Old York Road Genealogical Society

First issue: June 1993 (#1)

VOLUME 1 (1993-1994) No. 1: Autumn 1993 (1:1); No. 2: Winter 1993 (1:2); No. 3: Spring 1994 (1:3); No. 4: Spring 1994 (1:4)

VOLUME 2 (1994-1995) No. 1: Autumn 1994 (2:1); No. 2: Pre-Snow 1994 (2:2); No. 3: Spring 1995 (2:3); No. 4: Summer 1995 (2:4)

VOLUME 3 (1995-1996) No. 1: Autumn (3:1); No. 2: Winter (3:2); No. 3: Spring 1996 (3:3); No. 4: Summer 1996 (3:4)

VOLUME 4 (1996-1997) No. 1: Autumn 1996 (4:1); No. 2: Pre-Snow 1996 (4:2); No. 3: Spring 1997 (4:3); No. 4: Summer 1997 (4:4)

VOLUME 5 (1997-1998) No. 1: Autumn 1997 (5:1); No. 2: Winter 1997 (5:2); No. 3: Spring 1998 (5:3); No. 4: Summer 1998 (5:4)

VOLUME 6 (1998-1999) No. 1: Autumn 1998 (6:1); No. 2: Winter 1998; No. 3: February 1999 (6:3); No. 4: Not published

VOLUME 7 (1999-2000) No. 1: Summer 1999 (7:1); Autumn 1999 (7:2); No. 3: Winter 1999 (7:3); No. 4: Spring 2000 (7:4)

VOLUME 8 (2000-2001) No. 1: June 2000 (8:1); No. 2: September 2000 (8:2); No. 3: December 2000 (8:3)

ABOUT OYRGS

Civil War Veterans in Members' Lines 4:2

Member Certified a Mayflower Descendant 6:1

Our Logo: The Crane #1

OYRGS Graveyard Expedition (Hatboro Cemetery) 6:1

OYRGS Joins Federation of Genealogical Societies 4:1

BOOK/VIDEO REVIEWS AND DONATIONS*

Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide to Family History and Genealogy 6:1

*Centennial Register of the Society of Colonial Wars 8:1

*The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1680 1:3

*The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1700-1750 3:3

*The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775 3:3

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Genealogy 6:2

*Declaration of Intentions Filed in the Philadelphia District Court, 1818-1875 4:3

*Declaration of Intentions and Petitions for Naturalizations Filed in the Mayor's Court, 1802-1838 4:3

*Directory of German Postal Codes 1:4

*Finding Italian Roots 4:4

*The Genealogists Video Research Guide (videos) 2:3

*Historical Northeast Philadelphia 2:3

History of Pennsylvania Volunteers 1861-1865 2:4

*International Vital Records Handbook 2:3

Our Family, Our Town: Essays on Family History and Local History Sources in the National Archives 1:1

Philadelphia Maps 1682-1982

Philadelphia Naturalization Records 2:4

*Street Name Changes (Philadelphia) 4:3

*Second Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriage Prior to 1700 5:1

*Supplement to The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1680 3:3

*They Came in Ships 4:4

*Tracing Your Irish Roots 4:4

*Your English Ancestry 4:4

CENSUS

Making sense of census, Part 1 #1 (Part 1); 1:1 (Part 2); 1:2 (Part 3); 1:3 (Part 4); 1:4 (Part 5); 2:1 (Part 6); 2:2 (Part 7); 3:2 (Part 8)

COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET

Are You Missing an Important Research Tool? Internet Newsgroups (CR) 5:2

Benefits of a Computer to OYRGS Members and Non-Owners (CR) 2:2

Books On-line: The History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and The History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (8:1); A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Before 1692; New England History and Genealogy Free Books Online Effort 8:3

Bring the Pennsylvania Archives Closer to Home (CR) 5:3

British Records on the Internet (CR) 6:3

Common Names and Computers 1:2

Current and Upcoming Databases (CR) 2:4

Decisions, Decisions! (CR) 1:3

Easier Way to Get at Some of the Philadelphia Records (CR) 5:4

FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service by David E. Rencher (reprint) (CR) 8:1

Databases on CD-ROM (CR) 3:4

Hear Ye, New England Researchers (CR) 4:1

Information Sources via the Computer (CR) 3:1

Internet Databases (CR) 4:3

Let's Look at Software (CR) 1:2

More on Databases Available to OYRGS Members (CR) 2:3

More on the Internet (CR) 3:2

My Computer Does My Genealogy by Rhonda McClure (reprint) (CR) 5:1

News from GSP 8:3

News from On-line: New England Historic Genealogical Society Web Site Moves; Olive Tree Genealogy Revamps Index; Hamburg Emigration List On-line; Genealogy-Forum.com Partners with RootsWeb; American Family Immigration Center Opening at Ellis Island; Cemetery Searches On-line; NARA Prices Going Up? (8:1); Spain's National Archives; Genealogic Mailing Lists; Soundex Translations; 1850 Census; U.K. Parishes; Irish Research (Donegal and Tipperary); Cape Cod Gravestones 8:3

Non-computer Owners and CD-ROMS (CR) 7:1

Philadelphia Area Computer Society (CR) 4:2

Real Data Available On-line: General Register of Scotland at Origins.Net (8:1)

Research by Computer (CR) 2:1

Researching Church and Cemetery Records (CR) 6:2

Searching for Passenger Lists (CR) 6:1

Using GENView with GEDCOM Files (CR) 8:3

Which Should I Buy? (CR) 1:1

Why a Computer for Genealogy? (CR) #1

Why Should a Genealogy Society Give Records Away? by Jeffrey A. Bockman (reprint) (CR) 7:2

Your Lineage and a Computer (CR) 1:4

ETHNIC GROUPS

The Literature: Resources on Various Ethnic Surnames 3:2

Irish

Irish Genealogical Project and Project Centres 3:1

Irish Names 1:3; (apostrophe) 3:4; (double f) 1:1

New Irish Research Aid for Sustaining Members 5:4

No Irish Need Apply 3:2

Of Irish names 1:3

German

German Zip Codes to Change 1:1

A Successful Foray into German Language Records 1:3

Welsh

Welsh surnames 1:1

GENERAL LESSONS AND TIPS

Ahnentafels 3:2

Are You Descended from a Signer? 5:3

Bates' Pennsylvania Volunteers Being Republished 2:2

Boy Scout Research 3:2

CD-ROMs: An Economical Genealogical Library 7:3

Civil War Soldiers System 4:4

Climbing the Tree with Newspapers 7:2

Common Law Marriages 4:4

Computing a Date of Birth 3:1

DD-MM-YYYY: Writing Dates Properly 3:2

1860 Census Data and the Civil War 8:1

Entailed Estates 2:3

Finding My Biological Grandfather: An Internet Success Story 7:1

Free Publications from NARA 8:2

Getting Help from a Foreign Genealogist 1:4

Good Ideas: Genealogy Rubber Stamps; Headstone Hunters; Clooz 8:3

Half-Brothers and Double Cousins 2:4

He Fell Out of a Window 4:3

Individual Coats-of-Arms: Daughters and Younger Sons 4:4

Interlibrary Loans: A New Source 5:2

It's a Way to Make a Living 3:4

Marriott Library in Salt Lake City 8:2

Metals, Colors, and Furs (coat of arms) 4:3

Military Records at NARA 8:2

Mnemonics cum Phonetics (Soundex) 2:4

National Archives Release WWI Draft Records 6:3

Naturalizations #1

New National Genealogical Society Standards for Sound Genealogical Research and for Using Records Repositories and Libraries 5:2

On-line Options: Genealogy Courses 8:3

Perpetual Calendar 3:4

Photograph Dating by Women's Dresses 2:4

Protect Your Records 3:2; 4:1 (Part 2)

Social Security Death Index 4:1

The Record Holders' Purposes Are Not Your Purposes 3:2

What Can You Believe? And How Can You Prove It? 1:1

What Is a Cousin? 1:2

What's in a Name: Onomastic Evidence in Genealogical Problem Solving 6:2

What's the Difference? Emigrants/Immigrants, Extract/Abstract, Ascending/Descending Pedigree 3:2

Your Right to Bear Arms 3:4

Your Social Security Working for You 2:2

LOCAL HISTORY AND RESOURCES

Another Philadelphia First (house numbers on census) 2:3

Books On-line: The History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and The History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania 8:1

Errors in WPA Index of Philadelphia County Naturalizations 1:4

GSP Layout 1:1

Historic/Genealogical Societies and Libraries of Bucks County 8:2

Historic/Genealogical Societies and Libraries of Montgomery County 8:1; updated 8:2

The Holme Map and Schuylkill Fifth 3:2

Location of Some Philadelphia Records 5:1

Location of Records of Bucks County 1:4

Locations of Records in Montgomery County 1:3

The Philadelphia Inquirer/Public Ledger (name changes and dates) 5:2

MAGAZINE REVIEWS