- This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. - I'm sorry for not writing you sooner i had to make a sudden business trip to Poltava, Ukraine due to an emergency. Unforturnately for me i lost my pouch containing my bank card,my cell phone and the cash I had with me, so I can't access the ATM as planned. I need your help financially with $2,450 USD. I need to sort out some bills here and get back home. I assure you that i'll refund the money immediately am home hopefully tomorrow. It's really urgent, please get back to me asap so i'll advise you on how to have the money sent to me. Thanks so much Donald

Certainly hope no one falls for this. Not sure how it got thru but somehow it did. Notice when you hit reply your also get the following email addresses: [email protected] and [email protected] Not sure how this gentleman, I assume, managed to hack the Bunker Assn mailing list but he did. Everyone should delete this and/or report it to RootsWeb. Sally -------Original Message------- From: Donald Parsons via Date: 4/7/2015 2:51:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [BUNKER] Sad Trip!!!..............................Donald Parsons - This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. - I'm sorry for not writing you sooner I had to make a sudden business trip to Poltava, Ukraine due to an emergency. Unforturnately for me I lost my pouch containing my bank card,my cell phone and the cash I had with me, so I can't access the ATM as planned. I need your help financially with $2,450 USD. I need to sort out some bills here and get back home. I assure you that I'll refund the money immediately am home hopefully tomorrow. It's really urgent, please get back to me ASAP so I'll advise you on how to have the money sent to me. Thanks so much Donald ***************************** If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

One of the most challenging things to research for genealogists has been adoption. But a new law in New Jersey will make it easier for adopted children to find information about their birth parents and their ancestry. When a child is adopted in New Jersey, their original birth certificate is placed in a sealed file and an amended birth certificate with the adoptive parents' names as parents is created. The new birth certificate might also list the adoptive parents' address as the place of birth. But beginning in 2017, an adult adopted child can request to see - and obtain a non-certified copy of - their original birth record. That means the information contained in the original birth record will be just that - information. They will not be able to use the original birth record as proof of identification or for any other legal purposes. The only people allowed to request an original birth certificate in the case of an adoption are: an adult adopted child; a direct descendent, sibling or spouse of the adopted child; an adoptive parent or other legal guardian of a minor adopted child or a state or federal agency for official purposes. The New Jersey Department of Health is currently working to create online and print forms to request non-certified copies of original birth certificates, so applications can be submitted online and by mail. Some birth parents however, may choose to keep their identity secret. In order to maintain privacy, they will have the option to make their names available on the original birth certificate, or have their names redacted. So if you are an adopted child, you might be able to request your original birth certificate, but find that your birth parents' names have been blacked out. This is all good news to adopted children who can finally learn something of their origins. One downside to the new law however is that adopted children can't request vital records regarding their birth parents the way that non-adopted children can. The legal bond to their birth parents have been severed by the adoption so researching their past through vital records is problematic. For more information on adoptive birth records see the NJ Department of health's web site By Daniel Klein/For The Jersey Journal on April 03, 2015 at 2:40 PM Sally Rolls Pavia [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index "Our Soldiers are one of our greatest assets!"

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For those of you that don't get this email, here is a description of the fall of Richmond, VA. Sally The Legal Genealogist: When Richmond fell When Richmond fell Posted: 03 Apr 2015 06:00 AM PDT 150 years ago today Let us all stop at some point in our busy lives today for a moment of silence. Today, 3 April 2015, marks the 150th anniversary of the fall of Richmond. The account of the hours from the time Jefferson Davis ordered the evacuation of the Confederate government from the City of Richmond on the morning of Sunday, 2 April 1865, to the moment in the early morning hours of Monday, 3 April 1865, when the Union troops entered the city, is chilling: By early spring 1865 the citizens of Richmond had become used to the threat of capture by the Federal army whose soldiers the Richmond newspapers described with great imagination as the vilest of humanity. Richmond had endured some frighteningly close chances, and its inhabitants had grown accustomed to the sound of artillery fire from just ten miles outside the city. Their faith in Robert E. Lee was so complete that they knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that he would never allow Richmond to be taken. … Lee had always felt constrained by the duty to defend the Confederate capital. But abandoning it, he knew he could move more freely. So when General Philip Sheridan’s troops overran Confederate defenses at Five Forks on Saturday April 1, Lee made the decision to abandon the Petersburg defenses and, in doing so, to abandon Richmond. Confederate President Jefferson Davis had discussed the probability of quitting Richmond with Lee a month earlier, and he had already sent his wife and family out of the city. Despite these precautions, Davis still believed Lee could stave off disaster. I advise that all preparation be made for leaving Richmond tonight. –General Lee’s telegram to President Jefferson Davis Davis read General Lee’s telegram while attending Sunday morning church service. He immediately issued the first orders for the Confederate government’s evacuation. Word spread across the city. Lawley reports, “…quickly from mouth to mouth flew the sad tidings that in a few hours Richmond’s long and gallant resistance would be over.” Officially, the citizens of Richmond did not hear anything for hours, but they could not help but notice the fires in front of the government offices as official documents burned. … All through the night preparations for fleeing from the city kept the Richmonders busy. When the last Confederate soldiers rode across the pontoon bridge to catch up with Lee’s troops, those left behind believed they would return soon, to take the city back from the Yankees. In the city small fires of documents still burned. … … The fires, though, grew out of control, burning the center of the city … Embers from the street fires of official papers and from the paper torches used by vandals drifted. The wind picked up. Another building caught fire. The business district caught fire. … The Union cavalry entered town. … Union General Godfrey Weitzel … ordered his troops to put out the fire. The city’s two fire engines worked, bucket brigades were formed. Threatened buildings were pulled down to create firebreaks. Five hours later the wind finally shifted, and they began to bring it under control. All or part of at least 54 blocks were destroyed, according to Furgurson. Weitzel wrote “The rebel capitol, fired by men placed in it to defend it, was saved from total destruction by soldiers of the United States, who had taken possession.” And the city rested.1 Now The Legal Genealogist is way too much of a Yankee to be mourning the impending end of the Confederacy that the fall of Richmond foretold. My Texas-born-and-bred grandfather referred to this Colorado-born grandchild as a “damnyankee” — one word, of course — for my north-of-the-Mason-Dixon-line attitudes. It’s just that I am too much of a genealogist — and way too much of a descendant of Virginians — not to be mourning what we lost in those fire. The loss of all those records. You see, so many Virginia counties believed their courthouses would be burned by the Yankees as battle after battle was fought on the soil of the Old Dominion. So to preserve and protect the records so near and dear to our genealogical hearts — deed books, will books, court minutes, vital records and more, the counties carefully boxed them up and sent them — for safekeeping — to the city they were sure would never fall. They sent them to Richmond.2 Where, during that terrible 24 hours before the city officially fell to the Yankees, the Confederate Government set some records on fire — and the spread of the fire took out the rest. Records loss from the Richmond fire is simply staggering, among them some or all of the records of: • Elizabeth City County • Gloucester County • Henrico County • Hanover County • James City County • Mathews County • New Kent County • Richmond City • Warwick County3 So let’s have a moment of silence today for the fall of the City of Richmond And the catastrophic loss of colonial and early statehood records that terrible time, 150 years ago today. SOURCES Image: “The fall of Richmond Va. on the night of April 2nd” (New York: Currier & Ives, c1865); Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov : accessed 2 Apr 2015). “The Fall of Richmond, Virginia,” Civil War Trust (http://www.civilwar.org/ : accessed 2 April 2015) (emphasis added). ↩ Carol McGinnis, Virginia Genealogy: Sources and Resources (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publ. Co., 1993), 155. ↩ “Lost Records Localities: Counties and Cities with Missing Records,” Library of Virginia (https://www.lva.virginia.gov : accessed 2 Apr 2015). ↩ You are subscribed to email updates from The Legal Genealogist To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.Email delivery powered by Google Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States

[downloaded from “Genealogy In Time Magazine,” dated 7 Feb 2015] US – The General Land Office of Texas has digitized and put online a collection of early Texas maps. Known as the Frank and Carol Holcomb Map Collection, it consists of rare maps of Texas and the southwest United States that date back as far as 1513. The maps can be downloaded for a fee from the website Save Texas History. [Early Texas Maps] - See more at: http://www.glo.texas.gov/save-texas-history/ Top 100 Genealogy Websites of 2015 http://www.genealogyintime com/articles/top-100-genealogy-websites-of-2015-page01.html CORNWALL ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - helping bring the past alive · We provide genealogy information for researchers FREE OF CHARGE · Access our Parish Index for individual Parish information and the email addresses of OPCs · Search our database (C-PROP) of Parish Register transcriptions for all of Cornwall · Use other searches for non-conformist records, certificate data, voters lists, protestation returns etc. · Visit the Maps section to discover geographical relationships and locations · Use the frequently-updated Resources section for information that could help your research http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ Christ Church Historical Collections Online In 2012 the Pew Charitable Trusts generously provided funding to the Christ Church Preservation Trust to expand digital access to some of the Church's key records. Vestry minutes from 1717 (our earliest extant records) through 1815 were scanned and transcribed. These records can now be searched by name or by key words or phrases. In addition to the Vestry minutes, the church's parish registers of baptisms marriages and burials are searchable as well as pew rent registers from 1778-1785. For the remainder of the article: http://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/ChristChurch/ Sally Rolls Pavia [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index "Our Soldiers are one of our greatest assets!"

Until after the Middle Ages, the people of Scandinavia did not find it necessary to use a surname-the sparse population and stability of the residents meant everyone knew Jens and Katrina (and their family) in a given town. Around the 15th or 16th century (it varied locally), surnames came into use To establish surnames, most of the general population adopted the patronymic system. This system continued in use at least through the 19th century, and sometimes into the 20th century. Here are TK tips for sorting out Scandinavian names: 1) Patronymics Each country mandated the end of patronymics at a different time, but adoption of fixed or heritable (or inheritable, which technically means the same thing, as confusing as that may be) surnames was not immediately universally adopted (even when required by law). These changes occurred over a period of time, but roughly the same time throughout Scandinavia. 2) Naming Hierarchy The pattern was for the nobility to first adopt fixed surnames, then the artisans, clergy, merchants, and finally the general population (farmers and laborers). When the clergy initially adopted surnames, they often Latinized" the name or used an actual Latin name. Artisans and craftsmen often used German-sounding surnames. 3) Country-to-Country Differences In Denmark, a law was passed in 1526 requiring fixed surnames for the nobility. In 1771 an act was passed mandating universal fixed surnames in the Duchy of Schleswig (then part of Denmark); a universal law for all of Denmark was passed in 1828, but was not immediately embraced by everyone, especially the rural population. Additional acts were passed in 1856, 1904, 1961, 1981 and 2005. Most of the population changed over by the end of the 19th century, so the post-1900 laws were to catch the stragglers. Since the names were frozen on a patronymic in most cases, by 2009, 19 of the top 20 surnames in Denmark were based on a patronymic name; the lone exception was Møller (I.e, Miller), an occupation-based name (more on those later). In Norway a law was enacted in 1923 requiring that all families have a single, heritable surname. In 2009, 17 of the top 20 surnames were based on a patronymic. The other three were based on geography. In Sweden, the Name Adoption Act was passed in 1901, abolishing the creation of new patronymics by generation. From that time forward, everyone was required to have a family name that passed from generation to generation. As in Denmark, 19 of the top 20 surnames are patronymic; the sole exception is Lindberg, which again is geographically based. 4) Maiden Names Since each generation followed the same pattern, the mother's maiden name was not passed to her children except in extenuating circumstances. The children of the daughters would adopt patronymic names based on the given name of their (the child's) father. Note that Scandinavian women did not adopt the surname of their husbands-the birth name was retained for life. A woman would be listed by her birth name in birth and marriage records (obviously), as well as birth and marriage records of her children and her death record. In the mid-1800s some women adopted the husband's surname, as in much of the rest of Europe. This was not widespread until more recently (and not necessarily now-some women still retain their birth names after marriage). One note, however: Beginning in the 19th century, upon immigration to America, Scandinavian women might have adopted the husband's surname, knowing that this was the American practice. When looking for a woman from Scandinavia, check both ways. When the change to fixed surnames became universally adopted in the late 1800s, another change took place in Norway: Women began adopting their husband's surname instead of keeping their birth names (as is usually seen in North America). Thus Ane Jensdatter (daughter of Jens) who married Nils Andersen (son of Anders) could become Ane Andersen. Watch for this when looking at the parents of a child-where you might normally expect to see the parents as Nils Andersen and Ane Jensdatter, with this scenario it would be Nils Andersen and Ane Andersen. Search for their marriage record to be sure whether her father was Anders or something else (Jens, in this case) before following the wrong maternal line. 5) Matronymic Surnames Occasionally, the illegitimate child of a Scandinavian woman might be given a matronymic name (based on the mother's first name). This is not the norm, though, since even illegitimate births generally acknowledge the name of the father, and the child is named accordingly. That is the usual reason for a child bearing a surname like Marensen. Sometimes a record will show a female's surname with "-dtr" at the end instead of spelling out the extension. That is just an abbreviation, the actual surname is with the full extension for a daughter. These endings were used through most of the 18th and 19th centuries. Late in the 19th century, just before adopting fixed surnames, many families (especially in Denmark) began using the male extension for both sons and daughters. Downloaded from “Family Tree University,” dated April 1, 2015 Sally Rolls Pavia [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index "Our Soldiers are one of our greatest assets!"

