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Hello all Germanna researchers. I have added a new feature to the GERMANNA COLONIES Family History Web Site and would like for some of you to try it out. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/index.html It is called "HumanClick". Yeah, I know, it's a rather generic name for a feature for a web site, but that's what the publishers of the program call it. What it is, is a clickable place near the top of the page for users of the web site to contact me or to leave messages. Here's how it works: If I'm at my computer, a user of the web site will see a graphic indicating he/she may chat with me "live". If I'm away from the computer, the user will see a graphic indicating he/she may leave a message, since I'm not "online". Since I am now using a cable modem and am always "online", I have set up the utility to always be active, unless I manually go "offline", or if the screen saver kicks in, in which case the utility will automatically go "offline". It's just something I thought might be of use to users, especially new ones, and give them the opportunity to contact me immediately if they have questions, problems, etc., rather than their having to send an email. Just log on to the web site and you'll see the either a "Click to Chat With Me" or a "Leave Me a Message". If some of you want to try it out, please do so. If I'm available, I'll hear a "doorbell" sound and we will be able to chat "real time". I'm also sending this same notice to a couple of non-Germanna Mailing Lists I manage to let the folks there know about this very nice service. The "basic" program is somewhat limited, but I think it's all most of us would ever need on our web pages. The "Pro" and "Plus" versions are quite costly. Look at it and let me know what you think. Regards, SgtGeorge George W. Durman Listowner

The BLANKENBECKLER / GERMANNA COLONIES REUNION WILL BE HELD; Willow Springs, Mo. May 26th & 27th, 2001 Sat. 8:AM-6:PM Sun. 8:AM till______ Memorial day weekend It will be held at the Pavilion in the City Park at the corner of 10th St.& N. Walnut St. We are having a drawing on Sat. the 26th.of May at the reunion. Deadline for registration is the 29th of April & you must attend the reunion to qualify. One entry per family. Please send your entry stating your name, e-mail &/or home address, how many in your group will be attending the reunion TO: Helen Cast 310 Park Row Snow Hill, Md. 21863 hcast@dmv.com The prize to be awarded will be an antique butter mold circa mid 1800. Hand made & hand carved has great patina with double wheat pattern. Women used these molds to enhance the butter they sold. Each household had their own pattern. The attachment is a photo of the mold. Those of you who are receiving this on a mailing list & since I cannot send the photo to the lists, Please send me your e-mail address & I will be happy to forward the picture to you. Since I will be leaving my home on the 1st of May I will be sending only one more message after this one. My husband will be taking his laptop so if you need to get in touch with me after May the 1st. you can use this e-mail address: gypsycats@prodigy.net. I will answer as soon as I can. I hope to see you at the reunion. It seems very promising & I am very excited & hopeful about it. To repeat, we are having some very prominent genealogists attending. Plenty of good food & some of the best entertainment. Don't forget to bring your dessert if possible. If you are unable to bring a dessert, no problem. There will be plenty. If you are having trouble finding a place to stay, please let me know. I still might be able to help. PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING ANY & ALL GENEALOGY INFORMATION PERTAINING TO YOUR LINE. Books, pictures, certificates [birth, death, marriage etc] . If you need anymore information please let me know. I will be here at this address til April 29th. Helen Cast 310 Park Row Snow Hill, Md. 21863 hcast@dmv.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----

The following link shows census info for Jefferson Co., KY. Note there is an unplaced Madison Broyles in the 1850 census. The census entry is quite unusual. It does not appear that Harriet Broyles is his wife. She is possibly a widowed sister-in-law, or an unmarried sister, with young son John. Note also the presence of a Pate child in the family. Also living nearby is Washingon Broyles whose wife is Emily Pate. The Jefferson Co. census records are problematic. William Broyles is the patriarch of the Jefferson Co. branch but is only found in the 1810 census. Records for 1820 and 1830 would probably clear up who Madison is (another son of William?), but they appear to be incomplete. http://www.ultranet.com/~deeds/broyles/html/census/KYJeffer.htm#1850 Researching Pate and Broyles in Jefferson Co., KY I am looking for any info on Litha Murtle Pate who married Madison Newton Broyles who had a daughter Mable Broyles who married George Batt who is my husband's great-great grandparents. If you can help it would be appreciated. Thanks!!

