The NEOCAG <<>> A Summary of Events and Topics of Interest to Online Genealogists NORTHEAST OHIO COMPUTER-AIDED GENEALOGY society compiled by Luther Olson Vol. 10 No. 3, July 1, 2005 Cynthia Turk --president Marcy Milota -- editor NorthEast Ohio Computer-Aided Genealogy [NEOCAG] serves Eastern Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula, Portage & Summit Counties. Regular meetings 2nd Saturday of each month St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church 435 S.O.M. Road, Mayfield Village, OH. ======================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: > News and Views > News Update! Read All about It > Improving Your Old Workhorse > Found On Real Headstones > Microsoft To Tie RSS Instant-Updates Into Windows > GenSmarts - Automated Genealogy Research Newsletter > Some Pretty Nifty Background Wallpaper Effects > Find a Family History Center Near You > Beware How You Google > Connect With The Revolutionary Patriot In Your Family Tree ========================================================= > News and Views Hello, friends, NorthEast Ohio Computer-Aided Genealogy Society will be having its monthly seminar on Saturday July 9, 2005 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The topic should be of interest to all - "Your PC - Your Publishing Tool." Brent Morgan will share his experiences and show us different ways to go about this. Brent will also do the first break-out session of Improving Your Computer Aided Genealogy. Rick Smith will be covering "Pod Casting" in our Computing Tools breakout session. This is an interesting new technology of broadcasts downloaded to your PC for your listening pleasure. This is a new area for genealogy and seems to have great educational potential. This month's user groups during the third sessions will be The Master Genealogist, Personal Ancestral File/Ancestral Quest, and Legacy. Gary Silverstein, who is extremely experienced with the program will be coming to demo Legacy. Please consider joining us for lunch (Dutch Treat) after the meeting. Guests are always welcome to our meetings at no charge. The meeting location is St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church on S.O.M. Center Road, Mayfield Village, south of Rt. 6, north of Wilson Mills on the east side of the road across from the water slides. Now, send this along to a few of your friends who might be interested. Good things will happen. Genially, Cynthia Turk 440-951-0914 http://neocag.net ======================================================== > News Update! Read All about It The only place we hear these words anymore is when we stay up late and watch an old 1930s movie. In this day and age we get our news first thing in the morning after we have put the coffee and slippers on and walk down to the sidewalk to pick up the morning paper. (Goodness, how I miss Beau, my old lab retriever who was delighted to dash out in rain or snow, and who could find a paper that the plow had buried under a foot of snow—and then come running back to me with the prize, knowing his job for the day had been well done.) Or, we can click on the TV and make a choice among a number of channels that stream news to us 24/7, every day of the year. (By now the coffee is ready and we can settle down into our favorite chair and start the day. You can tell I'm retired.) We now are constantly inundated with news from around the world. But we also recognize, I hope, that there also are many news updates that relate to our interest in genealogy, or computer hardware, software, or the internet. Whether we realize it or not, there is a constant barrage of information relating to our special interest, so much so that Dick Eastman is now sending out his genealogy newsletter every day, instead of weekly. I have a folder in my mailbox titled "Potential articles." Hardly a day goes by that I don't drop at least one article in that folder for possible use in the next issue of this newsletter. Finding enough articles are never a problem—-keeping this issue from being double this size causes the most difficult decisions. Fortunately, there are a number of fine newsletters, and as the number of individuals who are interested in genealogy and computers is increasing, our news sources also appear to be increasing in number. Perhaps the main reason for putting together this QUARTERLY is to make us aware of some of those which you may receive, all free, that I feel will be a benefit to your genealogy work. They encourage us to pass on their efforts to others. (Check the end of this letter, if you haven't before.) Eastman Newsletters Rootsweb Review Family Tree News Service GenSmarts Support Newsletter Langalist Standard Edition Allen County Public Library's Historical Genealogy Department Upfront—NGS Legacy News Smart Computing Ancestry Daily News Yahoo! News--Internet Personal Tech Perhaps you receive some that aren't on this list. If so, I would ask you to send the info on to me, which in turn might help me to realize the second objective for this publication, that is to have at least one article that would be of interest to each of you in each issue. We all have such varied backgrounds and different needs, and I try not to leave anyone out in each issue. (Please forgive me if I do, but if we hit on two—-consider it a bonanza.) Happy Hunting, Luther Olson ======================================================== > Improving Your Old Workhorse We recommend against becoming sentimentally attached to computers, because with technology speeding along so rapidly and software companies practicing the dark arts of forced obsolescence, PCs just don't last. You might not be ready to part with your baby yet, however, and you might not have to. But what do you upgrade, and when? And how do you know if you can upgrade something? Entire books have been written on the subject, so I can only give you a few hints here. SYMPTOM: When you launch an application or switch from one open program to another, the hard drive chatters, the hard drive light flickers, and the system seems to slow down to a crawl. REMEDY: First, check the hard drive. If it's within a couple gigabytes of being full, you should swap it for a larger one or add a second one and move some of your data over to the new one. If there's plenty of space on the hard drive, it sounds like a case for a memory upgrade. Windows XP's minimum is 256MB, and if you do a lot of multi-tasking or game playing, that's not really enough. Consider going up to 512MB or even a full gigabyte. SYMPTOM: You used to be able to back up all of your data on floppy disks. Now, even your 100MB Zip drive doesn't cut it. REMEDY: A dual-layer writeable DVD disk can hold 8.5 GB of information. That's enough to back up hundreds and hundreds of files. IDE versions are available, but do check the capabilities of your system and the minimum requirements of the drive in question SYMPTOM: You recently added a second hard drive and a much more powerful graphics card that required its own lead from the power supply. Now the system reboots, crashes and acts all squirrelly. Did you get a bad graphics card? REMEDY: Maybe not. Today's graphics cards can suck up more than 70 watts of power from your power supply. If you're using a power supply that came with the case or system, it might be of low quality, and if it is underpowered (say, below 300W), you might need more juice. Check your case specs to see what kind of power supply you need, and beware: some PC manufacturers have been known to use proprietary power supplies and motherboards that must be used together and are not interchangeable. Do your research before you buy. Joel Durham Jr. Yahoo! News--Internet Personal Tech Wed Jun 22 ================================================= (Received via Email from a friend, but I have the feeling I saw something similar years ago. Regardless, it's just as humorous a second time around--especially for those of us who can't remember what it was like before we lost so much memory. LO) > Found On Real Headstones Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York: Born 1903-Died 1942 Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was. ****************************** In a Thurmont, Maryland, cemetery: Here lies an Atheist All dressed up And no place to go. ****************************** In a London, England cemetery: Here lies Ann Mann, Who lived an old maid But died an old Mann. Dec. 8, 1767 **************************** In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery: Anna Wallace: The children of Israel wanted bread, And the Lord sent them manna. & then old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna. ****************************** In a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery: Here lies Johnny Yeast. Pardon me For not rising. ****************************** In a Uniontown, Pennsylvania, cemetery: Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake. Stepped on the gas Instead of the brake. ****************************** In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery: Here lays The Kid. We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger But slow on the draw. ****************************** A lawyer's epitaph in England: Sir John Strange. Here lies an honest lawyer, And that is Strange. ***************************** John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne, England, cemetery: Reader, if cash thou art In want of any, Dig 6 feet deep; And thou wilt find a Penny. ***************************** In a cemetery in Hartscombe, England: On the 22nd of June, Jonathan Fiddle Went out of tune. ***************************** Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosburg Falls, Vermont: Here lies the body of our Anna - Done to death by a banana. It wasn't the fruit that laid her low, But the skin of the thing that made her go. ****************************** On a grave from the 1880s in Nantucket, Massachusetts: Under the sod and under the trees, Lies the body of Jonathan Pease. He is not here, there's only the pod. Pease shelled out and went to God ***************************** In a cemetery in England: Remember man, as you walk by, As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, you soon will be. Prepare yourself and follow me. To which someone replied by writing on the tombstone: To follow you I'll not consent Until I know which way you went ****************************** Last add, from Boot Hill, in Tombstone, Arizona: Here lies Lester Moore One slug from a 44 No Les No More ======================================================== (Another innovation not intended for genealogy, but in reading this release I was struck by a few references to things that may turn out to