http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?fid4ct=35747 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:01:00 EDT Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:01:00 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss RapidFeeds v0.1 -- http://www.rapidfeeds.com 31415 names added Sep 1 2010 to our family tree database with a list of unique surnames http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5486670 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5486670 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:24:00 EDT Funny Typographical Errors & Misstatements from Newspapers: * WARNING SIGN: "Warning Quicksand. Any person passing this point will be drowned by order of the District Council." * SIGN in a Field: "Farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free, but the bull charges." * Headline: "Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charges." * Headline: "Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant." http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5485186 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5485186 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:01:00 EDT 1521 Names Added Aug 31 2010 to our family tree database with a list of unique surnames http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5485180 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5485180 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EDT About 25 years ago I bought the Sixth Edition of "The Handy Book for Genealogists" and found it to be an indispensable aid in my genealogy research. A friend mentioned that I should get the newest version because in many states there had been jurisdictional changes that weren't reflected in my old 1971 Edition. It's hard for me to change and the only way I can convince myself that a change is good is to analyze the advantages of embracing the new. I bought the 9th Edition of the "The Handy Book for Genealogists" published September 1999 by The Everton Publishers, Inc. of Logan, Utah and compared it to my old version and here is what I discovered. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5483600 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5483600 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:38:00 EDT 4837 Names Added Aug 30 2010 to our family tree database with a list of unique surnames http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5483599 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5483599 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:38:00 EDT Funny Typographical Errors & Misstatements from Newspapers: * Headline: "Former Prominent New Yorker Had Liver in Paris for 8 Years." NY Evening Post * Headline: "Sam M, 80 Held for Shooting Grandmother's Husband." Greensboro News * Headline: "Huntington Cemetery Reports Good Year; No Depression In Business" Patchogue, LA * "Out of the 50 guests more than 30 had been married to the same man for more than 20 years" LA Times * "Thieves killed a calf and butchered it for the second time in the last week." Brownville, PA newspaper http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5481904 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5481904 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:02:00 EDT 972 Names Added Aug 29 2010 to our family tree database with a list of unique surnames http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5481902 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5481902 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:02:00 EDT The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy by Val D. Greenwood is the textbook of choice for many college and university genealogy courses. This book has been around for quite sometime. The new edition copyright 2000 has added much additional information having to do with new resources and technologies for the genealogist particularly information about the Internet. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5481901 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5481901 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:01:00 EDT 46586 names added Aug 28 2010 to our family tree database with a list of unique surnames http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5481665 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5481665 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:45:00 EDT When Pepsi started marketing its products in China, they translated their slogan "Pepsi Brings You Back to Life" literally word for word. Unfortunately the slogan interpreted back from the Chinese characters reads "Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back from the Grave." http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5475311 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5475311 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:41:00 EDT 49387 Names Added Aug 26 2010 to our family tree database with a list of unique surnames http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5475308 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5475308 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:41:00 EDT This book is much more than a guide to researching in Cemeteries. It includes detailed information about researching all kinds of death records. For instance in Chapter 1 - "Records of Death" Sharon mentions no less than 18 sources for locating a death or burial record for an ancestor. Some of the sources are quite unique. She also provides examples of the documentation you will find with each kind of record. Besides the usual sources of wills, death certificates, obituaries, and mortality schedules, some of the unusual sources she mentions are funeral home records, autopsy records, coroners' records, burial permits, and city directories. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5475307 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5475307 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:40:00 EDT