--part1_c.13928193.27fbb5d4_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear List, If anyone can help Sheryl, please e-mail her. She is not a list member. Thank you, Carol Ten Eick Ayers www.my-ged.com/ayers Researching Pate and Broyles in Jefferson Co., KY --part1_c.13928193.27fbb5d4_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <sbatt@southwind.net> Received: from rly-xd01.mx.aol.com (rly-xd01.mail.aol.com [172.20.105.166]) by air-xd05.mail.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 21:25:45 -0500 Received: from smtp06.mail.onemain.com (smtp-out003.onemain.com [63.208.208.73]) by rly-xd01.mx.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 21:25:35 -0500 Received: (qmail 13467 invoked from network); 23 Mar 2001 02:25:34 -0000 Received: from adsl-29-108-dist-1.southwind.net (HELO southwind.net) ([209.134.108.29]) (envelope-sender <sbatt@southwind.net>) by smtp06.mail.onemain.com (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for <MK212@aol.com>; 23 Mar 2001 02:25:34 -0000 Message-ID: <3ABAB288.DF542FD1@southwind.net> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 20:18:49 -0600 From: Sheryl Batt <sbatt@southwind.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en]C-{C-UDP; Fortune-Billing} (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: MK212@aol.com Subject: Pate Family Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am looking for any info on Litha Murtle Pate who married Madison Newton Broyles who had a daughter Mable Broyles who married George Batt who is my husband's great-great grandparents. If you can help it would be appreciated. Thanks!! --part1_c.13928193.27fbb5d4_boundary--

The List Archives are now working!!!!! HOORAH, HOORAH!!!!! For those who have been waiting to access them in order to search for things, this should be welcome news. HOW TO USE THE ARCHIVES: There are two types of Archives access: 1) SEARCH the Archives for specific messages by searching for names, words, etc. Use this URL and substitute the name of the List for XXXXX: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=XXXXX (In other words, you would replace XXXXX with SMITH to search the SMITH Mailing List for something. In this SEARCH you MUST type the name in ALL CAPS. Another example would be to replace XXXXX with EUDORA-MAIL, VIRUS-DISCUSSION, or WINDOWS- FOR DUMMIES, etc.) Once at the appropriate page, you would type in the word or words, and select the year to search. Some Lists have been in existence since 1996, while others are relatively new, starting in 2000 or 2001. 2) BROWSE the Archives to go from message to message, month by month, year by year: Use this URL and substitute the name of the List for xxxxx: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/xxxxx (Replace xxxxx with the appropriate surname, e.g. smith. In this search, you MUST type the name in non-caps. Again, for non- surname Lists, examples would be eudora-mail, virus-discussion, or windows-for-dummies, etc.) On this page, you can choose to see all List email "threaded" or in "chronological" order. You will see a list by month and year, from the first month the List was active, to the present month. EXTREMELY IMPORTANT !!!!! If you do a BROWSE, you cannot search for a word or words; what you will see will be all the emails for a specific month/year, either arranged by date, or by "thread", with the only identifier being the SUBJECT line. This is why it is VERY, VERY IMPORTANT that when you post an email to a List, or reply to an email, you MAKE SURE your subject line is descriptive of what you are sending. These BROWSE pages give lists of emails by SUBJECT LINES !!!!! Thus, if you are subscribed to the -D (Digest mode) List, and you reply to an email contained within the Digest and DON'T change the subject line, it will look something like this: Re: GERMANNA_COLONIES-D Digest V01 #104 So, your reply gets Archived with THAT subject line. What does that tell searchers when they are using the BROWSE utility? Absolutely NOTHING!!!!! In short, if you're a -D (Digest mode) subscriber, CHANGE THE SUBJECT LINE to match that of the email within the Digest before replying. Please!!!!! A word about using the SEARCH feature. You will have to experiment to find out how to best word your queries. Unfortunately, the search engine at Rootsweb is not a true "boolean" utility. You cannot search for a phrase. For instance, if you do a search for "germans in virginia", you will get "hits" on all emails that contain all three of those words, but not necessarily all together in a phrase. Regards, SgtGeorge George W. Durman Knoxville, TN Listowner

