[lace-chat] RE: lace-chat Genealogy Questions

2007-03-26 Thread Kathi {Beirs} Ivey
Don't know if I'm doing this correctly or not, but here goes. I've been reading the questions regarding genealogy, a hobby I have a great passion for. While I don't have the answers to the specific questions being asked here, I do have a suggestion for two free websites that might help you all.

Re: [lace-chat] Genealogy Question - Medals

2007-03-21 Thread Dora Smith
other pertinent subject headings, and medals. There are actual web sites that catalog them. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Lace-Chat'" Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 4:22 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Ge

[lace-chat] Genealogy Question - Medals

2007-03-21 Thread lace1
Hi, Do any of you genealogy whizzkids know where I can find any information about military medals? My great uncle apparently won the Military Cross at some point but no-one in the family seems to know more than that. He was born in 1891 so my guess would be the medal was awarded during WWI bu

Re: [lace-chat] Genealogy and Copyright

2006-11-04 Thread Joy Beeson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The question is all about a photo that you have taken yourself and what you can/cannot legally do with that photo. You own the photograph; it's yours and you can do anything you want with it. You own the copyright on the photograph; it's yours until you sell it or rel

Re: [lace-chat] Genealogy and Copyright

2006-11-03 Thread Carol Melton
Dear Helen, Since I have been messing with photography and pictures for the better part of over 50 years, --groan, didn't realize it was that long.Here's my suggestions for when you need permission and when you don't, regarding taking photos. 1) a building from a public viewpoint (

[lace-chat] Genealogy and Copyright

2006-11-02 Thread lace1
Firstly, a huge thank you to all those people who were kind enough to respond to my question on genealogy. I'm thinking that perhaps I should go over to Vancouver Island and take lessons from Sharon (she is nearer than David in Ballarat) :-) I have another question that is totally unrelated (n

Re: [lace-chat] genealogy

2006-11-01 Thread David in Ballarat
At 05:38 AM 2/11/2006, you wrote: I've been researching our family history all year as well..it's been very interesting. I have a subscription to ancestry.com.uk, genesreunited and I often consult familysearch.org. I found familysearch a good starting point. Some of their information is wild

Re: [lace-chat] genealogy

2006-11-01 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 1 Nov 2006, at 18:38, Sharon wrote: I've been researching our family history all year as well.. (big snip) So far I've been able to trace my family tree back to the 1500's all on-line Have you properly checked out all the records going back that far in just a year? and had time to make

[lace-chat] genealogy

2006-11-01 Thread Sharon
I've been researching our family history all year as well..it's been very interesting. I have a subscription to ancestry.com.uk, genesreunited and I often consult familysearch.org. I found familysearch a good starting point. Some of their information is wildly inaccurate but it often tells you

Re: [lace-chat] Genealogy Advice sought ...

2006-10-30 Thread Kilroyfam
Greetings, Two of the free sites that I use are: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/frameset_search.asp and www.rootsweb.com The first one is from the Church of the Latter Day Saints. They have the US 1880 Census transcribed. The other one is Rootsweb where you can find a wealth of inf

[lace-chat] Genealogy Advice sought ...

2006-10-29 Thread lace1
Hi, I know that several of you enjoy genealogy so I am asking for some advice. Since I became unemployed I have been busy building my family tree on genesreunited and I have a lot of information already (I had some good data to start with). However, I am reaching the point where I really need

[lace-chat] Genealogy

2004-07-05 Thread Dmt11home
I have actually joined the New York Biographical and Genealogical Society to use their resources, most particularly the on-line New York Times dating to 1853, to try to trace famous American lace collections. The lace collections tend to travel in the female line. Often these collections have be

[lace-chat] Genealogy - was Bastardy Order

2004-07-05 Thread Esther Perry
> The knowledge of why members of the family moved is intriguing. Sometimes Well, I know why the families - both my husband's parents' - came to Canada: they followed the call of "Free Land" - of course nothing in life is free. Granddad paid dearly, had a good job as payroll clerk at the mine in