On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:17:21 +0100, Hugh Watkins wrote: > we volunteer adminstrators delete / conceal such messages as soon as spotted I'm sure you do. I didn't mean to imply that administrators are anything less than vigilant. I only meant that such attacks happen faster than the admin staff can cancel the messages. It's inevitable really, as there are far more spammers than there are list administrators. My apologies for the (unintended) insult. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" There's no point in asking you'll get no reply Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols

My fathers side of family history is very hard to search but today an elderly aunt told me that Rosa Gold (Stewart) of London mentioned a sister called Nellie. The Rosa I have doesn't have a sister called Nellie and i'm wondering What the name Nellie could also be? Lizabeth? tia Jacqui

clifto wrote: > 1880 Census, roll 469, page 85, family of Leo Lavergne and the one person > above them. Looks like > > Gourgues Charles > Lavergne Leo > Josephine > Marie > Melazi > Numa In the 1900 census this name has the same sawtooth appearance (upstroke/ downstroke/upstroke/etc) but has an 's' on the end, may be Numas. > Henri Numas and Henri are the only kids still at home in the 1900 census. It's T623, roll 573 page 2 if that helps. -- God help us all. Because we're down to PIAPS, B. Hussein or McStain, the next President of the United States can only be a liberal Democrat,

Huntersglenn wrote: > > Do you want info on Pearl's siblings, or were you just interested in > Pearl herself? Or her husband (although I did already try to find him > prior to their marriage, but didn't have much luck using the spellings I > knew or by using soundex). > > Take care, > Cathy I have Pearl's family going way back and forward. I just couldn't read her married name in the Heritage Census. I appreciate the offer. Thanks, -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer & Cox with Legacy Family Tree http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/

Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:15:26 -0600, Phil Holm wrote: > >> When did Rootsweb start to allow advertising on its message >> boards? I had thought that advertising was not allowed. >> Rootsweb community guide lines states " Don't post >> commercial messages, fee-for-service postings, advertising >> or related links, etc. " > > Still applies. The snag is, anybody can sign up, post an advert, then > unsubscribe to almost any number of lists before they get found out. I'm > surprised it doesn't happen more often, TBH. we volunteer adminstrators delete / conceal such messages as soon as spotted http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.stearns/mb.ashx if a big or neglected case or not on one of our own boards we use the report abuse button by the reply button see EG http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.stearns/732/mb.ashx add the text attention staff if seriously problematic to gain knowledge why not volunteer to help with a board or two the rules http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html >> Volunteer to be an Admin There can only be one administrator for each message board. You will know if the board you would like to administer is available, by looking in the "What can I do now?" box. If there is a link to "Volunteer to Admin" that means the board is available to "adopt." If the link is not visible, the "Board Information" link will tell you who the current admin is. To volunteer, click on the "Volunteer to Admin" link. Please read carefully through the information and select "submit" to volunteer. Your request will be reviewed by the board staff and you will receive an e-mail confirmation that your request to volunteer was granted or rejected. << Hugh W -- For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/ http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

Seth Hammond wrote: > Someone needs to learn how coal is formed. Superman squeezes a piece of 2x4 in his hand. SQ

"Brad Rogers" <news@yoss1960.ukfsn.org> wrote in message news:pan.2008.02.09.23.10.25.947138@abydos.stargate.org.uk... | On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:47:58 +0000, Temprance wrote: | | > Nellie and i'm wondering What the name Nellie could also be? Lizabeth? | | Eleanor, Ellen or Helen rather than (E)Lizabeth. | True. But I had a Great Aunt Nellie (nee KELLY). In one of the censuses the enumerator thought he knew everything and put her down as Ellen. But her birth certificate very cleary spells out Nellie. I have known other Helens and Ellens called Nellie, however. -- Henry Brownlee Houma, Louisiana

Gene Y. wrote: > > I got it now. Heritage obviously numbers the pages differently than > Ancestry. Heritage shows 130 pages for ward three so they must break > out every single page rather than pairs of sheets as a page. > Once I got that page 14 was sheet 14 I was finally able to close in on > it. This is how it was listed in Heritage. > > 1930 > PENNSYLVANIA > ALLEGHENY > 3-WD WILKINSBURG BORO, Series: > T626 Roll: 1993 Page: 117 > > Thanks for all the assistance. > You're welcome. Do you want info on Pearl's siblings, or were you just interested in Pearl herself? Or her husband (although I did already try to find him prior to their marriage, but didn't have much luck using the spellings I knew or by using soundex). Take care, Cathy

Au contraire, thou contrarian moron: http://manormaniac.blogspot.com/2008/02/evolution-what-god-told-me.html

"Andrew" <yogig.no.spamm.spam.no._@hotmail.com> wrote >>> Someone needs to learn how coal is formed. >> >> Superman squeezes a piece of 2x4 in his hand. > > But does that make an 88CI evolution engine? Only if he starts out with a handful of dinosaur crap.

