Vol. 10, No. 103 - December 25, 2005
The latest information on genealogy resources designed to help you...help others.

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** Today's (10) New Winners
** Today's FREE Lookups
- Germans to America, 1850-1874
- Germans to America, 1875-1888
- Irish to America, 1846-1865
- New Orleans, 1820-1850 - Passenger and Immigration Lists
- Philadelphia, 1800-1850 - Passenger and Immigration Lists
- Russians to America, 1850-1896

** Past FREE Databases
- Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929
- Midwest Pioneers, 1600s-1800s
- Pensioners' Roll of 1883
- North Carolina Wills, 1665-1900
- Colonial Virginia Source Records, 1600s-1700s
- Early Tennessee Settlers, 1700s-1900s

** Genealogy Learning Center
- Introducing a New Genealogy Word!
- Five-Step Workspace Overhaul on a Budget
- Read Social Security and Census Instructions
- More Map and Large Document Storage Tips

** Famous Family Trees
- The Olsen Twins
- The Osmonds
- Patrick Swayze
- Paul Lynde
- Paul Newman
- Penny Marshall

** Today's Map - Routes of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, 1891
** Genealogical Books - Italian Genealogical Records
** www.Genetoons.com
** Free Family Tree Software
** Free Family Tree Templates
** Census Extraction Forms
** Family & Local Histories
** View Census Records
** Military and Civil Service Records

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==> Today we have selected 10 NEW WINNERS
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==> Germans to America, 1850-1874
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The Germans to America database lists age, gender, occupation, place
of origin, and date of arrival for approximately 2 million German
immigrants who arrived in the United States between 1850 and 1874.

Request a FREE Lookup
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More Passenger and Immigration Records
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==> Germans to America, 1875-1888
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This database contains information from Volumes 32 through 56 of the
same-named series published by Scholarly Resources, Inc., which was
the first extensive, indexed source of German surname immigrants.

Request a FREE Lookup
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More Passenger and Immigration Records
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==> Irish to America, 1846-1865
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This resource was produced in collaboration with the Balch Institute
Center for Immigration Research and the John F. Kennedy Trust of Wexford
County, Ireland. Information was selected, coordinated, and arranged
by the Balch Institute and the John F. Kennedy Trust from ship manifest
schedules at the National Immigration Archives in Philadelphia. The
National Immigration Archives maintains one of the most extensive
collections of European immigration data in the Western hemisphere
with U.S. passenger lists from 1820 to just before World War I.

Request a FREE Lookup
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More Passenger and Immigration Records
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==> New Orleans, 1820-1850 - Passenger and Immigration Lists
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Passenger lists are important primary sources of arrival data for the
vast majority of immigrants to the United States in the nineteenth
century. Indexed and easy to search, this database includes extensive
arrival information on approximately 258,000 individuals who arrived
in New Orleans between 1820 and 1850. Partly in an effort to alleviate
overcrowding of passenger ships, Congress enacted legislation
(3 Stat. 489) on March 2, 1819 to regulate the transport of
passengers in ships arriving from foreign ports. As a provision of
this act, masters of such ships were required to submit a list of
all passengers to the collector of customs in the district in which
the ship arrived. The legislation also provided that the collector
of customs submit quarterly passenger list reports to the Secretary
of State, who was, in turn, required to submit the information to
Congress. The information was then published in the form of
Congressional documents. These passenger lists are important primary
sources of arrival data for the vast majority of immigrants to the
United States in the nineteenth century.

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==> Philadelphia, 1800-1850 - Passenger and Immigration Lists
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This microfilm series consists of difficult-to-locate baggage lists
from 1800 through 1819, as well as original passenger lists from 1820
through 1882. While the entire series spans 108 rolls, this data set
covers rolls 1 through 71. Indexed and searchable by key word, it
includes approximately 180,000 individuals who arrived in Philadelphia
between January 1, 1800 and December 23, 1850. Passenger lists are
important primary sources of arrival data for the vast majority of
immigrants to the United States in the nineteenth century.

Request a FREE Lookup
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More Passenger and Immigration Records
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==> Russians to America, 1850-1896
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Americans of Russian or Jewish heritage will find this collection of
passenger list information invaluable. "This collection is extremely
important to people whose Russian ancestors came to the U.S. in the
19th century," states Gary Mokotoff, leading expert on Jewish immigration.

