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'''A Long-expected Party''' is the first chapter in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and thus in the entire ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. It details [[Bilbo's Farewell Party|Bilbo's Birthday Party]], [[Bilbo Baggins]]'s departure, and [[Gandalf]]'s farewell to [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]].
'''A Long-expected Party''' is the first chapter in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and thus in the entire ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. It details [[Bilbo's Farewell Party|Bilbo's Birthday Party]], [[Bilbo Baggins]]'s departure, and [[Gandalf]]'s farewell to [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]].
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A Long-expected Party is the first chapter in The Fellowship of the Ring and thus in the entire The Lord of the Rings. It details Bilbo's Birthday Party, Bilbo Baggins's departure, and Gandalf's farewell to Frodo.
The title of the chapter contrasts the first chapter of The Hobbit, An Unexpected Party.
Part I - Introduction
The chapter begins brightly with "When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton." Then, a brief explanation of Bilbo Baggins's peculiar history and character is given. Frodo is also introduced as Bilbo's cousin and heir who lived with Bilbo, whom he called his "uncle". They happened to share birthdays, and Frodo was going to turn thirty-three.
Gaffer Gamgee enters in a conversation with Old Noakes of Bywater, Daddy Twofoot, and a few other interested Hobbits. He comments on how gentlemanly a fellow Bilbo is, and agrees with his audience about the queerness of the Brandybucks, Frodo's relatives on his mother's side, before lauding Bilbo for taking him away from them to live among "decent folk". He tells the story of Drogo Baggins, Frodo's father, and how he and his wife were drownded, rebuffing the dislikable Sandyman for suggesting that it was more than an accident. He responds, too, to a stranger who recalls the old legend of Bag End being stuffed with gold, silver, and "jools", ever since Bilbo's dramatic disappearance and return. The Gaffer openly doubts the legend, remembering the amount of wealth that Bilbo returned with. In the course of his narrative, he brings up his son, Samwise Gamgee, who was inclined to believe Bilbo's fantastic tales.
- " Elves and Dragons! I says to him. Cabbages and potatoes are better for me and you. Don't go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you'll land in trouble too big for you, I says to him. And I might say it to others. "
- ― Gaffer Gamgee
The Gaffer doesn't convince his audience, however, and Sandyman reminds the listeners of how dwarves and Gandalf come to visit him from time to time, ending with the statement that Bag End is simply queer. But the Gaffer brushes this aside with a retort complimenting Bilbo's generosity, ending the conversation.
Part II - The Party
As the Party approaches, dwarves come to Bag End with a wagon laden with packages, followed shortly after by Gandalf and his famous fireworks. He is helped to unload by Bilbo and the dwarves, and dismisses the excited children with the promise that they will see plenty of fireworks at the time of the party. Afterward Bilbo and Gandalf sit in Bag End, discussing the upcoming events. Gandalf tells Bilbo to stick to his plan, and wonders aloud who will laugh at Bilbo's joke.
Excitement mounts among the Hobbits, and the party is prepared with tents and lanterns and, of course, culinary arrangements. At last, on 22 Septembernd, T.A. 3001, the party begins. There are presents, dancing, songs, games, music, three meals, and Gandalf's marvelous fireworks. The festivities are punctuated by a particularly large firework of a dragon as a signal for supper in the pavilion, to which only 144 hobbits were invited.
After the supper, Bilbo begins his speech. He starts out just as Hobbits like: short, simple, and obvious. But then he turns enigmatic, saying that he has brought them there for Three Purposes, before launching into his comic halving line.
- "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
- ― Bilbo Baggins
Getting this over with and leaving his audience thoroughly confused, he adds that Frodo is coming into his inheritance, before insulting his listeners by calling them One Gross, and saying that they numbered 144 to match his and Frodo's combined total of years. Then, at last, he declares that he is leaving before slipping on his magic ring, making him invisible, while Gandalf causes at the same moment a bright flash. The Hobbits, alarmed and annoyed, finish the party and leave as they can.
Part III - Post Party
Meanwhile, Bilbo returns to Bag End where he is greeted by Gandalf. As he gets himself ready to travel, he admits to Gandalf that he feels stretched and old, and that he doesn't believe he'll return to the Shire. Gandalf promises to look after Frodo, and then suggests that Bilbo leave the magic ring behind. Bilbo becomes defensive, then angry at Gandalf's insistence. At last Bilbo trusts Gandalf's judgement and releases the ring, before leaving with three dwarves down the road and singing a song. Frodo returns from the party too late to catch Bilbo, and has a brief talk with Gandalf, who assures him that Bilbo will be all right, and telling him that Bilbo has left him the ring. Gandalf warns Frodo, however, to keep it secret and safe.
The next day, Frodo lets hobbits in to collect presents left them by Bilbo, mostly out of kindness or where there was need, but often with a joke or point of sarcasm, such as in the case of relative Lobelia Sackville-Baggins. The afternoon gets hectic, and at last he puts his friend Meriadoc Brandybuck in charge while he rests. The Sackville-Bagginses find him nevertheless, and scrutinize the will to find it perfect in every respect. They leave in disgust.
As the day ends, Frodo and Gandalf enjoy another talk, in which they discuss Bilbo's peculiarities in relation to the ring, especially how he invented the false story of how he got it. Gandalf leaves Frodo with another warning, the reasons for which he could not give, but his suspicions were aroused. He bids Frodo farewell and departs, not to be seen in Hobbiton for a long time yet.

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Humperdinck's score was in the capable hands of Israel Gursky who got things off to a glorious beginning with a gleaming reading of the overture that had Wagnerian breadth and allowed the music to soar and, well, do it's job. Throughout the evening Gursky struck an ideal balance never allowing the orchestra to cover the singers at any point, yet permitting the house to swell with sound at every climax. The band has rarely sounded better than they have here.
The curtain rose on Charles S. Kading's s fanciful set, placing us deep in the forest, with a vista of stone mountains rising high in the background, two stairways "carved" into the stone and surrounding the stage. A center stage turntable handled most of the locale changes from humble peasant cottage, to the restful oasis in the woods, to the fanciful gingerbread where the children's fate takes its turn.
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Vaughn provided plenty of coupes d'theatre that provoked laughter, tears and spontaneous applause, such as when the Witch flies high above the stage on her broom, disappearing into the clouds or the genuinely creepy tree roots that slid in from either side of the forest. The Prayer and Dream Pantomime has, in my experience, rarely been more breathtakingly staged. Our duo now fast asleep, dancers from the Portland School of Ballet, attired in jewel toned costumes with transparent "wings" appeared atop the mountains and, en pointe, descend to the forest floor, surrounding the children in a moving ballet. As they spun around the transparent wings revealed a beautiful butterfly pattern as their fluttering arms protected the children. The effect was one of breathtaking beauty and brought down the house.
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In their brief roles as Sandman and Dew Fairy, Rachel Hauge and Emily Murdock made the most of their assignments each earning major audience approval with their depictions.
Sung in English, the projected titles proved unnecessary (and sometimes a distraction from the stage) as I do not believe I have ever heard an entire cast deliver English in such crisp and immediately understandable English. Every word was clear and sure (this was a much discussed intermission topic as I roamed the lobbies). While I'm an "original language" kinda guy, a strong case can be made for having your audience understand every word, and such a case was here indeed, strongly made.
Who would have thought so innocuous a work as Hansel and Gretel could give us the perfect example of Wagner's ideal gesamtkunstwerk? Dona D. Vaughn and PORTOpera, that's who! A remarkable evening capped off what had to be one of the most prolonged ovations in the company's history. After last season's cancelled production (replaced by a wonderful gala concert) it was heartening to see the Company bounce back on such sure footing and grand scale. Bravo a tutti!
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Here's a refreshing, healthy treat for you to enjoy this summer. We made coconut peach popsicles using peaches from our garden and fresh coconuts. The popsicles are made out of a blend of puréed peaches, diced peaches, coconut milk, fresh coconut water, fresh shredded coconut, freshly squeezed lime juice, honey and vanilla beans.
You can't go wrong with these frozen treats. Plus, they're vegan! Depending on what fruit you have available, be creative and combine the fruits and spices you like.
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Coconut Curry Tofu Recipe
I haven't cooked any tofu dishes for my husband Lulu in a while and I thought it would be good to vary his diet. So I prepared tofu with fresh wood ear mushrooms, sweet potatoes, carrots and red bell peppers that I stir-fried in coconut, galangal and turmeric curry sauce.
I topped the tofu dish with a few roasted peanuts to create a contrast in texture and make the dish more fun.
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Kiem Recipe (Vietnamese Vegetarian Pumpkin Soup)
This year, the Asian New Year celebration (called Tết in Vietnamese) will happen during the first week of February, according to the Lunar calendar. I've mentioned in the past that, traditionally, you're required to eat vegetarian food (ăn chay) on the last day of the previous year and the first day of New Year.
Today, I'm sharing a vegan dish called kiểm that's a staple during the celebration. The dish is a sweet, savory soup made of pumpkin, bananas, coconut milk, mung beans, lotus seeds, wood ear mushrooms, sweet potatoes, ginger, tofu and raw peanuts. This is not a very common dish and it's only made for the celebration. If you know its origin, please let me know in the feedback section.
The winner of this week's giveaway is Amanda O. Congratulations and I hope you enjoy using my first cookbook about gourmet potato dishes as much I did developing the recipes!
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Banh Xeo Chay Recipe
Papa, Maman and I went to China Town in the 13th arrondissement of Paris and bought a lot of Asian ingredients. When we got home, I whipped up Vietnamese crêpes called bánh xèo. I made them "chay" ("vegetarian" in Vietnamese), so my husband Lulu and all of us could share the same meal. The filling consisted of carrots, beans, tofu and fried jicama.
Bánh xèo, served hot, are absolutely delicious. They're crispy on the outside and filled with lots of flavorful goodness.
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Peanut Chicken Satay Recipe
Peanut sauce is always well appreciated. It's tasty, very easy to make and can be served with many different ingredients. Chicken Satay is a classic, and for this recipe I marinated the chicken and prepared the components of the dish in advance for a truly easy meal. The peanut sauce was made from scratch with peanuts that I blended until smooth and creamy, coconut milk, galangal, limes and fresh lemongrass.
For more texture, I added fried jiacama and fried tofu to the chicken breasts. I served the chicken satay with steamed jasmine rice, sliced cucumbers and chopped tomatoes.
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Like many market players, I've been looking back at my trades over the past year to see how I can improve my results. There are plenty of trades that make me cringe, but in many cases I didn't make any big mistakes and did the right thing based on my trading methodology.
The one thing I want to work on in the year ahead is being more aggressive with trades that are working. Every year since I've started trading I have said that I need to increase the size of my trades, but it isn't easy because doing so also requires that I handle some trades differently. I have good results overall, and I don't want to mess that up with a new style.
