Hi, I visited your webpage which was very nice but I did not see any list of variations of Bolins etc which was what I was after. I thought it would be a nice addition to my research folder. Pauline Huffman BOWLING-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > BOWLING-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 86 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: Bourland ["Leslie Gunter" <lgunter@psn.net>] > #2 [Fwd: Hannah Bowlin/Bolen] [Judy <jgood@sbtmiami.net>] > #3 J. B. Boulin, Lewisburg, Va. 1827 ["William A. Davis" <wmadavis@kih.n] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from BOWLING-D, send a message to > > BOWLING-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Bourland > Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 08:57:33 -0000 > From: "Leslie Gunter" <lgunter@psn.net> > To: BOWLING-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi, > > In researching my Bolin line, I have come across many spellings > for that surname. My ggggg-grandfathers name was spelled > Bowling on his marriage bond in 1808. He owned land in Morgan > County, IN and his name was spelled Bourland. The spelling of > the surname was finally settled on as Bolin (for my line) in the > late 1800's. > > I believe the different spellings can be credited to the various > clerks who spelled the name as they thought it should be spelled. > Since most of the persons back then couldn't read or write, they > didn't know to correct the clerks. > > If you want to see a list of all the different spellings that are acceptable > for Bowling, please go to the webpage I created for > Bolin Resources Online at: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/8056/bolin_resources.html > > Leslie > > ----Original Message----- > From: Crbourland@aol.com <Crbourland@aol.com> > To: BOWLING-L@rootsweb.com <BOWLING-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 7:33 PM > Subject: Bourland > > >Anyone researching who believes BOURLAND to be an acceptable spelling of > >BOWLING, much in the fashion ROB*SON is used for Robinson, Robertson? > > > >Do you have Bourlands in your line? > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [Fwd: Hannah Bowlin/Bolen] > Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 12:14:58 -0500 > From: Judy <jgood@sbtmiami.net> > To: BOWLING-L@rootsweb.com > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------01AA19EC19D2B9CDFA524332 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > --------------01AA19EC19D2B9CDFA524332 > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > Message-ID: <35E441CD.3207991A@sbtmiami.net> > Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 12:11:41 -0500 > From: Judy <jgood@sbtmiami.net> > Reply-To: jgood@sbtmiami.net > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; U) > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: BOWLING_L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Hannah Bowlin/Bolen > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I am a new subscriber, and due to one of those nice little gliches' I am > not sure if I sent this in. > > Looking for Hannah Melinda Bowlin/Bolen b. August, 1850 KY. She married > (where/when) to Daniel Raleigh Gibson. She died February 25, 1914 > Camden Co., MO. Looking for her parents and any other information I can > get. No death record available. I do have pictures of her headstone. > > Remembered one time my ggrandmother (dau of above) thought her > grandfather's name might have been Felen Bowlin/Bolen, but due to her > age she wasn't remembering very much about her life. > > Any help much appreciated. This is the only information I have > pertaining to a Bowlin/Bolen at this time, but have lots of Gibson > information. > > Judy > > --------------01AA19EC19D2B9CDFA524332-- > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: J. B. Boulin, Lewisburg, Va. 1827 > Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 17:24:28 > From: "William A. Davis" <wmadavis@kih.net> > To: BOWLING-L@rootsweb.com > > I am in possession of a book of Legal Forms, CLERKS ASSISTANT published in > 1827, which was apparently the property of a Jas. B. Boulin, and he may > have lived in Lewisburg, Virginia and Greenbrier [County?]. > > Curious to know if anyone knows who this man was. I doubt that I'm related > to him. I got this book at an auction and my Bowlings come from Sherlock > or James Sherlock Bowling. > > Bill Davis > ************************************************************************** > * William Albert Davis * wmadavis@kih.net * Box 337 * Ghent * KY * 41045 * > **************************************************************************