Consultants Experiment with New Family Search

FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLETTER Volume II, Issue 7 24 July 2008

Consultants Experiment work, you will just send that information via the Internet to the with New Family temple, and then watch for the Search work to be completed. On the other hand, if you check that you will provide proxies, you will print Family history consultants in the wards out a FOR (family ordinance and in the Family History Center request) and take that to the temple have begun to learn New Family to complete the work. Search. We are excited for the change-over date at the Washington, DC, Temple, which Baltimore Stake Family History will be September 23 if all goes well. That means that the date for Workshop Coming SOON submitting your unfinished temple cards to the temple will be the end The annual Baltimore Stake Family of August. Please remember that History Workshop will be held on your pink, blue, and buff temple Saturday, Sept. 13. That’s not too far cards can still be used after New off. Plan now to attend. For additional Family Search comes in, so information, please go to www.baltimorefamilyhistoryworkshop.org continue to take them to the temple to complete your work by supplying your own proxies. NEWS FROM THE From the first of September until the 23rd, the temple will not accept FAMILY HISTORY any more temple cards for the CENTER (SLC) temple to complete the work. After that, you will have to arrange The Family History Library (Salt Lake temple work proxies for the City) announced today that it is put- already printed cards that you ting up the entire 1790-1930 census hold. index free online. It will work with The Generations Network (Ancestry) At that point, you will begin to learn to to swap indexes/images. See more use nFS and will prepare your on p. 2. temple work on your home computer or the Family History It (the FHC) has already received Center’s computers or any other Ancestry's version of the 1920 one with Internet access. Once census, which FamilySearchIndexing you have a person ready for is re-indexing. The FHL will re-index temple work in nFS, you will all of the census years 1790-1930 indicate that you want the temple and put the indexes up for free to do the work OR you will check online. The FHL already has the that you will provide the proxies. indexes for 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 If you select the temple to do the and 1900 online. The final indexes 1 will be on both sites. I wrote about it at: to search the full indexes and view original http://blog.genealogybank.com/20 images for free at FamilySearch's 4,500 Family History Centers or for a nominal fee 08/07/familysearch-adding-1920- at findmypast.com. census-online.html Thanks to Tom Kemp for this The addition of findmypast.com's English information. Go to his blog for more and Welsh Census Collections to great genealogy bits of information. FamilySearch's online databases will increase the use of the valuable record sets and increase traffic to findmypast.com. FamilySearch Teams with findmypast.com and FamilySearch and Others to Broaden Access Ancestry.com Team to to All Censuses for Publish New Images England and Wales and Enhanced Indexes 21 July 2008 to the U.S. Censuses 21 July 2008 Online volunteer indexers sought to improve select collections New 1900 census images now available SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—FamilySearch on Ancestry.com announced today that it is joining forces with Volunteer indexers sought to findmypast.com, The Origins Network, and improve the 1920 U.S. census Intelligent Image Management—companies index that specialize in providing online access to British family history resources—to make SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH— significant British historical record Ancestry.com and FamilySearch, the collections more broadly available online. two largest online family history The first joint initiative seeks to publish resources, announced today they will online indexes to censuses for England and exchange records and resources to Wales from 1841 to 1901. The 1841 and make more historical records available 1861 Census indexes are the first targeted online. The first project is a joint under the agreement and are accessible initiative to significantly enhance the now at FamilySearch.org and online U.S. Federal Census Collection findmypast.com. (1790 to 1930). The original census records are among the holdings of the In the agreement, FamilySearch, in National Archives and Records conjunction with The Origins Network, will Administration (NARA). provide digital images for the 1851, 1871, and 1881 Censuses. It will also extend the FamilySearch is digitally converting 1871 Census index. Findmypast.com will master microfilm copies of the original provide FamilySearch copies of its English U.S. Federal Censuses from 1790 and Welsh Census indexes from 1841 to through 1930 and, under this 1901. The Federation of Family History agreement, will give these improved Societies will help complete the index for the images to Ancestry.com. All census 1851 Census. images and indexes will be available on Ancestry.com for subscribers. As Initially, users of FamilySearch.org will be projects are completed, images will be able to do a free search by record type, available for free in NARA reading given name, surname, age, gender, place of rooms and FamilySearch's 4,500 birth, and relationship to head of household Family History Centers. (relationship was not recorded in the 1841 Census). The free search capability at Ancestry.com, which currently offers FamilySearch.org will include additional indexes and images to the entire fields of data in the future. Users will be able publicly available U.S. Federal Census Collection, will give FamilySearch 2 copies of its existing census indexes. link back to images on Ancestry.com. Through its online indexing system and community of volunteer indexers, The 1850 through 1870 (partial) and FamilySearch is already indexing 1880 and 1900 U.S. Censuses can be select censuses. FamilySearch will searched currently at merge the Ancestry.com indexes with FamilySearch.org; all publicly available the new FamilySearch indexes to U.S. Censuses are already available create enhanced census indexes, on Ancestry.com. which will be added to both sites. Indexes to the enhanced censuses will Tim Sullivan, president and CEO of be free on Ancestry.com for a limited The Generations time as they are completed. Indexes will also be available for free on FamilySearch.org. Capturing Memories: Your