----------------------- Mailing List Etiquette Here are some tips to remember when signing up for Mailing Lists: ~ If you are sent a confirmation letter (Welcome Letter), keep it in a folder somewhere, so that if you don't remember signing up for it, you'll have a copy somewhere that says you did. This can also be useful in remembering which email address you used, in case you have mail forwarded to that account, or have more than one email address. (The best way to save such Welcome Letters is to make a Mailbox in your email program for each surname List to which you subscribe; then, save the Welcome Letter in that Mailbox and don't ever delete it. Or make a separate Mailbox for "Saved Welcome Letters" and put all of them in that one Mailbox.) ~ UNSUBSCRIBE instructions are found in the body text of ALL Rootsweb Mailing Lists. Be sure to follow them, or you may not be unsubscribed, or it may take longer. If you don't follow the un- subscribe instructions, you will cause an error email to be sent to the List Manager/Administrator, which causes him/her to have to manually unsubscribe you, and will cause more work on his/ her part. Or, if you don't follow instructions, you may send your "unsubscribe" request back to the Mailing List itself, which not only doesn't do you any good (it won't be automatically acted upon), but it causes unnecessary posts to the List, which causes all users to have to download "junk posts". ~ If you feel it worth the time for you to subscribe to a Mailing List, you should feel it worth the time to follow instructions and not cause problems for other people, subscribers or List Managers. ~ REMEMBER, it's called ETIQUETTE! SgtGeorge George W. Durman Knoxville, TN Listowner

Subject: BLANKENBECKLER / GERMANNA COLONIES REUNION > PLEASE accept my apology for the inconvenience I caused with my BB reunion > message I sent out yesterday the 27th. I recently purchased a new computer & > have spent the last several days setting it up. It seems I overlooked a > small box that should have been UNCHECKED. To send or not to send messages > by HTML. All of my mail yesterday went out in MIME. Hopefully from now on my > mail will be in plain text. > Helen Cast > > I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THIS TO MY MESSAGE; > I realize it is getting more difficult to find places to stay during the > reunion. PLEASE, If you are having trouble finding a motel with vacancies > let me know. I can't promise but I will do my best to see if I might be able > to find you something. Time is running out so let me know as soon as > possible. > > > BLANKENBECKLER / GERMANNA COLONIES REUNION > > PLEASE MARK THIS ON YOUR CALENDAR > > Will be held at Willow Springs, Mo. Howell County > At the Pavilion in the City Park located at the corner of > 10th & N. Walnut ST. > May 26th & 27th Sat. & Sun. 8:AM - 6:PM 2001 > > COME ON EVERYBODY! LETS HAVE A BIG, BIG TURNOUT. > IT WILL BE SO MUCH FUN AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL FOR ALL OF US. THERE > WILL BE PLENTY OF SPACE FOR THE CHILDREN TO PLAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A > DRAWING. > YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A PICTURE & INFORMATION ON THAT SOON. > > I WILL BE SENDING MESSAGES TO YOU, KEEPING YOU INFORMED TIL THE 1ST OF MAY. > AT THAT TIME I WILL BE LEAVING FOR A MONTH LONG, 5 STATE TRIP, DOING > RESEARCH ALONG THE WAY, VISITING RELATIVES & ULTIMATELY WINDING UP AT THE > BLANKENBECKLER REUNION AT WILLOW SPRINGS, MO > > > > > SUGGESTION PAGE > > You will probably want to print out this info !!!!!!!!!!!! > > 1. Bring your own chair, [folding, etc] &/or Pallet. There will be tables > & benches but may not be enough. If you cannot bring chairs, I'm sure we > will be able to come up with some > > 2. There will be plenty of food. Hamburgers & hotdogs with all the trimmings > & chips. We will also have cold drinks & hot coffee. > The food will be free but donations will be excepted to defray the costs. > NO ALCOHOL PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > I'm asking that each of us bring a dessert, if it's convenient. It would be > wonderful to have a nice dessert table. > > Food donations will be accepted at the park > 3. If possible, bring hand- out copies of your genealogy information also > pictures of ancestors, certificates of birth, death, marriage, anything you > might have that is connected to your genealogical line. Stories, anything > that comes to mind. Some of you have mentioned family books you would like > to share. Some have their family tree printed out & in frames. It has been > my experience that when you share with others you usually get a lot more > back. > So lets all be in a sharing mood. > > Bob & Diane Blankenbeckler have unselfishly offered to provide all the > necessary paper products (plates, cups, plastic ware, coffee, etc.). > > > REMEMBER ME, HELEN CAST > If you have a question or need any kind of help, > Please let me know. That's what I'm here for. > I'm very eager to help in any way. > > Helen Cast > 310 Park Row > Snow Hill, Md. > 21863 > > hcast@dmv.com > >

