This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ainsworth Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HO.2ADEB/302 Message Board Post: Looking for background of Christopher C. Ainsworth, born about 1833, probably in Vermont or Canada. He married Ruth Amelia Hall in Worcester, Vermont in 1857 and their first son, Heman was born there that year. Soon after they moved to Illinois, had five more children.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HO.2ADEB/301 Message Board Post: Grace Abbott (my gr gr aunt), daughter of Dr. J. Kenneth Abbott, was married to George R. Ainsworth on 12/25/1895. Grace and George had two children, Thomas Hobart Ainsworth and Helen Louise Ainsworth. Helen was still living in 1967 in the Utica/Troy area. I am trying to find information on Grace, George and their children. I've heard that Thomas perhaps went to Maryland. I would like to find out if Helen was ever married, when she died, when Grace and George died, etc. Thanks, Georgiana

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HO.2ADEB/279.1 Message Board Post: There is an Albigence Ainsworth born in Vermont 1797-1831. My guess is that the spelling is correct. Jeanne

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: AINSWORTH, FLATLEY, RAHILLY, SULLIVAN Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HO.2ADEB/62.1 Message Board Post: Dear David, I've got lots of info re: several Ainsworths who emigrated to the US from Lancaster/Manchester region of England in 1889. I know what happenned to most of them but one of the brothers, Joseph, is still a mystery. He certainly could have been in NJ. He was married to Margaret Flatley, and had 2 children at the time they emigrated, Henry and daughter (I believe named Theresa). Henry ultimately married Elizabeth Veronica Rahilly in NY (with a Joseph Ainsworth and Mary Sullivan as witnesses) and later had a son named Henry Jr. The males in the family tended to work as boilermakers, pipe fitters, riveters, etc. Siblings of Joseph were David, John, George, Elizabeth, Theresa, and Henry (my GGrandpa). If this sounds like a possible link to your NJ Ainsworths, please reply.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HO.2ADEB/300 Message Board Post: Seeking information on Joab Ainsworth born 1848, lived in TX, was married to Martha ? (born 1842/43 MS) who had 3 Baker children and their young Ainsworth daughter on the 1870 TX census. Martha and Joab were buried near Cordell, OK. Appreciate any information.

Welcome: It's been awhile since I've posted some hints and guidelines for this mailing list. This memo has been a joint effort with Sue Swiggum from the The Ships List. She has a creative writing ability and creates these really wonderful posts every 3 months or so. . I've modified the memo to cover our particular situation as compared to her list and added some other tidbits that I've accumulated over the years. I'd like to see her publish a book on the subject of Internet Mailing Lists quirks. Hope it's useful for you. Best Regards John A Hansen List Admin ++ Gateways I've set up gateways from most of the message boards. This increases the amount of messages to this list. The usage pattern on the message boards is much more informal than here. However, I've seen many cases where people are tracking the same brick walls for obvious reasons. An elusive ancestor is the same on the mailing list and the message boards. But while the post from the message boards comes this way. the posts from the mailing list do NOT go back to the board. You need to click on the URL in the message and reply "over there" Then your reply will also come back here to this mailing list. ++Subject Lines -- Subject Lines -- Subject Lines -- Subject Lines -- plus ... a few tidbits and gentle reminders which you might find useful. Regarding "Subject Lines" .... you'll see my other comments for Digest members below. Do include your surnames ( in Caps) in the subject line > location > dates and then include them again in the body of your message where you give the full details of your ancestor. If your details are sketchy at this point, then just put what ever you do have; sometimes the most minor of details can often provide the breakthrough. Subject lines such as "HELP" may not get you any HELP ... "NEW SUBSCRIBER" may only get you a HELLO if you are lucky. The reason is not because you are being intentionally ignored, but rather because our wonderful members with the resources to help you are VERY busy, so they scan the subject lines looking for a subject about which they have knowledge. Sometimes they have no time to open every message and peek to see if they can help, so do yourselves a big favor by drawing the right kind of attention to yourself and giving an assist to those with the resources and knowledge who are able to help. If you are making a general or other emigration/immigration inquiry, take a moment to read your own subject line first, to check if it is meaningful for your query. Put as much info in the subject line as can be reasonably