Allen Weinstein, the Archivist of the Family History in United States, welcomed this Photographs agreement as a significant benefit for by Maureen Taylor researchers. He remarked that, "Census records are among the most important documents the American If you're the photographer in your people have to trace their genealogy family, (or if you aspire to be), photo and know their family history. Having expert Maureen Taylor can tell you two of our partners working together to exactly what to look for, whether you're enhance the indexes and images of these essential documents will enable trying to buy the perfect camera or take an unprecedented level of access and the perfect shot. In Capturing Memories understanding." you'll find:

The first census exchanged is the 1900  Discussions about gear and U.S. Census. FamilySearch completed gadgets for both film and digital a 1900 index in addition to Ancestry.com's original. In the new cameras. index, FamilySearch added several  Helpful (and money-saving) info new fields of searchable data, such as on what and how to buy. birth month and birth year, so  Practical advice on photo individuals can search for ancestors composition, lighting, back- more easily. The two indexes will be merged into an enhanced index, grounds, and how to avoid available on both sites. The new 1900 common mistakes. census images are now available on  Tips on photographing grave- Ancestry.com. The enhanced 1900 stones, family heirlooms, and old index will be available for free for a documents. limited time at Ancestry.com and ongoing at FamilySearch.org.  Suggestions for using technology to get family photos out of the Ancestry.com will also provide shoebox and into the hands of FamilySearch its original 1920 U.S. people who will love them as Census index. Using the Ancestry.com much as you do. index as a first transcription, FamilySearch will create a new second index with added fields and arbitrate Normally this book retails for $14.95, any discrepancies between the two but this week you can buy it in the indexes. The 1920 project is currently Ancestry Store for $12.70. in progress. Individuals interested in helping create the improved index can volunteer at FamilySearch.org. Once As You Go, Keep a Log completed, the enhanced 1920 index will be available on both sites and will 3 Write everything down as you find it. map interface. Thanks to the Washington Information on your family tree will DC FHC Newsletter. grow quickly, and if you want to avoid errors, you should write things down as FREE Tools for Family you discover them. Historians ---Awesome Genealogy By Juliana Smith That’s because you don’t want to waste time researching the same stuff you "Most of the records we utilize in our already looked at and found nothing research weren't really created with relevant. A log will save time later. family historians in mind. Similarly, many tools are available online now that Your Guide to Cemetery weren't specifically created for us, but Research they sure can be helpful as we seek by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack information about our ancestors."