BLANKENBECKLER / GERMANNA COLONIES REUNION PLEASE MARK THIS ON YOUR CALENDAR Will be held at Willow Springs, Mo. Howell County At the Pavilion in the City Park located at the corner of 10th & N. Walnut ST. May 26th & 27th Sat. & Sun. 8:AM - 6:PM 2001 COME ON EVERYBODY! LETS HAVE A BIG, BIG TURNOUT. IT WILL BE SO MUCH FUN AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL FOR ALL OF US. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF SPACE FOR THE CHILDREN TO PLAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DRAWING. YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A PICTURE & INFORMATION ON THAT SOON. I WILL BE SENDING MESSAGES TO YOU, KEEPING YOU INFORMED TIL THE 1ST OF MAY. AT THAT TIME I WILL BE LEAVING FOR A MONTH LONG, 5 STATE TRIP, DOING RESEARCH ALONG THE WAY, VISITING RELATIVES & ULTIMATELY WINDING UP AT THE BLANKENBECKLER REUNION AT WILLOW SPRINGS, MO SUGGESTION PAGE You will probably want to print out this info !!!!!!!!!!!! 1. Bring your own chair, [folding, etc] &/or Pallet. There will be tables & benches but may not be enough. If you cannot bring chairs, I'm sure we will be able to come up with some 2. There will be plenty of food. Hamburgers & hotdogs with all the trimmings & chips. We will also have cold drinks & hot coffee. The food will be free but donations will be excepted to defray the costs. NO ALCOHOL PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm asking that each of us bring a dessert, if it's convenient. It would be wonderful to have a nice dessert table. Food donations will be accepted at the park 3. If possible, bring hand- out copies of your genealogy information also pictures of ancestors, certificates of birth, death, marriage, anything you might have that is connected to your genealogical line. Stories, anything that comes to mind. Some of you have mentioned family books you would like to share. Some have their family tree printed out & in frames. It has been my experience that when you share with others you usually get a lot more back. So lets all be in a sharing mood. Bob & Diane Blankenbeckler have unselfishly offered to provide all the necessary paper products (plates, cups, plastic ware, coffee, etc.). REMEMBER ME, HELEN CAST If you have a question or need any kind of help, Please let me know. That's what I'm here for. I'm very eager to help in any way. Helen Cast 310 Park Row Snow Hill, Md. 21863 hcast@dmv.com

At 04:55 PM 03/22/2001, JAYEWHEEL@aol.com wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >Hi Listers > >I received the following notice on the TATE-L genealogy list and I thought >it >would be worth sharing. > >Jean >(snip) **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********** Hi Jean. Thanks for the forward. I saw this a few days ago, but can't remember if I sent it to the BROYLES List or not. Don't think I did. It got my dander up too! I've never been an FTM fan, and the more the hear, the more I don't care for the product. The folks who now own FTM aren't about "genealogy programs", they're about "selling CDs with purloined data". SgtGeorge George W. Durman Knoxville, TN

Hi Listers I received the following notice on the TATE-L genealogy list and I thought it would be worth sharing. Jean > ************************************************* > X-Message: #1 > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 05:37:06 +0300 > From: Lloyd Neilsen <lloydi@ubtanet.com> > To: TATE-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <3AB570D0.A57@ubtanet.com> > Subject: [TATE-L] Re: [NHROCKIN] Genealogy for Profit. A declaration of > WAR! > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hi everyone. this came as a message from the listowner for the > Rockingham, New Hamspshire list that I belong to. I thought everyone > ought to see what is going on. Mr. Marston has asked that we send this > along to the lists we belong to so I am doing so. Please read the whole > message to see what is going on. I think at the very least we ought to > take it as a warning and a reminder that not all we find is correct > information and just use it as a tool to look further. > > Lee Neilsen in Eastern Utah > <A HREF="mailto:lloydi@ubtanet.com">lloydi@ubtanet.com</A> > ************************* > Dick Marston wrote: > > Listers: > > I have naively included a link to GenForum for those wishing to post and > respond to Rockingham and Marston surname queries. Furthermore, I have > innocently posted several responses on those forums. Today, I have amended > the link on Rockingham's Queries Index Page to read as follows: > > **If you want still another place to search and post, try the Rockingham > county message board on [ genforum.genealogy.com/nh/rockingham/ ] WARNING!! > Any information which you share on GenForum's message boards may be copied > by Genealogy.com [/FamilyTreeMaker.com] and sold by them for profit either > as data included on a monthly/annual subscription or as a CD for purchase. > Much of this information is totally unreliable. Caveat emptor [Buyer > beware]. In order to see what, if any, information Genealogy.com has > acquired from your voluntary contributions, you will first need to > subscribe to their service available to paying members only.** > > I am SO angry I could spit!! Until I started checking up on this fiasco > about my father's pedigree, I had NO clue that Genealogy.com was doing > this. I want to declare WAR! I can't get through to their leaders, but I > sure would like to get through to their potential customers and unwitting > voluntary contributors. > > Please feel free to copy and paste [or send] this warning wherever, or to > whomever, you think might do the most good. You may post it as your own > message or as a quote from me, whichever you prefer. Your help will be > greatly appreciated. > -- > **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**********

This was sent to me by another genealogy researcher and I thought I'd pass along to in case any of you have been tempted to respond to, or do business with, any of the companies/web sites. Be sure to go down to the section "Specific Companies". Regards, SgtGeorge George W. Durman Listowner >There has been some email lately about scams. > >The following is excerpted from Eastman's Online Genealogy > Newsletter and is copyright 2001 by Richard W. Eastman. It is > re-published here with the permission of the author. > >Genealogy scams in general: > > Genealogical Web Site Watchdog (only for online scams) at: > http://www.ancestordetective.com/watchdog.htm > > The National Genealogical Society's Consumer Protection > Committee is quite active at keeping an eye on the various > scams, including both online and offline fraudsters. If you > have a question about a particular company's services, you can > contact the NGS Consumer Protection Committee via traditional > mail at: National Genealogical Society's Consumer Protection > Committee, at 4527 17th Street North, Arlington, VA 22207- > 2399. The committee also maintains Web pages at: > http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumer.htm and at: > http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerpsst.htm. However, > those pages do not mention specific companies. > > Cyndi's List has a section for genealogy myths, hoaxes and > scams at: http://www.cyndislist.com/myths.htm > > >Specific companies: > >I have received e-mail about the following companies; all have >been mentioned as having questionable services. I have listed URLs >where you can obtain further information: > > Family Discovery.com - an online Web site that claims to have > "the Web's most versatile Award Winning collection of > genealogical databases." However, they don't mention the > "award" they received from the Better Business Bureau! The > Bureau says, "Based on BBB files, this company has an > unsatisfactory record with the Bureau due to unanswered > complaint(s)." Family Discovery.com charges $59.99 for a one- > year subscription. Most of the same information is available > elsewhere on the Web at no charge. In fact, many of the links > on FamilyDiscovery.com simply take you to free Web sites. You > can obtain the same information at no cost by using one of the > free search engines. Details are available on the Genealogical > Web Site Watchdog site at: > http://www.ancestordetective.com/watchdog.htm#Warning. There > is an Anti-FamilyDiscovery.com newsletter at: > http://compuright.dyndns.org/familydiscovery/ > > The xxx Family Yearbook - In this case, substitute your last > name for the "xxx." For instance, an advertisement sent to a > person named Smith would be advertising The Smith Family > Yearbook while someone named Clark would receive an > advertisement for The Clark Family Yearbook. These "yearbooks" > claim to have genealogy information. However, those who > purchase the "products" are usually disappointed. The > producing company has several business names; for example, you > can find them listed as Mountain West News Service or as the > Mountain Pacific News Service. They also may appear as an > organizational name, such as "The Smith Family Yearbook." > However, all these "companies" have the same address: 1181 S. > Parker Road, #105, Denver, CO 80231. The Better Business > Bureau lists the parent company as MORPHCORP. The News Herald > of Panama City, Florida has an article about these "products" > at: http://www.newsherald.com/articles/2000/04/16/tp041600.htm > > Family Tree House - I wrote about this company in the October > 31, 1998 edition of this newsletter. The company gives an > appearance of a Web site that offers genealogy services. In > fact, it does not appear to sell anything. However, the same > company advertises on another Web site with an offer to sell > personal information obtained from genealogists who visit the > Family Tree House site. You innocently enter personal > information about yourself on Family Tree House and then > operators of the site sell your personal information to bulk > mail companies. Information for sale includes name, address, > e-mail address and more. You can read that article at: > http://ancestordetective.com/watchdog.htm#sells > > The Historical Research Center (HRC) International, Inc. sells > "family histories" and coats of arms. Information about the > true value of these products can be found on the Genealogical > Web Site Watchdog site at: > http://www.ancestordetective.com/watchdog.htm#Coats. Keep > in mind that this company sells franchises. A few years ago > they were listed as one of the top 30 fastest growing > franchises in America. You may find their products being sold > by other companies who purchase franchises. One such company > is Names.com, but apparently there are many others as well. > > The International Hall of Names in Canada also sells "family > histories" and coats of arms. They are also mentioned on the > Genealogical Web Site Watchdog site at: > http://www.ancestordetective.com/watchdog.htm#Coats. > >I would caution anyone to be careful about "family coats of arms." >In fact, in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and most of western >Europe, there really is no such thing as a family coat of arms. In >those countries, arms have always been awarded to individuals, not >to families. Displaying a coat of arms that you are not authorized >to use is a form of identity theft, even if you do happen to have >the same last name as the original grantee. Any company offering >to sell you a copy of "your family's coat of arms" is selling a >bogus product. > >If you believe you have been the victim of a genealogy scam, you >can do something about it! If you purchased products or services >from the above companies or any others that you feel did not live >up to advertised claims, demand a refund! If your money is not >returned within 30 days or so from a U.S. company, submit a >complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Consumer >Protection at: >https://rn.ftc.gov/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01. A few >letters of inquiry from the federal government will send a strong >message to the people who produce products or services of >questionable value. If a Canadian company is involved, you can >register a complaint at: >http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/ct01250e.html. > >You also might want to warn other genealogists and tell them of >your experiences. You can post a message to others in the "Scams >and Fraud" section of CompuServe's Genealogy Techniques Forum >message board. Go to: >http://forums.compuserve.com/vlforums/default.asp?SRV=GenealogyForum&AREA=Ms >gs&SEC=15&loc=us&access=public