done. Try not to _begin_ your subject line with numbers, as the robot handling the list mail sometimes rejects those. ps. A list member (who is one of our big helpers) has also suggested that when any of us respond to a message with an inappropriate subject line, that we alter it slightly. I do this sometimes, but on a busy day I sometimes overlook this step. ++ AOL and SPAM filters There has been a new trend for subscribers to set up filters to screen out unwanted emails. Unfortunately, it sometimes also restricts the receipt of messages from Rootsweb. When the message is rejected, it automatically triggers a auto bounce counter here at Rootsweb. "After 4 there is no more" to plagiarize an old advertising theme :-). ++ Answering: If you able to answer another member's query, then please share that answer with other list members ... UNLESS, the reply is very specifically directed to the poster [such as, "we have a Bill Smith living next door ... could he be yours?"] If your answer will be of interest to other list members, such as immigration, marriages, dates, ports, microfilm numbers, "how-to" research immigration/emigration related sources etc., etc., then please share that with the list. ++ Quoting: When responding to a query on the list, by all means quote the original message so that we ALL know what you are talking about. BUT, edit <snip> the original message to just illustrate the part which you have answered. On the recent roll call for instance, the actual post for the roll call should have been snipped. ++ <snip>'s: As mentioned above, "snipping" [editing] is recommended, to save from excessive "quoting" and wasting band-width by filling up the Digests. List Mode members, also <snip> the 'tag-lines' from the original post, and refrain from sending any "piggy-backed" messages with your post unless they follow the thread. ++ Forwarding Mail: When forwarding mail [Fwd:] because you may have mis-addressed the original or you are sending a repeat of an earlier query, take a moment to edit all the unnecessary 'headers' and taglines etc. They take up too much room, and serve no purpose. Some may just "delete" rather than paging down to find your message. Consider copy/paste into a new message, rather than "Fwd:". ++ CAPS: Do not write your message in "CAPS" [Capital letters]. Messages/Queries written ALL in CAPS tend to be difficult to read, for most of us. In the "world" of cyber-space, CAPS are considered the equivalent of SHOUTING! Save CAPS for ship names, surnames, or anything else you wish to stress. (CAPS are okay from vision-impaired members) ++ WebPages: Do not "quote" an entire web page, rather, POST the URL and give a brief description of the site, and an explanation of why you found it useful. ++ Citing: When quoting any information found elsewhere, eg. ... a web page, a book, a document .. always cite (give credit) to the website, and/or the author, the publication etc. Apart from being common courtesy, it can also cover many possible copyright infringements when you quote an excerptfrom an original document/publication. Content from a public document is not copyright, but the compilation of those facts can be. ++ Subject Lines: These are SO important as this is your "headline" to attract the attention of those who may be able to help you. Digest members ..... remember to change the subject line to reflect the topic. If you send a subject which says ... Re: Surname-D Digest V02 #xx ... then this is meaningless, and may go unread. Also, include your year of interest. ++ Thank you: Please NEVER forget to send a thank you to someone who has answered your query. It is so nice to send some appreciation to those who have helped you. These should be in the form of a PRIVATE message, but I won't mind if you have been totally overwhelmed by the number of responses, and you wish to thank everyone by means of the list. :-) It only takes a moment, and shows that you don't take any contribution for granted. ++ Reply Most often any info request etc should be posted to the list Surname-L@rootsweb.com. Do not reply to me as list admin because I then just forward to the list..later..maybe :-) Please reply to the List even if you are on the Digest as in Surname-D@rootsweb.com. ++ Not A Subscriber. You will sometimes get a "Not A Subscriber" notice. These are posts that get bounced to me because the poster is sending from a different address than they are subscribed with. I usually forward these to the list. The address that you are registered with can be just slightly different, sometimes the ISP inserts a extra server or other identification in the email id. To check your own address, send your self a email and look at the headers to look at your "from" address. Make sure your email program inserts this address in your post and then subscribe to the mailing lists of your choice. Some ISP ( MSN especially) adds "hotmail"or "email" on some kind of random basis to your "from" address. The Rootsweb computer sees that as a totally different address and will bounce that to me. I usually