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| EOGN Note: The information in this archived copy was accurate on the date of publication. Since then, Web sites have appeared and disappeared, companies have been merged and many other facts have changed. You may find references in this archived copy that are no longer accurate. Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter A Weekly Summary of Events and Vol. 5 No. 6 – February 5, 2000 IN THIS ISSUE: - American Genealogical-Biological Index on CD-ROM - American Genealogical-Biological Index on CD-ROM Last week I mentioned that Ancestry.com has introduced a new CD-ROM set called the "American Genealogical-Biological Index" for Windows. This week I had a chance to use this 2-disk set and would like to describe my experiences. Until now, American Genealogical-Biological Index (or "AGBI") has been available only as a set of printed books, published by the Godfrey Memorial Library, consisting of indexes to other genealogy publications. Now the printed indexes have been converted to databases for electronic distribution on CD-ROM. The AGBI databases contain millions of records of people whose names appear in printed genealogical records and family histories published over the last 350 years. There is little duplication or overlap between this valuable resource and other indexes currently in print. Information on the CD-ROM describes the origins of this data:
The American Genealogical-Biological Index CD-ROM runs on Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT. There are no Macintosh or Windows 3.1 versions available. Installation is simple; insert Disk #1 in the CD-ROM drive and then run the SETUP.EXE program that is on the disk. Installation was quick and easy. No other software is required; everything need is included. The software included with the "American Genealogical-Biological Index" is called AncestryView. This appears to be a new product from Ancestry.com; I have not seen it before. It seems to be very easy to use. I never opened the small user’s manual that slips inside the CD-ROM jewel case. The search menu has three fields: Surname, Given Name and Birth Date. You can search by any one, two or all the fields. Remember that this is an index that points to other publications; the actual data is not on these CD-ROM disks. I started by searching for my own surname. The index listed hundreds and hundreds of entries. I decided to narrow it down by specifying a Birth Date of 1811. The index found four such entries. To show an example, here is the entry for Polly Freeland Eastman:
I would not otherwise have known about a reference to EASTMAN that is in the WHITMAN genealogy book. I can now go to a genealogy library, or probably to a local LDS Family History Center near me, and order a copy of the book on microfilm. A more advanced search feature is also included. It is essentially the same as the one I described earlier, except that it has more fields available for searching. You can search on any combination of Surname, Given name, Birth Date or Birth Place of the individual. In addition, you can also search for the Volume and Page Number of the citation. One of the really nifty features is that previously-unindexed books are indexed by the American Genealogical-Biological Index. For instance, a book on my surname was published in 1901 by Guy S. Rix, called the "History and Genealogy of the Eastman Family." This 1,000-page book has no index of any kind. Searching manually through 1,000 pages can be very tedious! Someone did create an index of this book in later years, but this later index is not widely available. Most libraries only have the original book, without index. However, when I searched the American Genealogical-Biological Index CD-ROMs for the name Warren Eastman, I found an exact reference showing the exact page numbers in that unindexed book:
Even though the book in question may not have an index, I now know to look on pages 154, 426, 469 and 503 for information about men named Warren Eastman. This CD-ROM set indexes thousands of books in the same fashion. I did find that printing on my own laser printer was a bit confusing. However, a quick trip to the online Help solved that for me. Unlike some other genealogy CD-ROM disks, it is easy to copy references from the American Genealogical-Biological Index into other Windows programs. I especially liked that feature. I copied several citations into Microsoft Word and will take a printed copy with me the next time I visit the local Family History Center. I also found it easy to use bookmarks and annotations. That is, I can set a bookmark on a particular record so that I can easily return to that entry. I can also write "notes in the margin," and the next time I return to that record, the notes will be