Archive for November 2005

The Copyright Myths

Sunday, 13 November 2005

In a recent entry at Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter, he lists several excuses that people use for copying the work of others, and generously calls them “myths.” This is a nice way of stating that the people who do this are stealing.
I don’t think the culprits actually believe what they are […]

Elijah Burrows (1845-1884) m. Margaret E. Blacklock (1844-1924)

Monday, 07 November 2005

This brickwall is slowly crumbling. I recently received the obituaries for the children of this marriage, and little bits and pieces from all of them are contributing to the bigger picture.

Family Group Records

Monday, 07 November 2005

Not all of the family group sheets that have been prepared have been uploaded, and not all of the ones that have been uploaded have been announced, which can make them a little difficult to find sometimes.
They are in a separate directory, listed by surname and then given name. The are in […]

James Blair (1828-1900)

Monday, 07 November 2005

I found a little blurb the other day at Newspaper Abstracts from the Winters Express, 7 March 1891, indicating:
“Mrs. Caughy of Vacaville, an aunt of Walter Blacklock, John Nichol of Manitoba and William Coburn of Oakland, cousins of Mr. Blacklock, visited that gentleman and family during this week.”