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Hello to all of our loyal readers! We are back at last.
We are moved into our new office and even before the move we were struck down with an upper respiratory infection that has kept us down for three weeks. We are still on medication! But we are persevering!
Today's news comes from none other than our old pal, Dick Eastman at EOGN. Enjoy!
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September 29, 2008
Online American Genealogical Biographical Index to Move
The following announcement was written by the Godfrey Library:
Godfrey Library publishes the American Genealogical Biographical Index (AGBI). The AGBI is a 226 volume every name index of hundreds of genealogies, including unindexed and partially indexed genealogies. The AGBI also indexes the Boston Transcript genealogical column that appeared from 1896 to 1941, the 1790 census, parts of the Pennsylvania Archives and various vital, church and military records. About 300 large libraries, in addition to the Godfrey Library, have print copies.
The only online addition appears on Ancestry.com. That is about to change. Beginning in January 2009 the AGBI will no longer be part of Ancestry.com. Instead the AGBI will be part of Godfrey Library's paid subscription service, Godfrey Scholar, and will also be part of World Vital Record's database offerings.
The American Genealogical Biographical Index is an invaluable first step in any genealogical research. Since the AGBI also sorts names by birthdate whenever available, it is also an important research tool when the the same given name appears many times during a surname search. The AGBI also sorts by geographical location within a surname listing.
Godfrey Library owns all the material indexed in the AGBI.
Godfrey Library, a library of genealogy and family history, is located in Middletown, Connecticut. www.godfrey.org.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Will Be Gone Awhile
Hello All,
Well, we found our new home on Friday, the 12th. And we have begun the process of preparing to get everything moved.
We ask that everyone bear with us as we transition from Ronceverte, WV to White Sulphur Springs, WV. As most of you know, the Old Mountain Genealogists husband is an over-the-road truck driver, so I have been faced with doing all of the leg work on my own. So, we are "excusing ourselves" from our blog and our clients until the 28th.
For those we are performing research on, your files are safe and will be hand carried during our move! You have nothing to worry about! And we will resume our research on the 28th.
Until then, we expect all of you, our dear readers and clients, to keep up the good work! And we will return shortly!
Until then,
cbh
Well, we found our new home on Friday, the 12th. And we have begun the process of preparing to get everything moved.
We ask that everyone bear with us as we transition from Ronceverte, WV to White Sulphur Springs, WV. As most of you know, the Old Mountain Genealogists husband is an over-the-road truck driver, so I have been faced with doing all of the leg work on my own. So, we are "excusing ourselves" from our blog and our clients until the 28th.
For those we are performing research on, your files are safe and will be hand carried during our move! You have nothing to worry about! And we will resume our research on the 28th.
Until then, we expect all of you, our dear readers and clients, to keep up the good work! And we will return shortly!
Until then,
cbh
Friday, September 12, 2008
Another EOGN Fascinating Article!
Okay, so leave it to Dick Eastman to provide us with yet another fascinating article! When you finish reading this, be sure to click on the link at the bottom and go to the Fulton County website to read the entire article concerning this find!
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September 11, 2008
Today's Graffiti May Be Tomorrow's History
Be careful what you leave behind. Future historians may study your activities in great detail.
Case in point: The Tonoloway Primitive Baptist Church in southern Fulton County, Pennsylvania, is very close to the Mason-Dixon Line. As a result, the area saw a lot of action during the Civil War. General “Stonewall” Jackson’s Confederate troops threatened to cross the Potomac River at nearby Hancock, Maryland, in January 1862. The brick church became one of four locations in the area that were used for hospitals by the Union Army.
The removal of wallpaper in 2004 during restoration of the church’s interior by the Friends of Tonoloway Primitive Baptist Church revealed the signatures of many of the Union troops who were hospitalized there through early March of 1862.
In all, 50 signatures were discovered, some those of civilians, along with other graffiti. Twenty-seven of those signatures have been identified by Friends board member John Mentzer, whose two-year project to learn more about the people who signed Tonoloway’s walls came to a conclusion last month with the Friends’ publication of his 140-page book, “Tonoloway – If Its Walls Could Talk.”
You can read more about this book in the Fulton County News web site at
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=541&NewsID=924026&CategoryID=1441&on=1
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September 11, 2008
Today's Graffiti May Be Tomorrow's History
Be careful what you leave behind. Future historians may study your activities in great detail.
