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Post by gardenmoma on Feb 4, 2006 21:49:45 GMT -7
This is a multi-part question Nancy...do you have memberships at both Ancestry.com as well as Genealogy.com? If so, how long at each one? Do you personally recommend one over the other? Do any of you other genealogists belong to these two sites. or one or another of them? Do you think it is wise to belong? Get your "money's worth?" Thanks!
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Post by kaima on Feb 5, 2006 10:10:41 GMT -7
I thought I posted tbhis a few days ago, but rather than lose time, here it isa again: News from Olivetree Genealogy; some of you will find this useful: To celebrate Black History Month, Ancestry's 1870 US Federal Census database are free to search (with registration) during February 2006. Registration only requires your name and email address. Ancestry.com has also opened its WW1 Draft Registration cards in honour of Black History Month. To unlock and search this database for free, you can use the link found at olivetreegenealogy.com/index1.shtmlIt is found under the yellow horizontal bar, near the top of the page. To view (and use) the full list of 13 databases that are free for the month of February, see olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/blacks.shtml
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Post by nancy on Feb 5, 2006 11:13:21 GMT -7
GM, At the moment we (my husband and I) have subscriptions to both Ancestry.com and Genealogy.com. We have had those since about 1999, when we each started our research. (= Jim subscribes and I use his subscription) At the present time, Ancestry has quite a bit more to offer than Genealogy.com in terms of databases and available searches/info. My husband's research has resulted in connections that go back to the Revolutionary War, and have taken him from New England to the midwest to California. The multiple databases that Ancestry offers, and continues to add to, mean that he can access a lot of information stored in odd American databases that otherwise he would have to travel to access - for example, he often finds little newspaper articles from midwestern towns in the 1800's that add to the collateral lines he is researching. The only thing I use Ancestry for these days is do look-ups for people who don't have a subscription. Once I found my grandparents in the census and naturalization records, all my research took me to Poland. I do like the Genealogy forum at genealogy.com - there are a couple of really terrific people who post there in response to questions. That is a free forum, though, no need to pay a subscription fee. And as Kai and Suzanne have pointed out, you can access Ancestry during a free period or a trial period. Other databases, such as military records, can be accessed through Ancestry but Kai's direct link to the US government archives in another thread also precludes needing Ancestry to get the same information. If all of your research is in New England, then you should also look at the New England Historic Genealogical Society at www.NewEnglandAncestors.org
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Post by gardenmoma on Feb 5, 2006 15:59:10 GMT -7
Thanks to Nancy and Kai for terrific answers...please if anyone else has answers or opinions, I'd like to know. I've read JJ's article as well as Nancy's about seeking their family, and just finished a short, concise one a friend of mine did about Irish ancestry. The conclusion I've arrived at from these three is that "nothing happens overnight!" Right now, except for one "vacation" per year my travel is limited, though I know I will have to do little stops in PA.
My family seems to range from Russian Poland and Austrian (Galicia) Poland to arrival in the U.S. (what port ?) to PA and then to Cleveland. The earliest date I am looking for in the U.S. is 1896.
Last week I found some "gems" in the Gen.com Forum that are worth pursuing, but I haven't posted there in several years.
Again, thanks for the input!
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Post by kaima on Jun 27, 2008 8:11:50 GMT -7
OK, this is an old thread with a good title. Here is another location to go to for Polish data bases: www.dbhd.org/search.phpwww.dbhd.org/Sources: [DLoW] = Digital Library of Wielkopolska, [DLoZG] = Digital Library of Zielona Gora, [SDL] = Silesian Digital Library, [LoC] = Library of Congress, [JRI-P/JG] = JRI-Poland/JewishGen, [IA] = Internet Archive, [PDL] = Podlaska Digital Library Kai
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Post by jimpres on Jun 28, 2008 6:32:30 GMT -7
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Post by kaima on Jul 12, 2008 22:00:07 GMT -7
SOME Newspapers from Vienna are now searchable on line: 5. Neue Freie Presse {NFP} , 1864-1939, Vienna is now online > > Subject: Neue Freie Presse {NFP} , 1864-1939, Vienna is now online > It is wonderful news for genealogists, as this Viennese > newspaper "Neue Freie Presse" 1864-1939, with its hundreds of > Partezettel {Obituary notices} is now on-line at ANNO: Austrian > Newspapers Online - anno.onb.ac.at/
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Post by kaima on Aug 2, 2008 4:30:12 GMT -7
