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UpFront with NGS
The Online Newsletter of the National Genealogical Society
Volume 1, Number 10 -- 24 October 2002
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Co-editors: Dennis and Carla Ridenour

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Quote of the Day -- 24 October 2002
"This is the information age, Dad. Old concepts will have to make way
for the new ones. The cat is out of the bag, and it isn't gonna go
back in." --Steve Perry in CyberNation, 2001
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Today In UpFront
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A Page from the Editors' Journal
NGS Fundraising Activities
NGS Standards
--Guidelines For Publishing Web Pages On The Internet
News from the Library of Virginia
--Budget Reductions Hit Library of Virginia Hard
Research Tools and Techniques: Using Your Digital Camera, Part 4:
--Photographing Unbound, Bound, and Oversize Pages
News Items, Announcements, and Press Releases
--Free Internet Access to Invaluable Indexes of American and
Canadian Heritage
--The Florida State Genealogical Society, Twenty-Sixth Annual
Conference
--Dr. Ronald Bishop's Genealogy Project Survey
--The Buffalo Barracks Historical Website
--DearMYRTLE's Family History Hour
Previous Issues of UpFront with NGS
Family Reunion Calendar
How to Submit Items for Publication in UpFront with NGS
How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe
NGS Contact Information

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"UpFront with NGS" is a publication of the National Genealogical
Society, a nonprofit service organization that leads and educates
the national genealogical community. To learn more about the goals,
publications, conferences, services and members benefits of the
National Genealogical Society, visit the NGS Web site:
http://www.NGSgenealogy.org

© 2002 National Genealogical Society

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A Page from the Editors' Journal
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It's hard to believe that it's already past the middle of October and
we're still over 1.200 miles from home. We've been "on the road" since
last May, beginning with a trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to attend the
annual NGS Conference in the States. We had originally planned to be
back in late July or early August. This, of course, brings to mind
John Steinbeck's "Best laid plans of mice and men..." but, to be
honest, as genealogists, our plans are seldom as well laid out as
those of any mice or normal men, and are subject to change at any
minute, depending on which direction our research leads us.

We just completed an enjoyable two-week exploration of Oklahoma's
Cherokee Strip, visiting courthouses, libraries, historical societies,
and cemeteries in Alfalfa, Woods, and Beaver Counties and are now in
the process of organizing all our photographs and writing them to CD.
Several years ago, a fellow researcher warned us that many Oklahoma
Counties had a strict "no camera" policy. We found this to be true in
Alfalfa County but not in Woods or Beaver. The clerk at Woods County
readily agreed to let us use our cameras, but the one in Beaver agreed
only after we offered to pay a dollar for photographing each page, the
same amount that would be charged for a photocopy.

One of the best things about on-site research is that most of the
local libraries carry microfilms of the early newspapers that were
published in the surrounding area. In addition to printing obituaries,
the social columns in these early-day newspapers provide a wealth of
family information making it possible to reconstruct many of the
everyday events and activities in an ancestor's life. For example,
while browsing through the December 20, 1901 issue of "The Carwile
Journal," we learned that Cal Conner (Dennis' great-uncle) had sold
his interest in the town saloon to men from Cameron, Kansas. The
newspaper went on to report, "We are glad Cal has sold. He is a good
fellow, and in our opinion about as much out of his element in a
saloon as would be a fine driving horse in a hog pen."

Tonight finds us in Tucumcari, New Mexico, not looking for ancestors,
as much as looking for cell phone signal. Except for a short stint
while passing through Enid, Oklahoma, we have been without a
connection to the Sprint Digital Network since mailing the last issue
of the newsletter from Neosho, Missouri.

Yesterday, we discovered the Beaver County Pioneer Library had an
Internet connection, making it possible for us to receive e-mail
through the Web site at http://www.mail2web.com however, when we went
to the library this morning to send this issue out, before leaving
Beaver, we discovered we'd received several more articles that needed
to included. We suspected that Tucumcari might have the cell signal
we needed, so we gambled on waiting until we got here to finish this
issue of UpFront, and get it in the email. Except for e-mail problems
our trip through the Cherokee Strip has been a rewarding one. So
heeeeere's UpFront. We hope you enjoy it! -Denny and Carla


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NGS Fundraising Activities
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The NGS is looking for stuff!

