This is a short list of sources, which are often found in the home.
Of course, not all the sources listed here will be found in every home, and there will also be sources other than these found in the home.
This list is provided as a general guide to the types of records, which can be found.
Can you add to this list?
1. Announcements:
Anniversary, birth, birthday, death, divorce, engagement, funeral, graduation, memorial cards, new homes, new job, professional, travel, wedding.
2. Books:
Atlases, foreign language, prizes, textbooks, treasured volumes, vocational.
3. Certificates:
Adoption, achievement, apprenticeship, award, baptism, birth, christening, confirmation, death, divorce, graduation, marriage, membership, ordination, transfer.
4. Citizenship Papers:
Alien registration, denization, deportment, naturalization, passport, vaccination, visa.
5. Employment Records:
Apprenticeship, awards, citations, graduation, income tax, pension, retirement papers, severance papers, social security, union.
6. Family Records:
Bible, birth briefs, family bulletins, family group sheet, family histories, family traditions, genealogies, local histories, pedigrees, printed histories.
7. Financial Records:
Accounts, bills, cheque stubs, estate records, receipts.
8. Health Records:
Hospital records, immunizations, insurance records, medical records, x-rays.
9. Household Items:
Clothing, coat of arms, dishes, engraved jewelry, friendship quilt, insignias, memorial rings, needlework, sampler, silverware, souvenirs, tools.
10. Legal Papers:
Abstracts of title, bonds, contracts, deeds, guardian papers, land grants, leases, loans, mortgages, subpoena, tax notices, water rights, will.
11. Licenses:
Business, drivers, firearms, hunting, motor vehicle, occupation, professional.
12. Membership Records:
Awards, cards, certificates, programs, publications, uniforms.
13. Military Records:
Bounty award, citations, disability, discharge, firearms, national guard, pension, ribbons, selective service, separation papers, service, service medals, sword, uniform.
14. Newspaper Clippings:
Announcements, home town newspapers, obituaries, professional, service events, trade, vital statistics.
15. Personal:
Address book, autograph album, baby book, biography, book plates, business cards, diary, funeral book, guest register, journal, letters, personal knowledge, photographs, scrapbooks, travel account, wedding book.
16. School Records:
Awards, diplomas, honour roll, publications, report cards, transcriptions, yearbooks.
I hope you find this list useful?
Allan Scahill
Showing posts with label genealogy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label genealogy. Show all posts
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Ancestral Relationship Chart - How Do They Get To Be Once Or Twice Removed?
How do they get to be once or twice removed? This handy ancestral chart, will tell you.
For
a true "relationship" to exist, there must be an ancestor
who is common to both individuals. If you examine the chart below,
for example, the Common Ancestor is Box 1 on the horizontal scale
(HS) as well as Box 1 on the Vertical Scale (VS).Let us suppose
that you have a grandson of that common ancestor, as seen in Box 3 of
the HS, and you want to know that grandson's relationship to a
great-granddaughter, who would be seen in Box 4on the VS.
If
you follow box 4 VS, across to where it meets the vertical pathway,
to box 3 on HS. Then where those paths cross, it tells you the
relationship - They are first cousins once removed.
Feel
free to print a copy...
Allan
Scahill
Monday, August 11, 2008
Corrupted File Question To Lab With Leo - Episode 26 - G4techTV
The following is an extract (hence the "All Caps") from the show notes of The Lab With Leo, starring Leo Laporte. I appeared on the show via webcam. The show was episode 26 and appeared on G4techTV April 19 2007.
My question was "How do I recover a corrupted file?"
Kate: THIS IS ALLAN, AND HE'S FROM MEDICINE HAT IN ALBERTA, AND HE'S A BRIT.
Leo: HE'S A BRIT?
Kate: HE'S A BRIT.
Leo: OH, SO YOU TWO SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE?
Kate: YEAH, HE'S FROM MANCHESTER, SO --
Leo: YEAH, ISN'T THAT WHAT SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID IS THAT CANADA OR CANADA AND AMERICA AND BRITAIN ARE TWO COUNTRIES UNITED BY A DIFFERENT... DIVIDED BY THE SAME LANGUAGE?
Kate: (Chuckling) IT'S ALL IN THE DELIVERY.
