Saturday, April 24, 2004

Bedsted sogn Hassing herred Thisted amt small: "BEDSTED 1st February 1840 Census"

just newly fettled
'British Archaeology' home page: "The new British Archaeology magazine
Bedsted sogn Hassing herred Thisted amt

updated
this is designed as step by step help page in english on using the on-line Danish census images
with a village - bedsted - as an example


Statens Arkivers Folketælling på Internet: "Folketællinger is danish for Census (abbreviation FT)



Friday, April 23, 2004

Google Search: god spoke welsh: "Welsh is a Celtic language with its origins in the Second Danubian migration ... that
God speaks, just because it was the language in which God spoke to Moses ... "

Google Search: Second Danubian migration

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Subject: RE: [GLA] God spoke Welsh O/T
Date: 23/04/2004, 17:03
From: Kerry Frater
To: GLAMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com

Some Americans planned a tour of Britain to trace their ancestry and decided to visit the various Churches that their ancestors were associated with throughout history. Their itinery was carefully planned.

They arrived first in Scotland and did the usual visits and went to a small Presbyterian Church in Kinross to see what they could find. The Church was beautiful but plain in keeping with the faith. In looking around there was a room at the back with a plain telephone and a sign. “Speak to God - £10,000 a minute”. The Americans asked the pastor what this meant. “We are a pious group”, he said, “and as such have the ability to speak to God and we use this phone and allow others to do the same.” “Wow!” the Americans thought.

Next they visited Northern Ireland and in their travels visited the family’s RC Church in Cork. Such a beautiful Church and they were delighted to find some family documents. In their tour of the Church, at the back, was a beautifully ornate booth decorated with a Cross, a golden phone and a sign. “Speak to God – for £10,000 a minute & three Hail Mary’s”. Astonished they spoke to the priest and he explained. “Ah, to be sure, we are the Church of St Peter and so have a direct line at a very reasonable rate”. The Americans left feeling very impressed at the faith found in the two Celtic countries.

Next on tour was England and their visit included a Synagogue in Golders Green. They enjoyed a very informative visit and the tranquillity of the building and concluded by speaking to the Rabi. They told him of their visits to Scotland and Ireland and of the phones. He quietly took them to the back of the building and there they saw a quality but practical phone with a sign “Speak to God £10,000 a minute or £15,000 for 3 minutes”. The Rabi turned to them and said, “Do you think his Chosen People would be left out in this land you are visiting?” The American visitors were suitably impressed and left with a warm feeling of satisfaction and delight in visiting the counties of their forefathers.

Now to the final leg of their tour. Full of excitement. They were now heading to Wales. They entered Wales along the M4 in sunshine. It was though the sun’s rays made a path along the way. Up through the Rhondda they drove admiring the views and along the Heads of the Valley road and then to a small village “Eglwys-yr-Haf”. There was a small stone non-conformist Church. Beautiful and neat. With a little trepidation, in they went. There they were met by the Old Lay Preacher, who welcomed them and gave them the history of their family in the village. He was knowledgable on these matters, as you would expect. In the afternoon they sat and had a cup of tea. During the conversation the Americans told him of their 3 visits and the special phones and quietly asked, “You don’t happen to have a special phone, do you?”. “No, no. No SPECIAL phone: but we do have a phone” pointing to a table by the wall. There, on the table, was an ordinary phone and a small card next to it. “Speak to Our Father – 10p a call”. They were surprised and shocked and queried the simple lay out and price.

The Preacher put his friendly arms around his new American friends and said quietly.
“Gwrando Plant (listen Children), you are in God’s Country now…only a local call, see”

Kerry

(If anyone sees this offensive, I apologise but I have to admit. I see none!!)



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Subject: Georg Jensen 100 years celebrations

I think a little propaganda for my daughter-in-law's grandfather would be appropriate now

Wonderful Copenhagen - Georg Jensen

IHT: 100 years of Georg Jensen's design purity

I have been invited to the opening of the exhibition at Øregaard Museum, courtesy of Cecile, my daughter-in-law.

from my email

Google Search: site:blogspot.com rootsweb.com genealogy

now I am really messing about with Google site search
seaching for more genealogy blogs in here

Want to drive traffic? Try the Google Free way.

Canada GenWeb Project - Projet GenWeb du Canada
CanadaGenWeb is comprised of hundreds of websites each co-ordinated by a host with knowledge of their particular area. Below is a listing of some recently updated GenWeb sites within the CanadaGenWeb Project, as well as some notices of advances in Canadian genealogy.

Genealogy Resources

A Subject Tracer™ Information Blog developed and created by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. for monitoring genealogy resources and sites on the Internet.

Genealogy, et Cetera and Celebrities, et Cetera


Family History News and More LOL


Genealogy Journal

Thursday, April 22, 2004

MyFamily.com, Inc. - In the News: "PROVO, Utah, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- MyFamily.com, Inc., a leading online
subscription business and the leading network for connecting families,
announced today that its fee-based services have surpassed the 1.5 million
subscription mark, representing a 50 percent year-over-year increase in paid
subscriptions count. MyFamily was one of the first companies to offer paid
content on the Internet. The Company continues to demonstrate that a
profitable, growing company can be built through the production and
distribution of content consumers value."
Family History & Genealogy Databases. Family History Tree Software. Free Family Search: "Family History Search Online. Free Ancestry Family Tree Software. 3,000 Family History Databases. Discover Your Family History and Build Your Family Tree."

MyFamily.com, Inc. - This site is a member of the MyFamily.com Network.

