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| EOGN Note: The information in this archived copy was accurate on the date of publication. Since then, Web sites have appeared and disappeared, companies have been merged and many other facts have changed. You may find references in this archived copy that are no longer accurate. EOGN: Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter A Weekly Summary of Events and Vol. 6 No. 33 – August 13, 2001 This newsletter was sponsored by Ancestry.com, To learn about Ancestry.com’s Past issues of this Newsletter Copyright© 2001 by Richard W. Eastman. All rights reserved. If you do contact any of the companies or societies mentioned in this newsletter, please tell them that you read about their services in this newsletter. IN THIS ISSUE: - Traveling Again - Traveling Again You probably are aware that I did not send a newsletter last week. I have had a travel schedule that almost matches that of a shuttle diplomacy expert. Two weeks ago I was in Las Vegas on a business trip. One week ago I was in New Brunswick giving three presentations at the New Brunswick Genealogical Society’s three-day convention. This weekend I was in Franconia, New Hampshire on a pleasure trip, combining genealogy research of a friend’s ancestors and flying sailplanes at the Franconia Soaring Center. Sailplanes have always been my first love in aviation. I obtained my sailplane pilot’s license about 25 years ago but haven’t kept it up to date. This week was a return to my aviation "roots." So forgive me if I skipped a newsletter in order to have some fun. To see a picture of these beautiful aircraft at the Franconia Soaring Center with the White Mountains in the background, look at: http://franconiainn.com/images/soaring_center.htmlIf you would like to learn more about these graceful, unpowered aircraft with the long wings, look at the Soaring Society of America’s Web page at: http://www.ssa.org. You might especially want to look at the 22 pages of photographs in their online photo gallery at: http://www.ssa.org/PhotoGallery.asp- Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files Heritage Quest has just released a new set of CD-ROM disks with a long name: "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrants." In fact, this huge set of 898 CD-ROM disks contains images of the original applications. I didn’t have time to test all of the 898 CD-ROM disks, but I did spend some time this week with one of the disks. The CD-ROM disks offers enhanced digital images of the National Archives M-805 microfilm series in an easy-to-use CD-ROM format. Each CD is copied from the microfilm and assigned a number to correspond with the microfilm's National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) identification number. I used disk M805-293, which conveniently has all Revolutionary pension applications for men named Eastman as well as other names that are close to Eastman when arranged alphabetically. Some years ago I examined the same records on microfilm. I inserted the CD-ROM into my PC, loaded the software, and dove in without reading any instruction. I was soon able to find ancestors in the index and then see the original pension application records. These are not transcribed records; they are images of the original handwritten records. Most applications contain 6 or more pages on each individual. Quoting from Heritage Quest’s description:
I found the navigation of the Heritage Quest software to be a bit confusing at first. However, within a few minutes I was able to figure out the indexing software and then I was able to navigate easily. There is no manual with the CD-ROM, but there is a built-in Help file. Once I had used the CD-ROM disk for a while, I found that I could navigate through all the images and then enhance, magnify, zoom, copy, save and print any of the original source documents that I wished. Printing one of the documents on the CD-ROM produced a better image than most of the photocopies of the microfilm images that I have made in past years. Also, I was able to enhance some of the images within the Heritage Quest software. I was able to adjust the brightness, contrast and gamma. However, for more advanced image enhancement, I simply saved the image to my hard drive as a .TIF file and then used a more sophisticated image-editing program. I could then import the image into a word processing document or into many modern genealogy programs. You can use the image of the Revolutionary War pension application in the same manner as any other scanned image. The handwriting on these records varies a lot. Some of the records are in beautiful penmanship while other applications appear to be filled out by paintbrush. By zooming in on individual letters and occasionally enhancing the images in a sophisticated graphics editor, I was able to decode words on a letter-by-letter basis, something I could not have easily done had I seen the same images on microfilm. In short, I found the CD-ROM images to be better than the microfilmed images of the same records. Heritage Quest’s new "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrants" CD-ROM disks require Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000, a 100 MHz Pentium or faster CPU, at least 16 megabytes of RAM memory, a 4-speed or faster CD-ROM and 88 megabytes free hard drive space. These new digital CD's are offered with a special "Buy 3 Get 1 Free" offer through September 30th. The retail price is $19.95 although members of the Heritage Quest Research Club pay $14.95. Those prices do not include postage or any possible taxes. Earlier I wrote that the "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files" CD-ROM disks are new. In fact, they are so new that I could not find them listed on Heritage Quest’s Web site. I suspect this will change within a very few days. I’d suggest that you frequently check http://www.HeritageQuest.com.- Free DAR Patriot Lookup Service The Daughters of the American Revolution records are among the most valuable genealogy resources available. Now the society is offering to look up information for members and non-members alike. Best of all, the service is free. Quoting from the DAR Web site:
- The Civil Sword: James Delancey’s Westchester Refugees Those of us educated in the United States were always taught the "winner’s side" of the American Revolution. That is, our schoolteachers and our history books paint an image of the colonists united against the tyranny of King George III. However, students in Canadian schools, especially those of eastern Canada, are taught a somewhat different story. Canadian history books portray the thirteen colonies as somewhat less than united with a lot of disagreement about the politics of the time. In fact, the residents of the thirteen original colonies were not united in their political ideals. While most were opposed to the taxes, many thousands of everyday citizens wished to remain loyal to the King and the established government. In fact, some historians claim that if a referendum election of all citizens had been held on July 3, 1776, the left-wing revolutionaries would not have been able to obtain a majority vote. The claim is that the more conservative Loyalists were the majority at that time. Whatever we speculate, the fact is that history is written by
the winners. In this case, the winners of the Revolution of 1776 wrote U.S.
history. However, a careful study of history does show that many thousands of
residents of the thirteen colonies fought for the King against their more
radical neighbors. After the war these Loyalists found themselves unwanted and
often forced from their homes and lands. The majority of these Loyalists went to
Canada, where the Crown offered land and monetary rewards for their loyal
service. Canada’s immigration in the 1780s consisted mostly of displaced
American Loyalists. These thousands of Loyalists now have millions of
descendants in Canada and around the world. Canadians are very much aware of
their Loyalist heritage. Gerald R. Vincent has written a book entitled, "The Civil Sword: James Delancey’s Westchester Refugees, 1776 – 1785" and I had a chance to read the book this week. The Westchester Refugees were Americans, mostly farmers from New York’s Westchester and Dutchess Counties who supported Britain under arms during the Revolutionary War. After the War most moved to Nova Scotia and settled on land grants at Westchester and Wallace. "The Civil Sword" tells their military history as a cavalry and light infantry unit under the command of Colonel James Delancey and then tells what happened to each of the refugees in Nova Scotia. The first half of the book is a history text that describes the formation of the military units from Westchester and Dutchess Counties and then describes their training and their service during the war. It also describes the confusion as the war ended; the Loyalist troops and their families were in danger of execution if captured by the rebel forces. Most of the Loyalists managed to escape on May 13, 1783, with little more than the clothes on their backs and what they could carry in their hands. Most went to Nova Scotia, but it was another two years before they were allotted land and were able to move their families to the new wilderness areas. The second half of Vincent’s book is a reference work, detailing the land grants given to each man and containing transcripts of the land grant records. For instance, here is one such claim, as listed in "The Civil Sword:" Is a native of America. Lived at Fish Kill, Dutchess Co. Joined the Brit. as soon as they landed in 1776, at New Rochelle. Served as volunteer in Queen’s Rangers. Continued with them till they went to Philadelphia. Was detained by sickness. Served in Col. Delancey’s Regt. afterwards, as a private & continued during the war. Settled in Cumberland. Had 46 acres at Fish Kill. Had it by gift from his Uncle, four years before the war began. His Uncle had no children. It was under good cultivation; 2 or 3 acres meadow clear. 