-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [BROWER] Daniel & Matilda, b. abt. 1809 Resent-Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 21:19:06 -0600 Resent-From: BROWER-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 23:18:52 -0400 From: "Marc and Bonnie" <marcnbonnie@netzero.net> To: BROWER-L@rootsweb.com In researching my 3rd g-gradnmother Margaret Brower in Ontario, I've run across a family that is likely hers in Kitley Township, Leeds County. Daniel (b. abt. 1809 in Canada and Matilda Brower (b. abt 1809 in Ireland) are the parents in this family listed in the 1851 Kitley Township census. Children at home were Mary, Ozeas, John, Loftus Henry, and Obediah. I recieved the following from a fellow researcher. DANIEL BROWER age 42 bCan (but could be somewhere else...Canadian censuses for this period are notoriously innacurate), farmer, Weslyan Methodist, wife MATILDA 42 b IRELAND with children MARY 20, OZEAS 17, JOHN 12, LOFTUS Henry 10 and OBEDIAH 4--all children born Canada. There is a MARGARET Brower age 20 living with a Robert Johnston family in Kitley, she is bCanada. Robert Johnston and wife Elizabeth both b Ireland, Jonathan Johnston 22, b Can. The Johnstons are Weslyan Methodist, as is Margaret. A CAROLINE Brower, age 18 and bCanada (and it says Bower also in one book!) lived with the William Johnston family in Kitley. These Johnstons are also WM.In the 1861 and 1871 Kitley census records I see no sign of the Brower family. I also have the Kitley records from 1804-1844, and there's nothing for them, so it looks like they didn't stay too long. Is anyone missing this family? Good Hunting! Bonnie *********************************************************** Anything you can do...or dream you can...Begin It! Boldness has Genius, Power, and Magic in it... -Geothe ============================== Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!

I am looking for information on John Bower he came from Gursi studgard Germany in the 1870's while on ship met Fredrica Tierra and they married.  the children were William e., John II, emily and Catherine.  They  ran John Bower & Co. a grocery store on 24th and Brown in Philadelphia.  They are listed in the 1890 Philadelphia dictory but that is all the information I have.  Wm. E. was my great grand father and he moved to Nogalis Arizona and married Gretrude Haas in 1902.  Thank you for the help kathy

> Please post your queries. If we know what lines you are stuck on, we > all keep an extra-special eye open for that information, as well as our own. > As Colleen says, "family...it's what we're all about..." > > Brenda Bower-Klehn Ok Ok..*big grin* :-) I am researching the family of Joel Bower (Sr) and especially his son Joel Bower (Jr). I am also looking for information on the first wife of Charley Bower(s), son of Joel Bower (Jr) and any additional siblings of Charley's. These families are from the Ripley County, IN area. Wanda Roberts and I have already compared notes and she has helped me make sure connections. I just this past weekend got an old notebook that was my grand aunts before she passed away. Apparently many years ago, she got bitten by the genealogy bug and started checking into some of it...unfortunately I am told she didn't get very far...also unfortunately for me, I haven't been able to figure out her handwriting very well yet, so I haven't gotten much from her notes so far.... I will post anything new I figure out, as soon as I can translate it. :) BTW, Wanda and others, I did find out from another cousin of mine, that Charley did have at least one sibling, a sister, but she couldn't recall her name. She knew she went by a shorten or nickname, but couldn't recall it exactly. She thought it might have been "Hettie" or "Hattie". Wanda, have you came across a "Hettie or Hattie" Bower(s) in your research? Lisa Bowers Brown

"Cousin" Lisa & other newbies, I, too, lurked for a long time. When I finally got brave enough to post a query, lo & behold, literally, in less than an hour, I received the most wonderful reply from Harold Bower who had my direct line back 4 more generation that I did! My brick wall was also *his* brick wall from the other direction! We were able to reconnect many missing branches of the family! Please post your queries. If we know what lines you are stuck on, we all keep an extra-special eye open for that information, as well as our own. As Colleen says, "family...it's what we're all about..." Brenda Bower-Klehn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa K. Brown" <brownlisak@home.com> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [BOWER] SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE <snipped> > Continue the good works Colleen! > > By the way, if you are wondering why I don't at least post my query...well, > I have already linked up with other researchers who are working on the same > family line from another sibling of my gr-gr-grandfather...so we are at a > brickwall until one of us finds/learns something new. > > Lisa (Bowers) Brown : <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> <snipped>

