November 2000

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Festivals for Travelers, Sites of the Month, Special Feature, Quotes, Opinions, Rants, Praises.

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Special Quote "Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves." --Dale Carnegie

The Artsy Site Of The Month: The Marine Art Information Center Galleries, books, icons, museums, auctions and discussions.		Personal Home Page Of The Month: Mairylaine Block: Writer, Internet Trainer A site by a librarian for librarians (and for anyone who loves to learn).
Web Page Design Site Of The Month: Designing Your Page For Popularity Think like an entrepeneur.		Seasonal Site Of The Month: Last Minute Cruise Finder It's Not Too Late To Not Be Home For The Holidays.
Just Fun Site Of The Month: JigZone: Online Jigsaw Puzzles And you'll never lose the pieces!		Downright Serious Site Of The Month: Donateaphone.com. One more aid for victims of domestic violence.
Historical Site Of The Month: Historical Depictions of the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake It was November 1, 1755.

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November Events

For November Travelers

November 1-5, 2000 Yambilee Yambilee Grounds on Highway 190 West Opelousas, Louisiana.	Flower Show, sweet potato auction, Grand Louisyam parade, pageants, diaper derby, seniors dance. This is the festival's 55th year. There is no admission charge, but there is a parking fee. More information: Call 337-948-8848.
November 3-5, 2000 Weems Artfest Weems Gallery, Eubank Boulevard Albuquerque, New Mexico.	This is a benefit event, with 250 exhibitors, and a special preview on the evening of November 2. The special guest artist this year is to be Jonathan Winters. More information: Call 505-294-6494.
November 3-5, 2000 Louisiana Pecan Festival Front Street Colfax, Louisiana.	Arts and crafts, music, petting zoo and pony rides, carnival midway, parade, country store with pecan festival cookbook and pecan treats. More information: Call 318-627-5196.
November 3-5, 2000 American Sandsculpting Festival From Outrigger Beach Resort beachfront to the Holiday Inn beachfront Fort Meyers, Florida.	Professional sculptors will do their work, and then invite amateur sculptors to join them for the Sunday portion of the festival. More information: Call 941-338-3500 or 800-782-9283.
November 3-11, 2000 National Peanut Festival U.S. 231 South Dothan, Alabama.	Carnival midway, parade, entertainment, recipe contests, pumpkin decorating, sports events, food. More information: Call 334-793-4323.
November 3-11, 2000 Kona Coffee Cultural Festival Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.	Pageant, weaving workshop, coffee farms tours, lei contest, floral displays, bowling tournament, grand parade, art exhinits, lantern parade, charity auction, coffee picking contest, recipe contest. More information: Call 808-326-7820.
November 4-5, 2000 Litchfield Library Arts & Crafts Festival Litchfield Library, Litchfield Park, Arizona.	Farmer's market, artist's gallery, exhibitor's gallery. No admission charge. More information: Call 623-935-5053.
November 4-5, 2000 Greek Festival English Village under London Bridge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona.	Plenty of authentic foods, live music, dance troupes. No admission charge. More information: Call 520-855-4258.
November 4-5, 2000 Simply Citrus! Fitch Park, 6th & Center Street, Mesa, Arizona.	8k Citrus Skate, 8K Citrus Cycle, 8K/1-Mile Fun Run, 5K Run/Walk, 15K Run, entertainment, citrus- themed events, games, contests, food court, laser shows, fireworks. More information: Call 480-644-2351 or 480-898-5665 EXT 1001.
November 4-5, 2000 Giant Omelette Celebration Magdalen Squre, Abbeville, Louisiana.	It begins more than 5000 thousand eggs and a 12-foot wide skillet. The tasty creation is accompanied by music, a trolley tour of local homes, kids' world, an antique car show, dance groups, more food, and 35-40 juried artsts. More information: Call 337-893-4701.
November 4-5, 2000 Alabama Pecan Festival 5505 Plantation Road, Mobile, Alabama.	Entertainment, children's activities, pecan treats. More information: Call 334-8060-4701.
November 4-5, 2000 Downtown Festival & Art Show Community Plaza and SE 1st Street, Gainesville, Florida.	Blues concerts, three stages of entertainment, over 200 art exhibitors, children's activities, food. Please, no dogs except assistance dogs. More information: Call 352-334-5064.
November 10-12, 2000 Spinach Festival Downtown, Crystal City, Texas.	Parade, carnival, food and other booths, softball tournament, car show, 5K run. Further information: Call 830-374-3161.
November 10-12, 2000 Fountain Festival of Arts & Crafts Avenue of Fountains, Fountain Hills, Arizona.	430 exhibitors will be at at the 26th occurence of this festival, and along with the arts and crafts you can enjoy food and entertainment. There is no admission, and is limited free parking. More: Call 480-837-1654.
November 10-12, 2000 Christmas Stroll 4th Street, Huntingburg, Indiana.	Caroling, shopping, stories and games, historic home tours, Santa Claus, food. Further information: Call 812-683-5699.
November 10-12, 2000 Fiber Arts Festival Copper Queen Plaza, Bisbee, Arizona.	Fiber arts demonstrations, exhibits and vendors. No admission charge. Go for the festival and then stay for the unique setting of this mining town. Further information: Call 520-432-8026.
November 10-12, 2000 Emmett Kelly Jr. Days Various locations, Tombstone, Arizona.	Tombstone honors its resident clown with a clown school, contests, puppeteers, parade, a street dance, gunfight re-enactments. Admission is free. Proceeds from the festival go to the local scholarship fund. Further information: Call 520-457-9213 or 520-457-9397.
November 11-12, 2000 Fest Of Ville Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia.	Trolley tours of historic district, entertainment, rides and games, arts and crafts, pony rides, antique car show, tennis tournament, food. Details: Call 912-445-1928.
November 11-12, 2000 Art Arbor Festival Boyd Hill Nature Park, County Club Way S, St. Petersburg, Florida.	Arts and crafts, children's activities, food. Details: Call 727-893-7326.
November 12-19, 2000 Miami Book Fair Miami-Dade Community College campus, Miami, Florida.	Over 250 authors will attend, including Dave Barry, Robert Levine, Madeline Camara, Tim Dorsey and Joan M. Drury. There will be children's programs, evening programs, viewings of rare books and maps, and many Spanish books and authors. Details: Call 305-237-3645.
November 17-19, 2000 West Coast Ragtime Festival Red Lion's Sacramento Inn, Sacramento, California.	Dance instruction, seminars, a Grand March, cakewalk, jam sessions. There is an admission charge. Performers scheduled to appear include Marty Eggers, Yvonne Cloutier, Porcupine Ragtime Ensemble, Mimi Blais and Bo Grumpus. More information: Call 916-457-3324.
November 18-19, 2000 Tomato Festival Lamb and Sutton Parks, Palmetto, Florida.	Tomato cook-off, parade, auto show, arts and crafts, carnival rides, entertainment. Additional details: Call 941-723-4570.
It's always best to call ahead to verify festival information.

