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READERS' FEEDBACK: 5 June 2005
-- Global Genealogy feedback
-- Compiling Genealogy
-- No More CERTO Bottles
-- Myrt as a Guest Speaker
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GLOBAL GENEALOGY FEEDBACK
From:
genealogy-nv@shaw.ca
DearMYRTLE,
[Myrt wrote] GLOBAL GENEALOGY (I haven't dealt with this organization. Does
anyone have any feedback to give on their service?)
http://globalgenealogy.com
In response, I have personally used [Global Genealogy] several times as well as
our local society, the British Columbia Genealogical Society, and I have found
them to be [an] extremely helpful and excellent service. They also provide a
weekly newsletter of specials, what's new at their store and a little bit of
what is going on in the genealogy world. I highly recommend
them.
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COMPILING GENEALOGY
From: Shelina
passionforquilting@yahoo.com
DearMYRTLE,
To compile my genealogy, I use Family Tree Maker, and print out several ancestor
charts. Then I print out descendant charts for each of the ancestors. (I skip
the one ancestors that will give me the exact same information, such as a spouse
whose parentage and siblings are not known.) I make a "chapter" for
each of these ancestors, or they get their own book, depending on how much
information I have about the family.
To make the "book" more interesting to look at, I include as many
pictures as I can find. I will include a picture of a grave marker if I do not
have an individual's picture. I also include pictures for their stories. For
example, if I find out that an ancestor was an automobile dealer, I find a
picture of one of the automobiles they sold, or try to find one of their
advertisements in the newspaper. Pictures of the church or school they attended,
whatever I can find. I include examples of birth certificates, censuses,
directory
listings, plat maps, obituaries, etc.
I also include short articles about various topics relating to the family or the
area. To quickly get basic information like this, children's books are very
helpful. I take the information and attach the family information to it. For
example, in my article about The Great Migration, I discuss each family member
and their ages, and show some of the problems they might have encountered on
their move north.
Articles I have written, so you can see variety are
Andersonville prison, The Great Migration, Columbus Ohio in the early 1920s,
Evergreen Cemetery, Genealogy Research, Our House in Africa, etc.
To make the book useful, I also include a birthday
calendar for living individuals, and a report of burials sorted by cemetery, so
that the user can easily visit their relatives when they go to a particular
cemetery.
Once every few years, I print out the book, have it copied on double sided paper
(since it is very big), and have it bound. Not only does this serve as a great
backup, (and something I can show my relatives), it also shows me what additions
and deletions I need to make for the next book.
I have found that many libraries - the Coshocton Public Library <http://www.coshocton.lib.oh.us/>;
and the Columbus Public Library
<http://www.cml.lib.oh.us/>;,
in particular, have indexed obituaries and the index is available free on the
web from [each] library's web site. This has been a tremendous resource for me
to quickly look up not only the ancestors, but also collateral relatives. From
that information, I can either go to the library (for Columbus) or to www.ancestry.com
(for Coshocton), to get the actual obituary.
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NO MORE CERTO BOTTLES
From:
MADFARRELL@aol.com
DearMYRTLE,
I, too enjoyed the article about canning. When we purchased the property where
our house now stands (1961), it was full of wild blackberry bushes. We were
expecting company one Sunday afternoon so I asked my husband if he would go to
the property and pick some blackberries and I would make a blackberry pie. He
did so and I did make the pie. The pits in those blackberries were so plentiful,
that it was almost like eating a wooden pie with a blackberry flavor! I remember
my mother and father canning - in the
big pressure cooker with the wire rack (which I still have and use occasionally
when I make chili sauce). My father enjoyed cooking and when he made peach and
orange marmalade, it was nicknamed "Popalade."
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MYRT AS A GUEST SPEAKER
From:
genealogy-nv@shaw.ca
DearMYRTLE,
Myrt, met you on the old Generations Talk Show and you mentioned you had a
brother living in Delta (I live in North Vancouver). I was wondering if you have
any future travel plans up this way and also your guest speaker rates. Am
thinking I would contact our local society and suggest you as a guest speaker.
DearLORRAINE,
Thank-you for your kind thoughts. I just love getting out and about to visit
with genealogists. We all seem to have the same challenges -- organization,
finding enough hours in a day, etc. I was just out there last summer (2004) for
my brother's daughter's wedding. It was the only time in three weeks that it
didn't rain, thank heavens, since it was an outdoor June wedding. Am considering
going back in June 2006. For more information about inviting me to visit your
local or regional genealogy society see: http://www.dearmyrtle.com/speaker.htm
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
DearMYRTLE,
6023 26th Street West PMB 352
Bradenton, FL 34207
http://www.DearMYRTLE.com
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