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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 07:36:16 -0500

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> ROOTSWEB BULLETIN, No. 1, 9 December 2000. (c) 2000 RootsWeb.com
> Editors: Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG
>
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> RWGuide to Tracing Family Trees: http://rwguide.rootsweb.com
>
> * * * * *
>
> Avoid the mall crowds and holiday shopping hassles -- shop
> for your ancestors online.
>
> As a holiday gift to RootsWeb users and genealogists everywhere,
> all 3,000 databases and all of the U.S. federal census images
> posted so far at Ancestry.com are FREE from now until
> December 21, 2000. http://www.ancestry.com/
>
> This would be a good time to do a search in the AIS CENSUS
> INDEXES. This collection of some 35 million people contains
> federal and state census indexes, indexes to various U.S.
> non-population schedules (Mortality Schedules for 1850, 1860,
> 1870 and 1880), Veterans Schedules, and Slave Schedules) and
> information from various tax lists. This is a great database to
> help find where your ancestors resided in the United States at
> particular times.
>
> Remember to try all the variant spellings of your surnames --
> the census enumerator or the tax man might have spelled the name
> differently than you do. Need some ideas for overcoming name
> spelling problems? See WHY YOU CAN'T FIND YOUR ANCESTORS at
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson8.htm
>
> For questions about census records and links to more
> information, see CENSUS RECORDS: SOUNDEXES, INDEXES AND
> FINDING AIDS at http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson9.htm
>
> Also see RootsWeb Guide, TAXING TALES at
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson11.htm
>
> If you explore the buried treasures under BIOGRAPHY & HISTORY at
> http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/biohist/main.htm
> you might be fortunate enough to turn up some golden nuggets of
> family data under BIOGRAPHY & GENEALOGY MASTER INDEX or the
> SLAVE NARRATIVES.
>
> Another virtual treasure trove about your ancestors might be
> awaiting you under IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION. Two of the
> major databases there are the WUERTTEMBERG (Germany) EMIGRATION
> INDEX and the GREAT MIGRATION (New England) INDEX. However,
> there is much more to be found here. Example of a recent search:
>
> Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the
> American Colonies: Volume I ZURICH TO CAROLINA AND PENNSYLVANIA,
> 1734-1744 LIST OF EMIGRANTS TO CAROLINA AND PENNSYLVANIA, 1734-
> 1744
>
> Sergeant Heinrich Hitz, from the Bauder-Albis, born July 11,
> 1697, with his wife, Elsbetha Frick, of Knonau, born April 18,
> 1711, and four children: Verena, born March 16, 1727, Adelheid,
> born February 10, 1732, Heinrich, born September 13, 1733, and
> Anna, born May 11, 1738; to Pennsylvania.
>
>
> IMMIGRANTS INTO PENNSYLVANIA: Volume 1
> Name: Joh. Conrad Fromm.
> Ship: SHIP LYDIA.
> Captain: JAMES ALLEN.
> LIST OF FOREIGNERS IMPORTED IN THE SHIP LYDIA.
> Place: LONDON
> Date: DEC. 11, 1739 [The original list is herewith given.]
> Men's names and ages.
>
> Hans Jacob Houser, 23, Rodick Frick, 30, Johannes Frick, 19,
> Andreas Crook, 45, Hans Jacob Frie, 30, Ulrick Spinder, 23,
> Hendrick Seeds, 28, Hendrick Seeds, junr., 28,
> Hans Jacob Croop, 30, Johannes Laypert, 21.
>
>
> Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the
> American Colonies: Volume 2 ZURICH TO CAROLINA AND PENNSYLVANIA,
> 1734-1744 LISTS OF EMIGRANTS FROM VARIOUS DISTRICTS FAMILY
> NAMES, BERN
>
> [p.59] Pfister, a master butcher in the city of Reading, she
> wishes to take her inheritance in this country over to America.
> Anna Barbara is a daughter of Conrad Kunzli, who died in America
> in 1769, by his first wife who bore him 2 children. He had three
> children by a second wife who died in 1750 on the way to
> Pennsylvania. In 1753 Kunzli came back home for a short time and
> told about his circumstances. Since it is not known where the
> other children are, or whether they are still living, the
> government only allows one-fifth of the property of 937 gulden
> to be withdrawn. The emigration tax of 10 percent is deducted.
> Among the documents there is a statement made out by Pastor A.
> Helffenstein on December 10, 1773, in Germantown, saying that
> the Schmidt-Kunzli couple are members of the Reformed Church;
> there is also the original of the warrant of authority of
> Dec. 9, 1773, for Joh. Jak. Pfister. A form printed in the
> German language was used for this warrant. Peter Miller,
> Esquire, royal judge of the city and county of Philadelphia,
> acted as notary, and Benjamin Miller and Abraham Schoemaker as
> witnesses.
>
>
> IMMIGRANTS INTO PENNSYLVANIA: Volume 1
> Name: Michael Frick, sick.
