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Feb. 15, 2007
Later, I Googled the home and learned it was state-run, and now operates with a different name under the state youth commission. On that agency's Web site, I found an Open Records page. It dealt with modern records but gave an e-mail address, so I asked how to request historical records and gave a quick explanation of my ancestral quest. I followed the instructions, and six months later, received my grandfather's 1913 admission form, his medical report and some correspondence. Getting my hands on those records wasn't overly hard, but it took a bit of digging and a bit more patience. We all could use a good success story once in a while—tell us yours on the FamilyTreeMagazine.com Forum.
—Diane Haddad, Newsletter Editor
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So the reunion icebreaker didn't go exactly as planned, and Uncle Edgar's toupee wound up adrift in the mock turtle soup. It'd be a crying shame to keep a story like that to yourself. We want to know about your hilarious family reunion moments for the February 2007 Family Tree Magazine All in the Family Challenge. E-mail your story to ftmedit@fwpubs.com,
and if we publish it in the July 2007 Family Tree Magazine, you'll win a free
genetic
genealogy test (the Y DNA 43-marker or the mtDNA HVR I, II and III) from Relative Genetics (http://relativegenetics.com). Radio to Your Roots Genealogy author and speaker Kory L. Meyerink hosts experts who'll offer research tips, answer listeners' questions and discuss industry news. The first episode aired Feb. 8 with John Philip Colletta, a professional genealogist and immigration expert, discussing passenger lists. The coolest part is you can open a new browser window, go to a Web site under discussion and follow the advice for using it. Professional research service ProGenealogists and database site GenealogyToday joined to bring you the show. To listen, access archived shows (great for downloading to your mp3 player) and read the hosts' blog postings, visit http://www.familyrootsradio.com. You'll need Windows Media Player (version 7 or higher).
Webmasters added a ship name option to the site's search, and soon, you'll be able to narrow your search by adding a traveling companion. Another welcome change: Your search results list now displays passengers' ages, helping you avoid using credits on records that don't turn out to be your ancestors'. Viewing
a record transcription costs 5 "units"; record images cost 30 units. Unit prices start around $10 for 50. See the May 2007 Family Tree Magazine (on newsstands March 13) for an Ancestors on Board overview.
Merger Forms ProQuest CSA The Information and Learning Division—which includes HeritageQuest Online, the library-based subscription service genealogists have come to know and love—will merge with CIG's Bethesda, Md.-based subsidiary CSA. The new company will go by ProQuest CSA during the transition. Libraries that subscribe to services such as HeritageQuest Online, and end users such as yourself, won't see a change, assures ProQuest CSA spokesperson Tina Orozco. "To our customers, it’s business as usual."
Research Time and Best Web Sites
Finding Orphans This tip comes from the February 2007 Family Tree Magazine:Census takers counted institutions just like any other household, so if your ancestor lived in an orphanage, he'd show up as a resident. If you subscribe to Ancestry.com (or if your library subscribes to its sister database, Ancestry Library Edition) search its database on the keywords orphan and inmate: One may show up in the Relation to Head of Household column by your ancestor's name.See the February 2007 Family Tree Magazine for more advice on finding orphaned and adopted ancestors. Do you have a great idea for discovering, preserving or celebrating family history? Post your tip to the FamilyTreeMagazine.com Forum at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forum/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=21. If we publish it in the newsletter, you'll win a free genealogy how-to book.
Overwhelmed by the number of family history-related Web sites popping up? FamilyTreeMagazine.com
sorts through them all—whew!—to bring you only the very best. We recently
recommended the following as Sites of the Week:
Shirley
Holdahl owns this deteriorating tintype, and she wants to know if
there’s a way to save it. Anyone with a photo in poor condition has
probably wondered the same thing. The answer is yes! Let’s look at the
options Expert photo historian and author of Uncovering Yor Ancestry Through Family Photographs (Family Tree Books, $24.99) Maureen A. Taylor helps readers analyze old family pictures in this Web-exclusive column. If you have a family photo mystery for Taylor to solve, check out our Submission Guidelines at: http://www.familytreemagazine.com/photos/photohelp.htm.
Find upcoming genealogy and living history seminars—and publicize your group’s events--in our online calendar. You must be registered with the FamilyTreeMagazine.com Forum to post.
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