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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. This newsletter is available in both ASCII text and HTML versions. To change your preference, go to the address shown at the very end of this newsletter. Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter Standard Edition A Weekly Summary of Events and Topics of Interest to Online Genealogists Vol. 8 No. 8 – February 24, 2003 This newsletter relies solely upon "word of mouse" advertising. If you enjoy reading these articles, please tell others to go to http://www.RootsForum.com. Some of the articles in this Plus Edition newsletter are restricted to your personal use. Search previous issues of Standard Edition newsletters at: http://www.RootsForum.com Plus Edition subscribers may gain access to a reserved section of the Discussion Board. Details are available at http://www.rootsforum.com/plus/messageboard.htm. Listen to Dick Eastman’s broadcast on FamilyHistoryRadio.com. Copyright© 2003 by Richard W. Eastman. All rights reserved. - Digital Photo
Album Collection Items marked with a plus sign (+) appear only in the Plus Edition of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter. - Digital Photo Album Collection George Minhoto and Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto have created a new Windows program that will appeal to genealogists as well as many other people. The "Digital Photo Album Collection" is a utility that organizes digital images into groups or albums, optionally enhances them with audio and text, and then displays the digital images using a web browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, or even America Online's somewhat limited Web browser. One of the big advantages of this system is that you can easily share your photos with others by publishing them on a personal Web site or by placing them on a CD-ROM disk, ZIP disk, or even a floppy disk. The recipient uses a Web browser to display your data; no other software is needed by the recipient. Also, if distributed on removable disk media, neither party needs to be online. Digital Photo Album Collection is not graphics program or a scanning program. Instead, it is a program to organize the digital images you already have. The images could be those you have previously scanned or perhaps have downloaded from a digital camera. The program also should work well with photos that you already have on CD disks. Of course, there could be thousands of uses for this program besides creating digital photo albums of old family photographs. Photo albums can be created for trips you’ve taken, for an inventory of your personal property, or as a portfolio of your professional work to show to clients. You can also use Digital Photo Album Collection to make backups of the digital images that you have. The program stores its output on any valid drive on your system. Once you’ve created your albums, you can copy them to another storage media, such as Zip disk or to a CD-ROM disk. One of the unique features of this program is the audio capability - you can record a story or description about any picture and have it play while viewing that picture. The recording can be most any sound file that you have. A few of us are lucky to have tape recordings made by parents or grandparents. Another option might be to play a "special song" when displaying wedding pictures. Digital Photo Album Collection is easy to install: all I did was insert the CD-ROM into my computer, and then I followed the instructions that appeared on the screen. A minute or two later the program was installed and functional. The program is a bit "bare bones." That is, it doesn't have the slick user screens like some programs produced by "big name" software producers. However, the program accomplishes exactly what is designed to do: it organizes photos and sound clips and makes them available to others. Use of the program was simple enough. I was able to navigate through the various screens without difficulty and create a digital photo album. If needed, a user’s manual is included on the CD-ROM disk in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. The results were stored as Web pages and attached graphics. The Web pages themselves were very simple to navigate with a minimum number of buttons to click on. The program also creates an "index page" that lists all the pictures available in the album and displays thumbnail-sized images of each. The Digital Photo Album Collection is a simple and effective program that does only one thing and does it very well: it creates digital photo albums for your own use or to distribute to others. It does so simply and easily. The Digital Photo Album Collection is available directly from George Minhoto and Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto. They do not yet have a Web site or any Web ordering capability but will accept checks and money orders for $19.95 plus shipping and handling. You should contact them at ComputrAncestors@earthlink.net for all the details. Talk back: offer your comments on this article or ask follow-up questions on the newsletter Discussion Board at http://www.RootsForum.com. Click on "Discussion Board." County lines are often a problem for genealogists researching American ancestry. Census records – one of the most valuable sources of genealogy information – are organized by counties. The problem is that county lines have changed frequently over time. More than