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Ancestry Daily News
"A Daily Dose of Genealogy"
http://www.ancestry.com

15 June 1998

In this issue:
--Database of the Day: Immigration of Irish Quakers to
Pennsylvania
--Today's New Map: Naval Battles 1811-1815
--What's New with NARA? -New Ancestry Reference Page!!
--Other Irish/Quaker Resources
--Naval History and Resources
--Dick Eastman is on Vacation
--Product of the Day at Ancestry's Online Store: "Complete
Idiot's Guide to Genealogy," by Christine Rose and Kay Germain
Ingalls
--Biographical Sketches of the authors, Christine Rose and Kay
Germain Ingalls

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DATABASE OF THE DAY (Free for 10 Days!)

Immigration of Irish Quakers to Pennsylvania

This richly detailed database contains information regarding
Quaker immigrants from Ireland to Pennsylvania. Compiled by
Albert Myers, a member of the Pennsylvania Historical Society,
this work narrates the general history of immigration from
Ireland focusing on Quakers who came to the United States. In
addition to the historical narrative, biographies of many
immigrants, often containing birth and death dates, as well as
some wills and probate records are included. For the researcher
looking for Irish who immigrated to North America, this can be a
tool of great value.

This database is from "Immigration of Irish Quakers into
Pennsylvania," by Albert Cook Myers, (Swarthmore, PA: 1902.)

To search this database, go to:
http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3300.htm

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TODAY'S NEW MAP (Free for 10 Days!)

Today's FREE map is:
Naval Battles 1811-1815

To view this map, go to:
http://www.ancestry.com/whatsnew.htm

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH NARA?

--Introduction by John Scroggins of Ancestry.com (Creator and
former Director of NARA's Regional Archives System):

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has begun
a major nationwide space planning study focused primarily on
NARA's regional records facilities (formerly known as regional
archives and federal records centers).

Although the Archivist of the United States, John W. Carlin, has
stated publicly that no decisions have been made, many
genealogists and other researchers fear that NARA plans to use
this study to justify closing many of the regional archives
facilities, which hold historically valuable records of primarily
local or regional interest, to one or a few consolidated
locations.

NARA has begun an ambitious program of meetings and other
communications aimed at allaying these fears and gathering public
input for the agency's space study. Mr. Carlin held open sessions
during the NGS meeting in Denver and has scheduled public
meetings in every metropolitan area with a NARA facility that
might be affected.

Some observers believe that NARA is making a sincere effort to
engage in two-way communication with the research community;
others are more cynical.

Ancestry.com is providing a reference page as an aid to help
genealogists and other researchers form their own opinions and
prepare any questions or comments they might wish to submit to
NARA. It contains links to both NARA's official statement and to
comments or questions raised by others. We welcome the submission
of responsible reports on NARA's public meetings.

http://www.ancestry.com/nara.htm

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IRISH/QUAKER RESOURCES

The Quaker Corner
http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/index.htm

Quaker Records
(from IRLGEN's Genealogical Guide to Ireland)
http://www.bess.tcd.ie/roots/prototyp/chrqaker.htm

A Quaker Book of Discipline
(From the American Treasures of the Library of Congress)
"A Collection of Christian & Brotherly Advices Given forth from
time to time By the Yearly-Meetings of Friends For Pennsylvania &
New-Jersey, Held alternately at Burlington & Philadelphia
Alphabetically digested under Proper Heads."
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr032.html

PUBLICATIONS:
"The Largest Amount of Good Quaker Relief in Ireland, 1654-1921,"
by Helen E. Hatton

--"In Ireland, a nation long torn by religious animosity, one
Protestant sect has consistently been held in affection by the
Catholics - the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers. Quaker
responses to the condition of Ireland were positive and always
distinctive. Their concern was especially evident in the
overwhelming crisis of 1846-1849--the Great Famine--when Quakers
mounted a massive relief program."

--"This carefully researched hardcover book explores the
development of the Quaker's distinctive position in a narration
of what they did, what they tried to do, and what they achieved
in Ireland."

--"Filled with extensive research, and a well-documented
bibliography and index."

