NC Confederate Burials Database

The NCGenWeb Project is pleased to announce the availability of a new database of Confederate burials from around the state.  A project of the North Carolina Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, many volunteers are contributing to the information available. 

The database is online at http://www.ncgenweb-data.com/csaburials.  This is an ongoing project and new records will be added on a regular basis.

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The site is currently searchable by name, city & county.  Be sure to try a variety of spelling to look for your persons of interest.  Each database record has multiple fields, though they may not all be filled in. Fields include the name of the person, birth date, death date, company, any remarks, county of death, cemetery buried in, cemetery address, city of burial, directions to the cemetery, latitude & longitude.

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example record detail

The cemetery project is managed by Keith & Myra Lanier and Myra is one of our county coordinators here in NCGenWeb.  Thanks to the NC SCV, the Lanier’s and all volunteer contributors that help make this resource available for NC researchers. 

 

Updated Designs for Alamance and Rockingham County Sites

Have you visited our pages for Alamance County & Rockingham County lately? We are pleased to share that both sites have recently been updated with new website designs and we invite you to check them out!

Alamance_Apr2013Alamance County is coordinated by Cathy von Hassel-Davies.  Cathy joined the NCGenWeb in December and is enthusiastic about helping researchers get to information relevant to the county.  If you would like to stay current with site updates, be sure to subscribe to the RSS feed or sign up to receive notifications by email.  A big welcome to Cathy!

 

 

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Additionally, the Rockingham County site has also had a facelift.  Interim coordinator Katherine Benbow is an experienced genealogist and has been with NCGenWeb for many years.  Katherine can help steer you in the right direction should you have questions about researching genealogical information in that area. Subscribe to the RSS feed to stay current with updates.

 

 

The NCGenWeb is dedicated to helping provide free genealogical information and relies on your contributions. Please do let us know if you have information to share.

Erectile Dysfunction (ED): What And Why?

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is one of the most common pathologies of the male reproductive system. In the conditions of modern life, with all its stresses, pollution of the environment, unhealthy lifestyle, bad habits and lack of physical activity necessary for the normal functioning of all human organs, this disease is rapidly growing younger. This is no longer a natural fading of sexual function in men of old age, but a real disease that hits even thirty-year-old men who must be at the peak of their sexual form.

Erectile dysfunction is the inability to achieve a full erection, necessary for a normal sexual intercourse. Sometimes it is caused by psychological problems, sometimes by problems with filling of the penis with blood or concomitant diseases, sometimes its origin is combined. Also, problems with potency can develop due to diseases of the genitals, in particular, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and because of sexually transmitted infections.

Best Remedy for Treatment – on  https://cialweb.com/cialis-online.html
The website www.cialweb.com is a new but already very popular Internet portal which observes practically all the issues related to erectile dysfunction and its treatment. It is focused on one of the most effective drugs against erectile dysfunction, which due to its moderate action and lack of side effects will soon probably surpass Viagra in popularity. This drug is Cialis, the active substance of which is Tadalafil. It belongs to PDE-5 inhibitors (blockers of the enzyme phosphodiesterase type 5, the group which includes all effective modern remedies against ED).

www.cialweb.com offers actual information about prices for Cialis in a huge variety of online drug stores. Due to a unique center of data monitoring, this site possesses the most fresh information on prices, reliability of online pharmacies and even the dates of their establishment, reviews of the customers and terms of delivery. Due to this system, any person will be able to easily choose the most profitable purchase option. The information on the site is updated every half hour, which allows tracking price movements in online pharmacies of all countries of the world. All data is processed in a single center, which also collects information about the reputation of online drug stores and filters them according to the level of their reliability and popularity.

How To Prevent Erectile Dysfunction

A large section on the site is devoted to how a man can prevent the development of erectile dysfunction. Probably everyone knows the basic postulates of doctors: not to have bad habits, adhere to a healthy diet, not to get engaged in promiscuous sex, play sports, etc. The site in detail reveals the role of a healthy lifestyle in the fight against erectile dysfunction and draws attention to those symptoms, at the appearance of which a man should consult an urologist.
There is also an overview of the fight against sexually risky behavior, which often leads to problems with potency and harms the health of young men and boys. In the research the materials from https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/sexualbehaviors/ have been used. It is recommended to inform adolescents about such issues as methods of contraception, intimate hygiene, maintenance of sexual health, etc. within the frameworks of school education.

Generic Comparison

One of the functions of www.cialweb.com is a convenient service for comparing not only prices of various generics of Cialis, but also their composition, dosage form, reliability, manufacturers, country of origin and many other parameters, including the reviews of real customers imported from the sites of different online drug stores.

Generics are often much more profitable than branded drugs, but it is vitally important to select an analogue by a good manufacturer in order to avoid counterfeits or placebos. Due to the service of generic comparison, the visitor will get full information about different generics of Tadalafil.

Calculator of Symptoms

A special feature on the website www.cialweb.com is its calculator of symptoms of erectile dysfunction and the recommended dosages of Cialis. This calculator is a list of symptoms in varying degrees of severity, characteristic of impotence. The visitor of the site chooses the symptoms that he has, and depending on this, he is offered the optimal dosage of the drug (5, 10 or 25 mg), as well as the most advantageous offers for this dosage in online pharmacies.

