Searching for Moses Bowers, b. 1859 in Ontario, Canada, d. 1926, Kingsley Michigan. Son of John and Mary Bowers, they were both born in Germany and emigrated to Ontario, Canada, Waterloo area, prior to 1859. 1861 lists 2 year old Moses as living with Peter Miller family of Waterloo Township, North, Ontario. In 1891, Moses married Elizabeth Kunsenhauser (b. 1869 d. 1946). Moses and Elizabeth had 1 son, Russell, b. 1894 d. 1972. Moses and family emigrated to Kingston, Michigan in 1901. Bruce Bowers bowers6254@telocity.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Colleen Pustola <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 9:40 AM Subject: [BOWER] ROLL CALL ... > Hi again family, > > I hope you're all having a SUPER, SUNNY Sunday! :) > > Since people are getting out and about, visiting all those great > genealogy places, let's have a roll call starting today. However, in > order for me to keep it all straight with the cross-postings though, we > need to do this in an ordered fashion. Here's how I've set it up: > > All four research teams will be holding a roll call this week HOWEVER it > will be staggered. > > The BOWER-L, being the largest, will go first ... starting today. > > BAUER-L, BAUR-L, BOWERS-L ... DO NOT POST YET. You will all be > receiving those messages pertaining to your surnames as they come > through the BOWER-L. As before, In a few days, once the traffic has > died down here, the BAUR and BOWERS teams will hold theirs. Several > days later, the BAUER-L will finish us up. I will notify you when to > begin (depending on the influx of BOWER-L roll call messages, it could > be on Thursday). > > Cousins on the BOWER-L: Once their rolls call begin, expect to receive > EVERY message coming from each of the BAUER-L, BAUR-L and BOWERS-L as > they are posted. Conversely, all BAUR, BOWERS and BAUER messages in the > BOWER-L roll call will be crossposted over to our smaller counterparts. > > For the next two weeks everyone please be sure to keep your mailboxes > emptied so we don't have a slew of bounced messages and you won't miss > out on even one post. > > Cousins who are homebound ... be sure NOT to skip this roll call. One > of the cousins who travel might see your message and select it to > incorporate with his/her research trip, providing you with the results! > (yes, it DOES happen here in the family) > > Roll call? What IS she talking about now??? For those of you who are > brand new to online genealogy, or just genealogy in general, this next > part is for you: > > TO OUR NEWBIES and NOVICES ~~ (Print this out if you need to) ~~ ROLL > CALL FAQs > > *** A roll call means EVERYONE in the family should post those lines > they are looking for. It's kind of like reporting in to the list > saying, "here I am ... looking for (whoever)." This is also the time > our lurkers come out and "report in." > > *** You should expect traffic on the BOWER-L to be very heavy this week > and part of next. Although you can post a query anytime during the > year, roll calls here are special because nearly everyone posts ... > including our lurkers. It's an important time and you don't want to > miss out, but your mailboxes are going to get full fast. Please be sure > to check them daily and keep them emptied so I don't get a bunch of > bounced back messages. > > *** Although the traffic is going to get heavier and may be a strain on > your time to keep up, PLEASE STAY WITH US. This will only last about > two weeks, if that. You don't want to unsubscribe just as an inline > cousin is posting a line you've been watching for. > > *** Be sure to use ONLY that email address to post with that you signed > up to the list with. Any other address will not be recognized by > Rootsweb and their servers will kick your message out of the system. > > *** Send your roll call messages DIRECTLY TO THE LIST at > <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com>. Please DO NOT send them to me as I am only one > person with one line when, what you want, is for ALL the cousins to see > who you're looking for. > > *** There is no special format. You just need to remember to include > names, dates and places as best you can. If you're nervous about this, > you might want to sit back a day or two and read some of the other > cousins' posts and see how they did it, then just do what they did. > Everyone has their own style and preference for setting up a roll call > message. > > *** If you're a newbie, the best thing you can do for yourself is to > announce it first thing in your message! It alerts the rest of us to be > especially watchful of your material. > > PLEASE MAKE YOUR SUBJECT LINE READ SOMETHING LIKE THIS: > > ROLL CALL: Bower, Isaac (1856-1901, CT > NY) > ROLL CALL: Baur, Johann (Germany, PA, IL) > > PLEASE DO _NOT_ MAKE YOUR SUBJECT LINE READ LIKE THIS: > > John Bowers (or) > Bauer family (or) > Roll call > > Help us to help you by giving clear subject lines, okay? Thanks. :) > > I hope this answers any questions you might have, but if not, go right > ahead and ask! Your post is every bit as important as mine or any other > cousin's. :) > > Colleen > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > Need to reach Colleen, the discussion coordinator? Send her an email > at <ladyaudris@earthlink.net>. > >