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Cracker Crumbs/March 2011 Vol. 33, Issue #2 p. 1 Cracker Crumbs Unlocking the Past Towards the Future Manasota Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~flmgs 2010-2011 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS President: Jim Reger (1) An LDS Library search; (2) Planning and Preparation for Vice President: Jean Morris any and all archival library searches; (3) A postcard Treasurer: Doreen Colket genealogy of Santa Claus; (4) The Spanish influence in Membership: Jim McHugh Florida and, (5), The Genetic Genealogy of your own family Secretary: Linda Leber Obituary Com: Ruby Young group were the topics so far this year. The Special Interest Resources: Phyllis Doucette Group (SIG) discussions for online surfing of cemetery Editor: Charleen Lee databases, searching DAR records online and the organizing Computer SIG: Currie Colket and backing up of your own irreplaceable Family Genealogy Publicty: Ted Reich records and photos was a big PLUS to conclude the Past President: Jim McHugh programs. Don‟t forget that the MGS Board usually meets the last Wednesday of the month at 10 AM at the Manatee History Records Library in Bradenton (Sep - Apr). All The breadth and depth of specific information available to members are welcome. you at the meetings and from the Cracker Crumbs is truly significant. If you have missed any of this year‟s previous CONTENTS THIS ISSUE programs, contact one of us and you can get up-to-date. PRESIDENT‟S MESSAGE p. 1 Computer software is essential for organizing your data and MANATEE HERITAGE DAYS p. 2 making it available to family members. Roots Magic is one of those software programs. Phyllis Doucette heads a Roots JOTS FROM JEAN p. 2 nd Magic SIG on the 2 Monday of each month at 2:00 p.m. A wealth of help is freely available to all MGS members. SPANISH PATHWAYS p. 9 Keep your eyes open for upcoming programs on Smuggling in CENSUS MISTAKES p. 12 Florida; the WPA (Works Progress Administration of the MERRY CHRISTMAS Depression era) effects on genealogical research; and the …..YESTERYEAR p. 15 U.S. GenWeb project for all states. All good stuff and good for you. Volunteer a little of your time, bring a friend or NEW LIBRARY BOOKS p. 16 relative and, don‟t forget, the person next to you may be a cousin searching the same names. Jim Reger, President MGS MGS MEMBERSHIP p. 20 -1- Cracker Crumbs/March 2011 Vol. 33, Issue #2 p. 2 _________________________________________ MANATEE HERITAGE DAYS The 32nd annual Manatee Heritage Days will be held March 1-31, 2011. Many of our local organizations will be participating. A few of the scheduled events include the Manatee County Historical Society Annual Picnic and Meeting, the Antique Automobile Show at Manatee Village Historical Park and walking tours of the Manatee settlement, Cortez Village and Terra Ceia Island. Also scheduled include a walking tour of downtown Bradenton and films hosted by The South Florida Museum. For general information call (941) 741-4070. “JOTS FROM JEAN” Family in Volusia County, FL? The August Issue of The Florida Genealogist, Vol. 33 No. 2 pp. 35-35, August 2010 contains an good article by Anna Caulfield entitled “Research Guide to Volusia County, Florida.” Take a look in our library collection for this fine periodical. “Florida Pioneer Descendant Biographies.” in the above issue of The Florida Genealogist on pages 53- 54 contains the descendency record of William Worley who was born to Jacob and Mary Worley in Feb. 1856. He is found in Manatee County census in 1880 as a single man whose occupation was a herder. In 1881 he had marks and brands of his own registered cattle in the county, and in 1883 had purchased a tract of land in Fort Ogden (then Manatee, now Desoto County). Read more about this family in this issue in our library. “Online Theses And Dissertations Database From Popular Anthropology Magazine” were recently made available on-line. These theses and dissertations include B.A., M.A. thesis and Ph.D. dissertations, which can be uploaded, and visitors can search through the system which is accessible by both scholars and the general public free of charge. Their staff is seeking the submission of theses and dissertations in the fields that include, but are not limited to anthropology, history, family history, sociology, biology, social work, and chemistry. Visit http://www.popanthro.com/index.php/us/databases to search the database or upload your monograph. [From NGS Magazine, Vol. 36 No. 2 April-June 2010 p. 15] “Irish Immigrants On Board The Vermont June-July 1912” by Claire Prechtel-Kluskens, archivist at NARA. Masters of vessels were not required to submit passenger lists to the U.S. Customs Collectors until 1 Jan 1820. Some early 1789-1819 federal passenger lists do exist. This article begins when the Vermont departed Dublin, Ireland circa 19 June 1812 bound for New York. The article follows the ship as it departs, the voyage and arrival in New York circa 19th June 1812. All passengers are listed, by age, occupation, residence. A valuable resource. See pages 43-46. The article concludes with “Other 1789-1819 federal passenger lists” on microfilm for purchase or research at NARA research centers. [From NGS Magazine, Vol. 36 No. 2 April-June 2010.] Burke’s Peerage Books - Free Online Search from a paid advertisement on p. 47 of the NGS Magazine listed above p. 47 states that Burke‟s Peerage is delighted to announce digital editions of a -2- Cracker Crumbs/March 2011 Vol. 33, Issue #2 p. 3 selection of their book titles past & present. Visit their website at: http://www.exacteditions.com/burkespeerage and check out what is available. Delaware’s Older Births, Deaths, Marriages Free Online. Well, sort of. The Delaware Public Archives, Delaware Division of Libraries, and Ancestry.com, a family researcher can now use their Delaware Library Card (free to residents), $25.00 per year non-residents) at home to find these vital records dating to 1908 (unfortunately they do not tell us when they begin, although we know that Delaware was an integral part of Pennsylvania as its‟ three Lower Counties, until statehood in 1787. Before that date their records can be found in Pennsylvania‟s early records but are also held in duplicate by the Delaware Archives. The marriages and deaths are through 1933, again with no beginning date listed. Visit them online at www.lib.de.us and click on “Delaware Genealogy Online” at the top of the menu, and then search the Delaware page of Ancestry.com. [From Eastman‟s EOGN 1 Nov 2010]. French Ancestors? Explore French birth, marriage and death records, census records, and French parish registers for your ancestors from French departments across the country. BUT in French. And trace your French-Canadian Ancestors living in Quebec and other parts of New France. [From Kimberly Powell‟s About.com: Genealogy 10/28/2010]. Wales Parish Registers To Go Online For First Time. Family history website www.findmypast.co.uk is making available online for the very first time fully searchable indexes and images of the parish registers of Wales and Welsh ancestors as far back as the 1500s. The project is taking place with the permission of the Church of Wales and the Welsh Archive Services and findmypast.co.uk. Around 893,000 images containing 800,000 baptisms, marriages and burials from across Wales will be filmed and transcribed. Some of the records date back to the 16th century. [From Eastman‟s EOGN 10/30/2010]. Coroner’s Records. The Archives Service Center (ASC) at the University of Pittsburgh www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/archives/archives.html acquired the Allegheny County, PA Coroner Case Files in 1982. These files document the legal and medical proceedings of untimely and suspicious deaths from 1887 to 1973. Their wealth of information includes witness accounts and affidavits, physician‟s notes, press reports, legal documents, photographs and reports. In 2007 the ASC received a grant from the Pa. Historical Museum Commission (The Pennsylvania State Archives) to preserve and make accessible to the public the 867 tightly packed boxes of coroner case files. Many of the files were in poor condition. Each was tri-folded and wrapped with corroded rubber bands. A layer of fine coal dust coated everything. Between 2007 and May 2008, the ASC staff and 26 students worked to rearrange the documents into their original order by case file number. Students gently removed decaying metal fasteners, carefully unfolded the brittle papers, flattened the documents and placed them into new folders. All folders were stored in acid free boxes. Originally there was no Index, so the staff worked with the students to create a surname index. The result is a database of approximately 206,000 names, dates and docket numbers. Now with just a first and last name, archivists can determine if a file exists. The students counted 400 deaths a month from Oct 1918 to Feb. 1919 when the influenza epidemic hit hard. Learn more about this collection in the online finding aid, which you can access by searching the ASC site‟s collection guides for Allegheny County [PA] Coroner. [By Wendy Pflug, ASC Reference Archivist, in www.familytreemagazine.comm, Aug. 2010p. 27] -3- Cracker Crumbs/March 2011 Vol. 33, Issue #2 p. 4 More Free Websites BYU Family History Archives at www.lib.byu.edu/fhc Cyndi‟s List at www.cyndislist.com FamilySearch at www.familysearch.org Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at www.rangk.org RootsWeb at www.rootsweb.ancestry.com USGenWeb at www.usgenweb.org WorldGenWeb at www.worldgenweb.org Access Genealogy at www.accessgenealogy.com Daughters of the American Revolution at www.dar.org DistantCousin.com at www.distantcoousin.com Find a Grave at www.findagrave.com Google News Archive Search at www.news.google.com/archivesearch Internment.net at www.interment.net Newspaper Abstracts at www.newspaperabstracts.com American Battle Monuments Commission at www.abmc.gov Converting Dates from Very Old Norwegian Church Records.