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RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine
Vol. 5, No. 40, 2 October 2002, Circulation: 1,055,646+
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Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist
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In This Issue:
1. News and Notes. (1a. Bugbear on the Loose;
1b. Making the Most of Mailing Lists; 1c. Quick Tip)
2. Connecting through RootsWeb: "Three-year Wait Worthwhile"
3. New User-contributed Databases
4. New Webpages at RootsWeb
5. New RootsWeb Mailing Lists
6. New FreePages and HomePages (personal webpages at RootsWeb)
7. RootsWeb Review's Bottomless Mailbag: "To Err Is Human," "Little
White Lies," "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
8. Ancestry.com News: 1930 U.S. Census Images Posted
9. Humor: "Take My Husband . . . Please!"
10. RWR Reprint and Submissions Guidelines; Archives; Instructions
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1. News and Notes:
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1a. Be Careful Out There. The Bugbear is no teddy bear. It is an e-mail
worm containing backdoor components that can allow an infected system to
be remotely compromised; it also includes the ability to kill antivirus
and firewall software, leaving infected systems wide open to further
attacks and lulling you into a false sense of security thinking your
system is virus-free. Genealogists have much more interesting things to
do than deal with an Internet worm with a Trojan horse, but such is life
online.
Bugbear, which hit Great Britain and Australia users first on Monday,
September 30, according to news reports, is also known as Tanatos. It
arrives via e-mail with no distinct characteristics except that the
attached file is always 50,688 bytes long. The subject line and text are
stolen from existing e-mail it finds on an infected machine. Many
RootsWeb users are expressing concerns about this latest varmint because
unless you pay extra-careful attention you might think an e-mail with
the attached Bugbear worm is coming from a trusted genealogy friend,
family member, or from your favorite Mailing List.
RootsWeb's Mailing Lists do not allow any attachments, but that doesn't
mean you won't receive something that will fool you into thinking the
message is from a RootsWeb Mailing List. This is one clever worm. There
are confirmed reports of Bugbear even forging some prepends commonly
used on many of our Mailing Lists. If you receive e-mail with an
attachment that appears to be from say [SURNAME-L] and you are not
subscribed to that Mailing List, that is a good indication that it is a
message with the Bugbear worm attached. Even if you are subscribed to a
certain list and there is an attachment, do not open it.
Many of us are still fighting off the Klez worm, which steals and forges
our e-mail addresses and subject lines, and now along comes Bugbear and
the Opaserv worms. The latter is a network worm that was discovered
September 30 also.
Are you at risk? You certainly are if you are a Windows user, and
especially if you use Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or 5.5 browsers
and have not applied the patch found in MS01-020.
[Note: Copy and paste carefully; this is a 2-line URL:]
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MS01-020.asp?frame=true
According to CNET News.com, a flaw in MIME (the multipurpose Internet
mail extensions) lets a malicious program attached to an e-mail message
execute (start) when the text of the message appears in Outlook or
Outlook Express (popular e-mail applications). The software problem was
patched by Microsoft almost 18 months ago, but it is obvious that many
genealogists have not updated their computers. Don't know what version
of Microsoft Internet Explorer you have? Launch the browser, click on
the Help menu and select About Internet Explorer to find out.
To prevent infection, Windows users be sure your system is current:
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and everyone should update their antivirus software and refrain from
opening any attachment unless the sender confirms that he or she sent
it to you. The major antivirus (AV) software companies have updated
their files to include protection from Bugbear -- but you need to be
sure your AV is up-to-date. Moreover, don't rely exclusively on your AV
to protect you from every virus or worm that comes along.
If you use Outlook or Outlook Express for your e-mail application, be
sure to set your VIEW options to show attachments. In Outlook Express
make sure that the Preview Pane option is off. In Outlook, under VIEW,
turn off the Auto Review and the Preview Pane. Some e-mail clients treat
Mailing List digests as separate attachments, but those will always have
the Mailing List digest request address as the FROM address and they
will have the digest volume and number in the subject line. However, be
wary, if attachment is exactly 50,688 bytes, it probably is the Bugbear.
