singhals wrote: > cecilia wrote: > >> Huntersglenn wrote: >> >>> [...].the likelihood of the government or an insurance company >>> knowing about the DNA genealogy testing isn't all that great. IF >>> either entity wanted my DNA that badly, they'd most likely opt to get >>> it directly from me, or from my house, or my doctor. [...] >> >> >> >> An insurance company might be as interested in the ages at and causes >> of death of one's last three generations of ancestors. > > > Another reason not to put too much on line? (g) irrelevant your own private knowledge is what counts any "pre-existing medical condition" must be revealed 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

cecilia wrote: > Huntersglenn wrote: > >>[...].the likelihood of the government or an insurance >>company knowing about the DNA genealogy testing isn't all that great. >>IF either entity wanted my DNA that badly, they'd most likely opt to get >>it directly from me, or from my house, or my doctor. [...] > > > An insurance company might be as interested in the ages at and causes > of death of one's last three generations of ancestors. and undisclosed data may invalidate a later claim read the contract of insurance very carefully before you sign it 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

ChrisGW wrote: > Hugh Watkins wrote: > >> ChrisGW wrote: >> >>> I am trying to find Wilkenshoff 1839, 1845, 1847 and 1854 from Glane >>> Germany. They may be listed as being from Hanover or Lower Saxony. I >>> do not know their port of departure, but most likely arrived New York >>> or New Jersey >>> >>> I found them in the Osnabrueck State Archives which has them leaving >>> these years. But have not been able to find what ships they left on >>> or port. The one Wilkenshoff is listed as leaving "without consent". >> >> >> >> was the "without conswet" one of military age? > > > He was 32 years old was conscription in force in Osnabruck? I only know the danish laws but if similar to that you had to register your comings and goings with police or village priest with an internal passport if working class "Osnabrück is the cultural centre of the western part of Lower Saxony and the vital centre of an economic region with around 780,000 inhabitants, which includes not only Lower Saxony but also parts of North Rhine-Westphalia." I don't know much about german states other than that they wer independant before Bismark created a federation undr Prussia I visted the town several times 1959 to 1965 as a bandsman in the British Army and liked it very much >> do you have them in USA or UK in a census+ > > > I have one of them starting in a USA 1860 census and on. they could have signed on as crew and jumped ship -- 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

ChrisGW wrote: > I am trying to find Wilkenshoff 1839, 1845, 1847 and 1854 from Glane > Germany. They may be listed as being from Hanover or Lower Saxony. I do > not know their port of departure, but most likely arrived New York or > New Jersey > > I found them in the Osnabrueck State Archives which has them leaving > these years. But have not been able to find what ships they left on or > port. The one Wilkenshoff is listed as leaving "without consent". was the "without conswet" one of military age? do you have them in USA or UK in a census+ 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

<sune.040.483160@telia.com> wrote in message news:_lh7j.1478$R_4.1127@newsb.telia.net... > hi !jöns was born 1870 in sweden,börringe and move to usa 1889 it say he > was going to Emmitsburg Iowa or Illonios his brother was moving later > ca:1893-95 same name on a place La Salle.hope somebody no samthing about > them. > sune > This might be one of your men from the 1900 US census. Name: John H Hansson Home in 1900: Superior Ward 5, Douglas, Wisconsin Age: 30 Estimated birth year: abt 1870 Birthplace: Sweden Relationship to head-of-house: Roomer Race: White Occupation: Day Laborer Immigration Year: 1892 Joe in Texas

"paul c" <toledobythesea@ooyah.ac> wrote in message news:tUh7j.137$mW.35@pd7urf1no... > Some years ago, she made several posts to, I think, Rootsweb, regarding > Pictou County, Nova Scotia, mentioning among other names, McLean, > Christie, Crichton and Ramsay. Her email handle from that time doesn't > seem to respond now. > > I am also interested in these names and am hoping somebody might have a > contact address for Kate or for somebody who knows of her interest. > > (to email me, please use the toledo... name with the yahoo.ca domain.) > > thanks for any leads, > paul c An Internet search for "Kate Holgerson" finds some 71 hits. One of these has an email address for her. May not be the right one, but the surname Crichton is mentioned in the lineages. Check it out, and maybe some of the other sites. http://www.whitneygen.org/families/lineages.html#296 Good luck. Joe in Texas

Huntersglenn wrote: >[...].the likelihood of the government or an insurance >company knowing about the DNA genealogy testing isn't all that great. >IF either entity wanted my DNA that badly, they'd most likely opt to get >it directly from me, or from my house, or my doctor. [...] An insurance company might be as interested in the ages at and causes of death of one's last three generations of ancestors.

Hugh Watkins wrote: > ChrisGW wrote: >> I am trying to find Wilkenshoff 1839, 1845, 1847 and 1854 from Glane >> Germany. They may be listed as being from Hanover or Lower Saxony. I >> do not know their port of departure, but most likely arrived New York >> or New Jersey >> >> I found them in the Osnabrueck State Archives which has them leaving >> these years. But have not been able to find what ships they left on or >> port. The one Wilkenshoff is listed as leaving "without consent". > > > was the "without conswet" one of military age? He was 32 years old > > do you have them in USA or UK in a census+ I have one of them starting in a USA 1860 census and on. > > Hugh W >

singhals wrote: > cecilia wrote: >> Huntersglenn wrote: >> >>> [...].the likelihood of the government or an insurance company >>> knowing about the DNA genealogy testing isn't all that great. IF >>> either entity wanted my DNA that badly, they'd most likely opt to get >>> it directly from me, or from my house, or my doctor. [...] >> >> An insurance company might be as interested in the ages at and causes >> of death of one's last three generations of ancestors. > > Another reason not to put too much on line? (g) The markers used in these sorts of tests are in the junk DNA. Since they don't code for genes, there is no selection pressure on them, so they make better molecular clocks. If they did code for genes, then some mutations would be lost because they were fatal. But with junk DNA all the mutations stick around, because they don't matter, so you can, with an assumed mutation rate, measure when two lines diverged. -- Thomas M. Sommers -- tms@nj.net -- AB2SB

cecilia wrote: > Huntersglenn wrote: > >>[...].the likelihood of the government or an insurance >>company knowing about the DNA genealogy testing isn't all that great. >>IF either entity wanted my DNA that badly, they'd most likely opt to get >>it directly from me, or from my house, or my doctor. [...] > > > An insurance company might be as interested in the ages at and causes > of death of one's last three generations of ancestors. Another reason not to put too much on line? (g) Cheryl

I am trying to find Wilkenshoff 1839, 1845, 1847 and 1854 from Glane Germany. They may be listed as being from Hanover or Lower Saxony. I do not know their port of departure, but most likely arrived New York or New Jersey I found them in the Osnabrueck State Archives which has them leaving these years. But have not been able to find what ships they left on or port. The one Wilkenshoff is listed as leaving "without consent". I have already checked Ancestry.com with not luck. I was hoping someone has other resources. Thank you for your help.

November 2007 Update to RootsWeb Surname List New and Modified Surnames starting with H - To learn more about the RSL, including how to access the full RSL which has over a million surnames (these postings are only the NEW or CHANGED names). how to submit surnames, etc., visit http://rsl.rootsweb.com/ - Write directly to the submitter if you would like to exchange information. Entries are formatted as follows: Surname Date1 Date2 Migration Comments & Nametag Surname: The surname being researched Date1: The earliest date for which the submitter has information. Date2: The most recent date. Migration: Where people of this line lived during the period listed. Comments: Additional information (not always included) Nametag: What you need to actually contact the submitter. Abbreviations used in the migration are listed on this web page: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/codes/ OK, so you see a surname listed below and want to share and compare with the person who submitted it. How do you find the submitter? 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Levicy rhsl Henderson 1890 2007 Macon,GA,USA feluta Henning 1880 1930 Baltimore, Md evansjan Hensley 1785 now NC>VA>TN>AR>OK>CA,USA Lemuel Hensley jpaul Hensley 1787 1910 nc>tn dahollow Hermse 1744 2007 Nijmegan,Maastricht,CAN richmil Hermsen 1744 2007 Nijmegan,Maastricht,CAN richmil Hernandez 1800 spain Mily Hertweck 1919 1928 GrandForksCo,ND>PolkCo,MN,USA I beleive this family came from Karlsruhe, Germany snoman Hess 1836 now NY>WI>OR tobitapa Hessian 1964 1964 summit county,Ohio,PA,MDmd not possitive of migration trisha62 Hetchler 1890 1930 Mi Wieanda Hettmeyer 1860 1920 Germany>NY (Kings, Brooklyn) Margaretta Hettmeyer married Friedrich (Frederick) William Neusse either in Germany or NYC circa 1880. Searching for her Point of German origin. 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"singhals" <singhals@erols.com> wrote in message news:_4adnagIkKGVJ8HanZ2dnUVZ_hjinZ2d@rcn.net... > (G) I know you know all about protractors and all that, but what you're > probably looking for is DeedMapper. > > And to find your creek, try the GNIS or the Terraserver or even > GoogleEarth. Pick up the lat/lon from there, put it in DeedMapper, and > finish the input. > > There used to be a shareware trial version of it around, but it probably > won't work on XP or Vista. It isn't pricey though. > > Cheryl > Yes, I could use a protractor and so forth but a program is what I am looking for. A great great granduncle had farmed his entire life and bought numerous properties from 1892 to 1936. From his death notice I understand he had acquired about 1000 acres in many parcels. Some were connected. He died intestate and the real estate was inherited by nieces and nephews, with some properties being sold. I want to reconstruct (by map) what he owned at the time he died in 1944. If anyone has used Deed Mapper it would be great to have a review of it posted. If the shareware version is available to try it would be nice to get a copy. Thanks, Mark

--- Mark Fields <mark_no_spam_f@siscom.net> wrote: > I've gotten some copies of old deeds from Pendleton > County, KY where some > ancestors owned some farms. > > I'm looking for software to plot out these > descriptions. Is there anything > available that is low cost and works well for > genealogy hobbyists? Mark, For the purpose of mapping ancestors' deeds and patents, I have used Deed Mapper by Direct Line Software <http://www.directlinesoftware.com/> for several years and am very pleased with it. There is a users list <deedmapperusers@rootsweb.com> which you may wish to monitor. Steve Broyles' Direct Line Software site contains very useful information about deed mapping and a deed pool of "placed" deeds. For placement of plots on maps, you can purchase maps from Steve or use maps from other sources. Marilyn

D. Stussy wrote: > "Sunny One" <sunshinesjoy3@webtv.net> wrote in message > news:11817-4759277F-377@storefull-3115.bay.webtv.net... > >>And would like your help, I don't know exacthy where to start. >>I am searching for "Erma J Bledsoe" born in "Douglas Kansas" around >>"1919-1920' >>Her Mothers name was "Ella E. Adams Bledsoe" >>Her fathers name was "Charles Raymond Bledsoe" > > > The first thing you need to learn is to refer to women by their maiden > names. because it does not change even if they marry many times with adoptees birth names 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

Mark Fields wrote: > "T.M. Sommers" <tms@nj.net> wrote in message > news:475c5440$0$30634$470ef3ce@news.pa.net... > >>If you mean the metes and bounds (such as "starting from a point X, go Y >>feet in direction Z ..."), then a protractor and a ruler should give good >>enough results for your purposes. > > The deed I'm looking at gives the survey in terms of degrees and poles. A pole is the same as a rod: 16 feet. Unless otherwise specified, the degrees should be degrees from magnetic North, in a clockwise direction. The survey should give a starting point. It will then give the direction and length of each segment of the perimeter of the lot. So if it says "43 degrees, 10 poles", just mark off a line 43 degrees east of North 160 feet long. -- Thomas M. Sommers -- tms@nj.net -- AB2SB

Mark Fields wrote: > I've gotten some copies of old deeds from Pendleton County, KY where some > ancestors owned some farms. > > I'm looking for software to plot out these descriptions. Is there anything > available that is low cost and works well for genealogy hobbyists? > > Mark > > (G) I know you know all about protractors and all that, but what you're probably looking for is DeedMapper. And to find your creek, try the GNIS or the Terraserver or even GoogleEarth. Pick up the lat/lon from there, put it in DeedMapper, and finish the input. There used to be a shareware trial version of it around, but it probably won't work on XP or Vista. It isn't pricey though. Cheryl

(G) Man, what a suspicious mind you've got! ;) Cheryl Michael Kenefick wrote: > Cheryl, what have you done? LOL 8>) > > Mike in Ohio > > singhals wrote: > >> Huntersglenn wrote: > > snip > ..... > snip > >> >> But then, OTOH --? If you're worried that somehow someway these >> results can be subpoenaed for any reason (criminal or insurance), best >> the testing company DOESN'T keep them more than 30 days. >> >> Against better testing coming along, surely putting strands of hair or >> nail clippings or licked envelopes into the Zip-locs (TM) with notes >> on source and date and then putting those baggies into your bank box >> works just as well and it's under YOUR control. >> >> Cheryl > >

T.M. Sommers wrote: > Mark Fields wrote: > >> I've gotten some copies of old deeds from Pendleton County, KY where >> some ancestors owned some farms. >> >> I'm looking for software to plot out these descriptions. Is there >> anything available that is low cost and works well for genealogy >> hobbyists? > > > If you mean the metes and bounds (such as "starting from a point X, go Y > feet in direction Z ..."), then a protractor and a ruler should give > good enough results for your purposes. > which is how they did it in those day use divederswith two points to transfer measureamnts paper changes its size with humidity so <--- measurement ---> like engineering drawing Hug 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

"T.M. Sommers" <tms@nj.net> wrote in message news:475c5440$0$30634$470ef3ce@news.pa.net... > If you mean the metes and bounds (such as "starting from a point X, go Y > feet in direction Z ..."), then a protractor and a ruler should give good > enough results for your purposes. > The deed I'm looking at gives the survey in terms of degrees and poles. One thing that makes it difficult is the refer to part of the property line as being down the center of a creek. Mark > -- > Thomas M. Sommers -- tms@nj.net -- AB2SB >