Grave robbers, a curse of burial grounds for centuries, are back for new valuables: metal ornaments that can be melted down for quick cash as copper and other metal prices climb.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080716/ap_on_re_us/grave_robbers
Please report any theft to the police and/or cemetery care providers.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
MagCloud.com
MagCloud.com enables you to publish your own magazines. All you have to do is upload a PDF and they will take care of the rest: printing, mailing, subscription management, and more.
Can you imagine publishing your very own family magazine?
It is only a test site at this time, but hopefully will
Source:
GeekBriefTV.com show 382
Can you imagine publishing your very own family magazine?
It is only a test site at this time, but hopefully will
Source:
GeekBriefTV.com show 382
Picture Formats of the Future
There are many formats for storing images, but there are only a few popular image formats used on the internet. When saving your pictures electronically for future generations you can be sure that operating systems, programing languages, and even picture formats will change many times over the next century.
Most of the pictures on this site scanned in the TIFF format because it retains more detail that a JPG. Imagine a checker board where only the black squares retain their information and the red squares are filled in by the computer based on an average from the colors in the other squares. This is how a JPG works, so I go with TIFF because it records more of the actual information from the picture.
A bitmap (BMP) also records information from every square, but it has a limited amount of colors which keeps one from having a picture true to the original. The bitmap format should be avoided at all cost.
TIFF images are not viewable on all , but may require downloading QuickTime.
Additional Information:
http://www.wfu.edu/~matthews/misc/graphics/formats/formats.html
http://www.scantips.com/basics09.html
http://photo.net/learn/raw/
Most of the pictures on this site scanned in the TIFF format because it retains more detail that a JPG. Imagine a checker board where only the black squares retain their information and the red squares are filled in by the computer based on an average from the colors in the other squares. This is how a JPG works, so I go with TIFF because it records more of the actual information from the picture.
A bitmap (BMP) also records information from every square, but it has a limited amount of colors which keeps one from having a picture true to the original. The bitmap format should be avoided at all cost.
TIFF images are not viewable on all , but may require downloading QuickTime.
Additional Information:
http://www.wfu.edu/~matthews/misc/graphics/formats/formats.html
http://www.scantips.com/basics09.html
http://photo.net/learn/raw/
Photo albums that damage photographs
Many of our parents and grandparents used the sticky photo album pages (some like to think of these as magnetic photo albums).
You may be able to salvage the pictures and remove the adhesive. Search your phone book for the nearest scrap-booking store and take the photo album to them for assistance.
Never use a self adhesive page for storing pictures or documents that you may want to keep for the long run. If the sticky surface can hold the picture in place, it can soak into the picture and damage it.
You may be able to salvage the pictures and remove the adhesive. Search your phone book for the nearest scrap-booking store and take the photo album to them for assistance.
Never use a self adhesive page for storing pictures or documents that you may want to keep for the long run. If the sticky surface can hold the picture in place, it can soak into the picture and damage it.
Happy Trails
When searching for missing branches of the family tree, don’t forget to search along the old state roads, migration routes, cattle trails, and even rivers. Government and cemetery records along these paths may provide leads to the desired details.
One example in north Texas was the old “Preston Trail, later known as Old Preston Road, was the north Texas part of an ancient Indian trail extending from Mexico through central Texas all the way to what is now St. Louis, Missouri and even on to Ohio where the Shawnee Indians lived. The primary portion of the Preston Trail started at Cedar Springs (now part of downtown Dallas) and led north all the way through Grayson County where it crossed the Red River. Preston Trail became part of the first official Texas military road in 1839. The route followed the earlier Shawnee Trail cattle trail. Today Preston Road or SH 289 has been paved near, but not on the original Preston Trail and as such is named after it, but the original Preston Trail crossed almost no streams from the Red River to Cedar Springs. It followed a geographic spine of topography that still exists today where rainwater draining to the west flows into the Elm Fork of the Trinity and rainwater draining to the east flows into the East Fork of the Trinity until the rivers merge below Dallas, Texas.”
Gone to Texas, often abbreviated G.T.T. or GTT, was a phrase used by Americans immigrating to Texas in the 19th century[1] often to escape debt[2], especially in the South and Midwest. It was often written on the doors of abandoned houses or posted as a sign on fences.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_to_Texas
Preston Trail, later known as Old Preston Road, was the north Texas part of an ancient Indian trail extending from Mexico through central Texas all the way to what is now St. Louis, Missouri and even on to Ohio where the Shawnee Indians lived. The primary portion of the Preston Trail started at Cedar Springs (now part of downtown Dallas) and led north all the way through Grayson County where it crossed the Red River. Preston Trail became part of the first official Texas military road in 1839. The route followed the earlier Shawnee Trail cattle trail. Today Preston Road or SH 289 has been paved near, but not on the original Preston Trail and as such is named after it, but the original Preston Trail crossed almost no streams from the Red River to Cedar Springs. It followed a geographic spine of topography that still exists today where rainwater draining to the west flows into the Elm Fork of the Trinity and rainwater draining to the east flows into the East Fork of the Trinity until the rivers merge below Dallas, Texas.” - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Trail & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Road
Other Sources:
Birth of Frisco, Texas - http://www.friscocvb.com/History/index.html
Cattle Drives in Texas - http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/SS/ays2.html
Early Texas Settlers - http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/S/SH015.html
Shawnee Trail - http://www.texastreesfoundation.org/pioneer-history.html
Peters Colony Historical Society - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txpchsdc/
Shawnee Trail - http://knightswithoutarmor.20m.com/custom2.html
Map of Early Western Migration Trails - http://www.tngenweb.org/tnletters/usa-west.htm
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/places/trails_ter/cattle.htm
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-Frontier-Hough.html
The picture is Pioneers on the Frontier, 1847, courtesy Library of Congress.
One example in north Texas was the old “Preston Trail, later known as Old Preston Road, was the north Texas part of an ancient Indian trail extending from Mexico through central Texas all the way to what is now St. Louis, Missouri and even on to Ohio where the Shawnee Indians lived. The primary portion of the Preston Trail started at Cedar Springs (now part of downtown Dallas) and led north all the way through Grayson County where it crossed the Red River. Preston Trail became part of the first official Texas military road in 1839. The route followed the earlier Shawnee Trail cattle trail. Today Preston Road or SH 289 has been paved near, but not on the original Preston Trail and as such is named after it, but the original Preston Trail crossed almost no streams from the Red River to Cedar Springs. It followed a geographic spine of topography that still exists today where rainwater draining to the west flows into the Elm Fork of the Trinity and rainwater draining to the east flows into the East Fork of the Trinity until the rivers merge below Dallas, Texas.”
Gone to Texas, often abbreviated G.T.T. or GTT, was a phrase used by Americans immigrating to Texas in the 19th century[1] often to escape debt[2], especially in the South and Midwest. It was often written on the doors of abandoned houses or posted as a sign on fences.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_to_Texas
Preston Trail, later known as Old Preston Road, was the north Texas part of an ancient Indian trail extending from Mexico through central Texas all the way to what is now St. Louis, Missouri and even on to Ohio where the Shawnee Indians lived. The primary portion of the Preston Trail started at Cedar Springs (now part of downtown Dallas) and led north all the way through Grayson County where it crossed the Red River. Preston Trail became part of the first official Texas military road in 1839. The route followed the earlier Shawnee Trail cattle trail. Today Preston Road or SH 289 has been paved near, but not on the original Preston Trail and as such is named after it, but the original Preston Trail crossed almost no streams from the Red River to Cedar Springs. It followed a geographic spine of topography that still exists today where rainwater draining to the west flows into the Elm Fork of the Trinity and rainwater draining to the east flows into the East Fork of the Trinity until the rivers merge below Dallas, Texas.” - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Trail & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Road
Other Sources:
Birth of Frisco, Texas - http://www.friscocvb.com/History/index.html
Cattle Drives in Texas - http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/SS/ays2.html
Early Texas Settlers - http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/S/SH015.html
Shawnee Trail - http://www.texastreesfoundation.org/pioneer-history.html
Peters Colony Historical Society - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txpchsdc/
Shawnee Trail - http://knightswithoutarmor.20m.com/custom2.html
Map of Early Western Migration Trails - http://www.tngenweb.org/tnletters/usa-west.htm
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/places/trails_ter/cattle.htm
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-Frontier-Hough.html
The picture is Pioneers on the Frontier, 1847, courtesy Library of Congress.
Texas General Land Office
When searching for early settlers in a state, don’t forget to look at the state land office records.
The Texas General Land Office sells copies of land maps and some list the family names of the original headright owners. The Clepper family can be found on the Collin County map.
http://www.glo.state.tx.us/archives/mapscol.html
The Texas General Land Office sells copies of land maps and some list the family names of the original headright owners. The Clepper family can be found on the Collin County map.
http://www.glo.state.tx.us/archives/mapscol.html
Genealogy Timeline
You may know when your ancestors were born, but did you know what was going on at the time. Try searching the internet for stories and events from the year your ancestor was born.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/erasofamericanhistory/u/eras.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/erasofamericanhistory/u/eras.htm
1895 Education
What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895...
Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895? This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , KS , and reprinted by the Salina Journal..
8th Grade Final Exam: Salina , KS -1895 Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters. 2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications. 3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph. 4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of 'lie,''play,' and 'run.' 5. Define case; illustrate each case. 6. What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation. 7. - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic. 2. A wagon box is 2 ft deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold? 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. for tare? 4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals? 5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton. 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent. 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per metre? 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent. 9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods? 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.
U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided. 2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus. 3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War. 4. Show the territorial growth of the United States. 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas. 6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion. 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell , Lincoln , Penn, and Howe? 8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.
Orthography (Time, one hour) [Do we even know what this is?]
1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication. 2. What are elementary sounds? How are they classified? 3 What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals. 4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' (HUH?) 5. Give two rules for spelling words with a final 'e.' Name two exceptions under each rule. 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each. 7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup. 8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last. 9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane , vain, vein, raze, raise, rays. 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
Geography (Time, one hour)
1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend? 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas? 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean? 4. Describe the mountains of North America. 5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco. 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. 7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each. 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude? 9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers. 10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.
Huh ????
Notice that the exam took five hours to complete. Gives the saying 'he only had an 8th grade education' a whole new meaning, doesn't it? ( well, 1895 - any way-- For sure ).
Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895? This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , KS , and reprinted by the Salina Journal..
8th Grade Final Exam: Salina , KS -1895 Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters. 2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications. 3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph. 4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of 'lie,''play,' and 'run.' 5. Define case; illustrate each case. 6. What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation. 7. - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic. 2. A wagon box is 2 ft deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold? 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. for tare? 4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals? 5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton. 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent. 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per metre? 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent. 9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods? 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.
U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided. 2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus. 3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War. 4. Show the territorial growth of the United States. 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas. 6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion. 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell , Lincoln , Penn, and Howe? 8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.
Orthography (Time, one hour) [Do we even know what this is?]
1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication. 2. What are elementary sounds? How are they classified? 3 What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals. 4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' (HUH?) 5. Give two rules for spelling words with a final 'e.' Name two exceptions under each rule. 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each. 7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup. 8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last. 9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane , vain, vein, raze, raise, rays. 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
Geography (Time, one hour)
1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend? 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas? 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean? 4. Describe the mountains of North America. 5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco. 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. 7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each. 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude? 9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers. 10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.
Huh ????
Notice that the exam took five hours to complete. Gives the saying 'he only had an 8th grade education' a whole new meaning, doesn't it? ( well, 1895 - any way-- For sure ).
Texas Socialist History
The left side of our political spectrum in Texas often talk of “improving” the state of Texas and the entire country with the introducing Universal Healthcare, expanded welfare, and it taking a village to raise “our” children.