BLANKENBECKLER / GERMANNA COLONIES REUNION RECAP; To be held in WILLOW SPRINGS, MISSOURI HOWELL COUNTY At the PAVILION in the CITY PARK, located on the corner of 10th St & N. Walnut St. DATE; MAY , 26th & 27th, Year 2001 SATURDAY & SUNDAY 8:am - 6:pm PLEASE MARK THIS ON YOUR CALENDAR PROGRAM FOR SATURDAY.................... You will be greeted by the well known Gospel Singers , Brothers; DEAN LAWSON & GENE LAWSON Dean & Gene are grandsons of George Washington Blankenbeckler & Margaret Jenny Flemming, {Geo.W.'s second wife}. Dean Lawson resides in Sparta, Mo. & Gene Lawson resides in Holts Summit, Mo. Later in the day we will be honored with the appearance of Gene Lawson singing with the Southern Gospel Quartet called the........ " SOUNDS OF HIS COMING " You will also be greeted by the humorous BETTY SELSOR who will start our day off with a smile. Betty is the granddaughter of George Washington Blankenbeckler & Nancy Jane Jessee, {Geo.W.'s first wife}. Betty Selsor resides in Springfield, Mo. GUEST SPEAKERS & LEADING GENEALOGISTS 11:am; George Shyrock Sr......... George has been writing family histories for a number of years & is in the process of gathering information on George Washington Blankenbeckler & his descendents in preparation of his next book. George has been actively researching his family line for the past 20 years & has written & published more than 30 stories of various families in his lines. Several of his books have been placed in genealogical libraries in four states. George is planning on giving us a presentation & possibly illustrations on writing family stories. George feels this topic is very worthwhile because so many of us would like to write about our family history but hesitate because we aren't sure how to proceed. George is the greatgrandson of George Washington Blankenbeckler & Nancy Jane Jessee. George Shyrock resides in Englewood, Fl. 1:pm; Hallie Garner..........Hallie is an author & genealogist & is preparing & busy gathering information for her book on the Blankenbeckler family. Hallie will be presenting a program primarily about Zachariahs Jr.& his descendents, the kind of life style he probably had & the points of migration of his descendents in the first 2 or 3 generations. Hallie will also speak on name changes because there are several. Hallie is from the Aaron Blankenbeckler line, Aaron being the son of Zachariah Jr. Hallie resides in Dallas, Tex. 2:pm; John & Eleanor Blankenbaker..........John & Eleanor are well known authors & travelers. Last year they traveled to Germany & Austria to visit our Germanna Colonies Immigrants homes, churches & much more. John may discuss this trip They will have pictures of there trip to show us. John is well known for his "Germanna Short Notes" , "Beyond Germanna Magazine" John presents his Notes on the GERMANNA COLONIES DISCUSSION LIST. John will give us a presentation on the Early Years in Virginia. This will cover from about 1717 to 1750 which is about the birth date of Zachariahs,Jr. Topics to be covered include 1)where they came from in Germany, 2)their intentions, 3)what happened to them, 4)their first {temporary} homes, 5)the move to the Robinson River Valley, 6)the establishment of the German Lutheran Church. John is descended from thirteen different families in the Germanna Colonies & counts Matthias, Balthasar, & Anna Maria Blankenbuhler as three ancestors. All three of these are siblings of John Nicholas Blankenbuhler from whom the Blankenbecklers descend Eleanor has her own German origins in Martin Zerby who came to New York in 1710. John & Eleanor Blankenbaker reside in Chadds Ford, Pa. For more information please contact; Helen Cast 310 Park Row Snow Hill, Md. 21863 hcast@dmv.com