Your Guide to Cemetery Research is a Juliana provides 10 links to free websites comprehensive, in-depth resource that's which range from language translation to perfect for genealogists, researchers and census abbreviations: Free Tools. historians. It covers everything from cemetery and death-related terminology Source: 24-7 Family History Circle, May to clues offered by headstone art, and 4, 2008 cemeteries' role in our culture and history. Exciting Upgrade to the Family History Library Catalog This guide also examines the funeral customs of various ethnic groups and Upgrade Will Allow Interactivity and includes a social history of death that Online Searches reveals both the usual and unusual ways in which readers' ancestors coped with FamilySearch and FamilyLink.com and celebrated death. announced a partnership to significantly upgrade the FHL Catalog, the key to the Normally this book retails for $19.99, holdings of the Family History Library. but for one week you can buy it in the This upgrade to a modern Web 2.0 site Ancestry Store for $16.99. will feature links to online versions of all the records in the library, and also 11,000 Family History allow search engines, such as Google, to Library Links NOW Online comb its contents.

Patrons who use computers at the Family As part of the enhancement, Family- History Library in Salt Lake City have Link.com will make searches more access to over 11,000 genealogy useful by allowing the user to browse, websites in the U.S. and numerous sort (by popularity, relevance, most countries. Now, these links are available used, etc.), and perform multiple online at http://www.fhlfavorites.info searches. A new "probability engine" feature will calculate the likelihood that Other genealogy and family history a particular source contains the desired links have been added to the website. It item. It will also be able to search across was developed to see how access to the someone's entire family tree to bookmarks might be made easer using a determine which ancestry lines have the

4 highest likelihood of success based on the library to research and do not known sources. include relevant maps, you're selling your research short. Maps can also help Another enhancement to the Family you learn how county and other History Library Catalog will be its boundaries have changed. There's nothing worse for wasting time than increased interactivity. Every entry in looking in the wrong county for your the catalog will link to an online or family records. digital source, if available. The user will then be able to link directly to the ---"Time Saving Tips for Genealogists", by publisher, buy the book, or search for the Michael John Neill nearest copy. The detailed press release is at Upgrade to FHL Catalog DO YOU REALLY WANT TO WAIT? Question: Can the Notes portion of PAF be Waiting until one's eyesight is failing searched without having to go through and one’s body is falling apart or in each individual? significant pain is not an optimal situation, but most people seem to think that they'll do genealogy when Answer: they've run out of other stuff to do. Yes. On the menu bar, select Search > With various options in computer Advanced Focus/Filter. In the bottom software & online information (rec- center of the "Find Individual" window ords, indexes, maps, directories, is a "Field Filter" section. Click on the translations, how-to, forms, contacts, "Define" button there. In the box on the etc.) many people can choose to right of the "Field Filtering" window, work on this in snippets of time, scroll down and double-click on rather than an afternoon at a "Notes.” In the text box of the "Notes repository. Being involved in Field Filter" enter the text you are genealogy brings the opportunity for searching for (for other ways to search, many spiritual opportunities. Shifting click the drop-down arrow to the right of the focus from adding to everyone's "contains.") Then click OK, OK. The "to do list", to the “spiritual” can help. individuals who have that information in their notes will have a check mark in Please don’t procrastinate. There front of their name in the Individual list. are many of your ancestors Thanks to the Logan Utah Regional anxiously awaiting the ordinances Family History Center newsletter for that will allow them to leave Sprit this great hint. Prison. Only YOU can help them achieve the glory they crave. Resources for Genealogists

Make Good Use of Maps The U.S. government maintains a listing of significant record collections Maps can help you understand locations available for genealogists. The list and may also provide suggestions for also mentions many state and local other areas to research. When travelling anywhere to research, include maps as archives. You can view the listing at: a part of your research preparation. http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Hi Maps will facilitate research in many story_Family/State records, and having them will save the _Genealogy.shtml. time of locating an atlas and making relevant copies at the library. If you take Some of these records are now a "stack" of genealogical information to appearing on the various online 5 subscription sites, such as Footnote, REMEMBER JAWS? WorldVitalRecords, and Ancestry, which can be viewed freely at the Specifically, do you remember the FHC. (Ancestry is NOT available free theme from the movie? I remember at the York Family History Center. having my heart rate rise Ed.) I found it to be extremely helpful considerably. It really set the tone for in several of my U.S. states. --- what was coming next. By Peggy Sorrell Now sit back and imagine hearing that music right now. It’s getting louder and louder, and louder. You A SURE WAY TO A should be getting somewhat excited. WHY? HAPPY DAY Because, on the 23rd of September, the Washington, D.C. Temple will be Happiness (joy) is something we going LIVE with the new Family create in our mind, Search. The way you process It's not something you search for and names for Temple Ordinance work so seldom find. will be drastically changed. You will It's just waking up and beginning the no longer need to go through 15 day steps and make a visit to the Family By counting your blessings and History Center to process those kneeling to pray. names. You will only need to use It's giving up thoughts that breed five steps, and you can process the discontent names in the comfort of your own And accepting what comes as a "gift" home. Or wherever you have - heaven sent. access to the Internet. You CAN It's giving up wishing for things we come into the FHC if you like and have not use one of their computers to And making the best of whatever process your names. we've got- - It's knowing that life is determined for To register on the newFamilySearch us, web site, you will need to know your And pursuing our tasks without fret, membership number & confirmation fume or fuss- - date. Ask your Ward Clerk for this For it's by completing what God gave information, if you don’t know it. Bro. us to do Bowman is the Clerk for the York 2nd That we find real contentment and Ward. If you need help with happiness (complete joy) too. registering, contact a Ward Family History Consultant. The consultants by Helen Sterner Rice are called to be of assistance to you Ancestral Photos in the area of family history. Have you ever thought of looking for photos of your ancestors in the wedding photos of The Family History Consultants in their children, grandchildren, or cousins? the York 2nd Ward are – Glenda and Lots of people attend family weddings and Sam Yaksich (they are the Directors it's easier to figure out who people are by of the FHC), Bernardine and John their position in the photo. I found my Bankert, Melony Graham, and Jack grandfather’s second wife’s parents in their wedding picture. Jack and Sylvia Sonneborn. By Jack

6 This newsletter is compiled by Jack and Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub. Sylvia Sonneborn, family history consultants, Only 8 percent of the homes had a of the York 2nd Ward for use within the telephone. ward. It is also e-mailed to parties interested There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 in family history, but it is not an official miles of paved roads. publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of The maximum speed limit in most cities was Latter-day Saints. 10 mph. The tallest structure in the world was the [email protected] Eiffel Tower! [email protected] The average wage in 1908 was 22 cents per hour. The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year. They Lost Their Heads A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per One of the email lists I read had a year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and link to this newly released website $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer for the people guillotined during the about $5,000 per year. French Revolution. Although it is in More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME. French, I thought some of you might Ninety per cent of all doctors had NO like knowing about it. French is one COLLEGE EDUCATION! of the more prevalent languages for Instead, they attended so-called medical translating on the Internet, and it has schools, many of which were condemned in a decent dictionary. Victims include the press AND the government as "substandard. " those who were accused of being Sugar cost four cents a pound. counterrevolutionaries. They died Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. during the Reign of Terror, which Coffee was fifteen cents a pound. lasted from 1793 to 1794.The victims Most women only washed their hair once a are listed by surname. There seems month and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo. to be quite a lot of biographical Canada passed a law that prohibited poor information for each person - ages, people from entering into their country for occupations, places, etc. The any reason. website includes King Louis XVI -- look for him under his surname Five leading causes of death were these: 1. Pneumonia and influenza "Capet" if you are interested. 2. Tuberculosis http://les.guillotines.free.fr/ 3. Diarrhea 4. Heart disease Thanks to Mary Scott of the 5. Stroke Northville Ward Westland Michigan Stake for this tidbit. The American flag had 45 stars. The population of Las Vegas , Nevada, was only 30!!!! Show This to Your Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented yet. Children and There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or Grandchildren write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all THE YEAR 1908 available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, This will boggle your mind. I know it did "Heroin clears the complexion, gives mine! The year is 1908. One hundred years buoyancy to the mind, regulates the ago. What a difference a century makes! stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a Here are some statistics for the Year 1908 : perfect guardian of health." Eighteen percent of households had at least The average life expectancy was 47 years. one full-time servant or domestic help. 7 There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A.! There are a lot of new records going An organized Barbershop didn't exist. online - including the 1841, 1861 Census of England & Wales; Try to imagine what it may be like in Washington State Birth, Marriage, another 100 years. Death Records; Mexico 1930 IT STAGGERS THE MIND! Census. Tom Kemp wrote an article about SOME INTERESTING this content at: TOMBSTONE EPITAPHS http://blog.genealogybank.com/20 08/07/census-vital-records- washington-state.html In a cemetery in Hartscombe, Thanks a bunch Tom for sharing this England : information with us. On the 22nd of June, Jonathan Fiddle went out of tune. FamilySearchLabs has now On a grave from the 1880s in gone live with the 1870 Nantucket, Massachusetts: Federal Census Under the sod and under the trees, Lies the body of Jonathan Pease. Reprinted reminder: The labs site He is not here, there's only the pod. now has the 1850; 1860; 1870; 1880 Pease shelled out and went to God. and 1900 census indexed and available online. These indexes are Thanks to Lou Sedlak for sending free. To get to this site go to me this. http://labs.familysearch.org/ Click on “Records Search” to see what has IT HAS CHANGED! been digitized and indexed.