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More Free Databases
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Buy Reference Databases & Other Genealogy Supplies
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==> Past FREE Databases
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- Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929
- Midwest Pioneers, 1600s-1800s
- Pensioners' Roll of 1883
- North Carolina Wills, 1665-1900
- Colonial Virginia Source Records, 1600s-1700s
- Early Tennessee Settlers, 1700s-1900s

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==> Introducing a New Genealogy Word!
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We are in the middle of the holiday season, looking forward
to 2005, and I'll bet you're pondering whether to make any
New Year's resolutions or not. Maybe you've been putting it
off, deferring the decision until you have a little more time
or energy, until the relatives have left, until the kids or
grandkids are back at school, or until?

Well, I'm here to tell you that you are definitely not alone.
There are several of us (perhaps millions of us) in the same
boat. We keep putting off until tomorrow what we aren't
quite ready to do. Sometimes this gets us into a lot of
trouble because we don't accomplish the things we need to
in the time required to do them.

I'll admit that I'm guilty of this as well. To tell the
truth, I've actually been putting off writing this particular
column for some time. However, Juliana Smith tells me that
I need to get it done or I'm in hot water. And so, at long
last, this week I am introducing a new word for genealogists.
The word is ?procrastilate,? and I think you'll agree that
it's a pretty cool word for our vocabulary...

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==> Five-Step Workspace Overhaul on a Budget
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It?s become glaringly apparent that my current setup just
isn?t working. Since the current pace shows no signs of
relenting, and will in fact probably pick up with the advent
of the holiday season, I?ve got to make some changes that
will make it easier for me to keep up in the face of chaos.
I have to spend a lot of time in this office and when it
gets like this, my efficiency level goes down (something
I can?t afford at this point), I lose things, and let?s
face it, I get just plain cranky!

I have several options:

- The Unrealistic Approach. I lock myself in here and hope
that the world will stop for a few days until I can get
things righted. Sure, that?ll happen.

- The Easy Way Out. I take several well-placed sticks of
dynamite and implode the piles, allowing them to cave in
on themselves. (Unfortunately, due to zoning laws this is
not an option in my case.)

- Small Steps Approach. I use a small steps approach and
schedule in an hour a day to accomplish one or more steps.

OK, I really don?t have an option, so I will go with the
small steps approach...

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==> Read Social Security and Census Instructions
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- Search Social Security Death Benefit Records
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When looking over the SS-5 forms you ordered from the Social
Security Administration, check out the instructions your
ancestors were given when they filled out the form.

- You'll find them here.
http://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/ss5.html

Also, one of the best pieces of advice I ever got was to
use enumerator instructions to help me interpret census
entries. I now routinely look for instructions and background
for any record or document I have acquired, and it has saved
me from some big mistakes. The site for the enumerator
instructions has appeared in the Ancestry Daily News before,
but it's probably worth repeating.

- This is the website.
http://www.ipums.umn.edu/usa/voliii/tEnumInstr.html

Thanks to Leslie Nelson for the Quick Tip.

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==> More Map and Large Document Storage Tips
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I, too, have found that it is easier to work with maps and
charts that have been stored flat. My answer to storage has
been artist portfolios. They come in different sizes, have
ties or other fasteners, and a carrying handle. They can be
found at craft and art supply stores. I store mine behind a
piece of furniture. I simply slide the portfolio behind with
the piece of furniture placed out from the wall a couple of
inches. Another option would be under a bed. When I received
my mother's genealogy files, many large pieces were in tubes.
Most of these have flattened out with the change in storage
technique. However, one fine family tree drawn in Germany on
heavy paper was so curled that I could not even get it flat
enough to put it with the others. The answer to that problem
was to have it dry mounted. The problem with dry mounting
is that it is difficult to find places that can photocopy
thick items. When my brother wanted to have a copy, I had
to make several phone calls to find an architectural firm
that could copy something a quarter of an inch thick. I now
use that copy as a master.

Thanks to Mary Crittenden for the Quick Tip.

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==> Famous Family Trees
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Search our growing collection of celebrity trees to see if you're
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==> Today's Map - Routes of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, 1891
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Steamship information on verso. Digitized image was cropped and
rotated for legibility purposes Scale [ca 1:3,100,000].

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Featuring more than one hundred illustrations, this volume is rich in
reproductions of typical records found in repositories throughout Italy.
Each record includes a complete English translation and thorough
explanation. Learn the significance of Italian surnames or noble
families. The author even offers advice on how to approach Italian
repositories! Once you've learned the ropes, use the sample letters
provided to help you obtain records through correspondence from a
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whole family to enjoy. Using a Genealogical idea or fact, I want the
reader to laugh! I hope you enjoy them and new cartoons are posted on
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Search billions of names and access user-submitted family trees. You can
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Census extraction forms are doubly valuable: not only do they allow
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also provide a clean and convenient method for extracting and filing
important information you find.

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Our collection lets you read journals, memoirs and other
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