MISSING LINKS: RootsWeb's Genealogy Journal Vol. 5, No. 31, 2 August 2000, Circulation: 656,892+ (c) 1996-2000 Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley MISSING LINKS and ROOTSWEB REVIEW are free, weekly e-zines. Editor-at-Fault: Julia M. Case Co-Editor-to-Blame: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG RWR-Editors@rootsweb.com Please send submissions to RWR-Editors@rootsweb.com as plain text e-mail messages (no attachments, no html, no graphics). Advertising: sbrenay@myfamilyinc.com RootsWeb HelpDesk: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ E-Mail Changes: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/address.html IN THIS ISSUE o Finding the Home of an Early Settler o Web Links o World War I German Soldiers' War Graves o Successful Links: Look for Those Records Yourself; They Want to Be Found Redux o Family Reunions o Conferences, Research Trips, Seminars, Workshops o Somebody's Links o Letters to the Editors o Humor o Reprint Policy, Back Issues, How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe FINDING THE HOME OF AN EARLY SETTLER by Cindy Fontenot Patterson boogie@hpnc.com A few weeks ago I was going through some old family photos at a flea market in Cleburne, Texas. They were beautiful old photos and my heart ached to see them for sale rather than taking their deserved place in a treasured family album. I picked up one photo of an elderly woman. On the back was written "Mary Azema Hebert Broussard Hamshire, my grandmother." Being from Louisiana, I was familiar with the HEBERTs and BROUSSARDs and figured it would be easy to find. The seller told me she had purchased the photo in Austin, Texas. I typed in the name and found part of her family tree on a CD I had. It gave her first husband's name (BROUSSARD) and HAMSHIRE was her second husband. I posted a notice on the HAMSHIRE and BROUSSARD genforum sites but didn't receive any responses. I then went to USGenWeb http://www.usgenweb.org/ and did a state archive search for Texas, using the HAMSHIRE husband as the search name. One source came up which gave me the county, so I then posted a notice on the Jefferson County, Texas site, and immediately received a few responses. One of them was from Mary Azema HEBERT's great-grandson through her first husband, Eloi BROUSSARD. I was thrilled to be able to return the photo to him. I also sent a copy to the historical society of that county. 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Links to searchable databases for World War I, World War II, and Korea. Listings of those killed and buried overseas during the Mexican, Civil, and Spanish-American wars and 2,504 Vietnam War MIA. http://www.usabmc.com/ UTAH STATE ARCHIVES http://www.archives.state.ut.us/silverstream.htm * * * * * WORLD WAR I GERMAN SOLDIERS' WAR GRAVES by Robert (Ro) Lipprandt robert.lipprandt@gte.net My mother's oldest brother died as a result of mustard gas in the second battle of Ypres, Belgium, in 1915. No attempt was made to locate his burial site because of my mother's and her brothers' statements that all information was "lost." Lost, my foot! There is a service, based in France, that has records of German- Prussian soldiers' graves. The site is in German. The service is free, but you will be sent information/brochures asking for donations to help them upkeep the research and various projects that they undertake. There is a long wait (mine took about a year) but it is worth it if you have blanks in your pedigree chart that involve German soldiers. The Web address of the organization is http://www.Volksbund.de/ * * * * * SUCCESSFUL LINKS: LOOK FOR THOSE RECORDS YOURSELF by Lou Pritchard stetson@cin.net Almost all my life I heard that my father was not really a HARMS. His birth father was a Robert CROSS of Kentucky who was married to my grandmother, Mary Erue KNOWLES. The problem was that Robert was already married. I am still not sure how Robert got to Illinois or why, but I think he was a migrant farm worker who went to work for Mary Erue KNOWLES's father, Clarence KNOWLES. Erue became pregnant and Robert married her. I have been told that after writing to his mother in Kentucky to tell her where he was, Robert CROSS's first wife came looking for him and my grandmother's brother (who also witnessed her marriage), told my grandmother that he thought Robert was already married. Grandmother had Robert CROSS arrested one week before my father was born and he was sent to Joliet one week after he was born. For 48 years I was told that there was no record of the marriage because it was nullified. I finally got tired of hearing that and started my own quest for answers. I went to the courthouse and the record was there. I got a copy of it and a copy of my father's original birth certificate, giving his surname as KNOWLES and his father's name and address (the county jail). Then I wrote to the Department of Corrections and the Joliet state prison, which still had his record from 1927 and provided me with a copy. Armed with this information, which included the case number from Whiteside County, I went back to the courthouse and asked for the trial transcripts. There was a slight hesitation but when I told them and showed them the letter from the prison they went hunting. I got copies of the original trial transcripts and the arrest warrant. In his testimony, Robert CROSS stated that his wife, a Gina MELTON, said she was getting a divorce, so he left. Thinking she had gone through with it, he married my grandmother. I kept searching for his family in Ida, Kentucky and found a Linda Rangely in Texas who offered to do look-ups in the Clinton County, Kentucky area. Thanks to Jack Ferguson's EARLY TIMES IN CLINTON COUNTY, Vol. I, p. 353, ROCK OF AGES by Gary Norris, and her own records, Linda supplied me with information on Robert CROSS's family, parents Joseph and Elizabeth (JARVIS) CROSS, brothers and sisters. Then I contacted Walt Cross who had also published a few books about the Cross family, and he had the whole family down to Joseph and Elizabeth. This family is all dead now, but if some of the descendants would like to make contact, that would be nice. My father tried for many years to find Robert CROSS and his family but never could find anyone who knew of them. I know Robert CROSS had at least one other child by his first wife but my father never knew them. Father died 10 years ago still not knowing. If only I had found this information earlier, it would have made him happy. At age 18 he legally took his stepfather's name, but my grandma must not have been all that mad at Robert CROSS, because she gave my dad the same name. I only wish I could have gotten to know my real grandfather and his family. Look for those records yourself, the sooner the better. * * * SUCCESSFUL LINKS: THEY WANT TO BE FOUND REDUX by Helmut Plattner hel.p@ldsworld.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~heldenmut/ I read "Ancestors Want to be Found," by Annette Roebuck [ML 5:28, 12 July 2000] and can only testify how right she is. In the 1980s I felt strongly that I should search for my ancestors, but having a young family, an old house to repair, and so many other things to do, I put it off to some other time. Four years passed until I felt so strongly that I said, "We still can't afford to take a holiday, but we will go for a week to north Italy (former south Tyrol in Austria) from which my ancestors came. Even if we only scratch the surface, I will at least get some data to stop this bad feeling." We went down (we live near Vienna) and checked in for the night in the town where I knew my father grew up and went to a nearby PLATTNER farm to start searching (there are quite a few PLATTNERs in that area). After asking the farmer's wife, she answered that she thought she could help us, went into the house and came out with an almost newly printed family bible [genealogy?], naming about 1,400 PLATTNERs with their wives and children, all nicely put in order, the work of many years of searching. I looked at the publication date and it was about four years ago, about the time I began having a strong urge to begin my research. I myself had few documents, only those given to me by my father's brother one year before he died. Based on the information in these documents I was able to identify my great-grandfather in the book. My great-grandfather's father was a farmer and a watchmaker there and had made a small watch on a chain for my great-grandfather's wedding present. This watch was handed down to me by my father and I still have it. I can only say it again -- they WANT to be found. * * * * * FAMILY REUNIONS. Post information about your upcoming family reunion on RootsWeb's Family Reunions Calendar at http://resources.rootsweb.com/~calendar/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi? calname=FAMILY_REUNIONS [note long URL] or click the Reunions Calendar link at RootsWeb's main page http://www.rootsweb.com/ The 26th reunion of the Catamount Hill Association, held once every five years since 1875, will be held 5-6 August 2000 in Colrain, Massachusetts. Events will include a genealogy swap, reunion of Hezekiah SMITH descendants, hike to the site of the flag-raising, cemetery tour, signing of a signature quilt, and a tour of the West County Winery orchard that makes cider the way our ancestors did. All are welcome. For more information or to be added to the mailing list of descendants, e-mail sjohnson@genuity.com or pcrosier@valinet.com * * * * * CONFERENCES, RESEARCH TRIPS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS. Post details of upcoming genealogical events on the Web at http://www.rootsweb.com/~autwgw/gencon/list.htm and/or, after subscribing to GEN-EVENTS-L-request@rootsweb.com, post the notice to the GEN-EVENTS-L@rootsweb.com mailing list. 6 September 2000. Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) Professional Management Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, will be held in conjunction with the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Conference for the Nation's Genealogists. Among the subjects discussed will be Internet and copyright, and time management. Details at http://www.apgen.org/conferences.html * * * SOMEBODY'S LINKS. Please send notices about genealogical treasures found to juliecase@prodigy.net. To subscribe to SOMEBODY'S LINKS NEWSLETTER (published once or twice monthly), send e-mail that says only SUBSCRIBE to this address: Somebodys-Links-Newsletter-L-request@rootsweb.com Back issues may be read online or downloaded as plain text files from ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/somebody/ Back issues are included in the fully searchable MISSING LINKS archives at http://search-rwr.rootsweb.com/ MISSING LINKS will continue to publish a few "Somebody's Links" notices most weeks. You may also read and post on RootsWeb's busy "Somebody's Links" GenConnect message board at http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/SomebodysLinks/ * * * I have been researching the EDDLESTON family who originally came from Lancashire, U.K. About four years ago I was asked if I was interested in some EDDLESTON documents retrieved from a house in Auckland after both occupants had died leaving no family. I was given a shoe box of old photographs -- some VERY old -- many of them not labeled. However, there were several original certificates indicating the family to be descendants of Pollard EDDLESTON and his wife Alice THOMPSON. One of their sons, James, and his wife, May Schofield FARMERY immigrated to New Zealand in the early 1900s. I would like to return these photos and documents to a direct descendant of Pollard EDDLESTON or Alice THOMPSON. Noelene Eddleston eddlest@globe.net.nz Cambridge, New Zealand * * * I don't know if this fits as I don't understand the language, but it was found in a Bible and reminded me of the obituary pamphlets with black border. If I'm right and someone out there is a descendant, I will gladly send it to them. This is what is on the card, about 2"x4", with a black border and cross: Rozalia KACZMAROWSKA Urodz. 5go stycznia, 1859 Umaria 4go lutego, 1952 MODLITWA Boze prosimy Cie. zmiluj sie nad Twoja sluzebnica ktoras z tego swiata zabral przaez milo- sierdzie Twe Boskie daj jej od- poczywanie wieczne. O Matko Boska i wazyscy swieci watawcie sie za nia do Boga, przez Jezusa Chrystusa Pana naszego. Amen. Wieczny odpoczynek racz jej dac Panie a swiatlosc wiekuista niechaj jej swieci na wieka wie- kow. Amen. Bill Fox wefox@ncats.net * * * Members of a STERLING family with names Lucy, Lonnie, Hattie, Geo, Luther, and Beck take heed. A Bible dated 1874 and in very rough shape is being offered for auction on Yahoo, Auctions #34996199. The owner is asking $1. Judy Davis gjdavis@cybrtyme.com * * * Maybe you could suggest to people who are trying to reunite photographs with their families that if they do not get a response, to consider donating them to a historical or genealogical society, or research library that has a photograph collection that is indexed and maintained for public use. I used to work as a librarian in a research library and handled the photograph collection, and have purchased many, many photographs at tag sales and flea markets to add to the collection. That way there is a chance in the future that families can access these photographs and have copies made. Valerie McQuillan Vmhavenart@aol.com * * * Folks report many finds, such as family Bibles, and offer them to the proper family. Well and good. This is to suggest when anyone makes such a find, that s/he first make a good photocopy available to at least one local genealogical society for publication, before the data are again buried in a private collection, and perhaps discarded upon [the owner's] death. Robert M. (Bob) Doerr bdoerr@rollanet.org * * * I submitted a note about a funeral home card [for John Erick LAHTI] that was published in MISSING LINKS on 26 July. [As of 29 July,] I have received at least a dozen e-mails regarding that card as a result of the publication. Happily, I believe I have found a family connection and we are corresponding to verify the relationship. Thank you for publishing my story. Marty Neva marty.neva@sympatico.ca * * * * * LETTERS TO THE EDITORS On a recent trip to Alta, Norway, we visited our ancestor's place of employment, the Alta copper mine. The British owned this smelter. They built a church at Kafjord and there are British people buried in the church cemetery. Two names were CROWE and RUTH. I did not have time to find more because we were on a tour. I thought someone may wish to know. They started the mining in 1832 or thereabouts, so the dates move up from there. Lucille Nelson aandl@lkdllink.net * * * It would be very helpful if Web page designers would create a "lean and mean" (text only, no frills) area on their pages. Many users have smaller, older computers and slow modems, and it can seem to take forever to load graphics. Yes, they are great, but I only have a certain amount of time and if my old machine does not grab a page right away, it hangs up. As an example, the Missouri State GenWeb page has a "lean and mean" line that comes up right away, which allows people like me to access information without a long wait or disconnect. Lorene Fort fort@paola-online.net * * * One of the first documents I found when researching my ARNETT family was an 1808 will in Clark County, Kentucky in which Thomas Arnett listed his son "Jacob, who is deaf." I did not know at that time that inherited deafness ran in the family, but I have since learned. Researchers who find "deaf and dumb" on a census should know that this mention may lead them to a treasure trove of information. In the ARNETT family we had students at the state School for the Deaf in Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, and Kansas and there is a student at Gallaudet University right now who descends from this family. In the admission records of those schools I found home counties, occupations, addresses, married names, other siblings, causes of death, and educational information. Be sure to investigate school records if you find "deaf" in any of your searching. I would still be stuck in 1840 Indiana if I had not learned the home county in Kentucky that ancestor had emigrated from. Now I am back to Alexander Arnett, who died 1769. In Kansas, the school for the deaf at Olathe actually printed a newspaper, THE KANSAS STAR, from May of 1876 to June of 1916 for the purpose of "teaching the art of printing to the pupils of the Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb." This might have been done at other schools. Each issue has information from across the nation. In it I found marriage information, place information and the following, most wonderful paragraph: "A runner for a hotel is a rather queer occupation for a mute, but the following from the `LaCygne Journal' would indicate that the lack of speech is no barrier to their successfully following that occupation: J. D. Price has a novel way of acting as hotel drummer [sic] [runner? Marge Fox] at the Gulf depot. Being a mute he of course cannot talk, so he gesticulates violently with his arms, motioning and pointing to the house for which he is a runner." Marge Fox foxhaven@rmi.net * * * Re: Distant Kindnesses. I came upon you through chatting to my uncle Ron Ryder, who is like me English. He is researching the names RYDER and TILLEY, his parents' names, and has had great success. He has located distant cousins in Australia and they very generously gave him the fruit of seven years' research, to help him along. What wonderful people, and how proud I feel of them! Anyway, last year I was looking at a Web site concerned with Cheshire, U.K., my county of birth. I live near a village called Goostrey, a very ancient place, famous throughout Britain now for growing enormous vegetables for country competitions. I had visited Goostrey recently and was intrigued to see that someone was asking for information on the place. She was Diane Goosetree Baker, whose ancestors hailed from there. I couldn't help her much but e-mailed her anyway and we chatted. I then remembered that I'd bought, in Goostrey that week, cassettes of a choral singing festival in Goostrey church. I sent them over to her and she was just delighted. Who knows, some of her distant relations may have sung to her, across the years. So if any amateur genealogists would like a postcard of their ancestors' home ground in Cheshire, have them drop me a line and I'll see what I can do! Carla Randle Conde, Cheshire carla@sixofus.screaming.net * * * [Re: "Men in Kilts," ML 5:29 (19 July 2000)] Speaking as someone who started Scottish Country Dancing back in 1977 (and piping in 1981), I get a bit angered when people start asking whether one has the "right" to wear a kilt (or a tartan). As for the kilt -- if anyone asks if I have the right to wear a kilt, I ask if they have the right to wear trousers. (N.B.: It is only men who ask this question.) As for a tartan -- my understanding is that the only tartan a member of the public cannot wear is the one reserved for the Royal Family. All others are (more or less) in the public domain as regards wearing. Once again, it is generally men who make the objections, and also they get more vociferous the further from Scotland they are. I don't see how anyone could object if you wear the kilt (or a tartan) in a non-offensive manner. Hugh Norwood gen@hnorwood.demon.co.uk http://www.hnorwood.demon.co.uk/index.htm * * * * * HUMOR. Thanks to Joke of the Day at http://www.joker.org TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME Two buddies, Bob and Earl, were the biggest baseball fans in America. For their entire adult lives, Bob and Earl discussed baseball history in the winter and pored over boxscores during the season. They went to 60 games a year. They agreed that whoever died first would try to come back and tell the other if there was baseball in heaven. One summer night, Bob passed away in his sleep after watching the Yankees' victory earlier in the evening. He died happy. A few nights later, Earl awoke to the sound of Bob's voice from beyond. "Bob is that you?" Earl asked. "Of course it me," Bob replied. "This is unbelievable!" "So tell me, is there baseball in heaven?" Earl inquired. "Well I have some good news and some bad news for you. Which do you want to hear first?" "Tell me the good news first." "Well, the good news is that there is baseball in heaven, Earl." "Oh, that is wonderful! So what could possibly be the bad news?" "You're pitching tomorrow night." * * * * * CALL FOR ARTICLES, STORIES. MISSING LINKS welcomes articles about genealogical research methods and sources from all parts of the world. 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