One of the fundraising activities that NGS will be launching soon is
the auction of artifacts, documents, and other items of cultural
interest to the public at large. Proceeds from this activity will go
directly into the Second Century Endowment Fund. NGS staff would love
to hear from you if you have any items that you wish to donate to this
important effort.

As a kick-off item, Wendy Herr, NGS's new Executive Director, is
donating an original "traveling minute" from an early church based in
York County, PA. More information will be available on this particular
item later, including the site location where the auction will be
conducted.

Donations can really add to the interest in NGS for those individuals
that are still in the dabbling stage of genealogy. Information about
NGS will be sent to auction winners, along with information about
other items that may be of interest to them. In addition to this
being an outreach activity-it will also build funds for the future.
Donors will get a statement from NGS for the charitable contribution
in the amount of the final auction sale-true market value for the item
for individual tax purposes.

If you would like more information on "how" and what items we are
accepting for donation, please contact Wendy at
and information will be sent as soon as it is available.

Contributed by Wendy Herr

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NGS Standards
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Guidelines For Publishing Web Pages On The Internet
Recommended by the National Genealogical Society
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comstandweb.htm
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/gswebPages.pdf

Appreciating that publishing information through Internet
web sites and web pages shares many similarities with
print publishing, considerate family historians--

* apply a title identifying both the entire web site and the
particular group of related pages, similar to a book-and-
chapter designation, placing it both at the top of each
web browser window using the <TITLE> HTML tag, and
in the body of the document, on the opening home or
title page and on any index pages.

* explain the purposes and objectives of their web sites,
placing the explanation near the top of the title page or
including a link from that page to a special page about
the reason for the site.

* display a footer at the bottom of each web page which
contains the web site title, page title, author's name,
author's contact information, date of last revision and a
copyright statement.

* provide complete contact information, including at a
minimum a name and e-mail address, and preferably
some means for long-term contact, like a postal address.

* assist visitors by providing on each page navigational
links that lead visitors to other important pages on the
web site, or return them to the home page.

* adhere to the NGS "Standards for Sharing Information
with Others" regarding copyright, attribution, privacy, and
the sharing of sensitive information.

* include unambiguous source citations for the research
data provided on the site, and if not complete descriptions,
offering full citations upon request.

* label photographic and scanned images within the graphic
itself, with fuller explanation if required in text adjacent to
the graphic.

* identify transcribed, extracted or abstracted data as
such, and provide appropriate source citations.

* include identifying dates and locations when providing
information about specific surnames or individuals.

* respect the rights of others who do not wish information
about themselves to be published, referenced or linked on
a web site.

* provide web site access to all potential visitors by avoiding
enhanced technical capabilities that may not be available
to all users, remembering that not all computers are
created equal.

* avoid using features that distract from the productive use
of the web site, like ones that reduce legibility, strain the
eyes, dazzle the vision, or otherwise detract from the
visitor's ability to easily read, study, comprehend or print
the online publication.

* maintain their online publications at frequent intervals,
changing the content to keep the information current, the
links valid, and the web site in good working order.

* preserve and archive for future researchers their online
publications and communications that have lasting value,
using both electronic and paper duplication.

©2000, 2001 by National Genealogical Society. Permission
is granted to copy or publish this material provided it is
reproduced in its entirety, including this notice.

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News from the Library of Virginia
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Budget Reductions Hit Library of Virginia Hard

The Library of Virginia - the Commonwealth's official research library
and archival repository - has experienced several rounds of budget
reductions during the past two years. The latest round of cuts
instituted by Governor Mark R. Warner on October 15th has hit the
Library's operating budget hard, resulting in cumulative reductions of
a staggering 39 percent in the past two years.

