For $subst('Recip.EmailAddr') Sept. 1, 2005 After we printed a Now What? Online response to a question about a German immigrant who served in Michigan during World War I (see the July 21 E-mail Update at http://www.familytreemagazine. com/newsletter/archive.html), reader Sally Gill wrote with assistance. "I checked the WWI draft registration cards on Ancestry.com and found a Charles Gust Klug born in 1883 who lived in Wisconsin when he registered." For more military records resources, see the October 2005 Family Tree Magazine, on newsstands now. Next week we're headed to the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Salt Lake City. (For information, read our Aug. 5 E-Mail Update article or visit http://www.fgs.org.) If you'll be there, stop by to see us at booth 728. If you won't, don't worry: We'll keep our eyes peeled for what's new and notable in the genealogy world—then we'll tell you all about it in the next E-mail Update. —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. Double Debut Software for Jewish Roots Reearch Mountain of Data AncestorNews: Diversify and Strategize Tip of the Week: Head Back to School Worthwhile Web Sites Identifying Family Photographs: Mixed Bag Speakers' Schedule Advertiser Special Offers Double Debut Two genealogy software companies have announced they'll introduce program updates at next week's Federation of Genealogical Societies (http://www.fgs.org) conference in Salt Lake City. Millennia Software will unveil Legacy Family Tree 6 (http://www.legacyfamilytree.com) and RootsMagic will debut RootsMagic 3 (http://www.rootsmagic.com). Legacy Family Tree improvements include offering research guidance by suggesting next steps and creating a to-do list; printing reports in book form with an index, sources and table of contents; linking to online resources through a Legacy Home section; and giving you a place to store DNA test results from several testing companies. Version 6 will cost $39.95 on CD with a user's guide and training video. A download-only version will carry a $29.95 price tag. Current Legacy 5 Deluxe customers can upgrade for $31.95 with the guide and video, or $21.95 for the download. The new RootsMagic will offer a read-only version of the software you can burn onto a family history CD so non-genealogists can view your files. Among other improvements are enhanced integration with the GenSmarts "research assistant" utility (learn more at http://www.gensmarts.com), direct file backup to CD and easier exclusion of private events and people from GEDCOMs. The program will be available on the RootsMagic Web site starting Sept. 8 for $29.95. Upgrades cost $19.95, but if you purchased RootsMagic June 1 or after, you can upgrade to version 3 for free. Look for full reviews of these programs in an upcoming Family Tree Magazine. Software for Jewish Roots Research If you have Jewish ancestors, you might need to record Hebrew names, Jewish dates, Holocaust information and other special data. The creators of DoroTree software (http://www.dorotree.com), which recently introduced version 2.1, incorporated features for Jewish researchers, such as: a virtual keyboard that lets you enter data in Hebrew, even if your computer doesn't support Hebrew characters a date converter that changes dates from Hebrew to civil (the Jewish day starts at sunset, while the civil day starts at midnight) a Holocaust symbol so you can mark victims in your database direct Internet access to Jewish genealogy sites a first-name converter that shows you Hebrew names a Pages of Testimony form for submitting ancestors' names to Yad Vashem, the Jerusalem-based Holocaust remembrance organization established in 1953 Like other genealogy programs, Dorotree lets you create family Web pages, add photos to your files and import or export GEDCOMs. (GEDCOM is the universal file format for family tree files.) It costs $59 plus shipping, and is compatible with Windows 98 and higher. Mountain of Data Looking for Mountain State ancestors? Check out West Virginia's Vital Research Records Project at http://www.wvculture.org/vrr. Click Birth, Marriage or Death to search a database. Results link to certificate images (the images were missing for a couple of my searches, though). According to the site, you have to register, but I was able to search without signing up—I didn't even see a "Register" link. The project is richest in death records, with information from most counties covering a range of years up to 1954. Birth records are available for three counties and stop at 1929; six counties' marriage records cover various years. Diversify and Strategize I'm frustrated. As readers of this column know, I've been on a tear of late, trying to break down my Hendrickson brick wall. A recent trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City yielded a few clues from journal articles, as well as mentions of my family in various land records—one of which seemed to indicate a Revolutionary War-related land grant. But I couldn't trace the family back any further than I already had. What to do? Continue reading at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/ancestornews/current.html. 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. Head Back to School This week's tip comes from the October 2005 Family Tree Magazine, available now on newsstands and at http://www. familytreemagazine.com. School districts took (and still take) periodic censuses to predict enrollment. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (http://www.familysearch.org) has microfilmed many school censuses. Search the online catalog (http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlc/ frameset_fhlc.asp) for the keywords school census, and you'll find more than 1,100 titles. Add a county, town or school name to narrow your search. If a film looks promising, note its number and go to your nearest FHL branch Family History Center, where you can borrow it for a small fee. Do you have a great idea for discovering, preserving or celebrating family history? E-mail us your tip at ftmnews-editor@fwpubs.com with "TIP OF THE WEEK" in the subject line. If we publish it, you'll win a free copy of The Family Tree Resource Book for Genealogists edited by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack and Erin Nevius (Family Tree Books, $29.99), also available for purchase online at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/store/display.asp?id=70636. Overwhelmed by the number of family history-related Web sites popping up? FamilyTreeMagazine.com sorts through them all—whew!—to bring you only the very best. We recently recommended the following as Sites of the Week: • GenPals2003 http://groups.msn.com/Genpals2003/internationalgenealogy2.msnw Chat with fellow family historians and link to Web sites for researching in Europe, Canada and Australia. • Family History Archive http://www.familyhistoryarchive.byu.edu Search more than 100,000 family histories in Brigham Young University's Harold B. Lee Library collection. • The Attempted Kidnapping of Lincoln http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/may2003.htm Did you know that a small, elusive ring of counterfeiters tried to steal Abraham Lincoln's remains? Read about the attempt on this Web site. Mixed Bag Expert photo historian Maureen A. Taylor helps readers analyze old family pictures in her Web-exclusive column Identifying Family Photographs. This week, she answers questions about several photos from her mailbag. http://www.familytreemagazine. com/photos/current.htm. If you have a family photo mystery for Taylor to solve, check out our Submission Guidelines at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/photos/photohelp.htm. Salt Lake City Sept. 6-10 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference James M. Beidler Topics: Secondary Uses for Primary Sources German Names and Naming Patterns Kyle Betit Topics: American Church and Religious Records Fraternal and Ethnic Organizations Sharon DeBartolo Carmack Topics: Understanding Publishing Contracts Before You Publish: What Every Genealogists Needs to Know About Copyright Interpreting American Tombstone Art and Symbols Primetime's 20/20 Dateline: Sharon Carmack Interviews the World's Oldest Living Genealogist, Ole Smirnoff Bernatelli (Utah Genealogical Society Luncheon, with James W. Warren) John Phillip Colletta Topics: US Passenger Arrival Records, 1820-1940: Problem-Solving Strategies The County Courthouse: Your Trunk in the Attic Records of Immigrant Arrivals, Colonial Time to Mid-20th Century Family Stories: So Many Ways to Tell Them Rhonda R. McClure Topics: Taking It With You: PDAs in Your Genealogy Research Finding Your Famous and Infamous Ancestors James W. Warren Topics: Ancestors Hanging on Your Family Tree: Using Court and Institutional Records The Most Priceless Heritage: Practical Family Health History Strategies for Researching Your Localities Paula Stuart-Warren Topics: What Next? Developing Research Plans Where Are Those Records They Told Me to Check? For more information, go to http://www.fgs.org. RootsMagic Genealogy Software - "An excellent choice for any genealogist" says Family Tree Magazine. Get a free trial copy at http://www.RootsMagic.com PUBLISH YOUR FAMILY HISTORY. Preserve and share your precious family research. Personal coaching. 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