A posting copied from a Galicia-Poland site. I have not checked it out but post it for your information: RE: Genealogy and heraldry of the Polish nobility This may be of interest to some of the folks who have run across noblemen or presumed noblemen in their family trees. Several months ago I started hosting a Polish language discussion list for members of the Confederation of the Polish Nobility (ZSzP) on www.herbarz.net/zszpIt has become quite active (1800 messages in the first 100 days). There are some quite knowledgeable people who pop in. Alongside the private section for Association members there is a public section for Friends (non-members who register for the forum). It has become quite active for discussions of genealogy, heraldry, resources as well as for social discussions on related and unrelated topics. We realize that many folks who are researching their roots are not fluent in Polish and we've just opened a section for discussions in foreign languages - that includes English. A number (but not all) of the participants understand English, just as some Galicia members don't understand Polish but somehow we may help find answers to each others questions. Unlike this list where responses arrive by e-mail this discussion list is web-based. The ZSzP continues to maintain its Polish language email discussion list about the genealogy and heraldry of the Polish nobility - the two types of forums are complementary. If you are interested in trying it out please register (rejestracja) at www.herbarz.net/zszpUse your first and last name as your login and a password of your choosing. The forum administrator (that's me or Lukasz Lubicz-Lapinski) will send you an e-mail confirming your registration and you are ready to go. The menu options are in Polish but once you've registered and logged-in you can go into "Profil" (Profile) and from the left side choose "Ustawienia dotyczace konta" and then beside "Preferowany jezyk" (preferred language) choose English from the drop down list. If this seems too complicated drop me a line at glucki@... and I'll do it for you. Kind regards, George Lucki (Jerzy Lucki)
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Post by rdywenur on Aug 8, 2008 5:52:51 GMT -7
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Post by jimpres on Aug 8, 2008 8:01:00 GMT -7
Cyndi's list is pretty good, I never frequent it much though. Not sure why I don't. Jim
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Post by Mary on Sept 5, 2008 17:21:37 GMT -7
A little off subject, but if you are looking for a good way to do a "Family Tree" MY HERITAGE.COM has a great program. It's free and I used it to enter all the info I had gathered over the last 5 yrs on the family. It's not a genealogy research site but a great way to record and then compile it all into a book form. I had 65 pages in the report and could have never brought it all together as nicely as the program did. I printed 50 copies so that every family branch could receive a copy at the family reunion in July. Everyone was very pleased with how complete and organized it was. The favorite feature most commented on was the ability to enter notes, family stories, on people so we could all know more about our ancestors. You also have the option to publish it to the web and invite other family members to view it along with pictures if you want. Many more features are available.
Mary
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Post by kaima on Nov 7, 2008 8:51:53 GMT -7
Here is a site with the "Fallen of WW I", presenting the opportunity to search for Polish soldiers who fought in the various armies. I read the caution to not skip the "German", since they listed many ethnic Polish citizens of Germany. www.polegli.tgcp.pl/index.php?lng=enThe people are still searching and came up with another site that has records for WW II Polish soldiers. another list of fallen soldiers in France from WWII. www.beskid.com/base/indexgb.php
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Post by kaima on Nov 8, 2008 13:39:37 GMT -7
OK, Poland has quite a bit of history in this neighborhood, so it may be of interest to someone: Ukrainian Heraldic Society on their web page shows a list of existing metrical records from 18 and sometimes even the 17 centuries for some places in Galicia These records are located in National Museum, and not in the State Archive. The list is written in Ukranian language. uht.org.ua/ua/part/genealogija/article;124/
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Post by kaima on Nov 16, 2008 10:42:38 GMT -7
Keep your eye opened as you move along these pages for the opportunity to click on the English version of these pages. Karen Hob submitted: The Kriegsarchiv website now has a number of PDFs that are the very ones I have used in my conference presentations with a number of added charts. One, as an example, is an index of all the names mentioned in von Wrede's history of the A-H army. Most of the names will be officers but every here and there Wrede may have mentioned a common soldier. See and download the PDF at: www.oesta.gv.at/DocView.axd?CobId=23110The main page where it is possible to select titles is at: www.oesta.gv.at/site/5222/default.aspxThe items on the lower half of the page include the charts from von Wrede's books showing which regiments were recruited in Bohemia, Moravia, Hungary, Galicia and Bukowina up to about 1868 and others. Click on all of the links under Forschungstipps / research tips. A very good copy of the 1898 recruiting map (stayed pretty much the same up to 1914) is at: www.oesta.gv.at/DocView.axd?CobId=22684Karen _ _ _ Some of the links do not seem to work Alternative is: www.oesta.gv.at/then click on Familienforschung then click on Kriegsarchiv __ _ _ Galicia: Registration sheets of officers who joined the Polish army in 1918. Most of the registration sheets of draftees from Galicia (Southern Poland, Western Ukraine) have been destroyed (Centralne Archivwum Wojskowe, PL-00910 Warszawa-Rembertów)
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Post by kaima on Dec 11, 2008 9:07:06 GMT -7
untested, another recommended method: For all those who already know name of their Galizien village of parents' s origin, a very easy method After : www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset (save this address on yours favorites Google or Yahoo) Then: click on place search enter KOLTOW (my examle) click on Poland,Tarnopol, Koltow (always in my ex..) click on ..//... , churchs records ( same... click on metrical books You have all ..... (record groups....,series....,files...., click on here (if you will print ....
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