Hi Barbara, You can find MOST of them at the following webpage.......... http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~philsbarbie/ A couple of them that I have acquired in the last few days are not listed yet (i.e. ROBERSON & VOORHEES)......if you find it is one of those that you are interested in, just contact me at [email protected] and I'll sign you up. Take care, Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [BLACKSMITHING] From List Mom~~Look-up offer Hi List Mom, Diana, I am on the Blacksmithing list, but am interested in many of your other lists. How do I access them? Barbara ==== BLACKSMITHING Mailing List ==== List Mom for the BLACKSMITHING mailing list: Diana Boothe [email protected] ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi List Mom, Diana, I am on the Blacksmithing list, but am interested in many of your other lists. How do I access them? Barbara

Hello everyone, Though it may be off-topic for some of you, I want to pass along to you, an offer that was made to me by a very nice lady, by the name of Jane, who contacted me concerning my WORLD-OBITS mailing list. She has in her possession the 1881 and 1851 census and British Isles Vital Records for England, Scotland and Ireland. She also says that "The 1881 census is complete, the 1851 is only 2% for most of England but complete for Devon, Norfolk and Warwick, and the British Isles Vital Records Index covers Births, christenings, and marriages for 1538-1888." She has offered to do look-ups, and asks that you have the "subject" line read "English look-up". She can be reached at [email protected] If you do request a look-up, please give her a little time, though, as I'm sure she will have many requests, and is doing a very kind thing by offering to do this for us. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me at the address below. Take care, Diana [email protected] List mom for the ACHOR, ACHORD, AR-CIVIL-WAR, AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS, AR-RAILROADS, AR-SAWMILLS, ARKANSAS SURNAMES, ARKANSAS, AUSTRALIA-OBITS, BLACKSMITHING, BURDINE, CANCER-SUPPORT, COUNTRY-MUSIC, ESSEX, FLINT-KNAPPING, GILTNER, IOWA-OLD-NEWSPAPERS, KID-CRAFTS, LAKEY, OBER, OLD-MISSOURI-NEWSPAPERS, OUTLAWS OF THE OLD WEST, PEOPLES, ROBERSON, SHATSWELL, STODGHILL, TELEVISION, VILLINES, VIOLIN-MAKERS, VOORHEES, WOODWORKERS, WORLD-CEMETERIES, WORLD-OBITS, and WORZ mailing lists.

I just wanted to send a note out to my lists letting you know that my email server has been down this evening, so if you have tried to contact me, please re-send. :-) Thanks, Diana [email protected] List mom for the ACHOR, ACHORD, AR-CIVIL-WAR, AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS, AR-RAILROADS, AR-SAWMILLS, ARKANSAS SURNAMES, ARKANSAS, AUSTRALIA-OBITS, BLACKSMITHING, BURDINE, CANCER-SUPPORT, COUNTRY-MUSIC, ESSEX, FLINT-KNAPPING, GILTNER, IOWA-OLD-NEWSPAPERS, KID-CRAFTS, LAKEY, OBER, OLD-MISSOURI-NEWSPAPERS, OUTLAWS OF THE OLD WEST, PEOPLES, ROBERSON, SHATSWELL, STODGHILL, TELEVISION, VILLINES, VIOLIN-MAKERS, WOODWORKERS, WORLD-CEMETERIES, WORLD-OBITS, and WORZ mailing lists.

Just passing this on.....hope it helps someone! <g> Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Masters - FMEC" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 2:29 PM Subject: [IOWA-OLD-NEWS] While not old, a newspaper suggestion for genealogy help I wanted to pass on a suggestion for newspaper related genealogy research. 5-6 years ago I went on a cross-country trip for 9 weeks. Genealogy and sight seeing were the main reasons for planning the trip. About 2 months before I went, I placed a few advertisements in the smaller town newspapers with a "query". Some of the considerations I made in doing this were: 1. My target audience was primarily older folks who would have remembered these people. 2. The newspaper is a weekly edition. 3. Older folks are typically home-bound, and usually read the paper from cover-to-cover. 4. Advertisement was 2-3 columns wide, 4 inches high. Text was large to accomodate seniors' eyesight. 5. Plan your ad well. I was very concise. It was something like this: NEED HELP WITH FAMILY TREE Name (year range of life) m. (wife's name, year range) Children (year range, spouse info) Children (year range, spouse info) g-Children (year range, spouse info) Added known info here, adding any "memorable" information that might spark a time-worn memory. (Known as "seven sisters"... Ran grocery store at... whatever) CONTACT INFO!!! Address, Phone numbers for home, work, cell phone. 6. Drop by the newspaper office in person! I paid my bill in person (shocked them, that's for sure!) and found out that a few people had actually left their name/number at the newspaper office. If you're not going to be in the area, ask that they hold any locally delivered info and you'll call back. 7. Run the ad for 2-3 weeks. The newspaper will work with you on good design, placement, etc. if they are getting an ad for a few weeks. They also do this for a job, they can also make suggestions, and even ASK them for suggestions. Again, I tried to "trigger" memories and use a font size that would ensure that seniors would be able to read it and fought with concise layout and putting enough info to get more responses. It might seem expensive, but what price are you willing to pay to get TIME with people who know, or who have resources you'd never find out about otherwise? 8. Follow up with those who contact you IMMEDIATELY, to arrange a time to visit with them or call them. THANK THEM for responding! Get acquainted with them, especially if you're going to be meeting them later! Get past the awkwardness now. Be prepared with questions that will generate lengthy answers and not simply a yes/no. "Tell me what you remember about ...." or "What kind of person was...", "What did you like to do with them?", "What talents/skills did they have?", "What's a funny thing you remember about them?" etc. 9. If visiting in person, take a tape recorder that has good batteries, has been tested for picking up sound, has a fresh tape (carry backup tapes/batteries!) and ASK for permission to tape. I try to make it a small pocket recorder that doesn't attract attention to the size, because after awhile, they start to forget the recorder is there and become a little more candid. Check to make sure you're picking up their voice! Be aware of nearby power cords, medical equipment, etc. that can blur the sounds. Bring paper/pencils/pens to jot down notes that you can go back to for clarification when time permits - don't interrupt them! BRING PHOTOS!!! Nothing brings back a memory like a photo! 10. If calling by phone, arrange a time that is good for them, and takes into account any time zone differences. Allow for an hour or two, be willing to pick up the phone tab. It's a requirement by law that if you record it, you ask them for permission first. And I would have that tape running when you're asking for permission, so that it cannot be denied later if it ever comes down to that. 11. Don't interrupt them... Let them talk. You're asking them to go back through their memories and sometimes the darnest things come out. :-) 12. Go over the notes/interview immediately, so that things are fresh in your mind, and you can get back to them with more questions. 13. Be cognizant of their age, attention span, disabilities, illnesses, endurance, etc. Treat them like your grandma/grandpa (assuming you're on good terms with them. :-) 14. Be sure to ask them if they know of anybody else who might have information on the people you're seeking. You never know who might be known to have a photo collection stashed someplace, or might have missed the article. This could include local historians, museums, family historians, crazy aunts that would keep tabs on the family. 15. Followup with a thank you! If visiting in person, perhaps take them out to lunch or ask if you could drive them to the locations that pertain to the people being discussed. It gives you a chance to ask more questions, but also to have them reminisce about the olden days. (One took me to his wife's grave... It was really spooky standing there looking at HIS gravestone, and having him stand next to me. There was no death date, but still....) If they take you to a graveyard to show you graves, throw other names out there... They may suddenly remember other folks, and where they're buried! And the stories behind them! Well, I can't think of too much else. Let me just say that I was *VERY SUCCESSFUL* using this method of using a large ad for a few weeks in small-town papers. As I said, it's not in the "OLD NEWSPAPER" dept, but you CAN make the paper work for you... Justin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Justin Masters (Systems Programmer) PH: 916 356-6735 Intel Corp. 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Hello, all.........I am researching the SNOWDON blacksmiths of NRY, especially of Ryedale. Has anyone come upon them in their own research? Or, are any of you researching other blacksmith families of that region? (Timeframe: 17th through mid 19th centuries). I'd like to hear about them, also. Donna Edwards-Jordan Pennsylvania

Thanks to another list I am on, and through the courtesy of that list owner, I was able to find this site, today, and just HAD to share!! Diana [email protected] The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Author: United States War Dept. Title: The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Other Title: Official records of the Union and Confederate armies Publisher: Govt. Print. Off. Place of Publication: Washington http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/waro.html

Many Federal Government Web Sites Suspended The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors site listed in our December 31st tip is one of many U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) sites which have been disconnected from the Internet at the direction of District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth. This action stems from the compromising of access to Indian Trust Management data accessible through the same server(s). Select DOI Web pages will be made available to the public through USGS, which has received court approval to reconnect to the Internet. All information posted on this version of DOI.GOV will be certified not to contain or provide access to individual Indian trust data. In the meantime, sites such as the Bureau of Land Management's land patent database, all National Park Service sites, and other sites of interest to genealogists and historians are currently inaccessible. Check the site map at USGS to see what sites have been reconnected. http://www.usgs.gov/ see the memo from the DOI's Deputy Secretary on this issue. http://www.doi.gov/news/grilesmemo.htm - George G. Morgan George G. Morgan is an internationally recognized genealogy writer and lecturer, with two books published, and online columns at Ancestry.com and at Chineseroots.com.

