Newest Outrage from Allen Keyes

I got this the other day via a genealogy email list - it was posted by mistake. The listowner has assured me that such pernicious trash will not be allowed on the list again, thank goodness! I waited a few days to simmer down, because I was simply seeing RED after reading this screed. We need to see what these hypocritical and EVIL creeps are up to, so I'm exposing it to the light of day, here.

From: "Alan Keyes"
[recipient email address suppressed]
Reply-To: editor@conservativepetitions.com
Subject: More about nominating the right Supreme Court justices
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:41:16 -0500 (EST)
X-Mailer: PHP/4.3.1

With judicial tyranny ruining the nation we love, I want to
personally thank you for standing in support of bolstering the
U.S. Supreme Court with constitutionalists, instead of black-
robed dictators. I appreciate you signing the petition that calls
on President George W. Bush to nominate justices who will
rightfully interpret the Constitution as written. If you need to
quickly check the petition again, here's the address:
http://www.conservativepetitions.com/petitions.php?id=300

You have made your voice heard in the White House. However, to
stop the ominous threat of an out-of-control, liberal judiciary,
it's going to take a loud outcry! We the people must make our
voice heard and send a message to "activist" judges everywhere by
setting a precedent in this nationally publicized case that is
literally, a matter of life and death.

Let's make this the turning point toward ending such radical
rulings as the one that threatens Terri Schindler-Schiavo's life.
The Supreme Court failed her, but it's not yet too late to save
her from execution by starvation.

If you haven't already, please sign an accompanying petition
urging Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida legislature to pass a new
law that will keep robed rogues from condemning Terri to die.
Look for the link below, as well as a link to financially support
an 11th-hour legal and media battle to spare Terri's life.

Tell everyone you know about the judicial tyranny that violates
our God-given, unalienable rights -- even the right to life --
threatens our government and usurps our power. And in the days
ahead, as additional people come to mind, remember you easily can
alert them to this cause! Just return to the petition at
Conservative-Petitions.com. Here's the address:
http://www.conservativepetitions.com/petitions.php?id=300

Understanding what is happening as a result of left-wing judicial
activism, won't you please encourage friends and family,
coworkers and acquaintances, Sunday School classmates and church
members to make a stand at ConservativePetitions.com?

For your convenience, an email message is provided below. Or put
it in your own words. Either way, the address for people to make
a difference is:
http://www.conservativepetitions.com/petitions.php?id=300

Keep Faith,

Alan Keyes

Declaration Alliance
National Processing Center
P.O. Box 131728
Houston TX 77219-1728

> Donate online to help Terri at:
https://secure.cartlight.com/merchant/terri?afid=kmc2

> Sign a petition to Gov. Bush and Florida legislators at:
http://www.conservativepetitions.com/petitions.php?id=298

> Follow developments in Terri's situation at:
http://www.terrisfight.org

P.S. Let us who know the Lord appeal to the Highest Court: Pray
for a U.S. Supreme Court of God-honoring Justices who will
properly interpret the Constitution, stand up for the sanctity of
life and protect our freedoms as our Founding Fathers originally
intended. Ask for Him to intervene and spare Terri Schindler-
Schiavo's innocent and infinitely precious life. Pray for a
change of heart and mind in the Florida judiciary, pray for
action by the state legislature and Gov. Bush. Ask for Him to
touch hearts and create a loud outcry that cannot be ignored at:
http://www.conservativepetitions.com/petitions.php?id=300

PLEASE CUT-AND-PASTE THIS EMAIL MESSAGE:

------------------

Dear Conservative Friend:

Black-robed radicals on the Florida Supreme Court are unjustly
condemning Terri Schindler-Schiavo to be cruelly starved to death
because they say it is unconstitutional for Florida's legislative
and executive branches to authorize a law that overrides a court
ruling.

And the very same judicial tyrants that tried to unfairly hand Al
Gore the Presidency in 2000 are getting away with this execution
by starvation because once again America's court of
constitutional last resort --the U.S. Supreme Court -- has let
the people down.

Your help is needed to answer this crisis! Please go to
Conservative-Petitions.com to see what is at stake. Here's the
online address:
http://www.conservativepetitions.com/petitions.php?id=300

Time and again the Supreme Court fails in its constitutional
duty, because the present Supreme Court majority insists on
wrongly interpreting the Constitution as a "living document,"
infinitely malleable to their will, preferences and prejudices.
Their rulings thus, more often than not, stray from our Founders'
original intent and allow a radical judiciary to inflict its
errant morals and nihilist philosophy on our nation.

This must stop! Sign a petition urging President George W. Bush
to halt this destructive decline by putting the right men on the
Supreme Court when given the opportunity. Ask him to nominate
only justices who will faithfully interpret the Constitution as
written in order to bring to an end these outrageous rulings. Act
now at:
http://www.conservativepetitions.com/petitions.php?id=300

Florida Supreme Court "activists" are out of touch with the
decent, God-fearing American people, and with our founding
principles. Our Republic is not a suicide pact! Their rulings
condemning Terri to die are unconstitutional, not "Terri's Law,"
passed by the Florida Legislature at the will of the people. Yet
despite the direct intervention of the people's elected
representatives and chief executive, UN-elected and UN-
accountable judges are allowing husband Michael to remove Terri's
feeding tube and begin her execution by starvation.

Such outrages must be stopped. Don't let judicial tyranny rule!
America must have a last line of defense that upholds the
Constitution as written and halts legislation from the bench.
Here again is where to stand up against judicial dictatorship:
http://www.conservativepetitions.com/petitions.php?id=300

So full of lies, distortion and hypocricy, I can't comment. The thing speaks for itself. -v


Change happens. Progress takes effort.

There are no sects in geometry

Universal religion? Voltaire said it best:

There are no sects in geometry. One does not speak of a Euclidean, an Archimedean. When the truth is evident, it is impossible for parties and factions to arise.... Well, to what dogma do all minds agree? To the worship of a God, and to honesty. All the philosophers of the world who have had a religion have said in all ages: "There is a God, and one must be just." There, then, is the universal religion established in all ages and throughout mankind. The point in which they all agree is therefore true, and the systems through which they differ are therefore false. - Reflections on Religion

Quoted in a wonderful article in The Nation, "Our Godless Constitution" by Brooke Allen: http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050221&c=1&s=allen


The man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life. - Muhammad Ali

Freedom of Information Around the World

Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper series on freedom of information laws in different countries, published Sunday, February 13, 2005. Free registration is required to read the articles.

Sweden: World's oldest freedom of info law under threat by Don Melvin: http://www.accessatlanta.com/search/content/shared/news/world/stories/0213_FOI_SWEDEN.html

Open records opening doors in Mexico by Teresa Borden: http://www.accessatlanta.com/search/content/shared/news/world/stories/0213_FOI_MEXICO.html

Britain's freedom of information law: A 20-year quest by Don Melvin: http://www.accessatlanta.com/search/content/shared/news/world/stories/0213_FOI_BRITAIN.html

China: Despite technologial advances, government controls information by Julie Chao: http://www.accessatlanta.com/search/content/shared/news/world/stories/0213_FOI_CHINA.html

Right to know expands around the globe but officials secrecy grows in U.S. by Rebecca Carr: http://www.accessatlanta.com/search/content/shared/news/world/stories/0213_FOI_WORLD.html

Thanks to Paul K. Graham for posting these links to APG-L. *The Association of Professional Genealogists: http://www.apgen.org/publications/apg-l/index.html


You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it. - Malcolm X

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: a novel

This deserves a post of its own! This is a first novel! Unbelievably absorbing and wonderful. JS&MN is set in an England during the Napoleonic Wars where magic was once strong. Mr. Norrell's mission in life is to restore magic in Britain, but only under his strict control. Of course, life (and magic) being what it is, complications ensue. If Jane Austen wrote big, sprawling history books, this would have been published a few hundred years ago.

:-)

So much fantasy now written, no matter how wonderful, is based on Tolkien. Clarke bases her book on England's history, and the stories of Faery. Completely wonderful. Order it at your local bookstore, Amazon.com, or at the very least, the library. You owe it to yourself if you love good writing, historical novels, or fantasy -- and especially if you love all three. © 2004 Susanna Clarke. Bloomsbury Publishing, NY NY. ISBN 1-58234-416-7

While you wait, drive yourself crazy with Petals Around the Rose. Once you figure that out, try the Flash Mind Reader.


How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems. - Robert Southey

Remembering those who have left us

All men shall learn as days pass by
They must not cling to what has gone;
They should not grieve for what must die,
Some part of life shall linger on
Some part of those we love will stay to comfort us.

Thinking particularly of Lola Kammer Zimmerman, 1919-2004, my dear mother-in-law, who died a year ago today. But also my own mother, Lola McBee Cowan, 1928-2001, and my beloved cousin Carol Grunke Lauer, 1954-2003, Colin's mom. I know that Bob misses his father, and I miss my grandpa, too. Thank goodness for Bob, Colin, my children, my sister and her family, and my own dad.


If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in. - Rachel Carson

Google Maps!

Best map site I've seen! Check it out here: http://maps.google.com

Dynamic, interactive maps that are draggable. You re-center by double clicking, or drag, or scroll, or search by address. Completely integrated with Google Local, so you can easily find businesses, too (just type the product you want, such as pizza). I love these maps! So far, it's just the US, with a few major Canadian cities. I was able to find the birthplace of my grandfather in a little village in Ontario, however -- and the cemetery where many of his ancestors are buried! Oh, you can get driving directions, too.

Latest addition -- satellite photos! Just click the little link to the upper right. Sharp, clear, and NEW (2005).

There seem to be no Mexican maps at all -- just blank south of the border. What a great beginning, though.


For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation. - Rainer Maria Rilke 1875-1926

Missouri

Missouri Online Resources and Databases (MO state archives): http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/ordb.asp
and Coroner's Inquest Database: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/coroners/

Soldiers Database: War of 1812 - World War I: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/

Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/

State Historical Society of Missouri: http://www.system.missouri.edu/shs/

Missouri State Census records surviving:

1840 New Madrid, Newton, Pike, Randolph, Ray, *Rives (later Henry), Shelby, Stoddard, and Warren
1844 Callaway, Greene
1856 Audrain
1868 Cape Girardeau
1876 Atchison, Benton, Butler, Callaway, *Cape Girardeau, Christian, Daviess, Franklin, Gasconade, Greene, *Holt, *Howard, *McDonald, Madison, Moniteau, Montgomery, *Osage, Perry, Phelps, *Reynolds, Ripley, St. Francois, Stone, Texas, Webster, and Worth
---
*Has been published, indexed, or both. The originals returns were filed with the Clerks of the County Courts.

Local Historical, Museum, and Genealogical Agencies (by county): http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/links.asp

Missouri Old Newspapers: http://www.umkc.edu/lib/gen-info/00collec.htm#mnp

University of Missouri Digital Library: http://tinyurl.com/ytkxj

St. Louis County Library Genealogy: http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/

Indexes to Register of Births, St. Louis County, Missouri 1883-1895; Stillbirths, St. Louis County, Missouri 1883-1908; Fifty Years on the Mississippi (many Riverboat Captains); Immanuel Lutheran Church Records (St. Louis, MO); St. Louis Enlistees Extracted from Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914 (Regular Army) - 1855; St. Louis, MO Naturalization Index 51,000+ Names; History of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis

MOGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogenweb/mo.htm

Almost 10,000 Missouri links at Linkpendium: http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/MO/


No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. - P. J. O'Rourke

Non-Governmental Politics

Politics that isn't about government? Isn't that outside the dictionary definition of "politics"? Well, no. When I asked Google for a definition (define:politics), this was the top result: Definitions of politics on the Web - social relations involving authority or power (www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn). I'm not giving up on writing letters to my Congresscritters just because Republicans have all three branches of the federal government in their hands at the minute. However, other forms of political action must be engaged in, or the forces of repression, hate and fear will more firmly establish their death grip over not just goverment, but every other form of power over us that they can grab.

Just read two articles that lead to this thought process. In Alternet MediaCulture: America Offline and Online, Zephyr Teachout discusses ways that the progressive movement can use the Internet to build community OFFline. What a concept -- people meeting together, seeing one another, discussing issues and agreeing on local projects. I hope that this article is widely read. She says, "if we start to think of the internet as an organizing tool first – a database of places as well as ideas, a database of calendars as well as pictures, we can also build a completely new social structure. It won't look like the voluntary associations of the 1950s, but it might get us past the isolation of the aughts." http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21246/

On the Center for Digital Democracy, Jeff Chester and Gary O. Larson's article How to Prepare for the Era of the Speedy Internet discusses making sure that the broadband of the future is not co-opted by the corporations. We have, as a society, insured that television and radio served the public interest, no matter how flawed that effort has been. How are we insuring that in the new high-speed Internet? Read this article, and get involved: http://www.democraticmedia.org/resources/articles/prepareforspeedynet.html

Anybody have any other great resources for non-governmental political action?

Interesting site mentioned in one of my favorite weekly NPR shows, On The Media - Center for Public Integrity: http://www.publicintegrity.org/default.aspx


Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King, Jr

Pweor of the Hmuan Mnid

THE PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.

Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?


Thanks, Bob!


The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them. - Albert Einstein

America's Obituaries & Death Notices

Source list for America's Obituaries & Death Notices

Searches are free, and I can get you the text through my library: http://oa.newsbank.com/

Email me for a lookup in the database.