For additional tips and links, please see: Virus, Trojans, Worms:
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E-mail headers: http://207.68.164.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah=2485073c456c179cbd5239808042a6ab&lat=1033827512&hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fhelpdesk%2erootsweb%2ecom%2flistadmins%2fheadersfull%2ehtml
1b. Making the Most of Mailing Lists. Once you subscribe to any RootsWeb
Mailing List you will begin receiving all messages that are posted to
it. Lurking -- a geek term meaning reading messages without taking
part in the discussion -- is recommended until you get a feel for how
the Mailing List is managed. Each list has its own rules or guidelines
set by the list administrator within the bounds of the RootsWeb AUP
(Acceptable Use Policy) and an atmosphere resulting from the interests
of the list members and administrator. Any special rules will usually be
explained by the administrator in the Welcome message that you receive
immediately after joining and in revolving taglines added to the list
messages or via periodic administrative notices.
Most RootsWeb Mailing Lists are publicly archived in both a threaded/
browseable and a searchable format. Browse through the threaded list
archive to discover what discussions have taken place recently.
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If you join a Mailing List in an attempt to get an answer to a specific
question or to learn about a particular ancestor, it would be wise to
check the searchable list archive first to determine whether the
question has been answered in the past or whether your ancestor has
previously been discussed.
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Once you have done this homework, you are ready to type up an e-mail
message and post a query. Plan it with the subject matter of the Mailing
List in mind -- always mention how your query pertains to the subject of
the list whether that be a surname, geographic area, or a genealogical
research topic.
Your query should include what you already know. Remember to specify
what information you seek. Always include the name of the individual or
family of interest, along with some dates or at least some sort of time
frame, and the location where the individual(s) lived or where certain
events took place. Be as concise as possible, but include all pertinent
information. Keep in mind that Mailing Lists have subscribers around the
world -- don't assume that everything is U.S.-connected or that others
will understand your abbreviations. Leave no doubt, spell it out.
Review the text of your query, then enter a meaningful description
in the subject field of your e-mail message. Good examples:
--"James Jones and Sarah Jackson, seek marriage record ca 1885"
--"Need 1880 census lookup for John Barton"
--"Bradshaw surname in Brisbane"
When your message text and subject are complete, address your e-mail to
the Mailing List address (regardless of whether you are subscribed in
list or digest mode) and send it. For instance, if you are sending the
message to the SMITH surname list, address your message to
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If, instead of writing a new query, you wish to reply to a message that
has been posted by another list member -- select either the REPLY or
REPLY ALL option before creating the text of your response. Pay close
attention to which address(es) are displayed in the SEND TO box of your
e-mail. Some Mailing Lists are set by the administrator to reply to the
sender only, while others are set to reply to the entire list.
If a Mailing List is set to reply to the sender hitting REPLY will send
the response *only* to the poster, while hitting REPLY ALL will send a
copy of your reply to both the poster and the entire list.
However, if the Mailing List is set to reply to the list, hitting REPLY
will send the response the list. If an administrator has a list set to
reply to the list, and an individual list member has his e-mail program
set to include a specific REPLY TO address, SmartList (RootsWeb Mailing
List software) will not override that setting and, in that instance,
hitting REPLY will send your reply only to the individual. That's why it
is important to be certain that the address(es) to which you wish to
send the message are the ones displayed in the SEND TO box of your
outgoing e-mail -- before hitting SEND.
When replying to a previous list message or digest copy/quote only the
short pertinent part(s) of the message to which you are replying. Never
quote an entire message in your reply. Be sure that your e-mail
application is not set to automatically copy and send back an entire
message or digest. If you are replying in a thread and the subject
changes, don't forget to change the subject line. Also, if you are
replying to a digest message, remember to change the subject to reflect
the actual message you are addressing instead of leaving the digest
number as the subject.
1c. Quick Tips from RootsWeb Review Readers: Avoiding Frustration
Thanks to: Chris Hannan http://sea2fd.sea2.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?curmbox=F000000001&a=5344a0e6bce8290ffc8935e2c954324e&mailto=1&to=channan@bigpond.com&msg=MSG1033790820.240&start=1139580&len=33070&src=&type=x
The frustration experienced when doing searches on family surnames that
relate to other subjects can be minimised by placing the family surname
followed by the word family in quotation marks, e.g. "Day family" or
"White family." Doing a search in this way filters out many unwanted
variations. I also recommend using the Dogpile search engine as it does
a search on many search engines, not just the one.
[Editor's Note: Learn more about meta-search engines and discover other
Web search techniques at: http://207.68.164.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah=d6cef0cdb0bb07b5b565ef866c0cbe41&lat=1033827512&hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fcyndislist%2ecom%2fsearch%2ehtm ]
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2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories.
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Three-year Wait Worthwhile
By Roxann "Roxy" Brown http://sea2fd.sea2.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?curmbox=F000000001&a=5344a0e6bce8290ffc8935e2c954324e&mailto=1&to=seeker831@yahoo.com&msg=MSG1033790820.240&start=1139580&len=33070&src=&type=x
On 7 March 1999 I posted this message:
Alfred HARDT b. 8 May 1884, d. 8 January 1959, m. Annie JAEGER,
b. 8 June 1893, d.15/22,July 1968. Both are buried in Westside Cemetery,
Yorktown, De Witt County, Texas. I have no info on any of Alfred's
ancestors, but Annie was the daughter of Rudolph JAEGER b. Berlin
Germany (no dates known) who married Emma VOGT (no info).
Annie was born in Germany and came over with her parents as a child, I
am told they came through Old Indianola [Editor's note: Indianola or
Karlshaven is now a Texas ghost town, but was once a thriving port that
was founded by German immigrants in 1844. It was battered by hurricanes
in 1875 and 1886] and that her brother Paul learned to walk on the ship.
Also her brother Willie made the trip with them. Any info will be
helpful
Three years (and many e- mails) later I received a reply from the
granddaughter of my great-grandmother's brother. That landed me a
picture
of my immigrant great-grandparents -- Rudolph and Ema (VOGT) JAEGER.
What a great thing to have! Not to mention having someone to share the
research questions with. Thanks, RootsWeb.
3. New User-Contributed Databases at Rootsweb
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Who Has the Data? Does your state, province, county, parish, church, old
military unit or alma mater have material available that you think
would be of interest to genealogists and historians? Do you have any
compiled lists of names or databases -- other than your personal family
tree (genealogies can be posted at WorldConnect:
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that you think would be of value and interest to others? In most cases,
RootsWeb would be proud to host them.
Please see the guidelines, tutorial and examples of data formats for
user-contributed data:
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Use this submission form:
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RootsWeb thanks the individuals and groups who contribute their material
to share with the worldwide genealogical community. See the full list of
contributors at:
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The following new user-contributed databases have come online recently
(these are name searchable, but they are not browseable):
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U.S.A. Military Records: 82nd Army Airborne, Company C, Class 47,
Student Officers; 44 records; Joyce M. Collins
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U.S.A. Military Records: 82nd Army Airborne, Company C, Class 47,
Enlisted Men; 55 records; Joyce M. Collins
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ILLINOIS. Will County. Class of 1954, Joliet Township High School,
Joliet, Illinois; 489 records; Meredith Campbell-Risen
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INDIANA. Benton County. Boswell High School, 1901-1910
76 records; Cheryl Moore
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INDIANA. Jennings County. 1930 Census--Lovett Township
547 records; Heather Stafford
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MICHIGAN. Van Buren County. Hartford High School Graduates
5,100 records; Emma Thornburg Sefcik
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MICHIGAN. Wayne County. Class of 1945, St. Theresa High School,
Detroit; 97 records; Don Parsons
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NEBRASKA. Custer County. Arnold High School, Graduating Classes
of 1929 and 1930; 63 records; Judy Weems
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NEW YORK. Suffolk County. Stirling Cemetery, Greenport; 1757-present
3,631 records; Kathy Richter
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OHIO. Greene County. Selected marriages (mostly WILSON and MILLER
surnames), 1804-1869; 836 records; David G. Miller
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4. New Webpages at Rootsweb
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To request a free Web account: http://207.68.164.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah=1118b9bfbaefa748e177b474e0d5bb55&lat=1033827512&hm___action=http%3a%2f%2faccounts%2erootsweb%2ecom%2f
Some of these might not yet be accessible. If one that interests
you isn't up yet, please check again in a few days or next week.
http://207.68.164.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah=59e551c98434916baa5d28c732df5cc6&lat=1033827512&hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2erootsweb%2ecom%2f%7e [accountname] Note that the ~[tilde]
before the Web account name is required. Example: The Lamar County,
Mississippi page can be found by going to:
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U.S.A.
