The Rawlin(g)s Rollin(g)s
Family History Association
Volume 2, No.2 June
1989
Dear Rawlin(g)s-Rollin(g)s
Cousins:
The response
to the 1989 Newsletter subscription renewal has been most heartening. We have added 20 members, Some old and some
new. It seems ward of our organization is getting around and we have received 8
inquiries, with all 8 joining. However, not all of our 1988 members have
rejoined, for which I am sorry. This will be the last issue to those who have
not re-subscribed.
It also
seems we have been helping many of our members in adding to their knowledge of
their ancestry, according to the letters we have been receiving, and with
connecting them to other members who have descended from the same common
ancestor. We are so happy about that!!! That, after all, is the purpose of our
organization.
Here's
Sane interesting bits and pieces which might help you in your searches. In the
National Genealogical Society's bi-monthly Newsletter for March there are a
couple of articles: One is on the hidden resources at the Library of Congress,
in particular a project begun in 1982 to microfiche printed genealogies,
genealogical serials, printed primary source material and local histories.
Access to individual entries is through a 13-part set of guides, the
compilation of which is still in progress with 2 or 3 published each year. Each
guide has 4 alphabetical indexes: author, title, geographic and name. The staff
copies of parts 1 to 4 of the guide have annotated listings of the Library of
Congress call numbers for those works held by the Library. About 30 percent of
the works in the project are in the Library of Congress. As of this time, the
collection is strongest on Maine Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
A very
interesting article on burial ground preservation appeared in the December '88
issue of the Massachusetts Law Review (Vo1.73, No.4). It is by Charles E.
Rounds Jr. of Boston, and concerns Massachusetts's ancient burial ground: Mr.
Rounds Would also appreciate hearing from anyone interested in burial ground
preservation, and you can write him for either a copy of the article, or to
share your views on burial ground preservation, at 41 Temple Street, Boston, MA
02114, or telephone (617)573-8185.
There is
also good news for Tennesseeans interested in preserving those loose records in
county courthouses that contain valuable information often not found in the
bound volumes. Help is now available from the Tennessee State Library and
Archives for micro-filming these records. After local county volunteers have
cleaned, arranged and indexed their records, Library staff will transport them
to Nashville where the records will be microfilmed and then returned to the
county along with a copy of the film. If a genealogical or historical society
can contribute the volunteer time required, these documents can be preserved
for posterity why not suggest it in your state? For more information, contact
Tom, Turley, Local Records Coordinator, Tennessee State Library & Archives,
403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37219, telephone (615) 741-2561.
Keep up
the good work, all of you. And once again the Newsletter is YOUR doing. Thank
you so much for your contributions to it.
The
Editor