be most helpful to us. Another innovation to keep track of for the future. LO) > Microsoft To Tie RSS Instant-Updates Into Windows Microsoft Corp, the world's biggest software company, on Friday said it plans to add Really Simple Syndication, a popular technology for reading news and information on the Web, in its next version of Windows. Known as RSS, the technology invented by one-time arch-rival Netscape Communications Corp. allows Internet users to track freshly updated information -- without having to surf through a long list of Web pages. Microsoft said it wants to reach beyond the current limited audience of hard-core Internet users by making RSS convenient for mainstream computer users. The Redmond, Washington-based company is planning to offer a set of underlying extensions to RSS code that will make it easier for Web sites to publish lists such as photo albums, music playlists and other sorts of Top 10 lists as RSS feeds. The RSS capabilities will be embedded into Microsoft's Longhorn operating system, expected to be released in trial form this summer and made available to consumers as the next new release of Windows in 2006. With the new Windows, users will be able to receive updated headlines through an illuminated RSS icon with a click of a button. This in turn will automatically make the selected RSS feeds able to run in any Windows-based application designed to accept RSS. Microsoft is looking to encourage outside software developers to build a variety of RSS features into new software. The move has won the support of Dave Winer, RSS's most tireless advocate over the years, and Lawrence Lessig, a law professor at Stanford Law School, the founder of Creative Commons and a sometime Microsoft adversary. "I think what they're doing is cool," Winer said. Spencer Swartz Yahoo! News--Internet Personal Tech (Reuters) Fri Jun 24, 1:51 PM ET ======================================================== (A few days ago I purchased GenSmarts because it seems to be a handy way to be reminded both what to look for and where to find it. Whether or not it eventually turns out to be the help that it first appeared, is too early to know. However, one definite bonus is that GenSmarts publishes a fine newsletter that aims right at what we need, to locate both information and sources. I believe it is available to anyone. Check it out. LO) > GenSmarts - Automated Genealogy Research Newsletter ONLINE RESEARCH TIPS TIP 1) US Land Patents (www.blm.gov) are temporarily offline due to some chronic security problems... hopefully they'll get it fixed soon. TIP 2) Use Google's "site:" and "+" search parameters to focus in on specific site when searching your ancestors. For example, a Google search phrase of: +Fike +site:Rootsweb.com will search rootsweb content for the surname Fike. For more common surnames, try something like: +"Abel Fike" +site:Rootsweb.com which will search for a specific name (Abel Fike) on Rootsweb. TECHNOLOGY TIPS A pet peeve of mine is technology that requires a bunch of other "pieces" to use on an ongoing basis - complicated instructions, specialized cords, etc. I always loose something. Here's something I've come across recently that the designer got right - the new Garmin portable GPS unit (C320/C330) for your car. It's a real gem. It's the first unit I've seen where you really didn't have to read the manual to figure out how to use it. The voice was loud/clear, and the touch screen interface was very simple and easy to use. On a recent 5 day, 7 state, "stay a different place every night" trip, I never once looked at a map - now that's stress free driving... not to mention saving wear and tear on your marriage! Because it's portable (and small) I can easily take it with me when I fly, and use it in rental cars too. For those of you that know what a USB interface and an SD Flash card are, I recommend the cheaper unit (C320), because it has no moving parts (the 1GB SD card in mine will hold maps for 90% of the USA). Otherwise the C330 with it's pre-loaded hard drive full of maps would be the way to go. Approximately $589 for the C320 and $769 for the C330 at Amazon.com and the usual places. PC TRIVIA Every wonder what the difference between that 2.4GHZ CPU and that 2.8GHZ CPU really was? Often times, there's no difference. The speed of your CPU isn't typically controlled by the CPU itself, but by voltages and signals applied to it. Processors are individually tested after they're manufactured, and some simply "can't take the heat", so they're only certified for a lower speed. If demand for the lower speed CPU exceeds the supply of "downgraded CPUs", then.... you guessed it, higher speed capable CPUs are substituted. A hobby has formed around techniques for using processors above their labeled speeds. Google "overclocking" if you're curious... GenSmarts - Automated Genealogy Research Newsletter http://www.GenSmarts.com June 25, 2005 If you're not a subscriber, but would like to be, just send an email from the email account you want subscribed to: join-gensmartsnews@list.gensmartsnews.com ========================================================= (Once in a while it is fun just to fool around with something that really "floats your boat," even if it doesn't have anything to do with genealogy. However, knowing some of you who are so creative, I wouldn't be surprised if you find a way to achieve some terrific genealogy effects. Do take the time to click on this site. LO) > Some Pretty Nifty Background Wallpaper Effects For those of you who enjoy unique things on your computer, may I recommend a site featuring some pretty nifty background wallpaper effects. The gist is that someone got the idea to take a picture of their desk without their computer monitor, then with some adjusting, set that image as their background image. Then, they took another picture of the desk, this time with the monitor showing the previous image. The result? A "transparent" monitor. All of the photos at this site (currently 34 in total) are quite cool, and many made me say "wow." Here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/w00kie/sets/180637/ NOW THAT *IS* COOL! Enjoy! Kehvan The LangaList--Standard Edition 2005-06-23 A Free Email Newsletter from Fred Langa That Helps You Get More From Your Hardware, Software, And Time Online ======================================================== (Cynthia Turk has just informed us that the Kirtland Family History Center has reopened. It is now in the back of the Stake Center (the church at the bottom of the hill) where it used to be several years ago. The hours are now Tues-Thurs 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. and Wed-Fri 7-9 p.m. And don't forget that there is a new Center on Liberty Rd. in Solon, just east of Solon Road between Solon and Chagrin Falls. LO) > Find a Family History Center Near You Dick Eastman states that he probably has written the following words several hundred times in past newsletters: "... or at a local Family History Center near you." Family History Centers are branch facilities of the huge Family History Library in Salt Lake City that is owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons). Each local Family History Center provides access to most of the microfilms and microfiche that are available in Salt Lake City. In fact, you can access all these genealogical treasures without calling your travel agent. Even the smallest local Center has access to almost all the millions of microfilms and microfiche. Best of all, there are more than 3,400 centers worldwide. You probably can find one near you. While obviously not large enough to locally store the millions of rolls of microfilm and sheets of microfiche that can be found in Salt Lake City, each local Center serves as a "catalog order store" for the Family History Library. You can visit a local Center and order rolls of microfilm and sheets of microfiche. You pay a modest fee for the rentals, typically around $3.00 per reel of microfilm. The order is sent to Salt Lake City; the materials are then pulled from the shelves and shipped to the local Center. A couple of weeks later, you return to the local Family History Center to view the material, using the local Center's readers. You cannot remove the microfilm and microfiche from the premises. The Center holds the rented films for a period of time and returns them to Salt Lake City a few weeks after you order them. Most Centers are located in meetinghouses of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as the LDS Church) although there are a few exceptions. One near me used to operate in a storefront at a suburban strip mall. Others are located in larger libraries. While owned by a church, the local Centers are open to all, regardless of religious affiliation. I have seen statistics in the past that indicate that the majority of Family History Center visitors are non- Mormons. When entering, you will be asked to sign a guest book and to indicate whether or not you are a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If you are not, you are never asked for your own religious affiliation. Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Muslims, atheists, and agnostics are all welcome. You will never be approached or recruited by anyone discussing religion, nor will you be handed religious material. (However, such material may be available if you choose to pick it up.) During my 100 or so visits to local Family History Centers, the only time anyone ever discussed religion with me was after I asked about it. Each local Family History Center is staffed by volunteers who may or may not be members of the LDS church. Staff members will not do research for you; however, they can give you an orientation about the center, answer some research questions (research expertise in each center varies), help you use center resources, and order microfilms and microfiche from the Family History Library. Many local Centers also offer training classes on a variety of genealogical research topics. In addition, the Family History Center volunteers also are aware of other institutions in the area that can help you. To find your nearest Family History Center, go to: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp. Each center determines its own hours. Where available, the information at http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp includes the hours of service and telephone number of each local Center. Hours may vary from time to time or during certain seasons. The online listing may not be up-to-date, so you probably will want to first contact the center to verify when it is open. If you have not yet visited a local Family History Center, I would strongly encourage you to do so. I