I am researching the Borden line in Macon and Jackson Cos. TN. She was married to Anthony D. Donoho about 1860. I have seen her name as Nellie, Elinder and Eleanor but haven't confirmed this. I have no birth date, death or firm mariage date. Any help would be appreciated. Janice

My Borden ancestors were Zuriah Winter and Benjamin Borden, who migrated from Monmouth Co NJ to Virginia. He was the proprietor of "Borden's Great Tract" which was mostly in what is now Augusta Co VA. My line is their son John Borden & wife Anne Hawkins, who settled in Knox Co TN; their daughter Sarah m. Enoch McCoy (McKay); whose daughter Rachel m. Reuben Casada in Knox Co TN, later moved to McMinn Co TN. Nancy

Well, we seem to have come through that mile stone OK. Let's have a ROLL CALL to refresh everyone on what we each are doing. -- S Susan D. Chambless listowner for the CHAMBLESS, GAUSS, GLENDAY, BORDEN, DURFEE, SANDERSON & JOHNS surname lists, now at RootsWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com - please join us! Check it out: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~schmblss I'm posting a lot of old family letters & papers centered around the Charles Henry Gauss family of St. Charles, MO. Surnames are: Gauss, Johns, Fawcett, Glenday, Durfee, Lindsay, plus, of course, the people they knew.

Thanks for the concern. My ISP has been erratic the last two weekends. Susan D. Chambless listowner for the CHAMBLESS, GAUSS, GLENDAY, BORDEN, DURFEE, SANDERSON & JOHNS surname lists, now at RootsWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com - please join us! Check it out: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~schmblss I'm posting a lot of old family letters & papers centered around the Charles Henry Gauss family of St. Charles, MO. Surnames are: Gauss, Johns, Fawcett, Glenday, Durfee, Lindsay, plus, of course, the people they knew. ----- Original Message ----- From: Aunt Helen <bordensister@yahoo.com> To: <columbine@ninenet.com> Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 7:23 AM Subject: Borden list > Saw the post from rootsweb and just wondered if it was > their equipment that is bouncing your e-mail? > > Helen > > > ===== > Helen > http://borden.genealogy.org > http://members.truepath.com/HisChild/ > http://home.earthlink.net/~mommers/ > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. > Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com >

Hi, folks -- We are trying to locate the BORDEN list manager. Mail to the administrator's e-mail address, columbine@ninenet.com, has been bouncing for several weeks and we've been unable to determine whether they are still around using a different e-mail address or have dropped off the face of the earth. If you are the BORDEN list administrator, please go to your list utility page and update the list admin's address with your current address. If you've forgotten where the utility page is, you can get to it at this URL: http://lists.rootsweb.com/findutil.pl?BORDEN If you're not the list manager but know who is, you may want to forward this note to them. :-) If the list administrator's address hasn't been changed by Monday, December 6 (that's a week from today), then we'll assume that the list has been abandoned and will put it up for adoption. Thanks, and sorry to intrude -- -- Regards, Tim Pierce RootsWeb.com lead system admonsterator and Chief Hacking Officer

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Does anyone have any information on a Stephen Borden who died in Campbell, Steuben Co., New York in 1939? Or how about a Caroline Borden born abt 1820 in Madison Co., New York. I am trying to find out if these two are father and daughter. Any help greatly appreciated, Thank you Victoria Craddick -- E-MAIL -craddick@ptialaska.net OUR FAMILY WEB PAGE-http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/8807/

Does anyone have an Edward BORDEN married 8 May 1806 Burlington County, NJ, spouse Hannah or Susannah ? Thanks Jack Bowman Hickory, NC

Would anyone have any information about a Martha Borden who married a unknown tanner about 1714 in East Haddam, RI, their daughter Ruth Tanner m Benjamin Dean of Cornwall Ct. I would apprecaite any information, clues, hints or directions where to look for Martha and her dates and parents, grandparents. Thanks ever so much for any help! Sincerely, Nancy Whitman nancyw@hypernet.com

Susan D. Chambless listowner for the CHAMBLESS, GAUSS, GLENDAY, BORDEN, DURFEE, BORDEN & SANDERSON surname lists, now at RootsWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com - please join us! Check it out: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~schmblss I'm posting a lot of old family letters & papers centered around the Charles Henry Gauss family of St. Charles, MO. Surnames are: Gauss, Johns, Fawcett, Glenday, Durfee, Lindsay, plus, of course, the people they knew. ----- Original Message ----- From: <columbine@ninenet.com> To: <JOHNS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 2:17 PM Subject: [JOHNS] WorldConnect -- New RootsWeb Service > Rootsweb has instituted a new service, allowing you to painlessly > upload your genealogy files to the web. If you are considering this, > please make sure that you don't invade the privacy of living persons. > > Susan D. Chambless > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~schmblss > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 2,227,126 NAMES ON ROOTSWEB WORLDCONNECT PROJECT AFTER FIRST WEEK OF > BETA TEST. As of 20 October 1999, RootsWeb users have > uploaded more than two million names to the RootsWeb WorldConnect > Project. Many users have told us that the upload software used in the > WorldConnect project is by far the fastest and most fully featured of > its kind. You can search the names already uploaded or upload you own > GEDCOM at: <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/>. > > You have full control over your GEDCOM at RootsWeb. You can change or > remove it completely at any time and RootsWeb will never burn it onto > a CD-ROM or charge others to access it. > > ROOTSWEB WILL NOW ACCEPT GEDCOMs ON REMOVABLE MEDIA. If you are > having trouble uploading your GEDCOM for any reason, please > feel free to send it to us on a floppy disk or ZIP drive disk to: > > RootsWeb WorldConnect Project > 1001 Tower Way, #120 > Bakersfield, CA 93309 > > We will upload it for you and send you notification by e-mail of your > account name and password. Our default display choice will be to > remove the names of everyone in your GEDCOM who was born within the > past 100 years. Thereafter, you can change the viewing options at any > time by going to <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/>. > > Please remember to enclose your e-mail address with your disk or we > will have no way to notify you of your account name and password. > Please also note that we will destroy the disks we receive after > uploading the GEDCOMs contained on such disks. > > SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX UPDATED FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1999. > NOW INCLUDES 62,259,198 NAMES. RootsWeb's implementation of the > Social Security Death Index now includes full updates for August and > September 1999. As you may recall, the previous August update > included no entries (deaths), only corrected entries. We received a > corrected August 1999 update at the same time that we received the > regular September 1999 update. Both are now included. Please remember > to use RootsWeb's Post-Ems to correct entries you know are in error > or to leave a note for other researchers. You can access the Social > Security Death Index at <http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi- > bin/ssdi.cgi>. > > > > > > -- > Is your email secure? http://www.pop3now.com > (c) 1998,1999 Cave Creations Corp. All rights reserved. > > > ==== JOHNS Mailing List ==== > Click here for the JOHNS resource cluster at RootsWeb: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/~clusters/surnames/j/o/JOHNS/ > > ============================== > FREE UNLIMITED Web space at RootsWeb! > Any subject: genealogy, computers, pets! Get your Freepages account today: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >

> http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews/10_13_99.htm#3 > > > by Roseann Hogan, Ph.D. > > > "So, there's an index to these marriage records, huh?" Was I > prepared for my first genealogical research trip to the archives, or what? > Twenty years of > genealogical research have taught me a great deal-about myself, > history, perseverance, organization, the temperaments of public servants, > and, not > incidentally, how to better manage long-term research projects. In > this article, I will outline half of my Top Ten Tips that I've learned over > the past two decades > (the other half will follow in my next column), and I hope the tips > will be helpful to others. Extending the logic here is not flattering-my > twenty years translate into > only ten maxims? I must be a slow learner. > > 1. DOCUMENTATION > Most important, no matter how tedious this seems document all > research efforts thoroughly. If there were ten commandants of research, the > first nine would be > document, document, document. All researchers know this worn-out > piece of advice and feel appropriately guilty when they don't heed it. But > what I'd like to > stress is that it is as important to document sources you check in > which you did not find relevant information as it is to document those in > which you did. In > summary, all efforts should be recorded, including what I call "null > findings." Think about it: do you really want to spend precious research > time looking through > records where you have (a) already searched, and (b) found nothing > at all the first time? This would put you in the position of re-examining > your least productive > sources. > > So, how do you document all this work? The research calendar is the > best way, of course. Use one of the commercially available forms, or make > one of your > own that you will actually use. I have made up my own form which > works well. It shows the date and place of research in one corner, as well > as columns for > numbers and location information that would allow me to easily > relocate the document should I need to look at it again. This information > includes the call > numbers, microfilm numbers, original courthouse location box > numbers, etc. I prepare this form before I arrive at the library, while I am > reviewing my notes, and > once I arrive at the archives, with my priorities in my hand, I > simply add the call numbers, and I'm on my way to the film readers. > > For individual document locations, be sure to indicate the page or > frame number, even if the pages are not numbered. I always include some > notes to myself > about where I found a record, even if it is only a hurried "this was > about halfway to the end of the film" kind of note. Some machines have tick > marks showing the > depth of the film at certain points; these can be used as rough > indicators. Indicating the condition of the records-whether they are legible > or not-helps you recall > later how the records looked, as well as helping you evaluate > whether that record really did say such-and-such if the film was not clear. > > What I didn't realize when I started out was that genealogy is never > done, and research is a repetitive process. One must record what names are > searched. > Now, we all know that we should check variant spellings of the names > searched. But I find it is important for me to record not only spellings > checked, but also > what surnames and given names I checked, and how much I knew about > the family at the time I did the research. I sometimes wish, when looking at > research > done a year or more ago, that I had attached to my research calendar > the family chart or group sheet as I knew it at the time. > > The bottom line here is not to trust anything to memory, thinking > you'll remember; you won't. I promise. And besides, other researchers will > follow you who will > need to know what was done before. > > 2. DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE, SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH STRATEGY > Organize your work, perhaps using the chronological tool discussed > in an earlier column [see "The Chronology: Keeping it All Together," > Ancestry, March/April > 1997, p. 22]. Then use a scientific and systematic approach to > tackle what needs to be done, including approaching new research problems > and eliminating > dead ends and puzzles. > > For each research problem, list the possible sources-primary and > secondary-that might be helpful. Cast your net widely. Then use this > inventory to develop your > strategy. What would be the most likely record to solve your > problem? I limit my first research attempts to the easy-to-search records, > then move progressively > through the harder-to-use documents and documents that are less > relevant. The multitude of publications available, combined with our natural > curiosity, makes it > easy to become sidetracked at the library, so a listing of my > research plan each day is essential for me-it keeps me on my task and > confident that I am using my > time well. > > When I have searched the basic records and have not satisfied my > need to know or have found nothing, I take a step back. I build a narrative > based on what I > know and don't know about the family. I identify and develop > hypotheses about relationships and families, then set my research priorities > to prove or disprove > my ideas. I find I am more motivated and focused in my research if I > have a good idea of who I am looking for. Of course I'm not always right, > and I work hard to > maintain my objectivity, but it gives me a goal and an organized > plan of action. Let me reiterate here-possibly the worst thing any of us do > is to neglect the null > findings when evaluating what has been done already and what needs > to be done. > > As far as organization is concerned, I have developed a reference > notebook for each of the major libraries I use. In it I include numbers of > works I frequently use > and notes on what I searched in the past, in addition to my research > calendar. This saves an enormous amount of time. > > 3. SYNTHESIZE AND INTEGRATE FINDINGS > Once you arrive home, write down any ideas that occur to you and > store the information in a single place. The place can be a simple family > form/group sheet or > a computer program. I use the aforementioned chronology, which > includes documented events as well as hypothesized dates, with complete > documentation of > my results. I find my best work is done as soon as possible after I > leave the library. > > Making myself summarize the findings for the day or for each source > checked forces me into an analytical frame of mind. I like to think about > the research in at > least two modes: the data-collection mode at the library, and the > analytical mode afterwards. When my family politely asks, "Well, did you > find anything today?" I > usually say I don't know yet. And unless I made an astonishing > finding or found an entirely new family, that's exactly true. You must take > time to take the facts and > turn them into information. > > 4. QUESTION AUTHORITY AND TRUST NO ONE > This is an old rule and certainly not one I originated. But it is > important to keep in mind. Never make assumptions in determining your > research strategy. We all > know we cannot accept family stories uncritically, although they are > wonderful hypotheses about the family. We view them as helpful, albeit > sometimes > unreliable, clues. Read as much history and local history as you > can. Don't depend on genealogical books, or on folk tales from the family. > Don't even assume > that official documents are accurate. Here are some examples from my > personal experience. > > It was not until I was working on an African American family in > central Kentucky that I realized there were indeed many, not just a few, > black marriages recorded > in the early 1800s. This was something that I thought did not happen > due to the legal status of African Americans at the time. So now, whenever I > use these > records, I chuckle to myself, wondering how many white families have > erroneously included these black names in their histories. Of course, the > equally > unfortunate possibility is that these families indeed have black > heritage that they do not realize they have. > > A friend of mine encountered a death certificate in some research he > was doing (see above). The document indicated the parents of the deceased, > including > the mother's maiden name, listed as Mary Field. Great, he thought, I > have the parents' names now, right? Wrong. The father's name was correct; > the mother's > name was correct in part, but he read it wrong. It turns out the > name listed was only her surname; the mother's actual name was Elizabeth > Merryfield. How did > this get resolved? My friend started reading about the area and > noticed the surname Merryfield. When he pursued this line, he found what he > was looking for. > > 5. PUT YOUR FAMILY IN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT > Another important lesson, especially in difficult-to-solve problems, > is to learn about the family's background. Learn everything you can and > search for as many > documents as you think exist, for verification of information you > have already found, or for different perspectives. > > A mistake I see genealogists making is not thinking about the entire > family when conducting research. For example, one researcher dolefully told > me that his > ancestor died before 1911, when Kentucky's civil registration had > begun, so he would not be able to identify this ancestor's parents. "And," > he went on, > "great-aunt Bessie doesn't remember..." > > I interrupted him at this point. "You mean he had a sister with > children? The female line is just as related to the parents as the male > line." He hurriedly got up and > beat a path to the vital records, where he found the evidence that > he had sought for so long. > > The social context and attitude can also influence what appears in > the official records. For example, my great-grandfather's death certificate > says he was > married at the time of his death. Not so. He and his wife were > divorced in the 1920s, but because my Aunt Fanny was a strict Catholic, she > didn't recognize the > civil divorce and reported him as married. > > In the second part of this series, I will discuss the remaining five > tips: > > 6. Make Each Document Work for You > 7. Citizenship, or, The Golden Rule > 8. Take a Multifaceted Approach to Genealogy > 9. Never Stop Learning > 10. The Virtue of Tenacity, or, The Truth is Out There > > > 6. MAKE EACH DOCUMENT WORK FOR YOU. It is critically important that each > document be examined closely. Record all details on a document, every > scratching, regardless of whether they make sense or have any significance > at this point in your research. In her article in the March/April 1998 > issue of Ancestry, Elizabeth Shown Mills indicates that there is often no > single document that proves parentage. The researcher must build a case > with reliable information from a variety of clues found in a multitude of > sources and documents. A fact that makes no sense now may turn out to be a > vital clue later. > > For example, a letter in a collection of papers collected in the 1920s by a > local attorney indicated that a member of my Irish family came to Kentucky > in the 1860s. This confirmed what I had discovered thus far. However, the > writer went on to note that this family moved to Indiana for a time on an > "airline contract." This made no sense to me, but I copied everything down, > thinking that it was an interesting phrase. I wondered what this Irish > immigrant family had had to do with airplanes. They were stone masons, and, > like so many other Irish folk, worked on roads and on the railroads. It was > not until years later that I discovered there was a railroad short line in > Indiana, on which my great-grandfather had been the foreman. This line was > called the Air Line, because the new structure was supposed to be such a > smooth ride that it would be "like riding on air." > > The other way for a researcher to make documents work is to view each one > as a clue, a link to another set of documents. Source documents should > multiply like rabbits. Here's another example: A death certificate of my > great-grandfather indicated that there was an inquest at the time of his > death, since he had been struck by a >

TomSmith wrote: > What address do I use to read the archived Borden list files? > > Thanks, > Carolyn Smith at smith22@gateway.net http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl -- Susan D. Chambless listowner for the CHAMBLESS, GAUSS, GLENDAY, BORDEN, DURFEE, BORDEN & SANDERSON surname lists, now at RootsWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com - please join us! Check it out: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~schmblss I'm posting a lot of old family letters & papers centered around the Charles Henry Gauss family of St. Charles, MO. Surnames are: Gauss, Johns, Fawcett, Glenday, Durfee, Lindsay, plus, of course, the people they knew.

Hi Listers, I have been trying to find information on Nellie Borden. She was married to Anthony D. Donoho in TN. He was born in 1838 but I have no information on her. Does anyone have anything on Nellie? Thanks, Janice

Jack, Hi. You may want to post your message at the Borden GenForum site also. I've had a lot of 'finds' there. Go to: http://www.genforum.com/borden. Good Luck! Chuck Borden