--=======46061091======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5BDB7487; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Eve Grogan wrote: >I am wondering if during research of NYS Brooks lines, anyone has traced a >Brooks back to a >Dutch BROEKS or Ten Broeks? (or something similar) >My Brooks family married almost exclusively Dutch spouses and were >baptized in Dutch Reformed >churches in Columbia, Greene and Rensselaer counties. >The earliest record in my line so far is the following, sent to me by >another Brooks researcher, bless >her heart. > >Joshua (Brooks) married Geertje Jans BONT, daughter of Jan Hendrikse >Lendertsz BONT and Jannetje SCHERP, on 14 Jan 1729 in Linlithgo Reformed >Church, Kinderhook, Albany County (now Columbia), NY. Geertje was >christened1 on 18 Jan 1708 in Claverack, NY. > >The origins of Joshua arent' known to me. >The later generations of this family lived in both Greene county and >Schodack, Rensselaer county. >If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it. >Alternate spellings in church records are Broeks, Broocks, Broecks, and >one Bruks. Valentine Van Zee (sp? capitalization?) inquired about this line perhaps a year or more ago, and there were several replies. A couple of months ago there was another query -- perhaps yours? -- and Anne Brooks Willis replied with some Dutch snippets and suggestions. Have you looked at the list archive? This ought to provide you with additional researcher names, and with Val's address, if she wasn't the recent source you allude to. Obviously this line is of Dutch extraction, and first settled in the Hudson River Valley of New York. I haven't seen anything from Valentine since her original questions -- but whatever you find, it would be kind to share it with the list, so that we won't have to shrug and respond "Huh?" when the next Dutch query comes along. There was talk a year ago of looking into the Beekman Patent, and similar esoterica, but we as a list have received no followup information. Chris --=======46061091======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5BDB7487 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.309 / Virus Database: 170 - Release Date: 12/17/01 --=======46061091=======--

Hi, I am wondering if during research of NYS Brooks lines, anyone has traced a Brooks back to a Dutch BROEKS or Ten Broeks? (or something similar) My Brooks family married almost exclusively Dutch spouses and were baptized in Dutch Reformed churches in Columbia, Greene and Rensselaer counties. The earliest record in my line so far is the following, sent to me by another Brooks researcher, bless her heart. Joshua (Brooks) married Geertje Jans BONT, daughter of Jan Hendrikse Lendertsz BONT and Jannetje SCHERP, on 14 Jan 1729 in Linlithgo Reformed Church, Kinderhook, Albany County (now Columbia), NY. Geertje was christened1 on 18 Jan 1708 in Claverack, NY. The origins of Joshua arent' known to me. The later generations of this family lived in both Greene county and Schodack, Rensselaer county. If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it. Alternate spellings in church records are Broeks, Broocks, Broecks, and one Bruks. Aloha Eve

--=======52CD4846======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-30A67F7F; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I'm pleased to pass this on from the RootsWeb administration team. If you've tried the list archive lately, you'll have noticed that the archived messages only ran through the end of September. I hope now that they'll be updated. An increasing number of glitches have occurred with RootsWeb in recent months. RootsWeb, as many of you know, began life as a free, all-volunteer effort to build an online community for genealogists. But as the number of online newcomers increased exponentially, the need for additional hardware and bandwidth grew far beyond what RootsWeb's founders, Drs. Brian and Karen Leverich, could personally underwrite. (Fewer than 10% of RootsWeb users ever contributed.) RootsWeb survived by allowing itself to be acquired by Ancestry.com, which clearly wanted access to RootsWeb's user base. Unfortunately, it's increasingly evident that beyond acquisition of address lists, Ancestry has more interest in spamming RootsWeb users with fee-based subscription offers than in supporting RootsWeb's continued operations and growth. RootsWeb has become Ancestry's stepchild, in the worst sense. I make these comments not to diminish in any way the terrific contributions many generous individuals continue to make to keep RootsWeb running as well as it does -- but rather as a preface to explain why I have prepared a home for this list on another server should the interruptions of service and downtime continue. Chris ================================= [A message from RootsWeb to all list administrators] * ARCHIVER - Threaded archives After a technical hitch that has had the threaded archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ for our mailing lists in a restricted phase, RootsWeb is happy to say that issues are resolved. If you notice a problem, please bring it to the attention of the HelpDesk http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ ================================= Here's the direct link for our own archive: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/brooks-ne Chris --=======52CD4846======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-30A67F7F Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.309 / Virus Database: 170 - Release Date: 12/17/01 --=======52CD4846=======--