4 or 6 acres upland on which he had raised one crop of wheat. The rest unimproved. A common house. Vals. it at £ 10 per acre. The whole together he vals at £ 10 per acre. Was seized on his going away & Confiscated. Left Corn in his neighbour’s barn. 40 Bus. Wheat, 70 Bushel Buckwheat left it there. His neighbours took it, on acct. of his joined the Brit., & sent his wife & family after him to New York. 5 Hogs, furniture, £ 15, taken by a Capt. Hill, a rebel Capt. Who came & turned his wife away from his farm. Has been informed one Macgill lives upon it. Has no witness present. "The Civil Sword" also says there is a notation in the margin of this claim: "Values it too high." The claim was denied with the finding that the applicant must prove confiscation. The book does not tell what happened to Charles Vincent once his claim was denied. The above is but one of the hundreds of stories of hardship, property confiscation, starvation and even death at the hands of the Revolutionary War soldiers and their supporters. Each claim is listed in detail, including the findings. Where land was approved, the location of that land is also listed. "The Civil Sword" also contains numerous maps of the claimants’ origins in New York and their newly granted lands in Nova Scotia. It ends with an excellent back-of-book index that lists each person mentioned in the book and every location mentioned. "The Civil Sword – James Delancey’s Westchester Refugees, 1776 – 1785" is an excellent work; meticulously detailed and with a lengthy list of source citations and a bibliography for the interested reader. Gerald R. Vincent has produced a "must have" work for descendants of these families, for historians, or for anyone trying to find out what happened to the families who "disappeared" from Westchester and Dutchess Counties in New York soon after the American Revolution. Best of all, this book is available both as a 289-page printed paperback and as a CD-ROM disk. The CD-ROM disk is in Adobe Acrobat format and should work on all Windows and Macintosh systems. Not only is it smaller and easier to store than the printed version, but the CD-ROM version also has the capability to search every word in the original book. "The Civil Sword: James Delancey’s Westchester Refugees, 1776 – 1785" is available in Canada for the following prices:
"The Civil Sword: James Delancey’s Westchester Refugees, 1776 – 1785" is available in the United States for the following prices:
The above prices include postage. The book and CD-ROM are available directly from the author. He does not have a secure Web site for ordering, so send an e-mail to gvincent@home.com for ordering information. You may also find the book available at genealogy bookstores, especially those dealing with Canadian genealogy. Specify ISBN 0-969431-01-5 when ordering.- Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Registers Online The Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (England) Registrars have a new Web site with the capability to search birth and marriages online. Death registration indexes are expected to be added soon. The new site is an ongoing project, made possible by the assistance of the Northumberland & Durham Family History Society. Volunteers from around the world have been computerizing the indexes, working from photocopies of the original indexes. To make sure the data is as accurate as possible, any entry in the index that a volunteer isn't sure of is queried and checked by the registrar before being placed on the website. Marriages and birth indexes are now available from 1837 to 1870. Later records are being added as the volunteers complete their tasks. For more information, look at the Northumberland & Durham Family History Society Web site at: http://www.geocities.com/NDFHS- Rhode Island Supreme Court Judicial Records Center The Rhode Island Supreme Court Judicial Records Center now has a website that may be useful to genealogy researchers. The records are not available online, but the Web site does provide an easy method of ordering photocopies. Anyone may use the forms available on the Archives page of the website to request information about specific naturalization records, divorce records, civil cases or criminal cases. The Judicial Archives includes these cases from the following time periods:
The Rhode Island Supreme Court Judicial Records Center Web site is available at: http://www.judicial-records.state.ri.us.- Proving Indian Ancestry Leaders of the Saginaw Chippewa Indians are trying to remove up to 270 of the tribe's 2,700 members because they don't meet membership requirements, according to an article in The Detroit News. The members in question say the tribe is trying to eject them to avoid giving them their share of the casino money, including the $52,000 provided annually to adult members out of revenue from the tribe's casino. "They're just trying to get rid of us so that they can have more money for themselves," said Don Otto, 65, one member of the tribe facing expulsion. "It's that simple." The federal government identifies Otto as Chippewa. He says that two of his great-grandfathers were among the chiefs who signed the 1864 treaty that led to the creation of the 216-square-mile Isabella reservation, where the Saginaw Chippewas now live. But critics say the government records are far from exhaustive, and many members are only listed in records that the tribe does not recognize. For example, the tribe does not recognize government lists from 1855, 1864, 1867 and the 1870s. Tribal leaders say their rules limit membership to people who are at least one quarter Indian and whose ancestors are listed in government records from 1883, 1885, 1891 or 1982. They say that those they are trying to remove were first listed as tribal members because of mistakes or, in some cases, fraud. "We are a sovereign nation," said tribal spokesman Frank Coultier. "We run our nation as we see fit." It is an interesting article that weaves together questions of ancestry, heritage, and financial gain. You can read the entire article at: http://detnews.com/2001/editorial/0108/08/a10-263520.htm- Upcoming Events The Upcoming Events section of this newsletter is published once per month, usually in the first newsletter of each month. Each event will be listed very briefly: title, date(s), location, and sponsoring organization, all followed by either an e-mail address or a Web page that you can use to find more information. Since detailed information is available via e-mail or the Web, I will not list the details in this newsletter. If you do contact any of these organizations, please tell them where you heard about the event. Here are the listings, arranged by date. An asterisk indicates a new listing that has been added since the last time this list was published: http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jjadkins/genealogy/reunion.html The Austin (Texas) Genealogical Society's annual seminar in Austin on Saturday, August 18, 2001, will feature Henry Z. (Hank) Jones as the speaker. Complete details are available at: http://www.AustinTxGenSoc.org.The Walworth County (Wisconsin) Genealogical Society workshop will feature Michael John Neill on Saturday, 18 August 2001. Mr. Neill will be presenting four lectures during this day-long seminar. WCGS publications will also be available for sale. Details are at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwalwor*The Austin Genealogical Society (Texas) 2001 annual seminar will be held on Saturday, August 18, 2001 in Austin, TX. The featured speaker is Henry Z. "Hank" Jones, Jr., FASG, Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists. Other presentations will include: When the Sources are Wrong!, Tracing the Origins of Early 18th Century Emigrants, Family Tradition: How to Separate Fact from Fiction in Genealogical Research, Genealogy in the New Millennium: Where We've Been & Where We're Going. The seminar announcement and registration details are available at: http://www.austintxgensoc.org/seminar.htmlThe 14th Annual British and Irish Genealogical Seminar of the British Isles Family History Society – USA will be held aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, Thursday-Friday-Saturday 23-24-25 August 2001. Featured speakers include David Dobson, Michael Gandy, and Trevor Parkhill. Details are available at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~bifhsusa/seminar.htmlThe Founding Families Reunion of Norwich, Ontario, Canada and specifically for the Swarthout and Lossing families will be held Friday, August 31 through Monday, September 3, 2001. The tour schedule includes the Burgessville museum, the Otterville Mill once owned by the Lossing family, the GTR Station Museum housing Otterville's local history, Woodlawn (an octagonal house built in 1861), St John's Anglican Church, the famous Herb Gardens, the town of Norwich, where the Archives and Museum will be open for us to visit, a stroll down main street to see old established homes, and stops at the town cemetery and old Quaker cemeteries. Details are available at: http://geocities.com/norwichont/Nreunion.htmA reunion for anyone who has an interest in, or ancestors from, the Dutch island of Goeree-Overflakkee (province of Zuid-Holland), will be held Sept. 4, to Sept.9, 2001. This reunion will take place in or near the village of Ouddorp. A farewell-dinner is planned in the house where Adriaan Florisz Boeyens (1459-1523), a priest of Goedereede, once lived. In 1522 he became Pope Adrianus VI, the only Dutchman to reach that office. Details regarding this reunion are available at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/1588/The Hispanic Genealogical Society’s 22nd Annual Conference will be held September 13 - 16, 2001 in Houston, Texas. The conference theme will be "Somos Familia." Details are available at: http://www.hispanicgs.comThe Great Gallinger Reunion is planned for September 14th & 15th, 2001. It will be held in Cornwall, Ontario. All descendants of German immigrants Michael and Agatha (Ady) Gallinger, who first came to the Mohawk Valley in New York State and then fled to Upper Canada as they were loyal to the British King, are planning a reunion in Cornwall, Ontario. Details of the reunion can be found at http://www.nep.net/~kengall/The Genealogical Society of Stanislaus County will hold a seminar on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001 in Modesto, California. This year’s speaker will be George Ott from Salt Lake City. For further information, look at: http://www.cagenweb.com/lr/stanislaus/gssc.htmlThe 4th Irish Genealogical Congress is scheduled for 17-23 September 2001 in Dublin, Ireland. The Irish Genealogical Congress is an international conference dealing with family history and related subjects of interest to the Irish worldwide. It is open to anyone interested in Irish genealogy