Colleen, I have reply to your latest "coffee chat". I am fairly new to genealogy (being working off and on for about 3 months now) and I have posted to this mailing list once when I located information that didn't connect to my family, but I thought it would help someone else out. Other than that one brief posting, I do shy away from posting to the mailing list. Most of the posts I see seem to be from veteran genealogy people, so it is easy for "newbies" to shy again and say "I will just sit at the sidelines and listen and maybe I will learn something". Since I seem to be rumbling...I will get to the point :) I appreciate your concern and the steps you take to "protect" the newbies and to encourage the family theme. I have not been involved in other genealogy mailing list, but have been on mailing list for my profession and such, and the possibly to be flamed is definitely there. I do feel welcome to post to this mailing list and feel that this mailing list is organized in a way that makes the "we are all cousins" be reality...not just nice sounding words. Continue the good works Colleen! By the way, if you are wondering why I don't at least post my query...well, I have already linked up with other researchers who are working on the same family line from another sibling of my gr-gr-grandfather...so we are at a brickwall until one of us finds/learns something new. Lisa (Bowers) Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: Colleen Pustola <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 11:02 AM Subject: [BOWER] SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE > > ) > ( > ) Good Morning Family! > .-.,--^--. ( Come on in. . . > \\|`----'| - The coffee pot's on. . . > \| |// ...and we even have decaf, > | |/ tea, and hot chocolate! > \ / > ------ > > > Today's topics include: > > 1. Welcome to new cousins > 2. A brief history of April Fool's Day > 3. A message for our newbies and newest cousins > > > If you've been with the family for at least three weeks, you'll probably > want to skip the following paragraph. > > TO OUR NEWEST COUSINS ~~ > > On behalf of the entire family, I'd like to extend a most hearty welcome > to those cousins who came into the family fold this past week. We are > very glad to have you with us and hope you'll stay and remain a part of > our online family. As soon as you're comfortable with us and the list, > please send in your Bower[s]/Bauer or Baur lines so we can all see how > we're related to you. We do not have a fancy format for sending in > records or queries to the list. Post as many as you wish! If the data > has anything to do with Bower[s]/Bauer or Baur ancestors or any of the > 81+ variant spellings we research that might help someone, please feel > free to post it. Every scrap of information is appreciated. If you > haven't visited the homesite of this list yet, you are encouraged to do > so. Our home is Bower Community, located at > <http://bowercommunity.com>. There, we currently have two sites: > > The Bower Family Homestead [a.k.a., the Homestead] is our primary > homesite and the gathering place for much of our information. It waits > to join us all in welcoming you into the family at > <http://bowercommunity.com/homestead>. > > Smaller is our sister site, the Bower Cottage, which houses most of our > projects including an online GEDCOM fed by quite a few cousins from our > research groups. Find the Cottage is at > <http://bowercommunity.com/cottage>. > > A BRIEF HISTORY OF APRIL FOOL'S DAY > > The history of April Fool's Day, sometimes called All Fool's Day, is not > totally clear. However, it appears to have come about as a result of > converting to the Gregorian calendar. The nearest date that can be > identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. > Prior to that year, the new year was celebrated for eight days, > beginning on March 25 and ending on April 1. With the reform of the > calendar under Charles IX, the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and > New Year's Day was moved to January 1. > > Due to the slowness of "sandal-net" communication back then and general > resistance to change, the January 1 date was not fully accepted for > several years. Those traditionalists who clung to April 1 as New Year's > Day were scoffed at as "fools." They were subject to some ridicule, and > were often sent on "fools errands" or were made the butt of other > practical jokes. The more flexible French mocked the rigid revelers by > sending them foolish gifts and invitations to non-existent parties. In > time this harassment evolved into a tradition of prank-playing on the > first day of April. The tradition eventually spread to England and > Scotland in the eighteenth century, and later introduced to the American > colonies. April Fool's Day thus developed into an international fun > fest, so to speak, with different nationalities specializing in their > own brand of humor at the expense of their friends and families. > > **The first of April is recognized as a day of pranks not only in the > United States, but also in France, Germany, and Great Britain. > > **In Scotland, April Fool's Day is actually celebrated for two days. > The second day is devoted to pranks involving the posterior region of > the body. It is called Taily Day. The origin of the "kick me" sign can > be traced to this observance. > > **In Scotland, a fool is called an "April gowk" or "April cuckoo". > > **Mexico's counterpart of April Fool's Day is "El Dia de los Inocentes," > which is December 28. Originally, the day was a sad remembrance of the > slaughter of the innocent children by King Herod. It eventually evolved > into a lighter commemoration involving pranks and trickery. > > **A British short film once shown on April Fool's Day was a fairly > detailed documentary about "spaghetti farmers" and how they harvest > their crop from the spaghetti trees. > > **In India, the feast of Huli occurs in March. The final day of Huli is > March 31, and is traditionally celebrated by acts of mischief. > > **In France, the victim of an April Fools' Day prank was called a > "poisson d'avril," or an "April fish," because at that time of year, the > sun was leaving the zodiacal sign of Pisces. > > **French children fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their > friends' backs. > > **Napoleon I acquired the *nickname* "poisson d'avril" when he married > Marie-Louise of Austria on 1 April 1810. > > **One of our forefathers' favorite jokes was to send someone on a > "fool's errand." For example, one might have been asked to go out and > obtain a copy of "The History of Adam's Grandfather," or bring back some > "sweet vinegar." > > A MESSAGE FOR OUR NEWBIES AND NEWEST COUSINS > > Cousins, I don't know what's going on... maybe it's the change-of-season > "grouchies," or something, but in the past two weeks I've received > messages from four newbies who have been slammed online by people > outside our family. This just isn't cool! Now, all four cousins are > "gunshy" (as one of them put it to me) and are afraid to post messages > or ask questions of us. > > The following message is for our newbies (new to genealogy) and our > newest cousins, so they'll understand a newbie's place in the family. > The following is a reprint of a portion of one of last year's Coffees. > It laid everything out very clearly for everyone who isn't aware of how > our family works; hopefully, the same will happen again. > > If you're rather new to genealogy, computers and/or computing genealogy > then this next section is just for you ... > > I already know (because you've told me) that some of you have been > yelled at (called flaming) or ridiculed by people on other lists or > forums and now, you're afraid to post here, too. I want to tell all of > you that life runs a LOT differently here than it does on many of your > other lists. You do NOT have to worry about being humiliated here! WE > ARE A FAMILY here ~ cousins who treat each other with respect and > dignity. We are a caring lot and we share our information across the > board. We HELP our newbies; we will NOT criticize you if you foul up (I > do it all the time!), but will gently help you toward the correction ~ > whether it be your own data (a transposed date, for example), your > procedures and/or methodology. > > You newbies are vitally important to the family and whether you realize > it or not, it's true. You may not be experienced in the "how-to" aspect > of genealogical research or list netiquette, but you bring valuable > information into the group by way of your lineages, even if that > knowledge currently goes no further than your grandparents or > great-grandparents. Those ancestors could very well be another cousin's > great aunt or uncle they've been searching for or, even better, could be > their (heretofore unknown) great-grandparents, too! > > Additionally, ANY little scrap of information offered to the family is > valuable. Even scraps, once pulled together, will help create a > family's quilt of ancestry. That's another reason why you newbies are > so important. You tend to provide many of those tiny bits of family > data that a lot of us long-time researchers haven't been able to locate > in records. ["Oh this? It was just a page Grannie wrote up and stuck > in her Bible ~ nothing important, really." Looking at it I see a > handwritten paper showing the immigrant family that came from England, > and I sit there dumbfounded!] > > So you see, tender newbie, you ARE important to the family and we > desperately need you to not give up or be afraid to say anything. > Remain with us, read the way messages are formatted by everyone else, > and do the same thing! The ONLY two things you need to remember are: > > 1.) In the first line of your message, tell us you're a newbie so we > can give you special attention; and > > 2.) Never post information about living relatives. This is for their > protection against identity thieves. > > There is not a single cousin here who will "dump" on you ~ criticize > you, put you down for your lack of knowledge, ridicule you ... or do any > other hatefully negative thing you might think can/will happen here. > Family takes care of family, and we take care of our newbies, our > novices, and each other. Criticism is always constructive and gentle. > And, in case you're wondering ... the penalty for flaming in the family > is IMMEDIATE removal. > > PLEASE, dear newbie, take that first step and "test the water." Send in > your posts and let us know who you are and who you're looking for. You > won't be able to trust us until you take that initial leap and give us > cousins a chance. > > After all, we're family ... and that's what we're all about. > > To those cousins with April birthdays, the family and I wish you a > very happy and special day. You are loved!! :) > > And once again, my coffee cup is empty. I so enjoyed this time with > each of you. I wish you all a week filled with health, productivity, > fun, and above all ... filled with love. > > ) > ( > ) > _.-~~-. > (@\'--'/. Colleen > ('``.__.'`) > `..____.' > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > To post messages to the Bower discussion list, send them to > BOWER-L@rootsweb.com >

) ( ) Good Morning Family! .-.,--^--. ( Come on in. . . \\|`----'| - The coffee pot's on. . . \| |// ...and we even have decaf, | |/ tea, and hot chocolate! \ / ------ Today's topics include: 1. Welcome to new cousins 2. A brief history of April Fool's Day 3. A message for our newbies and newest cousins If you've been with the family for at least three weeks, you'll probably want to skip the following paragraph… TO OUR NEWEST COUSINS ~~ On behalf of the entire family, I'd like to extend a most hearty welcome to those cousins who came into the family fold this past week. We are very glad to have you with us and hope you'll stay and remain a part of our online family. As soon as you're comfortable with us and the list, please send in your Bower[s]/Bauer or Baur lines so we can all see how we're related to you. We do not have a fancy format for sending in records or queries to the list. Post as many as you wish! If the data has anything to do with Bower[s]/Bauer or Baur ancestors or any of the 81+ variant spellings we research that might help someone, please feel free to post it. Every scrap of information is appreciated. If you haven't visited the homesite of this list yet, you are encouraged to do so. Our home is Bower Community, located at <http://bowercommunity.com>. There, we currently have two sites: The Bower Family Homestead [a.k.a., the Homestead] is our primary homesite and the gathering place for much of our information. It waits to join us all in welcoming you into the family at <http://bowercommunity.com/homestead>. Smaller is our sister site, the Bower Cottage, which houses most of our projects including an online GEDCOM fed by quite a few cousins from our research groups. Find the Cottage is at <http://bowercommunity.com/cottage>. A BRIEF HISTORY OF APRIL FOOL'S DAY The history of April Fool's Day, sometimes called All Fool's Day, is not totally clear. However, it appears to have come about as a result of converting to the Gregorian calendar. The nearest date that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. Prior to that year, the new year was celebrated for eight days, beginning on March 25 and ending on April 1. With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX, the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved to January 1. Due to the slowness of "sandal-net" communication back then and general resistance to change, the January 1 date was not fully accepted for several years. Those traditionalists who clung to April 1 as New Year's Day were scoffed at as "fools." They were subject to some ridicule, and were often sent on "fools errands" or were made the butt of other practical jokes. The more flexible French mocked the rigid revelers by sending them foolish gifts and invitations to non-existent parties. In time this harassment evolved into a tradition of prank-playing on the first day of April. The tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the eighteenth century, and later introduced to the American colonies. April Fool's Day thus developed into an international fun fest, so to speak, with different nationalities specializing in their own brand of humor at the expense of their friends and families. **The first of April is recognized as a day of pranks not only in the United States, but also in France, Germany, and Great Britain. **In Scotland, April Fool's Day is actually celebrated for two days. The second day is devoted to pranks involving the posterior region of the body. It is called Taily Day. The origin of the "kick me" sign can be traced to this observance. **In Scotland, a fool is called an "April gowk" or "April cuckoo". **Mexico's counterpart of April Fool's Day is "El Dia de los Inocentes," which is December 28. Originally, the day was a sad remembrance of the slaughter of the innocent children by King Herod. It eventually evolved into a lighter commemoration involving pranks and trickery. **A British short film once shown on April Fool's Day was a fairly detailed documentary about "spaghetti farmers" and how they harvest their crop from the spaghetti trees. **In India, the feast of Huli occurs in March. The final day of Huli is March 31, and is traditionally celebrated by acts of mischief. **In France, the victim of an April Fools' Day prank was called a "poisson d'avril," or an "April fish," because at that time of year, the sun was leaving the zodiacal sign of Pisces. **French children fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends' backs. **Napoleon I acquired the *nickname* "poisson d'avril" when he married Marie-Louise of Austria on 1 April 1810. **One of our forefathers' favorite jokes was to send someone on a "fool's errand." For example, one might have been asked to go out and obtain a copy of "The History of Adam's Grandfather," or bring back some "sweet vinegar." A MESSAGE FOR OUR NEWBIES AND NEWEST COUSINS Cousins, I don't know what's going on... maybe it's the change-of-season "grouchies," or something, but in the past two weeks I've received messages from four newbies who have been slammed online by people outside our family. This just isn't cool! Now, all four cousins are "gunshy" (as one of them put it to me) and are afraid to post messages or ask questions of us. The following message is for our newbies (new to genealogy) and our newest cousins, so they'll understand a newbie's place in the family. The following is a reprint of a portion of one of last year's Coffees. It laid everything out very clearly for everyone who isn't aware of how our family works; hopefully, the same will happen again. If you're rather new to genealogy, computers and/or computing genealogy then this next section is just for you ... I already know (because you've told me) that some of you have been yelled at (called flaming) or ridiculed by people on other lists or forums and now, you're afraid to post here, too. I want to tell all of you that life runs a LOT differently here than it does on many of your other lists. You do NOT have to worry about being humiliated here! WE ARE A FAMILY here ~ cousins who treat each other with respect and dignity. We are a caring lot and we share our information across the board. We HELP our newbies; we will NOT criticize you if you foul up (I do it all the time!), but will gently help you toward the correction ~ whether it be your own data (a transposed date, for example), your procedures and/or methodology. You newbies are vitally important to the family and whether you realize it or not, it's true. You may not be experienced in the "how-to" aspect of genealogical research or list netiquette, but you bring valuable information into the group by way of your lineages, even if that knowledge currently goes no further than your grandparents or great-grandparents. Those ancestors could very well be another cousin's great aunt or uncle they've been searching for or, even better, could be their (heretofore unknown) great-grandparents, too! Additionally, ANY little scrap of information offered to the family is valuable. Even scraps, once pulled together, will help create a family's quilt of ancestry. That's another reason why you newbies are so important. You tend to provide many of those tiny bits of family data that a lot of us long-time researchers haven't been able to locate in records. ["Oh this? It was just a page Grannie wrote up and stuck in her Bible ~ nothing important, really." Looking at it I see a handwritten paper showing the immigrant family that came from England, and I sit there dumbfounded!] So you see, tender newbie, you ARE important to the family and we desperately need you to not give up or be afraid to say anything. Remain with us, read the way messages are formatted by everyone else, and do the same thing! The ONLY two things you need to remember are: 1.) In the first line of your message, tell us you're a newbie so we can give you special attention; and 2.) Never post information about living relatives. This is for their protection against identity thieves. There is not a single cousin here who will "dump" on you ~ criticize you, put you down for your lack of knowledge, ridicule you ... or do any other hatefully negative thing you might think can/will happen here. Family takes care of family, and we take care of our newbies, our novices, and each other. Criticism is always constructive and gentle. And, in case you're wondering ... the penalty for flaming in the family is IMMEDIATE removal. PLEASE, dear newbie, take that first step and "test the water." Send in your posts and let us know who you are and who you're looking for. You won't be able to trust us until you take that initial leap and give us cousins a chance. After all, we're family ... and that's what we're all about. To those cousins with April birthdays, the family and I wish you a very happy and special day. You are loved!! :) And once again, my coffee cup is empty. I so enjoyed this time with each of you. I wish you all a week filled with health, productivity, fun, and above all ... filled with love. ) ( ) _.-~~-. (@\'--'/. Colleen ('``.__.'`) `..____.'

Found a few Bower listed Gloria http://www.headstonehunter.com/textsearch.asp

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [BOWERS] Bowers Resent-Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 20:05:02 -0700 Resent-From: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 21:04:07 -0600 From: "Clark Wilberg" <cnwilberg@seacove.net> Reply-To: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com To: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com I'm looking for Bowers who immigrated from Ireland approximately 1840-1850; ulitmately settled in Virginia and N. Carolina. I assume they entered through New York. Appreciate any information or leads available. Following is the information I have: Thomas S. Bowers, dob: Jun 1875, Virginia wife: Lilly Osborne, dob: abt 1873, Laurel springs, N. Carolina Clark ==== BOWERS Mailing List ==== The Bower Family Homestead, homesite of the Bowers mailing list -- http://bowercommunity.com/homestead ============================== Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

After 8 years with the same server it has been recently bought and they are now doing only large business accounts. So I had to change servers. My new mailing address is Merry Ann Simmons sams76@qwest.net My instant messenger will remain Sams76.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: New BAUER Queries Post Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 16:24:05 -0700 From: genconnect@genconnect.rootsweb.com To: ladyaudris@earthlink.net BAUER Queries A new message, "Edige Bauer," was posted by Cindy Kelley on Wed, 28 Mar 2001 Surname: Bauer --- NAME: Cindy Kelley EMAIL: jimandcindy@saber.net DATE: Mar 28 2001 URL: http:// QRYTEXT: Edige Bauer came to U.S. from Germany in 1847 with wife Regina and son Frederick. arrived in New Orleans and spent 10 years farming in Missouri before heading west to California. Need help locating the ship he arrived on and if he had any siblings. thank you jimandcindy@saber.net. This is an automatically-generated notice. <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/b/a/BAUER/queries?admin>

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: New B(R)OWER Queries Post Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 15:37:54 -0700 From: genconnect@genconnect.rootsweb.com To: ladyaudris@earthlink.net BOWER Queries A new message, "Ontario B(r)owers," was posted by Bonnie on Wed, 28 Mar 2001 Surname: Brower, Hawkins, Dobbins, Warren, Petrie, Sacuta --- NAME: Bonnie EMAIL: idesomarch@hotmail.com DATE: Mar 28 2001 URL: http:// QRYTEXT: Hi! I'm looking for any information at all on an Ontario B(r)ower family that might have included my 3rd g-grandmother Margaret. She married Edgar Hawkins in the early 1850's, and gave birth to Phebe Ann in 1853. Her marriage records indicate that her surname was Bower, but other records indicate that it was Brower. I still don't know for sure... Anyone? Thanks, Bonnie. This is an automatically-generated notice. <http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/b/o/BOWER/queries?admin>

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00DC_01C0B716.7220F560 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am passing this on with Peggy's permission. She has a great idea of what = to do with the books (see #5) to make sure they go where she wants them = to go. I know it is long, but worth reading.I am going to do the #5 this = week-end. This is a good idea for anything we have. Gloria jgmott@wcoil.com I can't tell you how tender this subject is to my heart. I give quite a = few=20 lectures and seminars where I live, and I always conclude with this same = subject. Here are some of my ideas: 1. Make and keep yourself organized throughout all of your years of=20 research. If it looks like a jumbled mess, no one will want to take the = time=20 to straighten it out. If it is in a good order, with good = documentation,=20 then they will be more likely to preserve what you worked so hard on. 2. Put your information on a disk and send it to the Ancestral File at = the=20 Family History Department of the LDS Church. It will be preserved. =20 Periodically edit and update your info. 3. Give a disk to one of your relatives, and put one into an emergency = pack=20 (like a 72-hour kit) so that if you have to evacuate your house quickly, = your=20 research will not have gone up in smoke. 4. If you would like to give a hard copy to relatives, here's an idea. = Download it onto a disk and take it to a place like Office Max during = one of=20 their copy sales. They will run it through their high-speed copier and = it=20 will lessen the load on your printer. One of our places here in town = charges=20 just 2 cents if you bring your own paper. 5. Finally, I have collected and amassed a tremendous amount of paper = and=20 books. Some books I have made ~ notebooks full of info. Some I have = bought=20 or ordered. I don't want it just packed up and given to Goodwill or = sold at=20 an auction. So, on my label-maker program, I made up a bunch of labels = and=20 printed them off on neon -yellow labels. It is placed inside the front = cover=20 of each of these books. It simply says: "Please donate this book to the Mansfield Family History Center = in the=20 name of Peggy Clemens LAURITZEN" or "Please donate this book to the Ohio = Genealogical Society in the name of Peggy Clemens LAURITZEN" or "Please = pass=20 this book along to _____". The latter may be intended for a friend or=20 family member. Hopefully, this will be helpful to a grieving family when they may not = be=20 thinking straight. Peggy Clemens Lauritzen LDS and Professional Genealogist Searching SE KY and SW VA "Succ

Here you can Honor your Veteran Loved one and see who has submitted their Veteran. Gloria jgmott@wcoil.com http://www.migrations.org/vetreg/index.html

Good morning, Colleen! I have returned from the vacation from hell in Florida - rainy, cold, car broke down ($421) and caught a horrendous cold! Have read all the messages and missed the messup on your web page. BUT, I did go look this morning, and it is gorgeous! You've outdone yourself again. Don't know how you do it. Congratulations! Barbara Yorktown -----Original Message----- From: Colleen Pustola [mailto:ladyaudris@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:24 PM To: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BOWER] CHAT: NEW FRONT PAGE... Hi cousins, Well, the front, spring page to the Homestead is now changed. No longer will you enter the door and have a gazillion flowers following you around like little ghosties! :) If you're new to the family, the front page I'm speaking of is at our home <http://bowercommunity.com/homestead>. Just thought I'd let you know... I hope you're all having a MAGICAL Monday! :) Colleen ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== The Bower Family Homestead, homesite of the Bower mailing list -- http://bowercommunity.com/homestead

Colleen Just wanted to let you know that my daughter Lisa is in awe of your creative work on the home page. She thinks your very talented & hopes to maybe when she has the time & not in college to get into web pages. Elaine Colleen Pustola wrote: > Hi cousins, > > Well, the front, spring page to the Homestead is now changed. No longer > will you enter the door and have a gazillion flowers following you > around like little ghosties! :) > > If you're new to the family, the front page I'm speaking of is at our > home <http://bowercommunity.com/homestead>. > > Just thought I'd let you know... > > I hope you're all having a MAGICAL Monday! :) > > Colleen > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > The Bower Family Homestead, homesite of the Bower mailing list -- > http://bowercommunity.com/homestead

It is so beautiful!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Colleen Gloria ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Pustola" <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> Subject: [BOWER] CHAT: NEW FRONT PAGE... > Hi cousins, > > Well, the front, spring page to the Homestead is now changed. No longer > will you enter the door and have a gazillion flowers following you > around like little ghosties! :) > > If you're new to the family, the front page I'm speaking of is at our > home <http://bowercommunity.com/homestead>. > > Just thought I'd let you know... > > I hope you're all having a MAGICAL Monday! :) > > Colleen

Hi cousins, Well, the front, spring page to the Homestead is now changed. No longer will you enter the door and have a gazillion flowers following you around like little ghosties! :) If you're new to the family, the front page I'm speaking of is at our home <http://bowercommunity.com/homestead>. Just thought I'd let you know... I hope you're all having a MAGICAL Monday! :) Colleen

Colleen, You are so talented. Thank you for all your hard work. Lynda > It is so beautiful!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Colleen > Gloria > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Colleen Pustola" <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> > Subject: [BOWER] CHAT: NEW FRONT PAGE... > > > > Hi cousins, > > > > Well, the front, spring page to the Homestead is now changed. No longer > > will you enter the door and have a gazillion flowers following you > > around like little ghosties! :) > > > > If you're new to the family, the front page I'm speaking of is at our > > home <http://bowercommunity.com/homestead>. > > > > Just thought I'd let you know... > > > > I hope you're all having a MAGICAL Monday! :) > > > > Colleen > > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > The Bower Family Homestead, homesite of the Bower mailing list -- > http://bowercommunity.com/homestead >

Hi everyone........ sending this to Rob when I thought.. I bet lots of people could use this information.. So if you get duplicates...... click DELETE.. .Mailing list cordinators everywhere will love you for it as most times.. a person who is a cordinator has more then one mailing list, myself is 16 at last count.. Now if you get a person from every mailing list that wants to unsubscribe or sub on the same day............ this can be time consuming as you can see. So volunteering to do this helps all mailing list volunteers. ::: smiling:::::: << I am still recieving email from the mailing list. I believe the address that needs to be removed is now: rparks@daed.com Can you help with this or should I be contacting someone else? >> Hi Rob, In the thought of saving Colleen some time, yes- she is the one who would have to unsub you other then yourself-- here is how~ For anyone to unsub from a mailing list from ANY rootsweb.com mailing list Take the email address for queries.......... ie Bower-L@rootsweb.com (change the name to the list you are on) add the word request.. like this Bower-L-request@rootsweb.com -- using that address in the Send To box of email.. and putting ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the text.. you have now unsubbed yourself.. the same as when you subscribe only the word changes to unsubscribe And IF YOU are on a DIGEST mode.. change the L to D... This is a easy way to remember how to unsubscribe from ANY ... ROOTSWEB.COM mailing list. This is included in every welcome you get from any list you join. Speaking of Welcome Lists.. a good way to save those for future references.. like unsubbing .. is to make a Folder called...... Welcomes or Mailing List or whatever you choose.. and when a welcome letter arrives? Use the Save As from the File menu.. name the file for the name, county, or whatever the subject of the mailing list is. Now, one more thing......... Say for example.. someone has forwarded you an email from a mailing list and you thing you would like to be on that list?? Look at the email address... Is it rootsweb.com? If so, add in the word Request that we talked of here in the beginning... and send that email with the word subscribe in the body of the email.. and you are now.. a subscriber to that mailing list....... without hunting for the URL that tells you how. Nifty, you say? I sure think so. In reality you only need to save one welcome regarding rootsweb's mailing list.. as all you need to do is change the name.. but by saving it you are also keeping a good record of WHO you are subscribed to also. Whoila........... don't ya just love it~ Good Luck Brenda Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore Ancestral Lineages by Kingsley http://genealogypro.com/kingsley.html kingsley@aol.com http://grandtraverseregion.com website: for Michigan counties: Benzie, GrandTraverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau surnames: Wolfgram, Kratochvil, Secor/Sicard, Jacques,Leguerre, Vallee and and

Hi cousins, You know... there are days... and there are days. I think I'm having one of "those" days. <g> I apologize for neglecting to check the email addy on the message to Rob Parks. Obviously, he's not going to get the message and now, everyone but him knows what's going on! :-) Think I'll try it again.... Colleen