displayed. Since you cannot write to this CD-ROM, the notes and bookmarks are actually stored on the hard drive. If you should later transfer this CD-ROM set to a different computer, the bookmarks and margin notes (annotations) are left behind. The American Genealogical-Biological Index on CD-ROM requires a 486/33 processor (Pentium processor recommended), Windows 95 or better, 16 megabytes of RAM memory, 15 megabytes of hard disk space, a double-speed or faster CD-ROM, a 15" or larger monitor with at least an 800x600 pixel display, 16 bit color or more. Did I like the American Genealogical-Biographical Index? Well, I printed out a number of citations about my ancestors that I have not seen before. Tomorrow I am going to my local LDS Family History Center to do some genealogy research. That’s the first time in quite a long time! The American Genealogical-Biographical Index on 2 CD-ROM disks normally sells for $49.95. However, Ancestry.com has an introductory price of $29.95 (U.S. funds) plus shipping. For more information, look at: http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog/product.asp?pf%5Fid=1128111&dept%5Fid=20203000 - Ancestry.com Announces African-American Heritage Collection February is Black History Month in the United States. Now Ancestry.com, owned and operated by MyFamily.com, has announced that it will soon be adding an African- American Heritage Collection. Quoting from the Web site:
More information, including a timeline of Black History, is available at: http://www.ancestry.com/home/celebrate/holidays.htm Ancestry.com is also offering a special on the printed book, "Slave Genealogy: A Research Guide with Case Studies." Written by David H. Streets, this 87-page research guide provides a very clear discussion of slave genealogy with emphasis on the non-plantation slaves. It demonstrates the research methods and types of analysis that must be employed. The book contains three case studies, drawn from the records of Wayne County, Kentucky. More information about "Slave Genealogy: A Research Guide with Case Studies" is available at: http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog/product.asp?dept%5Fid=10103002&pf%5Fid=112446 - Genealogy.com Introduces Virtual Cemetery Genealogy.com, LLC has announced Virtual Cemetery, the first "online tombstone archive." This new database allows the sharing of tombstone images of ancestors without having to leave home. Quoting from the press release:
I decided to check out the new Virtual Cemetery. I went to the site and soon found myself looking at a simple search form. The site allows searches using combinations of first name, middle name, last name, birth date, birthplace, death date, death place, name of cemetery or cemetery location. I simply entered my own surname into the box labeled "Last Name" and then clicked on SEARCH. There were no occurrences of the name in the Virtual Cemetery database. I decided to try some more common names of interest. I searched on the name CLARK and found two entries. I clicked on one of them, and a picture of the tombstone of Abraham Clark then appeared. Beneath the picture the following appeared: Death Date: 11/24/1834 Spouse: Silence Clark Location: Plainfield, MA USA The name and mailing address of the person who submitted the photo were also listed. There was no e-mail address listed in the text, but clicking on the submitter’s name opened an e-mail window with the person’s e-mail address already filled in. In fact, when looking at the image and the data below the image, you can simply move the mouse over the person’s name and then read their e-mail address in the bottom of your browser. Some of the entries had very little information below them, while others gave a lot of data. For instance, the following is listed below the image of Giles Smith’s tombstone: Inscription: Giles Smith Born Union County South Carolina Aug 19 1835 Died Aug 20 1886 Birth Date: 08/19/1835 Birthplace: , SC Death Date: 08/20/1886 Death Location: Pittsboro, MS Spouse: Rebecca L Bounds Cemetery: Pittsboro City Location: Pittsboro, MS USA You can search the database now and even contribute your own images, all at no charge. As part of the announcement promotion, Genealogy.com is also giving away a digital camera that is valued at $800. To access the Virtual Cemetery or to post images, http://www.genealogy.com - Deaths of 1999 Here is a list of some of the notables who passed away in 1999:
- New Management at MyFamily.com MyFamily.com, formerly known as Ancestry.com, has some new management. Here is the announcement from the company:
- 2000 Census to Count Illegal Immigrants A census worker at the front door often conjures up fearamong illegal immigrants. However, officials at the U.S. Census Bureau say they don't care if you're here illegally. In fact, they won't even ask that question. They only ask that you fill out the census questionnaire when it arrives in April, whether or not you are here legally. "The Census doesn't exist to do law enforcement," says Dianne Schmidley, a census demographer. "Our job is to get a body count." The Census Bureau asks whether those in the household are U.S. citizens. But it has never distinguished between non-citizens who are in this country legally and those who are here illegally, because the U.S. Constitution simply calls for a head count. The counting of illegal immigrants was not even an issue until their numbers began swelling in the mid-1970s. Schmidley says singling out illegal immigrants would only lower a response rate that already is expected to be the lowest in history -- 61 percent, compared with 75 percent of households in 1980 and 65 percent in 1990. It is largely poor people and minorities who get missed. In 1990, census officials estimate they undercounted Indians on reservations by 12.2 percent, Hispanics 5.5 percent, Blacks 4.4 percent, and Asian Americans 2.3 percent. They estimate that only 0.7 percent of non-Hispanic whites were not counted. The estimates were based on intensive second interviews with members of 300,000 households. Undercounting can be costly to communities, because they can lose out on funding for everything from schools to fire stations. It can also mean the loss of political representation. Census officials are worried that language barriers and fear of the government will keep immigrants -- even those here legally -- from answering the census. "The last thing the Census wants is for people to be afraid," says Schmidley. - From the Mailbox In last week’s newsletter, I wrote about the new television show, Ancestors II, which was previewed at the opening session of GENTECH 2000 in San Diego. In that article, I wrote, "At the GENTECH Opening Session, Stephanie Rurie (I hope I spelled her name properly) played some clips from the show." Several readers pointed out that I was close but not close enough. I owe an apology to Stephanie Ririe for not spelling her last name properly. Also in regards to GENTECH 2000, last week I wrote, "I never did hear the final attendance figures, but on Friday evening conference chairman Kip Sperry announced that they had already surpassed last year’s total attendance figures." Several people wrote to say that the San Diego Sunday newspaper reported that 750 people attended GENTECH2000. - Upcoming Events The Upcoming Events section of the newsletter is published once per month. Each event will be listed very briefly: title, date(s), location, and sponsoring organization, all followed by either an e-mail address or a Web page that you can use to find more information. Since detailed information is available via e-mail or the Web, I will not list the details in this newsletter. If you do contact any of these organizations, please tell them where you heard about the event. Here are the listings, arranged by date. An asterisk indicates a new listing that has been added since the last time this list was published:
*The Newberry Library's Friends of Genealogy will present "Breaking Through the Dead Ends and Doldrums," an evening lecture with Paul Milner on February 16, 2000 in Chicago. Details are available at: http://www.newberry.org/nl/genealogy/L3gfriends.html *The Computer-Assisted Genealogy Group of Northern Illinois meeting will feature Patricia Weisshaus (PAF) and Larry Olson (TMG) demonstrating genealogy software on February 20th in Schaumburg, Illinois. For more info, contact Larry at lolson@mountprospect.com. The Lake Havasu (Arizona) Genealogical Society will be holding its 7th Annual Seminar on Feb 26, 2000. Guest speaker will be Bill Doty from the NARA discussing Military Sources. For further information, look at: http://www.ctaz.com/~shadgraf/society.htm Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois, will be offering a series of one-day computer workshops on the following genealogical topics during the month of March 2000: PAF 4.0, Windows for Genealogists, From Document to Computer, Using Online Library Catalogs, Sharing/Exchanging Information Online, Family Tree Maker, Genealogy on the Internet. The presenter will be Michael John Neill. More information is available at: http://www.rootdig.com/sandburg.html On March 4, 2000, the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, South Eastern Branch’s Lecture Series will feature "Making Sense of the Census" by Eleanor Goggin and "How To Conduct Successful Interview" (with the lecturer to be announced). These lectures are held in Moncton, New Brunswick. Details can be obtained from: rgmess@nbnet.nb.ca * GEN-FAIR 2000, the Three-County Genealogical Fair, will be held in Fort Myers, Florida on March 4, 2000. Members of