Many of you have worked on the The FamilySearch Labs blog has the older family history site sponsored by latest scoop on our current projects. The Church of Jesus Christ called www.familysearch.org This web site has been changed. There are now MORE AND MORE tabs linking to FamilySearch GOING ON LINE Indexing and to the Records Search indices. Everything seems to be concise and clear. It looks really Some more information from Tom nice. Looks like the Church has done Kemp about data being placed on a great job with making changes to line for us to use. The National benefit everyone who comes to the Archives & Library of Congress site. announced that they are putting up more digital content at a new site called the World Digital Library. 1841, 1861 UK Census; Tom wrote about this at: Washington State Birth, http://blog.genealogybank.com/2008/ Marriage, Death Records; 07/national-archives-library-of- Mexico 1930 Census go congress.html He also included an example from a naturalization packet online 8 - Declaration of Intent. THIS is really a great site. By Pamela Harazin - "In 1997, I It is a little tough to navigate, but authored the poem titled, "Strangers in Jack likes it. (Editor) the Box." I originally wrote the poem when my mother had dementia, and I Naturalization Records realized that the stories she loved to tell Search for your ancestors in free me about her youth and her family were Naturalization Records in U.S.A. and locked inside her, and I didn't remember Canada. Find Declarations of Intent, them like I was so sure I always would. First Papers, Alien Registrations, Hence, the box of strangers." Passport Applications, Naturalization Petitions and Citizenship Certificates. NEWSPAPER Search substitute naturalization records - ships passenger lists, census records, PRESERVATION oaths of allegiance, voters’ registration lists and more! Go to Thanks to Mark Gagermeier for sending http://naturalizationrecords.com/ the article on the preserving of newspaper articles. The link is - http://www.loc.gov/preserv/care/newspa Strangers in the Box p.html It is presented by the Library of Congress. It’s a long article so you Come, look with me inside this drawer, might want to print it out and read it that In this box I've often seen, way. At the pictures, black and white, Faces proud, still, serene. Census Help I did it in 2000, so can you I wish I knew the people, These strangers in the box, If you are in a position to "help out" with Their names and all their memories the Census for 2010 (read that Are lost among my socks. employment=volunteering practically) - people who are conscientious about I wonder what their lives were like. family history are great candidates for How did they spend their days? census workers. For more information What about their special times? about the 2010 Census you can go to I'll never know their ways. http://www.census.gov/ If you click on the 2010 Census, there is a Jobs link at If only someone had taken time the top of the next page. Someone has to To tell who, what, where, when, get things ready, and there will be more These faces of my heritage hiring closer to the time, too. This item Would come to life again. comes to us from Damaris Fish, Central Point, Oregon. Could this become the fate Of the pictures we take today? The faces and the memories Follow the Prophet Someday to be tossed away? "What could you do better for your children and grandchildren than to Make time to save your pictures, record the story of your life, your Seize the opportunity when it knocks, triumphs over adversity, your recovery Or someday you and yours could be after a fall, your progress when all The strangers in the box. seemed black, your rejoicing when you 9 had finally achieved?" Teachings of related questions such as: What Spencer W. Kimball, p. 351. was great-grandfather Powell's first name? Which Aunt had FAMILY REUNION TIPS twins? Where and when were Grandma and Grandpa Bishop married? Is there someone born Mister Spiffy's Family Reunion in the same state as you? Set a Planning Newsletter deadline, and then gather the Official monthly newsletter of the family together to judge the Internet's most popular family reunion results. planning website. You'll find free online 4. Family Tree Wall Chart - Create