Victor Prosper Considérant started the most famous of the Socialist colonies in Texas and based it on the philosophy of François Marie Charles Fourier. Starting with 2,000 europeans signing up for their French utopian society, the reality of having to actually work kicked in and dropped the number down to about 200 people that would actually migrate. A funny thing about Socialist is that they tend to be artists, musicians and other creative people who knew little about farming or producing the products that are essential for life. They all wanted to share equally in the profit (based on a formula enacted by Considérant), but did not want or understand how to share equally in the production. This could be why the French immigrants attempted to develop a vineyard (source of alcoholic beverages) in the "chalk hills" when The Peter’s Colony 30 miles north of them had the best farm land in the region. They also faced a harsh winter and summer droughts.
La Reunion was abandoned in only eighteen months and many of the colonists moved to Dallas. With the heavy Democrat control that has been maintained over the decades, one can say that the Socialist won once the figured out that they could only survive on the backs of the capitalist banking industry that made Dallas prosperous.
To view the remains of this Socialist paradise, you will need to look at the dirt surrounding the Reunion Arena and Reunion Tower in Dallas. Like everything else started by the Socialist, names on a few buildings (built, financed, and owned by capitalist), historical markers, broken ruins and dirt are all that remain.
Did today’s Democrats forget that Socialism was tried in Texas or do they hope that we have forgotten so that those who can’t produce can rule over those that can? Could it also be that the failures of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Communist Russia), National Socialist German Workers' Party (1940’s Nazi Party), and other variations of Socialism have been erased from their revisionist views of world history.
Then again, maybe it was pre-industrial age Global Warming that killed La Reunion and the other Socialist colonies of Texas.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/LL/uel1.html
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~jwheat/reunionart.html
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/tx/lareunion.html
http://www.dallashistory.org/history/dallas/topics.htm#la_reunion
http://www.britannica.com/eb/art-9598/Considerant-detail-of-an-engraving-by-A-Lacauchie-and-J
Victor Prosper Considérant started the most famous of the Socialist colonies in Texas and based it on the philosophy of François Marie Charles Fourier. Starting with 2,000 europeans signing up for their French utopian society, the reality of having to actually work kicked in and dropped the number down to about 200 people that would actually migrate. A funny thing about Socialist is that they tend to be artists, musicians and other creative people who knew little about farming or producing the products that are essential for life. They all wanted to share equally in the profit (based on a formula enacted by Considérant), but did not want or understand how to share equally in the production. This could be why the French immigrants attempted to develop a vineyard (source of alcoholic beverages) in the "chalk hills" when The Peter’s Colony 30 miles north of them had the best farm land in the region. They also faced a harsh winter and summer droughts.
La Reunion was abandoned in only eighteen months and many of the colonists moved to Dallas. With the heavy Democrat control that has been maintained over the decades, one can say that the Socialist won once the figured out that they could only survive on the backs of the capitalist banking industry that made Dallas prosperous.
To view the remains of this Socialist paradise, you will need to look at the dirt surrounding the Reunion Arena and Reunion Tower in Dallas. Like everything else started by the Socialist, names on a few buildings (built, financed, and owned by capitalist), historical markers, broken ruins and dirt are all that remain.
Did today’s Democrats forget that Socialism was tried in Texas or do they hope that we have forgotten so that those who can’t produce can rule over those that can? Could it also be that the failures of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Communist Russia), National Socialist German Workers' Party (1940’s Nazi Party), and other variations of Socialism have been erased from their revisionist views of world history.
Then again, maybe it was pre-industrial age Global Warming that killed La Reunion and the other Socialist colonies of Texas.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/LL/uel1.html
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~jwheat/reunionart.html
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/tx/lareunion.html
http://www.dallashistory.org/history/dallas/topics.htm#la_reunion
http://www.britannica.com/eb/art-9598/Considerant-detail-of-an-engraving-by-A-Lacauchie-and-J
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