as a hobby or a profession. Genealogists from Ireland who will address the Congress include, among many others: Eileen O'Duill, Helen Kelly and Tony McCarthy. The program of lectures includes American specialists in Irish genealogy: Dwight Radford, Kyle Betit, Marie V. Melchiori, Elizabeth Kerstens and R. Andrew Pierce. The complete program for the week-long Congress is available at: http://indigo.ie/~irishgc.The 7th Annual Fall Conference on British Isles Family History will be held September 21 through 23, 2001 at the National Library of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. This year’s theme is "English Roots" and the event is co-sponsored by the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa and the National Library of Canada. The keynote speaker will be Lady Mary Teviot, President of the Federation of Family History Societies in Great Britain. For further information, look at: http://www.cyberus.ca/~bifhsgo/The LOKRIG Family Association will meet in San Antonio, TX on September 27 - 29. For any other information please check the LOKRIG Family Association website: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/8593The 11th Gathering of Cornish Cousins will be held Sept 27-30, 2001 in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Join other cousins whose ancestors immigrated to America, with 4 days of celebration in a relaxing atmosphere. Come discover your Cornish heritage and culture. Events will include: Cornish music, workshops on a variety of Cornish subjects, Cornish Genealogical Area, Cornish displays and sales, Cornish Bardic Ceremony, pastries, and more. Information is available at: http://www.cousinjack.org/gathering.htm*The American Canadian Genealogical Society in Manchester, New Hampshire is having their Fall Conference Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 28, 29 and 30, 2001. Friday night will be a Soiree including a hot buffet with including Tortieres (French meat pie) and Soupe au Pois (pea soup) along with French-Canadian traditional music. The Saturday conference will consist of genealogy presentations and the annual business meeting. The presentations are: "Little Canada in Lowell, MA" presented by Mehmed Ali, "The Foiled Deportations of the Pembroke from Acadia" presented by Paul Delaney, and "The Gagnon Genealogy" presented by Jean Paul Gagnon. Details may be found at: http://www.acgs.orgCyndi Howells will present three Internet genealogy programs and a question and answer session at an all-day conference hosted by McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society at McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, Illinois on September 29, 2001. For additional information and to request a registration flyer, contact: mcigs@mcigs.org Explore the Future of Your Past with Michael John Neill on Saturday, September 29, 2001 at the 2001 Fall Conference of Fox Valley Genealogical Society in Naperville, Illinois. Lectures by Mr. Neill will include "Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources," "Tried and Tested Tidbits," "Documentation Roadblocks on the Information Superhighway" and "How to Use the LDS Family Search Website." For more information, look at: http://members.aol.com/fvgs1/index.html/The Dallas Genealogical Society announces the 2001-2002 Lecture Series titled "Discovering Genealogy Sources". The first of the four lectures will feature Tony Burroughs on Saturday, September 29, 2001 at 9:00 am. This lecture will be jointly sponsored with the DGS African American Genealogy Interest Group. The topics will include "The Nature of Genealogy", "Slave Ancestry", "Locating Sleepy Hollow or Anywhere Else Your Ancestors Lived", and "Creating Order Out of Chaos". Information can be found at http://www.dallasgenealogy.orgThe Fox Valley (Illinois) Genealogy Society’s 2001 Fall Conference will be held on Saturday, September 29, 2001. This year’s event will feature "Explore the Future of Your Past" with Michael John Neill. Lectures by Mr. Neill will include "Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources," "Tried and Tested Tidbits," "Documentation Roadblocks on the Information Superhighway" and "How to Use the LDS Family Search Website." Genealogy vendors; lunch provided. Early registration strongly suggested. Information is available from: orienespri@aol.com*The Virginia Genealogical Society, in cooperation with the Virginia Beach Genealogical Society, will hold its Fall Conference on 5-6 October 2001 in Virginia Beach. Six sessions will be conducted, including two workshops for beginning researchers. Vendors will be offering a wide range of genealogical books and materials. Details can be obtained from: mail@vgs.orgThe Oxfordshire Family History Society’s Open Day 2001 will be held 6 October 2001 at the Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, Oxon. This year marks the society’s twenty-fifth year of existence. The Open Day will feature an assortment of visiting societies, dealers in second hand books and postcards, sales of microfiche readers and the like. The Society's library and search services will be available for consultation. Additionally, there will be computing demonstrations, which will give advice on such things as which