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From: "Sheri Lynn Lemon" <>
Subject: [UT-CACHE-FHC] Weekly Newsletter - 16 July 2003
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:16:39 -0600


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LOGAN UTAH REGIONAL FAMILY HISTORY CENTER NEWSLETTER - 16 July 2003
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IN THIS ISSUE:

Announcements
LFHC will be closed July 24-26
New research tool from LDS Church
New Acquisitions
Patron Questions/Answers
Legacy classes
Family History & Research Tips
More PAF utilities
Stay away from the computer
Get as many sources as possible
Favorite Web Sites
CensusFinder.com
Fun with family history
Surname Queries - none
Remember - "You Say..."
Instructions: Send message, Access Archive, Subscribe or Unsubscribe

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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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LFHC CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS - The Logan Utah Regional Family History Center
will be closed Thursday, Friday and Saturday July 24th, 25th, and 26th
for the Pioneer Holidays.

NEW RESEARCH TOOL - The Church announced a new tool for researching
African American and other U.S. Family Members. It is titled "Finding
Records of Your Ancestors, Part A: African American, 1870 to Present".
Cost is $5.25. We have ordered copies. This will be a great help to
African Americans searching for their ancestors, but because it focuses
on post-slavery records, it will also be useful to those researching any
U.S. family.

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NEW ACQUISITIONS
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1. Genealogical Journal. Utah Genealogical Association. Vol. 31, no.
2. 2003.

2. National Genealogical Society Quarterly. Vol. 91, no. 2. June 2003.

3. PAFinder Newsletter of Silicon Valley Users Group. Vol. 14, no. 6.
June 2003. Has good article on using Custom Events and Attributes in
PAF 5,

4, The Virginia Genealogist. Vol. 47, no. 2. April - June 2003.

5. Announcement of Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, January 12-16
2004. A copy is also on the Bulletin Board.

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PATRON QUESTIONS/ANSWERS
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QUESTION: I have resurrected my Legacy genealogy program and have
ordered the update. I was told a new version will be mailed in about
two months. Legacy is really more powerful than PAF and it was fun to
"play" with it again. I might be very interested in some classes on the
program. If you are planning some, please let us know in the weekly
newsletter.
ANSWER: In lieu of Legacy classes, we hold a Legacy Users Group meeting
the 1st Wednesday of each month (except July & Aug). We cover whatever
topics anyone in the group requests in advance. We leave plenty of time
for spur of the moment questions as well. Our next meeting will be Sep
3 at 7:30 p.m. in the classroom at the Family History Center. If you
have any topics you'd like to see covered, just drop me an email at
. Hope to have you join us.

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FAMILY HISTORY & RESEARCH TIPS
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MORE PAF UTILITIES - In answer to the patron's question of July 9 about
software to clean up PAF
files, here is another one.
"World Place Advisor" by Progeny Software contains OVER 3.3 MILLION
place names from around the WORLD, including US Churches and
Cemeteries, and can quickly check your genealogy file for place name
accuracy and completeness. It will list all incomplete place names and
fill in the missing blanks, especially helpful for finding county names.
It can automatically check all the place names in your genealogy
database and red-flag incorrect spelling's or
incomplete place names. From here you will be able to cut and paste
corrections directly into your database. It can identify all data
errors by pinpointing names that are ambiguous, listed with the wrong
county or other geographic jurisdiction, unknown, nonspecific, missing
commas, and/or missing altogether. It provides latitude and longitude
reference points for 100,000 US Churches and Cemeteries. The unique
Geo-Tree view will show you every ancestor that lived in or around any
particular location you choose.
World Place Advisor will read your genealogy file directly (no
GEDCOM exports required)! For more information and to see what World
Place Advisor can do for you, go to:
http://www.progenysoftware.com/placeadvisor.html
Sounds good, but we are still trying to decide if our FHC has money
to purchase it. ---Doris

STAY AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER - The tip from Susan Hopkins about printing
small versions of an image to read them more clearly reminds me of an
observation I've made numerous times while trying to read words in
computer-scanned (bit-map) images. The eye-brain connection is a
curious beast. When blowing up images to fill the computer screen,
individual pixels at the highest magnification are naturally "boxy"
which attracts the brain's attention, making identifying letters harder.
However, standing back from the computer screen 10-20 feet removes the
"boxiness" impression and can sometimes make the words almost magically
appear. ---Christopher M. Gould, "Ancestry Daily News", Copyright C
1998-2003, MyFamily.com Inc.

GET AS MANY SOURCES AS POSSIBLE --- Several years ago, when I was doing
my research the "old-fashioned way," I found a individual who had died
without close family. She went or was put into a home before her death.
Being of "clear" mind she wanted to make sure that her death information
was correct and so she filled out forms with all the information
included. When she died, her death certificate showed the informant as
herself. Her obituary was written by someone (a friend) in the home
using the information she had left behind and adding how much everyone
liked her.
Another interesting tip regards me being born to a 17-year-old in a
home for unwed mothers, who had to give me up. Some years back, I found
her and asked, "Where was I born?" She told me about the "home" and
agreed to get my original birth certificate for me, which is allowed in
the State of Washington. Here, the birth mother can request a
certificate but the child cannot. When the certificate arrived, she
forwarded it to me with comments about "them" getting her middle name
wrong and there being no information about the father, which she had
given. However, when I looked it over, I saw that I was listed as a
stillborn. She had not even noticed this, but I can assure you that it
was my birth certificate, same numbers as my altered one, and that I am
still alive. I urge people doing genealogy to always have an open mind,
to never jump to conclusions, and to get as many sources as
possible.---Cindi, "Ancestry Daily News", Copyright C 1998-2003,
MyFamily.com Inc.

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FAVORITE WEB SITES
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CENSUSFINDER.COM - Census Finder is a free tool designed to help you
find sites that offer free census records online. This handy site lists
census links for Canada, the U. K., Norway, Sweden and the U.S. U.S.
links are organized by state and include populations schedules, slave
schedules, mortality schedules, Native American schedules, 1883
pensioner rolls, WWI draft registrations and more! Point your browser
to: http://www.censusfinder.com/

FUN WITH FAMILY HISTORY - The Family Story Generator at
http://www.ourgrandchild.com/familystory/ is provided as a free service.
Use the boxes at this site to fill out your information as you would
like it to appear on your personalized family story. You will be able to
print the completed form, or copy it to an e-mail for your grandchild.
If any question or section does not apply to you, feel free to skip it
and it will not be part of your family story. Please Note: This page is
not currently compatible with AOL's web browser. Please point your
browser to http://www.ourgrandchild.com/familystory/

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SURNAME QUERIES
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none this week

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REMEMBER
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You Say

For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves, God has a
positive answer for it:

You say, "It's impossible."
God says, "All things are possible". (Luke 18:27)

You say, "I'm too tired"
God says, "I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:20-28)

You say, "Nobody really loves me."
God says, "I love you." (John 3:16, John 13:34)

You say, "I can't go on."
God says, "May grace is sufficient." (II Cor. 12:9, Psalm 91:15)

You say, "I can't figure things out."
God says, "I will direct your steps." (Proverbs 3:5-6)

You say, "I can't do it."
God says, "You can do all things in Me." (Phil. 4:13)

You say, "It's not worth it."
God says, "It will be worth it." (Romans 8:28)

You say, "I'm afraid."
God says, "I have not given you a spirit of fear." (II Tim. 1:7)

You say, "I'm always worried and frustrated."
God says, "Cast all your cares on ME." (I Peter 5:7)

You say, "I don't have enough faith."
God says, "I've given everyone a measure of faith." (Romans 12:3)

You say, "I'm not smart enough."
God says, "I give you wisdom." (I Cor. 1:30)

You say, "I feel all alone."
God says, "I will never leave you or forsake you." (Heb. 13:5)

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Have a great day!
Sheri Lynn Lemon, staff
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Logan Utah Regional Family History Center
Telephone: 435-755-5594
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Address: P.O. Box 3397, Logan, UT 84323-3397
Location: 50 N Main, Logan (Entrance in rear)
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