the newly formed Alliance and co-sponsors of the Fair are: Charlotte County Genealogical Society, Genealogical Society of Collier County and Lee County Genealogical Society. George G. Morgan will speak on "Bringing Ancestors to Life;" "Genealogical Orienteering: Using Maps;" and "Planning Cemetery Trips." Details are available from: nightmare@nut-n-but.net The Williamson County (Texas) Genealogical Society will hold its annual seminar March 11, 2000 in Round Rock, TX. The speaker will be Leslie Smith Collier of Dallas, TX. For more information contact: lar-wan@swbell.net or lremry@aol.com *Ridge Roots 2000, a genealogy event for northeastern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri will be held March 18, 2000 in Jonesboro, AR. Details can be found at: http://www.insolwwb.net/~nlmatthews/event.htm *Genealogy Fair 2000 will be held March 25, 2000 in South Bend, IN. Details are available at the South Bend Area Genealogical Society’s Web page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags The Slippery Rock (Pennsylvania) Heritage Association will present an all day workshop on April 1, 2000. The speaker will be Ernest Thode, speaking on various German topics. For more information, contact: hmssagt@aol.com The April 8, 2000 Lecture Series of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, South Eastern Branch will feature "Recording Your Research Right the First Time" by Dawn Kinnie and "Picking the Computer Program That is Right for Your Research" by Stan Balch. Meetings are held in Moncton, New Brunswick. For information, send an e-mail to: rgmess@nbnet.nb.ca *The Indiana Genealogical Society will hold its Annual Meeting and Conference in Evansville, IN, on 8 April 2000. The featured speaker will be Lloyd D. Bockstruck, FNGS. For a complete listing of workshops and a registration form, visit the IGS website. http://www.indgensoc.org/igs20003.htm The Sonoma County Genealogical Society will hold its annual all-day seminar on 15 April 2000 featuring Curt B. Witcher, Department Manager for the Historical Genealogy Department of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. For details, see: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cascgs/witcher.html The Eastern Washington Genealogical Society will hold their Annual Spring Seminar, in connection with the Washington State Genealogical Society Conference, on 15th April 2000 in Spokane, WA. The all-day seminar will feature Dr. John Phillip Colletta with lectures on passenger lists, naturalization records among other titles. For information, contact: toppline@cet.com *The Newberry Library's Friends of Genealogy will present "Digging Deeper with Familiar Genealogical Tools," a day-long workshop featuring Bill Dollarhide of Heritage Quest on April 15 in Chicago. Details are available at: http://www.newberry.org/nl/genealogy/L3gfriends.html The Martin County Genealogical Society will hold its annual all-day seminar on Tuesday, 25 April, 2000 in Stuart, Florida. Researching in Ireland will be the topic. Shane MacAteer and Dr. Brian Traynor of the Ulster Historical Foundation of Belfast, Ireland will be the featured speakers. Details are available from: rshep70683@aol.com *The Coffey Cousins' Convention will be held April 27-29, 2000 in Sanford, FL. Details can be found at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6233/convention.html *The Nicolas Martiau (1591 - 1657) Tribute - If your 17th century ancestry contains any of the following family names, you may qualify for membership of the Nicolas Martiau Descendant Association: Chisman, Condon, Fuller, Gwynn, Heape, Jacquelin, Lewis, Monfort, Nelson, Reade, Rootes, Scar(s)brooke, Smith, Throckmorton, Tompkins, Warner, Washington, Watlington, or Wills. The Association will hold its 3rd Tribute on April 28 - 30, 2000 in Williamsburg, VA. Details are available from: FDuthie@aol.com ROOTS XVI, the 16th annual all-day seminar sponsored by The Genealogy Workshop of the Huntington Historical Society, Huntington, New York, will be held April 29, 2000. For information, send an e-mail to: wchamber@suffolk.lib.ny.us The Monmouth County Genealogy Society will host a Civil War Day at the Fort Monmouth facility on 29 April 2000 featuring speakers, war games, and other activities. For information, contact: beahive@aol.com The David Families of France, Louisiana and Canada Reunion will be held April 30, 2000 in Welsh, Louisiana. For further details see http://www.angelfire.com/or/davidlegacy/index.html The Alabama Genealogical Society, Inc. will hold its annual spring seminar on May 6, 2000 in Birmingham, Alabama. Leslie Smith Collier will be the lecturer. Details are available from: jylhardy@bellsouth.net or saralindsey@juno.com The May 6, 2000 New Brunswick Genealogical Society, South Eastern Branch’s Lecture