We are thinking somewhat on the same lines, Craig. I've had similar thoughts, but have wondered if we should gather info on every John Akers, then Thomas etc. But I like your idea as well. Would it help if I kept a separate record for each first name to cross reference what your doing? With location and dates, listing wife and parents if known. Willing to do whatever will help the most. Would also be willing to handle Indiana for you, unless you find someone more suited. I would also like to see earlier record gathering -- at least from 1800, but willing to go along with the crowd thinks best. I am certainly thankful for all the work you and Wilma have done for the Akers surname. This list has certainly perked up with your help! At 03:27 PM 2/26/2000 EST, you wrote: >I would like to propose a research project for those on the list who are >intertested. What I hope to do is to make a list of all referrences to Akers >on a state by state basis with the names in cronological order. > >What good is this? > >All of us have been collecting various bits of info on all sorts of Akers's >families some related to us some not, some who knows? My info is all over >the place and not in any particular organization. It would be very helpful >to be able to look at a state and see if any of the names matched. This >could show us migration patterns, marriage patterns etc. > >How do we go about it? > >We start with one state. Everyone gather up what info they have on any Akers >in that state and post it either to this site or to me. I will be in charge >of gathering up the material for certain states that are of interest to me >and I hope some of you will take charge of states of interest to them. Every >so often we will post the list in progress (they will probably never be >finished as we will be adding new info) > >What info do we want? > >The name of the Akers person/s >Other names associated with this record (i.e. spouses, witnesses, neighbors >etc.) >The date of the record >The location (state, county, town, address) >keep it simple if you have an entire will just give us the names/dates/places >involved and a note that the entire will can be viewed if desired. > >Will someone steal this information? >Most if not all of what we deal with is already on the public record. We are >mostly interested in Names, places and dates. I would hope not to get hung >up on this as it really hurts research. > >What states shall we do? >I have already started with New York state so that will be my first state. >Other states I personally will do: New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois. I would hope >to find volunteers to handle Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and any other state >of interest to this list. > >What years? >To keep things manageable I would like to do from as early as possible to >1850-1875. Then at a later time from 1850-1875 on. > >What do you think? > >Craig Herron >ggggrandson of Rachel Akers > > >============================== >Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. >RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > >