DATABASE DIRECTORIES and SCIENCE SEARCH: Finding Aids for Fa

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DATABASE DIRECTORIES and SCIENCE SEARCH: Finding Aids for Fa

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DATABASE DIRECTORIES and SCIENCE SEARCH:
Finding Aids for Family History and Genealogy

DATABASE DIRECTORIES and SCIENCE SEARCH,
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/science.htm#database
seems to be one of the very last places a busy genealogist
or family historian would ever look to find key quality data
records. Nevertheless, sites that do not first appear as
Internet Finding Aids for Family History and Genealogy,
are indeed excellent resources, in fact. EXAMPLES:

* HighWire Press from Stanford University Library
http://highwire.stanford.edu/
"A division of the Stanford University Libraries,
HighWire Press hosts the largest repository of free,
full-text, peer-reviewed content, with 918 journals
and 1,104,522 free, full-text articles online."
A search for the word "genealogy" picks up
19,179 articles. Some of these articles are
of great interest to genealogists and family historians.

EXAMPLE: Software for Constructing
and Verifying Pedigrees within Large Genealogies
and an Application to the Old Order Amish of
Lancaster County [Pennsylvania].
.. . ." Information about Amish pedigrees of Lancaster
County is available in a book called the Fisher Family
History" . . . "The usage of PedHunter should be
extensible to other existing genealogies besides
the Fisher book: (1) There are other genealogy books
of the Old Order Amish that overlap with the Fisher
book; (2) there are genealogy books of other Amish
communities from the midwestern United States;
(3) there are genealogy books of other closed
North American communities, such as Hutterites
and Mennonites; (4) there are genealogies loosely
compiled for several island populations and for parts
of Finland. Efforts have been initiated to obtain
some of these genealogies, to obtain permission
to computerize them, and to get the raw data
into a computer-readable text file.

To use PedHunter on a genealogy, one need
only create a database with two tables---
person_table and child_parent_table,
as described earlier and use the utility program
provided to create generation_table." . . .

EXAMPLE: Genealogy and Sociology: A Preliminary
Set of Statements and Speculations, by Michael Erben
.. . . "It is also to be noted that a number of important
historical works utilising genealogical research have
been much under-used by sociologists. They provide
a useful source for sociologists seeking to explain the
extent and consequences of family life and kin relations
in periods of particularly marked social change." . . .

EXAMPLE: Childhood and Adult Cancer in Twins:
Evidence from the Utah Genealogy
.. . . " Method: We conducted a retrospective cohort
study of cancer among twin and singleton newborns
selected from the Utah Population Database, matched
on birth year and sex. Cancer diagnoses were determined
by linkage with the Utah state cancer register." . . .

* Scirus is a Search Engine for Scientific Information.
http://www.scirus.com/
A search of "genealogy" produces 363,318
total results, 2,995 journal results, 1,508 preferred web
results and 358,815 other web results. Searches can be
conducted both by relevance and date.

EXAMPLE: Genealogy of John and Charles Bell:
their relationship with the children of Charles Shaw of Ayr.
J Med Biogr.2005 Nov;13(4):218-24
"The Reverend William Bell had six children who
survived infancy. Two of his sons entered the legal
profession and two other sons became distinguished
anatomists and surgeons--John Bell, said for 20 years
to have been the leading operating surgeon in Britain
and throughout the world--and Sir Charles Bell,
possibly the most distinguished anatomist and
physiologist of his day. Information is not known
about the fifth son or their sister. Charles Shaw,
a lawyer of Ayr, had four sons and two daughters
who survived infancy. Two of his sons, John and
Alexander, became anatomists and later surgeons
at the Middlesex Hospital, and both worked closely
with Charles Bell at the Great Windmill Street School
of Anatomy. His third son entered the law and his
fourth son became a distinguished soldier. The two
daughters of Charles Shaw married into the Bell family:
Barbara married George Joseph Bell and Marion
married Mr (later Sir) Charles Bell."

* HISTORY OF SCIENCE also has information.
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/science.htm#history
Internet Resources for History of Science
and Technology shows, among other items:
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/hsci/internet.htm
the "History of Household Technology"
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/tracer-bu ... oldtb.html
It "provides sources useful in examining the history
of household technology primarily in the United States
during the last half of the 19th century and the first half
of the 20th century." . . . " Social historians tell us that
the artifacts of a culture offer the most revealing evidence
about what a given society was like and how its people
lived. The implements, utensils, and devices people
used in their homes have been a major source of such
evidence. Today's children, accustomed to microwave
ovens, perma-press, fish fingers, TV snacks, and built-in
vacuum systems, are truly fascinated by the artifacts of
their culture -- the hows and whys -- and it prompts
the older generations to reminisce on the changes that
they have experienced and how technology, or its
absence, has affected their lives and the lives
of their descendants."

Another Science Tracer Bullet from the LOC is
Food History
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/tracer-bu ... orytb.html
EXAMPLE:
"Simmons, Amelia. American cookery, or The art
of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables,
and the best modes of making puff-pastes, pies,
tarts, puddings, custards and preserves, and all
kinds of cakes, from the imperial plumb to plain
cake, adapted to this country, and all grades of life.
Bedford, MA, Applewood Books, c1996. 70 p.
Originally published: 2nd ed., Albany, NY,
C.R. Webster, 1796.
TX703.S5 1996

Merry Christmas.

Tom Tinney, Sr.
Who's Who in America, Millennium Edition [54th] - 2004
Who's Who In Genealogy and Heraldry, {both editions]
Genealogy and Family History Internet Web Directory
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/

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