Valorie's Genealogy Message Boards

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Administrator's page: http://boards.rootsweb.com/Default.aspx?view=admin

Localities

Selkirkshire, Scotland: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.sel.general/mb.ashx?view=admin
( SCT-Selkirk list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/SCT-Selkirk-L.htm )

Dalarna, Sweden: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.scan-balt.sweden.counties.dalarna/mb.ashx?view=admin

Surnames

Basinger: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.basinger/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Basinger list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Basinger-L.htm )

Bassinger: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bassinger/mb.ashx?view=admin

Baysinger: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.baysinger/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Baysinger list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Baysinger-L.htm )

Beesinger: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.beesinger/mb.ashx?view=admin

Besinger: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.besinger/mb.ashx?view=admin

Bessinger: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bessinger/mb.ashx?view=admin

Biesinger: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.biesinger/mb.ashx?view=admin

Bissinger: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bissinger/mb.ashx?view=admin

Boosinger: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.boosinger/mb.ashx?view=admin

Bossinger: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bossinger/mb.ashx?view=admin

Bussinger: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bussinger/mb.ashx?view=admin

Bowhay: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bowhay/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Bowhay list - not my list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Bowhay-L.htm )

Calhoon: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.calhoon/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Calhoon list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Calhoon-L.htm )

Calhoun: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.calhoun/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Calhoun list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Calhoun-L.htm )

Colquhoun: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.colquhoun/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Colquhoun list - not my list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Colquhoun-L.htm )

Cowen http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cowen/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Cowen list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Cowen-L.htm )

Cowin http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cowin/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Cowin-L: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Cowin-L.htm )

Camery: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.camery/mb.ashx?view=admin

Cammer: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cammer/mb.ashx?view=admin

Daiber: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.daiber/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Daiber list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Daiber-L.htm )

Disney: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.disney/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Disney list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Disney-L.htm )

Goosic: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.goosic/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Goosic list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Goosic-L.htm )

Goswick: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.goswick/mb.ashx?view=admin

Horine: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.horine/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Horine list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Horine-L.htm )

Kaemmerer: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.kaemmerer/mb.ashx?view=admin

Kamer: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.kamer/mb.ashx?view=admin

Kamerer: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.kamerer/mb.ashx?view=admin

Kammer: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.kammer/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Kammer list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Kammer-L.htm )

Kammerer: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.kammerer/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Kammerer list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Kammerer-L.htm )

Keammerer: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.keammerer/mb.ashx?view=admin

Kemerer: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.kemerer/mb.ashx?view=admin

Kemmerer: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.kemmerer/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Kemmerer list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Kemmerer-L.htm )

Kimerer: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.kimerer/mb.ashx?view=admin

Keiser: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.keiser/mb.ashx?view=admin

MacAbee: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.macabee/mb.ashx?view=admin

MacAboy: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.macaboy/mb.ashx?view=admin

MacBean: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.macbean/mb.ashx?view=admin

Magbie: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.magbie/mb.ashx?view=admin

Magby: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.magby/mb.ashx?view=admin

McAbee: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.mcabee/mb.ashx?view=admin

McBean: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.mcbean/mb.ashx?view=admin

McBee: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.mcbee/mb.ashx?view=admin
( McBee list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/McBee-L.htm )

Megabee: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.megabee/mb.ashx?view=admin

Mocabee: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.mocabee/mb.ashx?view=admin

Moccabee: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.moccabee/mb.ashx?view=admin

Mockbee: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.mockbee/mb.ashx?view=admin

MacPhail: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.macphail/mb.ashx?view=admin

McPhail: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.mcphail/mb.ashx?view=admin
( McPhail list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/McPhail-L.htm )

Orme: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.orme/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Orme list: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/o/orme.html )

Triplet: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.triplet/mb.ashx?view=admin

Clans

Clan Chattan: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.ethnic.celtic.scottish.chattan/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Clan-Chattan list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Clan-Chattan-L.htm )

Clan Colquhoun: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.ethnic.celtic.scottish.colquhoun/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Clan-Colquhoun list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Clan-Colquhoun-L.htm )

Clan MacBean: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.ethnic.celtic.scottish.macbean/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Clan-MacBean list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Clan-MacBean-L.htm )

Clan MacPherson: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.ethnic.celtic.scottish.macpherson/mb.ashx?view=admin
( Clan-MacPherson list: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/CLAN-MACPHERSON.html )

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How to Use the Rootsweb/Ancestry Message Boards

Making Most of Message Boards and Mailing Lists: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20040128.txt - From the RootsWeb Review archives

