*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* CFA Online Newsletter March 2001 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* WELCOME! Thank you for subscribing to the CFA Online Newsletter. We're happy to have you with us and we'd like to hear from you. If you have something to add to the newsletter or ideas for future editions, please contact Cindy at (archive only). Thanks! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* UPDATES New CFA Secretary- I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Jackie Konecny as our new CFA Secretary. Jackie has worked for many years in the field of accounting. She's now a retired widow. Her son and his wife have two sons. Jackie is a native Texan and is currently residing there. She has also lived in California and Oklahoma. She graduated from Sacramento Senior High School and attended Cameron College in Lawton, OK and Amarillo College in Amarillo. She and her son now run a cattle ranch. They also have miniature horses, donkeys and a dog named Ce Ce. - Welcome Jackie!! CFA Web Site- Many new databases have been added to the CFA Web Site. If you haven't visited the site recently, please do! Some of the major new databases are: Census Indexes for Iowa (1840-1870) and Missouri (1830-1870), 1810 Census data for 15 states, and 1913-1927 Ohio Death Records. The site is located at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chapassn/ Or visit the Updates page at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chapassn/updates.html *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* REQUEST - GIL ALFORD There is a wealth of Chapman information on the Internet but our few "regular workers" are already overloaded and cannot spare the time to search and harvest the data. From time to time we will list a web site in this publication and request help from one of you in processing the data to the fullest from the site and then sending it to CFA Data Central. So that we don't have folks duplicating effort please report that you are going to do a particular site as soon as you know you will. Subsequent contacts from members regarding that site will then be directed else where or put on standby. Report and check in with cfa. If you have come across sites that contain Chapman data then please advise so that we can publicize that site and solicit help. The Lexington, KY cemetery has a site that lists two pages of Chapman burials. Select "Genealogy" from the home page. Search for Chapman and then click on each name displayed in the two page list and capture the data that is shown for each subject. The web site is: http://www.lexcem.org. Send the data to cfa or send by USPS to CFA Data Central, POB 1586, Florissant, MO 63031. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* EVENTS & HAPPENINGS With the 1st Annual CFA Convention approaching, Ernie and Pauline Chapman have sent us the following information regarding RV Parks in and near St. Louis, MO. Please note that these are last years rates. Thank you, Ernie and Pauline! A handy park is the Casino Queen campground in East St. Louis. It is handy because of the location at a Metro Link station. This would mean anyone who doesn't want to drive to the Hilton could catch the Metro to the airport and then hotel transport. The Casino Queen is a Good Sam Park. If driving is no concern there are numerous parks available. In Missouri: 1) St. Louis RV Park in downtown, near the Martin Luther King Bridge. Last year's rates $24 to $28. 2) In St. Charles, which is a western suburb, is the Sundermeirer RV Park and Conference Center. This is a Good Sam Park with last year's rates as $30 to $33. Also, there is Dardenne Lakes Campground and RV Park who had rates of $19 last year. 3) In Chesterfield, a west central suburb, is Dr. Edmund Babler Memorial State Park with rates of $6 to $12. This park has rest rooms, showers and laundry facilities but does not accept reservations. 4) In Eureka, several miles west, near Six Flags we find the KOA St. Louis West. These are pretty standard parks and this one's rates are $17 to $29.50. Also near Six Flags is Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park with rates of $15.95 to $30.95. 5) At Barnhart, south on I-55, is KOA St. Louis South. Rates $20 to $28. In Illinois there are a few nearby parks. Probably Granite City is easily accessible to drive to the airport. There is KOA St. Louis North with rates of $20 to $25. Near this KOA is Trails End Campground with rates of $16.25. In Fairmont City, IL, is Safari Park and rates of $15. At Cahokia, IL, is Cahokia RV Parque, a Good Sam Park, with rates of $23 to $25. For any members of Coast to Coast, the nearest park is Tievoli Hills Resort in Clarksville, MO, which is a western suburb. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ONLINE "HUNTING" TIPS Ancestry.com - A subscription site that offers their new databases for the first 10 days - FREE. The site is located at: http://www.ancestry.com MHI Photographic Database - This database is a catalog of American Civil War (ACW) photographs from the Special Collections Branch of MHI. There are currently 30 Chapman records. Please visit: http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/PhotoDB.html GenSwap - a list of web sites that contain free genealogy data online. Many of these sites are frequently updated, along with a page of online sites. You can find this at: http://www.genswap.com/online.html Census Links - This site provides links to many census records available online. They are listed by country and state. You will also find related links such as mortality schedules. The site is located at: http://www.censuslinks.com *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* MEMBERSHIP NEW: #424 Tamara Chapman DAVIS, CA #425 Fred B. SHIPPEE, WV #426 Barbara M. EGGEMEYER - Byron A., FL #427 Thomas H. CHAPMAN, CA #428 Elliot MARSHALL, CA RENEWALS: #181 Mary V. MOWBRAY - Richard M., MD #186, Ira T. CHAPMAN - Jewell L., NC #245 Mary A. SHOWN - John R., AZ #256 Peggy KOWALSKI - Theodore, IL #288 Marcia K. CHAPMAN - Bobby L., AR #397 Lola HAFFCKE - Phillip M., Jr., TN CONVENTION ATTENDEES: #001 Ernie & Pauline CHAPMAN #006 Albert L. CHAPMAN #020 Debbie M. CHAPMAN #057 Austin CHAPMAN #120 Arabella R. TUBBS #141 Doris E. COURTNEY #183 John Sherwood CHAPMAN #186 Ira T. & Jewell L. CHAPMAN #312 John D. and Vera E. CHAPMAN #329 Earl & Kathleen BOND #383 Arno J. & Stella L. CHAPMAN #428 Elliott MARSHALL *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* MEMBERSHIP INFO You can view the membership information on the CFA Web Site at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chapassn/memberapp.html *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* CFA OFFICERS PRESIDENT: Robert Chapman email: robertbchapman@cs.com VICE PRESIDENT: (Vacant) SECRETARY: Jackie Chapman Konecny email: JKone27534@aol.com TREASURER: M.D. Chapman Morgan email: 74454.2063@compuserve.com EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Robert L. Sonfield email: robert@sonfield.com LIBRARIAN: Dian Chapman Gustafson email: chappie@nwamiga.org HISTORIAN: (Vacant) EDITOR: Robert B. Chapman email: robertbchapman@cs.com GENEALOGIST: (Vacant) WEB MASTER: Mari Modlin email: ddmmjm@netins.net PUBLICIST: Phyllis "Shelly" Chapman email: lazarusette@hotmail.com CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: Gilbert K. Alford, Jr. email: cfa *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Should you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact Cindy Kuhn, CFA Online Newsletter Editor, by email at sinda_k@yahoo.com *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*