MyFamily.com, Inc. - Corporate Background

the biggest business on the web withthe most subscribers
HeritageQuest - Your Leading Resource for Genealogy Data

one of Ancestry's competitors

Census research is now easier than ever — CD-ROM titles are now available for the entire U.S. Federal Census, exclusively from HeritageQuest.


they custom make Cds of film which they publish
and seem to be Microfilm and fiche publishers principally

Wednesday, April 21, 2004

COPAC Home Page: University Research Library Catalogue:
"COPAC is a union catalogue.
It provides FREE access to the merged online catalogues of 24 of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland PLUS the British Library & the National Library of Scotland."
Birmingham Central Library: Chamberlain Square
Birmingham
B3 3HQ

Tel: (0121) 303 4511
Fax: (0121) 233 4458
Textphone: (0121) 303 4547
e-mail central.library@birmingham.gov

direct telephone to Local Studies ( 44 121 or 0121) 303 4549

they have a professional genealogist who will make searches on payment

Tuesday, April 20, 2004

fixed April 19
put an extra line of space
and republished now OK in Netscape :-)
Gale - AncestryPlus - Home

this should be in every UK public library

As a result of a recent partnership with Ancestry.com, the Gale is proud to announce AncestryPlus, an enhanced library version of Ancestry.com, the number one source for online family history research

Gale - Graham & Whiteside - Home

No items starting with 'A'.

Google Search: "ancestry plus"

AncestryPlus - Home

Ancestry.com - Search Census Records

Powered by Ancestry.com, The No. 1 Source for Family History Online

which is what should be in every public library in UK

needs localisation for UK
Ancestry.com - Societies

Monday, April 19, 2004

National Cemetery Web Pages: "Browse the VA National Cemeteries by State"

Requests for burial in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) national cemetery cannot be made via the Internet.

Burial benefits available include a gravesite in any of our 120 national cemeteries with available space, opening and closing of the grave, perpetual care, a Government headstone or marker, a burial flag, and a Presidential Memorial Certificate, at no cost to the family.

Cremated remains are buried or inurned in national cemeteries in the same manner and with the same honors as casketed remains.


USA military

Nationwide Gravesite Locator


excellent advanced search
but no Jack Edward Bobo pilot
National Cemetery Web Pages: "Browse the VA National Cemeteries by State"

Requests for burial in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) national cemetery cannot be made via the Internet.

Burial benefits available include a gravesite in any of our 120 national cemeteries with available space, opening and closing of the grave, perpetual care, a Government headstone or marker, a burial flag, and a Presidential Memorial Certificate, at no cost to the family.

Cremated remains are buried or inurned in national cemeteries in the same manner and with the same honors as casketed remains.


USA military

Nationwide Gravesite Locator


excellent advanced search
but no Jack Edward Bobo pilot
National Institute for Genealogical Studies:
"Students should understand that the use of the term 'professional' is not narrowly related to those genealogists who offer research services for hire. The term professional is being used to describe professionalism in all aspects of genealogy.
Professional genealogists must ensure the application of recognized standards to any and all endeavours.

Your project may include: . . . ..
Genlias - Contents of Genlias foodfor thought : "Death records from the Civil Register enter the public domain after 50 years,
marriage records after 75 years
and birth records after 100 years.

All records are released in 10-year blocks."
http://genlias.nlGenlias 2.1 - Home

John wrote:

> I just thought I would share this.
>
> I have ancestors from Holland/Germany/France/Belgium with the name
> Duckers/Dukers/Duijkers/Dukkers. Thanks to a marvellous website
> http://genlias.nl run by the Dutch Authorities it is now fairly easy to
> search for ancestors and obtain documents for at least the dutch
> branches of
> ancestors, this site is growing all the time and is (Strangely) aimed at
> Family Historions and is entirely free.
>
> My main point though is from actually doing some research on that site
> and
> finding out how easy it is to miss an ancestor/relative because of the
> vagaries of people writing down information. In the past 2 days I
> have been
> after marriages by or with a "Dukers" branch. One particular family
> had a
> few children married within a short number of years all at the same
> Registry
> Office. There are 5 marriages of 4 children (one being of a widow
> married

[one line below fails in Netscape 7.1 ok in MIE 6 why?]

> earlier)these marriages apart from the one took place


> 1826/1828/1829/1829/1842. The Mother of the Bride or Groom was on
> different
> occasions named: Rongen/Roncken/Rongh/Ronghen/Rongh. This in a space
> of 3
> years and then a second marriage for one widowed daughter in 1842.
>
> No wonder we family historians have a tendency toward insanity shown
> daily by
> our having heated conversation with our computers and the websites we
> go to.
>
> But isn't it fun trying to unravel what others try to do to confuse us
> :-)
> At least the Genlias site leaves these misspellings or whatever they
> are easy
> to see and recognise.
>
> Wish we had something similar in the UK, they (The Dutch) even have
> the site
> in English as well as Dutch. Genlias 2.1 - Home in English
>
> Oh well, Onward and Upward.
>
> John Jones
>
>
>
>
> Our Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jonaly/
> Our Gedcom: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonny2
> Our contact emails: johnjones@twlc.biz - sandrajones@twlc.biz
>
>
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Welsh genealogy

Sunday, April 18, 2004

DNA Profiles

or what the sellers don't want you to know

DNA is unique (except twins . .

but DNA profiles may be similar
Google Search: nutteingd check search



Hugh W
David Watkins webpages: "David Watkins Family History
My research on the Watkins family name is centered in England at the rural village of Ruardean, which is situated in the Royal Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, close to the Welsh border.

Other areas which my ancestors have sent me searching are Manchester, which is the city where I was born. Then further north to Kendal in the picturesque Lake District. If that wasn't far enough, I am back down south to Broadwindsor in Dorset and then over to Wales the land of song, in Aberavon and Peterstone.

Watkins Family Tree Project"