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Family Tree Newsletter 1-7-05
Posted by GFA Terry <gfaterry@aol.com> on Fri, 07 Jan 2005
IN THIS EDITION* Civil War Mapmaking
* Busting Out!
* Finding Family in the Boonies
* Schedule Your 15 Minutes of Fame
* Sneak Peeks at FamilyTreeMagazine.com
* Speakers' Schedule
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CIVIL WAR MAPMAKING
A new Library of Congress online collection could let you trace
your Civil War ancestor's footsteps into battle or see whether
soldiers dug trenches on his farm.
The Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov), Virginia Historical
Society (http://www.vahistorical.org) and Library of Virginia
(http://www.lva.lib.va.us) have teamed up to post nearly 3,000 Civil
War maps, charts, atlases and sketchbooks at
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps.
Union forces or northern commercial firms prepared most of the
maps in the Library of Congress collection. They depict battles and
engagements, troop positions and movements, and fortifications.
The Virginia Historical Society's online collection includes Army
Engineer Corps maps of Virginia that not only detail roads,
bridges, waterways and major buildings, but also identify farms
and plantations by the owners' names. In addition, you'll find
images from the diary and scrapbook of Robert K. Sneden, an
Army of the Potomac private who served as a mapmaker, consist
primarily of battle plans and fortification details.
The Library of Virginia contributed 200 maps to the new site. Some
accompanied reports to the governor of Virginia; others include
Confederate imprints, printed and manuscript maps of areas in
Virginia, and field maps of southwestern Virginia.
You can search the collection or browse by title, subject, place or
creator. To view an image, zoom in and click to navigate, or, if you
have the MrSid plug-in, download the whole thing.
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BUSTING OUT!
Way back in 2004, we asked for your best hints to get around
research dead-ends as part of our Brick-Wall Busters tip contest.
More than 200 of you responded with great stories and
suggestions! Our 30 favorite tips appear in the special
fifth-anniversary February 2005 Family Tree Magazine. All of those
contributors get a Family Tree Books how-to guide.
The following five lucky winners--drawn at random--will receive
Ultimate Genealogy Toolkits full of goodies from our sponsors.
Grand-prize winner Donna Carnall also gets an Epson
PictureMate photo printer (http://www.mypicturemate.com). A big
thanks to all of our sponsors! Visit
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/brickwallcontest.asp to see
who they are and access their Web sites.
Donna Carnall
Cherryvale, Kan.
Sherry Daniels
Garden Grove, Calif.
Jean F. Joseph
Wethersfield, Conn.
Evelyn Naranjo
Rockville, Md.
Jeri Taylor
Morehead, Ky.
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FINDING FAMILY IN THE BOONIES
If you're seeking info on your ancestor's obscure hometown--
whether it's Alkali, Ore., or Moody, Ala.--ePodunk.com
(http://www.epodunk.com/genealogy) might be able to help. The
free Web site has information about every US county; profiles of
More than 27,000 cities, towns, villages and hamlets; a list of
12,000-plus common misspellings of American place names; and
more than 5,000 former place names of communities in 37 states.
To find a former place name, search on a place or ZIP code and
check the "Include former names" box. (Select Advanced Search
to specify the type of place.) I learned that my little Cincinnati-
satellite community was once called Enterprise--and I got a book
recommendation for further historical research.
ePodunk CEO Laurie Bennett says plans for early 2005 include
national coverage of names for places that aren't around anymore.
"The new database draws from hundreds of published sources to
compile a list of prior post office names, railroad depots, plat
names, informal place names and merged communities."
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SCHEDULE YOUR 15 MINUTES OF FAME
Got a flair for the dramatic? Been bitten by both the genealogy bug
and the acting bug? Production company Sailor Jones Media
(http://www.sailorjones.com) is looking for a host and regulars to
star in a reality-style television series on family history sleuthing.
Interest and experience in genealogy is a plus, as is a flamboyant
or quirky personality.
Preliminary applications, available at
http://honoringourancestors.com/casting.html, are due by the end
of the day today (Jan. 6) for auditions in Los Angeles and Provo,
Utah; Jan. 12 is the application deadline for auditions in
Philadelphia and Toronto. If you're selected, you must travel to the
audition at your own expense.
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SNEAK PEEKS AT FAMILYTREEMAGAZINE.COM
Be first to check out these new articles on our Web site:
* Shutterbugs Rejoice!
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/dec04/photoshare.asp
Send your holiday photos to far-flung family.
* Holiday Heritage
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/dec01/holiday.html
Where do your family's holiday traditions come from? 'Tis the
season to find out with our guide to the origins of Christmas
customs around the world.
* Timeless Tips
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/feb05/timelesstips.asp
Technology is moving at lightning speed--and it's taking
genealogy with it. But some things never change. Come back in
time to Family Tree Magazine's inaugural issue for some ageless
research advice.
* Living History Events
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/feb05/livinghistory.asp
Relive the past at one of these five family history adventures.
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SPEAKERS' SCHEDULE
*SugarLand, Texas
Emily Anne Croom
Jan. 8
Ft. Bend Genealogy Society
Topic:
- For the Settling of My Temporal Estate: Using Probate Records
in Genealogy
Contact the Ft. Bend County Library SugarLand branch at
(281) 277-8934.
* Salt Lake City
Paula Stuart-Warren
Jan. 10-14
Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy
Topics:
- Never Enough Time! Strategies and Organizational Tips and
Tools for Busy Researchers
- Finding Ancestral Places of Origin in U.S. Records
- The WPA Era: What It Created for Genealogists
- Miracles in County Courthouses and Town Hall Records
- Newspaper Research: The Dailies, Weeklies, and Beyond
- Genealogical and Historical Periodicals In Print and Online
- The US National Archives: The Nation's Attic
* The Art of Genealogical Research Trips
Contact the Utah Genealogical Association at
http://www.infouga.org.
* St. Paul, Minn.
Paula Stuart-Warren
Jan. 29
Minnesota Historical Society
Topic:
- Tracing Your Family History: Steps Online and Off
Contact the Minnesota Historical Society at http://www.mnhs.org
(click Library).
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