>From Global Genealogy Supply
http://www.globalgenealogy.com/203039.htm

"A Biographical Dictionary of Irish Quakers,"
by Richard S. Harrison

--"The information provided in these biographical pieces is a
mixture of family history, information on commercial life and
anecdotal material giving a sense of each personality involved.
In addition to the expected entries for different Bewleys, Pims,
Jacobs, Newsoms and Richardsons etc., there are many other names
listed not now remembered as Quakers. There are Quakers included
from all four provinces and most major towns and cities as well
as Quakers who emigrated to North America."

This information from Four Courts Press (Dublin) at:
http://www.four-courts-press.ie/books_html/Irishquake.htm

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NAVAL HISTORY & RESOURCES

>From "U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal & State Sources,"
by James C. Neagles
http://www2.viaweb.com/ancestry/usmilrec1.html

"The Continental Navy had its beginnings in October 1775, when
the Continental Congress authorized Gen. George Washington to
acquire several small ships to be used to attack and capture
British transport vessels. Encouraged by the successes of these
raiders, the Congress soon authorized the construction of more
ships. The Continental Navy along with privateers and ships of
the states' navies, operated against British shipping throughout
the American Revolution.

"With the end of the war, the Continental Navy effectively ceased
to exist. However, pirate attacks on American merchant shipping
in the Mediterranean Sea and European hostility underlined the
need for a permanent navy. On 27 March 1794, President Washington
signed an act that allowed for the purchase of six new warships,
thus officially creating the U.S. Navy. The Department of the
Navy was established in 1798.

"The compiled service records for the American Revolution and
Confederate forces in the Civil War include U.S. Navy personnel
as well as those of other branches in the military. In some
instances navy, marine, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine service
records are arranged separately and have their own indexes, which
may or may not duplicate general indexes. These naval personnel
service records contain abstract cards from the records of
several ships, lists of sailors, and other naval sources. There
are no compiled military service records for navy personnel of
the nineteenth century other than for the American Revolution and
the Civil War.

"A large collection of unbound papers assembled by the navy since
the American Revolution is available in the National Archives'
"area files." These papers date from the time of the American
Revolution; they are arranged by the part of the world to which
the papers relate. The content of these papers varies widely;
they can be searched successfully only by those willing to spend
considerable time and careful effort. Other papers are in bound
volumes or collections, many with indexes.

"The navy has created several card indexes relating to papers of
the revolutionary war era: persons confined as prisoners of war
at the Forton and Old Mill prisons in England, and prize money
due the heirs of John Paul Jones."

COMPILED MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS
(From NARA -Military Service Records)
http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/military/service.html

"Abstracts of the active military service of volunteer soldiers
are called compiled military service records. Those held by the
National Archives cover service during the Revolutionary War
period, 1775-83; the Post-Revolutionary War period, 1784-1811;
the War of 1812, 1812-15; the Indian wars, 1816-1860; the Mexican
War, 1846-48; the Civil War, 1861-65; the Spanish-American War,
1898; and the Philippine Insurrection, 1898-1903. Volunteers also
served during Indian disturbances, civil disorders, and disputes
with Canada and Mexico. Microfilmed compiled service records for
naval personnel are available only for the Revolutionary War.

"The military service records of volunteer soldiers were
abstracted onto cards from muster and payrolls, rank rolls,
returns, hospital and prison records, accounts for subsistence,
ration and ordnance records, receipts for pay and bounties,
clothing returns, and other records. The abstracts for each
soldier were placed in a jacket envelope bearing the soldier's
name, rank, and military unit. In some instances, the envelope
also includes one or more original documents relating
specifically to that soldier.

"A typical record gives the soldier's name, rank, military unit,
and dates of entry into the service and separation by discharge,
desertion, or death. It may also show the soldier's age, place of
birth, and residence at the time of enlistment.

"A compiled military service record is as complete as the records
of an individual soldier or his unit. Some Civil War records also
show facts about a soldier's imprisonment. If he was captured,
his record may show the date of his release and parole, or if he
died in prison, the date of his death. The National Archives also
has some compiled military service records of Confederate
officers, noncommissioned officers, and enlisted men, which are
similar to the records of volunteer Union soldiers.

"The service records were compiled under a War Department program
begun some years after the Civil War to permit more rapid and
efficient checking of military and medical records in connection
with claims for pensions and other veterans' benefits. The
abstracts were so carefully prepared that it is rarely necessary
to consult the original records from which they were made.
Although the War Department made every effort to assemble
available official information, many compiled service records are
not complete. Full records of the participation of a given unit
may not have been available. A soldier may have served in a state
militia unit that was never called into service by the
Continental, Federal, or Confederate government. Records of such
service, if available, are most likely in state archives or in
the custody of the state adjutant general.