The impact of the current fiscal situation includes the loss of 59
full-time and part-time staff positions (40 positions to layoff and 19
to unfilled vacancies); closing of the reading rooms on Mondays,
effective October 21; the loss of five important programs and one
organizational unit, including the Library's widely-praised Digital
Library Program; the cessation of Virginia Cavalcade after 51 years of
publication as the Library's popular magazine of Virginia history; and
a 45 percent reduction of the Library's collection development budget
for the purchase of books, manuscripts, journals, and electronic
databases.

Library staff has worked hard to minimize the effects of the budget
cuts on its core mission and constituencies. For example,
subscriptions to journals and periodicals were recently reviewed and
290 titles were cut, none of which were Virginia related publications.
Since the agency reductions are less than half of what is needed to
balance Virginia's budget, more cuts and elimination of service hours
are anticipated early next year. Such drastic measures will erode the
Library's ability to protect its reputation as a center for the study
of Virginia local and family history.

Those wishing to support the Library's purchase of books and
periodicals should make restricted donations to the Subscription Fund,
Library of Virginia Foundation, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, Va.
23219. To comment on the Library's situation directly to Governor
Warner, go to http://www.governor.state.va.us/Contact/email_form.html

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Research Tools and Techniques
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Using Your Digital Camera, Part 4 --
Photographing Unbound, Bound, and Oversize Pages

In the last issue we got our feet wet with a "virtual" shoot of a
document. In this issue, we will shoot some actual situations and
check our procedures, before we go to do some real research pictures.

Again, we will use the "Atlas" copy stand. Those of you who don't have
an "Atlas" may want to use the tripod workaround as shown in the last
issue (Vol. 1, No. 9), or any other copy stand you have on hand.

Exercise 1: Photographing Unbound Pages

We will do a simple document for our first shot. Begin by choosing an
unbound 8.5" by 11" page of text, much like something you might find
in a vertical file or family notebook, and then follow the steps
below.

1. Mount your camera on its stand, in shooting position.

2. Use a white sheet of paper, or the white painted cookie sheet, to
set the pre-set white balance on your camera. Choose auto white
balance if you camera doesn't have a pre-set option. Remember, this
option may also be know as Custom, Manual, or One-Set, depending on
your camera model.

3. Place your document in its position and anchor it with magnets
(just for practice).

4. Select the camera's Macro mode if necessary.

5. Zoom in so that your document is properly framed.

6. Check to make sure the focus is clear and sharp.

7. Set the camera's self-timer, and press the shutter.

8. View the picture on the LCD, and zoom in and check for the proper
focus, exposure (brightness and contrast). If your camera's playback
mode doesn't have a strong enough "in camera" zoom (magnification) to
allow you to easily read the text, download the picture to your
computer, and view it in your graphic editing program.

9. If the focus and/or exposure are incorrect, make the camera
corrections, and re-shoot the document.

** Tips for Avoiding Focus Problems **

Auto focus problems, can be caused by your distance from the document.
You may find that you are too close, or too far away, or that you need
to adjust the camera for macro; or if you used macro, then you may
need to turn macro mode off. Experiment with your camera to see what
gives you the best results. Most cameras have an Auto focus
indication that turns green when the subject is in focus. Make sure
that the light turns green, but also be aware that some cameras will
indicate a photo is in focus even when it's not. A fingerprint or
even a speck of dust on the camera lens can cause the auto focus
behave badly. Lack of contrast can also cause the auto focus feature
to malfunction. If this happens, lay a strand of hair, or sewing
thread, on the document, focus, remove the hair and then take the
photo. (Some photographers, including my wife, the queen of overkill,
carry small spools of black and white thread in their camera bag.)

Another way to avoid poorly exposed or out of focus photos is to
always do a half-press before releasing the shutter. This is a step
beginners often overlook and consists of lightly pressing the shutter
release down half-way and holding it in place for a few seconds before
pressing it the rest of the way down. This gives the camera time to
analyze the scene and adjust all of its settings.