one genealogist, including myself, has expended hours looking for records, only to discover that they were looking in the wrong county! Several books have been published to show the movement of county boundaries. However, these books are sometimes hard to locate. Purchasing your own copy isn't cost-effective when all you want to do is look up one county. Luckily, today's Web technology and the hard work of Brian Nichols and others have provided a solution for most of the northeastern and southeastern states. Nichols is the webmaster for both segenealogy.com (SouthEast Genealogy) and for negenealogy.com (NorthEast Genealogy). These sites have a wealth of genealogy information, but the maps are the most noticeable assets. The sites show maps of every few years in each state's history, including all the census maps through 1930. The maps apparently were created with AniMap and serve as a showcase for that product. If you have ancestors from the southeastern U.S., look at http://www.segenealogy.com. I think you will be impressed. Likewise, those researching northeastern U.S. ancestry will want to look at http://www.negenealogy.com. My thanks to Betty Clay for telling me about these great Web sites. Talk back: offer your comments on this article or ask follow-up questions on the newsletter Discussion Board at http://www.RootsForum.com. Click on "Discussion Board." One of the genealogical resources frequently overlooked is local histories. These books are great resources, often containing detailed information not available elsewhere. The biggest problem usually is in finding these books. Luckily, Laval University and the University of Calgary are solving this problem for many Canadian families by placing these books on the Web. The project is funded by the Canadian taxpayer through the federal government. Quoting from the Web site: Our Roots/Nos Racines provides universal access via the World Wide Web to unique primary and secondary materials concerning the cultural and social heritage of our nation. These local histories have been written by the community, for the community and represent Canada's history as told by the people. Another page on the Web site states: Our Canadian local history consortium is dedicated to providing Canadians and people from all over the world with access to our most important stories. Many local histories reside in private collections or are not easily accessible to the public. Our Roots / Nos Racines is intended to digitally preserve stories and information that might otherwise be lost forever. This online resource presently contains about 1,500 books in the collection, all digitized and full-text searchable. Many people moved between Canada and the US, and to Canada from the UK, so the collection should be of interest to more people than just Canadians. It's so easy to use that it is worth trying, even if you think the odds are slim of finding anything. I went to the site and entered some of my French-Canadian ancestral names. It didn't take long to find "hits." I was soon looking at scanned images of the original books. In my case, most of these books were printed in French. I then tried a couple of other Canadian ancestral names of Scottish origins. I didn't fare so well with these; the names of these farmers apparently were not recorded. However, I quickly found a history book of the small town in which they lived and read a lot (in English) about the area. The books appear on-screen as scanned images of the originals. You are reading the actual words as published in the books, not transcribed copies with added errors. The Web site does not tell how to make copies of these pages, but I found it easy to right-click on the image of a page and then select "Save Picture As…" from the Web browser's menus. Using this method to save a few pages to your hard drive is trivial although I don't think I would save an entire book this way. Our Roots/Nos Racines is a great Canadian genealogy and local history resource with its 1,500 books already online. Best of all, the site is free of charge for everyone. You can access all the resources of Our Roots/Nos Racines at: http://www.ourroots.ca My thanks to John D. Reid for telling me about this resource. Talk back: offer your comments on this article or ask follow-up questions on the newsletter Discussion Board at http://www.RootsForum.com. Click on "Discussion Board." - HeritageQuest Online Remote Access Available to NYG&B Members The following is an announcement from the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society: New York Genealogical & Biographical Society members are now able to access the entire Heritage Quest Online database from their home computers, thanks to our latest agreement with ProQuest. Included in the Heritage Quest Online Genealogy and Local History collection are over 25,000 genealogies, family and local histories, city directories, and compiled vital records. The U.S. Census collection contains every census from 1790 to 1930 with the exception of 1900, which is expected to be available shortly. Records for 1790 – 1810, 1870, 1890, and 1910 are presently fully indexed and searchable (see p. 58, this issue). Additional databases due to be added to the collection include ProQuest’s Newspaper Obituaries; Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files; and Freedman’s Bank Records, among others. A detailed look at this collection can be found at http://www.nygbs.org I will supplement the