Source Date Range
=================================================================================================
Aberdeen American News (SD) (1/1/2001-Current)
Abilene Reporter-News (TX) (5/21/2003-Current, selected coverage from 12/13/2002)
Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA) (1/1/1986-Current)
Advocate, The (Newark, OH) (9/1/2002-Current)
Agweek (12/25/1995-Current)
Akron Beacon Journal (OH) (1/7/1985-Current)
Alameda Journal (CA) (2/8/2002-Current)
Alameda Times-Star (CA) (9/15/2001-Current)
Albuquerque Journal (NM) (1/6/1995-Current)
Albuquerque Tribune, The (NM) (10/29/2001-Current)
Alexandria Daily Town Talk (LA) (3/29/1999-Current)
Algonquin Countryside (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Amarillo Globe-News (TX) (6/20/2002-Current)
Anaheim Bulletin: Orange County Register weekly (CA) (5/27/2004-Current)
Anaheim Hills News: Orange County Register weekly (CA) (5/27/2004-Current)
Anchorage Daily News (AK) (10/3/1985-Current)
Anderson Independent-Mail (SC) (1/31/1998-Current)
Angleton Times, The (TX) (7/31/2002-3/10/2004)
Antioch Review (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Argus, The (Fremont-Newark, CA) (9/15/2001-Current)
Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, SD) (1/2/1999-Current)
Arizona Daily Star, The (Tucson, AZ) (1/3/1991-Current)
Arizona Republic, The (Phoenix, AZ) (1/8/1999-Current)
Arlington Heights Post (IL) (1/10/2002-Current)
Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ) (1/2/1999-Current)
Asheville Citizen-Times (NC) (1/1/1999-Current)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The (GA) (1/1/1985-Current)
Augusta Chronicle, The (GA) (1/1/1994-Current)
Austin American-Statesman (TX) (1/1/1989-Current)
Bakersfield Californian, The (CA) (2/21/2003-Current)
Bangor Daily News (ME) (12/14/1992-Current)
Barrington Courier-Review (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Battle Creek Enquirer (MI) (5/4/2002-Current)
Baytown Sun, The (TX) (4/2/2001-Current)
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL) (1/1/1997-Current)
Beaumont Enterprise, The (TX) (11/27/2000-Current)
Belleville News-Democrat (IL) (10/17/2000-Current)
Bellingham Herald, The (WA) (9/4/1999-Current)
Bennington Banner (VT) (12/19/2003-Current, selected coverage from 11/18/99-1/9/02)
Berkeley Voice, The (CA) (11/30/2001-Current)
Berkshire Eagle, The (Pittsfield, MA) (12/31/2003-Current, selected coverage from 1/10/1998-11/04/03)
Bismarck Tribune, The (ND) (1/24/1993-Current)
Blade, The (Toledo, OH) (9/25/1996-Current)
Boston Globe, The (MA) (1/1/1980-Current)
Boston Herald (MA) (1/1/1997-Current)
Bowie Blade News, The (MD) (10/3/2002-Current)
Bradenton Herald (FL) (1/19/1991-Current)
Brattleboro Reformer (VT) (10/21/2003-Current, selected coverage from 6/7/00-6/18/02)
Brazosport Facts, The (Clute, TX) (8/29/2001-Current)
Brentwood News (CA) (5/9/1997-Current)
Broomfield Enterprise (Boulder, CO) (5/2/2001-Current)
Brush News Tribune (CO) (8/8/2002-Current)
Bucks County Courier Times (Levittown, PA) (11/1/2002-Current)
Buffalo Grove Countryside (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Buffalo News, The (NY) (1/1/1989-Current)
Burlington County Times (Willingboro, NJ) (12/16/2002-Current)
Burlington Free Press (VT) (1/4/1999-Current)
Californian, The (Salinas, CA) (6/10/2002-Current)
Canyon Life - Ladera Post - Rancho Santa Margaita News: Orange County Register weeklies (CA) (5/14/2004-Current)
Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA) (1/1/1999-Current)
Capistrano Valley News: Orange County Register weekly (CA) (5/20/2004-Current)
Capital, The (Annapolis, MD) (4/2/2002-Current)
Capital Times, The (Madison, WI) (3/20/1989-Current)
Carolina Morning News (GA) (7/1/1999-Current)
Cary-Grove Countryside (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Central Wisconsin Sunday (Wisconsin Rapids, WI) (5/4/2003-Current)
Centre Daily Times (State College, PA) (5/10/1996-Current)
Chapel Hill Herald (Durham, NC) (1/1/2002-Current)
Chapel Hill News, The (NC) (5/3/2000-Current)
Charleston Daily Mail (WV) (10/14/2003-Current)
Charleston Gazette (WV) (10/15/2003-Current)
Charlotte Observer (NC) (1/1/1992-Current)
Chicago Sun-Times (IL) (1/1/1986-Current)
Chicago Tribune (IL) (1/1/1985-Current)
Chicago Tribune Historical Archive (IL) (1860-1984)
Chicago Tribune RedEye Edition (IL) (10/30/2002-Current)
Chico Enterprise-Record (Chico, CA) (9/12/2003-Current)
Chillicothe Gazette, The (OH) (4/24/2003-Current)
Chronicle-Tribune (Marion, IN) (3/18/1999-Current)
Cincinnati Enquirer, The (OH) (1/5/1999-Current)
Cincinnati Post, The (OH) (4/2/1990-Current)
Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS) (1/2/1999-Current)
Coastal Antiques and Art (Savannah, GA) (7/1/2002-Current)
Coastal Senior (Savannah, Ga) (6/1/2004-Current)
Columbia Daily Tribune (MO) (1/2/1998-Current)
Columbian, The (Vancouver, WA) (5/27/1994-Current)
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (GA) (7/22/1994-Current)
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) (6/27/1990-Current)
Concord Monitor (NH) (10/1/2002-Current)
Connecticut Post (CT) (9/18/2001-Current)
Contra Costa Sun (CA) (2/28/1996-4/18/2001)
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) (6/1/1995-Current)
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (TX) (1/4/2001-Current)
Coshocton Tribune (OH) (9/22/2002-Current)
Courier-Journal, The (Louisville, KY) (1/13/1999-Current)
Courier-News, The (Elgin, IL) (7/4/1998-Current)
Courier-News (Bridgewater, NJ) (1/1/1999-Current)
Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, NJ) (1/1/1999-Current)
Daily Advance, The (Elizabeth City, NC) (11/9/2004-Current)
Daily Advertiser, The (Lafayette, LA) (11/5/2001-Current)
Daily Camera, The (Boulder, CO) (5/2/2001-Current)
Daily Democrat, The (Woodland, CA) (8/16/2004-Current)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) (3/7/1995-Current)
Daily Journal, The (Vineland, NJ) (8/28/1999-Current)
Daily News, The (Lebanon, PA) (9/14/2001-Current)
Daily News Leader (Staunton, VA) (6/22/1999-Current)
Daily News of Los Angeles (CA) (10/3/1985-Current)
Daily Oklahoman, The (Oklahoma City) (11/1/1982-Current)
Daily Press (Newport News, VA) (1/1/1989-Current)
Daily Record (Morristown, NJ) (1/07/2004-Current)
Daily Reflector, The (Greenville, NC) (8/30/2004-Current)
Daily Review, The (Hayward, CA) (9/15/2001-Current)
Daily Sentinel, The (Grand Junction, CO) (5/3/2004-Current)
Daily Sentinel, The (Nacogdoches, TX) (8/31/04-Current)
Daily Sentinel, The (Scottsboro, AL) (9/28/2004-Current)
Daily Southtown (Chicago, IL) (7/31/2004-Current, currency varies)
Daily Times, The (Farmington, NM) (2/16/2004-Current)
Daily Times, The (Maryville, TN) (12/1/2003-Current)
Daily Times, The (Salisbury, MD) (1/15/1999-Current)
Daily Tribune, The (Wisconsin Rapids, WI) (1/28/2003-Current)
Daily World (Opelousas, LA) (2/9/2004-Current)
Dallas Morning News, The (includes Arlington Morning News) (TX) (8/12/1984-Current)
Darien News-Review (CT) (10/15/2001-Current)
Davis Enterprise, The (CA) (7/18/1999-Current)
Day, The (New London, CT) (7/24/2003-Current)
Daytona Beach News-Journal (FL) (3/27/1996-Current)
Dayton Daily News (OH) (2/1/1990-Current)
Deerfield Review (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Denver Post, The (CO) (6/3/1989-Current)
Deseret News, The (Salt Lake City, UT) (4/7/1988-Current)
Desert Sun, The (Palm Springs, CA) (1/1/1999-Current)
Des Moines Register, The (IA) (1/18/1999-Current)
Des Plaines Times (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Detroit Free Press (MI) (3/5/1982-Current)
Detroit News, The (MI) (1/1/1999-Current)
Duluth News-Tribune (MN) (1/1/1995-Current)
East Dubuque Register (IA) (1/24/2003-Current)
Eastside Journal, The (Bellevue, WA) (12/4/1999-1/13/2003)
Edgebrook Times Review (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Edison-Norwood Times Review (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Edwardsville Intelligencer (IL) (7/4/2000-Current)
El Cerrito Journal (CA) (11/2/2001-Current)
Elk Grove Times (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Elm Leaves (Elmwood Park, IL) (1/2/2002-Current)
El Nuevo Herald (Miami, FL) (1/1/1983-Current)
El Paso Times (TX) (4/15/1999-Current)
Emporia Gazette, The (KS) (4/1/2002-Current)
Evanston Review (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Evansville Courier, The (IN) (6/19/1991-Current; one month lag, 10/25/00-10/21/01 unavailable)
Evening Sun, The (Hanover, PA) (9/15/2001-Current)
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (AK) (9/17/2001-Current)
Fairfield Citizen News (CT) (9/17/2001-Current)
Fayetteville Observer, The (NC) (1/18/1988-Current)
Flint Journal, The (MI) (10/3/1995-Current)
Florida Times-Union, The (Jacksonville, FL) (1/12/1996-Current)
Florida Today (Melbourne, FL) (1/1/1999-Current)
Forest Leaves (River Forest, IL) (1/2/2002-Current)
Fort Bragg Advocate News (CA) (9/20/2001-Current)
Fort Collins Coloradoan (CO) (1/1/1999-Current)
Fort Morgan Times (CO) (9/14/1999-Current)
Fort Pierce Tribune (FL) (8/13/2002-Current)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) (1/1/1991-Current)
Franklin Park Herald-Journal (IL) (1/2/2002-Current)
Free Lance-Star, The (Fredericksburg, VA) (1/1/2004-Current)
Fresno Bee, The (CA) (2/5/1987-Current)
Fullerton News Tribune: Orange County Register weekly (CA) (5/20/2004-Current)
Galveston County Daily News, The (TX) (1/1/2002-Current)
Gazette, The (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City) (1/4/1992-Current)
Gazette, The (Colorado Springs, CO) (4/2/1988-Current)
Glencoe News (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Glenview Announcements (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Graham Leader (TX) (11/29/2002-Current)
Grand Forks Herald (ND) (10/1/1987-Current)
Grand Rapids Press, The (MI) (8/6/2000-Current)
Grayslake Review (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Great Falls Tribune (MT) (1/1/1999-Current)
Green Bay Press-Gazette (WI) (1/1/1999-Current)
Greensboro News & Record (NC) (1/1/1990-Current)
Greenville News, The (SC) (1/2/1999-Current)
Greenwich Citizen (CT) (11/8/2002-Current)
Groton Landmark (MA) (9/18/2001-Current)
Grunion Gazette, The (Long Beach, CA) (1/24/2002-Current)
Gurnee Review (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Hartford Courant, The (CT) (7/9/1991-Current)
Harvard Hillside (MA) (9/18/2001-Current)
Hattiesburg American (MS) (4/13/2000-Current)
Hawk Eye, The (Burlington, IA) (1/1/2003-Current)
Herald, The (Rock Hill, SC) (5/1/2004-Current)
Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) (11/1/1993-Current)
Herald-Dispatch, The (Huntington, WV) (1/1/1999-Current)
Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, SC) (1/1/2004-Current)
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL) (1/2/1997-Current)
Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC) (1/1/2002-Current)
Herald Times Reporter, The (Manitowoc, WI) (6/8/2004-Current)
Highland Park News (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Hoffman Estates Review (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Honolulu Advertiser, The (Hawaii) (1/1/1999-Current)
Houston Chronicle (TX) (10/30/1985-Current)
Idaho Statesman, The (Boise, ID) (1/26/1999-Current)
Indianapolis Star, The (IN) (1/1/1999-Current)
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA) (4/9/2002-Current, 5/21/02-7/11/02 unavailable)
Intelligencer, The (Doylestown, PA) (11/01/2002-Current)
Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA) (1/2/1995-Current)
Investor's Business Daily (Los Angeles, CA) (2/15/2000-Current)
Iowa City Press-Citizen (IA) (9/17/1999-Current)
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Jackson Sun, The (TN) (9/24/2003-Current)
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Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (1/9/2000-Current)
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Juneau Empire (AK) (1/2/1998-Current)
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Kerrville Daily Times (TX) (2/7/2001-Current)
King County Journal (Bellevue, WA) (1/8/2003-Current)
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Macon Telegraph, The (GA) (8/18/1994-Current)
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Mendocino Beacon (CA) (9/20/2001-Current)
Merced Sun-Star, The (CA) (8/22/01-Current, 2/28/04-3/19/04 unavailable)
Miami Herald, The (FL) (1/1/1983-Current)
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Milpitas Post (CA) (8/5/2004-Current)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI) (1/22/1990-Current)
Mobile Register (AL) (11/1992-Current, 10/01-1/10/03 unavailable)
Modesto Bee, The (CA) (1/3/1989-Current)
Monteclarion (CA) (11/23/2001-Current)
Monterey County Herald, The (CA) (1/6/2002-Current)
Morning Sentinel (Waterville, ME) (11/2/2004-Current)
Morton Grove Champion (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Mount Prospect Times (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Mundelein Review (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Naperville Sun, The (IL) (1/1/1997-Current)
New Hampshire Sunday News (Manchester, NH) (8/11/2002-Current)
News & Observer, The (Raleigh, NC) (1/1/1991-Current)
News-Gazette, The (Champaign-Urbana, IL) (6/14/1997-Current)
News Herald, The (Port Clinton, OH) (1/18/2001-Current)
News Journal (Mansfield, OH) (9/11/2002-Current)
News Journal (Wilmington, DE) (1999-Current)
News-Messenger, The (Fremont, OH) (10/5/1999-Current)
News-Press, The (Fort Myers, FL) (5/2/1999-Current)
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News-Star, The (Monroe, LA) (2/17/1999-Current)
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New York Sun (NY) (06/04/2002-Current)
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Norwalk Citizen News (CT) (12/13/2002-Current)
Oakland Tribune, The (CA) (9/15/2004-Current)
Oak Leaves (Oak Park, IL) (1/2/2002-Current)
Observer-Reporter (Washington, PA) (1/06/2004-Current)
Ocean County Observer (Toms River, NJ) (12/17/2002-Current)
Olympian, The (WA) (3/12/2001-Current)
Orange City News: Orange County Register weekly (CA) (8/12/2004-Current)
Orange County Register, The (Santa Ana, CA) (1/1/1987-Current)
Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) (1/3/1988-Current)
Orlando Sentinel, The (FL) (4/1/1985-Current)
Oshkosh Northwestern (WI) (8/31/1999-Current)
Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer (KY) (9/1/1988-Current)
Pacifica Tribune (CA) (8/20/2003-Current)
Pacific Daily News (Agana, Guam) (1999-Current)
Palatine Countryside (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Palladium-Item (Richmond, IN) (11/24/1999-Current)
Palm Beach Daily News (FL) (1/2/2000-Current)
Palm Beach Post, The (FL) (1/1/1989-Current)
Pantagraph, The (Bloomington, IL) (1/1/1989-Current)
Park Record (Park City, UT) (9/10/2003-Current)
Park Ridge Herald-Advocate (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Pensacola News Journal (FL) (1/1/1999-Current)
Peoria Journal Star, The (IL) (7/15/1991-Current)
Pepperell Free Press (MA) (9/18/2001-Current)
Philadelphia Daily News (PA) (7/21/1982-Current)
Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) (1/16/1981-Current)
Piedmonter (CA) (3/1/2002-Current)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA) (5/29/1990-Current)
Placentia News-Times: Orange County Register weekly (CA) (5/20/2004-Current)
Plain Dealer, The (Cleveland, OH) (8/2/1991-Current)
Plainview Daily Herald (TX) (2/6/2001-Current)
Portland Press Herald (ME) (3/1/1994-Current)
Post-Crescent, The (Appleton, WI) (11/18/2001-Current)
Post-Standard, The (Syracuse, NY) (1/1/1996-Current)
Post-Tribune (IN) (9/17/2000-Current)
Poughkeepsie Journal (NY) (1/1/1999-Current)
Press & Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, NY) (1/22/1999-Current)
Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) (1/1/1995-Current)
Press-Enterprise, The (Riverside, CA) (9/28/1992-Current)
Press of Atlantic City, The (NJ) (1/1/1988-Current)
Public Opinion (Chambersburg, PA) (4/26/1999-Current)
Public Spirit, The (Ayer, MA) (9/18/2001-Current)
Quick DFW (Dallas, TX) (11/12/03-Current)
Raleigh Extra (Durham, NC) (6/18/1995-5/25/1997)
Record, The (Hackensack, NJ) (1/2/1985-Current)
Red Bluff Daily News (CA) (9/12/2003-Current)
Redlands Daily Facts (CA) (9/16/2001-Current)
Redwood Times (CA) (9/22/2004-Current)
Reno Gazette-Journal (NV) (1/2/1999-Current)
Reporter, The (Fond du Lac, WI) (4/25/2002-Current)
Reporter, The (Vacaville, CA) (1/3/2001-Current)
Republican, The (Springfield, MA) (6/16/1988-Current)
Republican-American (Waterbury, CT) (6/25/04-Current)
Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) (8/19/1985-Current)
River Grove Messenger (IL) (1/2/2002-Current)
Roanoke Times, The (VA) (1/1/1990-Current)
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (NY) (1/2/1999-Current)
Rockford Register Star (IL) (1/1/1999-Current)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) (1/1/1990-Current)
Rocky Mount Telegram (NC) (10/8/2004-Current)
Rolling Meadows Review (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
Sacramento Bee, The (CA) (3/31/1984-Current)
Saddleback Valley News: Orange County Register weekly (Laguna Hills-Mission Viejo, CA) (5/14/2004-Current)
Saginaw News (MI) (4/21/2000-Current)
Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT) (9/26/90-Current)
San Antonio Express-News (TX) (9/27/1990-Current)
San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA) (1/1/2000-Current)
Sand Mountain Reporter (Albertville, AL) (3/22/2001-Current)
San Francisco Chronicle (CA) (1/1/1985-Current)
San Gabriel Valley Tribune (West Covina, CA) (9/25/2001-Current)
San Jose Mercury News (CA) (6/1/1985-Current)
San Mateo County Times (CA) (9/15/2001-Current)
San Ramon Valley Times (CA) (9/9/1995-Current)
Santa Fe New Mexican, The (NM) (9/12/1994-Current)
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA) (1/1/1986-Current)
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Shirley Oracle (MA) (9/18/2001-Current)
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Springfield News-Leader (MO) (1/1/1999-Current)
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Star-Ledger, The (Newark, NJ) (2/13/1996-Current)
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Star-News (Wilmington, NC) (1/31/2002-Current)
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Star-Progress: Orange County Register weekly (Brea-La Habra, CA) (5/27/2004-Current)
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Statesman Journal (Salem, OR) (1/1/1999-Current)
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Times-Journal, The (Fort Payne, AL) (9/13/2003-Current)
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Wheeling Countryside (IL) (1/3/2002-Current)
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World, The (Coos Bay, OR) (3/22/2004-Current)
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle (Cheyenne, WY) (11/24/2003-Current)
Yakima Herald-Republic (WA) (12/11/1997-Current)
Yorba Linda Star: Orange County Register weekly (CA) (5/20/2004-Current)
York Daily Record (PA) (9/2/1992-Current)
York Dispatch, The (PA) (11/1/2002-Current)
York Sunday News (PA) (9/16/2001-Current)

Lista Wildsteina online - 240,000 WWII+ Polish names

A list of 240,000 names of Polish secret agents, informers, secret service employees, and victims of persecution during the Communist era was leaked on the Internet at the end of January 2005. If you have Polish family members, finding a relative's name there may explain why that person left the country suddenly, or could not leave when the rest of the family did. "Lista Wildsteina" (Wildstein's list) is now available on many web sites and peer-to-peer file sharing networks and is also available (in Polish) as a searchable database: http://www.futrega.org/lista.

More info: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&q=wildstein+list

Thank you to Richard Eastman for reporting this in his fine genealogy newsletter, Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: http://www.eogn.com. Genealogist feedback available on his bulletin board: http://eogn.typepad.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2005/02/what_did_you_do.html


The moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice. - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Alsace Genealogy Lists

The updated version of this post is now at my Genealogy-only blog: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/alsace-genealogy-lists.html

Alsace-Lorraine-L: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm

FRA-Alsace-L: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/FRA/FRA-ALSACE.html

Alsace-Genealogy@Listserv.aol.com: http://www.fedda.no/~jacques/alsace/en/g_listserv.html

La_genealogie_alsacienne@yahoo.fr: http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/la_genealogie_alsacienne/
Toute la généalogie et l'histoire en Alsace et en Moselle. Départements 57-67-68-90 et régions aux alentours. Histoire, généalogie, onomastique, héraldique, toponymie, dans les régions germaniques du nord-est de la FRANCE. Aides à la recherche, traductions, interprétations, transcriptions, des actes de l'état-civil, des registres paroissiaux protestants et catholiques, des différents notariats et autres textes historiques anciens. Since 2001, in French. 1195 members.

DEU-Regio-L: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/DEU-REGIO.html
   The ancient "Regio" cities (Alsace, Baden, Nordwestschweiz/Northwest Switzerland

German-Alsatian-L: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/GERMAN-ALSATIAN.html
   German-Alsatian traditions, culture, folklore, heritage

Alsatian-Rhenan-Nobility-L: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/FRA/ALSATIAN-RHENAN-NOBILITY.html
   Ancient nobility of the Alsatian-Rhenan area (Alsace, France & Rhenish Palatinate/German Rheinpfalz, Germany)

Alsatian-Surnames-L: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/FRA/ALSATIAN-SURNAMES.html

Alsatian-Traditions-L: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/FRA/ALSATIAN-TRADITIONS.html

FRA-Els-Rosheim-L: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/FRA/FRA-ELS-ROSHEIM.html
   City of Rosheim & surrounding areas at the foot of Mount Sainte-Odile, Alsace, France, & Decapolis related matters

FRA-Els-Strasbourg-L: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/FRA/FRA-ELS-STRASBOURG.html
   City of Strasbourg, Alsace, France, and surrounding areas

Keskatel-Alsace-Bossue-L: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/FRA/KESKASTEL-ALSACE-BOSSUE.html
   Keskastel, Bas-Rhin region of France and its inhabitants since the 1600s

Judeo-Alsatian-L: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Jewish/JUDEO-ALSATIAN.html

Alsatian-American-L: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic/ALSATIAN-AMERICAN.html

Also, the FRA-Franche-Comté-L covers the Territoire-de-Belfort: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/FRA/FRA-FRANCHE-COMTE.html

List in French only, sponsored by the Cercle Généalogique d'Alsace (CGA)
   Liste@alsace-genealogie.com: http://www.alsace-genealogie.com/iphp/anglais/internet/liste_diffusion.php


Much of the vitality in a friendship lies in the honoring of differences, not simply in the enjoyment of similarities. - James L. Fredericks

Diana Gabaldon's Outlander books

The Outlander Series is five books so far:

Outlander - was gripping. I got a lot less sleep than I should have, because I couldn't close the book! I really loved Claire and Jamie, and was completely gripped by the troubles they met and triumphed over, with such style! 850 pages (paperback). It's set in the Highlands of Scotland, near where my McPhails, Macphersons and MacQueens came from, and straddles the world of post-war Britain and 18th-century Scotland. Sex, romance, fantasy, history, heroic deeds AND genealogy -- what's not to like? It was even better than I hoped.

Dragonfly in Amber - another sleep-thief. Bookended by Clair's situation between her return to the 40s, and the present (60s). The rest is Clair and Jamie in France, playing a very dangerous game. We meet Bree (Brianna) and Roger, the adopted son of the Rev. Mr. Reginald Wakefield, Frank's friend and fellow researcher. Of course, the plot thickens!

Voyager

Drums of Autumn

The Fiery Cross

These books were recommended on Scottish genealogy lists, because of the genealogy thread that runs through them all, and the basis in historical reality. The genealogy of the major characters is a major plot device, but even if you are not fascinated by this window on the past, you will love the writing, the characters, the plotting, the pacing. Top-notch.

While waiting for Voyager to arrive, I checked out Lord John and the Private Matter out of the library. Based on a minor character from the Outlander series, it is *delightful*. I didn't pick up on the fact that Lord John is gay, and the plot of the mystery involves the gay -- and hidden -- London of the 1750s, during the Seven Years War. I swear Diana Gabaldon read the Dave Brandstetter novels! Lord John is a very similar character, and conducts his investigation in much the same way. I would want Lord John and Dave on my side if I had a "private matter" to clear up. :-)


Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, and the silence of the voice of justice, when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph in society. - Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethopia

How are souls made?

Vale of soul making

How are souls made? ...How but by the medium of a world like this... I can scarcely express what I can but dimly perceive [but] I will put it in the most homely form possible. I will call the world a school instituted for the purpose of teaching little children to read. I will call the human heart the hornbook used in that school. And I will call the child able to read, the soul made from that school and its hornbook. Do you see how necessary a world of pains and trouble is to school an intelligence and make it a soul? A place where the heart must feel and suffer in a thousand diverse ways. - John Keats, 1795-1821

Thanks to Paul Herrick for revealing this quote in his article about the tsunami: http://www.philosophynews.com/common/textharness.aspx?pid=tsunami_theodicy

Movies Early 2005

It's a new year; I'll start afresh. Watched Lost in Yonkers (1993) tonight, and I wish I were more impressed. As always, Richard Dreyfuss is wonderful -- all the acting was wonderful, as was the writing (based on a Simon play), the sets, costumes, lighting -- all super. Maybe it was just too leisurely? It lacked that spark for me, to make it compelling. Near miss, though.

Watched an oldie, tonight - The Thin Man (1934). What a delight! Funny, classy, effervescent -- although they didn't drink gallons of champagne, but instead bathtubs full of whiskey! Wow, people used to drink and smoke a lot in "the pictures." I absolutely loved the film, and will watch out for the rest of them. William Powell and Myrna Loy were just delightful.

Well, last night a fascinating film, musical French murder mystery! 8 femmes (2002), known here as 8 Women. One murdered man, and 8 suspects, trapped in a house together: Danielle Darrieux played Mamy, the mother-in-law of the murdered man, and sang my favorite song of the 8. Catherine Deneuve was Gaby, Marcel's wife. Isabelle Huppert was Augustine, Gaby's resentful sister. Emmanuelle Béart was Louise, the maid. Fanny Ardant was Pierrette, Marcel's estranged sister. Virginie Ledoyen was a radiant Suzon, the older daughter, just home for the holidays from college. Ludivine Sagnier was Catherine, the younger sister, and Firmine Richard was Madame Chanel, the cook. Marvelous cast, fun writing, great SET. Fun, fun, fun!

For a complete change of pace, tonight a drama I checked out of the library on DVD, The Circle, or Dayereh (2000) by Iranian director Jafar Panahi. Very powerful, mysterious, haunting, -- banned in Iran. I don't think it is just about religion, just about women, or even just about the authoritarian regime in Iran. It is about humans, and how we can enlarge our circle of restrictions by supporting one another. Great acting, wonderful script, masterful shooting. See this film.

Thanks to Debra, tonight we saw Garden State (2004), which I so regretted missing in the theater. It was just GREAT, and it is unbelievable that this is Zach Braff's first film as director -- and writer! SO excellent! I enjoyed watching the deleted scenes, too -- although I think the film was definitely better without almost all of them. Ian Holm's big scene was wonderful -- too bad it couldn't have fit, but the film was better without it. :( Natalie Portman was good -- almost erased her Star Wars drek in my head - not that it was HER fault!

Tonight was a very wierd echo of last night's Garden State. We saw Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) which had the shut-down fellow being brought to full life by the full-of-life girlfriend, although that is where the parallels stop. This one zigged and zagged, but while mystifying sometimes, ultimately made sense. The imagery was wonderful, script was intricate but understandable, acting was TOP-NOTCH -- completely enjoyable and satisfying. Carrey & Winslet get better and better with every outing. Check out the DVD for some of the extras, too. Completely wonderful.

Masterful, gripping, chilling. Richard III (1995) is Sir Ian McKellen's staging of Shakespeare's famous tale of murder, ambition and betrayal. Sir Ian is magnificently evil as Richard, and Kristin Scott Thomas as his doomed wife, and widow of his brother (whom Richard murdered) was also GREAT. Jim Broadbent, who I last saw in Iris (2001), was also VERY good as the smiling but ultimately doomed Buckingham. Richard would not honor anything less than total and instant obediance, you see. I also enjoyed Robert Downey Jr.'s small part. Was he smitten with his sister the Queen? Set in a mythical 30s fascist England, Richard III springs to awful and powerful life.

Tonight, watched The Grudge (2004) with Colin. Interested horror film based on a Japanese folk tale, which was first made as a Japanese film. Sam Raimi was interested in bringing it to American audiences, so it was re-made in Japan and Hollywood, with American lead actors, but the original Japanese director and crew, and the same locations, aside from the house. Just being in a foreign culture would be disturbing as well as exciting, and this fact was built into the new script. Creepy, scary, and interesting. Seeing Sarah Michelle Gellar as a character other than Buffy was cool too! She's good, and I hope she can break out of the teen super-hero role she had for so many years as The Slayer. Nice to have no "Hollywood happy ending", too.

More horror - May (2002), Nastasia's movie. Delightfully gory and twisted! Black comedy morphing into horror, mixed up with a little bit of twisty sex. If you can't deal with blood (and sewing), this one's not for you! "If you can't find a friend... make one."

Piñero (2001). I just checked the DVD out of my local library, and was blown away. Benjamin Bratt carried it off totally, and I thought that the back and forth color/black and white and time-shifting was perfect to portray the fractured nature of this troubled genius. I loved the plays and poetry being woven in with the glimpses of popular culture. Great film, although it doesn't quite escape from the biopic genre.

Favorite Movies (mid-2004): http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/06/favorite-movies_23.html

Latest and Favorite Films (late 2004): http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/10/latest-and-favorite-films.html


No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a doorway for the human spirit. - Helen Keller

Le Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles (CDHF)

How to use the Le Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles (CDHF) website. Thanks to my partner in the Alsace Chat project, Jean-Pierre Daeschler, for forwarding the CDHF announcement. They have recently added new data. I can't read French, but Babelfish has helped me figure out some of it. Giliane and Lorine kindly sent the list some explanations of how to read and use the site. Thank you, Giliane and Lorine!

Marriages: http://cdhf.net/fr/index.php?t=bases&d=bases/mariages&c=mariages&f=selection
   Marriages by bride or groom's name. Listed are Groom's surname, firstname on top, Bride's surname, firstname in the middle, year on the bottom. Remember, the data is more for the Department du Haut-Rhin, and it is far from complete When you find a marriage record from an ancestor, you can click on a little blue basket on the right, which will put this in a "basket" and you can then order a copy of the record. The order is not online, but it produces a form with the details on the data you need, which you print and mail to them.

Villages: http://cdhf.net/fr/index.php?t=villages&d=villages&c=villages&f=presentation
   This is the best link, because it provides a lot of information on what they have collected over the years, and it is mostly for Haut-Rhin, although you can find details on some Bas-Rhin towns. From this link you can access several databases, i.e. marriages in the selected town; archives, military, "optants", armoiries, village pictures etc.

All databases: http://cdhf.net/fr/index.php?t=bases&h=bases/aide
   Lorine (from Olive Tree Genealogy), says a bit about this part:

This is where you find the list of all the databases - in the box on the right (Les bases sont accessibles dans les différents cadres de droite.) See the box labelled: Patronymes. That is all the databases. Under the title are clickable lists of the databases, including names of soldiers (soldats) etc. You can use wildcards in your search (acceptent les caractéres jokers). They are the * to replace zero or more characters and the question
mark ? to replace one character in your search.

Click on one (soldats). There is a page explaining that specific database and the words Accéder à la base. You must click on that link to search. A new page loads. Type your search term into the box, then click the little arrow.

Lorine's search: I went to the soldats one, typed in JEANNE, and got no results.It came up with a reminder about using wildcards, so I typed in JEAN* and got 14 results. You can order articles (they show beside the names you find when you search the databases). You add articles to your basket (panier) top right, where it says utilisation and under that panier. If you click on the panier vide' (empty basket/cart) you will find another page of explanation starting with the heading Panier vide (empty basket/cart). Then it explains the 2 hour anonymous cookie life. You can add the articles to your basket but if you go past 2 hours, they are all lost.

So I tried it with my search of the SOLDATS database. Did the "JEAN*" search again and then clicked on the article to the right of the first name. There's a bit of info, including author's name, and a price. The first button/icon to the right says, in a little bubble when you run your mouse over it, ADD TO YOUR BASKET (ajouter au panier). The second says MORE INFORMATION (plus d'informations). I clicked, it was added and a window popped confirming that. Then go to the top RIGHT of the page. 3 icons in a row - first is "access the cart/basket" (acces au panier) second is "Write to us" (nous contacter) third is "print" (imprimer). When I clicked to access (see) my basket (panier) it showed the article!

Thanks to Giliane and Lorine for helping us understand how better to make use of this wonderful resource. Thanks for any clarifications, additions, or corrections.


The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices. - Frederick II (the Great)

Arkansas

Roots-L Arkansas Resources: http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/ar.html

Arkansas Genealogy Mail Lists: http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_states-ar.html

Arkansas GenWeb: http://www.argenweb.net/

Linkpendium Arkansas links: http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/AR/

Arkansas Old Newspapers: http://library.uark.edu/screens/opacmenu.html

Bill Couch's "Original Arkansas Genealogy": http://www.couchgenweb.com/arkansas/

Arkansas Genealogical Society: http://www.rootsweb.com/~args/home.htm

Free Arkansas Census and County Formation Maps: http://www.segenealogy.com/arkansas/ar_maps.htm

$$$ Pictorial History of Arkansas Up to 1890, database online. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: Hempstead, Fay. A Pictorial History of Arkansas From Earliest Times To the Year 1890. St. Louis and New York: N. D. Thompson Publishing, 1890. Ancestry.com subscribers can search this database at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7289


No loss of flood and lightning, no destruction of cities and temples by hostile forces of nature, has deprived man of so many noble lives and impulses as those which his intolerance has destroyed. - Helen Keller

Free Information at Ancestry.com

The up-to-date version of this post will be maintained at: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/free-information-at-ancestrycom.html

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There is still lots of free info on Ancestry. In fact, recently two Census indexes have been added; the US 1880 every-name index, and the 1881 UK Census. The Message boards are free, as is the Ancestry World Tree. The My Ancestry Search Profile is pretty cool, and is free, although the results may point to subscription databases. The Learning Center is still free, which has loads of great articles. They also offer the free trial program, Family Tree Maker, although you do have to register to get that. Finally, the Research Registry is free for all.

Two census indexes for free searching: the 1880 U.S. Federal Census and the 1881 England, Wales, Isle of Man, and Channel Islands Census. The 1880 U.S. Federal Census is an every-name index and the last census available census for the 1800s. More about this: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2005/03/1880-us-census-free-to-search-at.html. The 1881 census every-name index includes enumerations for England, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands.

Message Boards: http://boards.ancestry.com or http://boards.rootsweb.com

Ancestry World Tree: http://ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.htm
(database also accessible from Rootsweb: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

My Ancestry: http://ancestry.com/myancestry/

Learning Center: http://ancestry.com/learn/

Ancestry has a Research Registry, which is a way for you to connect with people working on the same surnames or families as you. Access the Research Registry through the Message Boards tab on Ancestry.com. On the right side of the page you'll see a box titled Research Registry. From here you can search for others working on specific surnames or add your own research profiles so that others can find you. Note that if you are not an Ancestry.com subscriber or registered site user, you will probably have to register your name and e-mail address in to access the Research Registry. This registration is free. Rootsweb has a similar, older database, the RootsWeb Surname List: http://rsl.rootsweb.com/.

And don't forget, since Ancestry purchased Rootsweb, that all of that fabulous material is still available free, thanks to Ancestry: http://www.rootsweb.com/

I have to admit, they seem to "hide" the free information, but it is there. I'm sure we all miss the "10 days for free on all new databases" that they did for so many years. Also remember, if you can't afford a membership, there are LOTS of library systems that subscribe, so be sure to check the website of your local or county library system. I have access to both Ancestry *and* Heritage Quest through my county library system.

Posting One (and only one) GEDCOM file at Rootsweb WorldConnect, Ancestry World Tree, and Ancestry Online Family Tree: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/02/posting-one-and-only-one-gedcom-file.html

Search the White Pages at Ancestry: http://www.infospace.com/_1_2WLTOW042VVDHI__info.anstry/wp/index.htm

$$$ AIS Census Indexes at Ancestry: http://ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/ais/main.htm

Interview Questions: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=A342501

Charts and Forms (incl. blank census forms, Pedigree/Ancestral Chart & Family Group Sheets): http://www.ancestry.com/save/charts/ancchart.htm

Rootsweb, and how to Use it: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2003/12/rootsweb-and-how-to-use-it.html

Need to search list archives? Use Rootsweb Listsearches: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2005/01/rootsweb-listsearches.html

Easy List Unsubscribing: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/06/easy-list-unsubscribing.html

Sharing Your Family History at Rootsweb: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/01/sharing-your-family-history-at.html

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


Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. - Arthur Golden

Inauguration

Those who know me, know that I'm not a fan of President Bush. However, I am an idealist, and remain hopeful for the future. I didn't listen to the speech, but I did read the text. While there are hidden ideas disguised by patriotic rhetoric with with I take issue, there are also ideas I hope Bush and his government will hold themselves to. So often the US has shown immense hypocracy, supposedly supporting democracy and human rights, but in reality propping up or even creating tyrannies such as that of Saddam Hussein and in much of Central and South America. Is there pressure on General Mussarif to step down, or at least give up control of the Pakistani Army? If lack of freedom creates terrorism, where are all the Chinese terrorists? There was not a word about fundamentalist Islam and the threat it poses to the world. If liberty and freedom are good for the rest of the world, why are we still suffering under the Patriot Act?

If "freedom, by its nature, must be chosen, and defended by citizens, and sustained by the rule of law and the protection of minorities" -- why is Bush continuing to say that he supports the amending the Constitution to take away the rights of gay Americans to marry as they choose? Rights that should be protected by the Fourteenth Amendment?

There is one partial sentence in the speech I love: "Make the choice to serve in a cause larger than your wants, larger than yourself." I hope each reader will make that choice.

I am in complete concord with the penultimate paragraph, and I hope Mr. Bush and I agree on the meaning:

We go forward with complete confidence in the eventual triumph of freedom. Not because history runs on the wheels of inevitability; it is human choices that move events. Not because we consider ourselves a chosen nation; God moves and chooses as He wills. We have confidence because freedom is the permanent hope of mankind, the hunger in dark places, the longing of the soul. When our Founders declared a new order of the ages; when soldiers died in wave upon wave for a union based on liberty; when citizens marched in peaceful outrage under the banner "Freedom Now" - they were acting on an ancient hope that is meant to be fulfilled. History has an ebb and flow of justice, but history also has a visible direction, set by liberty and the Author of Liberty.

The Daily Show's scoreboard: Freedom - 27     Liberty - 15

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I have no point-by-point examination of the State of the Union speech, because it all sounded like so much double-talk to me. However, Bush's central point about Social Security sounds completely BOGUS to me. Sending part of the contributions to so-called "private accounts" will *help* the predicted shortfall? Huh? Besides, people have been able to contribute to their own IRAs for many years. Those are truly private accounts. For more, see Factcheck.org: http://www.factcheck.org/article305m.html

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Bill Moyer's explanation of the thinking on the Right - The Delusional Is No Longer Marginal: http://www.tompaine.com/articles/the_delusional_is_no_longer_marginal.php
   Can critical thinking really be in such decline? Religious faith has not meant the abandonment of thought, before.

Open Letter to President Bush and Those Who Voted For Him: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/11/open-letter-to-president-bush-and.html

Call to Action: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/09/call-to-action.html

Politics: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/01/politics.html

The war - Deja Vu (All Over Again): http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/07/deja-vu-all-over-again.html

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2005/01/injustice-anywhere-is-threat-to.html

Modern Reality Cannot Be Amended: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/11/modern-reality-cannot-be-amended.html

Gay Marriage: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/02/gay-marriage.html

Marriage, the Bible, and Mr. Bush: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/01/marriage-bible-and-mr-bush.html

Open Letter to Dr. Laura concerning her Condemnation of Homosexual People: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/02/open-letter-to-dr-laura-concerning-her.html

The 14 Defining Characteristics Of Fascism: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/11/14-defining-characteristics-of-fascism.html


Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people. - Jawaharlal Nehru

Train Ticket

Just a joke, boys....

Train Ticket

Three women and three men are traveling by train to the Super Bowl. At the station, the three men each buy a ticket and watch as the three women buy just one ticket.

"How are the three of you going to travel on only one ticket?" asks one of the men.

"Watch and learn," answers one of the women.

They all board the train. The three men take their respective seats but all three women cram into a toilet together and close the door. Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around collecting tickets. He knocks on the toilet door and says, "Ticket, please."

The door opens just a crack, and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on. The men see this happen and agree it was quite a clever idea; so, after the
game, they decide to do the same thing on the return trip and save some money. When they get to the station they buy a single ticket for the return trip but see, to their astonishment, that the three women don't buy any ticket at all!!

"How are you going to travel without a ticket?" says one perplexed man.

"Watch and learn," answer the women.

When they board the train, the three men cram themselves into a toilet, and the three women cram into another toilet just down the way. Shortly after the train is on its way, one of the women leaves her toilet and walks over to the toilet in which the men are hiding. The woman knocks on their door and says, "Ticket, please."

I'm still trying to figure out why men ever think they are smarter than women.

Contributed by my friend and distant cousin Don Gossick. Thanks, Don!


Give a man a match, and he'll be warm for a minute. Set him on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. - anon

Tsunami Before & After

Horrible damage apparent from sattelite photos: http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/14.html


If There is any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow human being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. - William Penn

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere

I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people and I should stick to the issue of racial justice. But I hasten to remind them that Martin Luther King Jr. said, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream to make room at the table of brother and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people. - Coretta Scott King, March 31, 1998

South Carolina

South Carolina Dept. of Archives & History has put many databases online, searchable by surname, location, or topic. There is a Soundex option, and you can tailor your searches using Boolean search terms, and by limiting to a year-range. Here are a few samples:

SERIES TITLE YEARS NUMBER of Records

Plat Collection of John McCrady ca.1680-1929 8,107
Judgment Rolls (Charleston District) 1791-1839 22,776
Renunciations of Dower Books (Charleston County) 1787-1887 992
Petitions and Decrees in Summary Process (Charleston District) 1791-1823 4,583
Petitions to Practice Law (Charleston District Court of Equity) 1804-1808 8
Accounts Audited of Claims Growing Out of the Revolution 1778-1804 11,170
Memorial Books (Copy Series) 1731-1778 21,515
Individual Tax Returns for 1824 1825 5,172
Petitions to Practice Law (Constitutional Court) 1820 1
Judgment Rolls (Court of Common Pleas) 1703-1790 14,981
Renunciations of Dower Books (Court of Common Pleas) 1726-1786 2,028
Petitions and Decrees in Summary Process (Common Pleas) 1783-1790 292
Petitions to Practice Law (Court of Appeals [1824-36]) 1825-1836 154

The entire list is here: http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/search/AuthorityTerms/SerieslistMenu.asp

The documents are grouped as follows:
Index to Multiple Record Series ca. 1675-1929 - 172,325 items
Will Transcripts 1782-1855 - 10,567 items
Confederate Pension Applications 1919-1938 - 10,242 items
Plats for State Land Grants 1784-1868 - 51,701 items
Legislative Papers 1782-1866 - 52,567 items
Criminal Journals 1769-1776 - 2,087 items
School Insurance Photographs 1935-1952 - 2,662 items
TOTAL: 302,151 items

Search databases that index records located at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History: http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/search/default.asp

RootsWeb South Carolina Resources: http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/SC/

South Carolina: http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/SC/


A society unwilling to confront its social reality in a timely manner is doomed to experience the consequences in later generations and possibly forever. - William Greider

US Centennial Gazetteer, Newspaper Union List

The centennial gazetteer of the United States: A geographical and statistical encyclopædia of the states, territories, counties, townships, villages, post offices, mountains, rivers, lakes, etc., in the American union. By A. von Steinwehr. Publication date: [c1874] By Steinwehr, Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich von, 1822-1877, comp.

Title Page: http://www.hti.umich.edu/t/text/gifcvtdir/abf5361.0001.001/00000005.tifs.gif
Preface Page: http://www.hti.umich.edu/t/text/gifcvtdir/abf5361.0001.001/00000007.tifs.gif
Abbreviations Used page: http://www.hti.umich.edu/t/text/gifcvtdir/abf5361.0001.001/00000009.tifs.gif

Index (Letter of the alphabet, and start page):
A - 59      H - 378     O - 663     V - 910
B - 98      I - 420      P - 688     W - 925
C - 162    J - 437     Q - 744     X - 1002
D - 256    K - 455     R - 746     Y - 1003
E - 287    L - 473      S - 781     Z - 1009
F - 312    M - 522     T - 869    
G - 344    N - 611     U - 899    

US Gazetteer 1874

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UNION LIST: http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;sid=86abce17a967313b6464b5007b6eb760;rgn=full%20text;idno=AAM7032.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000003

Centennial Newspaper Exhibition, 1876. A Complete list of American Newspapers. A statement of the industries, characteristics, population and location of towns in which they are published; also, A descriptive account of the great newspapers of the day. NY; G.P.Rowell & Co., 1876.

Alabama, 17-19
Alaska (none)
Arizona Terr., 166
Arkansas, 19-20
California, 20-25
Colorado Terr., 166-167
Connecticut, 25-26
Dakotas Terr., 167-168
Delaware, 26-27
D.C., 27
Florida, 27-28
Georgia, 28-31
Hawaii (none)
Idaho Terr., 168
Illinois, 31-44
Indiana, 44-52
Iowa, 52-61
Kansas, 61-64
Kentucky, 54-67
Louisiana, 67-69
Maine (pps.69-71
Maryland, 71-73
Massachusetts, 73-79
Michigan, 79-86
Minnesota, 86-89
Mississippi, 89-91
Missouri, 91-98
Montanta Terr., 168
Nebraska, 98-100
Nevada, 100-101
New Hampshire, 101-102
New Jersey, 102-106
New Mexico Terr., 168
New York, 106-122
North Carolina, 123-124
North Dakota (see Dakotas)
Ohio, 124-135
Oklahoma (Indian Terr.), 168
Oregon, 135
Pennsylvania, 135-147
Rhode Island, 147-148
South Carolina, 148-149
South Dakota (see Dakotas)
Tennessee, 149-152
Texas, 152-155
Utah Terr., 168-169
Vermont, 155-157
Virginia, 157-159
Washington Terr., 169
West Virginia, 159-161
Wisconsin, 161-166
Wyoming Terr., 169

Many of these newspapers will be available ILL (inter-library loan). Check the United States Newspaper Program: http://www.neh.gov/projects/usnp.html for the location of the newspapers you want on microfilm.


Remember, all the answers you need are inside of you. You only have to become quiet enough to hear them. - Debbie Ford

Twelve Secular Saints

12 Secular Saints I found from Tim Pierce's blog -- thanks for the link, Tim! Thanks to Vito for creating this wonderful series.

Saint 12 - Alfred Kinsey: http://www.livejournal.com/users/vito_excalibur/30341.html

Saint 11 - Carl Sagan: http://www.livejournal.com/users/vito_excalibur/30517.html

Saint 10 - Alice Walker: http://www.livejournal.com/users/vito_excalibur/30805.html

Saint 9 - Harry Houdini: http://www.livejournal.com/users/vito_excalibur/31311.html

Saint 8 - James Watson, Saint 7 - Francis Crick, Saint 6 - Rosalind Franklin: http://www.livejournal.com/users/vito_excalibur/31881.html

Saint 5 - Victoria Woodhull: http://www.livejournal.com/users/vito_excalibur/32133.html

Saint 4 - Richard Dawkins: http://www.livejournal.com/users/vito_excalibur/33209.html

Saint 3 - Ayn Rand: http://www.livejournal.com/users/vito_excalibur/33717.html

Saint 2 - Galileo Galilei: http://www.livejournal.com/users/vito_excalibur/34112.html

Saint 1 - of course, Charles Darwin: http://www.livejournal.com/users/vito_excalibur/34836.html

This is a *wonderful* series; you simply must see the art and read the text. Thank you again, Vito.


We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. - Joseph Campbell

Huguenot Research

Huguenots of France and Elsewhere: http://huguenots.free.fr/

Huguenots Refugees - French protestants driven to exile: http://www.theotherside.co.uk/tm-heritage/background/refugees-protestant.htm

Strasbourg.com History: http://www.strasbourg.com/result_content.php?type=0:histoire:

Huguenot History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~reneau/Reneau/huguenot_history.htm

The Huguenot Website: http://huguenot.ws/

Huguenots: http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/huguenots.html

The Wars of Religion, Part I: http://www.lepg.org/wars.htm

Deutsche Hugenotten-Gesellschaft e.V.: http://www.hugenotten.de/

German Huguenot Bibliography: http://huguenots-france.org/english/refuge/allemagne.htm

Huguenot History Germany: http://www.hugenotten-uckermark.de/Hughis2e.htm

Finding German Waldensians: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~waldense/german.htm

Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland: http://www.huguenotsociety.org.uk/

Thanks to Rob Hausman and Eric Richendollar for gathering these links for the Alsace-Lorraine list


Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. - E. H. Chapin

Finding Scots

The up-to-date version of this post will be maintained at: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/finding-scots.html

The first place to search is the IGI (International Genealogical Index): http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true

Start with a bit of information, and only enter more details to narrow down your search results.

Usually the indexed baptisms and marriage information are part of the IGI. If you have searched the IGI without success for your person of interest, searching the Old Parish Register (OPR) indexes and OPRs themselves is still useful, in case they were missed. Baptisms and marriages in the OPRs can be searched using a computerized index, either on a county basis or searching over the whole country. The index gives the reference number for the relevant microfilm roll together with the frame number (page), allowing you to go straight to the record you are interested in, once you order in the OPR film.

You can access the Old Parish Registers online, by opening an account at http://www.scotsorigins.com/. However, you must find the record you want in the IGI first, then pay them to transcribe the record. Scotland's People has an index of Scottish births 1553-1903, marriages 1553-1928, deaths 1855-1953, and indexed census data 1881-1901. Again, you find your record in the indexes, then order a copy of the original record. Sometimes Scotland's People has records that were missed in the IGI, and thus not available through Scot's Origins.

It only costs about $3.50 to order the OPR film you want to your local FHC. If you search the OPR yourself, you can find collateral relatives too. You can also consult the indexes to baptisms and marriages on microfiche and CD-ROM in the FHC. Be aware that the computerized versions are merely indexes, and you should always consult the film of the OPRs themselves.

The birth/baptism/christening index usually contain the individual's name, parent's name, event, date of event, parish, county, and film reference numbers. The marriage index usually contains the husband and wife's name, date of marriage, parish and county, and reference numbers. From the reference number you can order the microfilm which may or may not contain more information. The OPRs vary widely in quality and completeness. For more information about using your local FHC, see: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/07/your-local-family-history-center.html

A new source of digitized death records is the McKirdy Index of Scottish Death Records 1855-1875. Rather than the church records, these are the indexed civil records. http://www.mckirdyindex.co.nz

Was he a minister? Check out Scottish Ministers Index (Fasti ecclesiae Scoticanae): http://www.dwalker.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Ministers%20Index.htm

Scottish Maps: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/01/scottish-maps.html

Scotland Research Links: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2003/12/scotland.html

Also, Using Batch Numbers and the IGI: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2003/12/using-batch-numbers-and-igi.html

Make the Family History Library Catalog SING for you: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/03/make-family-history-library-catalog.html


Love many, trust few, always paddle your own canoe. - Slim Aitken