Hi Louise and Clemi, Speaking of google searches (www.google.com), I have had good luck doing genealogical research using the google search engine. If you type in the name you're searching in parenthesis ("Archibald Armstrong") you'll get a lot of hits. If you can be a little more specific in your search ("Archibald Armstrong & Ballymena") you will get fewer but more pertinent hits. Perhaps everyone knows about using a search engine to research an ancestor's name, but it is fairly new to me and I just stumbled on it one day when I was playing. (You can even look up your own name and see if you are famous or infamous!) As in all research, it helps a great deal if you are searching for an "odd" name...and sometimes you will get so many hits on a name that it is a bit tedious to go through all the pages of possibilities, but you can go through faster if you look at the title...you can see if the hit is genealogical in nature that way without having to read the whole description. Of course it's free! Sometimes, however, a hit on a name will lead you to a commercial site and then you need to decide if you want to procede from there. Cousin Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clemi" <clemi@chipshot.net> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Question??? > Hi Louise ... > Before you do anything, you might want to look here: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wingrove/kindredkonnections.htm > > I found this by running a Google search using "kindredkonnection" exactly as written. > There were 6,180 results, but the above URL was on the first page. > > At least there should be enough through Google to provide good information. > > How's the weather in Kansas? > > As usual, > clemi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Louise Havens" <LouiseH@cox.net> > To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 8:48 AM > Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] Question??? > > > > Has anyone had any experience with this site? Wondering if is it worthwhile > > to be a member? > > > > I would appreciate your comments. Louise in Kansas > > > > KINDRED KONNECTIONS > > "Because I used your website I was able to locate my grandfather > > after looking for many years. Just wanted to say you are a great > > company and I will be renewing my membership in just a few days. > > Thanks again." Joyce > > Search Over a Billion Names > > www.kindredkonnections.com/cgi-bin/genealogy/afilmail?320+0+L1 > > > >

Hi Louise ... Before you do anything, you might want to look here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wingrove/kindredkonnections.htm I found this by running a Google search using "kindredkonnection" exactly as written. There were 6,180 results, but the above URL was on the first page. At least there should be enough through Google to provide good information. How's the weather in Kansas? As usual, clemi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louise Havens" <LouiseH@cox.net> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 8:48 AM Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] Question??? > Has anyone had any experience with this site? Wondering if is it worthwhile > to be a member? > > I would appreciate your comments. Louise in Kansas > > KINDRED KONNECTIONS > "Because I used your website I was able to locate my grandfather > after looking for many years. Just wanted to say you are a great > company and I will be renewing my membership in just a few days. > Thanks again." Joyce > Search Over a Billion Names > www.kindredkonnections.com/cgi-bin/genealogy/afilmail?320+0+L1 >

Funny, I was just thinking the same thing. Everybody must be lurking, I hope we haven't lost all the wild ones from the list!! Party on!! Vicki NW Iowa ----- Original Message ----- From: <BCofer612@aol.com> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 11:05 PM Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] Re: Cyber Party! > Patti, I agree...a cyber party is just the thing to put a little Zing into > all of us! How long ago was the original party. Five years? Nope, longer > tahn that, I think. > > At any rate, I think that a party is what the doctor ordered... > > Barb in MO >

Hello, This past June I travelled to Londonderry and Belfast accompanied by my research parter, John Giacoletti, former Curator of Rare Books at the University of North Carolina, and we experienced three action packed weeks in various libraries and research facilities and pubs. This was my 20th trip to Ireland, but the first for genealogical research. We are both skilled researchers and we were prepared. We were also LUCKY. If you would like to read about our genealogical findings just go to the main rootsweb.com page and look for the link to "threaded archives" Type in COWAN and search June and July 2002 and see what you think. It took me almost seven years of intense research to prove what I set out to prove and along the way I stumbled across a few research tools that I have shared with people before and will do again now. They are rare, out of print books and manuscripts which I doubt most people have ever seen. One of the items is found in only six Universities in America and a couple of them are not found here at all. They are as follows: The Laggan and its Presbyterianism and In the Days of the Laggan Presbytery, 1905,1908, by the Rev. Alexander Lecky, B.A., member of the Royal Sociey of Antiquaries of Ireland, Belfast, Davidson & McCormack, 54 Kings St. 211 pages On our recent trip to Donegal we met J.B. Shannon, age 90, who assisted in the 1975 reprinting of this book. He is the last living person who had anything to do with these books and he says they are still the BEST source for Ulster Presbyterian research. From Lecky I quote, "The lists of names of former generations of Lagganeers, and their places of abode, that are given in the Appendixes, and which NEVER before appeared in print, whilst they may of necessity prove dull reading to those who have no acquaintance with the locality, will not, I hope, be altogether uninteresting to those who bear the same name, or live in the same places..." Fighters of Derry, Their Deeds and Descendants, being a Chronicle of Events in Ireland during the Revolutionary period 1688-1691, by William Young, Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 350 pages. One of the most difficult sources to locate, in fact almost impossible. Months worth of reading and packed with great genealogy. Contains the following biographical sketches: 1. The leaders of the County Associations who, with their levies, took part in the preliminary operations and contributed much of the man power for the Defence. 2. The Apprentice Boys and those responsible for shutting the gates on the 8th Dec. 1688. 3. The actual Defenders during the 105 day siege (over 1200 genealogical sketches) 4. Those engaged in the relief of the city A History of the Siege of Londonderry and Defense of Enniskillen in 1688 and 1689, with Historical Poetry and Biographical notes, by the Rev. John Graham, M.A. Rector of Magilligan in the Diocese of Derry. Includes the Battles of the Boyne, Athlone, and Aughrim and the siege and Capitulation of Limmerick by Lord McCaulay, Toronto, 1869 The historical poems are family genealogies about those who were at Derry and where they came from. Along with "Fighters of Derry" these two sources contain more actual genealogical information than any others I have seen. Three Hundred Years in Innishowen, Being More Particularly an Account of the Family of Young of Culdaff with Short Accounts of Many Other Families Connected with Them, by Amy Young, 1929, The Linenhall Press, Belfast, 311 pages. Some of the names included are Young, Hart, Harvey, Cary, Vaughan, McLaughlin, Skipton, Richardson, Knox, Ussher, Smith, Nesbitt, Chichester, Ball, Lawrence, Crofton, Boyd, Stuart and many others. The Laggan and its People, by S.M. Campbell, privately printed. A look at the history of the Laggan (Presbyterian Derry/Donegal) through the eyes of a local historian. Draws on local lore, Abercorn papers, records from PRONI. The Tinkling Spring: Headwater of Freedom, A Study of the Church and Her People, 1732-1952, by Howard McKnight Wilson, 1954, Fisherville, Virginia 542 pages The best source of information on the Scotch-Irish of Augusta/Rockbridge Counties in Virginia. Includes the Baptismal Records of the Rev. Craig. In-depth study of the early families of the Shenandoah Valley. Castle's Woods: Frontier Virginia Settlement, 1769-1799, a thesis presented to the Faculty of the Department of History, East Tennessee State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of master of Arts, by James W. Hagy, 1966, 150 pages. The most popular of the documents offered, this covers the families who settled in Russell county, Virginia when it was considered the frontier. If your ancestors came through southwestern Virginia, this document is the history of your family. Contains information on specific families as well as the farmers, speculators, artisans, and preachers who resided there. Lots on the Indian battles that were a daily feature of life on the frontier. Names like Russell, Walker, Porter, Cowan, Houston, Boone, Montgomery, Fraley, Thompson, Anderson, Kilgore, and 50 or so other "Scotch-Irish" families make this an invaluable resource for your family history. The Reverend Samuel Houston, V.D.M., by George West Diehl, 1970, McClure Publishing Co. 125 pages History of the early Virginia Presbyterians through the life of the Rev. Samuel Houston, kin to Sam Houston of Texas fame. Well there you have it. The best documents I have found. If you are interested in purchasing any of the above items (I would like to make copies for free but I can't) contact me at cscunc@aol.com for details. Regards, Robert Cowan 525 Harrogate Rd. Matthews, North Carolina 28105

FYI: WEDNESDAY, 7 MARCH 1888 On the second inst., Mrs. Thos. ARMSTRONG, of near Cedar Hill, presented her husband with two 8-pound girls. They are said to be extra-fine babies.