Very good.Martha -----Original Message----- From: LISTOWNER <georgedurman@home.com> To: BROYLES-L@rootsweb.com <BROYLES-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, March 01, 2001 4:27 AM Subject: [BROYLES] Just a Test from the Listowner >My new cable modem is finally working properly and I'm trying >to see if my new email address is receiving emails posted to these >Lists. > >Forgive me for the junk, but I needed to find out tonight. > >Regards, >SgtGeorge >George W. Durman >Listowner > > >==== BROYLES Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from BROYLES, send an e-mail message to: > BROYLES-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > BROYLES-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) >Subject: unsubscribe >In the body include only one word: unsubscribe >(Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >

1) Several users of these various Lists have complained (rightly so) that it is very difficult to find non-genealogy Lists at Rootsweb. Here is some help: Go to http://www.rootsweb.com In the section, Exploring Rootsweb, the very last category at the bottom is "Communities at Rootsweb". Click on "Directory of Non-Genealogy Categories". There you will find all those "other" Lists. You can go directly to the "Communities" here: http://communities.rootsweb.com/ On that page, you will see about 45 different categories. Here are the ones in which I found things that might apply to the users on these Lists: Computers Cultures Sports Once on the various pages, you will also want to click either "Lists", "Page", or "-Marks", especially the last one. Some Lists, web pages, etc., are hidden in these "-Marks" pages. 2) If anyone has tried recently to access Archives for any List, you have received the reply, "List Not Found". This is an error. The Archives ARE still there; it's just that a major overhaul is being done on the Archive software and hard- ware and the files are off-line right now. I don't know when they will be available, but I will try to remember to let every- one know as soon as we Listowners are notified. Regards, SgtGeorge George W. Durman

My new cable modem is finally working properly and I'm trying to see if my new email address is receiving emails posted to these Lists. Forgive me for the junk, but I needed to find out tonight. Regards, SgtGeorge George W. Durman Listowner

I guess I misunderstood originally. Ken doesn't have the Manuscript posted on the web site, BUT if you navigate to his page, you can see how to contact him and purchase it: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/kenbroy.html SgtGeorge George W. Durman At 09:08 AM 02/27/2001, John K. Broyles, Sr. wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >Gallokc@aol.com wrote: > > > > Please post to this list the correct url for the BROYLES Manuscript. > > MVG > > > > ==== BROYLES Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from BROYLES, send an e-mail message to: > > BROYLES-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > > BROYLES-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) > > Subject: unsubscribe > > In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > >I donot have Dr. Keith's manuscript on the web. Steve Broyles has put >some of it. But I don't know the URL. > > >==== BROYLES Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from BROYLES, send an e-mail message to: > BROYLES-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > BROYLES-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) >Subject: unsubscribe >In the body include only one word: unsubscribe >(Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**********

You can get a copy of the manuscript from Ken Broyles at jkbroyles@icx.net Jean

Gallokc@aol.com wrote: > > Please post to this list the correct url for the BROYLES Manuscript. > MVG > > ==== BROYLES Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from BROYLES, send an e-mail message to: > BROYLES-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > BROYLES-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) > Subject: unsubscribe > In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com I donot have Dr. Keith's manuscript on the web. Steve Broyles has put some of it. But I don't know the URL.

The URL I sent earlier was a good one. Rootsweb was just down over the weekend. Here it is again: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sgtgeorg/kenbroy.html SgtGeorge At 05:41 PM 02/23/2001, Gallokc@aol.com wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* > Please post to this list the correct url for the BROYLES Manuscript. >MVG **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**********