above announcement by saying that the HeritageQuest Online database is one of genealogy's best-kept secrets. As stated above, it has more than "25,000 genealogies, family and local histories, city directories, and compiled vital records." If any book has ever been written about your family name, chances are that it has been scanned, digitized, and placed online at HeritageQuest Online. Best of all, it is searchable by every word! I have used this database and searched for books on the EASTMAN family. I have been doing genealogy research for years and think I have seen all the books written about my family name. I found every one of those books online at HeritageQuest Online. OK, so maybe you’re thinking that the EASTMAN name has some important associations that caused it to be selected. However, I also searched for several other family names that I am interested in and, again, found that all of the books I have ever seen were also available on HeritageQuest Online. You can read my review of HeritageQuest Online at http://www.rootsforum.com/archives/news0230.htm The problem is in gaining access to this huge collection. It normally is available only to libraries, and not all libraries subscribe to HeritageQuest Online since a subscription is quite expensive. Now, thanks to the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, anyone can join the Society and then access this online database without leaving home. At $60 a year, that fact alone makes a membership in NYG&B very attractive for many people, even if they do not have New York ancestry. Talk back: offer your comments on this article or ask follow-up questions on the newsletter Discussion Board at http://www.RootsForum.com. Click on "Discussion Board." - U.S. National Institute on Genealogical Research Scholarship The following is an announcement from the National Institute on Genealogical Research: DEADLINE 1 MARCH for Scholarship Application The National Institute on Genealogical Research (NIGR) Alumni Association awards the $500 Richard S. Lackey Memorial Scholarship annually for the Institute in Washington DC to be held this year on 13-19 July 2003. This award is given to an experienced researcher holding a paid or volunteer position in the genealogical community and covers tuition, attendance at the Alumni Dinner, and some travel and lodging costs. The application form can be downloaded from the Institute's website: http://natgeninst.genealogy.org. Click on "Scholarships" to learn about the Richard S. Lackey Memorial Scholarship offered by the Institute's Alumni Association and other scholarships. There you can also learn more about the content of the Institute program, which concentrates on federal records. The deadline for receipt of an application for the Lackey Scholarship is Saturday, 1 March 2003. So you have just a few days to get that in the mail. Winner will be notified by 15 March. Talk back: offer your comments on this article or ask follow-up questions on the newsletter Discussion Board at http://www.RootsForum.com. Click on "Discussion Board." This week I had a chance to read a brand-new book: The Family Tree Guide Book published by Family Tree Magazine, a division of F&W Publications, Inc. Like many of the books reviewed in this newsletter, this is a basic "how to research your family tree" book. However, unlike most of the other books I have seen, this one has a very heavy focus on the regional differences in North America. The Family Tree Guidebook starts with a few pages that describe the basics of genealogy research. It tells how to organize genealogy materials, how to fill out pedigree charts, and how to fill out family group sheets. It then briefly mentions the Internet and devotes a few pages to taking "fact-finding trips" to the areas of the U.S. and Canada where your ancestors lived. The remaining 90% or so of the book is filled with detailed and valuable information about finding local genealogy information. The book divides the U.S. into seven regions, with an eighth section of the book devoted to Canada. It covers each region with a text introduction to the area’s history and the basic methods of finding and using its records. The book then provides a state-by-state resource directory with information on Web sites and local Family History Centers as well as listings of archives and libraries. The book also contains 37 "City Guides" that even include recommended places to stay in each city. This book also contains two special-interest sections that address special challenges in North American genealogy: tracing Native American and African-American ancestors. Keep in mind that the Family Tree Guide Book focuses on the United States and Canada. Anyone researching ancestors in other parts of the world will want to look for other similar reference books. The Family Tree Guidebook was written by many authors. The Introduction is by Emily Anne Croom, a well-known and respected genealogy author. Looking through the book, I see sections written by several other well-known genealogy authors, including: Maureen Taylor, Nancy Hendrickson, Jim and Paula Warren, and Sharon Carmack. The Family Tree Guide Book is easy to read, written in a conversational tone. In my mind, this isn't the first book a new genealogist should read. It simply doesn't go deep enough into the basics. However, I'd strongly suggest that the Family Tree Guide Book is an appropriate "second book:" once you know how to get started, this second book will tell you WHERE to look. The Family Tree Guidebook is a 336-page paperback that sells for $19.99. It is available directly from the publisher's Web site at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/store/display.asp?id=70595. I also found it on Barnes and Noble's Web site for $17.99. Talk back: offer your comments on this article or ask follow-up questions on the newsletter Discussion Board at http://www.RootsForum.com. Click on "Discussion Board." - Australian Genealogy Roadshow 2003 The following is an announcement from Gould Genealogy and from Sceya Charts: A First For Australia - Australian Genealogy Roadshow 2003 15 - 29 April 2003 Ready to go and coming your way ... The Australian Genealogy Roadshow 2003, sponsored by Gould Genealogy and SCEYA. 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sponsored by Talk back: offer your comments on this article or ask follow-up questions on the newsletter Discussion Board at http://www.RootsForum.com. Click on "Discussion Board." - GedStar for Palm Now Works with Legacy The following joint announcement comes from the Millennia Corporation and GHCS Software: Software Companies Partner To Integrate Gedstar With Legacy Family Tree Legacy Family Tree is the widely acclaimed and comprehensive genealogy program for the Windows operating system. From world-class merging, search and replace, and spell checking to powerful research logs, reports and sources, Legacy overpowers the competition with an unbeatable feature list and powerful add-on products like GedStar-Plus. GedStar-Plus works directly with Legacy: no GEDCOM file is needed. In addition, GedStar-Plus is fully compatible with any genealogy software that can export data in the standard GEDCOM file format. This includes all known free and commercial products that are currently on the market. The number of people that you can have in your GedStar database is virtually unlimited, as the program works the same for a few hundred or many thousands of individuals. You can store your data in multiple independent databases, and can store databases on insertable memory cards. GedStar gives you several different ways to view your data, notes, and sources. Both color and monochrome devices are supported. The program's screens include:
In addition, GedStar-Plus offers the following versatility:
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Existing GedStar 5 users who are also Legacy users may upgrade their GedStar registration to a GedStar-Plus registration at a special discount price. For more information on these programs or to order a copy, please visit the Millennia and GHCS Software Web sites: Talk back: offer your comments on this article or ask follow-up questions on the newsletter Discussion Board at http://www.RootsForum.com. Click on "Discussion Board." Have you notice that many commercially-produced CD-ROM disks automatically start up and run programs immediately upon being inserted into the CD-ROM drive? That feature is called "autorun." You can easily add this to a genealogy CD-ROM disk that you make at home and distribute to others. In fact, the process is rather simple. This week, Rod Sullivan, author of AncestralAuthor (reviewed here a few weeks ago at http://www.rootsforum.com/archives/news0302.htm ) posted a message on this newsletter's Discussion Board that addresses this topic. Rod says, "I wrote a short tutorial in collaboration with Patricia Geary (who posted earlier on this topic) on how to create an Autorun CD for Windows. It's pretty easy once you get the hang of it. I read the article and loved it. This is a "must read" for anyone thinking of creating genealogy CD-ROM disks. Rod Sullivan and Patricia Geary have created a great tutorial. You can read it at: http://www.AncestralAuthor.com/support/makecd.htm Talk back: offer your comments on this article or ask follow-up questions on the newsletter Discussion Board at http://www.RootsForum.com. Click on "Discussion Board." - More on Florida Genealogists' Battle against Gov. Bush "No man would immigrate into Florida-no, not from Hell itself," declared the Honorable John Randolph of Roanoke in the United States House of Representatives. The newly annexed territory was, he declared, "a land of swamps, of quagmires, of frogs and alligators and mosquitoes." I have written a couple of times recently about Florida Governor Jeb Bush's plan to dismantle the State Library and the Florida Historical Archives. Genealogists are fighting back, with much of the effort coordinated by Pam Cooper, President of the Florida State Genealogical Society. Now the Press Journal of Vero Beach has published several interesting articles about the fight. You can read the articles at: http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/pj_local_news/article/0,1651,TCP_1121_1754952,00.html, http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/pj_local_news/article/0,1651,TCP_1121_1757547,00.html and at http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/pj_local_news/article/0,1651,TCP_1121_1757355,00.html The St. Petersburg Times has also written about Bush's plans to cut back vital library and genealogy services. The paper also notes that Bush's budget provides for a new lounge for lawmakers' families and a new private legislative bathroom. The Times article insinuates that Bush believes these items are more important than preserving state history. You can read the Times' article at: http://www.sptimes.com/2003/02/17/Opinion/Dismantling_state_lib.shtml Talk back: offer your comments on this article or ask follow-up questions on the newsletter Discussion Board at http://www.RootsForum.com. Click on "Discussion Board." - Jacqueline Runnels Espy, R.I.P. Jacqueline Runnels Espy, 84, one of the founders of the San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society, died in her sleep last Saturday. Espy was one of five women who founded the society in 1959. Today the society has nearly 500 members, and its library at 401 Isom Road has more than 15,000 books and periodicals, plus data on CD-ROM. Born in Texarkana, Espy attended high schools in Tyler, Taylor, and Electra. She obtained a degree in history from the University of Texas at Austin. She developed a passion for history and genealogy when she was still a young girl, according to her daughter, Melissa "Missy" Espy, of San Antonio. "She already knew most things about how our family went back to Jamestown and how one of her ancestors was the only man to defeat Sam Houston," Missy said. You can read her obituary at: http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=952217 Talk back: offer your comments on this article or ask follow-up questions on the newsletter Discussion Board at http://www.RootsForum.com. Click on "Discussion Board." - (+) Host Your Own Web Pages – Part #1 This is a Plus Edition-only article and is available only to subscribers to the Plus Edition of this newsletter. To learn how to subscribe to the Plus Edition, go to http://www.RootsForum.com/plus - (+) New Genealogy Chat Room This is a Plus Edition-only article and is available only to subscribers to the Plus Edition of this newsletter. To learn how to subscribe to the Plus Edition, go to http://www.RootsForum.com/plus - Genealogy News on FamilyHistoryRadio.com I am pleased to announce that a new edition of "Genealogy News and Technology with Dick Eastman" is now available on FamilyHistoryRadio.com. The latest broadcast features the threat to genealogy research in the state of Florida, as well as a description of a new Windows genealogy program. I also talk a bit about the archeological excavations in Jamestown, Virginia. My broadcast is featured alongside the Karen Clifford Show. In the newest broadcast, Karen Clifford and Steve Jensen together learn how to get a little 'luck of the Irish' in their genealogy work as they talk with Irish research specialist Judy White. They also describe how you can show your legacy to your posterity with a multimedia production. The thing that intrigues me about these Internet "radio shows" is that they are available at any time, anywhere in the world. All you need is a Windows computer with a sound board and loudspeakers, plus an Internet connection. You don't even need a high-speed connection as the broadcasts work well on dial-up connections. To listen to "Genealogy News and Technology with Dick Eastman" or to the "Karen Clifford Show," go to http://www.FamilyHistoryRadio.com Talk back: offer your comments on this article or ask follow-up questions on the newsletter Discussion Board at http://www.RootsForum.com. Click on "Discussion Board." - Curators Turning to Online Excavation Museums collect all sorts of items and constantly look for new artifacts and items that will interest their visitors. Most museums devoted to local history are always looking for everything from clothes to furniture and even love letters written by past residents. So where do museum curators find all these items? According to a recent news story, many of them now surf the net to find these items. Number one on the list of places to search is eBay. You can read CNN's recent article about online museum acquisitions at: http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/02/19/online.excavation.ap/index.html Talk back: offer your comments on this article or ask follow-up questions on the newsletter Discussion Board at http://www.RootsForum.com. Click on "Discussion Board." Do you have Scottish ancestry? If so, you may want to learn about the ethnic foods of your heritage. No discussion of Scottish cooking is complete without mention of haggis. Haggis seems to be popular in America only on St. Andrews Day, at Scottish Clan Society functions and at Scottish Festivals. It also is the featured dish on Robert Burns Night, a celebration held in honor of the great Scottish poet, Robert Burns, which takes place on his birthday, January 25th. Burns wrote "Address to a Haggis," probably the best-known homage to this unusual food. I have a wee bit of Scottish ancestry but had my first taste of haggis this past January 25th. It is an experience to… uh… be "remembered." For those not familiar with haggis, it is regarded as the national dish of Scotland. Haggis is a sausage-like dish of meat mixed with oatmeal, onions, and spices, and traditionally stuffed into a casing. The meat, usually mutton, although occasionally beef, is basically ground innards, and the casing is the stomach of a sheep. The thrifty Scots of old made sure that nothing went to waste on an animal. This meant that haggis usually consisted of kidneys, liver, heart, and other internal organs, including the lungs. A further description of the preparation of haggis will leave the average American without an appetite, so I'll skip the details. However, Jim Walters of Lewisville, Texas, can supply haggis to those who do not wish to prepare it themselves. Mr. Walters is a Southerner of Scottish descent who is proud of his ancestry. Walters has researched his family history, attended many Highland games festivals, and even has made trips to Scotland. In fact, it was in 1989 while on his first trip to Scotland that Mr. Walters had his first taste of haggis and discovered that, despite its negative reputation in America, the taste was quite extraordinary. Thinking that haggis had gotten a raw deal concerning its reputation in the U.S., in true American style Walters saw an entrepreneurial opportunity and decided to start his own business offering haggis. As you might expect of an American product, Walters' haggis can be purchased in the can (for those who wish to skip having their food stuffed into the stomach of some dead animal). While Walters may be of Scottish descent, as a Texan he isn't necessarily that interested in mutton. In Texas, beef is king. Jim Walters decided to make his haggis using beef. Breaking with Scottish tradition, Walters decided to skip the left over parts of a cow and use better cuts of beef for his haggis, specifically USDA Choice Sirloin beef and beef liver. Walters' haggis has taken off in Scottish circles in America and has even gotten some rave reviews. Late last year, Scotland Magazine held a contest to compare some of the finest haggis produced in Scotland. Since almost half of the subscribers to their on-line version of the magazine were in America, they decided to include an American haggis in their competition, and Jim Walters' Caledonian Kitchen haggis was selected for the American entry. Jim Walters' canned haggis had to compete against "home grown" entries that were fresh in the casing for judging. Competing against some of the biggest establishment names for making haggis in Scotland, including McSweens, McKeans and Crombie's, Walters' Caledonian Kitchen haggis finished a respectable fifth. Jim Walters' Caledonian Kitchen offers a variety of order sizes for his canned haggis, as well as a 'presentation haggis,' which, as you might guess, is properly stuffed into a 'casing' for those Burns Night celebrations. The presentation haggis weighs eight to ten pounds and costs $75.00. However, you can sample this delicacy in a much smaller package for only $8.99. To order Jim Walters' Caledonian Kitchen haggis, or to learn more about this dish, visit http://www.caledoniankitchen.com Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, (The full "Address to a Haggis," including a translation to modern-day English and much more, is available at http://www.robertburnsfederation.co.uk/ Talk back: offer your comments on this article or ask follow-up questions on the newsletter Discussion Board at http://www.RootsForum.com. Click on "Discussion Board." The "Home Pages Highlighted" section consists of new genealogy-related home pages that you, the readers of this newsletter, nominate for publication in this newsletter. While anyone may nominate any genealogy-related home page, the process seems to work best when the webmaster for a home page nominates his or her own work. You are invited to enter your nomination online at http://www.rootsforum.com. The following is a list of some of the genealogy-related World Wide Web home pages that have recently been listed by newsletter readers at http://www.rootsforum.com: Genealogy & History Library Links to domestic, international, surname, cemetery, railroad, Native American resources et al. and place to post queries and discussion. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genealogylinks/ Ancestor Charts – a commercial service that prints giant-size (32"X60") prints of your 6 generation pedigree charts including photos. Just send your completed GEDCOM file. http://www.smartnouveau.com/jbplace/Genealogy.html The Zadrozny Surname Research Center: Bringing together those interested in the Zadrozny surname from around the world. The online database includes 2000+ individuals. http://www.geocities.com/zadroznysrc Irish-Canadian-American Boyds - Searching for origins of David, Robert, and James Boyd, born County Armagh, Northern Ireland, settled near Toronto, Ontario around 1825. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lboyd/ Terrys from Georgia, the Philises from Cyprus, the Unruhs from Antanofka, Russian Poland, and the Longs from San Francisco: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Etroy/ Charles Lee and his descendants – a Romany Gypsy family starting at Charles Lee who married a Smith. This is a genealogy challenge! http://www.wanbridge.net/leetree To submit your genealogy page to this newsletter, enter the necessary information at: http://www.rootsforum.com, click on "add your genealogy Web page to this list." Due to the volume of new Web pages submitted, I am not able to list all of them in the newsletter. The PR Budget for this newsletter is $0.00. I rely upon "word of mouse" advertising in which you recommend this newsletter to your friends. This newsletter is a private project of mine, and I have a zero budget for a publicity campaign to get more readers. In each issue, I try to offer you useful, interesting and sometimes amusing information to help you with your genealogy efforts. Can you take a minute to help me out in return? If you think this newsletter is a worthwhile read, please tell your friends. Better yet, suggest they can read the Standard Edition or subscribe to the Plus Edition at http://www.RootsForum.com. Thanks. 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