January 2, 2002 Posted: 10:31 AM EST (1531 GMT) LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Modern technology has given Britons a glimpse of life at the turn of the last century with the online publication of the national census for 1901. Doomed Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, silent movie actor Charlie Chaplin, nurse Florence Nightingale and "The Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien are among notable citizens whose details are recorded on the census. A spokeswoman for the Public Records Office -- which on Wednesday made the entire 1901 census for England and Wales available online at www.census.pro.gov.uk -- said the site had taken two years to complete and would be an invaluable resource for genealogists and historians. "The database contains details of over 32 million individuals," she told BBC radio. "It is a snapshot of the family at the time -- ages, place of birth, occupations and also...who else was in the household at the time." The census was conducted a few weeks after the death of Queen Victoria as Britain was beginning a new era under the rule of King Edward VII. As well as the famous names, it also lists 90,000 "lunatics, imbeciles and feeble-minded people." Project manager Alison Webster said census returns were the Public Record Office's most popular documents. By mid-morning the site was temporarily unavailable due to heavy demand. The Public Records Office has already begun work on building a similar site for the 1891 census which is expected to be available to the public next year, she said.

OCCUPATION NAMES and MEANINGS.............. Accomptant - Accountant Almoner - Giver of charity to the needy Amanuensis - Secretary or stenographer Apothecary - prepared and sold medicines or drugs; pharmacist Aproneer - term used in London for a shopkeeper Apronman - mechanic Artificer - A soldier mechanic who does repairs Backmaker - made "backs", vats, tubs, a Cooper Bailie - Bailiff Baxter - Baker Bluestocking - Female writer Bone Picker - collected rags and bones aka Rag and Bone Man Boniface - Keeper of an inn Brazier - One who works with brass Brewster - Beer manufacturer Brightsmith - Metal Worker Buffalo Soldier - soldier serving in a black regiment in the US Army in the West Burgonmaster - Mayor Buss Maker - maker of guns Caulker - One who filled up cracks (in ships or windows or seems to make them watertight by using tar or oakum-hem fiber produced by taking old ropes apart Chaisemaker - Carriage maker Chandler - Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceries, ship supplier Charwoman - cleaning woman Chiffonnier - Wig maker Claker - magician/astrologer Clark - Clerk Clerk - Clergyman, cleric Clicker - The servant of a salesman who stood at the door to invite customers; one who received the matter in the galley from the compositors and arranged it in due form ready for printing; one who makes eyelet holes in boots using a machine which clicked. Cohen - Priest Collier - Coal miner Colporteur - Peddler of books Compositor - set the type ready for printing Cooper - One who makes or repairs vessels made of staves & hoops, such as casks, barrels, tubs, etc. Cordwainer - Shoemaker, originally any leather worker using leather from Cordova/Cordoba in Spain Costermonger - Peddler of fruits and vegetables Crocker - Potter Crowner - Coroner Currier - One who dresses the coat of a horse with a currycomb; one who tanned leather by incorporating oil or grease Docker - Stevedore, dock worker who loads and unloads cargo Dowser - One who finds water using a rod or witching stick Draper - A dealer in dry goods Drayman - One who drives a long strong cart without fixed sides for carrying heavy loads Dresser - A surgeon's assistant in a hospital Drover - One who drives cattle, sheep, etc. to market; a dealer in cattle Duffer - Peddler Factor Agent, commission merchant; one who acts or transacts business for another; Scottish steward or bailiff of an estate Farrier - A blacksmith, one who shoes horses Faulkner - Falconer Fell monger - One who removes hair or wool from hides in preparation for leather making Fletcher - One who made bows and arrows Fuller - One who fulls cloth;one who shrinks and thickens woolen cloth by moistening, heating, and pressing; one who cleans and finishes cloth Gaoler - A keeper of the goal, a jailer Glazier - Window glassman Hacker - Maker of hoes Hatcheler - One who combed out or carded flax Haymonger - Dealer in hay Hayward - Keeper of fences Higgler - Itinerant peddler Hillier - Roof tiler Hind - A farm laborer Holster - A groom who took care of horses, often at an inn Hooker - Reaper Hooper - One who made hoops for casks and barrels Huckster - Sells small wares Husbandman - A farmer who cultivated the land Jagger - Fish peddler Journeyman - One who had served his apprenticeship and mastered his craft, not bound to serve a master, but hired by the day Joyner/Joiner - A skilled carpenter Keeler - Bargeman Kempster - Wool comber Lardner - Keeper of the cupboard Lavender - Washer woman Lederer - Leather maker Leech - Physician Longshoreman - Stevedore Lormer - Maker of horse gear Malender - Farmer Maltster - Brewer Manciple - A steward Mason - Bricklayer Mintmaster - One who issued local currency Monger - Seller of goods (ale, fish) Muleskinner - Teamster Neatherder - Herds cows Ordinary - Keeper Innkeeper with fixed prices Pattern Maker - A maker of a clog shod with an iron ring. A clog was a wooden pole with a pattern cut into the end Peregrinator - Itinerant wanderer Peruker - A wig maker Pettifogger - A shyster lawyer Pigman - Crockery dealer Plumber - One who applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained glass windows. Porter - Door keeper Puddler - Wrought iron worker Quarrier - Quarry worker Rigger - Hoist tackle worker Ripper - Seller of fish Roper - Maker of rope or nets Saddler - One who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings for horses Sawbones - Physician Sawyer - One who saws; carpenter Schumacker - Shoemaker Scribler - A minor or worthless author Scrivener - Professional or public copyist or writer; notary public Scrutiner - Election judge Shrieve - Sheriff Slater - Roofer Slopseller - Seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shop Snobscat/Snob - One who repaired shoes Sorter - Tailor Spinster - A woman who spins or an unmarried woman Spurrer - Maker of spurs Squire - Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace Stuff gown - Junior barrister Stuff gownsman - Junior barrister Supercargo - Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the commercial concerns of the ship. Tanner - One who tans (cures) animal hides into leather Tapley - One who puts the tap in an ale cask Tasker - Reaper Teamster - One who drives a team for hauling Thatcher - Roofer Tide waiter - Customs inspector Tinker - An itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman Tipstaff - Policeman Travers - Toll bridge collection Tucker - Cleaner of cloth goods Turner - A person who turns wood on a lathe into spindles Victualer - An tavern keeper, or one who provides an army, navy, or ship with food Vulcan - Blacksmith Wagoner - Teamster not for hire Wainwright - Wagon maker Waiter - Customs officer or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to collect duty on goods brought in. Waterman - Boatman who plies for hire Way-Maker - employed to make roads Webster - Operator of looms Wharfinger - Owner of a wharf Wheelwright - One who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages, etc. Whitesmith Tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes or polishes the work Whitewing - Street sweeper Whitster - Bleach of cloth Wright - Workman, especially a construction worker Yardman - railroad yard worker Yeoman - Farmer who owns his own land You can find more OCCUPATION NAMES and their MEANINGS here....... http://communities.prodigy.net/genealogy/sub_pages/Tools/occupations_A_C.htm l

Was hoping this might help someone in their research.......sorry if it's off-topic....<g> Diana Decoding the Social Security Number (from "Social-Security-Numbers And Other Telling Information:" by Simson Garfinkel, published in the Whole Earth Review, Fall 1989) The first three digits of a person's Social Security Number indicate the state that the person was living in at the time the number was assigned (see table). The exceptions to this rule are numbers in the 700-729 range, which were issued by the Railroad Retirement agency, the only such retirement plan to have its own block of SSNs. The fourth and fifth digits indicate the group number. The sequence is reported to be odd numbers from 01-09, then even numbers from 10-98, then even numbers 02-08, and finally odd numbers 11-99. All numbers issued before 1965 are either odd numbers between 01 and 09, or even numbers between 10 and 98. The last four digits are the "serial number," and run from 0001 to 9999... 001-003 New Hampshire 004-007 Maine 008-009 Vermont 010-034 Massachusetts 035-039 Rhode Island 040-049 Connecticut 050-134 New York 135-158 New Jersey 159-211 Pennsylvania 212-220 Maryland 221-222 Delaware 223-231 Virginia 232-236 West Virginia 232 N. Carolina (1) 237-246 N. Carolina 247-251 S. Carolina 252-260 Georgia 261-267 Florida 589-595 Florida 268-302 Ohio 303-317 Indiana 318-361 Illinois 362-386 Michigan 387-399 Wisonsin 400-407 Kentucky 408-415 Tennessee 416-424 Alabama 425-428 Mississippi 587-588 Mississippi 429-432 Arkansas 433-439 Louisiana 440-448 Oklahoma 449-467 Texas 468-477 Minnesota 478-485 Iowa 486-500 Missouri 501-502 N. Dakota 503-504 S. Dakota 505-508 Nebraska 509-515 Kansas 516-517 Montana 518-519 Idaho 520 Wyoming 521-524 Colorado 525 New Mexico 585 New Mexico 526-527 Arizona 528-529 Utah 530 Nevada 531-539 Washington 540-544 Oregon 545-573 California 574 Alaska 575-576 Hawaii 577-579 Washington, DC 580 Virgin Islands 580-584 Puerto Rico 586 Guam 586 American Samoa 586 Phillipine Islands 700-729 Railroad Retirement (1) Number 232, with middle digits 30, has been allocated to North Carolina from West Virginia.

I found this one quite interesting, also! (Sorry, I couldn't resist passing it on! <g>) Diana [email protected] Gathering Information from Tombstones by Elaine Powell Dating Tombstones: One way to help find the era your ancestor was buried is to examine the material from which the tombstone is made. If your ancestor has a stone made of slate or common fieldstone (except wood used by pioneers), chances are the stone dates from 1796-1830. * If the stone is flat-topped hard marble, dates are about 1830-1849. * If the "mystery" stone is round or pointed soft marble with cursive inscriptions, look for a date of 1845-1868. * Masonic four-sided stones began in 1850 and are still in use today. * Pylons, columns and all exotic-style monuments are usually dated 1860-1900. * Zinc monuments date from 1870-1900. * Granite, now common, came into use about 1900. If the writing is too faded to read, use a 75 watt black light bulb in any lamp that casts light directly on the written message. The writing will miraculously appear. You can take photos of tombstones to record the information. Be careful not to take the photo with a flash and stand directly in front of the tombstone. It might cause a "flashback" and you will have a large white spot in the middle of your photo and you won't be able to read the information on the stone. The best condition to take the photo is with light behind you, using no flash. However, some older stones don't photograph well, so you might want to take some tombstone rubbings.

I received this from another list that I am on, and though some of it is rather simple, I still thought it was worth sharing! <g> Diana [email protected] Subject: A Glossary of Genealogical Terms. >From Nicholas Wagner of Genealogy-Geneology.net... GLOSSARY OF GENEALOGICAL TERMS The following is provided freely for redistribution, by Dan Burrows http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/ns/digby/perm2/glossary.htm ABSTRACT - Summary of important points of a given text, especially deeds and wills. ACRE - See measurements. ADMINISTRATION (of estate) - The collection, management and distribution of an estate by proper legal process. ADMINISTRATOR (of estate) - Person appointed to manage or divide the estate of a deceased person. ADMINISTRATRIX - A female administrator. AFFIDAVIT - A statement in writing, sworn to before proper authority. ALIEN - Foreigner. AMERICAN REVOLUTION - U.S. war for independence from Great Britain 1775 -1783. ANCESTOR - A person from whom you are descended; a forefather. ANTE - Latin prefix meaning before, such as in ante-bellum South, "The South before the war" APPRENTICE - One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement or by any means to serve another person for a certain time, with a view of learning an art or trade. APPURTENANCE - That which belongs to something else such as a building,orchard, right of way, etc. ARCHIVES - Records of a government, organization, institution; the placewhere records are stored. ATTEST - To affirm; to certify by signature or oath. BANNS - Public announcement of intended marriage. BENEFICIARY - One who receives benefit of trust or property. BEQUEATH - To give personal property to a person in a will. Noun --bequest. BOND - Written, signed, witnessed agreement requiring payment of a specified amount of money on or before a given date. BOUNTY LAND WARRANT - A right to obtain land, specific number of acres of unallocated public land, granted for military service. CENSUS - Official enumeration, listing or counting of citizens. CERTIFIED COPY - A copy made and attested to by officers having charge of the original and authorized to give copies. CHAIN - See measurements. CHATTEL - Personal property which can include animate as well as inanimate properties. CHRISTEN - To receive or initiate into the visible church by baptism; to name at baptism; to give a name to. CIRCA - About, near, or approximate -- usually referring to a date. CIVIL WAR - War between the States; war between North and South, 1861-65. CODICIL - Addition to a will. COLLATERAL ANCESTOR - Belong to the same ancestral stock but not in direct line of descent; opposed to lineal such as aunts, uncles & cousins. COMMON ANCESTOR - Ancestor shared by any two people. CONFEDERATE - Pertaining to the Southern states which seceded from theU.S. in 1860 -1861, their government and their citizens. CONSANGUINITY - Blood relationship. CONSORT - Usually, a wife whose husband is living CONVEYANCE - See deed. COUSIN - Relative descended from a common ancestor, but not a brother or sister. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW - Wife of one's son. DECEASED - Dead. DECEDENT - A deceased person. DECLARATION OF INTENTION - First paper, sworn to and filed in court, by an alien stating that he wants to become a citizen. DEED - A document by which title in real property is transferred from one party to another. DEPOSITION - A testifying or testimony taken down in writing under oath of affirmation in reply to interrogatories, before a competent officer to replace the oral testimony of a witness. DEVISE - Gift of real property by will. DEVISEE - One to whom real property (land) is given in a will. DEVISOR - One who gives real property in a will. DISSENTER - One who did not belong to the established church, especially the Church of England in the American colonies. DISTRICT LAND OFFICE PLAT BOOK - Books or rather maps which show the location of the land patentee. DISTRICT LAND OFFICE TRACT BOOK - Books which list individual entries by range and township. DOUBLE DATING - A system of double dating used in England and America from 1582-1752, because it was not clear as to whether the year commenced January 1 or March 25 DOWER - Legal right or share which a wife acquired by marriage in the real estate of her husband, allotted to her after his death for her lifetime. EMIGRANT - One leaving a country and moving to another. ENUMERATION - Listing or counting , such as a census. EPITAPH - An inscription on or at a tomb or grave in memory of the one buried there. ESCHEAT - The reversion of property to the state when there are no qualified heirs. ESTATE - All property and debts belonging to a person. ET AL - Latin for "and others". ET UX - Latin for "and wife". ET UXOR - And his wife. Sometimes written simply Et Ux. EXECUTOR - One appointed in a will to carry out its provisions. Female =Executrix FATHER-IN-LAW - Father of one's spouse. FEE - An estate of inheritance in land, being either fee simple or fee tail. An estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the performing of certain services. FEE SIMPLE - An absolute ownership without restriction. FEE TAIL - An estate of inheritance limited to lineal descendant heirs of a person to whom it was granted. FRANKLIN, STATE OF - An area once known but never officially recognized and was under consideration from 1784 - 1788 from the western part of North Carolina. FRATERNITY - Group of men (or women) sharing a common purpose orinterest. FREE HOLD - An estate in fee simple, in fee tail, or for life. FRIEND - Member of the Religious Society of Friends; a Quaker. FURLONG - See measurements. GAZETTEER - A geographical dictionary; a book giving names and descriptions of places usually in alphabetical order. GENEALOGY - Study of family history and descent. GENTLEMAN - A man well born. GIVEN NAME - Name given to a person at birth or baptism, one's first and middle names. GLEBE - Land belonging to a parish church. GRANTEE - One who buys property or receives a grant. GRANTOR - One who sells property or makes a grant. GREAT-AUNT - Sister of one's grandparent GREAT-UNCLE - Brother of one's grandparent. GUARDIAN - Person appointed to care for and manage property of a minor orphan or an adult incompetent of managing his own affairs. HALF BROTHER/HALF SISTER - Child by another marriage of one's mother or father; the relationship of two people who have only one parent in common. HEIRS - Those entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit property from another. HOLOGRAPHIC WILL - One written entirely in the testator's own handwriting. HOMESTEAD ACT - Law passed by Congress in 1862 allowing a head of a family to obtain title to 160 acres of public land after clearing and improving it for 5 years. HUGUENOT - A French Protestant in the 16th and 17th centuries. One of the reformed or calvinistic communion who were driven by the thousands into exile in England, Holland, Germany and America. ILLEGITIMATE - Born to a mother who was not married to the child's father. IMMIGRANT - One moving into a country from another. INDENTURE - Today it means a contract in 2 or more copies. Originally made in 2 parts by cutting or tearing a single sheet across the middle in a jagged line so the two parts may later be matched. INDENTURED SERVANT - One who bound himself into service of another person for a specified number of years, often in return for transportation to this country. INFANT - Any person not of full age; a minor. INSTANT - Of or pertaining to the current month. (Abbreviated inst.) INTESTATE - One who dies without a will or dying without a will. INVENTORY - An account, catalog or schedule, made by an executor or administrator of all the goods and chattels and sometimes of the real estate of a deceased person. ISSUE - Offspring; children; lineal descendants of a common ancestor. LATE - Recently deceased. LEASE - An agreement which creates a landlord - tenant situation. LEGACY - Property or money left to someone in a will LEGISLATURE - Lawmaking branch of state or national government; elected group of lawmakers. LIEN - A claim against property as security for payment of a debt. LINEAGE - Ancestry; direct descent from a specific ancestor. LINEAL - Consisting of or being in a direct line of ancestry or descendants; descended in a direct line. LINK - See measurements. LIS PENDENS - Pending court action; usually applies to land title claims. LODGE - A chapter or meeting hall of a fraternal organization. LOYALIST - Tory, an American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution. MAIDEN NAME - A girl's last name or surname before she marries MANUSCRIPT - A composition written with the hand as an ancient book or a non-printed modern book or music. MARRIAGE BOND - A financial guarantee that no impediment to the marriage existed, furnished by the intended bridegroom or by his friends. MATERNAL - Related through one's mother, such as a Maternal grandmother being the mother's mother. MEASUREMENTS - Link - 7.92 inches Chain - 100 Links or 66 feet Furlong - 1000 Links or 660 feet Rod - 5 1/2 yds or 16 1/2 ft (also called a perch or pole) Rood - From 5 1/2 yards to 8 yards, dependingon locality Acre - 43,560 square ft or 160 square rods MESSUAGE - A dwelling house. METES & BOUNDS - Property described by natural boundaries, such as 3 notches in a white oak tree, etc. MICROFICHE - Sheet of microfilm with greatly reduced images of pages of documents. MICROFILM - Reproduction of documents on film at reduced size. MIGRANT - Person who moves from place to place, usually in search of work MIGRATE - To move from one country or state or region to another. (Noun : migration) MILITIA - Citizens of a state who are not part of the national military forces but who can be called into military service in an emergency; acitizen army, apart from the regular military forces. MINOR - One who is under legal age; not yet a legal adult. MISTER - In early times, a title of respect given only to those who held important civil officer or who were of gentle blood. MOIETY - A half; an indefinite portion MORTALITY - Death; death rate. MORTALITY SCHEDULES - Enumeration of persons who died during the year prior to June 1 of 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 in each state of the United States, conducted by the bureau of census. MORTGAGE - A conditional transfer of title to real property as security for payment of a debt. MOTHER-IN-LAW - Mother of one's spouse. NAMESAKE - Person named after another person. NECROLOGY - Listing or record of persons who have died recently NEE - Used to identify a woman's maiden name; born with the surname of. NEPHEW - Son of one's brother or sister. NIECE - Daughter of one's brother or sister. NONCUPATIVE WILL - One declared or dictated by the testator, usually for persons in last sickness, sudden illness, or military. ORPHAN - Child whose parents are dead; sometimes, a child who has lost one parent by death. ORPHAN'S COURT - Orphans being recognized as wards of the states, provisions were made for them in special courts. PASSENGER LIST - A ships list of passengers, usually referring to those ships arriving in the US or Canada, from Europe. PATENT - Grant of land from a government to an individual. PATERNAL - Related to one's father. Paternal grandmother is the father's mother. PATRIOT - One who loves his country and supports its interests. PEDIGREE - Family tree; ancestry. PENSION - Money paid regularly to an individual, especially by a government as reward for military service during wartime or upon retirement from government service. PENSIONER - One who receives a pension. PERCH - See measurements. POLE - See measurements. POLL - List or record of persons, especially for taxing or voting. POST - Prefix meaning after, as in post-war economy. POSTERITY - Descendants; those who come after. POWER OF ATTORNEY - When a person is unable to act for himself, he appoints another to act in his behalf. PRE - Prefix meaning before, as in pre-war military build-up. PRE-EMOTION RIGHTS - Right given by the federal government to citizens, to buy a quarter section of land or less. PROBATE - Having to do with wills and the administration of estates. PROGENITOR - A direct ancestor. PROGENY - Descendants of a common ancestor; issue. PROVED WILL - A will established as genuine by probate court. PROVOST - A person appointed to superintend, or preside over something. PROXIMO - In the following month, in the month after the present one. PUBLIC DOMAIN - Land owned by the government. QUAKER - Member of the Religious Society of Friends. QUITCLAIM - A deed conveying the interest of the party at that time. RECTOR - A clergyman; the ruler or governor of a country. RELICT - Widow; surviving spouse when one has died, husband or wife. REPUBLIC - Government in which supreme authority lies with the people or their elected representatives. REVOLUTIONARY WAR - U.S. war for independence from Great Britain 1775 -1783. ROD - See measurements. ROOD - See measurements. SHAKER - Member of a religious group formed in 1747 which practiced communal living and celibacy. SIBLING - Person having one or both parents in common with another; a brother or sister. SIC - Latin meaning thus; copied exactly as the original reads. Often suggests a mistake or surprise in the original. SON-IN-LAW - Husband of one's daughter. SPINSTER - A woman still unmarried; or one who spins. SPONSOR - A bondsman; surety. SPOUSE - Husband or wife. STATUTE - Law. STEP-BROTHER / STEP-SISTER - Child of one's step-father or step-mother. STEP-CHILD - Child of one's husband or wife from a previous marriage. STEP-FATHER - Husband of one's mother by a later marriage. STEP-MOTHER - Wife of one's father by a later marriage. SURNAME - Family name or last name. TERRITORY - Area of land owned by a country, not a state or province,but having its own legislature and governor. TESTAMENTARY - Pertaining to a will. TESTATE - A person who dies leaving a valid will. TESTATOR - A person who makes a valid will before his death. TITHABLE - Taxable. TITHE - Formerly, money due as a tax for support of the clergy or church. TORY - Loyalist; one who supported the British side in the American Revolution. TOWNSHIP - A division of U.S. public land that contained 36 sections, or 36 square miles. Also a subdivision of the county in many Northeastern and Midwestern states of the U.S. TRADITION - The handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, genealogies, etc. from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth. TRANSCRIBE - To make a copy in writing. ULTIMO - In the month before this one. UNION - The United States; also the North during the Civil War, the states which did not secede. VERBATIM - Word for word; in the same words, verbally. VTAL RECORDS - Records of birth, death, marriage or divorce. VITAL STATISTICS - Data dealing with birth, death, marriage or divorce. WAR BETWEEN THE STATES - U.S. Civil War, 1861 - 1865. WARD - Chiefly the division of a city for election purposes. WILL - Document declaring how a person wants his property divided after his death. WITNESS - One who is present at a transaction, such as a sale of land or signing of a will, who can testify or affirm that it actually took place. WPA HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY - A program undertaken by the US Government from 1935 - 1936, in which inventories were compiled of historical material. YEOMAN - A servant, an attendant or subordinate official in a royal household; a subordinate of a sheriff; an independent farmer.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran Warren" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 9:29 AM Subject: [ARKANSAS] April 12, 1890 Van Buren Press Van Buren Press Van Buren, Arkansas- Crawford County April 12, 1890 SHOT WITHOUT CAUSE Little Rock, April 7. - Tom Hackett, a blacksmith employed in the Iron Mountain shops here, was shot and mortally wounded about 11 o'clock tonight by P. G. Gallagher, night watchman for the same railroad company. Max Duttinger, an eyewitness to the affair, say Hackett was secreted behind a box-car at teh foot of Rock Street, immediately in front of the freight depot, when Gallagher called out "Get away from there". Hackett replied, "I will as soon as I button my pants." Immediately a pistol shot was heard, accompanied by groans. Bystanders went to the assistance of the wounded man and it was discovered that he was shot through the neck just below the ear. He will die. Indignation is great among the railroad men against Gallagher, who was arrested and lodged in jail. Fran Alverson Warren ==== ARKANSAS Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send the command "unsubscribe" to [email protected] (if in mail mode) or [email protected] (if in digest mode.) ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237

Rachel, the same lore goes for Texas also. I would say it just follows the trade/art. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 10:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: BLACKSMITHING-D Digest V01 #13 Content-Type: text/plain BLACKSMITHING-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 13 Today's Topics: #1 [BLACKSMITHING] Forges/smithies ["rachel.dysart" <[email protected]] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from BLACKSMITHING-D, send a message to [email protected] that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the BLACKSMITHING-D list administrator, send mail to [email protected] ______________________________

We would like to find any information on my wife's great aunt's family. Fred Sørensen (b.c. 1875 Denmark) was a blacksmith in Cicero (from at least about 1910). His wife was Marie (Petersen), and we are fairly certain there were two children: perhaps Fred and Carl. We have an old undated newspaper article (an undated clipping from the Indianapolis News) celebrating Fred¹s 61 years at the shop in Cicero (he had also celebrated his 80th birthday in the article written about 1950). The article also suggested that he had lived in Cicero since 1885.

My grandfather and great grandfather were both blacksmiths in Co Tyrone in Ireland. The forge or smithy was an adjunct to the dwelling house - I can just about remember the intense heat, smoke and blackness of the interior as well as the soot and the bellows. It was a very basic plain building. There were always horseshoes nailed to the door- like a letter 'U'. Lots of folk kept a similar horseshoe nailed somewhere for luck. The superstition was that kept this way up, your luck couldn't fall out. I have seen pictures of blacksmiths' shops in parts of England where the horseshoes are nailed up with the open end pointing downwards. The superstition here is that this is done so the devil can't build a nest in the horseshoe. One of the most impressive smithies I've seen had the chimneys on the gable wall built in a horseshoe shape - open end downwards. I'd be interested to know if other countries had similar beliefs. Rachel Dysart

hi everyone! i wante to let you kow there is a new list it's [email protected] to subscribe go to [email protected] and write subscribe in subject. it's for people who had German ancestors in and around Phila. since at one time many of the surrounding counties were part of Phila at one time. if any questions please contact me at [email protected] thank you take care kathy Researching; DOUGHERTY, BRENNAN, MACDONALD, MCLAUGHLIN, GORDON, SHEPHARD, in Ireland, Pennsylvania RENZ (RENTZ), VOLLMER (FULLMER), SCHUMACHER (SHOEMAKER), HUTHER, MULLER (MUELLER), in Germany, Ohio or Indiana BAER, PASZOTA, SHUTT (SCHUTT) in Germany, Delaware, Indiana or Philadelphia --------------------------------------------------------------------------- my home page: http://community.webtv.net/kathy556/DoughertyGordonBaer

This morning I received an e mail which purported to be a reply to my post to this list, entitled, "O'Neal as Blacksmith". It was sent from [email protected] (Jean & Tony) It had an attachment which was ME.NUDE.MP3.scr. Of course I did NOT open it. I feel sure that these people did not knowingly send this to me, but want to alert everyone to what is happening. Emma

Hi Emma, I don't know HOW it happened, as we don't have anyone by that e-mail address (or name) on this list. Did you by any chance copy your letter to any other list?? Do you still have the message, so you could forward it on to me? If anyone finds anymore, please contact me off list about these, so I can take care of it, OK?? Thanks, Diana [email protected] List mom for the ACHOR, ACHORD, AR-CIVIL-WAR, AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS, AR-RAILROADS, AR-SAWMILLS, ARKANSAS SURNAMES, ARKANSAS, BLACKSMITHING, CANCER-SUPPORT, COUNTRY-MUSIC, ESSEX, FLINT-KNAPPING, KID-CRAFTS, LAKEY, OBER, OUTLAWS OF THE OLD WEST, PEOPLES, SHATSWELL, STODGHILL, TELEVISION, VILLINES, VIOLIN-MAKERS, WOODWORKERS and WORZ mailing lists. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 8:52 AM Subject: [BLACKSMITHING] VIRUS is circulating, please read This morning I received an e mail which purported to be a reply to my post to this list, entitled, "O'Neal as Blacksmith". It was sent from [email protected] (Jean & Tony) It had an attachment which was ME.NUDE.MP3.scr. Of course I did NOT open it. I feel sure that these people did not knowingly send this to me, but want to alert everyone to what is happening. Emma ==== BLACKSMITHING Mailing List ==== List Mom for the BLACKSMITHING mailing list: Diana Boothe [email protected] ============================== Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp