Archiving of De Bootje Gazette
Over the years, we've collected some terrific information about DEBOO. Most of it has been published in this Newsletter. However, as we present new Issues via this electronic medium, all of the old ones end up in 'the black hole' of the Internet. That is, they are unavailable to new readers. John S. DeBoo at Albuquerque, New Mexico, is our DEBOO Family Archivist, and we suggest contacting him first via e-mail (jsdeboo@abq.com) to see what he might have of interest. As backup, a few hardcopies have been produced over the years, and I have a few remainders for sale at production/mailing cost. Just contact me via e-mail address: deboo@pacificcoast.net On the assumption Issue 5 (2003) might be the last, I plan to have additional sets of all five Issues bound and available for viewing and/or loan at various locations. Some of these individuals and institutions already have copies of Issues 1-3 and other DEBOO-related documents. The plan is to complete distribution of the hardcopy collections of the Gazette by January 2004. The planned distribution list includes: AUSTRALIA BELGIUM Bruges - City Library "Biekorf" CANADA Ottawa - National Library of Canada FRANCE Bailleul - Centre de Recherche
Généalogique Flandre Artois NETHERLANDS Den Haag - Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie UNITED KINGDOM Cambridge - Cambridgeshire
Collection, Central Library UNITED STATES Albuquerque - DEBOO Archives;
J.S. DeBoo, Curator - RFD
Debow Family Genealogy Forum Readers can check out this Forum at http://genforum.genealogy.com where several name variants are listed: Debow, DeBow, Deboogh. When I last checked, a year or so ago, most of the folks involved were residents of the USA. - RFD
Military Records There are several good sources of information about DEBOO
individuals and their military service records for various countries.
One specializing in UK soldiers killed in action is the Soldiers Died
in the Great War CD-Rom prepared by the Naval & Military Press Ltd,
PO Box 61, Dallington, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 9JS. - RFD
A Service To Gazette Readers If you are interested in starting your own web page, or
if you need graphic design for your small business or for a personal
site, please contact me (De Bootje Gazette WebMaster) at my e-mail
address nicholasjohnson@canada.com - Nick Johnson, Victoria, BC, Canada
Browse These Sites Many fine websites of particular interest to genealogists have been posted on the Internet during the past few years. While a few have been randomly cited in previous issues of this Newsletter, we will now keep a list for reference and use by our readers. Should you have a favorite not included here, please let us know; we’ll be pleased to add it to the list below. Following, then, are websites we recommend for your review and possible book-marking: Cyndi’s list of Genealogical Sites - www.cyndislist.com The WorldGenWeb Project - www.worldgenweb.org Journal of Online Genealogy - www.onlinegenealogy Mormon Church Genealogical Website - www.familysearch.org Ancestry Research - www.demon.co.uk/ancestors Belgium - Roots Project - www.belgium.rootweb.com British Heraldic Archive - www.kwtelecom.com/heraldry Family Records Centre - www.pro.gov.uk/about/frc Federation of Family History Societies - www.ffhs.org.uk Gendex Genealogical Index - www.gendex.com GENUKI, UK & Ireland Genealogy - www.genuki.org.uk Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies - www.ihgs.ac.uk Public Record Office (UK) - www.pro.gov.uk Society of Genealogists - www.sog.org.uk Guild of One-Name Studies - www.one-name.org Aid to Finding Americans - www.anywho.com Maps showing Belgian Names - www.geonome.metaphor.be - RFD Online Dictionaries If, for example, you need a reliable dictionary to translate Dutch to English, browsing the Internet will likely produce several sites with the desired reference. The dictionary I have bookmarked at present is: www.ectado.com/online/diction. There are quite a few good French/English/French dictionaries available online. Try: www.wordreference.com - RFD |