Has anyone had any experience with this site? Wondering if is it worthwhile to be a member? I would appreciate your comments. Louise in Kansas KINDRED KONNECTIONS "Because I used your website I was able to locate my grandfather after looking for many years. Just wanted to say you are a great company and I will be renewing my membership in just a few days. Thanks again." Joyce Search Over a Billion Names www.kindredkonnections.com/cgi-bin/genealogy/afilmail?320+0+L1

Listed in RoosWeb Review. MARRIOTT Family of Oneida and Jefferson counties, New York. Mark MARRIOTT and Ann NUNN from Suffolk, England to Oneida County, New York in 1830. Allied families: ARMSTRONG, BANISTER, JENNINGS, LANGLEY, MANISTREE, and RUDDOCK. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cnyfamilies/marriott.html alluper@fastdata.net "The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears." Cherokee Free Gifts: http://198.63.2.33/index.php?ResellerID=272129 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.404 / Virus Database: 228 - Release Date: 10/15/2002

Patti, I agree...a cyber party is just the thing to put a little Zing into all of us! How long ago was the original party. Five years? Nope, longer tahn that, I think. At any rate, I think that a party is what the doctor ordered... Barb in MO

For some reason my messages all come back that I send to you. N Armstrong, Brunner, Campbell, Carley, Chevalier, Clark, Clay/Klee, Cochran, Curtis, Dawes, De Remer Durbin, Foote, Gardner, Garretson, Gibson, Griffin, Hare/Hair, Hays, Kantner, Kitch, Lancaster, Langlois, Laughlin, LeBrun, Leduc, MacDonald, Mann, Morgan, Redding, Rice, Valier/Vallier.

I sent a message to your personal e-mail, and got it back N Armstrong, Brunner, Campbell, Carley, Chevalier, Clark, Clay/Klee, Cochran, Curtis, Dawes, De Remer Durbin, Foote, Gardner, Garretson, Gibson, Griffin, Hare/Hair, Hays, Kantner, Kitch, Lancaster, Langlois, Laughlin, LeBrun, Leduc, MacDonald, Mann, Morgan, Redding, Rice, Valier/Vallier.

Good Morning All. I'm back, but quiet because I lost the whole of my computer to the "WONDERFUL" Klaz Worm, GERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrr and I am working on re-entering the files. I ccertainly have missed all my cousins, so I am in peeking mode. hehehe. Have to laugh at something right now. (Peeking) N Armstrong, Brunner, Campbell, Carley, Chevalier, Clark, Clay/Klee, Cochran, Curtis, Dawes, De Remer Durbin, Foote, Gardner, Garretson, Gibson, Griffin, Hare/Hair, Hays, Kantner, Kitch, Lancaster, Langlois, Laughlin, LeBrun, Leduc, MacDonald, Mann, Morgan, Redding, Rice, Valier/Vallier.

there is nothing worse than loosing the entire computer. I lost my addy book this summer and am still recovering. Glad to have you back. What we need is a famous --- infamous-- cyber party on this list! Patti ----- Original Message ----- From: <Niteowl1001A@aol.com> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 8:35 AM Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] Review > Good Morning All. > I'm back, but quiet because I lost the whole of my computer to the > "WONDERFUL" Klaz Worm, GERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrr and I am working on > re-entering the files. I ccertainly have missed all my cousins, so I am in > peeking mode. hehehe. > Have to laugh at something right now. (Peeking) > > N > > > > > Armstrong, Brunner, Campbell, Carley, Chevalier, Clark, Clay/Klee, Cochran, > Curtis, Dawes, De Remer Durbin, Foote, Gardner, Garretson, Gibson, Griffin, > Hare/Hair, Hays, Kantner, Kitch, Lancaster, Langlois, Laughlin, LeBrun, > Leduc, MacDonald, Mann, Morgan, Redding, Rice, Valier/Vallier. >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Armstrong/Brackeen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kQB.2ACIB/87.211 Message Board Post: Brenda, I am searching for a Malvina Amstrong from Tn. moved to texas and married William Daniel Brackeen 7/24/1856. She would have been my gggrandmother, is this the same Malvina?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Armstrong/Brackeen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kQB.2ACIB/87.210 Message Board Post: Brenda, I am searching for a Malvina Amstrong from Tn. moved to texas and married William Daniel Brackeen 7/24/1856. She would have been my gggrandmother, is this the same Malvina?

Dear List It's been pretty quiet out there recently...! Everyone appears to have gone into the lurking mode. I know that some of the "old timers" subscribed to the Rootsweb Review, a genealogical news letter, that Rootsweb publishes and distributes by email weekly. But I got to wondering if some of the newer subscribers even knew about it. They (RWR) don't answer any genealogical questions, nor do they do any research. They Do offer timely tips, suggestions, on how to get better results on some of your searches; and notification of various resources that are or have just become available to the researcher. The Rootsweb Review itself is free, some of the resources they refer you to are not. I believe there is also a way to research the RWR archives. anyway, for what it's worth.. you can subscribe to the Rootsweb Review at mailto:RWR-On@Rootsweb.com Sincerely, John D Armstrong Administrator (still)

I have a favor to ask of any of you Armstrong cousins who either live in Scotland or have been there enough to know the pronunciation of some of their words. I have what was the motto, or, more likely, the war cry of my ROBERTSON ancestors. I used to have it, printed neatly and clearly and quite LARGE, with the translation just as large, clear, and large, taped to the top of my desk at school, facing whoever happened to be standing on the other side of the deskl "Garg'n uair dhuisgear". It's supposed to mean "Fierce when roused". Does it really mean that, and how is it pronounced?? It had the desired effect, usually, on loud and/or noisy students who happened to read it all (or at least the translation). I owe my Robertson ancestors a vote of thanks for saving me some scolding of children and finger shaking/frowning, which I really don't like to do if I can avoid it! Thanks for any help. (Joe, are you out there??!) Barb in MO

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/kQB.2ACIB/2411.2 Message Board Post: I am the granddaughter of Sampson Armstrong from Ash Flat, Arkansas. He was part of the Thomas Armstrong/Malina Lockridge family. I do not have any farther back than Thomas and Malina. I do have quite a bit of info on Sampson's part of the family. Please get in touch with me and we can exchange information. My e-mail address is jac122649@aol.com and put in the subject line Armstrong Family. This way I won't think it is junk mail and delete. By the way, my father was John Sanford Armstrong, son of Sampson and Connie Burrell Armstrong.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Armstrong, Crow(e), Cunningham, Dunlevy, Johnson, Lisle, McCormick, Searight, Stucker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kQB.2ACIB/2518 Message Board Post: There is a published Dunlevy Family History which contains a sketch of James Harvey Dunlevy, pages 133-138, written 15 May 1900. He writes "Nancy Dunlevy, sister of my grandfather, Andrew Dunlevy, married Thomas (Armstrong). Their children were Mary, Sue, and John and they are all dead except John Armstrong, who is living at Fredericksburg, Ohio, married Mary Cunningham, and they have several children of whom I have no knowledge. During 1896 Mrs. Armstrong visited my third cousin, Mr. Harvey Steel, of Kenneth, Fayette County, Pa." Thomas Armstrong and wife Nancy Dunlevy Armstrong are both buried in the West Side Cemetery in Fredericksburg, Ohio. Their son John D. Armstrong and wife Mary Cunningham Armstrong and several family members are buried in the East Side Cemetery also in Fredericksburg, Ohio. My direct line is through John S. Armstrong, brother of Thomas Armstrong who is also buried in the same cemetery with Thomas, along with parents Joseph and Susanna (Crow) A! rmstrong. Does anyone have any additional information on these Armstrong, Crow(e), Cunningham, Dunlevy relatives?

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/kQB.2ACIB/2517 Message Board Post: Looking for the descendants of the Frank Palmer Armstrong and Mamie Moore marriage that took place in 1914, Grays Harbor County, Washington State. Their children were Clifton, Effie and William Armstrong. Frank Palmer Armstrong was the son of Ackerson Armstrong and Sylvia Fisher. Mamie was the daughter of Fulmer Moore and Ida E. Norton. Frank and Mamie divorced in Clark County, Washington, 1925. Whatever happened to their three children, Clifton, Effie and William? No children were mentioned in the obituary of either Frank or of Mamie. Robert A. Moore Oroville, California

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5519/kQB.2ACIB/707.710 Message Board Post: I am searching for my g-grandpa Charley Golden who came from Okla or Texas..b. abt 1875..He married Parthenia Elizabeth Moore.She went by Thenia......they had 2 daughters...Mary Elizabeth and Audrey Frances. He died about 1890-1895. I would love to talk to anyone who has information on them. Joy Despain