For $subst('Recip.EmailAddr') March 16, 2006 Hats off to you if you're Irish or a woman, and if you're an Irish-American woman, well, this is a great time to be alive. That's because March marks both Irish-American Heritage Month and Women's History Month. Learn about a new Irish roots resource below, and get more advice from our Irish Ethnic Toolkit (you also can get to the toolkits using the link on the right side of the FamilyTreeMagazine.com home page). If you're stuck on a female line, check out Cyndi's List (http://cyndislist.com/female.htm) for resources to help you over the bump, and see the Branching Out news column in the April 2006 Family Tree Magazine. —Diane Haddad, Newsletter Editor ftmnews-editor@fwpubs.com P.S. Make sure you don't miss a single issue of your E-mail Update! Add our address (familytree-newsletter@fwpubs.com) to your email-address book—your software will recognize the Update as an e-mail you want to read.   Good News for Irish Roots Be a Civil War Volunteer Behold the Power of Cheeseheads AncestorNews: Mustering Up Civil War Sources Sneak Peeks at FamilyTreeMagazine.com Now What? Online: Missing Prints Identifying Family Photographs: Shadow of a Doubt Speakers' Schedule Advertiser Special Offers Good News for Irish Roots Investigate your Irish roots this St. Patrick's Day by digging up some obituaries and birth and marriage announcements in the new Irish Newspaper Archives (http://irishnewspaperarchives.com). It covers more than a million pages from The Freeman's Journal (1763 to 1924), Irish Independent (1905 to 2003), Sunday Independent (1935 to 2006), The Connaught Telegraph (1975 to 2003), The Tuam Herald (1994 to 2000), Leitrim Observer (1923 to 1970), Meath Chronicle (1897 to 2002) and The Anglo-Celt (1908 to 2001). Not all years are complete for a given newspaper, though. Searches are free, but you have to register and pay to view articles. Your first 10 views are free; additional credits cost $10 for 20. A page image costs one credit. You can search on a keyword plus a date range and publication, or browse individual issues by date. My search returned matches far outside the dates I entered—webmasters say they don't yet have full support for Mac users, so that may be the problem. They also promise an advanced search is coming. (Since I also had trouble registering, I recommend that before purchasing anything, you use your free credits to make sure you can successfully order and download articles.) Be a Civil War Volunteer The Civil War Preservation Trust is gathering an army of volunteers to spend April 1 sprucing up more than 90 historic battlefields, cemeteries and shrines in 21 states. For the 10th year, Park Day participants wielding paint brushes, trash bags and weed whackers will attack tasks such as raking leaves, painting signs, building trails and removing trash. They'll receive T-shirts and get the chance to hear local experts talk about the sites' history. Get a list of places you can serve on Park Day at http://www.civilwar.org/parkday. To sign up, contact a site directly; click on the site name for information. See the March 2 E-mail Update newsletter at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/newsletter/archive.html to find out which Civil War battlefields are most endangered this year. Behold the Power of Cheeseheads Descendants of Winconsin residents now have the power to look up their ancestors online: The state historical society has launched a free online index of pre-1907 births at http://www.wisconsinhistory. org/vitalrecords. The database, built with a 1970s-era microfiche index and tens of thousands of delayed birth records, catalogs more than a million Wisconsin births from the 1840s through 1907. Search the index by just a last name, or add a first name, county, birth date or birth year. If you know the birth date, you can search on it plus a first name. Or, when information is really sparse, browse by a county and a birth year. Once you find your ancestor, a quick click lets you order a $15 copy of the record. The society plans to add pre-1907 death and marriage indexes in the next few months. Until those are available, you can request a search through the Wisconsin Genealogical Research Service (http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/genealogy/ogrs). Mustering Up Civil War Sources Illinois has long led the nation in putting genealogical records online. Most recently, the state archives added the Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database. Learn how to use this new resource at http://www.familytreemagazine. com/ancestornews/current.html. AncestorNews columnist Nancy Hendrickson is the author of Finding Your Roots Online, on sale now at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/store/display.asp?id=70583. Browse past AncestorNews columns at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/ancestornews/previous.html. Be first to check out what's new on our Web site: Quick Clicks No more typing in those endless URLs. We've given you links to all the