--=======42A67C7E======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-AC58BE; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit At 01:29 AM 12/16/01 -0600, you wrote: >I did a lookup in BROOKS AND KINDRED FAMILIES 1950 authored by Ida Brooks >Kellam, and found the following surnames in the book's index: >63 persons named John BROOKS; >31 persons named Sarah BROOKS; >10 persons named Louisa BROOKS; and > 6 persons named HUBBARD; > 0 persons named MOORE. [snip] > >Since most of the BROOKS' named in this book lived and died in North >Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, it would be helpful to know if your John, >Louisa, and Sarah BROOKS also lived in these states before I search any >further in this book. Hi Fred, It's great to see readers offering to help out, so I don't want to discourage you in any way. But I must tell you that I have a photocopy of the complete Kellam work, and have been through it with what I considered a fine-toothed comb, and have never found a single connection to one of the individuals in my database. That is, I have found the work entirely irrelevant to any of the Brooks families of New England. As a matter of fact, it was my obtaining a copy of Kellam that gave me the germ of the idea to launch a list for Brooks families of New England only. Between Kellam and the message traffic on the preexisting BROOKS-L, it was obvious that there was next to no interchange between the southern and northern families, and no relationship between the various emigrant progenitors of the two regions. Aside from which, what self-respecting Puritan would have settled in Royalist Virginia or Carolina? In other words, my experience has been that these geographic regions form two separate universes, genealogically speaking, for Brooks research. Now I have no monopoly on truth or wisdom, so if you *have* found documented New England connections in the Kellam book, by all means, set me straight! But if not, I'd hate to muddy up the genealogical waters again when all our efforts on this list have been in quite the opposite direction. :-) Finally, I note that the original query, concerning a Micajah Brooks of Polk County, GA, doesn't appear to be from our list -- in which case it's off-topic. If you're answering a query from another list, you've got the wrong forum. :-) Chris --=======42A67C7E======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-AC58BE Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.307 / Virus Database: 168 - Release Date: 12/11/01 --=======42A67C7E=======--

The Higginson book entitled BROOKS AND KINDRED FAMILIES does not have any BROOKS names who lived in New York state. The hundreds of BROOKSES listed in the book lived in southern United States, mostly in North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. >From the information you sent to me, it appears that your BROOKSES are of Dutch origin, especially since their marriages and baptisms were done in Dutch Reformed churches. I recommend you search in records maintained by counties located in New York state where communities of Dutch immigrants settled and lived during 1800-1900. Focus on such surnames as Van Salsbergen, Broeks, and Ten Broeks. I wish I could be of more assistance. --Fred Cruckson in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

I did a lookup in BROOKS AND KINDRED FAMILIES 1950 authored by Ida Brooks Kellam, and found the following surnames in the book's index: 63 persons named John BROOKS; 31 persons named Sarah BROOKS; 10 persons named Louisa BROOKS; and 6 persons named HUBBARD; 0 persons named MOORE. Nancy BROOKS c1799-1851, daughter of Micajah BROOKS 1761-1862 and Mary HUNTER (Micajah and Mary were married about 1785, and lived most of their adult life in Polk County, Georgia), was married about 1819 to Woodson HUBBARD of Polk County, GA and they also lived in Polk County and raised five children: 1) William 1820-unk, who married Nancy Heslip and had 3 children: 2) Temperance unk-unk, who married a man named Morgan and died without issue; 3) Nancy Jane unk-unk, who was married first to Jack Wynn and second to Jack Swinney--with whom she had 4 children; 4) Sallie unk-unk, who married George Washington Morgan and they had 5 children; and 5) Mary Eudora 1841-unk, who was married in 1860 to Alfred G. Carpenter, a Methodist minister, and they had 5 children. [This HUBBARD family information came from Woodson HUBBARD'S Bible.] Since most of the BROOKS' named in this book lived and died in North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, it would be helpful to know if your John, Louisa, and Sarah BROOKS also lived in these states before I search any further in this book. --Compliments of Fred Cruckson in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

--=======8FE7B67======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5DEF37B9; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Forwarding this to the list -- Maggie, please send information like this to the list ([email protected]), so that *everyone* sees it, rather than to me privately. :-) My eyes lit up when I read this, for an obscure reason. "Statesboro Blues," recorded by Blind Willie McTell in 1928, is considered by scholars and aficionados one of the greatest country blues records ever made. It's certainly in my top 10, though such lists are inevitably subjective. I'll try to take the promised "second look" later this morning. Chris ============================ Chris, you asked me to give you more information on my John Brooks. I got most of my info from census, county history book, and his Family Bible. (the Bible is in bad shape, and was not much help. ) I have no data on him from his birth to his marriage in his wife's home county, Bulloch County, GA, which is about 150 miles from our home county, Charlton, which is on the Florida state line. Charlton was Camden till her creation in 1854. The story goes that around 1835 that some men from Maine was asked to come down to teach the southern men how to run the first steam engine sawmill in our area. When it was time to go back to Maine, the men liked our weather so much that they stayed. While I was doing my research in the Maine State Library, I researched the Maine sawmills as well as the Bryant family. Since his son was named Bryant I thought perhaps his mother's maiden was Bryant. The Charlton county Bryant's originated in Maine. BROOKS, JOHN b. 2-14-1814 Maine d. 11-4-1892 Charlton Cty., GA He was sheriff of Charlton County, GA from 1861 to 1873, then again in 1879. History of Charlton County shows that he practically ran the county for years. MARRIAGE: 8-25-1835 Statesboro, Bulloch Cty., GA Sarah N. Brown b.12-22-1817 GA d.1-12-1897 Charlton Cty., GA CHILDREN: Tamsie b. 9-1-1835 GA d. apparently at birth or in her 1st year. Gracie Ann b. 3-27-1837 ? d. ? word in the family is she is buried next to her parents with her grave only marked with wooden stubs. John Bryant b. 1-27-1838 FL d. 2-15-1902 Charlton Cty., GA He had 12 children which 4 died in a typhoid epidemic during their childhood and 49 grandchildren. I am one of the great grandchildren. Mary Ann b. 12-5-1840 GA d. 1-12-1897 Charlton Cty., GA If anyone could help me with this mystery, I sure would appreciate it. ============================ Maggie --=======8FE7B67======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5DEF37B9 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.307 / Virus Database: 168 - Release Date: 12/11/01 --=======8FE7B67=======--

--=======3CF0283C======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-33C74F; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Forwarding this from Fred A. Cruckson <[email protected]> as there's some question if it reached the list. Apologies if it's a duplication. I'll take another look in my own data tonight for this John Brooks. Chris =============================== I found John B. Brooks, a farmer, age 66 (born 1814 in Maine) listed in the 1880 federal census for Charlton County in Georgia; his wife's name was Sarah, age 63 (born 1817 in Georgia; both of John's parents were born in Maine, whereas both of Sarah's parents were born in Georgia. Listed in the same census was John B. Brooks, a farmer, age 44 (born 1836 in Florida); his wife's name was Mary H., age 33 (born 1847 in Georgia); the husband's father was born in Maine and his mother was born in Georgia; the wife's father was born in North Carolina and her mother was born in Georgia; living with them were five sons and one daughter as follows: William G. 13, Jesse M. 11, John B. 9, Martin L. 6, Mary H. 3, and Simon P. 7/12; all six children were born in Georgia. Apparently, John Brooks Sr. was married to his wife Sarah about 1835 (she would have been eighteen then), and a son, John B. Brooks Jr., was born to them during 1836 in Florida--probably near Jacksonville, Florida because the state of Florida borders on the Charlton county line. I have a Higginson book entitled BROOKS AND KINDRED FAMILIES, which was authored by Ida Brooks Kellam and published in 1950, and names many descendants of John and Susan Brooks, who came to America about 1731-34 with six sons and settled first in Virginia near the James River. It is rumored that when the Brookses left Virginia, three of the sons went north and three went south. Those who went south during 1735 moved to North Carolina and lived in the following counties: Bladen, Cumberland, Orange, and Chatham. Two of the sons ended up in Georgia about 1775, living in the following counties: Wilkes, Warren, Jones, Jasper, Early, Polk, Paulding, Henry, Putman, Columbia, and Harris. I scanned the Higginson book for John B. Brooks 1814-1892, but did not find any mention of him, or his son John B. Brooks, Jr., in it. Charlton County, Georgia is quite thinly populated, and I would recommend searching birth, marriage, death, and land records at the county seat there. --Compliments of Fred Cruckson in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. --=======3CF0283C======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-33C74F Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.307 / Virus Database: 168 - Release Date: 12/11/01 --=======3CF0283C=======--

I found John B. Brooks, a farmer, age 66 (born 1814 in Maine) listed in the 1880 federal census for Charlton County in Georgia; his wife's name was Sarah, age 63 (born 1817 in Georgia; both of John's parents were born in Maine, whereas both of Sarah's parents were born in Georgia. Listed in the same census was John B. Brooks, a farmer, age 44 (born 1836 in Florida); his wife's name was Mary H., age 33 (born 1847 in Georgia); the husband's father was born in Maine and his mother was born in Georgia; the wife's father was born in North Carolina and her mother was born in Georgia; living with them were five sons and one daughter as follows: William G. 13, Jesse M. 11, John B. 9, Martin L. 6, Mary H. 3, and Simon P. 7/12; all six children were born in Georgia. Apparently, John Brooks Sr. was married to his wife Sarah about 1835 (she would have been eighteen then), and a son, John B. Brooks Jr., was born to them during 1836 in Florida--probably near Jacksonville, Florida because the state of Florida borders on the Charlton county line. I have a Higginson book entitled BROOKS AND KINDRED FAMILIES, which was authored by Ida Brooks Kellam and published in 1950, and names many descendants of John and Susan Brooks, who came to America about 1731-34 with six sons and settled first in Virginia near the James River. It is rumored that when the Brookses left Virginia, three of the sons went north and three went south. Those who went south during 1735 moved to North Carolina and lived in the following counties: Bladen, Cumberland, Orange, and Chatham. Two of the sons ended up in Georgia about 1775, living in the following counties: Wilkes, Warren, Jones, Jasper, Early, Polk, Paulding, Henry, Putman, Columbia, and Harris. I scanned the Higginson book for John B. Brooks 1814-1892, but did not find any mention of him, or his son John B. Brooks, Jr., in it. Charlton County, Georgia is quite thinly populated, and I would recommend searching birth, marriage, death, and land records at the county seat there. --Compliments of Fred Cruckson in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Brooks" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [B-NE] John Brooks 1st request > --=======737C4A72======= > Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-17BD54BE; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Maggie Parker wrote: > > > >I am looking for John Brooks that was born 2/14/1814 in Maine. He died in > >Charlton Co., GA on 11/4/1892. > > And I am dilatory in responding, for which I apologize. I can't match this > man by DOB, but you didn't give us much else to go on, Maggie. :-) We have > have a dozen listreaders descended from various Brooks lines in Maine, and > I've researched the Kittery and Saco lines a bit on my own. At the very > least, with more information we ought to be able to rule *out* some > families and save you wasted research time. > > John, unfortunately, is the most common of given male names in the Brooks > families, and thus the least help in identification. (William is, > numerically, second, for those who enjoy this sort of factoid. I will guess > that Samuel, followed by Charles, is third most frequent, but haven't > counted that far). If you could put your John into some sort of context, we > might be able to make some educated guesses or provide you a lead or two. > Do you know the names of any of his siblings? Was he a war veteran > (Mexican, or Civil War)? Who did he marry, and was she a New England girl? > If born in Maine, why did he go to Georgia? How do you know (i.e., from > what source (as in Census or military record)) that he was from Maine? > Assuming he had children, what were their names? What was his occupation? > What was his religious affiliation? > > I'll be glad to take a second and more thorough look if you could provide a > short paragraph with whatever you know of John. > > Chris > > > > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| > Christopher Hapgood Brooks > Researching BROOKS Families of New England > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| > > --=======737C4A72======= > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-17BD54BE > Content-Disposition: inline > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.306 / Virus Database: 166 - Release Date: 12/4/01 > > --=======737C4A72=======-- > > > ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== > Archives of previous posts are located at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/BROOKS-NE-L/ > The address is case-sensitive. >

--=======757D445A======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-6E3E6CF1; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Good evening, A cousin has kindly shared with me the BROOKS gravestone information in a new set of books which document the cemeteries of Walpole, Cheshire County, NH. There are 18 Brooks stones, the oldest of them from 1841 and the majority being late 19th or 20th century. If you'd like me to email you this information, please email me privately with an ALL-CAPS subject line of SEND WALPOLE. Thanks, Chris ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Hapgood Brooks Researching BROOKS Families of New England ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| --=======757D445A======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-6E3E6CF1 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.306 / Virus Database: 166 - Release Date: 12/4/01 --=======757D445A=======--

--=======737C4A72======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-17BD54BE; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Maggie Parker wrote: >I am looking for John Brooks that was born 2/14/1814 in Maine. He died in >Charlton Co., GA on 11/4/1892. And I am dilatory in responding, for which I apologize. I can't match this man by DOB, but you didn't give us much else to go on, Maggie. :-) We have have a dozen listreaders descended from various Brooks lines in Maine, and I've researched the Kittery and Saco lines a bit on my own. At the very least, with more information we ought to be able to rule *out* some families and save you wasted research time. John, unfortunately, is the most common of given male names in the Brooks families, and thus the least help in identification. (William is, numerically, second, for those who enjoy this sort of factoid. I will guess that Samuel, followed by Charles, is third most frequent, but haven't counted that far). If you could put your John into some sort of context, we might be able to make some educated guesses or provide you a lead or two. Do you know the names of any of his siblings? Was he a war veteran (Mexican, or Civil War)? Who did he marry, and was she a New England girl? If born in Maine, why did he go to Georgia? How do you know (i.e., from what source (as in Census or military record)) that he was from Maine? Assuming he had children, what were their names? What was his occupation? What was his religious affiliation? I'll be glad to take a second and more thorough look if you could provide a short paragraph with whatever you know of John. Chris ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Hapgood Brooks Researching BROOKS Families of New England ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| --=======737C4A72======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-17BD54BE Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.306 / Virus Database: 166 - Release Date: 12/4/01 --=======737C4A72=======--

--=======502B2FE5======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-695D3EC7; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >The above link will best describe the Hale Collection. Looked under CT State >Lib,then history and genealogy, then basic genealogical resources. It's >definitely worth bookmarking the CT STATE LIBRARY and purusing the history and >genealogy section. Thanks, Kathy, and to David Hoffman too. Chris --=======502B2FE5======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-695D3EC7 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.306 / Virus Database: 166 - Release Date: 12/4/01 --=======502B2FE5=======--

I am looking for John Brooks that was born 2/14/1814 in Maine. He died in Charlton Co., GA on 11/4/1892. Maggie [email protected]

>Can anyone tell me/us about the Hale Collection, which apparently covers >some portion of CT and has been mentioned several times on the CTMIDDLE >list? In the early 1930's an inventory was done of all of the cemeteries in Connecticut for the purpose of identifying veterans of wars. These cemetery lists are in the Connecticut State Library. This past summer I read a cemetery in Haddam Neck and found some gravestones had been omitted from the original reading. However, since many markers are virtually illegible, one of the few sources of information is the original reading. Census readers varied from place to place. In the Haddam Neck original in the Hale Collection, no birth dates are provided but ages were given. However, many markers did have exact dates of birth. [Cemetery lists for other cemeteries may contain that data]. I asked about the lack of birth dates for Haddam Neck at the State Library and was told there might be differences in the original notes [which are available] and the typewritten copy of the cemetery. Time prohibited checking into this further. To my knowledge no book of cemeteries from the Hale Copllection had been published. I hope this explanation helps more than it confuses. David _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Forwarding this from Fred Provoncha, who's just joined the list and posted before I could get his name added to the Accept list. If you' re looking in Essex County, NY, Fred's your man. =================================== Hi there, just joined the list, you can see my Brook's on Rootsweb-Worldconnet unclefred database.. -- Regards, Fred V Provoncha http://home.att.net/~unclefred http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyessex http://www.gencircles.com/users/unc lefred http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb .com/~unclefred/main.htm

Despite all the distractions, the number of B-NE subscribers recently passed 200, and we're at 202 this morning as I write. Reaching the benchmark of 200 subscribers has been a longtime personal goal of mine. I guess we're doing something right. :-) Chris

Hi, Chris and List! The above link will best describe the Hale Collection. Looked under CT State Lib,then history and genealogy, then basic genealogical resources. It's definitely worth bookmarking the CT STATE LIBRARY and purusing the history and genealogy section. All the best, Kathy P.S. My husband (dear person!!!) is letting me borrow his computer while mine is being repaired. Sob!

--=======23F36D2C======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-13EA782F; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Good morning, Can anyone tell me/us about the Hale Collection, which apparently covers some portion of CT and has been mentioned several times on the CTMIDDLE list? The well-known Barbour Collection is an index of the various towns' vitals compiled by (Lucius?) Barbour, who if memory serves was CT Secretary of State. But the Hale Collection is a new resource to me, and I'd like to know more about it. Please send any replies to the list, not to me privately, so that we can all benefit. Thanks, Chris --=======23F36D2C======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-13EA782F Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.306 / Virus Database: 166 - Release Date: 12/4/01 --=======23F36D2C=======--

--=======4F8C3CA0======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-6CDC3A50; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Yes, the subject is getting tedious -- for both you and I. But the BadTrans worm continues to circulate, and I continue to receive it many times daily. Not only am I running out of time and patience to gently explain to each sender, but there's a new worm tonight, "Gone," making its appearance. The only way to break these cycles is for all of us to take adequate precautions, which I will outline below. Please don't think that this sort of stuff will simply "blow over" -- I'm afraid these things are here to stay. We can all each spend a moment or two each day on internet security, or we can watch our genealogy lists crippled and ultimately disabled. It's up to us. (1) Each and every one of us needs virus-scanning software, with up-to-date signature (virus recognition) files. In weeks like this one, new signature files may be released as often as several times a day, and you MUST keep up with these. Yesterday's signature file will NOT recognize the virus written today! Many commercial programs are available, the best probably being Norton AntiVirus and PcCillin. (McAfee is considered by most computer professionals to be the most inconsistent of the commercial choices.) Be aware that each program uses different algorithms to look for signs of a virus -- so one program may not catch a new virus which another program does recognize. Each developer may have different practices on releasing signature updates -- you want the folks who respond the quickest by releasing a new signature file. You also have three FREE choices, two which you download, and one which will provide you with a free (but slow) online system scan. These are F-Prot (from Iceland, rumored to be used by the Dept. of Defense) http://www.complex.is/cgi-bin/home_pager AVG (you may have trouble getting through to their busy server) http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_dwnl3.cfm?reg=new HouseCall (online, from the maker of PC-Cillin) http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_pcc.asp Note that HouseCall is only a bandaid solution -- you want around-the-clock protection to avoid getting hit, not just a one-time checkup and disinfection after your machine has already been infected. (2) I recommend that you set up the software to be resident, that is, always scanning anything incoming. For some folks this is impractical -- the software may cause other programs to crash, or consume too much in the way of system resources. In this case, I recommend you begin the practice of scanning, immediately after downloading new mail, the contents of the directory ("folder") in which you store your incoming mail -- BEFORE you read or even preview one single item. This takes only seconds and can be done without having to commit system resources to enable a program to run 24/7. Even previewing an infected message in Outlook Express may be enough to infect your machine, without ever opening the message with a mouse click. (3) The old habit of making a dialup connection, and then staying on for hours at a time, is becoming a substantial security risk. Unless you have a firewall (PortIce, ZoneAlarm, BlackIce, etc.) installed, your computer can be pinged and accessed by other computers, without your knowledge, as long as you are connected to the Internet. The newer, safer practice replicates the "old days" -- you log on to get your mail, then log off the 'Net to read and write your responses to it. There's also a lot to be said for this practice as well in terms of not hogging bandwidth, and slowing things down for other users. (4) Most of the recent worms and viruses target Microsoft products -- Outlook, Outlook Express, and Internet Explorer. This is not surprising, when you think about it. Not only are there many, many documented security holes in these three Microsoft products, but if you are an angry teenaged cracker writing these programs, don't you want to target the software with the largest installed user base? That is, of course, Microsoft. The third reason it's not surprising is that Microsoft is conspicuously an arrogant monopoly which has been sued by half the states and the federal government for its monopolistic practices. Every time Bill Gates appears on the TV to tout XP or some other new release, I'm sure he inspires dozens of crackers to try to write more malicious code which will target his products. He is, after all, the richest man in the world -- who better to target? I recommend in the STRONGEST terms that you avoid Outlook Express like the plague -- it's basically a magnet for these problems, as well as a really wimpy piece of software. Two other free, and vastly more full-featured, email programs are Eudora (in the free version, it's "sponsorware," with small ads in one corner) and Pegasus Mail (absolutely free). There's really no reason not to switch to one of these, unless you enjoy insecurity, viruses, and repetitive paranoia. To download Eudora: http://www.eudora.com/ To download Pegasus Mail: http://www.pmail.com/ As for Internet Explorer, you MUST keep up to date with the frequent security patches released by Microsoft if you continue to use this product. I recommend that you set up your machine with the Windows Update routine so that you will be notified every time an update or patch is released. Windows Update is automatically configured to run in most newer machines. If it's not, you can use the Start/Find/Files or Folders applet to search for C:\WINDOWS\WUPDMGR.EXE, and double-click on that to manually run the update. Once you are connected to Microsoft's Windows Update website, there's an option to download an applet to install a\utomatic checking for new patches every time you log onto the Internet. I recommend that you set this up. The MS server will search your system to see what you have installed, and then present a list of "Critical" and "Recommended" patches and upgrades. You MUST approve anything marked Critical, but everything else is discretionary. Click on Download, and the server will download and automatically install whatever patches are needed to bring you current. Windows Update isn't just for users of I/E, but for anyone using Windows as their operating system. (5) Prevention. You can't look for giveaway names ("Hahaha" or "sexyfun.com") anymore. The latest viruses and worms are smart enough to raid your address book, or email inbox, and send spawn of themselves to all the addresses found in there. Viruses and worms do NOT have to come as an attachment -- they can be hidden in HTML (web page markup language) code or in a Microsoft Word macro embedded in a Word document. As listowner I will do the job of alerting my lists when a new virus or worm appears -- in a brief notice -- but then it's YOUR job to log onto the Internet and learn enough about the new problem to recognize it when it appears in your mail, and to kill it there before it can replicate and spread from you to others. People will only stop writing these things when we are all fully protected. And realize that the urge to send pretty HTML emails and to use all the latest stationary, holiday cards and other gadgets only increases your risk of an infection. Plain text, whenever it will do the job, remains the safest method of communication by a country mile. PLEASE BOOKMARK THESE PAGES for current virus info and advisories: Symantec (makers of Norton AntiVirus) http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ TrendMicro (makers of PC-Cillin) http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/ And please continue to observe the standard precautions -- don't open unexpected attachments (you can always email the sender to confirm), don't open attachments with double file extensions (someone last night sent me ME_NUDE.scr.pif), and consult one of the antivirus sites immediately if you're at all suspicious about an incoming piece of mail. Chris Christopher Brooks, List Administrator: ==================================== BROOKS-NE (Brooks Families of New England), HAPGOOD, and MERRIAM lists at RootsWeb. ==================================== [email protected] --=======4F8C3CA0======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-6CDC3A50 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.303 / Virus Database: 164 - Release Date: 11/24/01 --=======4F8C3CA0=======--

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