genealogical software package to choose, and the use of the Internet in family history. Further details are available from: publicity@ofhs.org.uk*The Massachusetts Society Of Genealogists’ Annual Meeting and Seminar will be held in Auburn, Massachusetts on Saturday, October 13, 2001. Presentations will include "Dissecting a Probate Packet" by Ruth Quigley Wellner, "Myths, Mistakes & Misconceptions in Local Histories" by Al Clark and "Genealogical and Newspaper Resources on Microfilm" by David Allen Lambert. Full details are available at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~masgi/msogThe Third DREISBACH, DRESBACH, DRIESBAUGH, TREISBACH, etc. Reunion will be held in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on 18-21 October, 2001. The program will include bus tours of Lancaster or Northampton County on Friday, 19 Oct., a family history meeting and banquet on Saturday 20 Oct., a special service with the "Dreisbach Choir" at Zion Stone Church, Kreidersville on Sunday 21 Oct. Information is available from teddreisbach@webtv.net(Update): The Dallas Genealogical Society will host the second lecture of its Lecture Series on Saturday, October 20, 2001 at 9:00 am. The speaker will be Lloyd Bockstruck, who will speak on "Researching in the New England States". The included states are Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Additional information can be found at http://www.dallasgenealogy.orgThe Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, CT will hold its annual genealogy conference on October 13, featuring Loretto (Lou) Szucs, one of the foremost speakers and authors in genealogy. For details visit: http://www.godfrey.orgA Michigan Genealogical Council seminar entitled "Inkwells to the Internet: A Genealogical Conference of the Old Northwest Territory" will be co-hosted by the Farmington Genealogical Society, Oakland County Genealogical Society and Western Wayne County Genealogical Society. The dates are October 18-20, 2001 in Troy, Michigan. Information is available at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimgc/.The Vance Family Association annual meeting will be held in Winchester, Virginia on October 21-24, 2001. The event includes bus tours of the properties of the early Virginia Vance families as well as tours of Old Winchester, Harper's Ferry, and other historic sites. More information is available from: b.silfies2@worldnet.att.netThe Genealogical Workshop of Mesa, Arizona will present Henry (Hank) Jones, Jr. ,FASG, in a seminar on Saturday, November 3, 2001. More information and a printable registration form are available at: http://members.home.net/gwom/The Florida State Genealogical Society celebrates its 25th annual conference year with a 2-day event in Orlando, Florida. The conference, featuring main speaker, George G. Morgan and special guest speaker, Patrick D. Smith, will be held on November 9 and 10, 2001 in Orlando. For more information, visit the conference web site at: www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/confrnce.htmThe Dallas Genealogical Society announces that the third lecture of its Lecture Series will be held on Saturday, February 9, 2002 at 9:00 am. The speaker will be Curt B. Witcher of the Allen County Library. He will speak on "Historical Research Methodology: Engaging the Process to Find All the Answers", "Passenger and Immigration Research", "Using Government Documents for Genealogical Research", and "Who's Who Among Your Ancestors: Using Biographical Sources for Genealogical Research". More information is available at http://www.dallasgenealogy.orgThe Whittier (California) Area Genealogical Society will host its 20th annual seminar on 23 February, 2002 in Whittier. Sharon DeBartolo Carmack will be the speaker. A lunch can be included in registration. For more information and registration form, see http://www.cagenweb.com/kr/wags/The Dallas Genealogical Society announces that the fourth lecture of its Lecture Series will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2002 at 9:00 am. The Computer Interest Group of the DGS will jointly sponsor it. The speaker will be Dick Eastman. The subjects and location will be announced later. Further information can be found at http://www.dallasgenealogy.orgIf you would like to see your event listed in future newsletters, send an e-mail to: meetings@rootscomputing.com. You must include either a Web page that gives details or an e-mail address for the organization or for someone within the organization who is willing to supply the meeting details upon request. Please limit your listings to events where you expect 100 or more people to attend. Are you interested in the articles in this newsletter? Would you like to learn more or ask questions or make comments about these articles? Join this newsletter’s online discussion group on CompuServe’s Genealogy Techniques Forum. The CompuServe forums are free and are available to anyone using Netscape, Internet Explorer or CompuServe’s own software Go to: http://www.rootsforum.com.If you would like to submit news, information or press releases for possible inclusion in future newsletters, send them to richard@eastman.net. 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