forward when I can , but there is a delay. ++ Virus alerts Please just send these directly to me and keep the discussion off the mailing list. There is a really good Virus mailing list here at Rootsweb Join by sending an email to VIRUS-DISCUSSION-L-request@rootsweb.com with subscribe in the body of message. I can also refer you to any number of good Virus sites and sites for Free Anti-Virus software. For the first time, if you do get infected, then I delete your account and send a notice message to you. The second time results in a reject notice on your account. I will send out Virus Alerts from time to time after verifying with several Virus web sites. I do subscribe to several newsletters and "honey pots" to get early warnings about upcoming Viruses. There is a wide difference of opinion about the question of even the List Admin sending out Virus Alerts. I will be happy to debate the point off line but I can declare now that in my opinion, the possibility of saving even one person the pain of losing their work is worth one delete message. The virus industry has changed dramatically over the last two years and that changed my opinion. ++ Virus Updates to the software There is a separate and important fact that everyone needs to know. The AntiVirus software program is out of date when you purchase and install it. The Software Programs work on checking a pattern of words against a known database of viruses. There are new viruses introduced each day of each week. So your AV program needs to be updated very often ( at least once a week) I update mine every night. Most programs have an auto update feature. I've set mine to update at 2 AM. Now it also goes that don't lean back and sigh if you have you've got AV software. The AV software is your last line of defense ; not your first. Don't open attachments etc etc. Some of the new viruses are really tricky in their descriptions ( warning from Microsoft come to mind) and double extensions etc etc. There are viruses now being seen at some of the test sites, that are sent in the pure text messages. Currently you can not get a virus from the message from Rootsweb. It's your friends, family and people that you correspond with that do you in :-). ++ Signature Blocks Signature Blocks and Lines are your address at the bottom of your message. No signatures lines over 4 lines. The VLF will automatically put anybody on moderate that can't seem to get their sig line down. Large sig lines clog up the search engine and the archives. "VLF is a patented system from Piglet (the Listowners admin) and she rents it out for a royalty fee per use. VLF = Very Large Flyswatter to keep posters in line :-) ++ Bounces We all get bounced from time to time. It's not a signal that we don't love you. The Rootsweb email server keeps track of how many times a message to you has bounced back. Most times it'd due to you exceeding a limit at your email service. Most of the free Email servers ( Yahoo, Hotmail Netzero ) have very low limits , usually 2 meg of mail. In today's world of big messages that happens very fast. A weekend away can fill your email box pretty fast. So the post from these lists then gets returned. "After 4 there is no more" and the "bouncer" steps in and removes your address. Don't get upset, merely resubscribe and go on. You might want to check the archives to see if there is any missed messages to you. ++ Archives. Every message ever posted is archived here at Rootsweb. So if you're joining because you now found that this surname or topic is hot on your priority list, then check the archives to see what has already been posted. You can go to the home page at www.rootsweb.com and pick up the archives from there. The archives are located at www.archiver.rootsweb.com if you want to bypass home and go direct :-) ++ Contact the List Admin You can always contact any list admin by sending an email to XXXX-admin@rootsweb.com. XXXX = name of the list. My email is below for direct reference. ++ Unsubscribe Please send an email directly to the request server at XXXXX-L-request@rootsweb.com and merely put unsubscribe in the body of the message. To get on this list you had sent a message with subscribe. So to get off, you merely just tell the computer unsubscribe. Remember this is HAL. Remember this is HAL, Remember this is HAL etc etc. ++ Address Changes We all have address changes in our life. It's a fact of life in this Internet world we live in. So to update your address: A: Send an email to unsubscribe. Please note that you need to use the original email address to do so. On almost every email software program, you can install or keep the original email address. It's there in the from box of the message. You might have to call up the "options" tab to see it. B: Then send an email to subscribe the new address. Please use the new address as it looks in your email server when you created your new account. ++ Posting to the Mail List. All Inquires and mail should only go directly to the mail list. The address to post to is XXXX-L@rootsweb.com. Messages sent to to the XXXXX-L-request@rootsweb.com will bounce back to me. Since most of those bounces are misc. they wind up getting deleted. So your pleas to get help to find that one elusive ancestor is gone into the ether someplace. Any other address will bounce to me and then be deleted. There are many ways that various spam artists are trying to post to the list and wind up bouncing to the admin. They are all deleted. So your important message regarding an ancestor line or a response to someone will probably be deleted. ++ USE your one and only Official Subscribed Address Most of the problems regarding posting, unsubscribing etc are due to a difference in the "from" address in your email program and the "reply to". You were subscribed to the "reply to" address automatically. The computer ( HAL) looks only at your "from" address. That "from" address must match the subscribed address. So if you changed the "from" address for some reason then no message. The computer will only accept mail from registered subscribed users. When the address doesn't match exactly, it bounces. I sometimes get a copy but not always. Take a look at the welcome message that you received for this list. Please keep that message. It tells you exactly what address was subscribed and will be accepted for posting. Make sure all email you send is "from" that address. The Rootsweb computer "Hal" just never sleeps and never lets a message get by with an "almost correct" address. Remember this is HAL, Remember this is HAL ++ Be Nice No Flames, No Selling, No Religion, No Politics These are all interesting and emotional items. Trying to admin a list under those circumstance just takes too much time from my own Genealogy and my Grandchildren :-) Hope all this helps. Best Regards John A Hansen jahansen@qwest.net List Admin BTW: From time to time I get some questions about my own background etc. There is a summary at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/spotlight/hansen_j.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ainsworth, Buswell, Ficken Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HO.2ADEB/299 Message Board Post: My maternal great-grandmother was Margaret Ainsworth, born around 1840, from the Troy, NY area, who married John Buswell. They had a son, also named John, who was born around 1863, and who later moved to NYC and married my grandmother, Anna Ficken. Anyone who can help with info on Margaret Ainsworth? Thanks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HO.2ADEB/298 Message Board Post: *Note: I am not researching this family. This is the only information I have. "ALFRED AINSWORTH - CLEARWATER, Aug. 17. - (By Staff Writer) - Alfred Ainsworth, 92, of 212 North Orangeview Ave., retired wholesale merchant who came here 10 years ago and was a Winter visitor from Providence, R. I., for 30 years, died today in a Tampa rest home. Survivors include his daughter, Mrs. George W. Esler, Clearwater, and a son, Stanley Ainsworth, Venice." Published in The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida, USA), August 18, 1955, p. 2.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ainsworth Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HO.2ADEB/13.214.1.1 Message Board Post: I do not know. I know she was born in Mississippi and her husband was Monroe. We think Martha or (MAttie) always lived around Jones county in Miss.We think her mom Percinia was Choctaw Indain and that could be true considering where Martha was born could have been on a reservation around jones county.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ainsworth, Ingalls, Rogers, King Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HO.2ADEB/297 Message Board Post: Fred Feancis King son of Arron King & Julia Maria Ingalls b 29 Jun 1892 m 1sr Marion Louise Ainsworth 9no ancestry d 16 Sep 1924 Claremont, Sullivan, NH) had Margaret Ellen King 20 Feb 1922 in Claremont married 2nd: Ruby W Rogers no ancestry and had Olive Ruth King 7 June 1927 in Claremont & Barbara Ann King 27 May 1929 in Claremont Any assistance would be appreciated Diana King wildflower1221@yahoo.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HO.2ADEB/296 Message Board Post: This is my Ainsworth family. Looking for anyone with a connection or information. John Ainsworth b. abt 1815 Father from Ireland Mother from England. Married Nancy ? from PA children: Elizabeth b. 1837 MD Lovina b. ? Elmeline b. 1841 James b. 1844 Daniel b. 1847 Hagerstown, MD Mary b. 1849 Charles b. 1851 Wilson b. 1854 Harriett b. 1856 PA Margaret Anna (Maggie) b. 1858 PA J. Calvin b. 1860 PA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HO.2ADEB/295 Message Board Post: Hi. I'm looking for any information about the Ainsworths in/from Lancashire, England. That's where my gr-grandfather William's parents John and Rachel (HORNE) Ainsworth and their respective families were from. John and Rachel came to the US around 1888. Any help would be more than appreciated. Thanks so much, in advance! Linda

