The Gladwin County Genealogical Society Family Search Center
April 2011
MEMBERSHIP DUES ARE $15.00 PER PERSON OR HOUSEHOLD (SAME FAMILY) FOR 2011.
DUES CAN BE PAID ON OR BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.
Genealogical Room Hours:
Upcoming Events:
Cass City Newspapers:
Tuesday:
Introduction to Polish
Genealogy will be presented
by Ceil Wendt Jensen, a
certified genealogist and
author of ‘Sto Lat: A Modern
Guide to Polish Genealogy’
on Saturday, April 30, 2011
at Wirt Public Library in Bay
City from 1-3:30pm. A twopart workshop to start or
advance your Polish
genealogical research. Part
1: Kantzler Community room.
Part 2: Computer lab.
Search Cass City
newspapers for FREE
through the Rawsone
Memorial District Library at
http://newspapers.rawson.lib.
mi.us/search/
9am-5pm
Wednesday: 1pm-5pm
5:30-8pm
Thursday:
9am-5pm
5:50-8pm
Other times by pre-arranged
appointment – Call 989-4261347
NOTE: The genealogy room
is closed for holidays and
when Gladwin Community
Schools are closed due to
poor weather conditions.
Meetings:
Meetings are held at 10am
on the 2nd Saturday of each
month in the Genealogical
Family Research room on
the 2nd floor of the Gladwin
County District Library, 420
James Robinson Dr,
Gladwin, MI (behind
Pamida).
Word of the Month:
ATMATERTERA:
More Family Search :
Family Search now has78
new databases. They now
include Canada, England, &
Ireland!
Civil War Stamps:
The U.S.P.S. is celebrating
the sesquicentennial of the
Civil War by releasing
commemorative forever
stamps depicting the major
battles of the war. Souvenir
sheet of two stamps will be
issued annually, & the first
set is now available.
New Search Engine:
Macavo.com is the world’s
largest FREE genealogy
search engine providing
access to free genealogy
content on the web as it
indexes publicly accessible
sites & sends searchers
directly to them in a onestop-shopping way to
search. For best results, put
names in quotes & Macavo
will automatically search for
instances of “firstname
lastname”, lastname,
firstname” and even
“firstname middlename
lastname.” Currently Macavo
is very centered on North
American materials, but this
is starting to change as
materials from GenUKI and
the Ireland Genealogy
Project become available.
A Great Grandfather’s,
Grandmother’s Sister!
The 150th Anniversary of the Civil War is here!
1861-1865
The Gettysburg Address
Remarks at the Dedication of
the National Cemetery at
Gettysburg, Nov. 19, 1863
Fourscore and seven years
ago, our fathers brought forth
upon this continent a new
nation, conceived in liberty
and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are
created equal.
Now we are engaged in a
great civil war, testing
whether that nation, or any
nation so conceived and so
dedicated, can long endure.
We are met on a great
battlefield of that war. We
have come to dedicate a
portion of that field as a final
resting place for those who
here gave their lives that that
nation might live. It is
altogether fitting and proper
that we should do this.
But in a larger sense, we
cannot dedicate, we cannot
consecrate, we cannot
hallow, this ground. The
brave men, living and dead,
who struggled here have
consecrated it far above our
power to add or detract. The
world will little note nor
remember what we say here,
but it can never forget what
they did here. It is for us, the
living, rather, to be dedicated
to the great task remaining
before us – that from these
honored dead we take
increased devotion to the
cause for which they gave
the last full measure of
devotion; that we here highly
resolve that these dead shall
not have died in vain; that
this nation, under God, shall
have a new birth of freedom,
and that government of the
people, by the people and for
the people shall not perish
from the earth.
Civil War Maps:
With materials from three
premier collections: the
Library of Congress
Genealogy & Map division,
the Virginia Historical
Society, and the Library of
Virginia. Among them are
detailed battle maps made
by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss
for Generals Lee & Jackson,
General Sherman’s Southern
military campaigns & maps
taken from diaries,
scrapbooks, & manuscripts –
all now available for the first
time at
http://memory.loc.gov/amme
m/collections/civil_war_maps
/
Gladwin Genealogical
Society Civil War Veteran’s
Recognition Certificate:
Rules:
You (the applicant) must be
a resident of Gladwin Co.
Your Civil War ancestor does
not need to have been a
resident of Gladwin Co.
You must complete the
application with all blanks
filled in.
You must provide sufficient
genealogical research
providing that you are a
descendant of this Civil War
veteran.
You must provide a family
group sheet and a pedigree
chart tying you to the Civil
War veteran.
Upon receipt of your
research, and a check for
$10 made payable to
Gladwin Co. Genealogical
Society, we will verify your
information, and issue a
certificate with your Civil War
veteran’s name and your
name as a descendent. Your
name will also be placed on
a banner in our genealogical
room. Applications are
available in the Gladwin
Genealogy research room.
Canadian Newspapers:
By Rick Roberts, Biography &
Archived Articles, 26 Jan. 2011.
For those of you looking for
Canadian clues, this could
be very interesting.
Digitalized newspapers
online! The site is at
OurOntario.caCommunityNe
wspapersCollection.
