From My Email Box - "Life Magazines Online!"

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Life Images Hosted by Google

The Life magazine archive was posted online last week, hosted by Google. The archive dates back to the 1860s but mostly covers the 20th century with never-before-seen images of any historic topic you can dream up. Marilyn Monroe, NASA missions, JFK’s assassination, past Olympics, surfing in the 1960s and on and on are all available for browsing. It’s a fascinating look back through history.

Search it here: http://images.google.com/hosted/life

- Link found & submitted by Don Counts

From the FIRST MATE's PHOTO ALBUM...

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Four Generation Family Tree

by Halle West

[Click on image to get a larger, readable image]

- Tree drawn & submitted by Halle E. West (7 year old grand daughter of John & Becky West)

From My Email Box - "Abbott & Costello - Just for Fun!"

You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello, and too old to REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this. For those of us who sometimes get flustered by our computers, please read on...
If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, 'Who's on First?' might have turned out something like this:
COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT
ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?
COSTELLO: Thanks I'm setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer.
ABBOTT: Mac?
COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou.
ABBOTT: Your computer?
COSTELLO: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one.
ABBOTT: Mac?
COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou.
ABBOTT: What about Windows?
COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?
ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?
COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I see when I look at the windows?
ABBOTT: Wallpaper.
COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.
ABBOTT: Software for Windows?
COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What do you have?
ABBOTT: Office.
COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?
ABBOTT: I just did.
COSTELLO: You just did what?
ABBOTT: Recommend something.
COSTELLO: You recommended something?
ABBOTT: Yes.
COSTELLO: For my office?
ABBOTT: Yes..
COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?
ABBOTT: Office.
COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!
ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.
COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let's just say I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?
ABBOTT: Word.
COSTELLO: What word?
ABBOTT: Word in Office.
COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.
ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.
COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?
ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue 'W'.
COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue 'w' if you don't start with some straight answers. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with?
ABBOTT: Money.
COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have?
ABBOTT: Money.
COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?
ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.
COSTELLO: What's bundled with my computer?
ABBOTT: Money.
COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?
ABBOTT: Yes.. No extra charge.
COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?
ABBOTT: One copy.
COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money?
ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.
COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?
ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!
(A few days later)
ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?
COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?
ABBOTT: Click on 'START'.......….…

- Sent to me by Graham Denby Morey

From the FIRST MATE's PHOTO ALBUM...

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The Manataka™ American Indian Council
in its Warrior Society News
http://www.manataka.org/page1028.html
features information about the Native American Medal of Honor Monument.

"The Medal of Honor was established by Congress in 1862 and has been awarded to 3,448 heroes to date. Almost half are Civil War soldiers. Since the beginning of World War II, only 850 Medals of Honor have been awarded. Over half that number died in their moment of heroism. There are no surviving World War I Medal of Honor recipients today. Only 328 soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen from World War II to date survived to wear the Medal in civilian life. Today, there are only 100 living recipients. There are only two surviving American Indian Medal of Honor recipients; Colonel Van Thomas Barfoot, US Army-retired (Choctaw) and Lieutenant Michael E Thornton, US Navy-retired (Cherokee)."

Learn more at their site from the link above.

- Link submitted by Don Counts.

ENGINEER'S Report - Tech Info

This new piece of technology is being used by the Evansville Public Library system to digitalize books & records.

BookDrive Pro

The Ultimate Solution For Mass Digitization.

* Scan anything up to A2 size.
* Natively captures flat images so there is no need for page curvature correction software.
* Provides the user with the ability to scan 1,000 pages per hour.
* Scan easily without pushing buttons with Auto Capture Switch.
* Advanced lighting system produces well, evenly lit images.
* Supports any Canon SLR camera so the product will never become obsolete - if your needs change or if newer better cameras are introduced just upgrade your cameras while keeping your scanning platform and software package.

BookDrive Pro is the most powerful model of the successful BookDrive line of scanners. BookDrive solution solves typical problems found in overhead scanners: page curvature, damage to book spine, and low productivity. Learn more at the Atiz web page: http://pro.atiz.com/

-Submitted by Chris Myers

NAVIGATING ALONG the RIVER - Research Tips

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Spelling in Research Records

Yesterday we got a new 1 year old Westie by the name of "Ollie" (picture below). I have a grand daughter by the name of "Halle" same name as Halle Berry, the singer. I have the same problem that my father had with certain words, names and pronouncing some words with additional letters added. For example: "wash" is "warsher" as in warsh your hands, warsh cloth & warsher machine. I try to get the "r" out of that word, but I generally do not succeed! Back to names, I have had a very hard time saying "Halle"... I want to say "Holle." Now we have a "Ollie" that I want to say "Allie" - I can not win!!!

Oliver Glen Monty (Ollie for short)

Back when Census takers or county clerks were recording information, they had some of these quirks, too, as Dad & I, but probably much worse. They usually tried to spell the name as it was pronounced. If people talked with accents or just plain did not talk clearly, especially with some chewing tobacco or "snuff" in their mouth, it was difficult for the recorder of the name to spell it correctly. A name like "Woodis" easily becomes "Wootes" with names like "Phipps" being "Fips" - "Cruse" = "Crews" or "Kruze!" I have corresponded with many people who would not accept my "Ferguson" because their family always spelled the name "Fergason" or "Furgason" etc. But, the name was generally spelled out by someone else in the records not by the family. Many families adopted a certain spelling of their name mostly in just the last 100 years or so. Which means that two brothers might adopt a different variation of the name (especially if they lived a distance from each other)... are they any less related as brothers - I think not!

Expect names to be sometimes significantly different than you might normally expect. I try to list all of the variations I find for a name and try to think of others. For the name Woodis: Wootis, Wootes, Wootas, Woottis, Woottes, Woottas, Wooddis, Wooddes, Woodes, Woods, Wooddus, Woodus, Wooddas, Woodas, Whoulduss, Woodduss, etc., etc. I have over 50 variations of this name not counting obvious, careless mis-spellings. For several years, I looked for my Amos Phipps in the 1820 U.S. Census Records and could not find him. I found him by accident while looking for some of my Flatt ancestors, he was listed as "Amus Fips!"

Just keep in mind that if they should be there and you can not find them... it might be that the name is spelled a lot differently than you normally search for.

- Written by JGWest

NAVIGATING ALONG the RIVER - Research Tips

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Below is my modified version of cemetery records that was used by the Dubois County 4-H Genealogy Project. Use it for your family history research to keep track of where your family is buried & the information about that individual. - JGWest

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Cemetery Record Sheet

NAME OF CEMETERY: Oak Hill Cemetery

LOCATION OF CEMETERY: Oak Hill Road, Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County) near U.S. Highway 41

GPS LOCATORS:

BURIAL LOCATION~ Section: D Lot: 103 Row: Grave or Plot: 4

FINE-A-GRAVE: Memorial# 32638183

FULL KNOWN NAME OF PERSON BURIED: Donald Gene West

NAME OF PARENTS: Gaither Glennis West & Bernadine Long

NAME ON TOMBSTONE/MARKER: Donald Gene West

DATE OF BIRTH: 30 Dec 1952 DATE OF DEATH: 03 Jan 2000 DATE OF BURIAL:

OTHER PERSONS NAMED ON STONE (& RELATIONSHIP): None

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TOMBSTONE: Inscription "Devoted Son and Brother" Also, engraved electric guitar.

PHOTO OF TOMBSTONE: