Our Old Kentucky Home

Submitted by Host GFS Rip  

Each month I try to send out a short "newsletter" (for lack of a better term) to our Kentucky chatters with newly found Kentucky web sites or info I have come across or been sent in some of my mailing lists. If you are interested in adding your name to our mailing list, please email me and I will be happy to do so.

My boss here on the GFNEWS suggested I include the newsletter from August. Hope it helps someone:

Happy August, Everyone!

I sure have collected a lot for you this month. Actually, I would have sent some of this separately, but most of you know I have been having AOL problems and I feel I am lucky just to have salvaged all your addresses (THANKS Bill and Lynda <G>).

For those of you new to our mailing list, I try not to overload your mailboxes and will only send out a "newsletter" (for lack of a better word) like this about 2-3 times a month. If you know of any other Kentucky researchers who might be interested in receiving this, please let me know. Also FYI, I have a running list of the surnames we are all looking for in Kentucky. If you haven't sent me your surnames yet and want to be included, send them to me soon. I have been updating and hope to send a revised list out soon. Be sure to include the county 

Also for those of you who are new, I keep a running list of websites (not just Kentucky sites) that might help you with your genealogy. Anyone interested in receiving this can email me. Just so you know, tho, it is an attachment! I think it is now about 37-38 pages long.

And away we go.........

WHAT DO THOSE INITIALS MEAN?

Initials after your ancestor's names may provide useful information that you'd not expected. The following list includes initials you may come across when reading old wills or other documents.

a.a.s. - died in the year of his/her age (anno aetitis suae) (86 y/o or died in year 86 of his/her life)

d.s.p. - died without issue (decessit sine prole legitima)

d.s.p.l. - died without legitimate issue (decessit sine prole mascula supesita)

d.s.p.m.s. - died without surviving male issue (decessit sine prole mascula supersita)

d.s.p.s. - died without surviving issue (decessit sine prole supersita)

d.unm - died unmarried

d.v.p. - died in the lifetime of his father (decessit vita patris)

d.v.m. - died in the lifetime of his mother (decessit vita matris)

Et al - and others (et alia)

Inst - present month (instans)

Liber - book or volume

Nepos - grandson

Nunc - Nuncapative will, an oral will, written by a witness

Ob - he/she died (obit)

Relict - widow or widower (relicta/relictus)

Sic - so or thus, exact copy as written

Testes - witnesses

Utl - late (ultimo)

Ux or vs - wife (uxor)

Viz - namely (videlicet)

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ISSUED:

This list refers to the first 3 digits of a person's Social Security Number, indicating the state in which the person resided when the number was assigned:

001-003 New Hampshire
004-007 Maine
008-009 Vermont
010-034 Mass.
135-158 New Jersey
035-039 Rhode Island
040-049 Conn.
050-134 New York
135-158 New Jersey
159- 211 Penn.
212-220 Maryland
221-222 Delaware
223-231 Virginia
232-236 West Virginia
237-246 North Carolina
247-251 South Carolina
252-260 Georgia
261-267 Florida
268-302 Ohio
303-317 Indiana
318-361 Illinois
362-386 Michigan
387-399 Wisconsin
400-407 Kentucky
408-415 Tennessee
416-424 Alabama
425-428 Mississippi
429-432 Arkansas
433-439 Louisiana
440-448 Oklahoma
449-467 Texas
468-477 Minnesota
478-485 Iowa
486-500 Missouri
501-502 North Dakota
503-504 South Dakota
505-508 Nebraska
509-515 Kansas
516-517 Montana
518-519 Idaho
520 Wyoming
521-524 Colorado
525 / 585 New Mexico
526-527 Arizona
528-529 Utah
530 Nevada
531-539 Washington
540-544 Oregon
545-573 California
574 Alaska
575-576 Hawaii
577-579 District of Columbia
580 Virgin Islands
581-585 Puerto Rico, Guam, Am. Samoa, Philippine Islands
700-729 Railroad

RELATIONSHIPS:

When you're trying to figure out relationships, it's sometimes difficult to determine whether a person is a third cousin, fourth cousin, fifth cousin, and so on. To find good relationship charts, visit these two sites:

http://hometown.aol.com/GenTutor/chart.html

http://users.erols.com/emcrcc/Rel_chart.htm

ADDED TO ROOTSWEB RECENTLY:

KENTUCKY CIVIL WAR ROSTERS

http://userdb.rootsweb.com/rosters/

OUR FORUM NEWSLETTER:

Another month gone already. Our August Newsletter is ready and waiting for all of you to enjoy. August 2000 Genealogy Forum News A new feature that I especially like is from HOST GFS HOPE called The Tip of the Month. She runs the "Basics" SIGS here in our Genealogy Forum and has started a column to help us learn just about anything we want to know about this pesky box sitting on our desks. She has helped me with several things. Just those pesky little things that we just can't seem to figure out on our own, like how to cut and paste or organize our address books or favorite places (THAT'S the one that helped me the most <G>!). So check out our newsletter this month and remember ANYONE can submit an article for the newsletter, or ask HOST GFS Hope a question, or write a letter for the mailbag. We are already looking for articles for our September issue and we would welcome one from any of you. Remember: You don't have to be Hemmingway or Danielle Steele or even Laura Ingalls Wilder. Upon request, the staff will edit for spelling, etc. The articles we are looking working on for September are "BACK TO SCHOOL". If you want to start thinking about an article for October, that subject is "OUR SUMMER HARVEST" .

I received this notice on one of my mailing lists and have already signed up to be a volunteer. If any of you have resources that might help, I hope you will consider volunteering to help do lookups for the address below.... <G>

Hello!!

I have created a Website of Volunteers who will do various types of Look Ups such as Census, Cemetery, Marriage, and much more. I even have a message board for people to post messages looking for family information. I am also looking for new volunteers to help out to do look ups. Please tell everyone you know that is doing genealogy. The more people who visit the website and use it, the longer it will stay online.

Mike

WEBSITE:

We received this address from one of our Kentucky chatters:

Beatty Genealogy - Joseph Beatty

Remember, if you have a personal website with Kentucky connections, or a great Kentucky site you've found, send them to me and I will pass them on to our list <G>

We meet every Wednesday night in the Root Cellar at 8 pm eastern and 7 pm central. We hope you will join us and share your Kentucky surnames.

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