Will of Martha Dowdy (Jacob Bowers) http://www.geocities.com/liatrisa/Gen_local_history/tn/m_dowdy_will.html P.H. Bowers http://www.geocities.com/liatrisa/Gen_local_history/tn/bow.html

) ( ) 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. Homeless heirlooms 3. Newbie News a. protect yourselves b. fraudulent/errant lineages 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 and just opened this year, our sister site, the Bower Cottage, houses most of our projects including an online GEDCOM fed by quite a few cousins from our lists. The Cottage is still small as far as material goes, however give us time and we'll have it filled really soon. The Cottage is at <http://bowercommunity.com/cottage>. HOMELESS HEIRLOOMS I received a message yesterday from a Brower cousin who told me about an item being sold for auction. That message prompted me to address the issue ~~ It's sad, so sad... but more and more I'm seeing pieces of someone's distant past turn up on eBay. Have you noticed it? This week a 154-year old family Bible is being auctioned... one from 1847! (item #1403632836) Several months ago a wedding gown from the 1880's was auctioned. I find it terribly sad that personal effects of this type are valued in the heart so little. The highest bidder may not be a descendant of the family who wrote in that book... who, with loving tenderness and careful application took care of the article that was destined to become an hierloom. It's also highly unlikely that the "winner" of the wedding gown was a descendant of the beautiful bride who wore it. You've seen these priceless treasures not only on eBay and other online auction sites, but at yard sales, second-hand and antique stores. If you should happen to see an heirloom being sold as a casual item and can afford to it, why not rescue (buy) the item if you have the money and see that it gets a good home.... possibly at your local historical society or museum?... even better, to a descendant who would love to own it. In the case of the Bible currently on eBay, can you imagine the awe that family's descendants would feel to receive something like that? I'm sure they'd be grateful enough to recompense you. A rocking chair or an early iron is one thing... but personal effects like Bibles and wedding gowns? To me it's tantamount to the box of lost souls (unmarked pictures jammed in a box) found at nearly every second-hand or antique store. ...*sigh* NEWBIE NEWS For most of January I'll be using this section as a way to help and teach our newbies (and maybe some novices) a few of the ways of computing genealogy. It's really exciting to come online after hearing so much hype about how much information there is ... and it's true! There really IS a load of information on the Web. To this end, today I'll pass along two very important guidelines all online genealogists need to know. First, foremost and utmost... protect yourselves and your family. When you took up doing your family history you assumed a responsibility. As never before is attention to this responsibility more necessary than now. With the advent of cyberspace came identity thieves who before the days of computering, would walk through cemeteries to get information about people. Now, all they have to do is go online to get it. However, now they're handed full histories through unwary family historians. What is the most common password your creditors ask for? ...isn't it your mother's maiden name? With that alone, a good identity thief can compromise your entire credit history. With your name and birthdate an identity thief can get a birth certificate, a social security card, a driver's license and ... well, you get my drift here. As genealogists and Web researchers, it is our responsibility to protect the data on those relatives who are still living. Online family histories and queries for more information never need to include living relatives because we don't research the living. When we publicize personal data about those still living, we inadvertenly compromise their security and THAT isn't what we're all doing research for. Does this stuff REALLY happen? You bet it does! If you'll do a little Web surfing you'll find warnings are out regarding this. To read more on the subject of identity theft, you might want to start here <http://www.nevans.freeserve.co.uk/rules.htm> with two messages from one of our own, genealogist Myra Vanderpool Gormley. Also, you might want to read this one as well <http://www.consumerinfo.com/n/su98_d.htm>. Afterwards, do a Web search for "identity theft" +genealogy. I think you're going to be quite surprised if you're not already up on the subject. Family IS what we're all about. However, let's not be careless with what we know about those still with us. Secondly I want to address the excitement of finding your entire ancestry (or a good portion of it) splayed out on a website... the very lines you've been working on for so long... and there it is! But cousins, it's important that you keep a tight rein on yourselves and never take any genealogical data you find online as THE final word. Like never before it's important that you remember to fall back to the Cardinal Rule of genealogy - "Believe NONE of what you hear, only HALF of what you read. PROVE EVERYTHING!" Do your own research and use what you find on the Web as a guide. Newbies especially, should remember this one. The abundance of data on the Web coupled with the hunger of an untrained family historian is like a traffic accident just waiting to happen. He/she comes across a site and copies all the pertinent material into his/her records, neglecting to fall back on the Cardinal Rule. "Well, it's right there on the Web! It MUST be true!" What this new historian has just unknowingly done is copy material that was already documented as being fradulent or is full of errors. The new historican takes the data in pure faith that it's correct and proceeds from there. Not bad enough already, our new researcher later decides to "share the wealth" and his/her new-found material. Bad material being spread like wildfire.... Case in point... "genealogist" Gustav Anjou, who generated 192 genealogies and supporting records for price tags nearing $9,000. The problem is, Gustav Anjou was NOT a genealogist; he wasn't even a good researcher. However, Gustav Anjou was an excellent forger of genealogies and occasional supporting documents that are still being passed around today as fact. His only published work "Ulster County, NY Probate Records" contains valid wills and totally unacceptable abstracts that he himself created, mostly out of thin air. His other works were compiled privately and all are frauds. Anjou's material has been copied into numerous published genealogies by unwary historians who were blinded by the dazzling lineages they found so much that they neglected to check the sources for themselves. Less this section gets too much longer, I refer each of you to a Website with a great deal of Anjou information (including the names of the bogus genealogies) as well as data on some of the other famous fraudulent writers. Go to <http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/> and halfway down that page click on the Fraudulent Lineages link there. This is a very worthwhile read for everyone. The obvious warning here... NEVER, but NEVER assume anything on the Web (or in a book, for that matter) is correct. Just because it's printed, does NOT make it true. Fall back to the Cardinal Rule and draw your own conclusions after gathering your own evidence. A genealogist you may intend to be or already think you are, but it's the good one who follows through on lessons learned... Family... it's what we're all about. I really enjoyed this time with you. It was so nice. Thank you for sharing it with me. I hope your upcoming week is filled with health, fun, productivity, and above all, filled with love. ) ( ) _.-~~-. (@\'--'/. Colleen ('``.__.'`) `..____.'

Hi again cousins, I'm sending this as a separate message from the Coffee because not everyone participates in them. I've been rather productive this week and everyone needs to be made aware of a major change there. But first I want to tell you about some other changes .... 1. The Christmas pages are down; our winter look is now online. I hope you like it. 2. The parlor and kitchen pages have new furnishings at the tops of each page. The wallpaper is the same, though. 3. All the queries are online at the Homestead. If you submitted a query BEFORE January 1st this year, please check it for clarity and correctness. Effective January 1st (actually today, now) I am no longer accepting manual queries for the Homestead. In place of our normal procedure, I've installed a queries board. Now if you wish to place a query at the Homestead... just like at the Cottage, you'll type your own query and have it online in seconds. You _didn't_ forget about the query board at the Cottage, did you??? :) The reason I did this is because last year when I was so, so busy, I got behind in uploading the queries. I didn't like the fact that I was only able to get to them an average of every 1-1/2 months. Not willing to risk that again, and because I plan to heavily publicize our domain this year, I'm making every attempt to get our sites organized as quickly as possible. Next week I'll begin storing the gifts away... I hope this finds you all having a super, relaxing Sunday. :) Colleen

For those who don't' remember I have been helping a group of adult sibling who were placed in the WV foster system try and find their baby brother. Everyone is accounted for but him. A nice lady volunteered to do some digging and it looks like he might still be using the Bower surname. So I am posting this once again to see if it rings any bells. His name is Paul Waymond Bowers he was born in 1964 in Marshall Co WV. His mothers name was Edna May Bowers daughter of Jewell Bowers and Bertha Louise Bibie who were married around Spencer WV in 1932. Edna May was married three times but apparently this child went by her maiden name. No father was listed on the birth records and she died in 1965 at which time the kids were placed. They are not seeking anything from relatives except answers and maybe a picture of their mother since they have none. If you can help, please let me know, Merry Ann

I just hit a jackpot! Rec'd a letter today with a group sheet for James J. Bowers of Nashville, Washington Co., IL. To my surprise this family is related to me. They are descended from my 'southern' Bowers of TN and VA. This is a younger brother of my ggg-grandfather who migrated from TN to MS. There must be someone out there related to this bunch. Please look over the names and let me know if anyone looks familiar. This is all the info I have at present. You never know what state you may find your relatives hiding! Descendants of James J. Bowers Generation No. 1 1. James J.3 Bowers (Jeremiah2, John1) was born June 18, 1824 in TN, and died February 19, 1876 in Nashville, Washington Co., IL. He married Jane Elizabeth Carpenter December 20, 1848 in Robertson Co., TN, daughter of James Carpenter and Sidney Travis. She was born January 8, 1831 in KY, and died January 7, 1909 in Locust Creek Community, Washington Co., IL. Children of James Bowers and Jane Carpenter are: 2 i. Mary Susan4 Bowers, born October 2, 1849 in Logan Co., KY; died December 12, 1871. She married Hugh Suitor December 24, 1868. 3 ii. William Clark Bowers, born July 12, 1851 in Logan Co., KY; died September 1881. He married Margaret Ann Lyons January 25, 1874. 4 iii. Edmund Alexander Bowers, born November 22, 1853 in Logan Co., KY; died July 6, 1878. He married Harriet L. Lyons December 24, 1874. 5 iv. Ira Ellis Bowers, born January 20, 1855 in Nashville, Washington Co., IL; died November 6, 1895. He married Serena Rhine September 17, 1882. 6 v. Nancy Caroline Bowers, born April 18, 1858 in Nashville, Washington Co., IL; died 1904. She married John Quincy Adams Grise? 1873. Notes for John Quincy Adams Grise?: Is John Quincy Adams' last name Grise? or Grisem. Name typed off the group sheet. 7 vi. Louisa Jane Bowers, born July 12, 1860 in Nashville, Washington Co., IL; died November 10, 1940. She married Robert Henderson. 8 vii. Sidney Arabelle (Belle) Bowers, born January 25, 1863 in Nashville, Washington Co., IL. She married Phillip Reiger January 19, 1882. 9 viii. James Newton Bowers, born March 27, 1865 in Nashville, Washington Co., IL; died March 17, 1934. He married Lucy Myrtle Rice July 5, 1894. 10 ix. John Wilson Bowers, born March 30, 1867 in Nashville, Washington Co., IL; died May 20, 1953. He married Lulu Kinser August 19, 1897. 11 x. Andrew Clinton Bowers, born November 8, 1869 in Nashville, Washington Co., IL; died October 14, 1948. He married Ethel Crihfield February 23, 1893. 12 xi. Emily Francis (Emma) Bowers, born January 8, 1872 in Nashville, Washington Co., IL; died 1948. She married John Casner February 26, 1891. 13 xii. Lyman Jeremiah Bowers, born January 18, 1875 in Nashville, Washington Co., IL; died September 10, 1905 in Welsh, Jefferson Davis, LA. He married Myrtle Armstrong; born in 1886. Notes for Myrtle Armstrong: Was age 19 when married. Lyman Jeremiah and Myrtle had no children.

Hi Everyone, I would like to add my line to this newsgroup in hopes of someone having some information. Grandfather Fritz Bauer aka Fred Bauer born in Alpine NJ 1912, Married Helen Ferris born ca 1913 died 1967. Fritz's father was Fritz Bauer and mother was Mary Luhmann. The family was originally from Bern Switzerland although I don't which generation came to the USA. Does anyone have any of them in your line? Thanks.. Lisa Bauer

Hi folks, In a recent email ffom the list, there were several sites mentioned for the Continuum project. I tried to access the NY one, but only got a page with a parent directory listed, and nothing happened when I clicked on that. I'd love to take a look at the site, if someone can help! Thanks, Laurie

I have been reading the list for a while, it is very interesting. I am searching for the parents of Jacob Bauer b. 8 Feb. 1765. In the 1880 census a son said he was born in this country. He d. 1 Jan. 1824 Moore Twp. Northamton Co. PA. m. Gertraut-Gertrude Schott 8 Aug.1786. She was b. 3 Mar. 1765. Northampton Co. PA. d.7 Apr. 1843. Dau. of Deabold and Christina Elisabetha (Reisen) Schott. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Have been searching this family for 30 years. Marge mbauer@neo.rr.com

Hi all, I'm a "long time lurker" on your newsgroup and it's about time I sent out something about the BOWERs that I'm interested in. My wife's mother was born Barbara BOWER in Lincoln, UK, and I have *some* information on her ancestors. The earliest BOWER family I have is a Thomas and Mary Ann BOWER married before 1848 and living in Louth, Lincolnshire, at the time of the 1881 census. They had two children, John Thomas (b 1848) and Mary Ann (b 1852). My wife is descended from John Thomas who married Emily ? and had 4 children. I suspect there will be few people on this list (shuold I say "in this family?") who have identifed Lincolnshire, UK roots in the 19th century, but I'd be happy to hear from you if you're out there. Also if there are any Internet resources that are specifically related to BOWER, I'd be interested in hearing about them too (e.g. is there a BOWER web site with links to people researching the name worldwide?) Nice to "meet" you all! Cheers, Peter Berrie Swindon, Wilts, UK -- peter@berrie-tech.com

> To reiterate: > 1. You CAN _NOT_ get a virus from opening an email; only from opening > its attachment, if it has one. CORRECTION! The Kak Virus has the capability to infect you just by downloading a message with it attached! You will NOT know it is there! I have been sent the Kak numerous times and I have never been infected because I have my internet security options set to prompt before running active-x controls. When I get an e-mail message that tries to run an active-x control I click on "no" and the virus is unable to launch itself. ANY e-mail message trying to run an active-x control is a no-no! There is no paper clip icon and no way of knowing it is there unless your virus scanner checks mail downloads (most do not) or you have security set to prompt before running active-x, as I do. My boss got the virus from one person who unknowingly sent it to me. He did not have the settings as I did and his virus scanner did not catch it and his computer was infected. When I e-mail back to the people who send it to me they are quite surprised to be told they have it. This is the only one I know of so far that does this. Cathy Palmer, Alaska

Cousins Amen to no dumb questions about genealogy. Believe me I know. That so-called dumb question, just might tweak a hiding spot of memory in someones mind and make them dig into that pile of forgotten papers on the shelf of unused goodies. I have found at least one cousin with a wealth of info not directly connected-- sort of a half cousin. And we learned a lot from each other. SO----bring on the "dumb" questions. I need a kick in the head to wake up to grey-matter. Wanda

To our experienced computer genealogists ~~ We already have and will have new cousins in our ranks who are brand new to genealogy and/or to computing. It's so exciting to be able to join the ranks of one's peers in a common goal; on the other hand, it's hard to adjust to someone who jumps in without really knowing how "to play" the game. Novices and well-experienced ~ I'd like to remind you of "those" days back when ... when you were feeling those funny quirks of 'how-do-I's'... Remember when you first started genealogy ~ how everything was rather confusing for a while? Then, when you jumped on the Web with that first computer? ... your first email discussion list? ... "All these people know more than I do. What AM I doing here???" "How do _I_ make a query?" "What if what I say is dumb?" "These people all sound so smart; if I say anything I'm gonna sound like a real dummy!" "What was it I'm supposed to say again?" "Where ARE all these sites everyone is talking about? ... and where do I find that Web site called URL?" "If I just read the messages, nobody will know I'm here. I can't foul anything up that way and nobody can make fun of or yell at me." Newbies, do you ask yourselves these very questions at the present? Do you feel intimidated, nervous and/or ignorant, while everyone is confident and smart? Well, I'm here to tell you that every single one of us "confident and smart" people have been in PRECISELY the same spot you're in right now! You're a newbie or a novice, not sure of what you're doing here, but know you want to find your lines. You don't know much about genealogy, hardly anything about your lines, are scared to death to say anything or post your data, so you do what's called 'lurking'. You know there's a roll call but don't know where to send it, and even if you do, you're afraid you're going to do it wrong because you've never done it before. So you don't bother to send one in. And queries?.... "What are those? Am I allowed to make one?" On the average I receive 2-3 messages a week reading something akin to the above two paragraphs. This is a message from the heart meant and targeted directly to all you newbies and some of you novices. You need to know that the fear and intimidation you feel posting messages to the list are exactly what I felt....what everyone feels - no more and no less. Every experienced researcher had to walk the fire. I know your fears and worries. I know your concern of intimidation. I wore all those labels I'm sure, right in the middle of my forehead. I teach genealogy today in schools and I do guest speaking at seminars. When I talk to newbies I understand your confusion; I was confused for months! The internet can be a scary 'place'. It's hard to tell in an email whether or not someone is joking, or serious and dumping on you. You newbies still have your lessons to learn but now you're doing it behind a keyboard and monitor. But you have one advantange over a lot of others...... You belong to the BOWER discussion list family. When you joined this list, you joined a family. You did not just join a list full of people who care only about themselves and their own research. You joined an international family of cousins who feel EXACTLY the same as you, at first scared, intimidated and nervous -- no matter what country we're from. We ALL want to find our lines, but we Bower/Bauer, etc. descendants have something special in us -- we take care of our own. If you're a newbie or a novice, you're a treasure to we experienced researchers. Are you aware of that? ANY little scrap of information offered up is valuable. Even scraps, once pulled together, will help fit puzzle pieces together. That's why you newbies are so important. You tend to provide many of those tiny bits of family info that a lot of us long-time researchers haven't been able to find in records. ["Oh this? It was in my Grannie's Bible! I didn't think it was all that important......."] Actually, most newbies are a wealth of information! The problem is many newbies [and on some lists, even well-experienced researchers] are intimidated by list owners that mandate this and that and subjugate or totally shove aside the newbie because they just don't know what they're doing. The newbie gets hurt or frustrated with the treatment they've received, leaves the list and takes some really important data with him/her. [This is a lose-lose situation. The newbie doesn't have the opportunity to find his/her ancestors and the list membership loses out on information the newbie carries.] To all our newbies, know this..... you WILL NOT be flamed or fired on by anyone in this family, nor will anyone else. You WILL NOT be intimidated or humiliated by anyone, either; likewise, nor will anyone else. Family takes care of family, and we take care of our newbies, our novices, and each other. The penalty for flaming in the family is immediate removal. You may be corrected by someone for TYPING AN ENTIRE MESSAGE ALL IN CAPS [not proper netiquette, by the way, as it's considered yelling] but it will be a constructive and gentle correction. You may be told your query is too wordy to be a query or doesn't contain enough information, but the criticism will be constructive and gentle. You may be told you neglected to put in places or dates in a post or a roll call message, but that also will be constructive and gentle. You will not be picked on, nor will you be subjugated ["you're just a newbie"] or shoved aside like some know-nothing. Know also that you are an extremely important part of this family. No matter how little it may be right now, you bring new familial knowledge to us and with experience, will have the ability to apply it. Please learn from those of us who have walked your path, stay with us and help us to break down the brick walls you keep hearing about. Post your queries, messages and roll calls. Add data to the discussion as you can. Most of all, DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP. You'll most assuredly get it here. Don't lurk - participate and learn. After all, it's family....it's what WE'RE all about. Colleen

) ( ) 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. FamilyDiscovery.com (they're back) - PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THIS! 3. Virus warning 4. The Continuum 5. Swapping links with the Homestead ** A message for our newbies and novices ~ this will come out in a separate message following the Coffee. It is a repeat message from a previous Coffee but still holds true today. I am separating it from the Coffee today because of its length. 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 and just opened this year, our sister site, the Bower Cottage, houses most of our projects including an online GEDCOM fed by quite a few cousins from our lists. The Cottage is still small as far as material goes, however give us time and we'll have it filled really soon. The Cottage is at <http://bowercommunity.com/cottage>. FAMILYDISCOVERY.COM (THEY'RE BACK) It had to happen. We knew they wouldn't be gone for long... To those of you who are new to genealogy computing: FamilyDiscovery.com is a company with a website that you might want to avoid at all costs. They are rip-offs, will take your money and give you nothing in return. Additionally, they are selling FREE material to the tune of $69.00 a year. They link their pages to Rootsweb and US GenWeb-site pages ~ all of which offer free genealogy material. Additionally, they are linking to private Web sites without permission. FamilyDiscovery.com is currently being investigated. UPDATE: I can only presume the word got around too well regarding their first name, Family Discovery, because they now have a new name ~ GenSeeker. I've been to this new site and seen what they're up to. When clicking on their "freesearch link," the unwary customer is taken to the FamilyDiscovery.com site. Gene Olson has started an Anti-FamilyDiscovery.com update list from his website. As you may have guessed, he IS still on their trail and it's thanks to Gene that I have this update to pass on to you. You newbies both to genealogy and computing would be wise to go to his site and read up on this company so you won't be ripped off. Click on the following link and you'll be taken directly to his site: <http://www.compuright.net/familydiscovery>. Gene's new email address is <gene_olson@bigfoot.com>. His toll-free number is 1-877-319-9699. GenSeeker describes itself as "the most comprehensive easy to use collection of online records ever compiled." Of course it is, if they link to every free website they can find! Save your money and do the search yourself! Or better still, avail yourself of the family's Continuum project (more on that further into the Coffee). VIRUS WARNING Newbies ... welcome to the world of computing ... and viruses guaranteed to play havoc with your computer and sometimes, your wallet! A virus is a nasty little bugger that can cause your system to shut down or email itself to everyone in your address book when you have no idea it's happening ~ depending on the type of virus depends on what happens to your computer. There are upwards of 50,000 viruses known to date. The BEST piece of advice I can pass on to you, now that you've entered the world of computing is to get yourself an anti-virus program installed into your computer right away. Don't wait till tomorrow or next week, unless you don't plan to receive any email or go on the Web. Your unknowing daughter may have a virus in her computer and send it to you through an email, so might your loving grandfather ~ you just never know who might pass it on to you. So you need to take precautions to protect that expensive piece of equipment you've invested in. Now that I've frightened you half out of your wits, I should add ~~ viruses are spread through what's called an attachment to an email. You'll know there's an attachment to a message when you see a paper clip next to the message in the index. In Netscape Communicator you'll also see a gray box at the top of the email message. Reading the message is fine; DO NOT open the attachment!!! It's the attachment that spreads the virus. Two sites that everyone should know about are at Symantec (Norton AntiVirus) and McAfee (McAfee AntiVirus). The addresses for their anti-virus centers follow: Symantec: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ McAfee: http://dispatch.mcafee.com/default.asp? Now, both Symantec has put out the word to watch out for 8 particularly virulent trojans. They are: ** W32.Prolin.Worm ** W32.Navidad ** W32.HLLW.Bymer ** W95.Hybris.Gen - a worm that spreads by email as an attachment to outgoing emails. The message may have a subject line saying "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" or have it in the text. The attachment may have one of several different names. ** W95.MTX ** Wscript.KakWorm ** W32.Funlove Symantec has given them all listed a rather high risk assessment; McAfee has rated at least some of them (that I know of) with high ratings. As well, there are a ton of hoaxes on the Web. Before "passing this warning to everyone you know," please go to <http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html> to verify whether or not the virus message you've received is a hoax or not. To reiterate: 1. You CAN _NOT_ get a virus from opening an email; only from opening its attachment, if it has one. 2. You CAN _NOT_ get a virus from any message at Rootsweb as they have anti-virus protectors in place on all their lists. 3. You _CAN_ get a virus from a cousin on a Rootsweb list IF the cousin sends you an attachment through private email and that cousin has an infected computer. 4. Just because she's your best friend or your mom, she may not know her computer has a virus. As a rule, people don't send viruses intentionally. Please cousins, be sure to update your anti-virus programs. Newbies, please get yourselves to symantec.com or mcafee.com (Web addresses above) and learn more about anti-virus protection. THE CONTINUUM With so many new sites coming online every day, this vital project was created as an avenue to expedite our Web searches and bring locality- specific Bower[s]/Bauer/Baur, etc. data we might need under one roof or, at least provide links to where the data is located. A close parallel to our project is the GenWeb project. Where GenWeb covers all the names in one state, ours is to cover only OUR names in one state; from there our sites will be "tied" to each other through two common logos (which we all still need to put on our sites) ~ one for the project itself and a second one to the Cottage ~ where it originates. We currently have one country and nine states currently represented ~~ Australia, California, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. We'd like you to join us, build an online Continuum site, and aid in our efforts to get all those [for instance] Iowa Bower[s]/Bauer/Baur family sites that are already online linked from one site rather than having to use a generalized search engine like Netscape, HotBot or InfoSeek to search them out. Sites in this project parallel those of the GenWeb but center on Bower[s]/Bauer/ Baur, etc. material only. Continuum sites can be as simple as state/country information and links to material in that region or, if the host elects, can add raw material to his/her site. Continuum hosts join a private email list set aside specifically for this project to discuss design ideas, project problems, and pass along helps to each other regarding the Continuum. In this way, there is always immediate help. To get an idea of what I'm talking about, listed below are the current Continuum sites ~~ Sharon Johnson's CALIFORNIA Page ~ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/River/5736 Mark Middleton's ILLINOIS Page ~ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Grove/8230 Wanda Roberts' INDIANA Page ~ http://www.crosswinds.net/~indbow Barbara Bower's MISSOURI Page ~ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cabin/9183 Colleen Pustola's NEW YORK Page ~ http://newyork.50megs.com Rob Bower's OHIO Page ~ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rbower Mary Teeter's PENNSYLVANIA Page ~ http://www1.50megs.com/marydrye/index/michigan.html Gina Bower's WISCONSIN Page ~ http://www.crosswinds.net/~bowerwi (Australia is also being hosted, however I don't have a current URL yet.) You'll have to learn at least some HTML [the coding language to put pages online] if you don't already know it. With exception of three things, your creativity is your own. I hope this answers the Continuum questions we had earlier in the week. If not, please let me know. Also, if you think you might be interested in being a host for a Continuum site, please contact me at <ladyaudris@earthlink.net>. SWAPPING LINKS WITH THE HOMESTEAD Do you have a Bower[s]/Bau[e]r Web site? Is it listed at the Homestead? If not, would you like to trade links with our home? If so, just set up a link from your site to the front page of the Homestead <http://bowercommunity.com/homestead>. Once you have your link in place, let me know and I'll set one up at the Homestead back to you. It's that simple! This way, you'll get additional exposure from traffic at the Homestead, and our home will get additional exposure from you ~ a win/win situation here! :) Family... it's what we're all about. I really enjoyed this time with you. It was so nice. Thank you for sharing it with me. I hope your upcoming week is filled with health, fun, productivity, and above all, filled with love. ) ( ) _.-~~-. (@\'--'/. Colleen ('``.__.'`) `..____.'

Just reaffirming Colleen's post. What you know about your family is old news to you. But it is new news to us! I can almost promise you that what you add will have something that no one else has found! And on the VERY odd chance it doesn't, there's still a gain - meeting new family! I have been with the list for a couple years or so and haven't found one new Bower/Bauer of mine thru it but still feel like I've gained a bunch of family. My day is coming! I just KNOW they weren't dropped from Mars! Lita I have gone to find myself. If I get back before I return, please ask me to wait! See some of my accomplishments! <A HREF="http://puxplace.homestead.com/Hello.html">Hello</A> http://puxplace.homestead.com/Hello.html <A HREF="http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=89621">My PhotoPoint Album</A> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=89621

Very short I realize but still might halp locate a branch for someone. >From the Tribune, La Crosse, WI WARRENS, Wis. - Harold R. Bowers, 85, of Warrens, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2001, at Tomah Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday from the Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home, Tomah. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the funeral home on Monday from noon until time of the services. Lita I have gone to find myself. If I get back before I return, please ask me to wait! See some of my accomplishments! <A HREF="http://puxplace.homestead.com/Hello.html">Hello</A> http://puxplace.homestead.com/Hello.html <A HREF="http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=89621">My PhotoPoint Album</A> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=89621

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I agree we should have a common logo. But please keep it simple so us newbies can catch on. Wanda http://www.crosswinds.net/~indow/index.html

Wow! Plans for 2001! Everyone is so organized on this list! I'm just now catching up from the holidays and getting the Xmas stuff put away....and shoveling lake effect snow in between! And after that, I think I'm going to need a vacation! But, for whatever it's worth.... The Webring sounds good. If I had a Bower webpage, I'm sure I'd want to have it linked or listed somewhere on the Bower Community. I'm not sure about the awards...I'm more interested in our genealogy right now. The Continuum project sounds worthwhile and we should continue on it. I have noticed quite a bit on the Attic pages...the census and military records, etc., if I recall the page right. I'm sure we could add to that. I think we all have more to contribute but maybe many, like myself, just haven't had a chance to clean out their files and submit the data. And, if you're working on several surnames, sometimes you don't get to everything as fast as you'd like. I'm not sure about the Native American Project, but I wonder if something on slave research wouldn't be helpful...do we currently have any info on the Homestead in this area? I think perhaps I need to visit the Homestead and take another look at everything because it has grown by leaps and bounds. Maybe those of us who weren't able to go home (to the Homestead) for the holidays should pay a visit now that it's the New Year and see what we've missed and then think about what we could add this year. The logo sounds good too.

Vicky,sounds good! A logo for the B-Community domain is wonderful idea. To the question on what do we give as prize......? I suggested to Colleen that the prize could be the winners Oldest ancestral photo reproduced as a Sketched representation of that photo? I know an Artist? Colleen suggested I put this to all of you and see what you think of the idea. Vicky

One more I agree, sounds good to me. Becky Stewart