Available digitized
newspapers include:
The Action Free Press
(1875-1969)
The British Whig
(1834-36, 1844-1850)
search). When the full page
comes on screen, you
cannot enlarge it to readable
size (zoom is not supported
yet). The easiest way I have
found to overcome this
problem is to click on the
print icon. A drop-down
menu appears that offers a
choice of pdf or tif. Choose
pdf for a better image. Once
you click the pdf choice, the
full page of the newspaper
appears in your browser
including working zoom
features you are accustomed
to. You can either read it on
screen, save or print.
The Canadian Illustrated
News 1862-1863
1895-1968
The Georgetown Herald
(1867-1969)
(1826-1832
9 Things to Find Out About
Your Family Heirlooms:
The Kingston Chronicle &
Gazette
(borrowed from Family Tree
Magazine.com)
(1835-1837, 1841-1847)
There’s a family story on my
mom’s side about a dent in a
silver pitcher Mom inherited
from her dad’s mom. I don’t
remember how the story
goes, but it has something to
do with my grandpa and his
brother arguing. Luckily, I
can go home tonight, call my
mom and ask her to repeat
the details (at which time I’ll
write them down). But that
opportunity won’t be around
forever, so I’m planning to
start keeping track of the
specifics and stories about
the heirlooms in our family.
The Marine Record / Review
(1883-1902)
The Provincial Freeman
(1853-1857)
The Stouffville Tribune
(1888-2007)
The Voice of the Fugitive
(1851-1852)
The site is very easy to use
with one small exception that
is easily remedied. When
you search for a name or
topic, the page snippet
appears quickly with a
thumbnail link to click to see
the entire page (you can also
browse papers rather than
~Who in your family first
owned the heirloom?
~When and how it came into
that person’s possession.
~When the heirloom was
created and by whom.
~Who owns the heirloom
now?
~Who will be the future
owner of the heirloom? (so
generations to come don’t
lose track of it).
~The heirloom’s composition
(so it can be properly cared
for).
~For an heirloom with
monetary value, a
professional appraisal
amount (so it can be
insured).
The Essex Free Press
The Kingston Chronicle
try to find out about each
heirloom.
If you want to do something
similar, here are 9 things to
You can record your findings
on our heirloom inventory
form, downloadable free
from
FamilyTreeMagazine.com.
Also try to take photos of the
item and any manufacture’s
or other identifying marks to
keep with your records.
You can find more articles on
preserving family photos and
heirlooms on
FamilyTreeMagazine.com.
Genealogy Acronyms:
Need help with the alphabet
soup of Genealogical acronyms
you sometimes encounter at
the library, on web sites & in
conversations with fellow family
historians? Here’s a guide to
some of them.
AAGG: African-American
Genealogy Group
AAHGS: Afro-American
Historical & Genealogical
Society
ACPL: Allen Co. Public Library
(Fort Wayne, IN)
AGBI: American GenealogicalBiographical Index
AAD: Access to Archival
Databases (part of NARA’s
website)
AIC: American Institute for
Conservation of Historic &
Artistic Works
APG: Association of
Professional Genealogists
ARC: Archival Research
Catalog (part of NARA’s
website)
BCG: Board of Certification of
Genealogists
FHC: Family History Center (a
branch of the Family History
Library)
FHL: Family History Library
(Salt Lake City, UT)
FHLC: FHL Catalog
FOIA: Freedom of Information
Act
FTM: Family Tree Maker
GAR: Grand Army of the
Republic (a network of
organizations for Civil War
Union veterans)
GEDCOM: Genealogical Data
Communication (the computer
file format for family tree data,
.ged is the extension for these
files.)
GLO: Bureau of Land
Management General Land
Office
GPS: Genealogical Proof
Standard
HQO: HeritageQuest Online
(genealogical databases
offered through many libraries)
IAJGS: International
Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies
CGL: Certified Genealogical
Lecturer
ACAPGen (“eye-cap-jen”):
International Commission for
the Accreditation of
Professional Genealogists
CMSR: Compiled Military
Service Record
AGI: International Genealogical
Index
CWSS: Civil War Soldiers &
Sailors System
ISFHWE: International Society
of Family History Writers &
Editors
CG: Certified Genealogist
DAR: Daughters of the
American Revolution
ED: Enumeration District, a
geographical division defined
for a US census
FEEFHS (“feef-us”): Federation
of Eastern European Family
History Societies
FGS: Federation of
Genealogical Societies
ISOGG: International Society of
Genetic Genealogy
LOC: Library of Congress
MRCA: Most Recent Common
Ancestor (the most recent
ancestor you share with
another person)
NARA: National Archives &
Records Administration
NEHGS: (sometimes called
“hiss-jen”) New England
Historic Genealogical Society
NGS: National Genealogical
Society
OR: The Civil War reference
(The War of the Rebellion: A
compilation of Official Records
of the Union & Confederate
Armies)
PAF: Personal Ancestral File
(genealogy software)
PALAM: Palatines to America
PERSI: Periodical Source Index
(articles in US & Canadian
magazines & journals)
RM: RootsMagic (genealogy
software)
SAR: Sons of the American
Revolution
SCGS: Southern California
Genealogical Society
SCV: Sons of Confederate
Veterans
SGGEE: (sometimes
pronounced “squeegee”)
Society for German Genealogy
in Eastern Europe
SMGF: Sorenson Molecular
Genealogy Foundation
SUVCW: Sons of the Union
Veterans of the Civil War
TMG: The Master Genealogist
(genealogy software)
UDC: United Daughters of the
Confederacy
WRHS: Western Reserve
Historical Society (Cleveland,
OH)