Some documents refuse to come into focus no matter what you try. This
can be caused by a combination of too few vertical or horizontal lines
and/or extremely low contrast. A trick that makes it possible to get
good focus, even on the most difficult documents, is to place a sheet
of plain text on top of your document, set the timer and then press
the shutter button. This will force the camera to go through about a
one second refocusing process, which you can usually hear. When the
refocusing process is complete, gently slide the page of text away so
that the camera captures a picture of the document instead. Focusing
on a proxy document can throw the exposure settings off. If this
happens, adjust the camera's EV settings and re-shoot the picture. If
your camera has an manual focus setting, you can avoid any possibility
of the exposure being off by letting the camera auto focus on the
proxy sheet, and then pressing the manual focus button to set the
focus, remove the proxy sheet, and allowing the camera to readjust the
auto exposure settings for the document.

** Tips for Avoiding Exposure Problems **

Density (exposure) problems can be caused by uneven light, or shadows
falling on the document. Moving closer to a light can correct this.
If necessary, place a lamp close to your work, so that it casts enough
light on the document. This, of course, is a last resort action,
because you probably won't carry a light with you to the library; and
even if you do, you may not be allowed to use it. You may also need to
change the position of your camera stand, to avoid shadows caused by
the stand. Also check to make sure the camera is set to auto exposure.
This is especially important if you have been experimenting with the
camera's manual or priority settings, and are not yet sure how to use
them.

You'll be ready to move on to exercise 2, once you have corrected the
camera settings so that you can shoot several photos in a row with
correct exposure and focus.

** Exercise 2: Photographing Bound Pages **

Our next exercise is to shoot several pages from a book. Books can be
a problem, because the pages seldom lay completely flat when the book
is opened to a normal reading position. The best way to combat this
is to shoot book pages with the cover held up at about an 80-degree
angle. This allows the pages we are shooting to lay more flatly. For
example, if the information you want photograph is on the left side
page you will need to place the front cover on the table and hold up
the back portion of the book. If, on the hand, the page you plan to
photograph is on the right side of the open book, you will need to
place the back cover on the table and hold up the front portion of the
book. The set-up procedure is as follows.

1. Rotate the book so that the spine is facing the back of the copy
stand.

2. Open the book to the first page you want to shoot, making sure
there are no shadows falling on the page. Hold the front, or back
cover and the pages preceding the one you are shooting up next to the
stand. (If you use the atlas stand, slide the book into position with
the cover and pages behind the book holder arm.) See
http://www.NGSgenealogy.org/upfront/102402/

3. Set the timer and press the shutter button halfway down and hold in
position for a few second to give the camera time to adjust the
automatic focus and exposure settings

4. Check to make sure the focus is correct before pressing the button
all the down so that the timer releases the shutter.

5. Before photographing the next page, place the opposite cover down
on the table, slide the book back into position so that it is under
the camera, with the spine the back of the stand. The page you are
shooting will be upside down, but that's ok, we will fix that in
editing. Again check focus, set the timer, and click the shutter.

6. Repeat for each page, turning the book around each time. When you
are done, the pages will be sideways, with every other page facing the
opposite direction.

Note: You can automate this process by shooting all the odd pages
first, then turning the book around and shooting all the even pages.
This way, you only have to turn the book once, however you will want
to take care to make sure the page numbers are all included in the
photos so that you can reassemble the pages later.

** Exercise 3: Photographing Oversize Pages **

What about oversize documents such as those deed books or marriage
books?

In many cases you will want to copy pages from these books by shooting
a series of shots that will allow you to reassemble the original page
in your graphic editing program. For example: the pages in a typical
deed book are 16 inches by 20 inches. It will take 4 shots to collect
the entire page. These four shots should be fairly simple, and should
become routine to the avid researcher. Here's how the scenario would
go:

1. Set up your stand, and adjust your camera.

2. Open the deed book to the page you want to shoot. We'll say the
sheet you want faces the front of the book (a right-side page), so we
are going to start with the spine to the right of our camera, and we
are going to shoot six photos. The first photo is going to be of a
sheet of paper lying on the page, with the word "Start" written on it.
The last photo is going to be of the page with the word "End" written
on it. The four in-between will be quadrants of the page.

3. Shoot the top of the page, closest to the spine first and then the
top of the page nearest the edge of the page next,

4. Rotate the book so that the spine is to the left of the camera, and
shoot the bottom of the page, nearest the spine, then the bottom of
the page nearest the edge of the page.

A view of this process is posted at:
http://www.NGSgenealogy.org/upfront/102402/

The "Start" and "End" delimiters will keep the photos grouped together
when they are transferred to your computer so that you can easily
reconstructed the page later, without wondering which photo goes
where. I keep a set of 5x7 cards with my genealogy research bag, with
the following words printed on them for picture delimiters;
REPOSITORY, START, END, EXIT, NOTE, SCENE. When it seems appropriate,
I just pull the correct one out of my shirt pocket and snap a picture
of it. [For more information on how to use these cards when
photographing source documents, see the November/December 2002 issue
of the NGS Newsmagazine].

Next time, we will discuss some editing tips for reconstructing your
pages from the photographs you've taken. Until then, think
digital. --Denny

Co-editor's note: Some cameras, such as the Canon Supershot S and G
series of cameras, feature a matrix panorama mode that is designed for
shooting large documents and is extremely helpful whenever you need to
shoot a page in sections.

Also, you may be able to capture a satisfactory copy of an entire deed
book page with one photo if you are using a camera with a resolution
of 4 or 5 megapixels. This is done by placing the book on the floor
with the copy stand mounted on a high stool or table, giving you
enough distance between the camera lens and the book to frame the
complete page. As Dennis often tells me, it's important to practice
and experiment with your camera and its features at home so that you
need to shoot an important document you will know exactly what your
camera can or cannot do. You'll find a unedited full-page shot of a
deed book using the Sony 707, a 5 megapixel camera, plus a cropped
version of the same photo that has been processed using the "Prepare
Photo of Text for E-mail or Printing" command in Ulead Photo Explorer
7.0 at: http://www.NGSgenealgoy.org/upfront/102402/ --Carla

Contributed by Dennis Ridenour, or


Note: To download previous issues of "UpFront with NGS" go to
http://www.NGSgenealogy.org/upfront/archives.

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23 October 2002 -- Free Internet Access to Invaluable Indexes of
American and Canadian
Heritage

Two Nations Celebrate in Dozens of Concurrent News Conferences

SALT LAKE CITY -- In honor of Family History Month, The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is making invaluable indexes of
American and Canadian heritage available free to the public at the
touch of a button. The 1880 United States Census and the 1881 Canadian
Census, searchable databases of more than 55 million people, are now
on the Internet, signifying another great leap forward in online
family history research.

The online availability of the two censuses was announced by President
Gordon B. Hinckley in the historic Tabernacle on Temple Square
in Salt Lake City with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing "O Canada"
and "The Star-Spangled Banner." Dozens of other press conferences were
held across Canada and the United States, from Edmonton to Toronto and
from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., making this the largest family
history announcement in the history of the Church.

The chances of today's Canadians and Americans finding ancestors in
the online databases are extraordinary. If a person's family lived
in one of these two nations during the 1880s and was counted in the
census, becoming connected to the past is quick and easy. Elder D.
Todd Christofferson, executive director of the Family and Church
History Department, said: "People used to search through rolls and
rolls of microfilm with varying degrees of success. Now with just a
few keystrokes, they can search through millions of records from
anywhere at anytime."

Genealogist David Rencher, who has spent years researching his family
tree, knows what a valuable tool the indexes can be in finding
ancestors who were once lost. "You can learn about their lives, who
they were and what they did. It's like taking a trip in a time
machine," Rencher said. "I used to think that I was looking for other
people, someone from the past. Now I realize that through all of the
searching for others, what I found was myself."

The censuses paint a portrait of two nations, capturing Canada as a
burgeoning nation in its infancy and America embarking on its second
100 years at the beginning of the industrial revolution. Robert
Bothwell, professor of history at the University of Toronto said, "The
1880s are a period in which Canada consolidates itself as a
transcontinental political entity and in which a group of scattered
and disparate settlements are unified into a single, quite successful
political constitutional system."

The census makes legendary figures come alive for today's Canadians
including the nation's first prime minister, John A. Macdonald; Ojibwa
Chief Jacob Berens; painter Robert Harris; Anne of Green Gables author
Lucy Maud Montgomery; poet and entertainer Pauline Johnson; composer
Antoine Gerin-Lajoie; soldier and educator Arthur William Currie;
Victoria Cross recipient William Hall; suffragist Emily Howard Stow;
and the creator of basketball, James Naismith.

>From Wild West legends and influential artists to ambitious
industrialists and ingenious inventors, many of the personalities
listed in the 1880 United States census are representative of the
expansion, innovation and development of the nation. Author Mark Twain
(Samuel Clemens), entertainer William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, inventor
Thomas Edison, Uncle Tom's Cabin author Harriet Beecher Stowe,
African-American leader Booker T. Washington, inventor Alexander
Graham Bell, the Wright brothers, composer John Philip Sousa, Little
Women author Louisa May Alcott, human rights advocate Frederick
Douglass, and businessmen John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford and George
Westinghouse are just a few of the notable names found in the census.

Columbia University historian Richard Bushman said, "All those people
piled together, working their way upward and outward, trying to find a
toehold that's what history is and the history of one ancestor is a
microcosm of the whole country."

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and others
volunteered to do the indexing for the1880 U.S. Census, which took 17
years, and the 1881 Canadian Census, which took four years. The
Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota and the
Institute of Canadian Studies at the University of Ottawa were
partners with the Church to help "clean" the data a process of
standardizing names and localities, and organizing the data for easy
retrieval. The data also is available on CD.

For those with British roots, a searchable index of the 1881 British
Census is also online, bringing the total number of census names
available for family history enthusiasts to 85 million.

Reprinted with permission:
http://www.lds.org/media2/newsrelease/0,5637,203-1-13102,00.html

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The Florida State Genealogical Society, Inc. Presents Their
Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference.

Join the Florida State Genealogical Society (FSGS) as we host our
Twenty-sixth Annual Conference. This exciting learning experience will
be held on the 15th and 16th of November 2002 at the Hilton in St.
Petersburg, FL. Our featured speaker, Linda Woodward Geiger, CGRS,
CGL, will present four (4) exciting lectures you will not want to
miss:

* "Research Procedures - Be Prepared!"
* "Using Tax Lists to Help Solve Genealogical Problems"
* "Treasures Among the Deeds: More than Land Descriptions"
* "An Overview of the Records at the National Archives-Southeast"

In addition to the featured speaker, we will have Pam Cooper, Mary L.
Jackson Fears, Amy Larner Giroux, CG, Lawrence R. Kirkwood, Boyd
Murphree, Ann Mohr Osisek, Gladys Friedman Paulin, CGRS, and Jim
Powell, Jr. providing over 15 lectures in seven (7) tracts: All-Levels
Research, Beginning Genealogy, Computer Technology, Ethnic Research,
Florida Research, Intermediate Genealogy and Society Helps.
Registration will be on Thursday evening and Friday and Saturday
mornings with the conference starting on Friday morning and continuing
through Saturday afternoon.

We are also pleased to announce that Elizabeth Neily, historian and
storyteller, will be the banquet speaker. The banquet will honor
individuals who have documented their Florida pioneers through the
Florida Pioneer Descendant Program.

If you would like further information, contact A. Staley, P. O. Box
441364, Jacksonville, FL 32222 Email: or you will find
the schedule and registration form online at the FSGS Web site,
http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs

Contributed by Ann Staley, FSGS Conference Chair

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Dr. Ronald Bishop's Genealogy Project Survey

In the July 4, 2002 (Vol. 1 No. 2) issue of UpFront, Dr. Ron Bishop, a
journalism professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia, invited
readers to participate in research project that explores why
individuals take up genealogical research by filling out a survey.
Volunteers were also furnished a diary to record their genealogy
research activities for 3 months and asked to return the
diary to Dr. Bishop at the end of 3 month period.

