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From: MRS DARLENE V GLEASON <>
Subject: Fwd: Internet Message
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 01:26:01, -0500

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Dear Hamricks, I got a kick out of the differences between Americans,
Aussies, Brits and Canadians.
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> Date: Friday, 07-Mar-97 03:53 PM
>
> From: Owner-genealogyne \ PRODIGY: (owner-genealogynews)
> To: Darlene V. Gleason \ PRODIGY: (VTPF33A)
>
> Subject: Internet Message
>
> Missing Links, Vol. 2, No. 10

> MISSING LINKS: A Weekly Newsletter for Genealogists
> Vol. 2, No. 10, 7 March 1997
> (C) 1997 by Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley
>
> Editor at Fault: Julia M. Case
> Contributing Cyber Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, C.G.
>*****************************************************************

> VIRUS ALERT: If you use Microsoft Word version 6.x or 7.x on a Windows
or
> Macintosh platform, you should inform yourself about the macro virus
> ShareFun.A. Visit the McAfee Virus Info Library at:
> http://www.mcafee.com/support/techdocs/vinfo/v3333.html
>
> *****************************************************************
>
> INTERNET EXPLORER USERS ALERT: Please visit the Microsoft Security
Information
> and Code Updates web site at: http://www.microsoft.
com/ie/security/update.htm
> to download the Code Fix for the Internet Explorer 3.0/3.0l security
breach.
> The security breach also affects all Internet Explorer 2.0 browsers.
If you are
> running Internet Explorer 2.0, you will need to upgrade to Internet
Explorer
> 3.01 before you can download the security fix. Options are also
available at
> this site for international users, Windows NT DEC Alpha, PowerPC, and
MIPS
> users, and AOL users.
>
> *****************************************************************
>
> ARKANSAS LINKS: "Ancestral Avenues: A Guide to Your Past," is a
booklet that
> contains pedigree chart and family group sheet forms as well as
information
> about Arkansas records and repositories with information about
genealogical
> materials listed under each county. It is very nicely done and you can
receive
> a FREE copy by writing to: Ancestors, AETN, P.O. Box 1250, Conway, AR
72033.
>
> *****************************************************************
>
> WEB LINKS:
>
> If you are looking for living kin or old friends in the USA, you
> might try searching for listings at these three web sites:
> http://www.switchboard.com
> http://www.infospace.com
> http://phone.yahoo.com
>
> You can do your own FREE search of the Social Security Death Index
(SSDI) at:
> http://www.ancestry.com
>
> For Greek Genealogy visit: http://pages.prodigy.com/CCHZ53A/
>
> Matthew and April Helm of Helm's Genealogy Toolbox are the editors and
owners
> of the "Journal of Online Genealogy" which you'll find at:
> http://www.onlinegenealogy.com
>
> *****************************************************************
>
> WELDING LINKS:
>
> By Myra Vanderpool Gormley, C.G.
>
> Genealogy Quiz Time
>
> Test your expertise in genealogical and historical matters by
taking this
> test. Answers appear at the end of this issue.
>
> 1. A hogshead was a large cask, often used by Virginia ancestors
to ship
> tobacco in. What was its approximate liquid measure?
>
> 2. If you find your ancestor serving as overseer on the road "in
the room
> of" John Smith, what does that mean?
>
> 3. The Potato Famine, when so many of our Irish ancestors came to
America,
> was a period of great economic distress. What was the 10-year period
when most
> of them immigrated?
>
> 4. You may have ancestors who died during calenture epidemics in
New York
> in 1668, in Boston in 1691, or in Charleston, South Carolina in 1699.
What
> were these outbreaks more commonly known as?
>
> 5. Who were the Orangemen? a. New York Dutch settlers society? b.
New
> Jersey regiment that fought with General Washington? or c. secret
society of
> Protestants of Northern Ireland.
>
> 6. In the old days Scots celebrated hogmanay on March 24. When
does it
> take place now? a. Easter Sunday? b. December 31? or c. April 1?
>
> 7. When writing overseas, it is appropriate to include two or
three IRCs
> along with a self-addressed envelope. What are IRCs and where do you
get them?
>
> 8. If your ancestors were Ulster Scots or Scotch-Irish, when did
they most
> likely come to America?
