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Rootsweb.com RSS Feed for AZ-GVGS http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/AZ-GVGS Rootsweb.com RSS feed for AZ-GVGS en-us Copyright 2005 by MyFamily.inc 2009-01-05T16:59:59-06:00 helpdesk@rootsweb.com helpdesk@rootsweb.com Rootsweb.com 2005-05-01T00:00:00-06:00 1 hourly [AZ-GVGS] Past Tracks http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AZ-GVGS/2009-01/1231199999 Past Tracks was mailed on December 30. If you have not received your copy by now it is likely because you haven't paid your 2008-09 dues. When dues are received, your newsletter will be mailed or you can pick it up at the January meeting. The next meeting is Thursday, 15 Jan 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at St. Francis Episcopal Church as usual. The speaker is Kathleen Stewart Goodrich, M.Ed., of Mesa. Her topic is "Solve the Mystery of your Family's History: What I learned from Nancy Drew." I have sat in this lecture and found it not only informative but entertaining as she attacks genealogy in the manner of the teenage detective, Nancy Drew. "Betty Malesky" <bettymalesky@cox.net> 2009-01-05T16:59:59-06:00 [AZ-GVGS] Library Hours http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AZ-GVGS/2009-01/1231025786 Just a reminder that the library will be open Tuesday afternoon from 3:30 to 6:00 PM. For those of you researching Connecticut, we have a wonderful research tool for you. The CD of the "Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut". It is based on the "Barbour Collection" and contains 1.2 million records of births, marriages and deaths from over 135 Connecticut towns. It covers the period from 1633 to about 1850. I am researching Connecticut and it was a bonanza for me. See you Tuesday!! Jerry Flowers, Librarian "rewolf4" <rewolf4@cox.net> 2009-01-03T16:36:26-06:00 [AZ-GVGS] News You Can Lose http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AZ-GVGS/2008-12/1230406294 I've been reading newspapers since I was 4 years old and find the attached article about the collapse of the newspaper industry alarming to say the least. Reading the news via mouse clicks just isn't the same. http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2008/12/22/081222ta_talk_surowiecki "Betty Malesky" <bettymalesky@cox.net> 2008-12-27T12:31:34-06:00 [AZ-GVGS] Wilma Myers/AZ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AZ-GVGS/2008-12/1230234965 Just a note to all, to Thank You, for everyones work with the Genealogy Group. I hope to attend more meetings in 2009. I want to commend Betty Malesky for a wonderful program 'On Women in her Life', at the MADERA CANYON DAR lunch. Women are the 'backbone' of our world. Everyone should think about who keeps their families together. Look back at your ancestors and observe what wonderful things the 'Women in your life' have done. Enjoy a Wonderful Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year 2009! Wilma P. Myers from her iMac, in Sahuarita, AZ wpm_7@cox.net On Dec 25, 2008, at 1:00 AM, az-gvgs-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Genealogist's Christmas Eve (Betty Malesky) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:17:39 -0700 > From: "Betty Malesky" <bettymalesky@cox.net> > Subject: [AZ-GVGS] Genealogist's Christmas Eve > To: <az-gvgs@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <F97D1DC25B9A434AAFDCE735598B6283@genealogy> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Merry Christmas! > Genealogist's Christmas Eve > 'Twas the night before Christmas > When all through the house > Not a creature was stirring, > Not even my spouse. > > The dining room table with clutter was spread > With pedigree charts and with letters which said... > "Too bad about the data for which you wrote; > Sank in a storm on an ill-fated boat." > > Stacks of old copies of wills and such > Were proof that my work had become too much. > Our children were nestled all snug in their beds, > While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads. > > And I at my table was ready to drop >> From work on my album with photos to crop. > Christmas was here, and such was my lot > That presents and goodies and toys I'd forgot. > > Had I not been busy with grandparents' wills, > I'd not have forgotten to shop for such thrills, > While others bought gifts to bring Christmas cheers, > I'd spent time researching those birth dates and years. > > While I was thus musing about my sad plight, > A strange noise on the lawn gave me such a great fright. > Away to the window I flew in a flash, > Tore open the drapes and yanked up the sash. > > When what with my wondering eyes should appear, > But an overstuffed sleigh and eight small reindeer. > Up to the house top the reindeer they flew, > With a sleigh full of toys and 'ole Santa Claus, too. > > And then in a twinkle, I heard on the roof > The prancing and pawing of thirty-two hoofs. > As I drew in my head, and bumped it on the sash, > Down the cold chimney fell Santa--KER-RASH! > > "Dear" Santa had come from the roof in a wreck, > And tracked soot on the carpet, (I could wring his short neck!) > Spotting my face, good 'ole Santa could see > I had no Christmas spirit you'd have to agree. > > He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work > And filled all the stockings, (I felt like a jerk). > Here was Santa, who'd brought us such gladness and joy: > When I'd been too busy for even one toy. > > He spied my research on the table all spread > "A genealogist!" He cried! (My face was all red!) > "Tonight I've met many like you," Santa grinned, > As he pulled from his sack a large book he had penned. > > I gazed with amusement--the cover it read > Genealogy Lines for Which You Have Plead. > "I know what it's like as a genealogy bug." > He said as he gave me a great Santa hug. > > "While the elves make the sleighful of toys I now carry, > I do some research in the North Pole Library! > A special treat I am thus able to bring, > To genealogy folk who can't find a thing." > > "Now off you go to your bed for a rest, > I'll clean up the house from this genealogy mess." > As I climbed up the stairs full of gladness and glee, > I looked back at Santa who'd brought much to me. > > While settling in bed, I heard Santa's clear whistle, > To his team, which then rose like the down of a thistle. > And I heard him exclaim as he flew out of sight, > "Family history is Fun! Merry Christmas! Goodnight!" > > -- Author Unknown > > -- The earliest attribution found for this particular poem is for > Gibbs Publishing House of Toledo, Ohio, which published it as a > Christmas Card. Some Web sites attribute the poem to Dora Mills c. > 2001, but it has been around since at least 1988. Dora Mills does > appear to have written at least one poem based on Clement Moore's > poem, titled A Christmas Incident which appeared in the Ash Tree > Echo in January 1983 (source from genealogy.about.com). > > > > Reprinted from Legacy News, Wednesday, December 24, 2008, http:// > legacynews.typepad.com/legacy_news/2008/12/genealogists-christmas- > eve.html > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the AZ-GVGS list administrator, send an email to > AZ-GVGS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the AZ-GVGS mailing list, send an email to AZ- > GVGS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AZ-GVGS- > request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of AZ-GVGS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 97 > ************************************** "Myers wilma P." <wpm_7@cox.net> 2008-12-25T12:56:05-06:00 [AZ-GVGS] Genealogist's Christmas Eve http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AZ-GVGS/2008-12/1230128259 Merry Christmas! Genealogist's Christmas Eve 'Twas the night before Christmas When all through the house Not a creature was stirring, Not even my spouse. The dining room table with clutter was spread With pedigree charts and with letters which said... "Too bad about the data for which you wrote; Sank in a storm on an ill-fated boat." Stacks of old copies of wills and such Were proof that my work had become too much. Our children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads. And I at my table was ready to drop >From work on my album with photos to crop. Christmas was here, and such was my lot That presents and goodies and toys I'd forgot. Had I not been busy with grandparents' wills, I'd not have forgotten to shop for such thrills, While others bought gifts to bring Christmas cheers, I'd spent time researching those birth dates and years. While I was thus musing about my sad plight, A strange noise on the lawn gave me such a great fright. Away to the window I flew in a flash, Tore open the drapes and yanked up the sash. When what with my wondering eyes should appear, But an overstuffed sleigh and eight small reindeer. Up to the house top the reindeer they flew, With a sleigh full of toys and 'ole Santa Claus, too. And then in a twinkle, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of thirty-two hoofs. As I drew in my head, and bumped it on the sash, Down the cold chimney fell Santa--KER-RASH! "Dear" Santa had come from the roof in a wreck, And tracked soot on the carpet, (I could wring his short neck!) Spotting my face, good 'ole Santa could see I had no Christmas spirit you'd have to agree. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work And filled all the stockings, (I felt like a jerk). Here was Santa, who'd brought us such gladness and joy: When I'd been too busy for even one toy. He spied my research on the table all spread "A genealogist!" He cried! (My face was all red!) "Tonight I've met many like you," Santa grinned, As he pulled from his sack a large book he had penned. I gazed with amusement--the cover it read Genealogy Lines for Which You Have Plead. "I know what it's like as a genealogy bug." He said as he gave me a great Santa hug. "While the elves make the sleighful of toys I now carry, I do some research in the North Pole Library! A special treat I am thus able to bring, To genealogy folk who can't find a thing." "Now off you go to your bed for a rest, I'll clean up the house from this genealogy mess." As I climbed up the stairs full of gladness and glee, I looked back at Santa who'd brought much to me. While settling in bed, I heard Santa's clear whistle, To his team, which then rose like the down of a thistle. And I heard him exclaim as he flew out of sight, "Family history is Fun! Merry Christmas! Goodnight!" -- Author Unknown -- The earliest attribution found for this particular poem is for Gibbs Publishing House of Toledo, Ohio, which published it as a Christmas Card. Some Web sites attribute the poem to Dora Mills c. 2001, but it has been around since at least 1988. Dora Mills does appear to have written at least one poem based on Clement Moore's poem, titled A Christmas Incident which appeared in the Ash Tree Echo in January 1983 (source from genealogy.about.com). Reprinted from Legacy News, Wednesday, December 24, 2008, http://legacynews.typepad.com/legacy_news/2008/12/genealogists-christmas-eve.html "Betty Malesky" <bettymalesky@cox.net> 2008-12-24T07:17:39-06:00 [AZ-GVGS] Moving state lines http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AZ-GVGS/2008-12/1229963451 See the link below for an interesting article on state lines and why finding people in the census can be a headache. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/425756.html "Betty Malesky" <bettymalesky@cox.net> 2008-12-22T09:30:51-06:00 Re: [AZ-GVGS] Question http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AZ-GVGS/2008-12/1229628527 Hi JoAnn and anyone else who was thinking about going to the GVGS library today, Thursday December 18th. The library is not open today. Jerry sent the message out on Tuesday, but RootsWeb didn't get it sent on to our email list subscribers until today. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jo Ann Herbst" <joannherbst@cox.net> To: <rjvint@cox.net> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:46 AM Subject: Question Is the library open today Thurs?? JoAnn "Bob Vint" <rjvint@cox.net> 2008-12-18T12:28:47-06:00 [AZ-GVGS] Library Hours http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AZ-GVGS/2008-12/1229451799 Just a reminder that this afternoon is the last time the library will be open this year. The school closes for Xmas vacation until Jan 5, 2009. Go to our website, locate the books or CD's that you want to review, write down the CD # or the Dewey Decimal # and find those lost ancestors before 2008 ends. The library opens at 3:30 PM and closes at 6:00 PM. See you there. Jerry Flowers Librarian "rewolf4" <rewolf4@cox.net> 2008-12-16T11:23:19-06:00 [AZ-GVGS] GVGS Library http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AZ-GVGS/2008-12/1229231576 Have a look at the new listings of books in the GVGS library on our website at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azgvgs/bfhc.htm. Write down the titles (with Dewey Decinal Numbers) of books that interest you and then come to the library on Tuesday 16 December from 3:30 to 6:00 PM and look up some of your long lost relatives! Please note that the library will be closed on Tuesday 23 December and Tuesday 30 December. It will be open again on Tuesday 6 January from 3:30 to 6:00 PM. If you don't know where the library is, look at the map on our website at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azgvgs/library.htm and click on Continental School Library. Bob Vint GVGS Webmaster www.rootsweb.com/~azgvgs/ "Bob Vint" <rjvint@cox.net> 2008-12-13T22:12:56-06:00 [AZ-GVGS] ASGS Overseas Research Fair http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AZ-GVGS/2008-12/1229212614 I forgot that you can't send attachments to this email list. Please see the Announcements box on our website at www.rootsweb.com/~azgvgs/ for details about the fair and directions and a map for finding the ASGS meeting place. Bob Vint GVGS Webmaster www.rootsweb.com/~azgvgs/ "Bob Vint" <rjvint@cox.net> 2008-12-13T16:56:54-06:00