It should be emphasized that the recommendations of this online calculator are not ultimate and can’t take into consideration all the details of a patient’s case. In order to get a really qualified advice, it is better to consult a doctor and undergo a medical examination. Often in the course of this, hidden systemic diseases, for example, neurological or endocrine disruptions, which are the causes of problems with potency, are revealed. home

Historical NC Newspapers Selected for Digitization

Back in August I shared news that NC would be contributing papers to the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America digitized newspaper portal.  The final title selections have now been made and announced on the North Carolina Miscellany blog of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

newspaperNewspapers selected will cover Buncombe, Cherokee, Chowan, Craven, Cumberland, Durham, Guilford, Henderson, Edgecombe, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Pasquotank, Sampson, Vance, Wake, and Watauga counties.

The full list of 21 titles is on the NC Miscellany blog post.  These are going to span 1836-1922 and there are sure to be many gems among their pages.  All 100,000 pages planned for this phase should be online by Summer 2014. Stay tuned for more info as they start to get digitized!


Image credit: Vinmag by Flickr user Oliver Joe. 

African American Resources from UNC-Greensboro

I never ceased to be amazed and the number of resources coming online that aid us as we search for stories and information about our ancestors.  Thanks to a NCGenWeb researcher, I’ve recently learned about the availability of a few resources from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and thought they would be good to highlight here.


 

NC Runaway Slave Advertisements, 1751-1840

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This database includes all known runaway slave advertisements that appeared in NC newspapers during this time period — more than 2300 of them.  There are options to browse the collection by county and by decade. You can also search the full-text of the advertisements.  Each record includes the digital version of the advertisement.  After completing your search you can narrow by the name of the newspaper, the slave name, and the name of the person placing the ad.  From my own previous research, I’d previously located this ad for Tom Whitfield, a slave of one of my family’s slaveholders Warre Kilpatrick but it was good to see that it was included here. Maybe I’ll find more information for my own research!


Civil Rights Greensboro

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Greensboro was a central location of activity during the Civil Rights Era, a history recently more thoroughly acknowledged with the opening of the International Civil Rights Center &  Museum a couple of years ago. The Civil Rights Greensboro website offers a great online collection of information on the city’s civil rights history. The website offers a myriad of options for searching and browsing the digital files and each record contains a wealth of information. You will also find a timeline history and an interactive map of key event locations.  I grew up in Greensboro so this database touches very close to home.

 

Take a look! Let us know if you find something of interest in these, or other UNCG Digital Collection resources! Many thanks to the UNCG team for their hard work.

 

Patent Searching

A few years ago, I submitted a small write-up for a society journal with tips for searching patents.  Today, while indexing some issues of the Roanoke Beacon newspaper for the NCGenWeb People in the Papers website , I was reminded on just how interesting it can be.  A notice from the October 12, 1900 issue of the paper reported that Mr. D.S. SETTLEMYRE of Connelly Springs (Burke County) received a patent for his “baby walker” invention. 

Roanoke Beacon, 12 Oct 1900

 Now, not that I advocate putting a baby in the walker all night, it was still an interesting notice. So, off I went to search US Patents via Google’s Patent Search, and surely enough I was able to find the patent information right away. And, it looks quite similar to our current baby walkers. 

U.S. Patent #658126

The patent application is worth a read – it’s full of detail about how the walker works. Notice that Settlemyre’s signature is on the drawing, as well as the signatures of his witnesses and his attorney.   His patent has influenced others also – including a 2004 patent filing for a remote -controlled and motorized baby walker. 

How neat if this were someone in your family. Wouldn’t you want to see the details of their inventions? PDF files of the patent applications can be downloaded from the Google site so you can keep it among your personal records. Take a moment to check it out!

 

NC to Add More Historical Newspapers Online!

In early August, the National Endowment for Humanities announced their latest round of project funding.  Our lovely state of North Carolina is the recipient of several awards, including one to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to digitize 100,000 pages of historical newspapers from -1836-1922.  The newspapers will be added to the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America website.  You can read more about the award on the North Carolina Miscellany blog. 

This is great news for NC researchers — newspapers contain a wealth of information that will aid you in your research.  Kudos to UNC for the award! 

NC Newspaper Locator

How did I not know about this resource?  Perhaps you knew about it; if not, you’re sure to be pleasantly surprised.  The State Library has an online database that will help you identify newspapers that may have covered a particular area of interest in NC.  Need to know what papers were published in Craven County in 1917? Covered! Need to know what papers would cover Asheville in the late 1880s?  The NC Newspaper has you covered there too.

You can access the database online at http://cinch.nclive.org/newspaper/.  Recently, the library staff uploaded a YouTube video to help you learn how to navigate and search. 

The database includes records about the library’s holdings so keep that in mind as you search.  Just because you don’t find what you need, does not mean it does not exist.

Some additional resources for your NC newspaper searches include:

In Memoriam: Joyce Wilson Harrison

Joyce – a high school photo

The NCGenWeb Project is saddened to announce the passing of Joyce Ann Wilson Harrison, former county coordinator of the Orange & Durham county sites.  Joyce passed away Sunday, June 24th in Greensboro, NC. 

Prior to resigning from the project this past fall, Joyce had been an active contributor.  Not only did Joyce volunteer with the NCGenWeb, but she was also Secretary for the Alamance County Genealogical Society.  We extend our condolences to her family.  May Joyce rest in peace with her ancestors.