Leo: IT WAS EASY FOR CHURCHILL! (Both laughing)
Leo: WHAT'S HIS NAME? ALEX?
Kate: IT'S ALLAN.
Leo: ALLAN. HELLO, ALLAN!
Allan: HELLO, LEO. THANKS FOR TAKING MY QUESTION.
Leo: OH, IT'S GREAT TO TALK TO YOU. WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU TODAY?
Allan: WELL, I'M AN AMATEUR GENEALOGIST AND HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS.
Leo: YES.
Allan: AND SEVERAL YEARS AGO I CREATED A DOCUMENT THAT WAS IN, AT THAT TIME, WORD 98, SORRY, IN WINDOWS 98.
Leo: OKAY.
Allan: AND NOW THAT I'VE GOT XP, FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT SEEMS TO BE CORRUPT, AND I CAN'T OPEN IT ANYMORE.
Allan: IN WINDOWS EXPLORER, I CAN SEE THE "WORD" ICON, AND WHEN I TRY TO OPEN IT UP, I GET THIS STRANGE WORD -- IT SAYS, "WORD FIX" IN BRACKETS, AND THEN IT GIVES ME THE NUMBER OF CHARACTERS, WHICH IS 39,000 AND SOME --
Leo: CAN YOU OPEN THE FILE AT ALL?
Allan: SAY AGAIN?
Leo: CAN YOU OPEN THE FILE AT ALL?
Allan: I CAN OPEN IT, BUT IT ONLY OPENS THE FIRST FEW LINES OF THE DOCUMENT, AND THEN NOTHING ELSE APPEARS.
Leo: OKAY. SO THAT'S POSSIBLE TO FIX. FIRST OF ALL, YOU'LL FIND THAT IF YOU GO INTO A SEARCH, THERE ARE ABOUT A THOUSAND PROGRAMS THAT WILL CHARGE YOU ANYTHING FROM $50 TO $100 OR MORE TO FIX IT. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY FREE PROGRAMS. I THINK THEY FIGURE, "HEY, WE'VE GOT ALLAN OVER THE BARREL. LET'S CHARGE HIM SOME BIG BUCKS HERE." A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS WILL OPEN THE DOCUMENT, SHOW YOU SOME OF YOUR TEXT AND SAY, "I CAN GET THE REST IF YOU GIVE ME SOME MONEY."
Allan: YEAH, THE WORDS SAY "DEMO" WHERE THE WORDS WOULD BE.
Leo: YEAH, I HATE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE SAME THING IN PROGRAMS THAT CLAIM TO UNERASE FILES OR RECOVER HARD DRIVES.
Leo: IT'S LIKE THEY FIGURE, "HEY, YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS ARE DESPERATE. WHY SHOULD WE BE GIVING THIS AWAY? LET'S TEASE THEM." AND IT MAKES ME MAD, FRANKLY. (Laughing) I HATE THAT. I'M GONNA SHOW YOU AN ARTICLE, AND WE'LL PUT A LINK IN THE SHOW NOTES, REALLY, I THINK, A VERY GOOD ARTICLE FROM A SITE CALLED mvps.org.
Leo: AND IT IS TALKING ABOUT CORRUPTED WORD DOCUMENTS, AND IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT TO DO TO TRY TO SAVE THESE, LIKE IN OTHER WORDS, FIGURE OUT WHERE THE CORRUPTION IS AND HOW TO SAVE IT. THE REAL ISSUE IS CAN YOU FIGURE OUT WHERE THE CORRUPTION BEGINS. NOW, THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU IF YOU COULD OPEN THE DOCUMENT AT ALL. THE FACT THAT YOU CAN OPEN IT IS A GOOD SIGN. IT MEANS THAT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE DATA IS STILL THERE, BUT THERE IS SOME BAD -- THERE'S A BAD BIT SOMEWHERE IN THAT DOCUMENT THAT'S CAUSING PROBLEMS, AND THIS CAN HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME. I MEAN IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANY COMPUTER ANYTIME. COSMIC RAYS ARE ALWAYS HITTING THE HARD DRIVE AND CHANGING BITS, AND YOU GET THE WRONG BIT CHANGED, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THINGS AREN'T GONNA WORK ANYMORE. SO ONE THING THAT THEY SUGGEST TRYING, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW OF THESE, FIRST OF ALL, MAKE A COPY OF THAT FILE SOMEWHERE AND DON'T TOUCH IT. THAT COPY IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF YOUR LAST RESORT. WE'LL GO BACK TO IT. WORK ON A COPY, IN OTHER WORDS, NOT ON THE ORIGINAL. SECOND, THEY SUGGEST IF YOU'RE USING -- NOW, YOU SAID IT'S AN OLD VERSION OF WORD. WHAT VERSION?
Allan: I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY WORD 97, I WOULD THINK.
Leo: OKAY. SO IT SAYS, "IF YOU CAN ISOLATE THE CORRUPTION TO A TABLE --" ARE THERE ANY TABLES IN YOUR DOCUMENT?
Allan: YES, IT ACTUALLY IS A TABLE.
Leo: YEAH, YEAH, WELL, THIS IS INTERESTING. I GUESS TABLES ARE MORE LIKELY TO CORRUPT. WHAT THEY SUGGEST IS YOU EITHER SELECT THE TABLE AND CONVERT IT TO TEXT OR PASTE IT INTO EXCEL, AND THAT WAY YOU CAN GET THE TABLE OUT OF IT. APPARENTLY THIS MAGICALLY CAN FIX THE TABLE. SO THERE ARE A FEW THINGS TO TRY.
Leo: I'M GONNA AGAIN POINT YOU TO THIS DOCUMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ONE PARTICULAR TRICK. IT'S A NUMBER OF TRICKS, THINGS LIKE SAVING IT AS RTF, JUST TO SEE IF IT'LL COME BACK, OR MAYBE EVEN SAVE IT AS TEXT TO SEE IF IT'LL COME BACK. DELETING SECTION BREAKS -- APPARENTLY SECTION BREAKS ARE ALSO A COMMON CAUSE OF CORRUPTION -- WILL WORK.
Leo: SAVING IT IN AN OLD FORMAT, RECOVER TEXT -- THERE IS APPARENTLY A WAY TO RECOVER TEXT FROM A FILE AND OPEN THAT CORRUPT FILE. IS IT IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET THE TABLE OUT INTACT, OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO GET THE --
Allan: NO, AS LONG AS I GET THE -- I MEAN AS LONG AS I GET THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, IT DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT THE TABLE.
Leo: YEAH, DO A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR "CORRUPT WORD DOCUMENT" AND LOOK FOR THE ARTICLE ON mvps.org. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT ARTICLE THAT TALKS ABOUT THINGS YOU CAN DO WITHOUT PAYING ANY MONEY. NOW, I DON'T KNOW. I'VE NEVER TRIED THESE PAID PROGRAMS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WORK BETTER OR IF THEY'RE SOMEHOW MAGICAL. MY SUSPICION IS NOT, AND I JUST KIND OF, I RESENT THE FACT THAT THEY WANT TO TEASE YOU LIKE THAT AND CHARGE YOU MONEY. SO THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE A REALLY GOOD RESOURCE FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN DO TO TRY TO RECOVER CORRUPTED WORD DOCUMENTS, AND IT SPECIFICALLY DIVIDES IT UP "PRE-WORD 97" OR "WORD 97 AND LATER," "WORD 2000 AND LATER," SO I THINK THAT THESE SUGGESTIONS -- AND IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE TABLE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE VERY FIRST THING THEY MENTION. IT MUST BE SOMETHING THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM IN WORD 97.
Allan: OKAY.
Leo: ALL RIGHT? mvps.org.
Allan: CAN I GIVE A PLUG FOR MY WEBSITE WHILE I'M HERE?
Leo: YEAH! WHAT'S YOUR WEBSITE?
Allan: IT'S A GENEALOGY SITE. JUST TYPE "SCAHILL" INTO GOOGLE, S-C-A-H-I-L-L.
Leo: ISN'T IT GREAT THAT WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO REMEMBER ANY ADDRESSES ANYMORE? (Laughing) WE JUST -- LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ME, I SAY, "JUST GOOGLE LEO LAPORTE. EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW IS THERE." SO "SCAHILL AND JOHNSON FAMILY HISTORY PAGES," IS THAT IT?
Allan: THAT'S THE ONE, YEAH.
Leo: OH, THERE YOU ARE, ALLAN. I SEE YOU.
Allan: YEAH, I'M NUMBER ONE ON GOOGLE FOR MY NAME, SO I'M PRETTY PLEASED ABOUT THAT.
Leo: WELL, THAT'S A NICE THING! I WISH I WERE NUMBER ONE FOR "LEO." I'M NOT.
Allan: (Laughing)
Leo: I AM NUMBER ONE FOR "LEO LAPORTE," I HAVE TO SAY. SO THIS IS REALLY NEAT. SO THIS IS A REALLY GREAT IDEA. DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GENEALOGY?
Allan: YEAH, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE ABOUT THE MIDDLE '80s. I'VE BEEN DOING GENEALOGY.
Leo: THE INTERNET IS SUCH A BOON FOR GENEALOGY, LET ME TELL YOU. NOW LET ME SHOW YOU ONE LITTLE TRICK TO FIND THE DOCUMENT THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT'S A VERY USEFUL TRICK IN GOOGLE. IF YOU TYPE THE WORD "SITE" COLON, AND I TOLD YOU IT'S "mvps.com," SO "SITE" COLON "mvps.com," AND THEN TYPE IN SOMETHING LIKE "CORRUPT WORD --" OH, IS IT ".org?" I'M SORRY.
Allan: ACTUALLY, THAT'S A TECHNIQUE THAT I USE TO SEARCH A SITE IN GENEALOGY.
Leo: I BET YOU DO. I BET YOU'RE REALLY A MASTER OF SEARCHING, AREN'T YOU? AND THEN THAT WAY, WHAT IT'LL DO IS IT'LL ONLY -- IT'LL SEARCH FOR THESE WORDS ONLY ON THAT SITE, WHICH MAKES IT REALLY -- YOU KNOW, THAT THEN BECOMES THE NUMBER ONE SEARCH RESULT BECAUSE WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THAT SITE. SO, YEAH, I BET YOU COULD SHARE SOME TRICKS WITH US, ALLAN, FOR FINDING STUFF. THAT'S PART OF THE FUN OF IT. IT'S ALMOST A DETECTIVE JOB, ISN'T IT?
Allan: YES, I'VE LEARNED A LOT WHILE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS HOBBY.
Leo: THAT'S REALLY NEAT. HEY, ALLAN, THANKS FOR CALLING. I HOPE YOU GET THAT DOCUMENT BACK.
Allan: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL, AND THANKS FOR THE POINTERS.
Leo: AND WELL DONE ON THE scahill.ca SITE. THAT'S REALLY NEAT.
Allan: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Leo: YEAH. WE HAVE A -- I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETIME MY FAMILY GENEALOGY SITE. I DON'T RUN IT, BUT SOMEBODY IN MONTREAL DOES, AND IT'S VERY COOL. IT'S REALLY NEAT.
Allan Scahill
My question was "How do I recover a corrupted file?"
Kate: THIS IS ALLAN, AND HE'S FROM MEDICINE HAT IN ALBERTA, AND HE'S A BRIT.
Leo: HE'S A BRIT?
Kate: HE'S A BRIT.
Leo: OH, SO YOU TWO SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE?
Kate: YEAH, HE'S FROM MANCHESTER, SO --
Leo: YEAH, ISN'T THAT WHAT SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID IS THAT CANADA OR CANADA AND AMERICA AND BRITAIN ARE TWO COUNTRIES UNITED BY A DIFFERENT... DIVIDED BY THE SAME LANGUAGE?
Kate: (Chuckling) IT'S ALL IN THE DELIVERY.
Leo: IT WAS EASY FOR CHURCHILL! (Both laughing)
Leo: WHAT'S HIS NAME? ALEX?
Kate: IT'S ALLAN.
Leo: ALLAN. HELLO, ALLAN!
Allan: HELLO, LEO. THANKS FOR TAKING MY QUESTION.
Leo: OH, IT'S GREAT TO TALK TO YOU. WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU TODAY?
Allan: WELL, I'M AN AMATEUR GENEALOGIST AND HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS.
Leo: YES.
Allan: AND SEVERAL YEARS AGO I CREATED A DOCUMENT THAT WAS IN, AT THAT TIME, WORD 98, SORRY, IN WINDOWS 98.
Leo: OKAY.
Allan: AND NOW THAT I'VE GOT XP, FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT SEEMS TO BE CORRUPT, AND I CAN'T OPEN IT ANYMORE.
Allan: IN WINDOWS EXPLORER, I CAN SEE THE "WORD" ICON, AND WHEN I TRY TO OPEN IT UP, I GET THIS STRANGE WORD -- IT SAYS, "WORD FIX" IN BRACKETS, AND THEN IT GIVES ME THE NUMBER OF CHARACTERS, WHICH IS 39,000 AND SOME --
Leo: CAN YOU OPEN THE FILE AT ALL?
Allan: SAY AGAIN?
Leo: CAN YOU OPEN THE FILE AT ALL?
Allan: I CAN OPEN IT, BUT IT ONLY OPENS THE FIRST FEW LINES OF THE DOCUMENT, AND THEN NOTHING ELSE APPEARS.
Leo: OKAY. SO THAT'S POSSIBLE TO FIX. FIRST OF ALL, YOU'LL FIND THAT IF YOU GO INTO A SEARCH, THERE ARE ABOUT A THOUSAND PROGRAMS THAT WILL CHARGE YOU ANYTHING FROM $50 TO $100 OR MORE TO FIX IT. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY FREE PROGRAMS. I THINK THEY FIGURE, "HEY, WE'VE GOT ALLAN OVER THE BARREL. LET'S CHARGE HIM SOME BIG BUCKS HERE." A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS WILL OPEN THE DOCUMENT, SHOW YOU SOME OF YOUR TEXT AND SAY, "I CAN GET THE REST IF YOU GIVE ME SOME MONEY."
Allan: YEAH, THE WORDS SAY "DEMO" WHERE THE WORDS WOULD BE.
Leo: YEAH, I HATE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE SAME THING IN PROGRAMS THAT CLAIM TO UNERASE FILES OR RECOVER HARD DRIVES.
Leo: IT'S LIKE THEY FIGURE, "HEY, YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS ARE DESPERATE. WHY SHOULD WE BE GIVING THIS AWAY? LET'S TEASE THEM." AND IT MAKES ME MAD, FRANKLY. (Laughing) I HATE THAT. I'M GONNA SHOW YOU AN ARTICLE, AND WE'LL PUT A LINK IN THE SHOW NOTES, REALLY, I THINK, A VERY GOOD ARTICLE FROM A SITE CALLED mvps.org.
Leo: AND IT IS TALKING ABOUT CORRUPTED WORD DOCUMENTS, AND IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT TO DO TO TRY TO SAVE THESE, LIKE IN OTHER WORDS, FIGURE OUT WHERE THE CORRUPTION IS AND HOW TO SAVE IT. THE REAL ISSUE IS CAN YOU FIGURE OUT WHERE THE CORRUPTION BEGINS. NOW, THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU IF YOU COULD OPEN THE DOCUMENT AT ALL. THE FACT THAT YOU CAN OPEN IT IS A GOOD SIGN. IT MEANS THAT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE DATA IS STILL THERE, BUT THERE IS SOME BAD -- THERE'S A BAD BIT SOMEWHERE IN THAT DOCUMENT THAT'S CAUSING PROBLEMS, AND THIS CAN HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME. I MEAN IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANY COMPUTER ANYTIME. COSMIC RAYS ARE ALWAYS HITTING THE HARD DRIVE AND CHANGING BITS, AND YOU GET THE WRONG BIT CHANGED, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THINGS AREN'T GONNA WORK ANYMORE. SO ONE THING THAT THEY SUGGEST TRYING, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW OF THESE, FIRST OF ALL, MAKE A COPY OF THAT FILE SOMEWHERE AND DON'T TOUCH IT. THAT COPY IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF YOUR LAST RESORT. WE'LL GO BACK TO IT. WORK ON A COPY, IN OTHER WORDS, NOT ON THE ORIGINAL. SECOND, THEY SUGGEST IF YOU'RE USING -- NOW, YOU SAID IT'S AN OLD VERSION OF WORD. WHAT VERSION?
Allan: I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY WORD 97, I WOULD THINK.
Leo: OKAY. SO IT SAYS, "IF YOU CAN ISOLATE THE CORRUPTION TO A TABLE --" ARE THERE ANY TABLES IN YOUR DOCUMENT?
Allan: YES, IT ACTUALLY IS A TABLE.
Leo: YEAH, YEAH, WELL, THIS IS INTERESTING. I GUESS TABLES ARE MORE LIKELY TO CORRUPT. WHAT THEY SUGGEST IS YOU EITHER SELECT THE TABLE AND CONVERT IT TO TEXT OR PASTE IT INTO EXCEL, AND THAT WAY YOU CAN GET THE TABLE OUT OF IT. APPARENTLY THIS MAGICALLY CAN FIX THE TABLE. SO THERE ARE A FEW THINGS TO TRY.
Leo: I'M GONNA AGAIN POINT YOU TO THIS DOCUMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ONE PARTICULAR TRICK. IT'S A NUMBER OF TRICKS, THINGS LIKE SAVING IT AS RTF, JUST TO SEE IF IT'LL COME BACK, OR MAYBE EVEN SAVE IT AS TEXT TO SEE IF IT'LL COME BACK. DELETING SECTION BREAKS -- APPARENTLY SECTION BREAKS ARE ALSO A COMMON CAUSE OF CORRUPTION -- WILL WORK.
Leo: SAVING IT IN AN OLD FORMAT, RECOVER TEXT -- THERE IS APPARENTLY A WAY TO RECOVER TEXT FROM A FILE AND OPEN THAT CORRUPT FILE. IS IT IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET THE TABLE OUT INTACT, OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO GET THE --
Allan: NO, AS LONG AS I GET THE -- I MEAN AS LONG AS I GET THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, IT DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT THE TABLE.
Leo: YEAH, DO A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR "CORRUPT WORD DOCUMENT" AND LOOK FOR THE ARTICLE ON mvps.org. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT ARTICLE THAT TALKS ABOUT THINGS YOU CAN DO WITHOUT PAYING ANY MONEY. NOW, I DON'T KNOW. I'VE NEVER TRIED THESE PAID PROGRAMS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WORK BETTER OR IF THEY'RE SOMEHOW MAGICAL. MY SUSPICION IS NOT, AND I JUST KIND OF, I RESENT THE FACT THAT THEY WANT TO TEASE YOU LIKE THAT AND CHARGE YOU MONEY. SO THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE A REALLY GOOD RESOURCE FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN DO TO TRY TO RECOVER CORRUPTED WORD DOCUMENTS, AND IT SPECIFICALLY DIVIDES IT UP "PRE-WORD 97" OR "WORD 97 AND LATER," "WORD 2000 AND LATER," SO I THINK THAT THESE SUGGESTIONS -- AND IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE TABLE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE VERY FIRST THING THEY MENTION. IT MUST BE SOMETHING THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM IN WORD 97.
Allan: OKAY.
Leo: ALL RIGHT? mvps.org.
Allan: CAN I GIVE A PLUG FOR MY WEBSITE WHILE I'M HERE?
Leo: YEAH! WHAT'S YOUR WEBSITE?
Allan: IT'S A GENEALOGY SITE. JUST TYPE "SCAHILL" INTO GOOGLE, S-C-A-H-I-L-L.
Leo: ISN'T IT GREAT THAT WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO REMEMBER ANY ADDRESSES ANYMORE? (Laughing) WE JUST -- LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ME, I SAY, "JUST GOOGLE LEO LAPORTE. EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW IS THERE." SO "SCAHILL AND JOHNSON FAMILY HISTORY PAGES," IS THAT IT?
Allan: THAT'S THE ONE, YEAH.
Leo: OH, THERE YOU ARE, ALLAN. I SEE YOU.
Allan: YEAH, I'M NUMBER ONE ON GOOGLE FOR MY NAME, SO I'M PRETTY PLEASED ABOUT THAT.
Leo: WELL, THAT'S A NICE THING! I WISH I WERE NUMBER ONE FOR "LEO." I'M NOT.
Allan: (Laughing)
Leo: I AM NUMBER ONE FOR "LEO LAPORTE," I HAVE TO SAY. SO THIS IS REALLY NEAT. SO THIS IS A REALLY GREAT IDEA. DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GENEALOGY?
Allan: YEAH, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE ABOUT THE MIDDLE '80s. I'VE BEEN DOING GENEALOGY.
Leo: THE INTERNET IS SUCH A BOON FOR GENEALOGY, LET ME TELL YOU. NOW LET ME SHOW YOU ONE LITTLE TRICK TO FIND THE DOCUMENT THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT'S A VERY USEFUL TRICK IN GOOGLE. IF YOU TYPE THE WORD "SITE" COLON, AND I TOLD YOU IT'S "mvps.com," SO "SITE" COLON "mvps.com," AND THEN TYPE IN SOMETHING LIKE "CORRUPT WORD --" OH, IS IT ".org?" I'M SORRY.
Allan: ACTUALLY, THAT'S A TECHNIQUE THAT I USE TO SEARCH A SITE IN GENEALOGY.
Leo: I BET YOU DO. I BET YOU'RE REALLY A MASTER OF SEARCHING, AREN'T YOU? AND THEN THAT WAY, WHAT IT'LL DO IS IT'LL ONLY -- IT'LL SEARCH FOR THESE WORDS ONLY ON THAT SITE, WHICH MAKES IT REALLY -- YOU KNOW, THAT THEN BECOMES THE NUMBER ONE SEARCH RESULT BECAUSE WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THAT SITE. SO, YEAH, I BET YOU COULD SHARE SOME TRICKS WITH US, ALLAN, FOR FINDING STUFF. THAT'S PART OF THE FUN OF IT. IT'S ALMOST A DETECTIVE JOB, ISN'T IT?
Allan: YES, I'VE LEARNED A LOT WHILE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS HOBBY.
Leo: THAT'S REALLY NEAT. HEY, ALLAN, THANKS FOR CALLING. I HOPE YOU GET THAT DOCUMENT BACK.
Allan: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL, AND THANKS FOR THE POINTERS.
Leo: AND WELL DONE ON THE scahill.ca SITE. THAT'S REALLY NEAT.
Allan: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Leo: YEAH. WE HAVE A -- I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETIME MY FAMILY GENEALOGY SITE. I DON'T RUN IT, BUT SOMEBODY IN MONTREAL DOES, AND IT'S VERY COOL. IT'S REALLY NEAT.
Allan Scahill
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Netcasts (podcasts) I Listen To
The following are netcasts that I like to listen too while walking my friend and buddy, Maia. Maia is an eleven year old Doberman Pincher or while exercising on the treadmill.
What is a netcast?
Netcasting is the method of distributing multimedia files, such as audio programs or music videos, over the Internet using the RSS or Atom syndication formats, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers.
There are four topics I like to listen too:
I hope you find some, if not all of these netcasts interesting, informative with useful ways to improve your computing, genealogy, photography or general knowledge.
Allan Scahill
What is a netcast?
Netcasting is the method of distributing multimedia files, such as audio programs or music videos, over the Internet using the RSS or Atom syndication formats, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers.
There are four topics I like to listen too:
- Genealogy
- Digital Photography
- Science
- Technology
- The Genealogy Guys Podcast - Great show produced once a week, great tips.
- The Genealogy Tech Podcast - No shows since August 2006. Technology in genealogy.
- Irish Family Cafe - A new show I have recently subscribed too.
- Dear Myrtle - Produces the occasional netcast, but an excellent genealogist.
- Secrets Of Digital Imaging - An irregular show, but with good tips.
- Tips From The Top Floor - 2006 winner of the Podcast Award for Education.
- The Digital Photography Show - Lots of guest interviews and photo tips.
- Quirks & Quarks - An interesting and informative weekly show by the CBC.
- The Naked Scientists - As above, but a weekly show by the BBC.
- Coolness Roundup - This is a daily and weekly show on new technology and events.
- Cranky Geeks - A weekly show on technology news and events.
- Daily GizWiz - A funny and informative show on new and old gadgets.
- Gmail Podcast - Tips and tricks on using Gmail.
- Geek News Central - A weekly show from Hawaii on technology news and events.
- Mike Tech Show - Thanks to this show I have a 1GB thumb drive full of portable applications.
- net@nite (Formally This Week In Tech) Weekly interviews and stories on technology.
- Security Now - A weekly show on computer security.
- The World Technology - Another weekly tech show by the BBC.
- This Week In Tech (TWIT) - A weekly round table on technology news and events.
- Windows Weekly - A tech show on all things Microsoft.
I hope you find some, if not all of these netcasts interesting, informative with useful ways to improve your computing, genealogy, photography or general knowledge.
Allan Scahill
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Killing Sheep With Intent To Steal
The TV show Ancestors In The Attic on History TV, asked for submissions on genealogical questions, with the possiblity of the question being aired on one of there episodes.
My question concerns a possible ancestor, so I sent them the following and requested if they could research it:
Michael Scahill
Place Of Trial: County Mayo. Date Of Trial: 01/01/1850
Crime Description: Killing Sheep With Intent To Steal
Sentence: Transportaion 7 Years
Ship Rodney: 00/11/1852
Document References: Tr 9, P 130
The reference to this trial and sentence can be found at Irish Transportation Records and entering the name Scahill in the search box.
Who knows maybe I have a villain in my past.
Allan Scahill
My question concerns a possible ancestor, so I sent them the following and requested if they could research it:
Michael Scahill
Place Of Trial: County Mayo. Date Of Trial: 01/01/1850
Crime Description: Killing Sheep With Intent To Steal
Sentence: Transportaion 7 Years
Ship Rodney: 00/11/1852
Document References: Tr 9, P 130
The reference to this trial and sentence can be found at Irish Transportation Records and entering the name Scahill in the search box.
Who knows maybe I have a villain in my past.
Allan Scahill
Sunday, October 29, 2006
10 Tips To Start Your Family Tree
The following are my top 10 points to creating a family tree. Do your points differ?
This list also assumes that you have genealogy software, but if you do not, check out this free software from Family Search.
You will find the link at the bottom of their page.
These are my 10 points:
1. Always start with what you know. Begin with yourself. Here are sample Family Group Record Sheets.
2. Use birth, baptismal, marriage or other certificates to ensure correct dates and places.
3. Enter your immediate family's details, in the order in which they were born and their relationship to you. Again, using certificates, where possible.
4. Once you have your immediate family's details, you can branch out to the families of brothers, sisters, grandparents or the families of aunts and uncles.
5. Where possible double check your details and cross reference with the appropriate certificate.
6. Interview older members of your family to get the stories only they can tell. Once these family members have gone, there stories are gone with them.
7. Use some form of audio recorder and let them know you are recording the conversation, but be careful how you use it, some people do not like to be "taped".
8. Ask them questions like: What did you do for enjoyment when you were younger? Or, what they remember about their parents or other loved ones?
9. Make it an enjoyable two-way conversation, not an interrogation.
10. When entering data into your computer or log, ensure you note who or where you received the information from. You never know when you may have to return to that source to double check some detail, and believe me, you will forget where you received it from.
For more information on how to begin your own family tree, review this site:
Allan Scahill
This list also assumes that you have genealogy software, but if you do not, check out this free software from Family Search.
You will find the link at the bottom of their page.
These are my 10 points:
1. Always start with what you know. Begin with yourself. Here are sample Family Group Record Sheets.
2. Use birth, baptismal, marriage or other certificates to ensure correct dates and places.
3. Enter your immediate family's details, in the order in which they were born and their relationship to you. Again, using certificates, where possible.
4. Once you have your immediate family's details, you can branch out to the families of brothers, sisters, grandparents or the families of aunts and uncles.
5. Where possible double check your details and cross reference with the appropriate certificate.
6. Interview older members of your family to get the stories only they can tell. Once these family members have gone, there stories are gone with them.
7. Use some form of audio recorder and let them know you are recording the conversation, but be careful how you use it, some people do not like to be "taped".
8. Ask them questions like: What did you do for enjoyment when you were younger? Or, what they remember about their parents or other loved ones?
9. Make it an enjoyable two-way conversation, not an interrogation.
10. When entering data into your computer or log, ensure you note who or where you received the information from. You never know when you may have to return to that source to double check some detail, and believe me, you will forget where you received it from.
For more information on how to begin your own family tree, review this site:
Allan Scahill
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