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Last month we explored a few older resources for the United States for both immigrants and Native Americans, plus took a quick look at countries near the United States. This month I've included online sites that may help you if you have ancestors from Africa, Europe, Australia and the South Pacific and Asia.

While the internet now has extensive material on some topics, many places and people are not yet online, so you will notice as you do research that some areas have much more material to browse. For ease of searching I have put the countries and regions in alphabetical order.

Africa: AfricaGenWeb Project Nigeria Genealogy Forum The Amistad Research Center   try their card catalogue search for holdings   on individual countries.) Internet African History Sourcebook   General source for African history) Antiquarian Maps of Africa China: China Genealogy Forum Chinese Surname Queries General China Forum Message Index Mailing lists (email) you can join for China Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific: Australian Family History Compendium Maps of Australia and South Pacific Islands Pacific Islands Newsgroups and Message Forums Armenia: An overview on researching Armenian roots: Austria: German Genealogy:Austria Belgium, Luxembourg: Genealogy Benelux Ring Czech Republic and Slovakia: Czech Genealogy Eastern Slovakia, Slovak and Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy Research England (United Kingdom), Ireland, Scotland, Wales: GENUKI: United Kingdom and Ireland Public Record Office (United Kingdom) Irish Ancestors General Register Office for Scotland   (click on Index for full list of services and information.) Estonia: Estonian Genealogical Society Homepage   (You may click on the English version button at the bottom   of the page) France: Bibliotheque nationale de France   (Click on the flag to get the English version) France GenWeb Germany: German Genealogy: Tips for Researchers Addresses of German Genealogical Associations A Genealogical Handbook of German Research Greece: Dimitri's Greek Heritage Page Italy: The Italian Genealogy Homepage Japan: National Japanese American Historical Society Bulletin Board Information on the National Archives in Japan: Lithuania: How To Research Your Lithuanian Genealogy Lithuanian Mailing Lists Netherlands: Dutch Research Corner Poland: Polish Genealogy Links Portugal: Genealogy in Portugal Spain: Spain Mailing Lists Switzerland: Swiss Genealogy on the Internet   (Click on the flag for English version) Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden): The Danish Emigration Archives Finnish Family History Research Beginner's Guide Icelandic Genealogy Norwegian Genealogy Have You Found A Swedish Ancestor?

These are a few links of many! If you are so hooked on this activity now that you want more and more information, perhaps you're ready for Cyndi's List. It's full of links and other resources to help you in your search. This is only a glimpse into the world of tracing your family tree. Many sources are not online yet. Check your local libraries and museums, your newspaper office and funeral home records. Talk to people you know and are already related to, and talk to everyone they mention, if you can. Visit cemeteries and go through old family Bibles. Keep good notes and document your sources.

Have a great time with your search for ancestors!

We're pleased to host the work of artisan Joan Garnand on our little patch of light on the web. Joan's creations are finally finding their way out of her Tennessee community and into the hearts of admirers everywhere. Check out Joan's zucchini/squash casserole recipe. This busy lady also began her TV stint this spring, and is sharing her cake decorating and candy-making skills on a local Chattanooga station.
I would not miss the turkey at Thanksgiving, but I would miss the stuffing, the sweet potatoes and the cranberries.
Thanksgiving is also nice with plenty of pecans and pumpkin pie, cheesecake, or Pumpkin Cheesecake. If you love both pumpkin and Mexican food as I do, how about having Layered Monterey Pumpkin Dip this year?		Tired of sitting in that rush-hour traffic? Here's the dream car of the future, Moller's Skycar. You may one day be listening to air-traffic control on that morning commute.
I knew about Beach Volleyball, but until recently had no idea there is also Beach Basketball. Read more about it from the World Beach Basketball Association.		Grab some new persprectives on politics and everyday American life at Liberzine.com. Take note first: While the site is quite mild by most of today's literary standards, issues are spoken of plainly, and you may see an occasional four-letter word, so use your own discretion in choosing whether or not to visit.
Are you handy with a crochet hook? (Men, don't ignore this! Remember Rosie Greer and his embroidered pillow work?) Here are some places you can contact to crochet for charity. If you knit, visit knitting for charity. Here are links to craft patterns for charity. If you yield a saw instead of a needle, visit Woodworkers for Charity.

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