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Having a higher level of confidence will help to some degree but you also have to have a greater tolerance for bad trades to make that work. No matter how good of a trader you are, you can expect to be wrong at least 40% or more. It is the nature of what we do. If you go too far trying to eliminate the bad trades you will end up doing almost nothing because there is no way to eliminate risk. The only way to be aggressive is to be disciplined at the same time and be quick to admit your mistakes when you make them. Sometimes you have to make a dozen little bad trades before you see the big profitable one that wipes out all the little losses.
The way I'm going to approach being more aggressive with my trades isn't to buy bigger size but to buy more frequently. In other words, if I'm in a trade that is working I will look to add to it a number of times. I find it easier mentally to buy smaller size at various prices rather than to buy one block at a certain price. It gives me a sense of flexibility although that may not really be the case.
Quite often, I sell something prematurely. If I do, I'm not going to take that into account if I still like the stock. I will simply rebuy as if it's a new trade and not dwell on my prior buys and sells.
I had the opportunity to try this incremental buy approach today with Uni-Pixel (UNXL), which I mentioned in my previous post. I already had a position in that stock coming into the day, but added to it several times this morning as it acted in a manner I liked. I flipped some out to cut back my size and now I'll look to add back if it weakens. The chart suggests to me that it can run higher, so it is just a matter of positioning. A single buy and a single sell don't allow me to be as aggressive as I'd like to buy and I would have a greater tendency to be out of the stock totally if I did that.
I'm also going to spend more time writing about this sort of thing in the year ahead. I'm looking forward to a market that allows us to do something other than react to news headlines.


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Warning: This story contains details that some readers may find upsetting
The mother of a newborn baby found covered in ants and abandoned on a Houston, Texas sidewalk was jailed Monday on a felony child abandonment charge.
Sidney Woytasczyk, who later told investigators she didn't know she was pregnant, could face up to 20 years behind bars, prosecutors said.
Sometime around midnight Thursday, the 21-year-old gave birth alone in her apartment kitchen.
Afterward, she clipped the umbilical cord, walked outside, put the infant on the ground, and went back inside to go to sleep, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said a press conference Monday.
Woytasczyk didn't want her boyfriend to know she'd been pregnant as she was afraid the baby would come between them, investigators said.
"She was scared, and she did not know that she was pregnant," Deputy Kimberly Thomas said. The baby's father was inside the apartment at the time, and had no idea what had happened.
But around five hours later, a neighbor discovered the baby girl, covered with insect bites, cuts and bruises.
"More than likely the baby would have died if nobody had found her," Thomas said.
First responders took the newborn to the hospital, and as of Monday afternoon she was still at the neonatal ICU at Texas Children's Hospital where she is being treated for a bacterial infection and rapid heartbeat. She is in "good condition" and on the mend, deputies said.
Deputies urged expecting mothers to familiarize themselves with the so-called Baby Moses law, which allows moms to drop off babies under 60 days old to a fire station, hospital or emergency facility without facing any charges.
No additional charges are expected in the case, and the Harris County District Attorney's Office said probation "may be considered."
"This is not an everyday case for us," said Sgt. Matt Ferguson.


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Cooper won two events Saturday against Elms, finishing first in both the 100 yard freestyle in 57.72 seconds and the 200 yard freestyle in 2:03.83.
"Morgan Cooper is well deserving of this recognition," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Cathy Motta. "She is a great captain and team leader, both in the pool and in the classroom. Morgan leads by example and it's great to see that her hard work is paying off. Her times this season have already met or surpassed the times she swam at the championships last year, and we are expecting great things from her."
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Top 10 plants that pack a vitamin and mineral punchBy L.A. Jackson
What will you be growing in your vegetable garden this year? Going with veggies you like is logically the first consideration, but one more factor to think about is nutrition. If you want plants with plenty of vitamin and mineral punch, if you want to get maximum nutrition from your backyard garden, plant any of the following 10 truly nutritious vegetables:
It normally takes asparagus two to three years to mature in the garden, but the long wait will be worth it because this delicious edible is loaded with vitamins A, C, E and K, along with manganese, copper, selenium, iron and potassium. This veggie is best planted between the beginning of the year and mid-March.
This vegetable can be grown in early spring or late summer, and it is a powerhouse of nutrients loaded with potassium, calcium, manganese and iron as well as an alphabet of vitamins A, B, C, E and K.
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A veggie that is best started in midsummer and grown as a fall crop in this region. When properly prepared, they are quite tasty, and rich in vitamins A and C, iron, potassium and manganese.
Who needs milk if they eat their cabbage? This leafy vegetable is an excellent source of vitamin C as well as potassium, iron, phosphorus and manganese. Keep in mind that smaller, darker green heads have more nutrients than large, tight cabbage heads. Start plants in March for a spring crop, and then replant in August for a fall harvest.
Bugs Bunny's favorite veggie is brimming with vitamins B6 and C, potassium, manganese and beta-carotene. Late February into early March is the prime time to sow seeds for a spring crop, and then double the nutritional pleasure by having seeds ready to go in the ground in mid-July for an autumn bed of carrots.
This catch-all category includes cool-season edibles such as kale, mustard, spinach and turnip greens, and all of them are super sources for vitamins A and C, iron and calcium. Plant them in March for a spring harvest and then reload the garden again in August to keep the greens coming though the fall frosts.
Both English and edible pod peas run the gamut of good nutrition by being loaded with vitamins A, C and K, and the minerals manganese, phosphorus, copper and iron. Anytime between the beginning of the year until the first week of March is when you should plant these nutritious nuggets.
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They are a terrific source for vitamins A, B6, C, E and K. Ditto for potassium, phosphorus, copper and manganese. Also, remember that, in general, the deeper the red of the variety, the higher the vitamin content of the fruit. Like peppers, tomatoes are sun-worshipers, so wait until late April to set seeds or plants in the garden.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The sixth annual Living in One Neighborhood (LION) Walk will be held from 5:15 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, in State College.
Sponsored by State College Borough, Penn State's Division of Student Affairs and the Off-Campus Student Union, the LION Walk is designed to foster neighborliness, responsibility and respect among residents and students. University and borough officials will be visiting several neighborhoods and handing out information packets that include tips on personal safety; pointers on how to be a good neighbor and on hosting safe parties; information on dangerous drinking; ordinance details regarding trash, noise, parking and recycling; and emergency contact information.
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The following are general rules for use of public meeting rooms at the Library. These rules comply with the Library's Meeting Room Policy. Exceptions to these rules may be made for Library or City meetings. Please Notify Library Administration (920-832-6170) as soon as possible with any questions or cancellations.
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- Requests may be made up to six months in advance. No single group may have more than three meetings booked at any one time.
- Requests may be submitted online, faxed to 920-832-6182 or delivered to the Library Secretary, (920) 832-6170.
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In many respects this month has been one to remember presidents. We have observed the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. We also recall the many presidential proclamations establishing Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
There is a great deal about our presidents to interest genealogists. A few of us can actually claim a president among our direct ancestors. Those presidents who have living descendants include the following: John Adams, Jefferson, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Van Buren, William H. Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, Andrew Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding (through an illegitimate daughter), Coolidge, Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H W Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama. Others never had children (like Washington, Polk, and Buchanan) or have had their lines die out, including most notably Lincoln and Arthur. One, Andrew Jackson, has descendants (though not of his blood) through an adopted son, while Reagan's only grandchild is through an adopted son.
Even if you are not a direct presidential descendant, you may be related to a president through a common ancestor. Many presidents trace their ancestry who immigrants who arrived in the colonial era, and from them, many Americans also claim descent. The Genealogy Center has several books that attempt to trace exhaustively the known ancestors of presidents. Perhaps the best book is Gary Boyd Roberts's Ancestors of American Presidents (2009 edition) (GC 929.11 R54ab). This work catalogs the ancestry of all of the presidents through Obama, contains kinship charts among presidents, and also shows the royal descents of some presidents. Craig Hart's book, A Genealogy of the Wives of the American Presidents and Their First Two Generations of Descent (973 H251g), attempts to trace the ancestry of First Ladies, though this work is not as comprehensive as the Roberts book.
If your interest is in the descendants of American presidents, you may wish to examine Burke's Presidential Families (second edition, 1981) (929.11 B915), or American Presidential Families (1993) (929.11 Am352). The latter book lists descendants of collateral relatives of those presidents who do not have living descendants, but neither work is documented. Some presidents appear in larger published genealogies. For example, in 1990, the Theodore Roosevelt Association published The Roosevelt Family in America: A Genealogy (929.2 R67rf), an extensive genealogy of this extended New York Dutch family.
New research is continually being published, and sometimes new discoveries are made with some fanfare, such as the discovery of President Obama's Irish ancestry several years ago. In 2011-2012, Michael Thomas Meggison and R. Andrew Pierce compiled a multi-part article on descendants of Timothy Bush of Connecticut, the paternal ancestor of the Bush family, which continued over three issues in two volumes of The Genealogist (973.005 G2855), published by the American Society of Genealogists. Their research brings to light much new information about this colonial family, which, until recently, has not been fully investigated.
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013
by Delia
It's always a challenge to find something new and informative to share for the various holidays, so I thought I'd pass along some of what I "knew" as a child, and add what little more I know today. Thanksgiving as a national holiday represents a day to be appreciative of what we have achieved and what we have survived. Traditionally, it was a day to give thanks for the bounty of the harvest that would carry the people through the coming winter and into the new growing season, and had been celebrated on various dates in the different states until 1863, when Abraham Lincoln, prompted by Sarah Josepha Hale, settled on the last Thursday in November for a national celebration, although, due to the ongoing Civil War, the date was not recognized in parts of the South until the 1870s. Franklin D. Roosevelt shifted the date to the fourth Thursday in November to provide an economic boost (that is, extra time for Christmas shopping).
To a child of the 1950s, the holiday seemed centered on the Pilgrims of Plymouth celebrating a decent harvest with their Native American neighbors. Little girls were dressed up in white bodice collars and caps with long black dresses. Boys had tall black hats and buckle shoes. Dried flint corn and paper turkeys decorated the tables, and we remembered the early European settlers to this country.
Of course, it was only later that I realized that there were plenty of other early European settlers. There was a Dutch settlement on the Hudson River near Albany, New York in 1614. The English already had a settlement in Jamestown, Virginia that had been established in 1607. The earlier Roanoke Colony in North Carolina was settled in 1585, but the colonists disappeared by 1587. The French established several short-lived outposts in South Carolina, Florida and Texas, but the oldest European colony in the United States is Saint Augustine, Florida, established in 1565. And, of course, there were also many other people already here, with cities and towns already thoroughly established.
So this year, remind everyone to celebrate Thanksgiving and share the stories of the making of this melting pot.
Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013
Though The Genealogy Center will be closed on Thursday, November 28, we will reopen on Friday, November 29, with our regular weekend hours. Our hours this holiday weekend are:
Tuesday, Nov 26, 2013
by John
Thanksgiving is a most American holiday (though shared by our Canadian friends on an earlier date in the fall). It is also one of our most genealogical of national days, since it affords many a chance to remember the Pilgrims and the harvest feast they celebrated with the Wampanoag tribe in 1621. In an article written for Weekend Magazine in 2002, political commenters Cokie and Steve Roberts estimated that some 35 million Americans are linked by blood to the Pilgrims – and many probably don't even know of their kinship. The Robertses make the point that while the original band of 102 passengers were Englishmen, their modern descendants comprise all manner of racial and ethnic identities. "Through the centuries," they write, "the children of those first colonists have mixed with a continuous flow of newcomers, enriching the nation's gene pool and helping to define our national identity."
When we gather at the dinner table with relatives and exchange stories of family history, many of us are curious whether they have a direct Mayflower connection. (I descend from William Brewster, the Pilgrims' spiritual leader, and his wife Mary). A great many genealogical works are now in print about Pilgrims and their immediate descendants. The classic work and most authoritative is the series, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, compiled by various authors and published by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (974.4 M45). Produced in 23 volumes with multiple parts, these volumes are easily recognized with their silver binding. This work is still on-going, and thus far volumes have been produced for the following passengers: Francis Eaton, Samuel Fuller, William White, James Chilton, Richard More, Thomas Rogers, George Soule, William Bradford, Francis Cooke, Edward Fuller, Edward Winslow, John Billington, Stephen Hopkins, Peter Brown, Degory Priest, Edward Doty, John Alden, Isaac Allerton, Richard Warren, Henry Samson, John Howland, and Myles Standish. More volumes are forthcoming (we Brewster descendants are still waiting for our silver volume and must content ourselves with the Mayflower families in Progress volumes, which are incomplete). Families treated in earlier volumes have been revised, in many instances, in later volumes of the series.
Another gem of genealogical research is Robert Charles Anderson's The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony, 1620-1633 (974.402 P74pn). This work collects the Plymouth settlers from his larger Great Migration series, considered by many to be a modern genealogical masterpiece. In some cases Anderson revised the sketches from his earlier work. New discoveries about the Pilgrims are always being discovered, and researchers should keep regularly abreast of new articles in such journals as the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, American Ancestors, and the Mayflower Descendant.
For many genealogists seeking their Mayflower connection, the problem isn't with constructing the five generations of immediate descendants from the Pilgrims in New England in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The brick wall comes later in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century in upstate New York, where many New Englanders moved in the decades following the close of the Revolutionary War. New York did not keep vital records in this period, and the search for a connection can often be exasperating. The New England Historic Genealogical Society's recent book, Western Massachusetts Families of 1790 (974.4 UL44we) offers some help with families in Berkshire, Hampshire, Hampden, and Franklin counties, Massachusetts, bridging the gulf for some families (additional families appear on their American Ancestors website). Most researchers will still have to go through deeds, court records, church records, and estate records to find additional clues.
Even if your ancestors didn't come on the Mayflower (and millions more have connections to later arrivals in Plymouth Colony), we can all celebrate our collective diversity on this Thanksgiving and give thanks for the national heritage that they have bequeathed us.
Friday, Nov 22, 2013
by Delia
Many of us see the same occupations over and over within our families. Farmers tended to beget farmers. Miner's sons followed their fathers into the mines. Sons of doctors often traced their fathers' footsteps into the medical profession. Teachers, both male and female, may appear in other lines. We may have a general idea of what our ancestors' professions entailed, but perhaps not the details. Other times, we may have no idea what an occupation may be. The Genealogy Center has a number of sources to aid you in understanding your ancestors' work lives.
Of course, if you run across an usual job title, one fast and easy method to discover what that occupation entails is to check an unabridged dictionary or check an Internet search engine and easily discover that a cordwainer is someone who works with fine leather, often a shoe maker. But to discover that a girdleier is one who makes belts or shashes or a shuttleworker is a weaver one may have to use Trades and services of Colonial times ( 973.2 T675).
There are also directories and lists of practitioners of various occupations, such as Patsy Page's Directory of Louisiana physicians, 1886 (976.3 P14D) and the 1881 and 1896 editions of The Bankers' directory and list of bank attorneys (929.11 R15B). There are also volumes from societies that cater to certain professions, such as the 1941 and 1949 editions of Roster of the Maine State Grange Patrons of Husbandry (974.1 G75RO). There are also business records available, like that for Sand Lake, New York's Lumberman's account book, 1839-1843 (974.701 R29LU) and the Finis Hurt Store account book, 1889-1890 (976.901 AD1WL) in Adair County, Kentucky.
But one of the best ways to understand your ancestor in his or her profession could be to read diaries from other members of that profession, such as Laurel Ulrich's A midwife's tale: the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812 (974.101 K37U) and The 1805 diary of the Rev. Dr. James Muir: minister of the Old Presbyterian meeting house in Alexandria, Virginia (975.502 AL27MUI). Of course, these diaries may also provide biographical information the people in the area.
So when you want to understand your ancestor, take some time to investigate his or her occupation to add a deeper understanding of their lives.
Tuesday, Nov 19, 2013
Saturday, Nov 16, 2013
Our ancestors worked hard all week, on the farm, in the shop or factory. At the end of the day, they went home, ate dinner and went to bed. On the weekends, they attended religious services.
Well, not really. They did have many chores, no matter the station in life, but there was often time for play, and they did play. And The Genealogy Center owns sources on all manner of play in our ancestors' lives.
Our national pastime, baseball, is represented nationally in a number of sources, including The baseball necrology (973 L512BN) by Bill Lee, The biographical encyclopedia of the Negro baseball leagues (973 R453BI) by James A. Riley, and Today's News (973 AL512TA), the journal of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Players' Association. But there are also volumes relating to locations, such as Larry Lester and Sammy Miller's Black baseball in Kansas City (977.802 K13LES) and Robert Ashe's Even the Babe came to play: small-town baseball in the dirty 30s (971.502 SA28AS).
Basketball is not forgotten in our collection, with Todd Gould's Pioneers of the hardwood: Indiana and the birth of professional basketball (977.2 G737P) and Rankine Smith's The history of basketball in New Brunswick, Canada, 1892-1985 (971.5 Am596H).
A number of sources pertain to sports in academia, such as Ken Kessinger's Sioux Falls Washington High School sports heritage, 1899-1989 (978.302 SI7KE), and Jim O'Brien's Hail to Pitt: a sports history of the University of Pittsburgh (974.802 P687HAI).
But it's the more unusual accounts of recreational activities that catch my interest. Norman Peterson's Index of about 11,000 1911 Michigan and Wisconsin billiard hall & saloon merchants (977.4 P442I) provides a list of what towns in those states hosted the dreaded pool halls that lured men into drink and play. And From buckskin to baseball; glimpses of Tiogans at work and play (974.702 T49FR) provides just the sort of overview to a community at play that should interest all researchers.And some are rife with history, such as Timothy McCann's Sussex cricket in the eighteenth century (942.2501 SU82P, V.88), and William Perkins Bull's From rattlesnake hunt to hockey; the history of sports in Canada and of the sportsmen of Peel, 1789 to 1934 (971.3 B87FR), which was limited to a thousand copies in 1934.
So when you are investigating the lives of those that have gone before, pay attention to what they did in their free time to add another layer to the stories of their lives.
Wednesday, Nov 13, 2013
Where were you and what were you doing when you heard that John F. Kennedy had been shot? It may very well be the defining moment in American history for those currently age 55 and older. For most of us, it's a moment frozen in our minds. Just after 12:30 PM CST, shots rang out in Dallas, Texas, ending the life of the President of the United States. Days of mourning culminating in a televised funeral, then years of investigation, theories and accusations, but what most of us who were alive then remember is what we were doing.
I was a fourth grader in a Catholic school in central California. We were herded into the fifth grade classroom, along with the sixth graders, to listen to events unfold on the radio. A Michigan colleague was in third grade, and recalls hearing the president died which was followed by three days of televised coverage. Another colleague was a high school student in Columbia City, Indiana, and just happened to be in an assembly when the announcement came. Another, only four years old at the time, recalls how shaken his parents were by the news. All are very vivid memories from four different people in four places, all about the same event.
We aren't going to go into the history and aftermath here. There have been many books, documentaries, movies, articles and investigations over the years for that. We are interested in making sure that all of us pass along for posterity our experience and reaction at the time. And we invite all of you to share, either here in a comment to this blog, or on our Facebook page, one or two sentences about your memories of that day. Where were you when you heard?
Sunday, Nov 10, 2013
So, maybe you've got the day off to celebrate Veterans Day. You could go to the various sales and spend some money. You could sleep late, relax, watch television all day. But, really, it's Veterans Day, a day set aside to honor all veterans. So you could…
So you can just take the day off, or you can really use Veterans Day to recall our veterans!
Thursday, Nov 07, 2013
For many years, the 1914 to 1918 conflict was known as the Great War, the European War or the World War, because of the wide reaching effects of those hostilities. Optimistically, it was also known as the War to End All Wars, until unrest in the 1930s brought about another wide-ranging conflict. The date the the Great War ended, November 11th, was first celebrated as Armistice Day in 1919. In 1926, that date became an officially recognized day and in 1938, it became a federal holiday. In 1954, recognizing the great contribution of soldiers in World War II and the Korean War, the name changed to Veterans Day, in honor of all veterans.
Tuesday, Nov 05, 2013
From "Four score and seven years ago…" to "…shall not perish from the earth" Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contained many phrases that ring through time. Lincoln was not the featured speaker that day, but his short speech of November 18, 1863 is the one that is recalled by Americans today.
This Sunday, November 10, Sara Vaughn Gabbard, Director of the Friends of The Lincoln Collection of Indiana, will discuss "The Gettysburg Address 150 Years Later," focusing on how his words still resonate today. In the speech, Lincoln said, "The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here," but the truth is that the words and phrases still speak to Americans today.
Join us Sunday, November 10th, at 2:00 PM in Meeting Room A & B, in celebration of this this important event in history.
Sunday, Nov 03, 2013
Time keeping in the United States, indeed, in many parts of the world, was very much a local option based on the movement of the Sun, until railroads began to cross great distances in short amounts of time. The variations in local times caused confusion to travelers and employees alike, so in 1883, the railroads established a standardized time for the country, allowing for movement of the Sun by creating time zones.
Some areas were reluctant to have big business, in the form of railroads, dictating something as personal as time, but by the time of World War I, so much of the country had accepted it that when the Calder Act was passed in 1918, it was just a legal acknowledgment of what was common practice. However, the Calder Act also established Daylight Saving Time, which did not meet with approval by many and was repealed in 1919.
The advent of World War II resurrected the idea of Daylight Saving Time, making it year-round in an effort to conserve energy. The end of the war signaled the end of Daylight Saving Time as a standard, but communities were allowed to use it as a local option, usually from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in September, although some areas extended it to the last Sunday in October.
The Uniform Time Act was passed in 1966, which standardized DST as the last Sunday of April to the last Sunday in October. States were allowed to opt out, and Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Indiana, and Michigan did so. Over the years since, some of these states have opted in and and out, as the various populations pushed. Indiana finally went to all DST in 2006, after many years of wrangling in the state legislature.
Daylight Saving Time has had an impact on many lives through the years. My uncle, a farmer in Kentucky, railed against it every year. His day, like that of most farmers and many others, ran by when the Sun came up in the mornings, and altering the pattern of the day seemed foolish. My father always considered my oldest sister's birth day "wrong" because she was born during WWII, and without DST, she would have shared her birthday with George Washington. But growing up, I never minded Daylight Saving Time. With a birthday in late October, it was thrilling to a 13-year old to have an extra hour in her birthday!
So use this extra hour this fall to consider what effect standardized time and DST have had on you and your family, and remember to pass those stories along to the next generation!
Saturday, Nov 02, 2013
Have a brick wall in your research? Would you like a greater understanding of some aspect of your research? The Genealogy Center is offering 30-minute personal research consultations with a staff member on some troublesome aspect of your research. The available appointments are on Thursday, November 7th, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, and Thursday, December 5th, 2:00 PM to 4:00 pm. Call 260-421-1225 or send an email for an appointment, providing basic information concerning the nature of your quandary. A staff member will be assigned and a time established for your consultation. Be sure to bring your research notes to your consultation.
Space is limited, and pre-registration is required. Register today!
Monday, Oct 28, 2013
Monday starts our last few days of Family History Month with Cynthia telling us about "Finding Research Facilities Using the Internet," at 2:00 PM on Monday, October 28th in Meeting Room A.
Melissa will guide us in "Telling Our Story," on Tuesday, October 29th, at 2:00 PM in Meeting Room A. Oral history is a great way to begin research, and is suitable for all ages.
Big city problems? Sara will help in "Beginning Chicago Research," on Wednesday, October 30th at 2:00 PM in Meeting Room A. remember that techniques learned about Chicago may also be applicable to other large metropolitan areas.
To wrap up Family History Month on Thursday, October 31st at 10 AM in Meeting Room A, Dawne will share the woes for researchers with "Murphy's Law Applied to Genealogy."
For more information about these events, see the brochure.
Call 260-421-1225 or send an email to register for any of these free classes.
Tuesday, Oct 22, 2013
The final program in the 2013 Lincoln at the Library Series will be presented on Sunday, November 10, 2013, at the Allen County Public Library's Main Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne, Indiana, in Meeting Rooms A-B at 2:00 p.m. The program, "The Gettysburg Address: 150 Years Later," will be presented by Sara Vaughn Gabbard.
President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is one of the best-known speeches in American history. Lincoln delivered his address on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg. Edward Everett delivered a two-hour oration before Lincoln's three minutes of dedicatory remarks, yet it is Lincoln's words that are remembered. Come to this engaging program to learn why that is.
Sara Vaughn Gabbard is the Executive Director of the Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc. She is the editor of the acclaimed Lincoln Lore and has co-edited three works about Lincoln for the Southern Illinois University Press—1863: Lincoln's Pivotal Year; Lincoln and Freedom: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Thirteenth Amendment; and Lincoln's America, 1809-1865—with a fourth book to be published in 2015. She is also co-editor of the Concise Lincoln Library for the SIU Press and is widely recognized in the field of Lincoln scholarship.
Make plans today to attend this free event on Sunday, November 10, 2013, in Meeting Rooms A-B at 2 PM!
Sunday, Oct 20, 2013
This week starts with Tech Talk II on Monday afternoon, October 21st at 2 PM in The Genealogy Center. Delia will provide an in depth look at using and printing from microfilm and microfiche.
On Tuesday October 22nd, Dawne will discuss the problems of researching people who may, or may not, be the "Same Name, Same Person?" at 2 PM, in Meeting Room A, and John will cover "Allen County in Print," on Wednesday October 23 at 2 PM in Meeting Room A.
Curt will advise about "Helping Our Families Tell the Stories of Their Lives: Basics of Interviewing," on Thursday October 24th, at 10 Am in Meeting Room A.
Friday October 25th offers a double header with Kay providing the "Basics of Adobe Elements Workshop" from 10 AM to 3 PM (with a one hour break for lunch) in the Computer Classroom. You can still register for this workshop, but space is limited, so register soon.
Then our Midnight Madness Extended Research Hours begin at 6 PM. You will be able to stay to research and visit with other genealogists after the rest of the library closes, just be here by 6 PM!
On Saturday, October 26th, Melissa will guide us to "Overlooked Records for Hurdling the Census Chasm," at 10 AM in Meeting Room A, and the weekend wraps up on Sunday October 27th with Dawne providing instruction on "Making the Best Use of Citations & Notes," at 1 PM in Meeting Room A.
For additional information, see the Family History Month brochure.
Sunday, Oct 13, 2013
Monday October 14th begins the week with the crackle of electricity as "Tech Talk I" provides a hands-on demonstration on using the copier/scanners and the digital sender at 2:00 p.m. in The Genealogy Center. At 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 15th, Kay Spears will show you "How to Look at Your Photographs, Analyze & Organize," in Meeting Room A.
On Wednesday, October 16th, John Beatty will tell you about "Writing Your Family History." This 90-minute session starts at 2:00 p.m., in Meeting Room A. Stay the afternoon and attend the Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana's Computer Interest Group Meeting at 7 p.m. in Meeting Room B.
Thursday, October 17th has Melissa Shimkus providing a "Gateway to Your Pre-20th Century Immigrant," at 10:00 a.m., in Meeting Room A, and on Friday, October 18th, Sara Allen will discuss "Finding Your Ancestral Homeland," in Meeting Room A at 10:00 a.m.
On Saturday, October 19th, at 10:00 a.m., we will offer a "Tour of The Genealogy Center," and on Sunday, October 20th, Delia Bourne will discuss "The New PERSI" at 1 p.m., in Meeting Room A.
For more information about any of these free classes, please see the Family History Month brochure. To register for any of these classes, send an Email, or call 260-421-1225. Don't let these great opportunities pass you by!
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Jack Bruce - Bass
This article was first published in Jazzwise in December 2011 in The Player section of the magazine
The fact that Jack Bruce is still with us is remarkable in itself. Not only has he recently come out on the right side of a liver transplant, but as he is at pains to tell me, dodged death early on in his career. "I got electrocuted very seriously once at the 100 Club in the very, very early days. Something was up with the electrics in the club and I basically got fried…. but I felt quite good for a few days afterwards!"
Bruce grew up with a mother who sang Scottish folk songs and a father who was a piano player in the style of Fats Waller. "He had a kind of dubious left hand," says Bruce. "But nevertheless, he swung like the clappers. He was also a very good mandolin player". In his late teens the young Bruce entered a music competition. "I got a scholarship to study classical cello at the Royal Scottish Academy for Music and DraaMaa (he makes a play on the AAs) – but I didn't go for long, and now they've given me an honorary doctorate! So it shows you that what you should really do is go for a few months then drop out – I recommend that to every student."
So why did he take up the bass? "I played bass in order to supplement my income and meet girls," comes the candid reply. He remembers buying his first upright bass from McCormacks Music in Glasgow. "There was a William Tarr bass in there [a celebrated English maker from the mid 19th century]. It was in the window and it was lovely. I'd saved up enough money to put a deposit on it and I went in there and the guy said 'Oh, we just sold that to Ray Brown last week'. So I didn't get that, but instead I got a plywood yellow blonde one that was quite fashionable at the time. The funny thing is that I met Ray Brown many years later and he said – 'Oh I'll give it to you… but he never did." Bruce later bought a 19th century full size German bass, which he still has.
After playing in jazz bands in Glasgow and American air force bases in Italy, Bruce eventually landed in London where he got a gig with Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated. From there Bruce moved on to the Graham Bond Organisation, where he played electric bass. "In those days I never really was in love with the sound of the Fender Bass, although I did have a Fender six string, and I don't think anybody really did anything great with the Fender bass until James Jamerson. I wanted to get something that was closer to a guitar sound, which is why I picked up the Gibson short scale EB3. He famously used his EB3 through the Cream years, "although I also played a Danelectro," before moving on to Warwick instruments in the early-1970s. "I was recording in Germany and went into a guitar shop and one was hanging on the wall. It was a fretless. I picked it up and liked it. So I bought it". Bruce prefers the four string. "It's the classic instrument and I feel the limitations are important. Warwick have made me a couple of beautiful basses, my favourite is the Thumb bass which is a special custom model. It's a "Rio rosewood bass, the only one of its kind. The (Brazilian) wood was cut in the 1960s and you can no longer get that wood."
When it comes to strings, Bruce used to use LaBella flat wounds but now he's using SITs on his Warwick instruments. "The great thing is that they stay in tune – although you've got to give them a good stretch." He continues. "They're made in Akron, Ohio. The company isn't big, but unlike big companies you don't have to go through three or four sets before you find a good set."
In the early days Bruce used to cobble together his amplification, as he says – "very dangerously".
"I remember using a Grampian amp, as there was very little else available in those days. Then of course with Alexis, both he and I went into the same amp. I used to just stick a microphone in the tailpiece of the bass wrapped up in a duster. Marshalls? We all started using Marshalls in the mid-1960s. In those days there was no real sound reinforcement on stage, so you had to play loud to get the effect that you wanted. But of course nowadays you don't have to play that loud to get the effect that you want. Actually I'm not that keen on them, although I did have a 50-watt Marshall that I liked a lot. For many years I've been using Hartke. Larry Hartke used to do the sound for Miles Davis, which is when I got to know him. Then he did my sound for a while. Eventually he came up with the idea of using aluminium in the speaker cones, which gave a much wider dynamic range – but that wasn't the sound I was looking for. But now they've moved on to combine aluminium and paper in their speakers and of course they're now the biggest bass amplification manufacturer in the world." More recently however, Bruce has been experimenting with Jonas Hellborg amps which are manufactured by Warwick.
Bruce is still hard at work and touring; in March he starts a UK tour with his Big Blues Band. But he is now more circumspect about life and music. "Music's been part a big part of my life for sure, but I obviously have the things that we all have in common – like having a life. The dog isn't very well today, so I'm a bit worried about him. So it's not all just about music."
– David Gallant


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