>
> 9. The scarcity of this cooking ingredient in early Pennsylvania
led to
> the use of corn cobs burned to ashes as a substitute. What was it? a.
salt? b.
> sage? or c. saleratus (sodium bicarbonate)?
>
> 10. What is the most important feature your genealogy software
should
> have? a. html ability? b. GEDCOM? or c. multimedia capability?
>
> *****************************************************************
>
> SUCCESSFUL LINKS:
>
> By: Doris Slaughter ()
>
> I was born a coal miner's daughter in Wyoming County, West Virginia.
When I
> left home in 1956 after graduating from high school I knew very little
about my
> ancestors. My paternal grandmother died when Dad was about five years
old and
> my paternal grandfather died when I was about six years old. When Dad
got Black
> Lung disease in the early 1960s, my parents moved to Florida so all
family ties
> were broken.
>
> When we moved to my husband's home town in 1974, I had three teenagers
and a
> mother-in-law, Jesse Slaughter. Jesse was full of family stories and
one of the
> first things she told me was that both of my husband's families went
back to
> the 1850s in Marshall County, Kentucky. One day she said, "Now I have
someone
> with an education to put together my family." She infected me and my
daughter
> with the genealogy bug. I got my on-the-job training working on my
husband's
> ancestors, but always thought I had no chance of putting together my
side of
> the pedigree chart.
>
> About 1990, with my daughter's encouragement, I started working on my
West
> Virginia ancestors, which seemed to be an impossible job because my
parents and
> both sets of grandparents were gone, my home had burned so there were
no notes
> or papers, and all my research would have to be done long distance.
Only two
> things were in my favor: I knew where to look for my roots and my
ancestors
> hadn't moved for almost 150 years.
>
> I started by putting an advertisement in the local county paper, "The
Mullens
> Advocate." I had only two responses, but both opened doors for my
research. The
> first response was from Lizzy, who welcomed me like a long lost
relative with
> an invitation to her family reunion, even though we weren't even sure
we were
> kin. The trip to this reunion set the stage for me to meet more
cousins.
>
> The reunion was on July 4th weekend and I was having trouble finding a
room
> when a clerk at the motel where I spent Thursday night gave me the
phone number
> of a motel which was too new to be listed. I spent Friday night there
and went
> to the lobby for breakfast the next morning. It was crowded and a man
asked to
> sit in the empty chair at my table. He was a member of a railroad crew
staying
> there the night. Our talk got around to my family research. When he
heard the
> surnames Shrewsbury and Graham he said, "My buddy's name is Shrewsbury
and his
> mother was a Graham." His buddy was my cousin. This chance meeting
opened the
> door to numerous opportunities for information.
>
> Velda was the only other person to answer my newspaper advertisement.
She is my
> cousin on all four of my family lines; Shrewsbury, Graham, Howerton,
and
> McKinney. We even went to the same school, but we had never connected
before.
>
> While researching published books about the areas where our ancestors
lived I
> became aware of Netti Schreiner-Yantis's work. When I sent book orders
to her
> together with my requests for information about certain surnames, she
realized
> I was working on the same families she had worked on almost thirty
years
> earlier and offered to mail to me the information she had collected.
Of course,
> I said yes and a big thank you.
>
> There has been a lot of work, many trips, and much time spent putting
the
> pieces of the puzzle together, but my daughter, Elizabeth Ann,
encouraged and
> supported me by spending hours on the phone listening to the details
of what I
> found or the problems I encountered in searching for our ancestors.
>
> Many things have aided my research, but the local Family History
Center was the
> biggest help because it cut down on my trips. The Family History
Library in
> Salt Lake City, Utah has microfilmed the court records of many
counties so I
> order the film of the West Virginia counties I need. A visit to my
local
> library a few miles from my home is just like a visit to the courts in
West
> Virginia. I have made contact with many cousins over the years and
have been
> given dates and maiden names, but I always verify the information
with court
> records when possible.
>
> I have compiled more than 360 pages of information and my goal is to
publish a
> book called "Pioneers of West Virginia with Schrewsbury, Graham,
Howerton,
> McKinney and Allied Families." These families were pioneers of Wyoming
, Raleigh
> and Mercer counties.