If you have forgotten to return you diary, please send it to:
Dr. Ronald Bishop
31 Helios Court
Newark, Delaware 19711

Dr. Bishop's e-mail address is

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The Buffalo Barracks Historical Website

Clifford R. Williams has extracted and compiled an extensive
amount of data from the "Descriptive & Historical Enlistments
Registers," of some 51,000 Regular U.S. Army Soldiers serving at all
forts, barracks and camps during the period between 1835-1850 (NARA
Microfilm Series 233, rolls #20-22), and would like to invite UpFront
readers to visit his Website, "The Buffalo Barracks Historical
Website," to view all soldiers (1,691) who once served at the
short-lived Buffalo Barracks. The URL is:
http://www.buffalonet.org/army/rolcal.htm

Contributed by Clifford R. Williams, Webmaster

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DearMYRTLE's Family History Hour Internet Road Broadcast Expanding to
Include Everton's Family Network Ask-A-Pro Show

DearMYRTLE's Family History Hour has expanded to include an additional
weekly internet radio broadcast. Sponsored by Everton's Family History
Network, the new show features a call-in format with access to
Everton's ASK-A-PRO professional research advice, using the internet
streaming services of NetRadio-Inc.com. Broadcasts began on Wednesday
the 9th of October 2002 at 9pm Eastern US.

Currently, Pat Richley Foy, the author of DearMYRTLE's genealogy
column, AOL Keyword: ROOTS, broadcasts DearMYRTLE's Family History
Hour via internet radio each Tuesday at 9pm Eastern US. Myrt provides
practical down-to-earth advice to approximately 40,000 listeners each
week who tune in and listen to featured genealogy authors, lecturers &
publishers. Listeners are able to minimize the radio player and follow
Myrt in visiting useful genealogy, history and library web sites
during the live broadcast.

Contributed by Pat Richley Foy

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Family Reunion Calendar
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To add your family reunion to this calendar, please send an
announcement to

To view a complete list of other coming events visit
http://www.NGSgenealogy.org/newscoming.htm

June 21, 2003
The PINEGAR Family will be holding the annual PINEGAR family reunion
in the Des Moines, IA area on 21 June 2003. We are seeking names and
addresses of all relatives so we can contact each and every one
possible. We are planning a fun filled day for all and hoping to
exchange family pictures along with family history.
For further info contact :

June 28, 2003
Armand Allard DUPLANTIER: A Family Reunion and Celebration of Armand
Duplantier's 250th birthday will be held Saturday, June 28, 2003, at
Magnolia Mound Plantation in Baton Rouge, LA. All descendants of
Armand Duplantier are invited to attend. If you are a descendant of
Armand Duplantier, please mail or e-mail your name, address, phone
number and e-mail address to Margo Duplantier Rhinehart, 712
Carondelet St, Mandeville, LA 70448, e-mail: We
would also like to have the names and addresses of any other
descendants you might know. If possible, please let us know how you
are descended. Some of the other family names descended from Armand
are Favrot, Peniston, Reynaud, Toca, Hatkinson, Fortin, Laquier,
Aucoin, Meffre-Rouzan, Kleinpeter, Burke, Randolf, D'Armond, Hathorn,
Noland, Lamon, and others. If you think you might be a descendant but
aren't sure, let us know and we will try to help find out. We will
put you on our mailing list for this exciting event, and further
information will be sent out soon. In the meantime, please visit our
website at http://www.duplantier.org.

July 4, 2003
The GIACOLETTI family of BISBEE, ARIZONA will be having their family
reunion on 04 July 2003 at the GIACOLETTI Ranch in Bisbee, Arizona.
If more information is needed please contact

July 18, 19, 20, 2003
"Mother Cumberland-A Harvest of Memories: Reunion 2003" will be hosted
by the Brady Family Heritage Association on July 18, 19, 20, 2003
at the Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania. For more information contact Donna Cuillard at
or visit the Brady Family Heritage Association Web
site at http://bradyheritage.org/reunion2003.htm

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Phone: (703) 525-0050 or (800) 473-0060
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