Here's the first installment of Atwood Ancestors, Vol X No 1, published by Claudette Maerz. I hope whoever buys the lot offered by Susan Marston will continue this transcribing, and I'm happy to help if you want to send me copies. Ruth atwood [email protected] =================== Atwood Ancestors Vol X No. 1a Published by Claudette Maerz, 1992 CONTENTS Book: Philip Atwood (continued from vol 9) Misc: Marcelle Luker's Family Misc: Queries ----- Family Tree submitted by Marcelle Luker, Epworth Villa Apt #339, 14901 North Pennsylvania Ave. Oklahoma City, OK 73134 This family line includes: Atwood, Barclay, Berri, Birtington, Bloomfield, Blount, Bristow, Burrage, Carter, Clifton, Clifton, Corbin, de Ayele, Fountaine, Gephari, Gomez, Goodner, Groom, Harrington, Harrison, Kirkham, Lane, Linton, Mathes/Mathias, Netherton,Peyton, Powell, Pritchard, Ramsey, Robertson, Saffer, Sandy, Severn, Stanley, Stone, Tidings The Atwood line follows [notes included]: 1 James Atwood b 1720 d 1771 m Mary Turner; owned land in 1745 in Prince Edward Co. VA 2 Benjamin Atwood 2 James Atwood 2 William Atwood Sr. b 1740 d 1802 m Sary Unknown d 1774 3 Edward Atwood 3 Patsy Atwood 3 John Atwood 3 William Atwood Jr. b 1734 d 1813 m Sarah Unknown d 1811 4 William Atwood b 1782 4 James Atwood b 27 Sep 1782 d 22 Nov 1854 Vermillion Co. IL; m1 Mary Hopkins; m2 on 5 Feb 1810 in Adair Co. KY to Margaret "Peggy" Bristow b 8 Nov 1791 VA d 11 Feb 1853 (dau of William Bristow) 5i Green Atwood 5ii Jasper Atwood 5iii Henry Atwood 5iv Ann Atwood 5v James Atwood 5vi Thomas Atwood 5vii Elza Atwood [twin] b 10 Oct 1823 ** 5viii Alfred Atwood [twin] b 1823 OH d 1868 m Diadama Bloomfield b 1832 IL d 1917 5ix Nancy Atwood 5x Eliza Atwood 5xi Patsy Atwood 5xii Reubin Atwood 5viii Alfred Atwood [twin] b 1823 OH d 1868 m Diadama Bloomfield b 1832 IL d 1917 6i Mary Jane ("Mate") Atwood 6ii Isaac Jackson Atwood ** 6iii Samuel A. Atwood b 1854 IL d 1949 m Rorabel Goodner b 1859 IL d 1938 6iv James William ("Bill") Atwood 6iii Samuel A. Atwood b 1854 IL d 1949 m Rorabel Goodner b 1859 IL d 1938 7 Walter Samuel Atwood b 1883 IL d 1963 m Helen C. Robertson b 1885 IL d 1964 8 Je?? Vinton Atwood b 1912 Submitter's note: Don de Ayele's father was the Gr-Gr-Gr-Grandfather of King Ferdinand of Spain who married Queen Isabella of Cartilla. [transcriber's note: Don de Ayele's line descends to Margaret Bristow who married James Atwood in 1810. /rea] ----- Phillip Atwood (continued from vol IX No 2, Fall 1991 Third Generation Children of (Philip 2, Philip 1) 3i Susannah Atwood b 1 Feb 1686/7 in Malden; m in Haverhill to Robert Kimball, son of Benjamin (9 children) 3ii Sarah Atwood b 13 Apr 1689 Malden d 25 May 1717; m at Bradford Mass on 13 Feb 