I feel compelled to send you this picture in the hope I can return it to his family. It is smaller, I enlarged it 25%. On the back is written “for Carol” maybe with two r’s but this is not easy to determine. I may have bought it in Massachusetts.

I also bought this framed picture of this lovely girl (in Maine I think) late eighties for $ 3.00. I’d also like to return this to her family. I tried to find more on the photographer on line, but I was not succesful. His name: Davis Eickemeijer (I think). On the back of the frame there is a sticker of the framer W.Palmer East  The Warburton Ave. Book and Art store, Yonkers, N.Y.

Nancy Vanderhoeven
Marstons Mills, Massachusetts

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Join Ancestry columnist Michael John Neill for a week of research at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City 16-23 May. We will be at the libray from open to close every day, digging up as many ancestors as we can.

Before leaving for Salt Lake, participants will have the opportunity to:

• Ask Michael questions
• Submit research problems to Michael
• Get help organizing for the library
• Practice using the Family History Library Card Catalog
• Get suggestions on how to prepare for effective library research
• Interact online with other trip participants

Michael will also provide individualized onsite consultations and research suggestions throughout the stay in Salt Lake. Those who need specific research suggestions will be given problem specific homework onsite to assist them in their research. Participants will be given assistance in using printers, scanners, and computer databases, and other onsite technologies. Everyone will have brunch on Sunday where we can discuss our research and regroup. Sunday is our forced break from research so everyone is ready for a fresh start on Monday.

More information on this unique research opportunity, visit Michael’s site: www.rootdig.com/slctrip.html

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
    ~ Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948)

Posted This Week

• ANZAC Memorial, 1914-1918 
• The Census Tables for the French Colony of Louisiana from 1699 Through 1732 
• The Reconstructed 1790 Census of Georgia 
• The Canary Islands Migration to Louisiana, 1778-1783  
• Index to Alabama Wills, 1808-1870 
• Alabama Notes, Vol. IV  
• View a list of all new and updated databases 
• Learn more about what’s new at Ancestry.com 
• Search the Ancestry.com Card Catalog

With so much new content being posted online, it’s easy to miss something of value. Search the Internet and the Ancestry Card Catalog for new or missed data pertinent to your area of interest. Visit the USGenWeb or WorldGenWeb sites for your ancestor’s area, municipal and library sites, local society pages, and message boards. You could find links to new local resources that don’t get a lot of publicity.

A while back, my daughter’s martial arts instructor and I were talking about how her interest in the sport sometimes wanes. I remember him saying that there are peaks and valleys in martial arts training. Interest gets strong for a while, and then things happen that pull you away for a while. I can definitely equate that philosophy with family history. For the past couple months, things have been crazy around here, and I haven’t had much time to work on family history. What I’ve been able to do has been scattered at best, and that doesn’t make for the best research.

Last week though, I feel like I actually was starting to make progress, and this week I made time to follow up on my findings from last week’s article. For those of you who have been with me “in the valley,” I thought this week I would share some of the things that got me back in the game. Continue reading →

The other day my daughter finished reading Under the Blood Red Sun, by Graham Salisbury (Laurel Leaf, $6.50) about kids living on the island of Oahu around the time of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. She liked the book enough to chat about it on a long car ride to see her grandparents. I thought this was the perfect time to bring up family history.

It was one of those moments when history, family and family history collide. You know what I mean. My dad, who is eighty-five, and my daughter, who is thirteen, don’t have a lot of things in common. He doesn’t use the Internet, watch Disney movies, or keep up with teenage fashion. He is, however, a walking, talking history book.  Dad was in his early twenties when the bombs fell on Pearl Harbor and quickly joined the war effort. He was eventually stationed in Hawaii. When I mentioned this to my daughter she just turned and stared for a moment. “Really,” she said. Suddenly all their differences didn’t matter. They had something in common. Continue reading →

One of the most misunderstood issues among researchers is that of copyright and fair use. Small portions of copyrighted materials may be copied or quoted so long as they are properly cited, giving credit to the owner/author. However, it is important that the owner of the copyright not be deprived of his or her intellectual property, or of any potential income from the copyrighted material’s use. As an example, genealogical researchers should not be photocopying entire books or large portions of them, thereby depriving the author of potential income from the sale of a copy of the book. Stanford University’s website about this topic can be found at fairuse.stanford.edu and provides a great deal of useful information.

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Digitized Records at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Indiana University-Purdue University Library has a vast collection of digitized documents, maps and atlases, city directories, indexes, books, old magazines, and photos available free online. More is being added all the time. The site is searchable and I’ve been very successful in finding information not readily available elsewhere.  Here’s the link.  Perhaps your loyal readers may also find something useful. Here’s the link:
ww.ulib.iupui.edu/digitalcollections/home.html Continue reading →