"Tracing Our Roots" Newsletter Archive (A monthly genealogy newsletter written by the late Brenda Kellow, dec'd, for the Plano Star Courier newspaper. We've included all the ones we could recover.)
Searching colonial records is challenging and surprising. Thanks to Peter Wilson Coldham for making this task a little easier. He has updated his two 1980s books titled The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage and English Adventurers and Emigrants covering the difficult years between 1600 and into the late-1700s. With the recent publications, he fills in the gaps that he mentioned in the earlier books. The formats for the two new books are in basically the same formats as the earlier ones and presented with the expertise we expect from Coldham.
More Emigrants in Bondage 1614-1775 covers felons sentenced to transportation to America, biographical notes of many of these felons, and convict ships to the American colonies 1716-1776.
More English Adventurers and Emigrants 1625-1777, Abstracts of Examinations in the High Court of Admiralty with Reference to Colonial America is a culmination of the need to investigate alternative sources, which uncovered the gems in this book. The advanced researcher knows the importance of examining little known sources for answers to conquering genealogy and family history research questions.
Both of Coldham s books are available from Genealogical Publishing Company, 1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, (800) 296-6687, or from their web site at www.genealogical.com. More Emigrants in Bondage 1614-1775, number 1124, is $30. More English Adventurers and Emigrants 1625-1777, number 1094, is $25. Please add $3.50 postage and handling for the first book and $1.25 for each additional book.
NGSQ EDITOR: Elizabeth Shown Mills is stepping down as editor of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly. The NGS is busy hunting a replacement for her. There are specific qualifications necessary for applicants seeking this important job that include among other things strong leadership and interpersonal skills. If you are interested in this $62,000 plus job contact Curt Witcher, National Genealogical Society, President, 7525 Linde Lane, Fort Wayne, IN 46815-5631or send your resume and professional references to him at CWitcher@ACPL.Lib.in.us, Witcher@NGSGenealogy.org, FAX 219-422-9688, or 24-hour voice mail at 260-421-1226.
PROFESSIONAL RESEARCHER: Diane Dieterle, 141 Second Avenue, #601, Salt Lake City, UT 84103-2368, Telephone and FAX: 801-355-1139, is a professional genealogist who has hung out her shingle to help those needing information from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. She charges $10 for record lookups, and you may pay by check or credit card.
EVOLUTION OF US CENSUS: Would you like to know the historical development and significance of the US census from 1790 all the way through to the year 2000? You can download a 140 page pdf file published by the US Census Bureau called Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses from 1790-2000 which shows images and descriptions of each census decade. It also includes the enumerators instruction for filling out the form. The 15 MB file is free to download, but you will need Acrobat Reader. That too can be downloaded free at www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html. The download took about nine minutes to download. The information within the pages is certainly worth the effort.
ADOPTION FORUM: Post your own adoption queries on Adoption Forum s site at
http://genforum.genealogy.com/adoption.
FAVORITE Internet SITES: Suggest your favorite online site at www.familytreemagazine.com/resources/nominations.html.
ONLINE: Victorian Dictionary A comprehensive guide to London's social history during the Victorian era. http://www.victorianlondon.org
Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html
Brenda Kellow, dec'd, Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Instructor, had a Bachelor s Degree in history and taught genealogy courses at the local Community College and computer genealogy at the University.
