Hi Folks, I seem to have lost my email announcing the ALDRICH reunion in Belton Texas in April. Can someone send me the date and location again? Thanks! Clay Fulcher

Hi Dick and Everyone, Is there anyone out there going to NEHGS that might have time to look for this manuscript? I'm in CA and I think Dick is not in the NE area either. Looks like this might solve some problems for several of us. If the Henry Aldrich genealogy is anywhere NEHGS is probably the best place to start. Thanks, Joyce Westmyer Santa Ana, Ca robertw1@ix.netcom.com On 03/15/98 09:33:45 you wrote: > >Hi Everyone, > >Has anyone ever heard of, or seen a Genealogy on the Descendants of >Henry Aldrich? He was apparently another Aldrich who came to America in >the 1600's. At one time there was a genealogy on his descendants, but >was destroyed late 1800's. Perhaps another copy exist somewhere. >I think thats why many of us can not tie into the George Aldrich >Genealogy which appears to be very complete. We are descended from him >but from Henry Aldrich. > >Thanks > >Dick Allen > >rjallen13@hotmail.com > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > >

Hi, Another subscriber to this list E-Mailed that his Grandfather told him that all Aldriche's in this country were descended from two brothers that came from somewhere many years ago. I wonder if George had a brother Henry? Dick Allen East Lansing, MI ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Sue's Cook Book, Recipe #12 TIPS FOR USING CENSUS RECORDS I took an item entitled "Don'ts When Using Census Records" from The Yellow Jacket of the Great River Genealogical Society in Adams Co., Illinois, and adapted it for Recipe #12. The original author is unknown. The first sentence in each statement is from the original item. Comments that follow are mine. 1. DON'T assume the spelling of the name is as you know it today. Use every possible phonetic spelling, being sure to consider the dialect of the area in which you are searching. For instance, some areas in this country dropped the final "r" from words--other areas added one where none existed. 2. DON'T assume the relationship to the head of the household is as stated. For instance, the word "cousin" was used to indicate almost any degree of cousin-ship and sometimes for other relationships such as niece or nephew. 3. DON'T assume the wife is the mother of any or all of the children listed. I would take this a step further--DON'T assume that the husband is the father either. Children will usually be listed as son or daughter, even if it is a step-relationship and may even be listed with a step-father's surname. 4. DON'T assume that the ages listed provide a birth year. They are often inaccurate. 5. DON'T forget to copy the information at the top of the page, as well as ALL data to the right of the occupation column. Better yet, make a photocopy of the whole page! 6. DON'T forget to copy all families of your surname in the county. In a large county, you may want to narrow this a bit. DON'T forget to copy the neighbors too. Four Smiths in a row with a Jones in the middle may indicate a daughter who married a Jones. Remember, too, that most people married someone in the neighborhood and many times families migrated from one location to another in groups. 7. DON'T think the records before 1850 can't help. They may have only one name listed, but they will give you a family size and location--it's a place to start. 8. DON'T think that the census data gives all the answers. In fact, DON'T assume it gives any answers--look for primary sources to back it up! 9. DON'T forget that the 1880 and beyond records give additional data. Even if you found your family in 1870, you will still want to look at the 1880 census. 10. DON'T forget the 1890 veteran's census if your ancestor served in the military. Widows are listed too. 11. DON'T stop with the Soundex findings; go to the original census record! 12. DON'T believe the census indexes to be either correct or complete. I have found people on the census who were not listed in the index by searching the whole town, family by family. 13. DON'T forget about the state census records. They often have different information and they can fill in gaps between federal census years. Good luck Cookies! Sue Roe SueMHR@aol.com

