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                     CFA Online Newsletter
        
                          
                        January 2003
 
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                       HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

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!

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                       ANNUAL CONVENTION

The 2003 Annual Convention will be held May 16-18, 2003 in 
Richmond, VA. 

The convention will be held at:
WYNDHAM HOTEL - Richmond 
4700 S. Laburnum Avenue 
Richmond, VA 23231 
804-226-4300 
Fax 804-226-6516 
http://www.wyndham.com/RichmondAirport/ 

For reservations (which must be made by April 15 to get CFA 
rates of $79) call 1-800-996-3426. The rate will be available 
for three days before and three days after the meeting for 
those who will need extra time for research, tours, etc. 
Please mention Chapman Family Association reunion when making 
the reservation to be sure they are recorded as part of our 
group and to get our rate. 

The CFA is in the process of completing the Convention Registration
form, making arrangements for meals and arrangements for tours.

If you know that you'll be attending the convention, please drop
us an email at cfa@chapmanfamilies.org and let us know how many
will be attending.  This can help give us a rough estimate on
attendance and will help in designing the registration form and 
making arrangements in Richmond.  - Thank you!

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              STARTING THIS YEARS RESEARCH OFF RIGHT

Here are a few things to remember during your genealogical research:

--Don't Misspell the Word Genealogy 
--Don't Trust Everything You See in Print
--Don't Be Satisfied With Names and Dates
--Don't Accept Family Legends Without Question
--Don't Limit Yourself to the Current Spelling of Your Surname
--Don't Neglect to Write Down Your Sources
--Don't Assume That Everything You Find On the Internet is Reliable 
--Don't Put Off Talking to Relatives

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                          GENEALOGY POEM

The Elusive Ancestor

I went searching for an ancestor. I cannot find him still. 
He moved around from place to place and did not leave a will. 
He married where a courthouse burned. He mended all his fences. 
He avoided any man who came to take the U.S. Census. 

He always kept his luggage packed, this man who had no fame. 
And every 20 years or so, this rascal changed his name. 
His parents came from Europe. They should be upon some list 
of passengers to U.S.A., but somehow they got missed. 

And no one else in this world is searching for this man. 
So, I play geneasolitaire to find him if I can. 
I'm told he's buried in a plot, with tombstone he was blessed; 
but the weather took engraving, and some vandals took the rest. 

He died before the county clerks decided to keep records. 
No Family Bible has emerged, in spite of all my efforts. 
To top it off this ancestor, who caused me many groans, 
Just to give me one more pain, betrothed a girl named JONES. 

by Merrell Kenworthy 

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                      WEBSITES OF INTEREST

It's Another New Year... ...but for what reason? 
   http://wilstar.com/holidays/newyear.htm

The British Switch to the Gregorian Calendar
   http://www.crowl.org/Lawrence/time/britgreg.html

Genealogy and the Calendar
   http://wew.bmb.uga.edu/wf-page/caldr.html

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                        WEBSITE UPDATES

With many people away for the holidays, the updates to the web site
were very slow. But now that the new year has begun, I'll be getting
back to buiness.  There was one page added during the month of 
December 2002:

     Census Records -  1910 Indiana index. 

                  
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                         MEMBERSHIP INFO

You can view the membership information on the CFA Web Site at: 
http://www.chapmanfamilies.org/member.html

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                      OFFICERS FOR 2002-2003

PRESIDENT - Don Chapman, Minnesota
VICE-PRESIDENT - Ernie Chapman, Illinois
SECRETARY - Jackie Konecny, Texas
TREASURER - M. D. Chapman Morgan, California

                        BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Al Chapman
Bob Sonfield
Ernie Chapman
Donald L. Chapman
Jackie Konecny
Joanne Sedricks
Liz Codding
Mike Chapman Morgan
Paul Rekow
  
                        COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Quarterly Editor - Kathleen Tovar, California
Annual Meeting Standing Committee - Gil Alford, Missouri
Corresponding Secretary - Gil Alford, Missouri
Genealogy Committee - Bill & Faye Chapman, Texas
Librarian - Dian Chapman Gustafson, Oregon
Website Coordinator - Cindy Kuhn, California
Publicity - Shelly Chapman, Missouri
Historian - Bob Chapman, Florida & Vermont

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Should you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please
contact Cindy Kuhn, CFA Online Newsletter Editor, by email at
sinda_k@yahoo.com 
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