help for organizing family reunions - a large family tree wall chart, selecting a reunion date - choosing a including as many generations of location - who to invite - reunion the family as possible. Family activities - games - finances - themes - members can use it to fill in the family reunion ideas - food - and much blanks and correct any inaccurate more. Sign up at http://family- information. reunion.com/newsltr.htm 5. Heritage Cookbook - Invite attendees to submit favorite family recipes; include details 10 Fun Family History Activities on, memories of and a photo for Family Reunions (when available) of the family By Kimberly Powell member best known for the dish. 6. Storytime - A storytelling hour Like many families, you and your can really encourage family relatives may have made plans to get memories. If everyone agrees, together this summer. What a great have someone audiotape or opportunity for sharing stories and videotape this session. family history! Give one of these 10 fun 7. Tour into the Past - Schedule a family history activities a try at your trip to the old family homestead, next family reunion to get people church or cemetery. You can use talking, sharing and having fun. this as an opportunity to share family memories or clean up the 1. Memory T-Shirts - If you have ancestral cemetery plots or more than one branch of an research the family in old church extended family attending your records. reunion, consider identifying 8. Family History Skits & Re- each branch with a different enactments - Using stories from colored shirt. your own family history, have 2. Photo Swap - Invite attendees to groups of attendees develop skits bring their old, historic family or plays that will retell the tales photos to the reunion, including at your family reunion. pictures of people, places and 9. Oral History Odyssey - Find even previous reunions. someone with a video camera Encourage everyone to label their who is willing to interview photos. Bring a scanner and different members about the laptop computer with CD burner; family. then set up a scanning table and 10. Memorabilia Table - Set up a create a CD of everyone's photos. table for attendees to bring and 3. Family Scavenger Hunt - Create display treasured family a form or booklet with family- 10 memorabilia. Read the whole which included births, graduations, article marriages and engagements, anni- versaries, and other landmark events of Sylvia’s Monthly Family the clansmen. These generally include photos. History Insights: I devoted one and one- half pages to a The Family Reunion Newsletter retiring judge and then began letters from Barefoot descendants. That took 4 You probably wonder why this three-column pages to record. Some of newsletter is so late. I could enumerate the letters announced a new Barefoot a basket full of woes, like a root canal, web site being updated or memories two trips to New York, celebrating a someone’s mother had of an early birthday, a PC and a laptop going down, reunion. Some just want to say hi or buying new computers, learning VISTA, compliment us about the way the doing my three callings as a visiting reunion has continued or how they like teacher, FH consultant, and PR stake the nice newsletter. media specialist and doing some TREK Last year when we asked for memories, press work. No, none of those count. It one lady sent pictures of the 8 Square was the thirty-page Barefoot Reunion School (a one-room schoolhouse) in newsletter that I mailed out on Monday. Bedford County, Pennsylvania, where I have now done my tenth edition of the many of our ancestors attended, newsletter, with seven pages of beginning in 1851 through 1932. The obituaries. So I thought that I might school is now a museum, and my give you some tips if you want to do a husband and I had visited there in 1995 newsletter for a family reunion. and taken pictures, so I updated the old I used Microsoft Word Publishing, and pictures with the modern pictures plus since it is a familiar program, I did not names of teachers and some old photos have to spend too much time learning it. of classes. The building looks circular, But you are probably curious about what but it is 8 square walls of construction. I could come up to fill 30 pages. I began The next two pages included old photos th with the minutes of the 90 reunion and of the Watkins Family taken between wrote a separate article on the prize 1849-1930’s, and also pictures of winners with photos, even though it was Pleasantville, PA, where many early part of the minutes. Then there was the relatives of the Barefoots lived. So this president’s message, and I always write old town, as it appeared at the turn of the a little column of my own “From the twentieth century, and a picture of an old Editor.” I wrote an announcement baseball team add interest. about this year’s reunion. Next I did a Since I am a genealogist, the next 7 column on some useful Barefoot pages included obituaries of the websites for family history, and I recently deceased Barefoot descendants. included a thank-you note from the We have been going strong with caretaker of the cemetery where a lot of reunions for 90 years, so one might the early Barefoots are buried for a expect that we have a lot of descendants. contribution to help to maintain the There were 24 obits; I include photos cemetery. Following that was a page when included in the newspaper with the called “Ancestor Spotlight.” Each year obit. Several members of the “family” a member of the clan gives the help me collect those. We also have a biography of an older member, alive or Barefoot book, and we list the page deceased. This year’s spotlight was number that the deceased person is Bernard Barefoot. Following that were published on so that members can update 3 pages of “Barefoot Happenings,” records if they wish. 11 I closed with 4 pages of candid shots from the 90th reunion, and the last page has the treasurer’s report and a request for donations of $4 to renew the newsletter and any other donation a person might like to make to help with the expenses of the reunion. Relatives mail in about $400 each year to me because I am also treasurer. We hold two auctions at the reunion – a Chinese and a silent auction, and then we also pass the hat at the reunion. We brought in about $530 from the reunion fundraisers. Our costs include rental of the pavilion for $200, postage for Record Search Pilot Web Site reunion postcard announcements, printing and mailing costs of the Record Search is a new pilot web site newsletter, and various other items. This that can help people find their ancestors. past year, since it was our 90th, we put The site, at http://pilot.familysearch.org, together a 150-page book and sold that provides access to millions of original as well as polo shirts and T-shirts with source documents from many areas of Barefoot logos on the shirts. the world, and more records are being Our luncheon at the reunion is potluck, added all the time. For example, among and it is delicious! Then we hold the the growing collection of records in business meeting, award prizes for oldest Record Search, you can search Ellis man and woman, youngest, longest Island New York passenger arrival lists, married, most recently married, traveled 1892-1924; US Civil War Pension index farthest, and door prizes. All of this cards; and the 1895 Argentina Census. started with one couple, James and Mary The Search section of the Web site Sleek-Barefoot and 12 children from includes a number of record collections Bedford, PA. The Barefoot book lists you can search to find a specific 6,623 descendants. We have a photo of ancestor. You can then read a summary Mary Sleek Barefoot, born 1791 and of the information found in records died in 1885. This is probably one of the about the ancestor and view digital oldest photos in my collection. The images of the records. Barefoot Reunion is right around the The Browse section of the Web site corner – August 3 – where I will again includes collections you can browse to see family members that I see only once see digital images of records from a a year. For questions, contact Sylvia. specific city, town, or church parish. The data available through Record Search is transcribed by thousands of volunteers worldwide who participate in FamilySearch indexing. These volunteers donate a little time each week or month transcribing select information from digital images of original source documents using FamilySearch’s online indexing program. Anyone interested in volunteering, or wanting to see what

12 projects are currently being indexed, can The Search section of the Web site do so at www.familysearchindexing.org. includes these Hispanic record collections: By Family History Department, SLC  1895 Argentina Census

ENGLISH CHURCH RECORDS  Mexico Baptisms 1700-1900 AVAILALE AT PILOT SEARCH  Mexico Burials 1700-1900

If you go to FamilySearch and select  Mexico Marriages 1700-1900 "Record Search Pilot" from the search menu, you will be able to search  1930 Mexico Census some England Church Records. If you click on each of the 5 different The Browse section of the Web site England databases contained there, it includes these collections: will tell you what records they each  1930 Mexico Census contain. You can also search the 1841  Lima, Peru, Civil Registration, and 1861 England Census Indexes from 1874-1930 "Record Search Pilot" and the 1881 British Census from "Advanced Search"  Spain, Albacete Diocese, at FamilySearch. Catholic Parish Records 1550- 1930 Another great new feature at FamilySearch that not many people are  Spain, Ciudad Rodrigo Diocese, aware of is the "Family History Arcives" Catholic Parish Registers, 1550- search on the Search menu. 1930 This is a search of the scanned Books from the Family History Library Recently, 72 million new names were and several other family history libraries added to the Mexico baptisms collection. around the country who are This collection has been transcribed participating in this new project. Not all from Mexican parish registers dating the books are scanned yet from 1659 to 1905. It also includes but there are a lot of books available to records from the Middle America Vital search online and more are Records Index–Mexico that was added on a regular basis. published in 1999 on compact disc. Although the collection is not Hispanic Records Also Available in necessarily complete for any particular Record Search Pilot place or region, it is still a very valuable resource for people searching for their Family history consultants who help Mexican ancestors. people searching for Hispanic ancestors Family History Dept., SLC can turn to the growing collection of records available on the Record Search A lot is happening in Spanish genealogy pilot Web site. The site, at today - http://pilot.familysearch.org, includes GenealogyBank added more than 230 millions of records that can help those Spanish language newspapers trying to find their Hispanic ancestors. FamilySearchLabs - added Peruvian New records are being added all the Vital Records 1874-1930; Ciudad time, through the efforts of volunteers Rodrigo (Spain) Parish registers for who participate in FamilySearch 1550-1930 and FamilySearch Indexing indexing efforts. has added a Spanish Language interface.

13 I wrote about it today at: http://blog.genealogybank.com/ Here's a link to a site that has A 28 page handout "Consultant Guide" By Tom Kemp and also the audio of the online training class, that can be downloaded: I created a chart for my own ancestry that detailed the cause of their deaths http://www.box.net/shared/8jr8h4iog0 and the effort was very enlightening in relation to my own DNA makeup. Becky Jamison Canon City, CO I made a blog posting about it in March on my blog at To locate the nearest Family History http://famhist2.blogspot.com/2008/03/gr Center, click on www.familysearch.org, andpa-left-me-what.html then “How to Find a Family History All of us need to be aware of the 'oppor- Center.” Or call 800-346-6044 in US & tunities' we may have inherited from our Canada. ancestors via DNA. By Lee Drew

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Gather Information Certain documents and items are sources for personal and family history information. Members may be able to gather these materials from their homes or obtain them from relatives or others. The following are examples of documents or items they might gather.

Birth _ Autograph album _ Naturalization papers _ Birth certificate _ Newspaper clippings _ Alien registration _ Adoption record _ Scrapbooks _ Deportation papers _ Guardian papers _ Awards _ Passport _ Baby book Family History _ Visa Marriage _ Pedigree charts Military Service _ Marriage certificate _ Family group records _ Draft records _ Wedding _ Personal histories _ Service records announcement _ Life sketches _ Discharge records _ Wedding book _ Biography _ Pension records _ Anniversary _ Family histories _ Disability records announcement Household Items _ Citations Separation/Divorce _ Engraved items _ Medals/ribbons _ Divorce papers _ Stitching samplers _ Insignias _ Separation papers _ Tapestries _ Uniforms Death _ Quilts Civil and Legal _ Death certificate _ Needlework Activity _ Obituary School _ Bonds _ Funeral book _ Report card _ Summonses _ Memorial cards _ Honor roll _ Subpoenas Religious Activity _ Awards _ Guardian papers _ Blessing record _ Diplomas _ Contracts _ Christening record _ Transcripts Licenses _ Baptismal record _ Yearbooks _ Driver _ Confirmation record _ Alumni lists _ Business _ Priesthood ordination _ Fraternities or _ Occupation _ Other religious sororities _ Professional records Health Employment _ Ministerial record _ Hospital records _ Work records Family _ Medical records _ Apprenticeships _ Bible _ Immunization records _ Awards _ Photographs _ Insurance records _ Disability records _ Journal or diary Citizenship Papers _ Pension records _ Letters _ Emigration records _ Membership records

16 _ Income tax returns _ Union records _ Retirement records

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