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    My Books Read

    If you are interested in the books I have read, below are my yearly listings (on GoodReads).  You may view my GoodReads profile, as well [visual-link-preview encoded=”eyJ0eXBlIjoiZXh0ZXJuYWwiLCJwb3N0IjowLCJwb3N0X2xhYmVsIjoiIiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZHJlYWRzLmNvbS91c2VyL3llYXJfaW5fYm9va3MvMjAxNyIsImltYWdlX2lkIjotMSwiaW1hZ2VfdXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9zLmdyLWFzc2V0cy5jb20vYXNzZXRzL2xheW91dC9nb29kcmVhZHNfbG9nb18zMjQtYTkwOGI5MjNkYzNlZDliN2ExM2YzZGE0ZDFmZmIyZGYucG5nIiwidGl0bGUiOiIyMDE3IEJvb2tzIFJlYWQiLCJzdW1tYXJ5IjoiQm9va3MgUmVhZCIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoidXNlX2RlZmF1bHRfZnJvbV9zZXR0aW5ncyJ9″]   [visual-link-preview encoded=”eyJ0eXBlIjoiZXh0ZXJuYWwiLCJwb3N0IjowLCJwb3N0X2xhYmVsIjoiIiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZHJlYWRzLmNvbS91c2VyL3llYXJfaW5fYm9va3MvMjAxOCIsImltYWdlX2lkIjotMSwiaW1hZ2VfdXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9zLmdyLWFzc2V0cy5jb20vYXNzZXRzL2xheW91dC9nb29kcmVhZHNfbG9nb18zMjQtYTkwOGI5MjNkYzNlZDliN2ExM2YzZGE0ZDFmZmIyZGYucG5nIiwidGl0bGUiOiIyMDE4IEJvb2tzIFJlYWQiLCJzdW1tYXJ5IjoiQm9va3MgUmVhZCIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoidXNlX2RlZmF1bHRfZnJvbV9zZXR0aW5ncyJ9″]   [visual-link-preview encoded=”eyJ0eXBlIjoiZXh0ZXJuYWwiLCJwb3N0IjowLCJwb3N0X2xhYmVsIjoiIiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZHJlYWRzLmNvbS91c2VyL3llYXJfaW5fYm9va3MvMjAxOSIsImltYWdlX2lkIjotMSwiaW1hZ2VfdXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9zLmdyLWFzc2V0cy5jb20vYXNzZXRzL2xheW91dC9nb29kcmVhZHNfbG9nb18zMjQtYTkwOGI5MjNkYzNlZDliN2ExM2YzZGE0ZDFmZmIyZGYucG5nIiwidGl0bGUiOiIyMDE5IEJvb2tzIFJlYWQiLCJzdW1tYXJ5IjoiQm9va3MgUmVhZCIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoidXNlX2RlZmF1bHRfZnJvbV9zZXR0aW5ncyJ9″]   [visual-link-preview encoded=”eyJ0eXBlIjoiZXh0ZXJuYWwiLCJwb3N0IjowLCJwb3N0X2xhYmVsIjoiIiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZHJlYWRzLmNvbS91c2VyL3llYXJfaW5fYm9va3MvMjAyMCIsImltYWdlX2lkIjotMSwiaW1hZ2VfdXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9zLmdyLWFzc2V0cy5jb20vYXNzZXRzL2xheW91dC9nb29kcmVhZHNfbG9nb18zMjQtYTkwOGI5MjNkYzNlZDliN2ExM2YzZGE0ZDFmZmIyZGYucG5nIiwidGl0bGUiOiIyMDIwIEJvb2tzIFJlYWQiLCJzdW1tYXJ5IjoiQm9va3MgUmVhZCIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoidXNlX2RlZmF1bHRfZnJvbV9zZXR0aW5ncyJ9″]   [visual-link-preview encoded=”eyJ0eXBlIjoiZXh0ZXJuYWwiLCJwb3N0IjowLCJwb3N0X2xhYmVsIjoiIiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZHJlYWRzLmNvbS91c2VyL3llYXJfaW5fYm9va3MvMjAyMSIsImltYWdlX2lkIjotMSwiaW1hZ2VfdXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9zLmdyLWFzc2V0cy5jb20vYXNzZXRzL2xheW91dC9nb29kcmVhZHNfbG9nb18zMjQtYTkwOGI5MjNkYzNlZDliN2ExM2YzZGE0ZDFmZmIyZGYucG5nIiwidGl0bGUiOiIyMDIxIEJvb2tzIFJlYWQiLCJzdW1tYXJ5IjoiQm9va3MgUmVhZCIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoidXNlX2RlZmF1bHRfZnJvbV9zZXR0aW5ncyJ9″]   [visual-link-preview encoded=”eyJ0eXBlIjoiZXh0ZXJuYWwiLCJwb3N0IjowLCJwb3N0X2xhYmVsIjoiIiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZHJlYWRzLmNvbS91c2VyL3llYXJfaW5fYm9va3MvMjAyMiIsImltYWdlX2lkIjotMSwiaW1hZ2VfdXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9zLmdyLWFzc2V0cy5jb20vYXNzZXRzL2xheW91dC9nb29kcmVhZHNfbG9nb18zMjQtYTkwOGI5MjNkYzNlZDliN2ExM2YzZGE0ZDFmZmIyZGYucG5nIiwidGl0bGUiOiIyMDIyIEJvb2tzIFJlYWQiLCJzdW1tYXJ5IjoiQm9va3MgUmVhZCIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoidXNlX2RlZmF1bHRfZnJvbV9zZXR0aW5ncyJ9″]   This year (2023): [visual-link-preview encoded=”eyJ0eXBlIjoiZXh0ZXJuYWwiLCJwb3N0IjowLCJwb3N0X2xhYmVsIjoiIiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZHJlYWRzLmNvbS91c2VyL3llYXJfaW5fYm9va3MvMjAyMyIsImltYWdlX2lkIjotMSwiaW1hZ2VfdXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9zLmdyLWFzc2V0cy5jb20vYXNzZXRzL2xheW91dC9nb29kcmVhZHNfbG9nb18zMjQtYTkwOGI5MjNkYzNlZDliN2ExM2YzZGE0ZDFmZmIyZGYucG5nIiwidGl0bGUiOiIyMDIzIEJvb2tzIFJlYWQiLCJzdW1tYXJ5IjoiQm9va3MgUmVhZCIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoidXNlX2RlZmF1bHRfZnJvbV9zZXR0aW5ncyJ9″]

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    Subscriber Feature(s)

    With the onset (advent?) of 2018, ManyRoads is pleased to announce that we are introducing our first special Subscriber features: The ManyRoads’ Discussion Forum This Moderated Discussion Forum allows ManyRoads subscribers to discuss topics related to the those covered on ManyRoads. Participants may freely add topics/subjects they wish to discuss or learn about and respond to those already ‘active’. I am  also, able to create additional Forum Areas as Subscribers feel they are needed. Just let me know what you might want; and, if the proposed Area fits on ManyRoads, I will add it. To access the Forum, you simply need to be logged in on your ManyRoads account and then…

  • ManyRoads,  Site,  Tips & Opinions

    Ancestor Approved Award

    Sassy Jane Genealogy: was nice enough a few months ago to give ManyRoads the Ancestor Approved Award. Sassy, I apologize for my delay in responding to the honor you offered ManyRoads. The honor is truly much appreciated and by now hopefully even a bit more deserved. The
 Ancestor Approved Award, for those who may not be aware, was created in March 2010 by Leslie Ann Ballou of “Ancestors Live Here” to appreciate and enjoy geneablogs that are “full of tips and tricks as well as funny and heartwarming stories….” Recipients provide a list ten things which surprised, humbled, or enlightened them about their ancestors and ten blogs to pass the…

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    100,000 Visitor

    Today (a snowy Colorado day in May) ManyRoads was visited by our 100,000 visitor. What can we say except, thank you! We know that by big site standards this is not a high traffic rate, but for us 100,000+ unique visitors is both amazing and wonderful. If you find our little site of benefit, please consider joining as a member.  If you are looking for something you think we might help you find, please ask. For those of you who might be interested, the following is a list of the 20 countries from which we have had our top 20 number of visitors. United States- 19,709 Germany- 17,944 Canada- 5,616…

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    Family friends…

    Who says genealogy is not full of surprises? Well, not me! Over the past few months I have had the wonderful good fortune of coming into to contact with two magnificent people (families). One of them grew up near the village(?) where my grandmother (Frieda Senger) was born and raised- Pietzkendorf.  The other has been a family friend for more than 250 years and now lives in Dakar, Senegal. I am truly amazed that this website and my genealogical efforts have introduced me to both Rainer and Hans; or more precisely, these efforts have made it possible for us to find each other.  All three of us and our families…

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    A Banner Day!

    11 months to the day from when we began ‘full-scale’ usage of WordPress on ManyRoads, we were graced by our 50,000 visitor. 13 November 2010 is truly a landmark day for ManyRoads. Unfortunately, we do not know the name of our 50,000 visitor; however, we do know that they have visited us some 81 times before. We also know that their Internet Service Provider is located in Redwood, California. During the past 11 months, we hope you have found our information helpful and even a bit fun. It has been a learning experience for us; one we plan to continue working on down the road. We extend our sincere thanks…

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    Archivalia

    ManyRoads has been acknowledged as providing a helpful source of original Prussian & German archives and documentation by Archivalia.  You may see our mention on their site. As perhaps most of you already know, it is our objective to be a provider of useful genealogical and historical information, especially with regards to those areas we research most heavily. Most of our information is readily available from our: Libraries Galleries Downloads If you know of information including documents, images, video or sound media that you believe would be a positive adjunct to our libraries, please use our contact page to let us know.

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    Milestone Event

    ManyRoads achieved a significant milestone during the month of July 2010. Over 5000 of you visited our site! Thank you! We hope to see you here often. Please know that if there is information or improvements you wish to share, we are eager to hear from you. Do not hesitate to use our contact page to get in touch with us.

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    GRAMPS review and decision #3

    Today we have published three (3) branches of our genealogy; two (2) are available for public access. Senger Branch (Public) Deyo Branch (Public) I have customized the output of GRAMPS standard web generation tools (NAVWEB) to create a look & feel that is consistent with the ManyRoads website. Please be aware that there remain bugs in the tooling (such as the web links from GRAMPS outward do not display or work correctly).  Also, and more importantly, the data continues to be a work in progress.  As with most family genealogies you will notice that ours is not balanaced in terms of distance in time or breadth of known ancestry.  I…

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    GRAMPS review and decision #2

    Based upon my decision to use GRAMPS as our primary genealogical database management environment, I have begun the transfer of family branches (both public and private) into our new format. If you look closely, you should notice the appearance of new page links from our various menus… As I undertake this transition, I will be going through quite a bit of re-entry and re-building of our data.  Today I placed a private file online.  In the next week or so I hope to transfer the Deyo Family materials from TNG into the new GRAMPS format.  Each of these efforts will be incremental, meaning as soon as I have useful data,…

  • ManyRoads,  Services,  Site

    Translation Service (Fee based)

    ManyRoads is pleased to anounce a new translation service for German/English and English/German.  And… For those of you who have read my German, you know it can’t be a service provided by me! Truthfully… if you seek professional and expert “English to German” or “German to English” translations (old German & Fractur/ Gothic script included), please use our Contact form for an for an estimate.

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    Why Djvu and not PDF?

    As many of you have probably noticed, I am in the process of uploading, and making available, documents that use a DJVU file format.  Perhaps a brief explanation of the rationale is in order. To quote the authors of DJVU: Many products and technologies are available today for storing and distributing digital images. However, most of these technologies are slow and inconvenient for distributing high-resolution color photos, and woefully impractical for delivering high-resolution scanned documents in B&W and color, because the files they produce are prohibitively large, and the viewing software memory hungry. With its ability to attain very high compression ratios while preserving crisp and legible text, DJVU has…

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    Fair Use

    ManyRoads may contain material copyrighted by others. ManyRoads makes any such such material available in an effort to advance an understanding of information related to our family history and circumstances. We believe this constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who may have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond ‘fair use’, you…