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Family Tree Newsletter 12-2-04
Posted by GFA Terry <gfaterry@aol.com> on Thu, 02 Dec 2004
IN THIS EDITION* 750,000 Visitors Can't Be Wrong
* Photo Finish
* Get the Gift of Knowledge
* Crossing the Pond
* Sneak Peeks at FamilyTreeMagazine.com
* Speakers' Schedule
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750,000 VISITORS CAN'T BE WRONG
At least three-quarters of a million Web surfers, including Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, have accessed the Yad Vashem
online database of Shoah Victims' Names since its launch on
Nov. 22. The Hebrew word shoah, which means catastrophe, has
become synonomous with the Holocaust.
Holocaust remembrance organization Yad Vashem's names
database, located at http://www.yadvashem.org, is an international
project to reconstruct the names and life stories of Jews who died
in the Holocaust. The database contains about 3 million names
gathered from family members' "Pages of Testimony" identity
cards, as well as other victims lists.
Users can search on a victim's name, birth city, place of last known
residence, death camp or the name of the submitter. The database
offers dozens of variations for each name entry to account for
spellings, languages, nicknames and synonyms.
Yad Vashem says site users live in 151 countries--37 percent
from Israel; 34 percent from North American nations; 25 percent
from Europe; and 4 percent from the rest of the world. Sharon
searched the Shoah database for names of his late wife Lily's
family.
The organization continues its International 11th Hour Collection
Project (http://www1.yadvashem.org/remembrance/index_
remembrance.html) to gather more names. Family members and
friends can use the Web site to complete Pages of Testimony with
information such as a name, date and place of birth, pre-war
residence, profession, parents' and spouses' names, and date
and place the person died.
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PHOTO FINISH
Wasn't it summer just yesterday? With holiday family gatherings
quickly approaching, now might be a good time to brush up on
your photo-taking skills.
Camera company Nikon has a new Web site,
http://www.nikonscrapbooking.com, with answers to picture-taking
questions such as "What's the best way to take photos at night?"
and "How can I prevent red eyes?" You'll also find articles on
special-occasion photography and ideas for creating family
scrapbooks.
For more help, see Kodak's Taking Great Pictures site at
http://www.kodak.com, software manufacturer Ulead's Imaging
Learning Center at http://www.ulead.com/learning/imageinfo.htm,
and How to Take Better Pictures at http://www.fotofinish.com/
resources/centers/photo/takingpictures.htm.
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GET THE GIFT OF KNOWLEDGE
Start being extra nice to your spouse now, and maybe for
Christmas you'll get a family history researcher's dream trip. The
National Institute on Genealogical Research
(http://www.rootsweb.com/~natgenin/2005.htm) happens
July 10-16 at the National Archives in Washington, DC. This
advanced seminar includes classes on using federal immigration,
military, and land records; maps; African-American and American
Indian records; and often-overlooked sources.
Tuition is $350, not including your travel and lodging (some
financial assistance is available). Enrollment is limited; visit the
Web site or e-mail natinsgen@juno.com for information or to
request an application form (they'll be mailed in February).
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CROSSING THE POND
A new pay-per-view Web site for British records is in its final
testing phase and will launch Dec. 9, according to site
spokesperson Charles Murdoch.
Familyrelatives.org (http://www.familyrelatives.org) will offer more
than 300 million General Register Office (GRO) records of birth,
marriage and death indexes for England and Wales.
Transcriptions of more than 150 million records from 1866 to 1920
will be fully searchable by surname, first name, district or area,
year and depending upon the period, by mother's maiden name,
spouses name, date of birth and age at death. Transcriptions of
records for 1921 to 1983 are searchable on surname and first
name.
Sixty credits, called units, cost $10; visitors will spend one to four
credits to access a record.
The 1837 to 2002 indexes also are available from
1837Online.com (http://www.1837online.com)--you can view,
save and print up to 50 pages of images for about $9. The
subscription site BMD Index (http://www.bmdindex.co.uk) has the
index, too, as well as birth records from 1880. A year's access
costs about $28. The indexes on both sites are searchable by first
and last name.
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SNEAK PEEKS AT FAMILYTREEMAGAZINE.COM
Be first to check out these new articles on our Web site:
* Going to Court
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/dec04/courthouse.asp
Is it about time you took your genealogy to court--or more
specifically, to the county courthouse? Check out these research
tricks and travel tips.
* Feasting on Family History
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/dec04/food.asp
Now that the Thanksgiving leftovers are packed away, why not get
your group talking about family recipes and memories? First, read
our suggestions for discovering and preserving your food heritage.
* Software Steals
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/dec04/freeware.asp
Get the scoop on 31 genealogy software bargains. We'll tell you
what these free--and almost free--programs can do.
* Celebritrees
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/dec04/gere.asp
Discover actor Richard Gere's suprising family ties and find out
how professional genealogists handle their own brick walls.
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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 U.S. National Archives: The Nation's Attic
- The Art of Genealogical Research Trips
Contact the Utah Genealogical Association at
http://www.infouga.org.
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