Dear All: Some of you have posted really nice and comprehensive descriptions of your brick walls on the roll call. There is also an very interesting method to utilize the combined benefits of the message boards and the mailing lists that could be of use to everyone. We can use of the archiving capability of the message board and the address of the URL of that message to keep your information available and easy to reach for viewers. The process is: A: Most genealogy software programs will allow you to segment a specific portion of the family tree. So create the descendants tree or ancestry tree in your program or from your ancestry files and then copy that to the clipboard. B: Open the message board at www.rootsweb.com for the specific surname and or Clan. C: Create a new post and copy the material of the ancestor from above into that post. D: Go to Tools or other options on your email program and open the sig lines feature option E: Create the Sig Line block in your email program Insert the name of the brick wall or person at the top of the chart along with the highlights of location and time etc. This is effectively your subject lines so make it eye catching and complete. Then copy the message URL into the next line just below the subject line. E: You now have a 2 line sig line! It lets a viewer go to the same reference point by merely clicking on the URL. If they reply, then you will get that reply automatically. It also gathers all the information on that ancestor in one location so you have a stream of replies for all to see and comment on. That URL becomes a universal locator for you to add to all your outgoing messages and other messages. Especially if you have a lot of documentation etc it will help to confirm to other viewers that this is the right tree. F: Then when you post to the SURNAME-L@rootsweb.com "insert" and select the appropriate sig line in that message instead of merely the long line of surnames that nobody really looks at. It will then be a sig line of interest to people in that mailing list with a really easy way to check to see if it fits their family lines. This allows you to post your SPECIFIC brick wall on every post to that specific surname list! That way the more help you give others by posting , the more visibility your brick wall receives and thence the more chances you have of getting help in return :-) G: It will also benefit the new search engines that are coming on stream here at Rootsweb. That search engine will then find your messages that relate to that specific ancestor you are researching. You are now using the message boards as an online archiving and retrieval system. Most people will not go to the threaded archives etc but a simple click on the url below an interesting subject line will likely get their attention. It has the added benefits of: A: always visible forever. B: easier to find than the archives list. C: keeps the threads across many months and years D: there will be an auto reply to you whenever a reply is given. E: New search engine will find related messages. Let's use the combined benefits of the message boards and the mailing lists to our mutual advantage. Please feel free to pass this email to anyone of interest. Best Regards John A Hansen List Admin jahansen@qwest.net BTW: Example below for one of my brick walls :-) Isaac Brownell > Mass > 1772 ( My ALDEN Line) http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.brownell&m=324

Looking for any information,suggestions,clues on the following: AINSWORTH,William Richard b. abrt 1847 TX married SMITH,Elizabeth"Betty" b abt 1847,TN Have some information on their children,unable to locat parents or siblings, as yet!!Thank you, Jo

Dear All: Sorry about the two emails on the Virus Alert . Our "friends" at Qwest decided to do two of each email that I sent on Wed. The only good thing was that I didn't get charged for the duplicates :-). Unfortunately you got twice the posts as well. In addition it appears that Rootsweb is doing something strange this week with email from the gateways as well < sigh> Now if we can only get more posts on genealogy .....? Perhaps it's time for a Roll Call again. Please post one inquiry ( brick wall) per post. The subject line should cover: SURNAME ( in caps) > Locations > dates This subject line is crucial to getting attention from the rest of the group. The message body should include any information at all that appears relevant to the inquiry. Sometimes the smallest clue can mean the difference between a contact and a delete button :-) Best Regards John A Hansen jahansen@qwest.net List Admin . -----Original Message----- From: Shirley [mailto:maples@pacifier.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 12:46 PM To: FTM-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM] I think Rootsweb has the hiccups right now. Some mail with the gateways (between message boards and the lists) is coming through that's a few weeks old. shirley Peg Rampling wrote: > How come Johnnie got his thank you before Jim???? I sent Jim's > first....seems I might be missing a bit of mail from other lists as > well..........mmmmm???