>
> *****************************************************************
>
> MORE SUCCESSFUL LINKS: Anjanette Lofgren () reminds
us how
> helpful computer bulletin boards can be.
> * * *
> In June of 1995 I was talking to a Prodigy friend of mine on the
phone. She
> told me that Prodigy had a genealogy bulletin board to post our
inquiries on. I
> was so excited. I couldn't wait to get online and start posting.
>
> I posted several notes on different surnames. I was very happy to
receive a
> response to my Davis/Maxson note from David Heiden. He has helped me
so much on
> this line!
>
> A few days later, I received a response from another distant cousin,
Darrell
> Stone. He was also a gold mine. He introduced me to several other
distant
> cousins and I have been able to add a lot of information to my Stone
line.
>
> Also because of the bulletin board a distant Stone cousin sent me
copies of
> letters that have been passed down for generations. My ancestor's
brothers
> wrote them. They have a special meaning to me.
>
> I could go on and on about all the distant cousins I have found on the
> Genealogy BB. This board has been one of the best things that has
happened to
> my genealogy research.
>
> I now know more about my dad's side of the family than he does. Doing
genealogy
> is the only way (IMHO) that we can really get to know our ancestors
and have an
> appreciation for where we came from.
>
> *****************************************************************
>
> CULTURAL DIFFERENCES EXPLAINED (Humor): This came to us from Roger
Dedrick
> () by way of Albert R. George ().
>
> Aussies: Dislike being mistaken for Pommies (Brits) when abroad.
> Canadians: Are rather indignant about being mistaken for
> Americans when abroad.
> Americans: Encourage being mistaken for Canadians when abroad.
> Brits: Can't possibly be mistaken for anyone else when abroad.
>
> Aussies: Believe you should look out for your mates.
> Brits: Believe that you should look out for those people who
> belong to your club.
> Americans: Believe that people should look out for themselves.
> Canadians: Believe that that's the government's job.
>
> Aussies: Are extremely patriotic to their beer. Americans: Are flag-
waving,
> anthem-singing, and obsessively
> patriotic to the point of blindness.
> Canadians: Can't agree on the words to their anthem, when they
> can be bothered to sing them.
> Brits: Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to
> perform the anthem.
>
> Americans: Spend most of their lives glued to the idiot box. Canadians
: Don't,
> but only because they can't get more American
> channels.
> Brits: Pay a tax just so they can watch four channels.
> Aussies: Export all their wretched programs, which no-one there
> watches, to Britain, where everybody loves them.
>
> Americans: Will jabber on incessantly about football, baseball,
> and basketball.
> Brits: Will jabber on incessantly about cricket, soccer, and
> rugby.
> Canadians: Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey,
> hockey, and how they beat the Americans twice playing baseball.
Aussies: Will
> jabber on incessantly about how they beat the Poms
> in every sport they play them in.
>
> Brits: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on >
an island.
> Aussies: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an
island.
> Americans: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & >
liquor in a backwards country.
> Canadians: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & >
liquor in a backwards country.
>
> Americans: Seem to think that poverty & failure are morally
> suspect.
> Canadians: Seem to believe that wealth and success are morally >
suspect.
> Brits: Seem to believe that wealth, poverty, success and failure
> are inherited things.
> Aussies: Seem to think that none of this matters after several
> beers.
>
> *****************************************************************
>> CALL FOR PAPERS: Everyone has a story. We can all learn from each
other and
> we'd all like to read yours. Please submit your best tale of
genealogical
> research for consideration for publication in Missing Links by e-mail
to
>
>
> *****************************************************************
>
> ANSWERS TO QUIZ:
>
> 1. 63 gallons
> 2. "in place of" or "instead of"
> 3. 1845-55
> 4. yellow fever
> 5. c. secret society of Protestants of Northern Ireland.
> 6. b. December 31
> 7. International Reply Coupons are used to exchange for stamps
in other
> countries. They can be purchased at full-service post offices for
about $1
> each.
> 8. 1715-1775.
> 9. c. saleratus (sodium bicarbonate).
> 10. b. GEDCOM (Genealogical Data COMmunication), which takes data
from one
> program and puts into a standard format that another can read and
accept.
>
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