suspect you will be very impressed with the materials available from all over the world. Dick Eastman June 28, 2005 This article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2004 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com. ========================================================= "FINDING YOUR AFRICAN AMERICAN ANCESTORS," There has never been a better time to research your African American ancestors. The same advances in technology that have created a boom in the exchange of information have made it possible for a family historian to cover great distances and conduct in-depth investigation for a fraction of the cost of a traditional research trip. Census schedules, plantation records, and military records, among other resources, are at your fingertips in the form of online databases, CD-ROMs, and individual websites. Sale price $5. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=P2166 Order now--These prices will only be available for a limited time. If you prefer to order by phone, call toll-free 1-800-ANCESTRY (1-800-262-3787). David T. Thackery "Ancestry Daily News" (http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews ) ========================================================= (There are so many warnings about all the bad things that can happen to our computers, that I can visualize that there are some who feel threatened to even push the ON switch. So I always hesitate to include these in our newsletter. However, every once in a while there is something that I find unusual, unique, or just plain interesting. We all know by now not to misspell Cyndi's name with the normal "y", but that is only going to bring up a porn site—-not the grief that might result from misspelling "Google." LO) > Beware How You Google A simple misspelling of Google's domain name could lead to a Web surfer's worst nightmare. In a new twist to the old practice of "typosquatting," virus writers have registered a slight variation of Google Inc.'s popular search- engine site to take advantage of any users who botch the spelling of the google.com URL. The malicious site, googkle.com, is infested with Trojan droppers, downloaders, backdoors and spyware, and an unsuspecting user only has to visit the page to be at risk of computer hijack attacks, according to a warning from Finnish anti-virus vendor F-Secure Corp. When googkle.com is opened in a browser, two pop-up windows are immediately launched with redirects to third-party sites loaded with scripts. One of the sites, ntsearch.com, downloads and runs a "pop.chm" file, and the other, toolbarpartner.com, downloads and runs a "ddfs.chm" file, F-Secure said. "Both files are downloaded using exploits and they contain exploits themselves to run embedded executable files. One of the Web pages of the 'toolbarpartner.com' website downloads a file named 'pic10.jpg' using an exploit. This JPG file is actually an executable that replaces [the] Windows Media Player application," the warning reads. The typosquatters also launch a steady stream of pop-up Web pages with different .exe files. One batch of exploits loads a malware package that includes two backdoors, two Trojan droppers, a proxy Trojan, a spying Trojan and a Trojan downloader. It is not yet clear if the attack vector takes advantage of an unpatched version of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer. Redmond officials could not be reached for comment. According to F-Secure's alert, the attack scenario also includes a separate Trojan dropper that copies itself to the Windows System folder with a random name and drops a DLL that modifies the HOSTS file to block connection to several anti- virus Web sites. Another executable also drops a DLL file into the Windows System folder and prompts a fake virus alert on a desktop. The fake alert warns the user about a computer infection and prompts the user to yet another malicious site promising virus protection. The Web site offers links to several different sites offering anti- virus and spyware cleaners for download. Those downloads all turn out to be a "toolbar.exe" file that is actually an adware installer, which installs a spyware toolbar known as "Perez," F-Secure said. The practice of typosquatting was first spotted in the late 1990s and was a common tactic for pornography sites, used to generate traffic from misspelled Internet addresses. Check out eWEEK.com's Security Center for the latest security news, reviews and analysis. And for insights on security coverage around the Web, take a look at eWEEK.com Security Center Editor Larry Seltzer's Weblog. Ryan Naraine – Copyright 2005 (c) Yahoo! Inc. Wed Apr 27 ========================================================= (By now I hope most of you have seen our own Brent Morgan's wonderful presentation on military information, whether on a web site, CD, or other location. Since so many of you have individuals who have served in the military, I was delighted to come across this article in the ANCESTRY DAILY NEWS. Perhaps one or two can be of help in your search. LO) > Connect With The Revolutionary Patriot In Your Family Tree "Finding Your Patriot: Basic Sources for Starting Revolutionary War Research," by Curt Witcher, FUGA (Ancestry Magazine, May/June 1996, Vol. 14, No. 3) http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=A215213 "Compiled Service Records: Revolutionary