sites our genealogy experts recommend in the April 2006 Family Tree Magazine. Just go to this Web page and click the article titles. http://www.familytreemagazine.com/mags/display.asp?id=1756 Irish Ethnic Toolkit Get started discovering your Celtic ancestors using our list of books, Web sites, organizations and other resources. http://www.familytreemagazine.com/ethnic_cat.asp?ethnicity=Irish Missing Prints Q. Two E-mail Update readers posed newspaper research questions. One writes, "I'd like to find a newspaper article on my dad. All I have is 'ISES Finds Job for Vet Dubbed Human Bomb,' and I believe it was published in late 1944 or early 1945." Another says he's looking for a newspaper article about John S. Crowther, published in 1900 in Terrace, Glasgow, and titled "Arctic Explorer's Death." A. We'll tackle these two questions together, since they're both about newspaper articles. Newspaper research can be time-consuming because not all publications are indexed or even microfilmed. But we'll help you hurdle these obstacles at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/nowwhatonline/current.html. Read more Q&A with the experts at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/nowwhatonline/previous.html. Shadow of a Doubt Judi Fuller submitted this image with a single question: "What is it?" Find out the answer at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/ photos/current.htm. In this Web-exclusive column, expert photo historian Maureen A. Taylor helps readers analyze old family pictures. If you have a family photo mystery for Taylor to solve, check out our submission guidelines at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/ photos/photohelp.htm. Colorado Springs, Col. Sharon DeBartolo Carmack March 18 Zebulon Pike Chapter, Daughters of the American Revoution Topic: Mrs. Who?: Methods for Finding Your Female Ancestors For more information, see http://members.aol.com/zebpikedar. Ft. Pierce, Fla. Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak March 18 Treasure Coast Genealogical Society Topics: Trace Your Roots with DNA Beyond Y-DNA: Your Genetic Genealogy Options For more information, see http://www.rootsweb.com/~fltcgs/. Deland, Fla. Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak March 19 Roots & Branches Genealogical Society at DeLand Public Library Topic: Trace Your Roots with DNA For more information, contact Jerry Hale at randiosailor@juno.com. Collingswood, NJ Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak March 23 Camden County Historical Society at Collingswood Senior-Community Center Topic: Trace Your Roots with DNA For more information, see http://www.CCHSnj.com. Vancouver, Wa. Sharon DeBartolo Carmack March 25 Clark County Genealogical Society Topics: Primetime's 20/20 Dateline: Sharon Carmack Interviews Ole Smirnoff Bernatelli, the World's Oldest Living Genealogist (with James W. Warren) Writing Your Female Ancestors' Stories Mrs. Who?: Methods for Finding Your Female Ancestors For more information, see http://www.ccgs-wa.org/p4307.htm. Tavistock, NJ Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak March 29 Haddonfield Historical Society at the Tavistock Country Club Topic: Remembering Our Ancestors For more information, see http://www.historicalsocietyofhaddonfield.org/. Lancaster, Pa. James M. Beidler April 1 Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society Family History Conference Topics: Contrasting German Migrations: 18th-Century vs. 19th-Century Waves Philadelphia Research: Repositories and Records For more information, see http://www.lmhs.org. Oklahoma City, Okla. Sharon DeBartolo Carmack April 1 Oklahoma Genealogical Society Topics: Flesh on the Bones: Putting Your Ancestors into Historical Perspective The Silent Woman: Bringing a Name to Life The Immigrant Experience: From Steerage to Ellis Island From Yawner to Page Turner: Writing Your Ancestor's Story For more information, see http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs. Westampton, NJ Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak April 5 Burlington County Genealogy Club at Burlington County Public Library Topic: Trace Your Roots with DNA For more information, see http://www.rootsweb.com/~njbcgc/. Plain City, Ohio James M. Beidler April 8 Ohio Chapter, Palatines to America Spring Seminar Topics: Tips for Beginning Genealogists Hunting a Homestead Using Land Records For more information, see http://www.oh-palam.org. Stony Brook, NY Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak April 8 Genealogy Federation of Long Island Topics: Trace Your Roots with DNA Reverse Genealogy: Finding Your Lost Loved Ones For more information, see http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gfli/. Boston, Mass. Maureen A. Taylor April 8 New England Historic Genealogical Society Seminar: Your Family History: Plan Before You Write Topic: Historical Context: Adding Colorful History to Your Family Story For more information, see www.newenglandancestors.org. 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