Meandering Through the Message Boards (locating boards, navigation -- the basics): http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20020710.txt

Maximizing Searches on Message Boards (using the advanced search feature): http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20030108.txt

Message Boards - Utilizing Surname-Specific Searches (searching for those difficult surnames): http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20030924.txt

Portals to Success (message board gateway): http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20020731.txt

Message Board Icons: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20020529.txt

Visual Aids on Message Boards (more message board icons): http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20020814.txt

Where and How to Post on Message Boards: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20020904.txt

Effective Message Board Posting: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20020911.txt

Message Board Queries (using the Subject, Surname, and Classification fields): http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20020724.txt

Message Board Attachments: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20020605.txt

Message Board Options -- Say It With Pictures (more about attachments): http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20030528.txt

Will the Mystery Guest Sign In, Please? (Message Board Registration and Login): http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20040303.txt
(Registration and login are now required to post)

My Genealogy Lists: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2003/12/valories-genealogy-lists.html


I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light. - Isaac Newton, 1642-1727

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How To Do Holocaust Research

The up-to-date copy of this post will be maintained at http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/holocaust-research.html

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Tracing the Tribe - The Jewish Genealogy Blog: http://tracingthetribe.blogspot.com

Excerpts from Gary Mokotoff's essential book, How to Document Victims and Locate Survivors of the Holocaust: http://www.avotaynu.com/Holocaust/

JewishGen FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about Jewish Genealogy - How to do Jewish genealogical research, and InfoFiles: http://www.jewishgen.org/

Jewish Mail Lists: http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_jewish.html

Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center (American Red Cross): http://www.redcross.org/services/intl/holotrace/

Towns with Published Yizkor Books: http://www.avotaynu.com/Holocaust/appendixa.htm

Tracing Your Roots - Holocaust Research: http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/roots/jewish/holocaust/holocaust.htm

Yad Vashem Search for Names: http://www.yadvashem.org/remembrance/temp_remembrance

Global Holocaust Registry: http://www.jewishgen.org/registry/

Registry of Jewish Holocaust Survivors: http://www.ushmm.org/remembrance/registry/

Holocaust (Shoah) Research Resources: http://ddickerson.igc.org/holocaust.html

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/


You are only what you are when no one is looking. - Robert C. Edwards

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Original Documents Online

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Making of America

University of Michican: http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/

Cornell: http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/
  Education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology

Berkeley: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/MOA2/Help/

Wildly cool - The American Colonist's Library: Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early American History: http://www2.pitnet.net/primarysources/

Yale Law's Avalon Project: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

Federal Land Patents: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/

Search the Missouri Digital Library: http://tinyurl.com/ytkxj

Documents of Tennessee History, 1796-1850: http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/dlc/tdh/index.html

Repositories of Primary Sources, Eastern United States and Canada: http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/east1.html#usga

Hundreds of links to Primary Sources, USA & Worldwide: http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/other.html

Online Collections at BYU - Family History Archive: http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/


Ecclesiastical Sources for Slave Societies, digitized images of Cuban church records, especially concerning slavery: http://lib11.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib/esss.pl


No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. - John Donne, 1572-1631 "Devotions upon Emergent Occasions"

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Rootsweb, and how to Use it

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How to use the mailing list archives: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/searching-list-archives-by-joan-young.html

List Archives: start at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ to browse, or click the Search link to search one or all of the Rootsweb lists. http://lists.rootsweb.com/ if you don't know what list you want.

Formulaically - Archiver (browse): http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/LISTNAME

One wonderful tool Rootsweb has, that many people fail to use, is the Post-Em. You can place Post-Ems on individual records found in WorldConnect, the Social Security Death Index, User-Contributed Databases, and some of the other available vital records databases.

Don't forget to register your research interests in the Rootsweb Surname List. If you have a website, add a link to the RootsWeb Resource Pages. If you don't have a website yet, get one! Once you have created it, register it.

Search all of Rootsweb with Google, by clicking Advanced Search, filling in your search terms, and then putting rootsweb.com into the line 'Domain: ONLY return results from the site or domain.' Shortcut - put your search term(s) then site:rootsweb.com, like this: searchterm site:rootsweb.com . If you wanted to search all of freepages, you could use: searchterm site:freepages.rootsweb.com .


Hint for those using Outlook Express to read Rootsweb list digests: To read inline, instead of displayed as separate attachments, highlight the first Digest item which is called ATT, then hold down the control key and click on the F3 key while still holding down the control key to open the message source. Maximize it, and you will then be able to read the entire Digest as a continuous document.



Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come; you have to get up and make them. - Madame C. J. Walker

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