1709;10 to James Head, son of Arthur Head. (3 children born at Bradford) 3iii Rachel Atwood b 15 Nov 1691 Malden d 24 Sep 1774; married 3 times; m(1 or 2) 20 Dec 1715 to James Frye (his second) d 3 Feb 1716/7. (1 child); m3 1735/6 to Captain Christopher Bartlett 3iv Elizabeth Atwood b 19 May 1700, Bradord Mass, m1 at Bradford on 21 Jan 1722 to Nathaniel Fails/Fales (9 children); m2 at Bradford on 28 Dec 1749 to Samuel Tenney of Littleton (her cousin) Children of (Oliver, Philip) 3i Elizabeth Atwood b 17 Sep 1702 m at Malden on 12 Dec 1728 to Abraham Lewis of Marblehead 3ii John Atwood b 8 Nov 1704 Malden d 1745 (drowned in Mystic River near Woburn); m Lydia Richardson (she m2 9 Aug 1750 to Jasher Richardson, a cousin). John was a brickmaker. and lived in Medford, Bradford by 1733, Woburn by 1738. (5 Children of record): 4i John Atwood b 11 Mar 1729 4ii Lydia Atwood b 20 Nov 1723 m at Woburn on 24 Nov 1756 to John Giles of Medford 4iii Joshua Atwood b 1735 (unconfirmed); m1 1758 to Esther Chamberlain m2 1780 to Mrs Martha Barrett 4iv Mary Atwood b 8 Apr 1738 4v Josiah Atwood b 4 Apr 1740 3iii Oliver Atwood b 3 Nov 1706 Malden; m 12 Jul 1726 to Elizabeth Phelps (5 children) 4i Elizabeth Atwood b 16 Jul 1727 d 30 May 1776 m 23 Jan 1748/9 to Samuel Marble d 13 May 1771 4ii Oliver Atwood b 1 May 1729 (Not traced; perhaps went to Chester VT where a child of Mr. Atwood died in 1775 and where Oliver Atwood b 1756 was ancestor of many descendants. 4iii Anna Atwood bap 4 Jul 1731 d 3 Mar 1736 Bradford 4iv Joseph Atwood b 13 Jan 1736/7 m1 Ruth Staples m2 Mrs Hannah (Hadley) Marble. 4v Mary Atwood b 5 Aug 1741; m 8 Jul 1762 to John Wesson of Reading There was also a Mary Atwood who married at Bradford 29 May 1773 to Charles Walker, whom I cannot place at this writing. There were also many descendants of Harman Atwood of Boston, in this vicinity. 3iv Joseph Atwood b 12 Oct 1712 Boston; m 21 Decd 1738 to Alice Oliver b 1720 d 10 Oct 1770, buried Copp's Hill Cemetary, Boston. Joseph was a mariner then cooper after 1747. He bought house in Charleston 1741 of Frothingham and sold same to Henry Gullifer in 1747, wife Alice signing. He then went to Newburyport. (4 children) 4i Alice Atwood b Feb 1740; m 2 Jun 1762 to James Bulland 4ii Anna Atwood b 16 May 1742 4iii Sarah Atwood b 12 Aug 1744; m 2 Jun 1780 to Henry Foy 4iv John Atwood b 1749 (some doubt that he belongs here); m at Newburyport 17 Nov 1779 to Hannah Goodhue 3v Philip Atwood b 14 May 1715 Boston; m 6 Sep 1738 to Rebecca Kendall (2 daughters, at least) 4i Rebecca Atwood bap 10 Jun 1739 d 18 Oct 1740 4ii Philip Atwood bap 9 Jun 1741 whom I cannot trace. Philip of Warwick was nearly same age, but younger. -----continued at Vol X No 1b

Looking for a Russ Nunley who made a posting on the ATWOOD GenForum June/1998 re Charles W. ATWOOD and daughter Nellie Ann. Please e-mail me, Beverly at [email protected]

>From some of the earlier posts (synopsis) from The Atwood Ancestors, I learned that the editor, Claudette Maerz, lives near me (about 10 minutes from my house). I wrote her a letter to see if she was still active in research or possibly had information buried in her files about my Mississippi Atwood family. No, but she did have about 19-20 issues of The Atwood Ancestors that I bought from her. I don't particularly need them, but hated to just see them sitting in the basement. I will be happy to sell them to anyone for my cost ($2 each) + postage. Each is about 16-20 pages (double-sided), and I imagine each one would fit in a large envelope with under $1.00 postage. If you want the entire lot of these, I paid $40, and postage (priority mail) would run about $5 or $6, depending on how much they actually weigh. These are the volumes I have: Vol. V, No. 3 (Aug, 1987) Vol. V, No.4 (Nov. 1987) -------- I think these next 2 are out of sequence somehow: Vol. 6 No. 1 Vol. 6, No. 2 (Somewhere around 1992, from a postcard printed inside) ------- Vol. VI, No. 2 (Fall 1988) Vol. VII, No. 1 (Spring 1989) Vol. VIII No. 1 (Spring 1990) Vol. VIII, No. 2 (Fall 1990) Vol. IX No. 1 (Spring 1991) Vol. IX No. 2 (Fall 1991) Vol. X No. 2 (1992) Vol. 12 No. 1 (1994) Vol. 12 No. 2 (1994) Vol. 13 No. 1 (1995) Vol. 13 No. 2 (1995) Vol. 14 No. 1 (1996) - with a letter from Brad Potts :) Vol. 14 No. 2 (1997) Vol. 15 No. 1 (probably 1998) Vol. 15 No. 2 (probably 1998) Also, "Atwood Genealogy from Boston Transcript News Genealogical Columns 1897 - 1941" - This is a longer document, 32 pages double-sided, so will cost more to mail, but probably under $2.00 And, last but not least, "History of the Atwood Family from Charles Atwood Documents 1888", about the same size as the other ones (10 double-sided pages). Email me privately if you're interested. Susan Marston in Minnesota [email protected]

Source: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Paula Lemay) Subject: [NS-L] Honor Roll of Christ Church on Overseas Service >From the book: "The Story of Christ Church , Dartmouth" 1817 - 1917 by C.W. Vernon Inscription on inside cover reads: "A.C. Pettipas with Best Compliments of Noel J. Wilcox Jan. 16, 1922" Found this list in the book and photcopied these names... Honor Roll of Christ Church on Overseas Service. Frank Kuhn................................Killed in Action G. Atwood...................................Wounded, returned ======================================= Brad [email protected] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genesis ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Add your GEDCOM today !!!

Independent (New York City) Ministerial Register, 1892-95 Surname: Atwood Given Name: Eugene F Residence: Bloomfield CT Location of Ministry: resigns Denomination: Congregational Surname: Atwood Given Name: Charles B Location of Ministry: Whitehall NY Denomination: Presbyterian Surname: Atwood Given Name: Charles B Residence: Waiting VT Location of Ministry: Whitehall NY Denomination: Congregational Interestingly, the last two appear to be the same Charles B Atwood, but differant denominations....... Brad [email protected] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genesis ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Add your GEDCOM today !!!

Hi Bill, The Mormons have data on your Eldad. Here is the page with the data on his son , Eldad, Jr., with links to his parents, Eldad & Anna Snow Atwood, & his spouses. http://www.familysearch.org/Search/af/ancestral_file_frame.asp?recid=1494722 Allen E. Humphries

I recently purchased this item from eBay, which is a supplemental claim to The Colonial Dames of the State of New York. "I claim hereditary membership in this Society by right of descent from Nathaniel Morton who was born in Leyden, Germany on (blank) A.D. 1613, was a citizen of Plymouth, Mass and died in Plymouth, Mass on September 23 A.D. 1685. His services upon which my claim of eligibility to membership is based, were as follows: He was brought up in the family of Governor William Bradford whose assistant he was for some time. In 1645 he was chosen Secretary of the Colony and so continued to his death in 1685 a period of forty years a longer time than any other incumbent has held a similar office. Both of these positions are on the list of eligibility. Facts to substantiate this claim may be found in Genealogy of Morton Family published at Cambridge Mass 1894; in Davis Landmarks of Ancient Plymouth in Savage's Historical and Genealogical Dictionarie of New England Vol. III. The dates of marriages will be found in Davis' Landmarks of Ancient Plymouth , Savage's Genealogical Dict. Of New England and Centennial of Bedford N.H. Claimant: Mary Louise Atwood (Back of Form) Affidavit In support of the foregoing claim 1. 1. That the deponent was born on January 25 1855 in Madison, Wisconsin and is a citizen of Madison, Wisconsin. 2. That she is the daughter of David Atwood of Madison and Mary Ann Sweeney Poe of Potosi Wisconsin his wife, married 1849 3. That the said David Atwood was the son of David Atwood of Bedford New Hampshire and Mary Bell of Bedford, N.H. his wife married 1802 4. That the said David Atwood was the son of Isaac Atwood of Bedford, N.H. and Plymouth, Mass and Hannah Chubbuck of Bedford N.H., and Abington, Mass his wife married 1770 5. That the said Isaac Atwood was the son of Isaac Atwood of Plymouth, Mass and Lydia Wait of Plymouth, Mass his wife married 1740 6. That the said Isaac Atwood was the son of John Atwood or Wood of Plymouth Mass and Sarah Leavitt of Hingham, Mass his wife married 1709 7. That the said Sarah Leavitt was the daughter of Israel Leavitt of Hingham, Mass and Lydia Jackson of Plymouth, Mass his wife married 1677 8. That the said Lydia Jackson was the daughter of Abraham Jackson of Plymouth, Mass and Remember Morton of Plymouth, Mass his wife married 1657 9. That the said Remember Morton was the daughter of Nathaniel Morton of Plymouth, Mass and Lydia Cooper of Plymouth his wife married 1635. And deponent further says that the said Nathaniel Morton is the ancestor and propositus mentioned in the foregoing claim and that the facts hereinbefore set forth are true to the best of her knowledge and belief. This form was not signed or notarized (and probably never submitted). Glenda Atwood

I have recieved so many good clues and interesting facts I would have never found if I hadn't accessed other people's research notes. Some of these were notes from long dead relatives whose own children were not the least bit interested in "Genealogy". I am grateful that they had the sense to donate their notes to the Salt Lake library. Where else would I have found them ? I am not sure why people are afraid to have their gedcoms changed into Baptisms for the dead by the Mormon church if they dont believe they would be effficacious. What does it matter? So don't send in the Ged coms, but at least leave your notes to the library at your death. Or Leave them to some repository for manuscripts. If you do the latter ,they will be harder to find,although there are Catalogues for such things. ( and probably some Compulsive Obsessive future genealogists would eventually find it) It would be a lot easier to find if it were at the repository that most good genealogists go toFirst: The family History Center in Salt Lake. PS: I dont think the Mormons baptize ged coms of unrelated people of members? Jodi

I too have Mormon relatives waiting for me to die so they may baptize me by proxy. I thought of this when someone mentioned sending it all to the Mormons. The Mormons also have a way of putting their own slant on history, sort of a revisionist approach to the way things happened. Their data is extremely convenient to the genealogist but they do have ulterior motives. I am thankful for the Atwood web ring. I am glad to be a part. Please, if Mormons are out there (and they probably are), don't take offense. I think this is a pretty honest statement about the way things are. Stephen R. Atwood ----- Original Message ----- From: Allen E. Humphries <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000 7:34 AM Subject: Re: [ATWOOD] Something to think about > -----Original Message----- > From: Karen Moss <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, May 26, 2000 10:57 AM > Subject: [ATWOOD] Fwd: {not a subscriber} Something to think about > > > >A recent message to the list got me to thinking. > > > >unfortunately, the old gentleman passed on before any real info could be > >exchanged. ...... they were not the least bit interested in genealogy, and > as > >such, didn't want to be bothered with preserving his information. > > > >Perhaps it is something we should think about, where our hard-worked-for > >information will go in the event of our passing. > > Hello, > My children could care less about my research. They will probably pay > someone with a dumpster to clean out my house when I am gone. > I had trouble finding a lot of the data. > I don't want future (interested) generations having to get as frustrated > as I have. > That is why I am so willing to share - the more people who have copies of > the fruit of my labor the better. > However, a couple of (well meaning, but skittish) people have tied my > hands by asking that the data I got from them not be published on the Web. > As they were (and still are) extremely helpful to me, I am trying to respect > their wishes. It isn't easy, as I really would like to just plain hand out > anything I have to anyone who is interested. A couple of others have really > crippled my desire to preserve my data by claiming that (THEIR feelings! NOT > MINE! Please don't start a flame war over this!) the "Mormons" baptize > everyone in every GedCom that is sent to them & they don't want that to > happen to them or their relatives. So, if I donate my work to the "Mormons", > these helpful people will cease to share their research with me. One person > feels that people are "stealing" the data that she easily finds in public > records & passes around to a select group that she trusts. > I LIKE the RootsWeb setup - it will allow the living to be included > until they are gone without violating their privacy while they are alive. It > is not a religious organization & won't irritate the ones who distrust > religions other than their own. I can easily trim off the small portion that > the one person doesn't want "stolen". > I think that Brad has the right idea in his approach. When I get some > time, I will put my data up on RootsWeb in a searchable form like his. It is > clear, concise, easy to use & shouldn't irritate most of my helpers. > Please excuse my rambling - a couple of recent messages really got me > thinking about this & I had it all bottled up inside & had to release my > feelings to someone who would care. You people are great! > Allen E. Humphries > Saugus, MA USA > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >

I may be wrong here, but I don't THINK the Mormons baptize by proxy anyone from whom they are not directly descended. I too have Mormon relatives, and one of them asked my mother (who was her grandmother) if she minded their doing that. Her answer was, "Yes, I mind very much. Please don't." And I find nothing in the Family Ancestry pages to indicate that it was done, unless of course it has been done but the data has not yet been submitted. One thing about it, however, their doing such a thing is not going to hurt us anyway. I too do not want to offend anyone who believes in doing this. This is certainly not the place for discussions of that sort. Dorrice Jeal & Steve Atwood wrote: > I too have Mormon relatives waiting for me to die so they may baptize me by > proxy. I thought of this when someone mentioned sending it all to the > Mormons. The Mormons also have a way of putting their own slant on history, > sort of a revisionist approach to the way things happened. Their data is > extremely convenient to the genealogist but they do have ulterior motives. > > I am thankful for the Atwood web ring. I am glad to be a part. Please, if > Mormons are out there (and they probably are), don't take offense. I think > this is a pretty honest statement about the way things are. > > Stephen R. Atwood > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Allen E. Humphries <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000 7:34 AM > Subject: Re: [ATWOOD] Something to think about > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Karen Moss <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Date: Friday, May 26, 2000 10:57 AM > > Subject: [ATWOOD] Fwd: {not a subscriber} Something to think about > > > > > > >A recent message to the list got me to thinking. > > > > > >unfortunately, the old gentleman passed on before any real info could be > > >exchanged. ...... they were not the least bit interested in genealogy, > and > > as > > >such, didn't want to be bothered with preserving his information. > > > > > >Perhaps it is something we should think about, where our hard-worked-for > > >information will go in the event of our passing. > > > > Hello, > > My children could care less about my research. They will probably pay > > someone with a dumpster to clean out my house when I am gone. > > I had trouble finding a lot of the data. > > I don't want future (interested) generations having to get as > frustrated > > as I have. > > That is why I am so willing to share - the more people who have copies > of > > the fruit of my labor the better. > > However, a couple of (well meaning, but skittish) people have tied my > > hands by asking that the data I got from them not be published on the Web. > > As they were (and still are) extremely helpful to me, I am trying to > respect > > their wishes. It isn't easy, as I really would like to just plain hand out > > anything I have to anyone who is interested. A couple of others have > really > > crippled my desire to preserve my data by claiming that (THEIR feelings! > NOT > > MINE! Please don't start a flame war over this!) the "Mormons" baptize > > everyone in every GedCom that is sent to them & they don't want that to > > happen to them or their relatives. So, if I donate my work to the > "Mormons", > > these helpful people will cease to share their research with me. One > person > > feels that people are "stealing" the data that she easily finds in public > > records & passes around to a select group that she trusts. > > I LIKE the RootsWeb setup - it will allow the living to be included > > until they are gone without violating their privacy while they are alive. > It > > is not a religious organization & won't irritate the ones who distrust > > religions other than their own. I can easily trim off the small portion > that > > the one person doesn't want "stolen". > > I think that Brad has the right idea in his approach. When I get some > > time, I will put my data up on RootsWeb in a searchable form like his. It > is > > clear, concise, easy to use & shouldn't irritate most of my helpers. > > Please excuse my rambling - a couple of recent messages really got me > > thinking about this & I had it all bottled up inside & had to release my > > feelings to someone who would care. You people are great! > > Allen E. Humphries > > Saugus, MA USA > > > > > > ============================== > > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. -- MZ

-----Original Message----- From: Karen Moss <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, May 26, 2000 10:57 AM Subject: [ATWOOD] Fwd: {not a subscriber} Something to think about >A recent message to the list got me to thinking. > >unfortunately, the old gentleman passed on before any real info could be >exchanged. ...... they were not the least bit interested in genealogy, and as >such, didn't want to be bothered with preserving his information. > >Perhaps it is something we should think about, where our hard-worked-for >information will go in the event of our passing. Hello, My children could care less about my research. They will probably pay someone with a dumpster to clean out my house when I am gone. I had trouble finding a lot of the data. I don't want future (interested) generations having to get as frustrated as I have. That is why I am so willing to share - the more people who have copies of the fruit of my labor the better. However, a couple of (well meaning, but skittish) people have tied my hands by asking that the data I got from them not be published on the Web. As they were (and still are) extremely helpful to me, I am trying to respect their wishes. It isn't easy, as I really would like to just plain hand out anything I have to anyone who is interested. A couple of others have really crippled my desire to preserve my data by claiming that (THEIR feelings! NOT MINE! Please don't start a flame war over this!) the "Mormons" baptize everyone in every GedCom that is sent to them & they don't want that to happen to them or their relatives. So, if I donate my work to the "Mormons", these helpful people will cease to share their research with me. One person feels that people are "stealing" the data that she easily finds in public records & passes around to a select group that she trusts. I LIKE the RootsWeb setup - it will allow the living to be included until they are gone without violating their privacy while they are alive. It is not a religious organization & won't irritate the ones who distrust religions other than their own. I can easily trim off the small portion that the one person doesn't want "stolen". I think that Brad has the right idea in his approach. When I get some time, I will put my data up on RootsWeb in a searchable form like his. It is clear, concise, easy to use & shouldn't irritate most of my helpers. Please excuse my rambling - a couple of recent messages really got me thinking about this & I had it all bottled up inside & had to release my feelings to someone who would care. You people are great! Allen E. Humphries Saugus, MA USA

Allen --- I would like that infomation, too. Because, I am descended from Eldad Atwood, Stephen & Abigail's son, and there is where the train stops......no, it doesn't stop, just h*e*s*i*t*a*t*e*s. Bill/Florida [email protected] Working on: Atwood, Burgess, Church, Crosby, Liswell, Johnson, Mosher, Packard, Stone, Talbot and m-t-b-n L8r °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°

I strongly encourage all of us to send both a printed copy of our research and a GEDCOM to the Church of Latter Day Saints. After all, it is through their books, indexes and fiches that most of us were able to trace our lines. I also would encourage all of us to send our GEDCOMs to our host here.... ROOTSWEB. Through the WorldConnect Project. You can upload your entire database (in full, with living persons and references), give as much or as little access to the public as you want or need to; and yet the entire GEDCOM is still available to you, in the event of a computer crash or lost or damaged records. If you are not familiar with the project 'click' on the site below.... Brad [email protected] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genesis ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Add your GEDCOM today !!!

Deb, that is wonderful - no wonder you are excited. FYI, Rome NY is near Utica, on a line between Syracuse and Albany. Sort of a straight east-west line across the eastern part of the state. Hope that helps. Probably a map would be better.LOL Dorrice deb Christensen wrote: > Through a series of somewhat obtuse decisions, I actually found some > information about the father of Lewis (Louis) N. Atwood. I resorted to a > search on his mother's second marriage over at familysearch.org > > Lo and Behold! > > Frank Atwood and Melissa Catherine Reymore (Remore), both born in Rome, > Oneida, NY, had a son named Louis N. Atwood in Wisconsin on 25 May, 1859. > > Frank Atwood was born about 1839, Melissa Catherine Remore (Reymore) was > born Jan 14, 1843, both in Rome, NY. > > She married the second time to Thomas Joseph Conley, July 26, 1864 in > Watsonville, CA. By 1870, they had moved to Tulare County CA. > > At any rate ... i'm not sure I've found the Holy Grail, but I'm sure jazzed. > I'll be looking into and verifying all these details. We'll need to find out > when Frank Atwood died, and where, and when they got married, and where ... > and all that jazz! > > If there are folks here with Atwoods living in Rome, NY during this time > period, let's talk! I haven't even looked to see where in the world Rome, NY > is yet! (I told you I was jazzed!) > > (Melissa) Catherine Remore Atwood Conley died May 14, 1930, and is buried 20 > miles away from me in the Dinuba Smith Mtn Cemetary. (!) > > I feel more like an Atwood today. I almost have east coast roots. :) > > deb (Atwood) Christensen > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > deb Christensen ([email protected]) > Graphics Connection Forum > http://www.computingcentral.com/forums/graphics/ > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. -- MZ

Through a series of somewhat obtuse decisions, I actually found some information about the father of Lewis (Louis) N. Atwood. I resorted to a search on his mother's second marriage over at familysearch.org Lo and Behold! Frank Atwood and Melissa Catherine Reymore (Remore), both born in Rome, Oneida, NY, had a son named Louis N. Atwood in Wisconsin on 25 May, 1859. Frank Atwood was born about 1839, Melissa Catherine Remore (Reymore) was born Jan 14, 1843, both in Rome, NY. She married the second time to Thomas Joseph Conley, July 26, 1864 in Watsonville, CA. By 1870, they had moved to Tulare County CA. At any rate ... i'm not sure I've found the Holy Grail, but I'm sure jazzed. I'll be looking into and verifying all these details. We'll need to find out when Frank Atwood died, and where, and when they got married, and where ... and all that jazz! If there are folks here with Atwoods living in Rome, NY during this time period, let's talk! I haven't even looked to see where in the world Rome, NY is yet! (I told you I was jazzed!) (Melissa) Catherine Remore Atwood Conley died May 14, 1930, and is buried 20 miles away from me in the Dinuba Smith Mtn Cemetary. (!) I feel more like an Atwood today. I almost have east coast roots. :) deb (Atwood) Christensen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - deb Christensen ([email protected]) Graphics Connection Forum http://www.computingcentral.com/forums/graphics/

IMHO, The best place to store it outside of family and friends is with the LDS/Mormon Church. They will accept GEDcoms and they share info that has been shared with them. Of course, I know my daughter will take very good care of my data as she is as obsessed as I am. Just a thought. :) G

Even web sites with awesome amounts of information probably need to be thought about with a plan for survivorship, for lack of a better word. I found a detail that looked very promising about a Harris family on someone's Family Tree Maker pages -- but I needed a bit more information than the index they published. I wrote to the man. The mail bounced. <grrrr> Now, I don't know why. It irritated me, though. :) Two weeks ago, my husband's favorite younger (heck, I think he was the youngest cousin in that side of the family) dropped dead with no warning from a heart attack. He was 35. He left a number of dot com projects hanging in mid-air from his work. But there's people there to pick up and go on. I'm not sure there's anyone in my family who would pick up my genealogy hobby and distribute it, finish it, or anything. My daughter would likely put it away and keep it safe, though. So, now that I'm babbling -- what are some of the best tips to follow in not only safe-keeping researched information, but making sure it is available to others? And that the place(s) you submit your information to will also remain a viable public archival, whether it is electronic (like the databases online) or on paper. If I *ever* find the name of my great grandfather Atwood's parents, I assure you, this is not something I'd want anyone to lose. I might come down and haunt someone if they did! deb (Atwood) Christensen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - deb Christensen ([email protected]) Graphics Connection Forum http://www.computingcentral.com/forums/graphics/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorrice Wallis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 8:26 AM Subject: Re: [ATWOOD] Fwd: {not a subscriber} Something to think about > Karen, I absolutely agree with you, and I have thought about that very thing. > Fortunately, several of my children are interested enough to not trash what I > have, and one is actively doing genealogy herself. But for anyone on the list > who would not have that assurance, it is very much something to think about and > plan for. > > Dorrice > > Karen Moss wrote: > > > A recent message to the list got me to thinking. > > > > I have been searching for a lost branch of my family for several years. > > Finally, a distant cousin said she had run across someone who knew something > > of the family, perhaps it was one he was researching himself. Anyway, > > unfortunately, the old gentleman passed on before any real info could be > > exchanged. This cousin contacted the family (that's how she learned of his > > passing) and they were not the least bit interested in genealogy, and as > > such, didn't want to be bothered with preserving his information. > > > > Perhaps it is something we should think about, where our hard-worked-for > > information will go in the event of our passing. Perhaps it should be > > 'willed' to another family member who is interested in genealogy, or at the > > very least, a library or organization which would put it to best use and not > > let it be lost. > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > ============================== > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > -- > MZ > > > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >

Karen, I absolutely agree with you, and I have thought about that very thing. Fortunately, several of my children are interested enough to not trash what I have, and one is actively doing genealogy herself. But for anyone on the list who would not have that assurance, it is very much something to think about and plan for. Dorrice Karen Moss wrote: > A recent message to the list got me to thinking. > > I have been searching for a lost branch of my family for several years. > Finally, a distant cousin said she had run across someone who knew something > of the family, perhaps it was one he was researching himself. Anyway, > unfortunately, the old gentleman passed on before any real info could be > exchanged. This cousin contacted the family (that's how she learned of his > passing) and they were not the least bit interested in genealogy, and as > such, didn't want to be bothered with preserving his information. > > Perhaps it is something we should think about, where our hard-worked-for > information will go in the event of our passing. Perhaps it should be > 'willed' to another family member who is interested in genealogy, or at the > very least, a library or organization which would put it to best use and not > let it be lost. > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ -- MZ

A recent message to the list got me to thinking. I have been searching for a lost branch of my family for several years. Finally, a distant cousin said she had run across someone who knew something of the family, perhaps it was one he was researching himself. Anyway, unfortunately, the old gentleman passed on before any real info could be exchanged. This cousin contacted the family (that's how she learned of his passing) and they were not the least bit interested in genealogy, and as such, didn't want to be bothered with preserving his information. Perhaps it is something we should think about, where our hard-worked-for information will go in the event of our passing. Perhaps it should be 'willed' to another family member who is interested in genealogy, or at the very least, a library or organization which would put it to best use and not let it be lost. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com