Hi Cookies! I've just re-posted Recipes 1 through 10 for all who are new to the list or have lost them. Now it's time for a new one. In Recipe #2, I gave you the FIRST STEP in genealogical research-- HOME SOURCES. After you have done a thorough job on that, it's time for STEP TWO-- CENSUS RESEARCH. It's very important to be sure you know where your ancestors lived and when they lived there BEFORE you begin looking for other records. Otherwise, you may spend a lot of time looking in the wrong place! By doing your CENSUS RESEARCH next, you will find out what town, county, and state to search for other records. In Recipe #3, I gave you some information on STATE CENSUS RECORDS and, in Recipe #4, I told you how to use the SOUNDEX. I recently realized that I haven't given any information on what you will find in the US FEDERAL CENSUS. Below is a summary of the Census Records for 1790 through 1920. SUE'S COOK BOOK, RECIPE #11 FEDERAL CENSUS RECORDS 1790--The first Federal Census of the United States was taken in 1790. The information given on this census is: Name of Head of Family, number of free white males ages 16 and older, number of free white males under 16, number of free white females, number of slaves, number of other persons in the household. 1800--The information given on this census is: Name of Head of Family, number of free white males broken into age groups, number of free white females broken into age groups, all other free persons, number of slaves. 1810--Same information as 1800. 1820--The information given on this census is: Name of Head of Family, number of free white males broken into age groups, number of free white females broken into age groups, number of foreigners not naturalized, occupation, number of free colored, number of slaves. 1830--The information given on this census is: Name of Head of Family, number of free white males and females broken into smaller age groups than previous years, number of slaves, number of free colored, number of foreigners not naturalized. 1840--Same as 1830, but add these categories: number of handicapped, occupation, literacy, military service. 1850--This is the first census that lists all members of the household by name. For each person in the household, the following information is given: Name, age, race, sex, relationship to head of family, whether handicapped, occupation, property value, birthplace, whether married, whether attending school, whether able to read. There are supplemental schedules for slaves, paupers, criminals, and persons who died within the year. 1860--About the same as 1850. 1870--All members of the household are listed by name. For each member of the household, the following information is given: Name, age, race, sex, relationship to head of family, value of property, birthplace, whether parents were foreign born, month of birth if born within the year, whether attending school, literacy, occupation, whether handicapped. There are supplemental schedules for persons who died during the year, for paupers, and for prisoners. 1880--This is the first year for which there is a Soundex. It is also the first year for which the address of the household is given. For each person in the household, the following information is given: Name, age, month of birth if in census year, race, sex, relationship to head of family, whether married, occupation, literacy, place of birth, place of birth of parents. There are supplemental schedules for Indians, persons who died during the year, persons in asylums, prisoners, homeless children, paupers. 1890--Almost all of the 1890 Census was destroyed. There are only a very few fragments for isolated areas. But there is a Veteran's Census for 1890. If your ancestor was in the military, you may be able to locate him or his widow on the Veteran's schedule. 1900--This census includes: Address of household, names, age, race, sex, relationship to head, marital status, number of years married, number of children born to female head and number still living, birthplace of person and parents, year of immigration for foreigners and whether naturalized, occupation, employment, school attendence, literacy, whether can speak English, whether on a farm, whether home is owned or rented or mortgaged. Supplemental schedules for deaf and blind. 1910--About the same as 1900, but add whether a survivor of Union or Confederate Army or Navy. 1920--This is the latest Census that we have access to. The contents are similar to 1900, but add what language is spoken if not English. That's it--at least until they release the 1930 Census! Sue Roe SueMHR@aol.com 117 Harvard Lane Seal Beach, CA 90740-2508

Hi Allison, I knew I could count on you to come up with some ideas. Yes, we've checked the History of Richmond and the Richmond Town Records microfilm. I'd forgotten about Milford, but checked it again and realized that's the Andrew Peters, doesn't seem to connect with mine, I've checked the Peters of New England genealogy. Seems we're the Richard m. Mehitable Grant, 4 July 1741 Attleborough,MA line that isn't documented. I just ordered some NH and Warwick, MA microfilm from the FHL so maybe. I've looked at Orange, Royalston and Athol, MA also. Thanks for looking at the Swanzey, NH book, that film is restricted to Salt Lake. Thanks again, have a great time at your reunion!!! Joyce On 03/15/98 11:02:22 you wrote: > >Joyce: >Have you looked in the History of Richmond and Westmoreland, NH? Those >two books have Aldrich in them, and more than likely Howard/Hayward >whichever way you want to spell the name today. I have checked the >History of Swanzy, NH, no Timothy Peters. There may be a clue in the >Milford, MA books, but right now they are out on loan to someone, and I >don't know when i will have my books back to look up to see if there may >be a Timoth Peters. next weekend I am out of pocket as I will be having >RAWSON -mini reunion here at my house. >alison > >Alison Franks >Archivist, Rawson Family Association >Aldrich too > >_____________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com >Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > > >

Hi Ralph: No indication that John Prentice is related to Elisabeth Prentice. Suggest someone get a copy of the Westmoreland, NH History and see what that might tell. I don't have it, sorry. Alison _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Hi Everyone, Has anyone ever heard of, or seen a Genealogy on the Descendants of Henry Aldrich? He was apparently another Aldrich who came to America in the 1600's. At one time there was a genealogy on his descendants, but was destroyed late 1800's. Perhaps another copy exist somewhere. I think thats why many of us can not tie into the George Aldrich Genealogy which appears to be very complete. We are descended from him but from Henry Aldrich. Thanks Dick Allen rjallen13@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi Everyone, I am stumped looking for the parents of my Cynthia Peters m. Solomon Howard. Another woman is looking for Timothy Peters, I have some notes that state that "Cynthia named one son Timothy and it's not a Howard name. These same notes, not mine-found in VT, state that "the Peters were Quaker in RI and Salem". Where the info for that statement came from I haven't a clue. I've checked the big Aldrich genealogy at my local library and it doesn't show them. Here's where you come in, we have a record of Timothy Peters, m. Hannah Aldrich Dec. 7, 1766 in Cumberland, RI, by a justice of the peace per Vital Records of RI, Vol 3. My Cynthia was supposed to have been born 1770 in NH. There were several Aldrich and Peters families in Richmond, NH Town Records but not Timothy. The first record I can find of him so far is in the 1790 census for Orange, MA, Cynthia was already married to Solomon by then. The Timothy we are calling Timothy Jr, was born about 1774. I'm not sure about any connection but can anyone out there shed some light on this subject. Thanks in advance, Joyce Westmyer Santa Ana, CA robertw1@ix.netcom.com

Vol. 5, p.103-4 of the George Aldrich Genealogy lists Solomon(7) Aldrich [David(6), Solomon(5-4), John(3), Jacob(2), George(1)] and his children. His wife Adah Antoinette Williams was a sister of my great-grandmother, Catherine Cordelia Williams. They were the daughters of John Williams (a Loyalist descendant) and Selina Brewster (a Mayflower and Patriot descendant). Adah was born 1 Sep 1833 Alleghey Co. NY. She died 27 Jul 1903 LOCATION UNKNOWN. Thanks to an email correspondent in Oregon, I have acquired quite a bit of new information in the last week regarding their daughter Martha (Mattie) Emily Aldrich. She and Leroy Perry Gray were married 5 Jun 1887 in Trinidad CO. Mattie was born on 12 Nov 1863 in Kankakee IL. She died 9 Feb 1937 Blaine OR. Leroy, son of Leroy Perry Gray and ? was born 3 Jul 1863 in Illinois. He died 1 Aug 1948 Lane Co. OR (probably Eugene). Leroy and Mattie are buried in the Blaine OR cemetery. Blaine is in Tillamook Co. OR (not on most maps). Leroy and Mattie had at least the following children: Adelaide Verna Gray born 15 Mar 1888 CO Sarah Eugenia Gray born 13 Apr 1890 CO Perry Owen Gray born 24 Mar 1892 NM Edward Dean Gray born 15 Jan 1894 Catskill NM, died 9 Sep 1975 Eugene OR. He married Marion Viola ( ). She was born 1 Aug 1902. She died 17 Jul 1994 Sutherlin OR. They had two daughters. Ruth Alberta Gray born 26 Oct 1898 NM Leroy Emmett Gray born 11 Jul 1901 ID (possibly Clayton) Antoinette Harriet Gray born 24 Aug 1903 Blaine OR, died 20 Aug 1996 Eugene or Junction City OR, bur Blaine OR. She was married in 1928 at Tillamook OR to Albert Alfon Slakis, son of John Slakis. He was born 8 Jan 1905 Bayonne NJ and died 28 Jan 1947 rural Douglas Co. OR. He is buried Blaine OR. . Maxwell Gray born c.1908 OR. He was living in San Diego CA in 1975. Shirley York Anderson

