of reasons some wont share on the Internet and why others do share what they have. What to save from boxes and scrapbooks over time, what to pitch away. It takes endle
2. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] Fashion from the 1890s to .... [1]
Think you'll enjoy this site .. learn about "fashion" from the 1890s. Was sent to me by a friend. Am sure you'll find it as interesting as I did. www.susanreynolds.com/trends Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "We are not makers of history. We are made by history." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"
3. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] Remember Pearl Harbor [1]
Department of the Navy -- Naval Historical Center www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 Casualty List www.arizonamemorial.org/casualty.html USS Arizona Memorial www.arizonamemorial.org/memorial.html
4. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] Federal Records [1]
Genealogists can find ancestors in federal materials, including military, immigration, land, and Social Security records. As you widen your search, The following Web sites may be helpful: 7 Some military pension abstracts: www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pensions/ 7 Civil War soldiers and sailors: www.itd.nps.gov/cwss 7 Confederate pension information: www.nara.gov/genealogy/confed.html 7 Ellis Island passenger arrivals, 1892-1924: www.ellisislandrecords.org 7 Articles on women and naturalization: w
5. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] The Origins of Popular Christmas Traditions [1]
Dating back to Rome in 330 AD, the Christian holiday of Christmas is one of the oldest and most powerful celebrations in human history. Originally celebrated as a simple mass, Christmas has come to replace a number of other holidays in many countries, and a large number of traditions have become a cherished part of the celebration. Interested in more?? http://genealogy.about.com/cs/holidays/a/christmas.htm or http://tinyurl.com/3y54j Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "We are not
6. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] Ghost Towns .. some great pictures [1]
Cochise Co, AZ Ghost Towns (a friend from AZ did this page) You can get a description of each town http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/azcochise.html Example: CAMP RUCKER This was an army post used during the indian campaigns of the 1870's and 1880's. It was named for an officer who drowned in a flooded stream. After it was abandoned by the army, the buildings became part of a ranch. Submitted by Tom McCurnin First known as Camp Supply and housed a mounted infantry unit. Name was changed in 187
7. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] Basics of Land Record Research by Ruby Coleman [1]
Basics of Land Record Research by Ruby Coleman The acquisition of land had an effect upon the colonization and settlement of the United States. On the personal side, people depended upon land for all their material needs and sustenance. Land is human history. Your research should always include land records. There are basically two types of records. First ownership records were created when the government transferred the title of land to the state, to a company or to an individual. Second or other ownersh
8. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] Terms used in the Township and Range System [1]
Section ... Basic unit of the system, a square tract of line one mile by one mile containing 640 acres. Township ... 36 sections arranged in a 6 by 6 array, measuring 6 miles by 6 miles. Sections are numbered beginning with the northeast-most section, proceeding west to 6, then south along the west edge of the township and to the east. Range ... Assigned to a township by measuring east or west of a Principal Meridian Range Lines ... North to south lines which mark township boundaries Township Lines ...
9. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] RootsWorks: Basic Photography, Part II .. Making Art from Your Family Photos [1]
RootsWorks: Basic Photography, Part IIMaking Art from Your Family Photos  Beau Sharbrough We spend a lot of time and energy talking about how to make old photos look better, more like the people that are in them. Next month, we'll have an article about using Photoshop Elements to enhance your photos. But sometimes you might want to make the pictures look less like the people and more like artwork. Maybe it's for the cover of the family cookbook. Maybe it's for chapter headings in your family history. A
10. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] Always Read Social Security and Census Instructions [1]
Ancestry Quick Tip submitted by Leslie Nelson Read Social Security and Census Instructions When looking over the SS-5 forms you ordered from the Social Security Administration, check out the instructions your ancestors were given when they filled out the form. You'll find them at: http://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/ss5.html Also, one of the best pieces of advice I ever got was to use enumerator instructions to help me interpret census entries. I now routinely look for instructions and background for any r
11. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] Emigration Lists of Hamburg [1]
www.hamburg.de/fhh/behoerden/staatsarchiv/link_to_your_roots/english/index htm or http://tinyurl.com/3a9y9 "The Hamburg State archive can now offer a database with Emigration Lists of Hamburg (click on "Search Now"). The database will continue to grow, until the data of all emigrants are available, initially of the years 1890 to 1914, and finally of all years between 1850 and 1934. " Remember you can search free, but you MUST PAY for the records. Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yah
12. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] 1861 and 1871 Census Entries available at Scots Origins [1]
1861 and 1871 Census Entries available at Scots Origins Scots Origins recently announced that the 1861 and 1871 census entries are now available for ordering. The transcribed details include all the key information contained in the original entries and can be requested through the Scots Origins Web site. In addition to the census records, other items that can be requested from the Scots Origins Web site include the transcription of details from Scottish Old Parish Registers (birth/baptisms and marriages on
13. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] RootsWorks: Basic Photographyn .. Part I, Common Mistakes [1]
RootsWorks: Basic PhotographyPart I, Common Mistakes  Beau Sharbrough Whether your camera uses digital or film as the storage medium, you have the same basic challengeto capture light in a way that portrays the subject the way you want. In photography, the subject is a technical term that means, what youre taking a picture of. Use this term often in conversation and people will think you know more about photography than they do. They might start to copy you. Thats normal; they want to be as co
14. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] RootsWorks: Basic Photography, Part IV .. Using Photoshop Elements to Enhance the Photo [1]
RootsWorks: Basic Photography, Part IVUsing Photoshop Elements to Enhance the Photo  Beau Sharbrough We're talking about basic photography. We've discussed common mistakes that beginners make, ways to make your photos into artwork, and photo enhancement using the scanner. This week in our final installment, we're talking about using Adobe Photoshop Elements to enhance the image. First, let's follow up on the previous articles. Last week I started to see 10x optical zooms show up on 3.1 megapixel camer
15. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] State Searches [1]
Was able to find the newspaper and page number of folk in the St Louis obits for 1904, 1926 and 1945. Sally =============================== The following site was posted by someone on another mailing list. It may have some value. Some of the sites are FREE and some are for a fee. http://www.searchsystems.net/list.php?nid=11
16. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] RootsWorks: Basic Photography, Part III .. Using the Scanner to Enhance the Photo [1]
RootsWorks: Basic Photography, Part IIIUsing the Scanner to Enhance the Photo  Beau Sharbrough We've been talking about basic photography. We've discussed the common mistakes that beginners make and some ways to make your photos into artwork. This week, we're talking about using the scanner to enhance the image. The scanner? You might be thinking that I have confused the scanner with a photo-editing program. Well, there is a bit of a gray area there, admittedly First, let's define some terms. Scan
17. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] DUTCH NAMES AND NICKNAMES [1]
There are two kinds of diminuitives: the sh ortened name and the endearing name. The shortened name was used by the Dutch for both males and females. The endearing diminuitive was used exclusively for female names. This diminuitive form attached to female names as an expression of endearment was formed by adding the suffix -je or -tje. As well, -je, -tje, -ie and -ke are also additions to a child's name. A boy with the name "Jan" will in his childhood very often be named "Jantje". It is also used to show an
18. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] This and That 'Stuff' [1]
American Battle Monument Commission Cemeteries www.abmc.gov/abmc2.htm The Commission administers, operates, and maintains twenty-four permanent American burial grounds on foreign soil. Presently there are 124,913 U.S. War Dead interred at these cemeteries, 30,921 of World War I, 93,242 of World War II and 750 of the Mexican War. Additionally 5,857 American veterans and others are interred in the Mexico City and Corozal American Cemeteries. The Commission maintains a listing of those interred at the Amer
19. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] What exactly is a GEDCOM and how do I use it? [1]
One of the biggest advantages to using the Internet for genealogy research is the ability it provides to exchange information with other researchers. One of the most common methods used for this information exchange is the GEDCOM, an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunication. In simple terms it is a method of formatting your family tree data into a text file which can be easily read and converted by any genealogy software program. The GEDCOM specification was originally developed in 1985 and is owned and
20. [Genealogy Bits and Pieces] Happy Holidays [1]
A late Happy Hanukkah http://www.marlo.com/find/357/19/4503023.html Happy Holidays!! http://www.susannasloft.com/cards/dec24-3144310200.html Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "We are not makers of history. We are made by history." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"
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