"The compiled military service records are arranged by war,
thereunder by state, thereunder by regiment or other military
unit, and thereunder alphabetically by surname. To consult the
records for a particular soldier, the researcher must know, or
determine from an appropriate index, in which regiment he served.
Not all of the indexes or compiled military service records have
been microfilmed. The catalog notes when companion records are
not available on microfilm."

HELPFUL NAVY ADDRESSES:

Dept. of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20420
Tel: 202-233-4000
800-827-1000
URL: http://www.va.gov/foia/index.htm

National Personnel Records Centers, NARA
Military Records Facility
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100
Recorded Information Lines
314-538-4243 Air Force
314-538-4261 Army
314-538-4141 Navy/Marine/Coast Guard
Fax: 314-538-4175
Email:
URL: http://www.nara.gov/regional/mpr.html

National Cemetery System
Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20420
Tel: 202-273-5221
Email:
URL: http://www.va.gov/cemetery/index.htm

Naval Historical Center
Washington Navy Yard
901 M Street, SE
Washington, DC 20374-5060
Library:
Tel: 202-433-4132
Fax: 202-433-9553
Museum:
Tel: 202-433-4882
Fax: 202-433-8200
Operational Archives:
Fax: 202-433-2833
Ships History Branch:
Tel: 202-433-3643
Fax: 202-433-6677
URL: http://www.history.navy.mil/

U.S. Naval Academy
Nimitz Library
589 McNair Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5029
Tel: 410-293-2220 (Special Collections)
410-293-2178 (Archives)
Email:
URL: http://www.nadn.navy.mil/Library

U.S. Naval Institute
U.S. Naval Academy Campus
118 Maryland Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21402-5035
Tel: 410-268-6110
URL: http://www.usni.org/

U.S. Naval War College/Library
Code 1E3
686 Cushing Road
Newport, RI 02841-1207
Tel: 401-841-1435
401-841-3397
401-841-4345 (Government Documents)
Email:
URL: http://users.ids.net/~nwcird/

NARA Regional Archives System
http://www.nara.gov/regional/nrmenu.html

(Addresses from "The Ancestry Family Historian's Address Book,"
compiled by Juliana Szucs Smith.
http://www2.viaweb.com/ancestry/anfamhisadbo.html)

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EASTMAN'S ONLINE GENEALOGY NEWSLETTER

15 June 1998

Dick Eastman is in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and is taking the
week off from his newsletter. Look for it again next week.

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PRODUCT OF THE DAY AT ANCESTRY'S ONLINE STORE

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Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG, and Kay Germain Ingalls, CGRS for
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This price will be effective until Tuesday, June 16, 5 PM
Mountain Time.

Stop trying to dig with your bare hands! "The Complete Idiot's
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This book contains: idiot-proof steps for finding family
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helpful hints on using electronic resources; and exhaustive lists
of genealogical repositories and archives.

Discover quick and easy ways to complete your research. The
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Appendixes provide a state-by-state listing of major genealogical
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You can see a full description, and order today's product through
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE AUTHORS

-- Christine Rose is a Certified Genealogist (CG), a Certified
Genealogical Lecturer (CGL), and a Fellow of the American Society
of Genealogists (FASG). She specializes in consultations and
problem solving, court records, land records, military records,
onsite courthouse research throughout the U.S., and state and
federal records. She was the recipient of the 1987 Donald Lines
Jacobus award, and is Vice President of the Association for
Professional Genealogists (APG). She is also a columnist for the
FGS Forum, and a lecturer at Samford Institute, the National
Archives' Institute of Genealogical Research, and national and
regional conferences.

-- Kay Germain Ingalls is a Certified Genealogical Record
Specialist, and President of the Association for Professional
Genealogists (APG). Certified in 1982, she is an author and
researcher for historical projects and books, and a developer of
finding aids. Her special interests include records of California
married women in business (sole traders) before 1900, and other
unusual, little-known records. She did undergraduate work at
Stanford University, and earned a BA in Journalism from the
University of Washington.

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Best Regards,
Juliana Smith, Editor, Ancestry Daily News
Catherine Horman, Associate Editor
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