alescamb -- Escambia County, Alabama
allawren -- Lawrence County, Alabama
cablvasa -- Baltic Lodge No. 689, Vasa Order of America (California)
gataylo2 -- Taylor County, Georgia
idvalley -- Valley County, Idaho
kylewis2 -- Lewis County, Kentucky
mewgs -- Wassebec Genealogical Society (Maine)
mslamar -- Lamar County, Mississippi
txafwsar -- Ambassador Fletcher Warren Chapter of the Texas Society
Sons of the American Revolution
vtlamoi2 -- Lamoille County, Vermont
vtcjohns -- Johnson (Lamoille County), Vermont
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5. New Mailing Lists at RootsWeb
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For more information and an index to the more than 25,500 RootsWeb-
hosted genealogy Mailing Lists and easy subscribing options, go to:
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To request a new Mailing List: http://207.68.164.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah=83dbd88521ebdcf80a482c7cc1bf1171&lat=1033827512&hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fresources%2erootsweb%2ecom%2fadopt%2f
To subscribe or unsubscribe to/from any RootsWeb-hosted Mailing List,
send a plain text (not HTML) e-mail message with only the word
SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) in the message body and the subject line to:
[name of list]-L-request@rootsweb.com (for mail mode) or to:
[name of list]-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode)
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NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS
ABLETT
BOHRER
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CECORD, CHAFFEY, CHAMARD, CHIONO, CLADE
DANCOSSE
EBBOTT, ELLINGSWORTH
FERRETT
GEISE, GEISS, GOODHEART, GRAAP
LIDGARD
LOVE-AUS -- The LOVE surname in Australia
MACCORMACK, MAUGHAM, MIKAT, MOUNTNEY
RATHMANN, RIOU, RIOUX, ROSMARIN
STRUTTON
TATLEY, TENA
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GRISWOLD. The Family of Delanson M. GRISWOLD of Ashtabula County, Ohio.
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7. From Rootsweb Review's Bottomless Mailbag
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To Err Is Human . . .
Alex Dow’s comments recently in RootsWeb Review on "Eyeing Dates
Suspiciously" really raised my eyebrows. I was researching my
grandmother Bridget O’NEIL’s family in the parish records of St. Rose of
Lima, Alder Brook, Franklin County, New York. I had found the baptismal
records for her and all of her siblings, children of Patrick and Ellen
O'NEIL, with the exception of her only sister, Nora (nee Hanorah).
There was another O’NEIL entry in the baptism records that I didn’t
recognize and skipped over it. Months later, I went over the records
again and decided to check the date of the unknown entry against the
dates of all the other known O’NEILs.
The entry was for a Homer O’NEIL whose parents were Peter and Helen
O'NEIL, but the date was correct for month and year of birth for Nora.
It was really her. The only plausible reason for this error was that the
good father had a little too much wine before entering the names into
the record. In this instance case it wasn't the date that was
suspicious, just everything else.
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Springfield, Georgia, USA
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Little White Lies
In Ireland, the parents are responsible for registering the birth dates
of their children. This was the case in the 1880s and I think that it
is the same nowadays.
My great-aunt was baptized on 30th of January 1883. Her birth
registration shows that she was born of 27th of February, 1883. She was
baptized a month before she was born? In those days, many of the people
who lived in the country had only one method of getting to the town to
have their child's birth registered. They had to walk. Since there is a
substantial fine for not registering within 30 days, they simply lied
about the birth date.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
In re "Spreading Errors" in RootsWeb Review last week, I believe there
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right, or given the city and state.
However, if only verified information was put up on the Web, the amount
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I also do not copy GEDCOMs blindly into my data, I will retype much
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9. Humor: "Take My Husband ... Please!"
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Thanks to: Jim Liptrap, Spring, Texas, USA http://sea2fd.sea2.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?curmbox=F000000001&a=5344a0e6bce8290ffc8935e2c954324e&mailto=1&to=jliptrap@dcnet2000.com&msg=MSG1033790820.240&start=1139580&len=33070&src=&type=x
>From "The Brandon Republican and Eastern Advocate," of Brandon,
Mississippi, Volume 1, Number 39, December 29, 1837
NOTICE TO YOUNG LADIES, WIDOWS AND OLD MAIDS
Whereas my husband, Isaac W. Odom, left home without any just
provocation on Saturday night the 11th instant, with an intention of not
returning, this is to forwarn all persons from stopping him or impeding
him on his journey in any way whatever, as I am resolved not to pursue
him, as this is the second time he has made the attempt. I particularly
forwarn all young ladies or widows from marrying or harboring him, as I
do positively assure them that they would rue their bargain. He is about
5 feet 11 inches high, spare made, light hair, blue eyes, tolerably
talkative, fond of company, 19 years old. Any person seeing him will do
me a favor by advising him never to return, as I positively will never
live with him.
/s/ Mahalah Ann Odom, Yalobusha Co. Nov. 23, 1837
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