Hi All: I thought you'd like to see what was on Novas Scotia Roots list about Halbert's! This is a trip! Now who out there is realy going to find this organization to be beneficial, when the family dog is getting mail about the wonderful opportunity? Really - Regards, Alison Franks Archivist, Rawson Family Association --------- Begin forwarded message ---------- From: "Jamie Crossley" <broadviewbooks@csi.com> To: <NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [NOVA-SCOTIA-L] Halberts warning Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 17:03:26 -0500 Message-ID: <005801bd4e02$b09b22a0$1bb10fce@bvbooks> I got one of their letters addressed to my dog Murdoch. On the envelope it said " Murdoch Crossley is in the World Book of Crossleys." In the letter they promised this book would be of use to him in his genealogical pursuit. Needless to say, he did not purchase a copy! Jamie MacKenzie Crossley Bookseller Hudson, Massachusetts USA Broad View Books <http://broadviewbooks.com> jcrossley@broadviewbooks.com Your Source for Used Genealogy and Local History Books With a Special Interest in Massachusetts and New England ==== NOVA-SCOTIA Mailing List ==== ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You can access the archives of previous messages posted to this list at: http://www.chignecto.net/nsnews --------- End forwarded message ---------- _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

1881 Census Birthplace Index, County: Lancashire >From half way down page 00429 to first 8 entries page 00454 is all ALRED, aproximately 1208 ALDRED listed here. There is an solo entry also for the spelling ALDREDGE page 00454 born USA Virgina ALDREDGE Ellen 31 widow bording with LE GROS, Alexandre living in Liverpool/Lancs, UK. Following this is remaider of the page is ALDREN TILL HALF WAY DOWN page 00455 Followed by the name 16- ALDRICH, 1- ALDRICK, 5- ALDRID, The remainder of this page is ALDRIDGE from bottom of page 00455 to page 00459 approximately 141 ALDRIDGE listed here. Under 1881 Census Surname Index, County Lancashire page 18409 to 18410 10- ELDRED, 24- ELDRIDGE, 1- ELDRIGE 1881 Birthplace Index, County: Lancashire page 45788 4-OLDRICH, 1- OLDRID, 9- OLDRIDGE The OLDRID entry is born in the States (USA) -Charles OLDRID(38) male border- unmarried with William HENRY, Liverpool/Lancs. ---------------------------------- Take care Christine(BC,Canada) ALDRIDGE-? UK, 1900-1998 LANCS/UK. MALONEY-IRE, 1881-1998 LANCS/UK McNICHOLAS-IRE, 1874-1998 LANCS/UK CHAMBERS- ?UK, 1900S LANCS

Hi All I findly started getting List Mail again Sunday. I wasn't getting any thing even my posts so if anybody sented me mail Thurday thru Saturday please resent Thanks Ralph

Hi David and All: I am getting the CC message, and I said so to Ralph. Can you check this out? Thank you Alison --------- Begin forwarded message ---------- From: "Ralph L. Still III" <eli13@ix.netcom.com> To: "ALDRICH-L@rootsweb" <ALDRICH-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: Alison Gene Franks <afranks1@juno.com> Subject: [ALDRICH-L] No E-mail from list Date: Sat, 07 Mar 1998 10:44:20 -0500 Message-ID: <35016B53.83BAD3D4@ix.netcom.com> Hi all I don't seem to be getting any list mail is this message being posted someone relpy please Ralph --------- End forwarded message ---------- _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Hi all I don't seem to be getting any list mail is this message being posted someone relpy please Ralph

Edward Aldrich, b 1806 VT, d 10 Dec 1890 Henrietta Twp., Jackson Co, MI, m Alfreda Peak, d/o Alfred and Rhoda Peak. They had the following children: Joseph Edward Aldrich, Alfred Fuller Aldrich, Annis Ann Aldrich, Margaret Aldrich, and Phylander Aldrich. Edwards parents were Joseph and Annis (Balsley) Aldrich. Annis was the daughter of John and Chariety Balsley. Edward had a brother named Joseph and may have had brothers Franklin and Zechariah. Joseph and Annis (Balsley) Aldrich were in Vermont when Edward was born. Seek the ancestors of joseph Aldrich and Annis (Balsley) Aldrich. Richard J. Allen rjallen13@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Subscribers, Normally I don't post this type of message but felt it warrants your attention to what Rootsweb have done for you....and it's voluntary! W. David Samuelsen, Listowner and Rootsweb Sponsor Dr. Brian Leverich wrote: I guess this is a new first -- we're posting the January statistics after, in principle, we could have computed the February statistics. Oh well. It's been *extremely* busy around here, dealing with the explosive growth and the many problems caused by the El Nino storms. The executive summary is that we had about 33% growth during just the month of January: o 27,751,946 Web files (20,835,802 in Dec) from 2,400 Websites (2,240 in Dec). - 8,308,561 were HTML pages (not images or cgi-bin) (5,903,137 in Dec). - 3,574,701 were cgi-bin database searches and such. (2,911,509 in Dec). - 15,784,790 were GIFs (14,529,204) or JPEGs (1,255,586) (11,849,905 in Dec were GIFs (10,902,627) or JPEGs (947,279). o 618,762 FTP file downloads from the USGenWeb Archives and the ROOTS-L Library (472,838 in Dec). o Thanks to a neat hack by Tim Pierce, we know we shipped about 88,649,000 pieces of mail to the 2,600+ (2,300 in Dec) mailing lists we host. o 60,000 alt.g and s.g.* Usenet News articles to hosts on three continents (same as Dec). o Approximately 451,786,000,000 bytes in total (321,408,000,000 in Dec). Besides adding hundreds of new Websites and mailing lists in January, we also added new servers and a third and fourth T1 connection to the Internet. (A T1 is about 50 times faster than a standard modem.) These additions have significantly increased our costs of operation, but they were essential if we were to continue to properly support the Internet genealogical community. As always, RootsWeb remains supported by user contributions. Folks who would like to become a RootsWeb Member or Sponsor (the cost is very modest) are invited to visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html *** You can become a Member easily using your credit card and our new secure server. *** Now is a particularly good time for folks to join, because we have had a huge increase in utilization since Christmas. Our bandwidth rate has jumped from 321 to 451 gigabytes/month, and we're having to do numerous upgrades to our servers to support the load. Your membership can help our capacity keep up with the demands of the Internet genealogical community. Thanks to everyone who participates in RootsWeb -- clearly folks are continuing to exchanging a great deal of information! -B