War Period, 1775-83" (An excerpt from "U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources-Colonial America to the Present," By James C. Neagles) http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=A417101 "July 4," by Michael John Neill (03 July 2002, Ancestry Daily News) http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=A599601 "Revolutionary War Sources," by Kip Sperry (Kip's Tips," 10 July 2001) http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=A416711 "Tracing Your Revolutionary War Patriot," by Juliana Smith (Ancestry Daily News, 01 July 1999) http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=A162201 "Revolutionary Pictures," by Maureen A. Taylor ("Ancestry Daily News," 11 November 2003) http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=A781001 Revolutionary Links and Resources http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=A162401 DATABASES Ancestry.com has a large collection of databases from the Revolutionary War, as well as from other conflicts in American history. Ancestry.com subscribers to the U.S. Records Collection can access military databases at: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?sourceid=831&targetid=4546 ANCESTRY DAILY NEWS (http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews Brought to you by the publishers of "The Source" and "Ancestry" Magazine July 3, 2005 ========================================================= CONTRIBUTIONS: When you come across something you think would be of interest to others who are involved in genealogy, whether it be about genealogy, software, or hardware, please send it to our editor, Marcy Milota at . Please include your name and all credits of author and publication. Information from online genealogy newsletters can be used with these credits. EASTMAN NEWSLETTERS Articles from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter have a copyright by Richard W. Eastman. They may be re-published here by including the statement: The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2004 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com. Anyone complying with the above does not need to ask permission in advance. FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE Reprinted with permission from Family Tree Magazine Email Update, copyright 2003 F+W Publications Inc. To subscribe to this free weekly e-mail newsletter, go to http://www.familytreemagazine.com/newsletter.asp. For a free sample copy of the print Family Tree Magazine, America's #1 family history magazine, go to http://www.familytreemagazine.com/specialoffers.asp?FAMfreeissue ROOTSWEB REVIEW Permission to reprint articles from RootsWeb Review is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, provided: (1) the reprint is used for non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) the following notice appears at the end of the article: Previously published in RootsWeb Review: Vol. 5, No. 40, 2 October 2002. LANGALIST STANDARD EDITION The Langalist Standard Edition is a free email newsletter from Fred Langa that helps you get more from your hardware, software, and time online. Plus! Subscribers have access to over 100,000 additional Words in special features, extra content and private links, All on a private web site? All that, plus 30% more content In every issue, for just a dollar a month! Full Plus! Edition info: http://www.langa.com/plus.htm ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HISTORICAL GENEALOGY DEPARTMENT This electronic newsletter is published with the intent to enlighten readers about genealogical research methods, as well as inform them about the vast resources of the Allen County Public Library. We welcome the wide distribution of this newsletter and encourage readers to forward it to their friends and societies. UPFRONT--NGS Each issue of UpFront is under copyright of the National Genealogical Society. Permission is granted to share the news and events portions of UpFront provided you include the following statement: "Originally published in UpFront with NGS, The Online Newsletter of the National Genealogical Society. http://www.NGSgenealogy.org/upfront.htm" ANCESTRY DAILY NEWS We encourage the circulation of the "Ancestry Daily News" via non- profit newsletters and lists providing that you credit the author, include any copyright information (Copyright 1998-2005, MyFamily.com, Inc. and its subsidiaries.), and cite the "Ancestry Daily News" (http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews ) as the source, so that others can learn about our free newsletter as well. ========================================================== TELL A FRIEND -- SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION: Others interested in genealogy are welcome to receive these updates; if you know of anyone else interested, tell him or her to send us an E-mail To subscribe or unsubscribe to this publication, send an Email to Luther Olson: ============================================= Past issues of this Newsletter are available at: http://neocag.net ============================================= * * * * NORTHEAST OHIO COMPUTER-AIDED GENEALOGY Society * * * * NEOCAG Mail List Server: * * * * Visit our web site at * * * * _______________________________________________ NEOCAG mailing list To send a message to the list click on Subscribers@Neocag.net