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ainsworth William, Thomas, and Joseph. Pottery and Earthenware Manufatures.Stockton and Newcastle Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HO.2ADEB/3.13.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Pip, So pleased to hear from you. Where do you live? I live in Preston Lancashire England. I will be brief for now as I am not a computer expert and it would take me ages to type in all my information. My Great grandmather was Mary Ainsworth. Daughter of William Ainsworth and Ann Ainsworth. I think William was the brother of Thomas Ainsworth. I have the 1881 census listing for William and Thomas Ainsworth's families. Also a joseph Hume Ainsworth. I also have the 1851 census as follows. 1851 census of Stockton on Tees. HO 107/2383 Folio 692/693 AINSWORTH Thomas 49 YKS Rothwell. Mary 51 NBL Byal(Bywell?) ST Peters William 21 " Newcastle Thomas16 Durham Gateshead These were on Folio 693 AINSWORTH Joseph 16 NBL Newcastle " Harriet 13 YKS Thornaby I know that William on the 1851 census is William Henry Father of Mary my Great Grandmother. I have his Baptism found in the vital records. ALL SAINTS Newcastle upon Tyne William Henry Ainsworth bap 30.8.1829 son of Thomas Ainsworth and Mary FHL No 1068963 1828-1836 Thomas Stobart Ainsworth Bap 25 Sep 1830 son of above. I will get back to you very soon with the 1881 census details on which I found the two Sarah E Mother and Daughter. I have the Marriage certificate for my GGrandmother Daughter of William and Ann Ainsworth.They were married Sept 30th 1877. So in the 1881 census Mary was married and appeared in her own Household. Mary Ainsworth married William Seery a Builder from Ainderby Steeple in The North Riding of Yorkshire. William's Father was a John Seery also a builder. Mary Ainsworth's father was given as William Henry Ainsworth. Also present was a John Charles Prince I asume the best man and Elizabth Ainsworth Mary's sister I think. As I said earlier I have more information in the form of the 1881 Census of all families. I omitted to say that my Grandmother was Jessie Seery born November 1877 according to her birth cert. In the 1881 census the transcriber had the then Seery family listed under Sury. A transcription error. Not the only error I have found. My Mother Helen Elizabeth Swift formerly Ryan was the daughter of Jessie Ryan formerly Seery. My Mother died March 2001. Her brother Francis! Joseph died December 2001. It was when I was registering Francis death that I found in his birth entry which was in Clydebank Scotland 1915 that my Grandparents had married in Stockton ON Tees and that my Grandmother was Jessie Seery. These two were the last of my family on my Mother's side.I have a cousin in Canada Winnepeg Manitoba who is my Mother's elder sister Mary Patricia Farrell formerly Ryan's son. So I am delighted to hear from someone connected to my Grandmother's family. I never met her as she died in 1944. I was born Nottingham England in 1947. So Pip I will be in touch again with the other information if you would like it. Let me know what you have please. It is Okay to contact me directly by e-mail if you wish. Sincerely Jacqui White JacquiMWhite@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HO.2ADEB/3.13.1 Message Board Post: Hi Jaqui, I am connected to the Ainsworths of Stockton on Tees. My great great great grandmother was Sarah Ainsworth (born abt 1823) who married John Yarwood. Her father was Thomas Ainsworth who had the Stockton Pottery. I can go back a few more generations but am still looking for details. Get in touch and let me know if I can help. or vice versa! All the best Pip

