Gloria Szymanskigszyman@triton.net
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Following is Midterm Quiz! Corrected by Marthe Arends
Each question was worth 10 points. Credit was given for partial answers, and even incorrect answers where an explanation of was included. Unless otherwise noted, assume you received the full 10 points for each question.
Your Score: 95/100 Congratulations! Great job!
At 04:55 PM 2/5/98 -0500, you wrote: > >1. Convert the Gregorian date 15 March 1793 AD to the Julian, Jewish, >and > French Republican Calendar. Also tell me what day of the week it >fell on. > >ANSWER: Julien - 15 March 1793 AD (old civil calendar) > Jewish - 13 Nisan 5553 (5553/8/13) > French Republican - 6 Germinal 01 (01/7/6) > Day of the week was Tuesday! (Marthe said) Hmmm...the dates I got were close, but slightly different. :) I got: Julian Day Number: 2376014 Gregorian Calendar: 15 March 1793 AD Julian Calendar: 4 March 1793 Jewish Calendar: 2 Nisan 5553 (5553/8/2) French Republican Calendar: 25 Ventose 01 (01/6/25) Did you use the site at http://www.genealogy.org/~scottlee/calconvert.cgi? (end Marthe said) > > > 2. Assume you are using the shareware program Brother's Keeper. Is >there a > mailing list available for BK users? If so, how do you subscribe >to it? > >ANSWER: Send e-mail to BK5Forum-request@rootsweb.com with message >sub BK5Forum Gloria Szymanski > > 3. You have the following information. Please construct a query which >will best > reach interested researchers. > > Henry Huard. Born: 1880 according to family records. Died: April 18, >1955. Born > in Lakeland, WI. Died in Stillwater, MN. Married Anne Patoille. >Married 12 July, > 1903. Found Henry on the 1910 census, with a birthdate of 1883. >Seven > children: Henry, Jr., Angeline, Peter, Napoleon, Marie, twins >Clarisse and > Antoine. No mention of Henry in the 1900 census. Henry's parents >were Peter > Huard and Angeline Matisse. The information you seek is proof of his > > birthdate. > >ANSWER: > Seek actual birth date of Henry HUARD b:1880-1883, d: 18 >April, 1955, son of Peter HUARD and Angelien MATISSE; m. Anne PATOILLE, >12 July, 1903. Seven children, Henry, Jr., Angeline, Peter, Napoleon, >Marie & twins Clarisse and Antoine. > (Score: 5/10)> 4. Consider the following family: > Father: Johan Ernst Teuke > Mother: Elisabeth Cramer > Paternal Grandfather: Gottfried Teuke > Paternal Grandmother: Anna Sauber > Maternal Grandfather: Andreas Cramer > Maternal Grandmother: Gertraud Schmidt > > According to common naming practices, who would a second son be named > > for? Who would a second daughter be named for? > > ANSWER: Second son would be named Andreas while >second daughter would be named Elizabeth. > (Marthe said) Well, of course it's impossible to say *WHAT* the children's names would be, but according to http://www.kalglo.com/germname.htm the second daughter was named for the paternal grandmother.(end Marthe said) >5. I wish to have a query published in the offline publication Quaker >Queries. > What's the e-mail address I need to send my information to? > > ANSWER: RubyM@localaccess.com > >6. Using the Handwriting sites as a guide, give your best guess as to >what the > names are in the pictures linked below: > ANSWERS: > Name 1 - Samuel D. Carsoning > Name 2 - Nimied Raem > Name 3 - Judy W. Snead > Name 4 - Nancy Moessick > > 7. Using a free online translation service, translate into English the >last > paragraph on the web site at > http://www.lusaweb.com/comunidades/camara.htm (it is in >Portuguese). > > ANSWER: > In English the Portuguese translates to: > > The antiquity of the registers allows, then, to >conclude that the > Chambers, in fact, had participated of the beginning >of the settling of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, being >one of the oldest mining families. > >New Translation > > In Portuguese (The Original text): > > A antiguidade dos registros permite, então, concluir que os >Câmaras, de fato, > participaram do início da colonização do Estado de Minas Gerais, >Brasil, sendo uma das mais antigas famílias mineiras. > > >8. According to a genealogy dictionary, what is a colporteur? What is an >Oath > of Abjuration? What is a quitclaim deed? > > ANSWER: > 1) Colporteur is a peddler of books > 2) Oath of Abjuration is a sworn statment renouncing a >former allegiance > 3) Quitclaim deed is a legal document giving up one's >rights to a piece of land without guaranteeing the >title of the land > > 9. Which of these newsgroups does not have a searchable archives at > Rootsweb? > a. soc.genealogy.uk ireland > b. fr.rec.genealogie > c. soc.genealogy.spanish > d. soc.genealogy.methods > > ANSWER: c. soc. genealogy.spanish is not listed > > >10. Give a brief explanation of what Internet has meant to your >research. > > I have found all different ways, methods, and types of things to >search for. I basically have an entire library in my computer. There >are so many sources, it is unbelievable. I have also learned of many >different sources of where to search for things and the proper way to do >it. I have also learned you need to follow instructions exactly as to >how to do something, such as subscribing to mail lists, or how to query >something or how to look up things. If I am stuck on something, I can >put a query up and maybe will get an answer. Basically, it's the >sources available that just blows my mind!
Gloria Szymanski