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Howdy!
I have just gotten word that the GenConnect Obits
page now has 700 (yep, that is right -- SEVEN HUNDRED!)
obits posted!
Congratulations to Cathy Gowdy, who has posted the "lion's
share",
Kathy Devlin and Ted & Sharon Van Bebber who have also
posted.
And thank you to Jana Black for administering the Marin
GenConnect
Boards!
Wooooo----Hoooooo! Way to go guys!
Vist:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/MarinObits
to see the fruits of their labors!
Learn more about this at the Comp
Dear Listmembers
A friend sent me this and I thought you would all enjoy
a bit of a break from more "serious" items. We all need
a rest from research now and again.
Lauren
Lauren M. Boyd
Listowner - MarinGenSoc-L
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A lady was trying to impress those at the party. "My
family's ancestry is very old," she said. "It dates back
to the days of King John of England."
Then turning to a lady sitting quietly in a corner she
asked condescendingly, "How old is your family, my dear?
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 Harris Harkluks wrote:
>Reply to getting information from headstones ("how to"...), 21&22 July
>1999
>>From Harris Kluksdahl, 27 Aug. 1999
>
>About using shaving cream (or soap) to improve readability of
>headstones - Having
>spent 40 years as a Ph.D. research chemist, I can speak with authority
....
Thanks, Dr. Harris, for the scientific answer! I read "Today's Chemist
at Work"
and have yet to see an article on Tombstone photography.... perhaps you
could write one
Dear Listmembers:
As JoAnn was somewhere in Texas when she sent out the
directions,
there were, understandably, some street names missing. I
work
close to Villa Marin, so have supplied a tad bit more
information
in this set.
See you there!
Lauren
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Directions:
FROM SOUTH of San Rafael: take hwy 101 to the Freitas
Parkway exit at Terra Linda. Go over the overpass, head
west to Northgate Drive (at the second signal) turn left
onto Northgate Drive (you will see a Pier One I
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At meetings several of you have asked from time to time if there were a way
to print out a message on our web site without printing the routing
information. The headers often does take more space than the message.
I just discovered a way that is easier than what I had been doing:
Mark the message you want to copy by dragging your mouse over it. Then go to
the Edit menu and click Copy. Go to the File menu and click New. This
opens up an empty window. Go to Edit menu and cllick Paste to copy the
Hi all,
After the presentation at last Saturday's computer interest group meeting
about posting obituaries to GenConnect, I posted several Marin County
obituaries that I had at home in my files. It was easy and now the surnames
mentioned in these obituaries, names I am researching, are included in the
surname index for others around the country to find. If someone finds one of
my names, they can respond and I will be notified by email; maybe I will find
a new contact researching the same names.
I en
Hello the list!
Got a message from my Boyd list alterting that
Ancestry.com has opened the 136 volumes of the
DAR records for ten days... just don't know
what part of the ten days we are in!
I can thank Cal Boyd for his suggestion:
visit the site, search on the surname(s) you are
seeking and copy and paste what you find to
your word processor for later reading and review.
Took me less than an hour to access all 693 Boyd
records. I am having a bit more trouble getting
the 1407 Stewart records, but I
Dear Members of Marin County Genealogical Society:
We have the following position open.
Appointed Volunteer Position: Secretary
Term of appointment: until the next election, April 2000
Duties per the Bylaws:
ARTICLE XI: DUTIES OF OFFICERS
Section 4. THE SECRETARY SHALL:
A] keep a minute book of the proceedings of all the
regular and Board meetings of the Society.
B] have custody of the Charter, Articles of Incorporation
and other Society documents.
C] keep a list of the Chairs and members of all
Hello all,
Lauren and I are compiling the input from attendees at the Visions
Workshop. The material is fascinating and we will be sharing it with you
all once we have it all written up comprehensively! The purpose of the
Workshop was to give us a chance as a group to listen to each other...
to hear of the important milestones and obstacles in the history of our
group, to take time to think of what has changed over the years and to
try to "peek" a bit into our future as a group. We will use the feedback
we
Hello to the list!
I received a card in the mail today from my friends the
campground
hosts for China Camp. It was to alert me to the Heritage
Day
Celebration. Here's the scoop:
DATE: Saturday, September 11, 1999
TIME: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
PLACE: China Camp State Park, San Pedro Road, San Rafael,
Ca
PHONE: 456-0766
"Usually there is one boat tied to the pier, a lone
fisherman unloading
his shrimp catch at China Camp Village. On September 11th
it will look
like it did in a bygone era, with work boats
Hi all,
We have reached an important benchmark!!! Thanks to the efforts of MCGS
volunteers, Cathy Gowdy, Ted & Sharon Van Bebber, Kathy Devlin, Jana
Black, Kay Brusati and Celinda Current; MCGS members have now posted
1000 Marin IJ Obituaries Online! Check it out:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/MarinObits These Obits
are indexed weekly by the Rootsweb Surname Helper which means any names
mentioned in any obit is added to the master Rootsweb Surname Search
Engine and will be found by anyo
Hello all,
Thought I would offer a bit more detail on what will be included in the
CIG this coming Saturday:
COME BE A PART OF THE NEW MILLENIUM IN PROGRESS!!!
1) John Bowman will offer a presentation on "Footnotes and Endnotes"
2) Ruby Egnew will offer a presentation on "Right Clicking the Mouse"
3) breaktime for a snack while we set up another system (if you wanna
help bring snacks, email me )
4) Jana Black will offer an "Overview of the World GenWeb and GenConnect
Research Sites" righ
Dear Listmembers:
This message comes from the BOYD list. I have not had
a chance to go and take a look at the site, but the information
passed along sure seems to have promise! I left an example
of records found attached.
Happy Trails,
Lauren
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I have found the following site to be most interesting....and of course
found a few BOYD's to pass on too :-).....thought perhaps you all would
also enjoy it and like to check it out for some of your ancestor
Thanks, Kay.
It really IS easy, folks, to post obituaries to our GenCon site.
I would suggest, however, that you check the surname index first just to be
sure the obituary hasn't already been posted.
Even so, if another obit has been posted but yours has more information of
benefit to the genealogical researcher, just email your post to Jana Black
and she can add it to the already posted obit. That way there are 2 posts in
1. Jana's email address is on the page for your convenience.
I am SO excite