Dear All: A new level 3 Virus Alert was issued this week by most of the Major Anti Virus Test Sites and Software Programs The names of the virus will vary but it is generally a form of W32.Klez.X@mm. There is a couple of clever things that this virus does that makes it deceptive. While you will not get the virus from Rootsweb you may well get a email from a subscriber or a friend that you have corresponded with and it will look like a legit response to the email or post that you made. The Virus has two files attached. One will have a random file from the sending computer and the other will be the virus with a double extension with ******.txt.exe etc. So it appears to be a real and innocent attachment. As a result, the email message would have 2 attachments, the first being the worm and the second being the randomly-selected file with a "normal" extensions such as *.doc or *.txt etc Payload and Damage: This worm infects executables by creating a hidden copy of the original host file and then overwriting the original file with itself. The hidden copy is encrypted, but contains no viral data. The name of the hidden file is the same as the original file, but with a random extension. Large scale e-mailing: This worm searches the Windows address book, the ICQ database, and local files for email addresses. The worm sends an email message to these addresses with itself as an attachment. Releases confidential info: Worm randomly chooses a file from the machine to send along with the worm to recipients. So files with the extensions: ".mp8" or ".txt" or ".htm" or ".html" or ".wab" or ".asp" or ".doc" or ".rtf" or ".xls" or ".jpg" or ".cpp" or ".pas" or ".mpg" or ".mpeg" or ".bak" or ".mp3" or ".pdf" would be attached to e-mail messages along with the viral attachment All the normal reference sites are carrying details on how to remove if you do get infected and more technical details on how to identify the incoming virus. Please do not create any posts on the mailing lists. Best Regards John A Hansen List Admin

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ainsworth Sarah E Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HO.2ADEB/3.13 Message Board Post: A long shot. I have two Sarah E Ainsworth's in the 1881 census for Stockton On Tees, County Durham ,England. One is the wife of Ainsworth Thomas H an Earthenware Manufacturer. She would have been born about 1840 in Durham Stockton. The other is the Daughter of Thomas H and Sarah E Ainsworth. She was born about 1876 as she was 5 at the time of the 1881 census. If this information is not connected to you. If anyone else should read this and have any information. Please contact me. Sincerely Jacqui White

Dear All: A new level 3 Virus Alert was issued. The names will vary but it is generally a form of W32.Klez.X@mm While you will not get the virus from Rootsweb you may well get a email from a subscriber or a friend that you have corresponded with and it will look like a legit response to the email or post that you made. The Virus has two files attached. One will have a random file from the sending computer and the other will be the virus with a double extension with ******.txt.exe etc. So it appears to be a real and innocent attachment. As a result, the email message would have 2 attachments, the first being the worm and the second being the randomly-selected file. Payload and Damage: This worm infects executables by creating a hidden copy of the original host file and then overwriting the original file with itself. The hidden copy is encrypted, but contains no viral data. The name of the hidden file is the same as the original file, but with a random extension. Large scale e-mailing: This worm searches the Windows address book, the ICQ database, and local files for email addresses. The worm sends an email message to these addresses with itself as an attachment. Releases confidential info: Worm randomly chooses a file from the machine to send along with the worm to recipients. So files with the extensions: ".mp8" or ".txt" or ".htm" or ".html" or ".wab" or ".asp" or ".doc" or ".rtf" or ".xls" or ".jpg" or ".cpp" or ".pas" or ".mpg" or ".mpeg" or ".bak" or ".mp3" or ".pdf" would be attached to e-mail messages along with the viral attachment All the normal reference sites are carrying details on how to remove if you do get infected and more technical details on how to identify the incoming virus. Please do not create any posts on the mailing lists. Best Regards John A Hansen List Admin