At 07:36 AM 2/16/98 -0600, Alison Gene Franks wrote: Hi Alison, all >You are very welcome. Glad to help. If you cannot find the message, I >think it was to Sue, then ask Alice as she may still have it. Regarding the vital records of Braintree, MA, I just searched the digests that I've received since joining and did not find it in those. Sue ? = suemhr@aol.com?? Alice? = Alice Palladini, alicep@ma.ultrane ?? Do any of you have the referenced message of vital records of Braintree, Ma saved. This would be for the two Samuel Aldrich's families, Braintree, Ma. I have a couple questions about the information you sent me Alison. I spent this evening entering it into a PAF3 database, a bit frustrating as it is the first data entry I've done with PAF3 and they've change the command structure a little from 2.xx which I've used for years and entered hundreds of records in.. I've spent several hours over the last month editing a gedcom for my main database. The jerks who did the programing made the note field 2 charters shorter which totally scrambles notes over 78 characters wide.. Notes for 1,646 records takes a while. Fortunately most of them were not that wide. I find it easier to digest information if I create a separate database of it and then later merge it into the main database. First some the dates are listed "ca" 1681, I not sure about that abbreviation. ca=? I guess circa which would be equivalent to PAF's abt for about. The other is the reference numbers used. George 1 Aldrich AJ# 02 Joseph 2 Aldrich AJ # 10 Samuel 3 Aldrich AJ#24 Samuel 4 Aldrich AJ#76 Reuben 5 Aldrich AJ# 229 Nathan 6 Aldrich AJ# 515 James 7 Aldrich AJ#515i Sarah 8 Aldrich The numbers in the names are easy enough to guess, generations. But I couldn't follow the AJ# numbers, do not recognize that numbering sequence but looks a bit like the descendent numbering used by the Decedents of Henry Woodward book I have a copy of although it does not work the same. Can you explain it to me? D. Scott Scheibe dsscheibe@earthlink.net Searching: (first six generations of fifteen partially found) ALDRICH, ANTHONY, APELT, BAUM, CHURCH, FRAZIER, GARDNER, HAMMOND, HENNIG, HUNT, KELLY, KISSELL, LEIN, MANLEY, MC CLOUD, MC GINNIS, MEYER, MOORE, MOSLEY, MYERS, NANCE, RIECHE, SCHEIBE, SCHUMAKE, SHAW, SOUTHERN, WALKER, WESTBROOK, WOODWARD

Hi Ralph: I don't know that Clinton is exactly in to genealogy, but he is in to preserving the heritage and hsitory, without which you can't have genealogy. I think what he is trying to do, is to make all of our heritage and history available to anyone, whether you have a computer, or not, whether you can afford to get to the place where these records are to be seen, etc. Not too many years ago, Genealogy was for the elderly who had retired with nothing else to do. The LDS states that it is each person's responsibility to submit his or her 4/5 generation lineage. In school today, the subject is touched on as part of the curriculum. I have gone to school a few times to teach the classes a bit about genealogy. This is something all families should do with their children, and for heaven sakes when you take pictures or are given pictures, to make certain "who, what, when, where and why" is given for each picture. Naturally old pictures may not be easy to do this with, but do your best. If you have the negatives, then make a copy of the "w's" and place with the negative so that the future generations will know about the picture. Also take a note from Sue's receipes - use acid-free materials for preserving these things. Remember the words "cool and dark"! For you camera buffs, film in the fridge lengthens the life, as it does flashlight batteries! The military keeps all of this in cold storage. Also, not genealogical - spices and extracts- been to the store lately? Have you priced the cost of these - names of the game is cold and dark. Shelf life on spices is 4 years if kept dark and cool, and 2 years on extracts (Vanilla). Now, if you don't use your spices every day, then put other than daily use into the freezer, and as for the extracts, lto include food coloring, put into the fridge. The psices etc you use every day, keep them away from the stove or the light. Oh the fancy spice racks with the pretty bottles are nice, but if you have then for "show", you are losing the the flavor, etc. Also, not "big is better" in some cases. This is what I did for 14 years, work as a merchandiser for the McCormick Co.; Shilling in some areas of the US. I read up on this, and made it my business to know about these things. Also before this I was a supply specialist for the Army, and the AF. alison _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Hi All Some news i ran across today he might not be so bad after all. Clinton endorsed legislation pending before Congress that would impose a moratorium on taxes that discriminate against electronic business transactions and the Internet. He said he would ask Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin to seek a similar ban internationally. Also on Thursday, Clinton announced new grants by the National Science Foundation to connect an additional 29 universities to the so-called next generation Internet, bringing the total to 92 universities linked to the higher-speed network. YES YES YES Clinton also announced a new initiative, included in his fiscal 1999 budget request, to put documents from collections such as the National Archives and Smithsonian institutions on the Internet and aid other museums and libraries in putting their cultural materials on the Internet. The project would cost $23 million in fiscal 1999. I wonder if he in to Genealogy