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:15:26 -0600, Phil Holm wrote: > When did Rootsweb start to allow advertising on its message > boards? I had thought that advertising was not allowed. > Rootsweb community guide lines states " Don't post > commercial messages, fee-for-service postings, advertising > or related links, etc. " Still applies. The snag is, anybody can sign up, post an advert, then unsubscribe to almost any number of lists before they get found out. I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often, TBH. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" Drums quite good, bass is too loud, and I can't hear the words Sound Of The Suburbs - Members

Dennis & Bonnie French wrote: > "clifto" <clifto@gmail.com> wrote... >> >> Gourgues Charles > > Is it possible it is Gongues? I just googled it and it is a valid last > name.... Not sure at all. It could be. This is my first contact with the name; my interest is strictly because of Josephine's mother being Jamaican. -- God help us all. Because we're down to PIAPS, B. Hussein or McCain, the next President of the United States can only be a liberal Democrat,

"clifto" <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in message news:nt9185-llk.ln1@remote.clifto.com... > 1880 Census, roll 469, page 85, family of Leo Lavergne and the one person > above them. Looks like > > Gourgues Charles > Lavergne Leo > Josephine > Marie > Melazi > Numa > Henri > > -- > God help us all. > Because we're down to PIAPS, B. Hussein or "Mumps" McCain, > the next President of the United States can only be a liberal Democrat, Is it possible it is Gongues? I just googled it and it is a valid last name.... Bonnie Bonnie

"Sean" <no.spam@no.spam> wrote in message news:xOmrj.10703$Ly.9868@pd7urf1no... > Seth Hammond wrote: >> Someone needs to learn how coal is formed. > > Superman squeezes a piece of 2x4 in his hand. > > SQ But does that make an 88CI evolution engine? -- Andrew 00 Daytona 00 Speed Triple 71 Kawi H1 05 Kiddo

1880 Census, roll 469, page 85, family of Leo Lavergne and the one person above them. Looks like Gourgues Charles Lavergne Leo Josephine Marie Melazi Numa Henri -- God help us all. Because we're down to PIAPS, B. Hussein or "Mumps" McCain, the next President of the United States can only be a liberal Democrat,

clifto wrote: > Phil Holm wrote: > >>I see that many of the Minnesota counties were greeted with >>this and similar today. >><http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.stearns/3349/mb.ashx> >> > > It's just over an hour after you posted this, and all I get from that URL > is a notice that the posting has been deleted. > > Also I see that the similar postings to 51 other Minnesota counties are gone too!! I would say that Rootsweb abuse reporting and a note to Rootsweb help probably did the trick Case closed. For now! Phil Holm

Phil Holm wrote: > I see that many of the Minnesota counties were greeted with > this and similar today. > <http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.stearns/3349/mb.ashx> It's just over an hour after you posted this, and all I get from that URL is a notice that the posting has been deleted. -- God help us all. Because we're down to PIAPS, B. Hussein or "Mumps" McCain, the next President of the United States can only be a liberal Democrat,

Huntersglenn wrote: > I copied and pasted the census information directly from ancestry, so I > went and checked it against the page itself. > > The information at the top of the page is: > State: Pennsylvania > County: Allegheny > Incorporated Place: Wilkinsburg Borough > Ward of city: 3 > Enumeration District No.: 2-872 > Supervisor's District No.: 14 > Sheet Number: 14B > The family starts on line 75, spelling Benkert > > I went back in and chose state, then county, then town and found them in > district 872, sheet 14B as ancestry shows. Ancestry shows 53 pages for > that district, and the family is on the 28th page. I don't know how > Heritage Quest sets up the images/pages. > > Cathy > I got it now. Heritage obviously numbers the pages differently than Ancestry. Heritage shows 130 pages for ward three so they must break out every single page rather than pairs of sheets as a page. Once I got that page 14 was sheet 14 I was finally able to close in on it. This is how it was listed in Heritage. 1930 > PENNSYLVANIA > ALLEGHENY > 3-WD WILKINSBURG BORO, Series: T626 Roll: 1993 Page: 117 Thanks for all the assistance. -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer & Cox with Legacy Family Tree http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/

Someone needs to learn how coal is formed.

singhals wrote: > > I've stared at this until I've driven myself into a depression. So then > I dragged some good friends into it, and they've gone cross-eyed. > > Now I'm inviting comments from the world-at-large. (g) > > What are the odds of a man b 1833 who, except for his CW service, NEVER > lived more than 27 miles from his birthplace in VA, having married 3 > separate women with the same given names, only the middle of whom left a > death record, and only the first and 2nd left a marriage record? > > There are numerous other details, but that's the broad picture, and what > I'm after here is -- is this a common-as-dirt scenario, or it is a > one-of-a-kind, or is it neither rare nor frequent? > > Thanks. > > Cheryl Thanks, everyone on-list and off- Consensus seems to be -- neither/nor. I was afraid of that. (g) Cheryl