> Ship: DUKE OF WIRTENBERG
> Captain: DANIEL MONTPELIER
> Place: ROTTERDAM
> Date: OCT. 20, 1752
>
> Name: Henry Gimper,
> Ship: EDINBURG
> Place: ROTTERDAM
> Date: OCT. 2, 1753
>
>
> RootsWeb Guides, TRACING IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson15.htm
> and NATURALIZATION RECORDS
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson16.htm
> can help you learn more about available records and find links
> to more sources.
>
> More databases to explore at Ancestry.com include:
>
> -- Directories. You might be pleasantly surprised at the number
> of 19th-century city directories available here.
>
> Also see RootsWeb Guide, CITY DIRECTORIES AND NEWSPAPERS
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson20.htm
>
> -- Periodicals and Newspapers (many obituaries available)
>
> -- PERIODICAL SOURCE INDEX (PERSI). One of the major differences
> between novice genealogists and more experienced ones is that
> the latter use periodicals in their search for missing links.
> The favorite index to these publications is PERSI, compiled by
> the Allen County (Indiana) Public Library.
>
> PERSI catalogs thousands of articles published in most genealogy
> and local history periodicals written in English and some
> French-Canadian since 1800. In 1999, the Allen County Public
> Library added more than 100,000 citations, bringing the number
> of fully searchable records to more than 1.1 million, listing
> every article according to locality, family (surname), and/or
> research methodology. However, PERSI does not index every name
> in every article, nor does it include the full text of actual
> articles. Each article title in the PERSI database is
> accompanied by additional information about the name and date of
> the periodical where the article was printed, and information
> about the publisher and sources for reprints.
>
> Examples of what can be found in this outstanding finding aid
> include:
>
> 1. Articles dealing with specific families:
>
> "AARICK/John H. Aarick Bible, 1769-1877"
> "CLEM/John Clem, 1851-1937, Ohio, Texas"
> "CAMPBELL/Campbell family, 1840-1973, Scotland; Alabama"
> "YOUNGER/Robert E. Younger, Missouri outlaw"
>
> 2. Articles dealing with Canada and Canadians:
>
> "Germans from Volhynia homestead in Canada"
> "Battle of Batoche 1885 participants, desc. of"
> "War of 1812 gravesites found in Canada"
> "Census 1881 availability"
> "Klondike gold rush registers, where to find"
> "Peel/Toronto twp. 1810 settlement list"
>
> 3. Articles dealing with Americans:
>
> "Plumwood church history"
> "Revolution/Last 1000 survivors, Sc-St"
> "Plantation records reveal lives"
> "Pony Express riders, names only"
> "Lutheran schools in Ozarks history"
> "Old pictures of Staunton and Augusta county"
> "Dutch Catholic settlement, Fox River Valley"
> "Fiddler Creek school pupils photos, 1923, 1934",
>
> 4. Articles dealing with lands and peoples other than U.S. and
> Canada:
>
> "Villages of origin of Texas Czech families"
> "Using Danish census records"
> "Revolution/Mills prison roll, 1779"
> "Army conscription & emigration, early 1800s"
> "Emigrants from Lorraine to U.S., 1815-70"
> "Geography of Irish emigration to Canada"
> "Libraries: How Japan keeps her records"
> "Confederate exodus to Latin America, post-Civil War"
>
> 5. Articles dealing with methodology:
>
> "Birthdate formula from tombstone"
> "Help list, alternatives for 1890 census"
> "Quaker marriage process, 18th century"
> "City directories as a genealogical tool"
> "Compiling acceptable family histories"
> "Land record terminology"
> "Draft registration and Social Security records"
> "Black genealogy resources"
> "Probing your ancestor's probate record"
>
> When you find a citation of interest to you in PERSI, you will
> be able to follow a link from the citation to information about
> the publisher of the periodical. Here is an example:
>
> Periodical Title: Essex Institute Historical Collections
> General Subject Area: U.S.
> Topics: MA
> Other Titles: new title: Peabody Essex Museum Collections
> Notes:
> ACPL Holdings: v.1-128 1859-1993
> ACPL Call Number: 974.401 Es7esa
> ISSN Number: 0014-0953
>
> Other repositories holding this title include: Allen County
> Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, Dallas Public
> Library, Family History Library, Library of Congress, New York
> Public Library, Newberry Library, New England Historic
> Genealogical Society Library, Public Library of Cincinnati &
> Hamilton Co., State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library
> Publisher: Essex Institute
> Publisher Address: 132 Essex St
> Publisher City: Salem
> Publisher State: MA
> Publisher Zip: 01970
> Subscription Price: 0.00
> PERSI Code: MAEI
>
> The periodical is the "Essex Institute Historical Collections,"
> also known as "Peabody Essex Museum Collections." At the bottom,
> you find the publisher's name and address. If the publisher no
> longer exists, you will be encouraged to check with your local
> library or historical society for availability of the
> periodical. There is also a list of other repositories which
> hold the title.
>
> To obtain copies of articles in the PERSI index, contact the
> Allen County Public Library Foundation, P. O. Box 2270,
> Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270.
>
> Directions for requesting photocopies are listed at
> http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/database/index/welcome_persi.html
>
> If you haven't checked PERSI for your ancestors, you may have
> overlooked one of the best sources available.
>
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>
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