[or-roots] Thank you and books?

Mon Mar 29 10:11:10 PST 2004

One of these days, Ronda, you won't be a "newbie." (Although, sometimes I still feel that way, when one of
our really knowledgeable members brings up something "I should have known" <G>.)

You will be helping others as well. I'll be right now you know something someone else is going to ask one
of these days.

As to "how you find these books?"  Here are a couple of suggestions.

Go to your local "Family History Library" operated by the LDS Church. Don't go in the microfilm room. Go
instead to the shelves of books they have there. Just walk around and look at the books. You will be
amazed.

Do the same thing in your local college or public library. Ask the librarians for help. They will tell you
where things are.

Do the same thing again, at your local historical society.

All that footwork!  But, you will begin to get a sense of the wealth of information out there.

Since you are now really tired, get a glass of cold water, turn on your internet, open up "Google.com" and
start typing searches, such as "howard family missouri lincoln" or wherever they came from.

Play with that.  You will undoubtedly find references to Rootsweb sites, books for sale, and porn sites
(ok, don't hit me, I just happened to have a shirt-tail with the same name as a famous porn star).  

Again, you will get an idea of the wealth of information out there.  

Keep an eye on the lists for the names and locations. I survey my primary names about every three months,
just because I know new "stuff" is posted.

I have found many cousins - some pretty "close" and have had much success sharing leads with them.

Now, notice, except for gas, time, and sore fingers, none of this is from the "pay" sites.  I do belong to
all of them, and really appreciate them, but there is so much else out there.

One caveat. Anything you read in a book, of course, is the result of someone's research or imagination.
You still have to "check" your resources.

Good luck,

Pat

-----Original Message-----
From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us] On Behalf Of
Steve & Ronda Howard
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 09:21
To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
Subject: [or-roots] Thank you and books?

Thank you everyone for sharing your wonderful information.  Now I will
expose my newbie ignorance.  I have seen several references to books and
libraries.  Other than the generosity of other researchers, how do you find
books that relate to your family?  For example:  A wonderful guy in
Massachusetts answered a Ancestry query of mine.  He knew of a book on my
Taylor family ("John Taylor of Hadley"), and sent me a CD of the book.  I
read every name of every line!
Thanks again!
Ronda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kith-n-Kin" <kith-n-kin at att.net>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 6:06 PM
Subject: RE: [or-roots] Heritage Quest, Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com, LDS
site

Ronda

Each of the three, in spite of being owned by the same "mother company" has
different offerings. The
census has some cross-over, and depending on the particular census, you may
get a better image from one
than the other.  But not one is always better than the others.

Each also has sets of records and books which are not generally duplicated.
An example which is
duplicated, is Edward Pleasants Valentine (Virginia Families). This old
standard is extracted in one, so
you don't get a "page" but a "record" and it is hard to get a whole picture.
You can, however, cut and
paste the records to a note-pad, to save writing. The other has digitized
images of the pages, so you
can't cut and paste, but you have the whole page/chapter in front of you.

I don't include all the Ancestry offerings in my subscription, because I am
not currently interested in
England, nor in the immigration records.

On the other hand, I have HeritageQuest through my membership in the
Kentucky Historical Society. You
might check with your local libraries and genealogical societies to see if
they have that as a member
benefit.

Two birds with one stone and all that.

There is a site that has ships, and I think most of it is free, I believe it
is Olive Tree Genealogy. Just
be careful to go to the proper sites. There is an Ancestry.com box for
"search for your ancestors", which
helps them pay the bills, but catches unwary cruisers.

Good Luck

Pat (in Tucson)

-----Original Message-----
From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us] On Behalf Of
Steve & Ronda Howard
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 18:12
To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
Subject: [or-roots] Heritage Quest, Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com, LDS site

Hi all,
Would some of you more genealogical savy persons give your personal opinions
of the strengths and weaknesses of some of the online genealogy sites?  My
Dad and I share an Ancestry.com subscription, so I'm quite familiar with
that one.  I seem to get lost in Heritage Quest and Genealogy.com.

Is most of the same information in most sites, or do they have individual
strengths and weaknesses?  Is there anywhere that passenger lists are all
located?  I'm looking for the deBeer family on a ship in 1852.  I've looked
through the ships on Ancestry (dozens of ships, hundreds of names) with no
luck

Thanks,
Ronda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <dgoodma02 at comcast.net>
To: "Oregon Group" <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:43 PM
Subject: [or-roots] History Quest Online

> I know that you all were talking about HeritageQuest  Online earlier.  I
didn't get around to looking for it until today.   The Pierce County
Washington Library System Has HeratageQuest.  All one needs is a library
card with the barcode numbers and a password to get in (no cost).  This is a
very large and up to date Library System and I've been a patron for many
years. Pierce County is South of King County King County is basically
Seattle, and Pierce County is Basically Tacoma and Surrounding smaller
cities such as University Place, Where I live.
> The only problem I have today is that the system is so buisy that I can't
get in.  I'll Try this evening after closing.
> --
> Bob Goodman
> USAF Retired
> University Place, Washington
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