Case in point: The Tonoloway Primitive Baptist Church in southern Fulton County, Pennsylvania, is very close to the Mason-Dixon Line. As a result, the area saw a lot of action during the Civil War. General “Stonewall” Jackson’s Confederate troops threatened to cross the Potomac River at nearby Hancock, Maryland, in January 1862. The brick church became one of four locations in the area that were used for hospitals by the Union Army.
The removal of wallpaper in 2004 during restoration of the church’s interior by the Friends of Tonoloway Primitive Baptist Church revealed the signatures of many of the Union troops who were hospitalized there through early March of 1862.
In all, 50 signatures were discovered, some those of civilians, along with other graffiti. Twenty-seven of those signatures have been identified by Friends board member John Mentzer, whose two-year project to learn more about the people who signed Tonoloway’s walls came to a conclusion last month with the Friends’ publication of his 140-page book, “Tonoloway – If Its Walls Could Talk.”
You can read more about this book in the Fulton County News web site at
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=541&NewsID=924026&CategoryID=1441&on=1
Today on APG's Mail List....
Please take a look at the new website for FEEFHS
http://www.feefhs.org/
The Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS) was organized in 1992 as an umbrella organization that promotes family research in eastern and central Europe without any ethnic, religious, or social distinctions. It provides a forum for individuals and organizations focused on a single country or group of people to exchange information and be updated on developments in the field. While it primarily serves the interests of North Americans in tracing their lineages back to a European homeland, it welcomes members from all countries.
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While I have not had the opportunity to utilize this site, it certainly looks helpful!
cbh
http://www.feefhs.org/
The Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS) was organized in 1992 as an umbrella organization that promotes family research in eastern and central Europe without any ethnic, religious, or social distinctions. It provides a forum for individuals and organizations focused on a single country or group of people to exchange information and be updated on developments in the field. While it primarily serves the interests of North Americans in tracing their lineages back to a European homeland, it welcomes members from all countries.
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While I have not had the opportunity to utilize this site, it certainly looks helpful!
cbh
Cheaper DNA Tests Now Available!
Diane Haddad announced the following this morning:
Familybuilder Announces Low-Cost DNA Tests; Global Network
Posted by Diane
Two big announcements from Familybuilder, the company that created the Family Tree genealogy application for social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.
First, Familybuilder’s new Global Network brings the Family Tree application outside of social networking sites.
Anyone can create a Family Tree profile on Familybuilder and link it to Family Tree profiles on social networking sites. (More than 20 million Family Tree profiles exist on such sites.) You’ll need a free registration to build a tree or access existing ones.
Second, starting Oct. 15, Familybuilder will offer low-cost DNA tests, focusing on the social networking market. According to a written announcement, “No genealogy service caters to the 300 to 400 million people who use social networks to research their family trees.”
The offerings include a 17-marker Y-DNA test and a mitochondrial (mt) DNA test; both cost $59.95. FamilyBuilder does have others beat: Compare its 17-marker test with FamilyTreeDNA’s 12-marker test ($149); DNA Testing Systems’ 13-marker test ($200); Chromosomal Labs’ 19-marker test is $260. A 17-marker test is usually enough to tell you if you’re related to someone, but higher-resolution tests (those that test more markers) are more accurate. For example, it’s possible a 17-marker test may match on 15 of the 17 markers, where a 45-marker test of the same two people might match on 30 out of the 45 markers. Note that a Y-DNA test doesn’t tell you how you’re related to someone; but it estimates how long ago a common ancestor may have lived.Many genealogists go straight for the higher-marker tests (my guess is that's the market most traditional genetic genealogy companies concentrate on).
Familybuilder says it plans to expand its DNA lineup and is “committed to continuously driving the costs of these tests down over time.”
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cbh
Familybuilder Announces Low-Cost DNA Tests; Global Network
Posted by Diane
Two big announcements from Familybuilder, the company that created the Family Tree genealogy application for social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.
First, Familybuilder’s new Global Network brings the Family Tree application outside of social networking sites.
Anyone can create a Family Tree profile on Familybuilder and link it to Family Tree profiles on social networking sites. (More than 20 million Family Tree profiles exist on such sites.) You’ll need a free registration to build a tree or access existing ones.
Second, starting Oct. 15, Familybuilder will offer low-cost DNA tests, focusing on the social networking market. According to a written announcement, “No genealogy service caters to the 300 to 400 million people who use social networks to research their family trees.”
The offerings include a 17-marker Y-DNA test and a mitochondrial (mt) DNA test; both cost $59.95. FamilyBuilder does have others beat: Compare its 17-marker test with FamilyTreeDNA’s 12-marker test ($149); DNA Testing Systems’ 13-marker test ($200); Chromosomal Labs’ 19-marker test is $260. A 17-marker test is usually enough to tell you if you’re related to someone, but higher-resolution tests (those that test more markers) are more accurate. For example, it’s possible a 17-marker test may match on 15 of the 17 markers, where a 45-marker test of the same two people might match on 30 out of the 45 markers. Note that a Y-DNA test doesn’t tell you how you’re related to someone; but it estimates how long ago a common ancestor may have lived.Many genealogists go straight for the higher-marker tests (my guess is that's the market most traditional genetic genealogy companies concentrate on).
Familybuilder says it plans to expand its DNA lineup and is “committed to continuously driving the costs of these tests down over time.”
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cbh
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Footnote Announces New Project!
I'm going to let Dick Eastman tell you this! Here's Dick's report from EOGN:
September 10, 2008
Footnote Pages Take Social Networking into the Past
Let's call it "Obituary 2.0."
Footnote introduced a new service this afternoon at the prestigious TechCrunch50 conference in San Francisco. The new service is called “Footnote Pages.”
The TechCrunch50 2008 Conference is a leading platform where early-stage companies show their services based purely on merit, without regard to their own financial resources. This annual conference is one of the leading places to display the latest products and services from a company. What makes this so special is that you cannot buy your way onto that stage, where millions are watching the broadcast. In fact, the appearance at TechCrunch50 is free. However, your products are allowed there only if you first convince a panel of judges that your product is worthwhile and unique. The selection process is tough: this year, more than 900 companies applied, but only 50 were selected. Footnote was one of the 50.
The TechCrunch50 conference was broadcast live via streaming video on the web, and I had a chance to watch Footnote CEO Russ Wilding's presentation as he was delivering it 3,000 miles away.
In his introduction, Russ said that the company's new service is somewhat like "Facebook for the deceased." Footnote Pages are living memorial pages for deceased individuals. The company has already created eighty million pages – one page for each person listed in the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) – and they are available now. Of course, all of this is available free of charge.
While Russ was still making his presentation, I went to www.Footnote.com and found the pages for my father, mother, son, and one grandmother. Each page starts off as a " shell" with minimal information: name, date of birth, date and place of death, and little more. I or anyone else who was acquainted with these people can add photos, words, or even multimedia files to any memorial page. Each person's page can also be linked to events or other people. For instance, I could link my father's memorial page to my mother's and then link both of them to my maternal grandmother's memorial page. I can also link in aunts, uncles, or any other deceased family members. I can even link them to digitized newspaper images or other content that I upload or to content that is already available on Footnote.com. I can write as much text as I wish. Other people can also contribute remembrances and other information.
The primary purpose of these memorial pages is to create perspectives into the lives of the people memorialized here, thereby celebrating each person's life. New data is solicited, but the memorial pages also can be linked to any of the 42 million historical documents already available on Footnote.com. This includes a wealth of World War II photographs and reports, along with Viet Nam War information.
All images can be annotated, both the photos already on Footnote.com as well as new photographs uploaded by users. For instance, a group photograph of a family reunion or a baseball team or a military aircraft crew can have one or more individuals singled out and identified by name.
Names and other Information added will be searchable by Google and other search engines. Anyone who ever searches for the individual will be able to find the memorial page and learn more about that person’s life. I think this is a great way to memorialize the life of a loved one.
The presentation at TechCrunch50 seemed to go well. A panel of judges reviewed each of the chosen presentations as they were given. Because of time constraints, Russ Wilding focused only on the new service being added. The judges commented that the service needs to have integration with genealogy data and a number of other things. Actually, Footnote already has those things, but those details were not covered in the limited time available.
Here are some of the comments I heard from those judges:
Jeff Wiener: "Interesting technology and functionality." Jeff believes it is interesting functionality for both social networking sites and genealogy sites.
Don Dodge: "Another amazing web site." He remarked that Footnote Pages contains elements of LinkedIn, Facebook, and genealogy sites.
Sean Parker remarked, "This strikes me as an information discovery resource. Similar services exist, but not to the degree of this.'
Loïc Le Muir had a negative viewpoint and questioned the privacy issues. He said, "I wouldn't like for my family to see this." With a bit of a grin, he also stated, "You will have very low customer service requests from these deceased individuals."
I'll add one more comment: This is SSDI on steroids.
Other sites have the SSDI database. However, in comparison, you could say that this version is an interactive SSDI. In addition to the SSDI, users can search the Footnote content to add more information and details about their ancestors’ lives.
If you would like to learn more about Footnote Pages, go to http://www.footnote.com.
Here is the press release issued by Footnote this afternoon immediately after Russ Wilding's presentation at TechCrunch50:
Footnote.com Takes Social Networking into the Past
Footnote.com launches Footnote Pages at TechCrunch50
San Francisco -- September 10, 2008. Losing a loved one can result in a range of emotions, from the grief and sorrow to comfort, which often comes from reminiscing stories and memories with family and friends. The challenge arises when there is no single place where all of these stories can easily come together to be shared, enriched and preserved.
Now at Footnote.com, anyone can find or create Footnote Pages where users connect and share stories, photos, and information about the people important to them.
To kick-off the new Footnote Pages, Footnote.com today released over 80 million of these pages created from data from the Social Security Death Index. Most visitors will find existing pages about several deceased friends and family members already on the site.
Footnote.com was selected from over 1,000 applicants to launch Footnote Pages at this year’s TechCrunch50 held in San Francisco. Russ Wilding, CEO of Footnote, demonstrated Footnote Pages to an audience of over 1,500 investors, bloggers, and major media outlets.
“We encourage people to upload their personal shoeboxes of photos and documents to Footnote.com,” explains Wilding. “Now with Footnote Pages, friends and family can come together to share stories and memories about the people they care about.”
Described as “Facebook for the Deceased,” these pages feature a photo gallery, an interactive timeline and map, and other tools that bring people together to create a more colorful and rich picture of the past. “Social networking is not only for the younger generations any more,” explains Wilding. “We are seeing Baby Boomers contribute and connect online in increasing numbers. Footnote Pages are an easy way for this audience to interact with each other and learn things they would not otherwise know about deceased friends and family.”
Beyond profiling people, Footnote pages can also be used to document and discuss historical events or places, including the Vietnam War, the Assassination of JFK, and the Lincoln-Douglas Debates.
Unlike other social networking sites, Footnote.com provides content that enables users to tell and share stories from the past. Through its partnership with the National Archives, Footnote.com has digitized over 43 million documents, including historical newspapers, military records, photos and more. Footnote.com adds about 2 million new records to the site every month.
Visit Footnote.com to learn more about Footnote Pages and get a new perspective on the lives of your own friends and family who have passed away.
About Footnote.comFootnote.com is a history website where real history might just surprise you. Footnote.com features millions of searchable original documents, providing users with an unaltered view of the events, places, and people that shaped the American nation and the world. At Footnote.com, all are invited to come share, discuss, and collaborate on their discoveries with friends, family, and colleagues. For more information, visit www.footnote.com.
About TechCrunch50Founded in 2007 by leading technology blog TechCrunch and entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, the TechCrunch50 conference provides a platform for early-stage, and frequently unfunded, companies to launch for the first time to the technology industry’s most influential venture capitalists, corporations, angel investors, fellow entrepreneurs, and the international media. Companies are selected to participate exclusively on merit. TechCrunch50 is supported by corporate sponsors Google, Microsoft, MySpace, and Yahoo!, as well as venture capital firms including Sequoia Capital http://www.sequoiacap.com/, Mayfield Fund http://www.mayfield.com, Clearstone Venture Partners http://www.clearstone.com, Charles River Ventures http://www.crv.com, Founders Fund and Fenwick & West http://www.fenwick.com.
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Until next time,
cbh
September 10, 2008
Footnote Pages Take Social Networking into the Past
Let's call it "Obituary 2.0."
Footnote introduced a new service this afternoon at the prestigious TechCrunch50 conference in San Francisco. The new service is called “Footnote Pages.”
The TechCrunch50 2008 Conference is a leading platform where early-stage companies show their services based purely on merit, without regard to their own financial resources. This annual conference is one of the leading places to display the latest products and services from a company. What makes this so special is that you cannot buy your way onto that stage, where millions are watching the broadcast. In fact, the appearance at TechCrunch50 is free. However, your products are allowed there only if you first convince a panel of judges that your product is worthwhile and unique. The selection process is tough: this year, more than 900 companies applied, but only 50 were selected. Footnote was one of the 50.
The TechCrunch50 conference was broadcast live via streaming video on the web, and I had a chance to watch Footnote CEO Russ Wilding's presentation as he was delivering it 3,000 miles away.
In his introduction, Russ said that the company's new service is somewhat like "Facebook for the deceased." Footnote Pages are living memorial pages for deceased individuals. The company has already created eighty million pages – one page for each person listed in the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) – and they are available now. Of course, all of this is available free of charge.
While Russ was still making his presentation, I went to www.Footnote.com and found the pages for my father, mother, son, and one grandmother. Each page starts off as a " shell" with minimal information: name, date of birth, date and place of death, and little more. I or anyone else who was acquainted with these people can add photos, words, or even multimedia files to any memorial page. Each person's page can also be linked to events or other people. For instance, I could link my father's memorial page to my mother's and then link both of them to my maternal grandmother's memorial page. I can also link in aunts, uncles, or any other deceased family members. I can even link them to digitized newspaper images or other content that I upload or to content that is already available on Footnote.com. I can write as much text as I wish. Other people can also contribute remembrances and other information.
The primary purpose of these memorial pages is to create perspectives into the lives of the people memorialized here, thereby celebrating each person's life. New data is solicited, but the memorial pages also can be linked to any of the 42 million historical documents already available on Footnote.com. This includes a wealth of World War II photographs and reports, along with Viet Nam War information.
All images can be annotated, both the photos already on Footnote.com as well as new photographs uploaded by users. For instance, a group photograph of a family reunion or a baseball team or a military aircraft crew can have one or more individuals singled out and identified by name.
Names and other Information added will be searchable by Google and other search engines. Anyone who ever searches for the individual will be able to find the memorial page and learn more about that person’s life. I think this is a great way to memorialize the life of a loved one.
The presentation at TechCrunch50 seemed to go well. A panel of judges reviewed each of the chosen presentations as they were given. Because of time constraints, Russ Wilding focused only on the new service being added. The judges commented that the service needs to have integration with genealogy data and a number of other things. Actually, Footnote already has those things, but those details were not covered in the limited time available.
Here are some of the comments I heard from those judges:
Jeff Wiener: "Interesting technology and functionality." Jeff believes it is interesting functionality for both social networking sites and genealogy sites.
Don Dodge: "Another amazing web site." He remarked that Footnote Pages contains elements of LinkedIn, Facebook, and genealogy sites.
Sean Parker remarked, "This strikes me as an information discovery resource. Similar services exist, but not to the degree of this.'
Loïc Le Muir had a negative viewpoint and questioned the privacy issues. He said, "I wouldn't like for my family to see this." With a bit of a grin, he also stated, "You will have very low customer service requests from these deceased individuals."
I'll add one more comment: This is SSDI on steroids.
Other sites have the SSDI database. However, in comparison, you could say that this version is an interactive SSDI. In addition to the SSDI, users can search the Footnote content to add more information and details about their ancestors’ lives.
If you would like to learn more about Footnote Pages, go to http://www.footnote.com.
Here is the press release issued by Footnote this afternoon immediately after Russ Wilding's presentation at TechCrunch50:
Footnote.com Takes Social Networking into the Past
Footnote.com launches Footnote Pages at TechCrunch50
San Francisco -- September 10, 2008. Losing a loved one can result in a range of emotions, from the grief and sorrow to comfort, which often comes from reminiscing stories and memories with family and friends. The challenge arises when there is no single place where all of these stories can easily come together to be shared, enriched and preserved.
Now at Footnote.com, anyone can find or create Footnote Pages where users connect and share stories, photos, and information about the people important to them.
To kick-off the new Footnote Pages, Footnote.com today released over 80 million of these pages created from data from the Social Security Death Index. Most visitors will find existing pages about several deceased friends and family members already on the site.
Footnote.com was selected from over 1,000 applicants to launch Footnote Pages at this year’s TechCrunch50 held in San Francisco. Russ Wilding, CEO of Footnote, demonstrated Footnote Pages to an audience of over 1,500 investors, bloggers, and major media outlets.
“We encourage people to upload their personal shoeboxes of photos and documents to Footnote.com,” explains Wilding. “Now with Footnote Pages, friends and family can come together to share stories and memories about the people they care about.”
Described as “Facebook for the Deceased,” these pages feature a photo gallery, an interactive timeline and map, and other tools that bring people together to create a more colorful and rich picture of the past. “Social networking is not only for the younger generations any more,” explains Wilding. “We are seeing Baby Boomers contribute and connect online in increasing numbers. Footnote Pages are an easy way for this audience to interact with each other and learn things they would not otherwise know about deceased friends and family.”
Beyond profiling people, Footnote pages can also be used to document and discuss historical events or places, including the Vietnam War, the Assassination of JFK, and the Lincoln-Douglas Debates.
Unlike other social networking sites, Footnote.com provides content that enables users to tell and share stories from the past. Through its partnership with the National Archives, Footnote.com has digitized over 43 million documents, including historical newspapers, military records, photos and more. Footnote.com adds about 2 million new records to the site every month.
Visit Footnote.com to learn more about Footnote Pages and get a new perspective on the lives of your own friends and family who have passed away.
About Footnote.comFootnote.com is a history website where real history might just surprise you. Footnote.com features millions of searchable original documents, providing users with an unaltered view of the events, places, and people that shaped the American nation and the world. At Footnote.com, all are invited to come share, discuss, and collaborate on their discoveries with friends, family, and colleagues. For more information, visit www.footnote.com.
About TechCrunch50Founded in 2007 by leading technology blog TechCrunch and entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, the TechCrunch50 conference provides a platform for early-stage, and frequently unfunded, companies to launch for the first time to the technology industry’s most influential venture capitalists, corporations, angel investors, fellow entrepreneurs, and the international media. Companies are selected to participate exclusively on merit. TechCrunch50 is supported by corporate sponsors Google, Microsoft, MySpace, and Yahoo!, as well as venture capital firms including Sequoia Capital http://www.sequoiacap.com/, Mayfield Fund http://www.mayfield.com, Clearstone Venture Partners http://www.clearstone.com, Charles River Ventures http://www.crv.com, Founders Fund and Fenwick & West http://www.fenwick.com.
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Until next time,
cbh
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Annie Moore Memorial Purchases
I don't usually push a contribution site unless it's something dear to my heart [you'll note that I do ask for donations for the Leukemia and Lymphona Society, as my niece is a "Team-in-Training" member and runs in the marathons around the country to raise funds for the research that will one day stamp out these diseases]. However, as a genealogist, I could not pass this one by.
Due to the efforts of Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak and others, funds are being raised to give Annie Moore a proper memorial.
For those of you who aren't familiar with Annie, she was the first person who was processed through Ellis Island, on January 1, 1892. And now you can have your own "Annie Memorial", thanks to JMK GenealogyGifts [they have ALOT of cool genealogy stuff as well!].
Why don't you click right on over there now and take a look. Yours truly is wearing one of the Annie Moore t-shirts this morning, and I have to tell you, I love it! Every time I go out in it I am asked "Who is Annie Moore?" What a great opportunity to pass on a bit of genealogical history in telling the story of Annie Moore!
You can visit JMK Genealogy Gifts at:
http://www.cafepress.com/jmkbooks/5891194
[***Disclaimer: I have no vested interest in JMK Genealogy Gifts. I just think it's a cool site with cool stuff!!!}
cbh
Due to the efforts of Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak and others, funds are being raised to give Annie Moore a proper memorial.
For those of you who aren't familiar with Annie, she was the first person who was processed through Ellis Island, on January 1, 1892. And now you can have your own "Annie Memorial", thanks to JMK GenealogyGifts [they have ALOT of cool genealogy stuff as well!].
Why don't you click right on over there now and take a look. Yours truly is wearing one of the Annie Moore t-shirts this morning, and I have to tell you, I love it! Every time I go out in it I am asked "Who is Annie Moore?" What a great opportunity to pass on a bit of genealogical history in telling the story of Annie Moore!
You can visit JMK Genealogy Gifts at:
http://www.cafepress.com/jmkbooks/5891194
[***Disclaimer: I have no vested interest in JMK Genealogy Gifts. I just think it's a cool site with cool stuff!!!}
cbh
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