Series will feature "The Internet and Genealogy. Mailing Lists, News groups and E-mail" by Stan Balch and "The World Wide Web and Search Engines, How to Make Them Work for You" by Ron Messenger. Details about this Moncton, New Brunswick meeting are available from: rgmess@nbnet.nb.ca The Ontario Genealogical Society will hold Seminar 2000 at the Ottawa Congress Centre in Ottawa on May 12-14, 2000. Details are available at: http://www.cyberus.ca/~ogsottawa/sem2000.htm *The Wisconsin State Genealogical Society will hold its Spring Seminar on May 13, 2000 in Madison, Wisconsin. The theme of the seminar will be "Putting Your Ancestors in Their Place." The speaker will be Michael J. Leclerc of NEHGS. For further information, visit the WSGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wsgs. The National Genealogical Society’s "Conference in the States" will be held in Providence, Rhode Island from May 31 through June 3, 2000. This is the largest genealogy conference in the United States each year. This year’s event will feature more than 100 presentations, seminars and meetings. Details are available at: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org *The first all-inclusive McCleskey Families of Texas Reunion is planned for June 3-4, 2000 in Dublin, Texas. These are generally the descendants and allied families of James and Joseph McCleskey of Georgia (1700s) who made their way to Texas after the Civil War. For more information, look at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~peggyjbr/index.htm *Descendants of two SISSON kindred, Richard and Mary SISSON of colonial Rhode Island and Massachusetts and of Robert and Amye SISSON of colonial Virginia, will meet near Cincinnati, Ohio, from June 22 to 24, 2000. More information is available at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dasisson/ * The Connaughton Family Reunion will be held July 4th and 5th, 2000 in Clonark, Athlone, Co. Roscommon, Ireland. Information is available at: http://homepage.eircom.net/~connaughton/reunion2000/ The CASSELMAN Ancestral Society will be holding an international family reunion July 7-8-9 2000 in Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada, open to all members and friends of the Casselman/Castleman (and other spellings) family. For info, look at: http://www.glen-net.ca/casselman *The Newberry Library's Friends of Genealogy will hold their Annual Open House and "Internet Genealogy 101" evening lecture with Bruce Gillis, Rhonda Frevert, June Buller & Marsha Peterson-Maass on July 12 in Chicago. Details are available at: http://www.newberry.org/nl/genealogy/L3gfriends.html The Germans From Russia Heritage Society (GRHS) will celebrate its 30th anniversary at its year 2000 convention in Bismarck, North Dakota, July 13-16, 2000. Additional details are available at: http://www.grhs.com. *The William & Antonia Plooster Family Reunion "2000" will take place on July 14, 15 and 16, 2000 in Mitchell, South Dakota. All Descendants of the William and Antonia Plooster family are invited to attend. Information is available from: mplooste@du.edu The Crandall Family Association will hold its biennial meeting on Saturday 15 Jul 2000 at the First Hopkinton Seventh Day Baptist Church Parish House in Hopkinton, Rhode Island. The theme of this year's reunion will be "Prudence Crandall of Hopkinton". For further details go to: http://www.cfa.net/cfa/reunion.html The German Interest Group is hosting "Improving Your German Research" on 15 July 2000 in Whitewater, Wisconsin. The speaker is Shirley J. Reimer from Sacramento, CA, who is the author of "The German Research Companion". For more information see: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/origins1/gig.html The Alden Kindred of America will hold its 100th meeting in Duxbury, Massachusetts, August 2-6, 2000. Events include a cruise to Provincetown, the Centennial address by The Reverend Professor Peter Gomes at the First Parish Church, Duxbury, a 1620 Theme Dinner at Plimoth Plantation, and the 100th Reunion Celebration at the historic John Alden House Museum. Full details are at: http://www.alden.org. The Timen Stiddem Society, a family association for the descendants of this immigrant from Sweden in the 17th century, is holding a "Reunion of the Descendants of Timen Stiddem," August 18-20, 2000, in Wilmington, Delaware, site of the origin of the Stidham family in America. Surname variations include: Stidam, Stidom, Steadham, Stedham, Steddom, and Stedum. More information can be found at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tstiddem/index.html The Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies will host its Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Conference, 22-23 September 2000, Lakewood CO. Featured speakers will be Cyndi Howells, Henry "Hank" Jones, and Christina Schaefer. For details, contact: pakemper@aol.com. A reunion for anyone who has an interest in, or ancestors from, the Dutch island of Goeree-Overflakkee in the province of Zuid, Holland, will be held in September 2001. This reunion will take place in or near the village of Ouddorp, which has been inhabited since before 300 BC. Participants will not only visit the Genealogical Center in Middelharnis, but also the annual genealogical day, organized by the Zeeland chapter of the NGV, (Dutch Genealogical Society). Details are available at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/1588/ *The Newberry Library's Friends of Genealogy will hold their 4th annual "Ask The Experts: On Military Records" panel discussionin on October 11 Chicago. Details are available at: http://www.newberry.org/nl/genealogy/L3gfriends.html The Dragoo Family Association (DFA) Biennial Reunion will be held October 12-15, 2000 in San Antonio, Texas. For more information, contact: GWatson3@Compuserve.com An O'Mahony get-together to be held in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on October 13-15, 2000. This will be the first Canadian gathering. For information about the society and fall gathering, contact: grandpre@global2000.net If you would like to see your event listed, send an e-mail to: meetings@rootscomputing.com. You must include either a Web page that gives details or an e-mail address for the organization or for someone within the organization who is willing to supply the meeting details upon request. Please limit your listings to events where you expect 100 or more people to attend. - Home Pages Highlighted The following is a list of some of the genealogy-related World Wide Web home pages that have been listed recently on http://www.rootscomputing.com:
Judkins Family Association homepage. This Website holds the most information on the Judkins families of North America, whether they originally came from the New England states or Surry County, Virginia. Civil War pension lists also included. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Oaks/1781 Ancestors and Descendants of George Cutlip (1711-1795) who arrived in Charleston, SC on 17 Oct 1749. The database includes 4,500 descendants: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cutlip Hamacher, Hamaker, Hammaker, Haymaker family history. Most of the information is pre Civil War and includes extracts of SAR membership forms, Revolutionary War service records, a summary of all Hammaker entries for the US Census from 1790 to 1850, extracts of a few wills and deeds and more: http://www.wso.net/hammaker Searching family roots of the Val'tukh, Valtukh, Waltuck, Waltuch, Wahltuck, Wahltuch, Goldberg, Goldenberg, Shenfeld, Tarshis, Wolfmann, all originating in Odessa, Russia/Ukranine in the early 1900s: http://mypage.direct.ca/d/dwdwone/index.html Greene County, Arkansas census, marriage records, cemeteries and more: http://www.rootsweb.com/~argreene/greene1.html History of the Kloosterman family from 1550 –1975: http://home.soneraplaza.nl/qn/prive/ck/ Genealogy page of the Girouard families of New England: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~famille To submit your home page to this newsletter, enter the necessary information at: http://www.rootscomputing.com/register.htm. Due to the volume of new Web pages submitted, I am not able to list all of them in the newsletter. Are you interested in the articles in this newsletter? Would you like to learn more or ask questions or make comments about these articles? Join this newsletter’s online discussion group on CompuServe’s Genealogy Techniques Forum. CompuServe members using Netscape, Internet Explorer or CompuServe 2000 can go to http://go.compuserve.com/GenealogyForum. If you are using Classic CompuServe, you can GO ROOTS. If you would like to submit news, information or press releases for possible inclusion in future newsletters, send them to richard@eastman.net. The author does reserve the right to accept or reject any articles submitted. DISCLAIMER: This newsletter is being written and sent via e-mail at no charge. I expect to write one new issue on a more or less weekly basis. However, life sometimes interferes, and the need to earn a living may create an occasional delay. COPYRIGHTS: The contents of this newsletter are copyright by Richard W. Eastman. You are hereby granted rights, unless otherwise specified, to re-distribute articles from this newsletter to other parties provided you do so strictly for non-commercial purposes. Please limit your re-distribution to one or two articles per newsletter; do not re-distribute the newsletter in its entirety. Also, please include the following words with any articles you re-distribute:
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