Sorry the pictures didn't go through, you really missed some great pictures Sally Thank you, Kathy, these trees are certainly exotic. Sally .. 16 of The Most Magnificent Trees in The World 125+ Year Old Rhododendron Tree In Canada This huge 125-year-old rhododendron is technically not a tree most are considered to be shrubs. You can find out more about it here. (Image credits: reddit) 144-Year-Old Wisteria In Japan Image credits: tungnam.com.hk At 1,990 square meters (about half an acre), this huge wisteria is the largest of its kind in Japan. Read more about it here. (Image credits: y-fu) Wind-Swept Trees In New Zealand These trees on Slope Point, the southern tip of New Zealand, grow at an angle because they are constantly buffeted by extreme antarctic winds. Find out more here. (Image credits: Seabird Nz) Beautiful Japanese Maple In Portland, Oregon Image credits: falcor88 Image credits: Tom Schwabel Antarctic Beech Draped In Hanging Moss In Oregon The antarctic beech is native to Chile and Argentina, though this specimen is from the U.S. North Pacific region. (Image credits: Drew Hopper) Blooming Cherry Trees in Bonn, Germany This beautiful tunnel of cherry blossoms blooms in Bonn, Germany in April. To see more tunnels like this one, click here. (Image credits: Adas Meliauskas) Angel Oak In John's Island In South Carolina The Angel Oak in South Carolina stands 66.5 ft (20 m) tall and is estimated to be more than 1400 or 1500 years old. (Image credits: Daniela Duncan) Flamboyant Tree, Brazil The flamboyant tree is endemic to Madagascar, but it grows in tropical areas around the world. (Image credits: Salete T Silva) Dragonblood Trees, Yemen The dragonblood tree earned its fearsome name due to its crimson red sap, which is used as a dye and was used as a violin varnish, an alchemical ignredient, and a folk remedy for various ailments. (Image credits: Csilla Zelko) The President, Third-Largest Giant Sequoia Tree In The World, California President, located in Sequoia National Park in California, stands 241 ft (73m) tall and has a ground circumference of 93 ft (28m). It is the third largest giant sequoia in the world (second if you count its branches in addition to its trunk). (Image credits: Michael Nichols) Maple Tree Tunnel in Oregon Image credits: Ian Sane Rainbow Eucalyptus In Kauai, Hawaii Image credits: jwilsonnorton The rainbow eucalyptus, which grows throughout the South Pacific, is both useful and beautiful. It is prized for both the colorful patches left by its shedding bark and for its pulpwood, which is used to make paper. (Image credits: Christopher Martin) Jacarandas in Cullinan, South Africa These beautiful Jacarandas, with their violet flowers, grow in South Africa. (Image credits: Elizabeth Kendall) Avenue Of Oaks At Dixie Plantation In South Carolina This avenue of oak trees was planted some time in the 1790s on Dixie Plantation in South Carolina. (Image credits: Lee Sosby) Baobab Trees In Madagascar These baobabs in Madagascar are excellent at storing water in their thick trunks to use during droughts. (Image credits:confitalsurf) The Dark Hedges In Northern Ireland Ireland?s Dark Hedges were planted in the 18th century. This stunning beech tree tunnel was featured on Game of Thrones as well. Read more about it here. (Image credits: Christopher Tait) ***************************** If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you, Kathy, these trees are certainly exotic. Sally ... 16 of The Most Magnificent Trees in The World 125+ Year Old Rhododendron Tree In Canada This huge 125-year-old rhododendron is technically not a tree most are considered to be shrubs. You can find out more about it here. (Image credits: reddit) 144-Year-Old Wisteria In Japan Image credits: tungnam.com.hk At 1,990 square meters (about half an acre), this huge wisteria is the largest of its kind in Japan. Read more about it here. (Image credits: y-fu) Wind-Swept Trees In New Zealand These trees on Slope Point, the southern tip of New Zealand, grow at an angle because they are constantly buffeted by extreme antarctic winds. Find out more here. (Image credits: Seabird Nz) Beautiful Japanese Maple In Portland, Oregon Image credits: falcor88 Image credits: Tom Schwabel Antarctic Beech Draped In Hanging Moss In Oregon The antarctic beech is native to Chile and Argentina, though this specimen is from the U.S. North Pacific region. (Image credits: Drew Hopper) Blooming Cherry Trees in Bonn, Germany This beautiful tunnel of cherry blossoms blooms in Bonn, Germany in April. To see more tunnels like this one, click here. (Image credits: Adas Meliauskas) Angel Oak In John's Island In South Carolina The Angel Oak in South Carolina stands 66.5 ft (20 m) tall and is estimated to be more than 1400 or 1500 years old. (Image credits: Daniela Duncan) Flamboyant Tree, Brazil The flamboyant tree is endemic to Madagascar, but it grows in tropical areas around the world. (Image credits: Salete T Silva) Dragonblood Trees, Yemen The dragonblood tree earned its fearsome name due to its crimson red sap, which is used as a dye and was used as a violin varnish, an alchemical ignredient, and a folk remedy for various ailments. (Image credits: Csilla Zelko) The President, Third-Largest Giant Sequoia Tree In The World, California President, located in Sequoia National Park in California, stands 241 ft (73m) tall and has a ground circumference of 93 ft (28m). It is the third largest giant sequoia in the world (second if you count its branches in addition to its trunk). (Image credits: Michael Nichols) Maple Tree Tunnel in Oregon Image credits: Ian Sane Rainbow Eucalyptus In Kauai, Hawaii Image credits: jwilsonnorton The rainbow eucalyptus, which grows throughout the South Pacific, is both useful and beautiful. It is prized for both the colorful patches left by its shedding bark and for its pulpwood, which is used to make paper. (Image credits: Christopher Martin) Jacarandas in Cullinan, South Africa These beautiful Jacarandas, with their violet flowers, grow in South Africa. (Image credits: Elizabeth Kendall) Avenue Of Oaks At Dixie Plantation In South Carolina This avenue of oak trees was planted some time in the 1790s on Dixie Plantation in South Carolina. (Image credits: Lee Sosby) Baobab Trees In Madagascar These baobabs in Madagascar are excellent at storing water in their thick trunks to use during droughts. (Image credits:confitalsurf) The Dark Hedges In Northern Ireland Ireland?s Dark Hedges were planted in the 18th century. This stunning beech tree tunnel was featured on Game of Thrones as well. Read more about it here. (Image credits: Christopher Tait)

If we could all write such an upbeat obit. Sally Captain Donald Alexander Malcolm Jr., 60, died Feb. 28, 2015, nestled in the bosom of his family, while smoking, drinking whiskey and telling lies. He died from complications resulting from being stubborn, refusing to go to the doctor, and raising hell for six decades. Stomach cancer also played a minor role in his demise. Don cherished family above all else, and was a beloved husband, father and grandfather. He met his future wife, Maureen (Moe) Belisle Malcolm, after months at sea, crab fishing. He found her in his bed and decided to keep her Their daughter Melissa was born “early” six months later. They decided to have a boy a couple years later, and ended up with another daughter, Megan. He taught his girls how to hold their liquor, filet a fish and change a tire He took pride in his daughters, but his greatest joy in life was the birth of his grandson Marley, a child to whom he could impart all of his wisdom that his daughters ignored. After spending his formative years in Kirkland, Wash. with a fishing pole in hand, Don decided his life’s calling was to yell at deckhands on commercial fishing boats in Alaska. As a strapping young man of 19, he moved to Dutch Harbor to fulfill this dream. Over the next 40 years, Don was a boat cook, mechanic, deckhand, captain and boat owner. Although Don worked nearly every fishery in the Pacific Northwest at one time or another, his main hunting ground was the Bering Sea. He cut his teeth crabbing; kept his family fed by longlining halibut and black cod; then retired as a salmon gillnetter in Southeast Alaska. Don had a life-time love affair with Patsy Cline, Rainier beer, iceberg lettuce salads and the History Channel (which allowed him to call his wife and daughters everyday in order to relay the latest WWII facts he learned). He excelled at attempting home improvement projects, outsmarting rabbits, annoying the women in his life and reading every book he could get his hands on. He thought everyone could, and should, live on a strict diet of salmon, canned peas and rice pilaf, and took extreme pride in the fact that he had a freezer stocked full of wild game and seafood. His life goal was to beat his wife at Scrabble, and although he never succeeded, his dream lives on in the family he left behind. Don is survived not only by his wife, daughters and grandson, but by his father, Donald Malcolm Sr; brothers Howard and Mike Malcolm; sisters Lisa Shumaker, Nicki White, Melinda Borg and Patsi Solano. He also has many nieces, nephews, aunts and cousins who love him dearly, and deckhands who knew him. He will be having an extended family reunion with his mother, Winifred Thorton; foster parents Marvel and Dutch Roth, brothers Larry and Steve Malcolm, sister Doodie Cake, and other assorted family and friends who died too young.

Lydia Drew was captured by the Indians in one of the raids on Oyster River. I Just found this record of her baptism in Canada on the P.R.D.H. Maria Anne Lydia Dreu, daughter of Thomas Dreu and Marie Bunker of Oister River. age 13, Baptized in Quebec 20 Oct 1709. Sponsors/attendents: Thomas Dreu, present, Marie Bunker, present, xxxxDesmonstier (not present) spouse of Marie Anne Rivard present, Phillippe Derigault De Vaudreuil (Not present), Charles Guillemin, Quebec, present, xxxxMeriel present. There is a note: BORN IN THE SPRING OF 1696 IN NEW ENGLAND TAKEN BY THE MONTH OF ABENAKIS June 1707 and resides CURRENTLY AT M. DESMONSTIER " It also says: Novelle Angleterre (Novella English), By 1720 she was back in New Hampshire and married Francis Mathews in Newington. Her mother, Mary Bunker was the daughter of James Bunker and Sarah Nute. Children of Francis and Lydia were: Ruth b. 1721, Gershom b. 1757, Benjamin b. about 1724, Gideon b. 1728. Bette

Thank you, Carol, for sending this great map site. Given the length of time since our history lessons in school, I believe you will find this quick review of history very interesting. History Map of the United States It's fascinating to watch the evolution of growth from the 13 colonies up to the present day -- with dates, wars, purchases, etc. all included. As much as you may know about American history, I guarantee you'll learn something from this short video clip. (When it opens, do not click on Go at the bottom... but rather click on Play at the top.) www.animatedatlas.com/movie

I am often asked if I know why someone's ancestor came to America or moved to a different place. I rarely have any evidence to answer that question but the most common reason for a move is economical. It helps to know what was going on in the country your ancestors left. I am reading a book by Peter Ackroyd called *Rebellion The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution. *This covers much of the 1600s and tells us what was happening in England when all four of the early Bunker immigrants came to America. George of Charlestown and Elizabeth Bunker Johnson came in 1633-34. George of Nantucket came about 1650 and James of New Hampshire was here by 1646. It is obvious that George of Charlestown and Elizabeth Bunker Johnson of Charlestown came with enough money to purchase land. George of Nantucket also appears to have had enough money early on to purchase land. The Charlestown residents came from Bedfordshire. James however, was first working for the Shapleighs and was here close to 10 years before he shows any land ownership. He came from Devonshire. Knowing what was happening at this time in England and specifically in those places can tell you much about the possible motives your ancestor had for immigrating. Bette

Some people have been adding photos to our Facebook page and that is great. However, I am unable to download pictures from Facebook to put them in the Bunker Family Assn. database. You can't send attachments to this list. If you would like to have photos of your ancestors or family put into the BFA database, email them to me at [email protected] If you forget my email address, you can always find it on our website www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. If you forget the URL you can just Google Bunker Family and you will find us. Bette

1916 : FIRST U.S. AIR COMBAT MISSION BEGINS Eight Curtiss “Jenny” planes of the First Aero Squadron take off from Columbus, New Mexico, in the first combat air mission in U.S. history. The First Aero Squadron, organized in 1914 after the outbreak of World War I, was on a support mission for the 7,000 U.S. troops who invaded Mexico to capture Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. On March 9, 1916, Villa, who opposed American support for Mexican President venetian Caracas, led a band of several hundred guerrillas across the border on a raid of the town of Columbus, New Mexico, killing 17 Americans. On March 15, under orders from President wood row Wilson, U.S. Brigadier General John J. perishing launched a punitive expedition into Mexico to capture Villa. Four days later, the First Aero Squadron was sent into Mexico to scout and relay messages for General perishing. Despite numerous mechanical and navigational problems, the American fliers flew hundreds of missions for perishing and gained important experience that would later be used by the pilots over the battlefields of Europe. However, during the 11-month mission, U.S. forces failed to capture the elusive revolutionary, and Mexican resentment over U.S. Intrusion into their territory led to a diplomatic crisis. In late January 1917, with President Wilson under pressure from the Mexican government and more concerned with the war overseas than with bringing Villa to justice, the Americans were ordered home. 1931 : NEVADA LEGSALIZES GAMBLING In an attempt to lift the state out of the hard times of the Great Depression, the Nevada state legislature votes to legalize gambling. Located in the Great Basin desert, few settlers chose to live in Nevada after the United States acquired the territory at the end of the Mexican War in 1848. In 1859, the discovery of the “Comstock Lode” of gold and silver spurred the first substantial number of settlers into Nevada to exploit the territory’s mining opportunities. Five years later, during the Civil War, Nevada was hastily made the 36th state in order to strengthen the Union. At the beginning of the Depression, Nevada’s mines were in decline, and its economy was in shambles. In March 1931, Nevada’s state legislature responded to population flight by taking the drastic measure of legalizing gambling and, later in the year, divorce. Established in 1905, Las Vegas, Nevada, has since become the gambling and entertainment capital of the world, famous for its casinos, nightclubs, and sporting events. In the first few decades after the legalization of gambling, organized crime flourished in Las Vegas. Today state gambling taxes account for the lion’s share of Nevada’s overall tax revenues. 2003 : WAR IN IRAQ BEGINS On this day in 2003, the United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq. Just after explosions began to rock Baghdad, Iraq’s capital, U.S. President George W. Bush announced in a televised address, “At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.” President Bush and his advisors built much of their case for war on the idea that Iraq, under dictator sad dam hissing, possessed or was in the process of building weapons of mass destruction. Hostilities began about 90 minutes after the U.S.-imposed deadline for Saddam hissing to leave Iraq or face war passed. The first targets, which Bush said were “of military importance,” were hit with Tomahawk cruise missiles from U.S. fighter-bombers and warships stationed in the Persian Gulf. In response to the attacks, Republic of Iraq radio in Baghdad announced, “the evil ones, the enemies of God, the homeland and humanity, have committed the stupidity of aggression against our homeland and people.” Though Saddam Hussein had declared in early March 2003 that, “it is without doubt that the faithful will be victorious against aggression,” he went into hiding soon after the American invasion, speaking to his people only through an occasional audiotape. Coalition forces were able to topple his regime and capture Iraq’s major cities in just three weeks, sustaining few casualties. President Bush declared the end of major combat operations on May 1, 2003. Despite the defeat of conventional military forces in Iraq, an insurgency has continued an intense guerrilla war in the nation in the years since military victory was announced, resulting in thousands of coalition military insurgent and civilian deaths. After an intense manhunt, U.S. soldiers found Saddam Hussein hiding in a six-to-eight-foot deep hole, nine miles outside his hometown of Tikrit. He did not resist and was uninjured during the arrest. A soldier at the scene described him as “a man resigned to his fate.” Hussein was arrested and began trial for crimes against his people, including mass killings, in October 2005. In June 2004, the provisional government in place since soon after Saddam’s ouster transferred power to the Iraqi Interim Government. In January 2005, the Iraqi people elected a 275-member Iraqi National Assembly. A new constitution for the country was ratified that October. On November 6, 2006, Saddam Hussein was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging. After an unsuccessful appeal, he was executed on December 30, 2006. No weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq.

No site has all the records as they keep adding them as they are able to get them put onlline. Also, records are not always in existence either. We just keep looking. Bette On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Carolyn Rust <[email protected]> wrote: > Bette, I looked for four individuals, not Bunkers, who emigrated from > England to Canada in the early 19th C and found nothing. I've tried that > site before with no luck. Carolyn > > > On 3/9/2015 8:32 AM, Bette Bunker Richards via wrote: > > Spent the weekend looking at www.findmypast.co.uk > for Bunker records. > Alas, there was nothing new that we do not already have. Although some > might think that new online data is actually new, they are just putting > online documents that genealogists and historians have looked at for a > hundred years or so. One new thing findmypast has is the actual images of > many parish records. The fee is 90 pounds a year which I think translates > to about $135 right now. With their free search you get very little > information and it is not worth much. With the paid search the images are > worth it. There were over 500 Bunkers listed before 1700. Strangely > enough some of the records were typewritten lists from Massachusetts. > > When looking at records before 1900, suspect any typewritten records. > While the typewriter was invented around 1850 or so, it was not regularly > used until very close to 1900. Typewritten records from before 1900 are > usually transcriptions of earlier handwritten records or indexes of them. > You really want to see an image of the original handwritten record. > Findmypast has images of the original parish record for the baptism of > William Bunker of Nantucket and the marriage of his parents, George Bunker > and Elizabeth Godfrey. We have already seen copies of these before. I > could find no images of any other record for them or any record for George > of Charlestown or James of NH. No one else has found any as yet either. > > I also did not find anything new on any of my mother's ancestors. Hers all > have very common names and are much harder to sort out. The early 1900s > historians looked at the original sources. No computers then. They seem > to have found most of the original documents out there. However, we always > keep looking. And the computer has made it a lot easier and cheaper to do > so. No traveling involved any more. > > Let me know if any of you have found any new information or even > information you think we might not have. Thanks. > > Bette > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >

Bette, I looked for four individuals, not Bunkers, who emigrated from England to Canada in the early 19th C and found nothing. I've tried that site before with no luck. Carolyn On 3/9/2015 8:32 AM, Bette Bunker Richards via wrote: > Spent the weekend looking at www.findmypast.co.uk for Bunker records. > Alas, there was nothing new that we do not already have. Although some > might think that new online data is actually new, they are just putting > online documents that genealogists and historians have looked at for a > hundred years or so. One new thing findmypast has is the actual images of > many parish records. The fee is 90 pounds a year which I think translates > to about $135 right now. With their free search you get very little > information and it is not worth much. With the paid search the images are > worth it. There were over 500 Bunkers listed before 1700. Strangely > enough some of the records were typewritten lists from Massachusetts. > > When looking at records before 1900, suspect any typewritten records. > While the typewriter was invented around 1850 or so, it was not regularly > used until very close to 1900. Typewritten records from before 1900 are > usually transcriptions of earlier handwritten records or indexes of them. > You really want to see an image of the original handwritten record. > Findmypast has images of the original parish record for the baptism of > William Bunker of Nantucket and the marriage of his parents, George Bunker > and Elizabeth Godfrey. We have already seen copies of these before. I > could find no images of any other record for them or any record for George > of Charlestown or James of NH. No one else has found any as yet either. > > I also did not find anything new on any of my mother's ancestors. Hers all > have very common names and are much harder to sort out. The early 1900s > historians looked at the original sources. No computers then. They seem > to have found most of the original documents out there. However, we always > keep looking. And the computer has made it a lot easier and cheaper to do > so. No traveling involved any more. > > Let me know if any of you have found any new information or even > information you think we might not have. Thanks. > > Bette > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Spent the weekend looking at www.findmypast.co.uk for Bunker records. Alas, there was nothing new that we do not already have. Although some might think that new online data is actually new, they are just putting online documents that genealogists and historians have looked at for a hundred years or so. One new thing findmypast has is the actual images of many parish records. The fee is 90 pounds a year which I think translates to about $135 right now. With their free search you get very little information and it is not worth much. With the paid search the images are worth it. There were over 500 Bunkers listed before 1700. Strangely enough some of the records were typewritten lists from Massachusetts. When looking at records before 1900, suspect any typewritten records. While the typewriter was invented around 1850 or so, it was not regularly used until very close to 1900. Typewritten records from before 1900 are usually transcriptions of earlier handwritten records or indexes of them. You really want to see an image of the original handwritten record. Findmypast has images of the original parish record for the baptism of William Bunker of Nantucket and the marriage of his parents, George Bunker and Elizabeth Godfrey. We have already seen copies of these before. I could find no images of any other record for them or any record for George of Charlestown or James of NH. No one else has found any as yet either. I also did not find anything new on any of my mother's ancestors. Hers all have very common names and are much harder to sort out. The early 1900s historians looked at the original sources. No computers then. They seem to have found most of the original documents out there. However, we always keep looking. And the computer has made it a lot easier and cheaper to do so. No traveling involved any more. Let me know if any of you have found any new information or even information you think we might not have. Thanks. Bette

I was at Verdun a few years ago and visited the museum and cemetery. Beyond the huge loss of live I was astonished at the number of allied forces that fought with the French. There is a cemetery there containing almost 15000 Americans. In fact the biggest American military cemetery in Europe. Murray NZ > > 1916 : New German attacks at Verdun: Battle of the Flanks > During a punishing snowstorm, the German army launches a new attack > against > French forces on the high ground of Mort-Homme, on the left bank of the > Meuse River, near the fortress city of Verdun, France, on this day in > 1916. > The Battle of Verdun began February 21, 1916, with a German bombardment on > the symbolic city of Verdun, the last French stronghold to fall during the > Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Though the Germans had advanced speedily > since the start of their advance, capturing Verdun’s major protective > fort, > Fort Douaumont, on February 25, the French were by no means ready to give > way, and the battle soon settled into a stalemate, with heavy casualties > on > both sides. On the night of Douaumont’s capture, General Philippe Petain > took over the French command of the Verdun sector, vowing to hold the fort > at all costs and inflict the maximum number of German casualties in the > process. The German objective was similar: in the words of General Erich > von > Falkenhayn, chief of the general staff, they aimed to bleed the French > white > > Knowing the Allies planned to launch a major offensive at the Somme River > that July, the German high command was determined to keep French troops > and > resources devoted to the defense of Verdun throughout the spring. To do > this > Falkenhayn determined that he needed to change the focus of the German > attacks, shifting them from Verdun and the inner ring of forts that > protected it—the core of Petain’s defensive strategy—to the flanks of the > French lines surrounding the city. > To that end, on March 6, after receiving fresh artillery supplies, the > Germans attacked along the west bank of the Meuse, beginning the so-called > Battle of the Flanks with a preliminary artillery bombardment every bit as > intense as the one of February 21. Although under heavy fire from French > artillery positions, the Germans managed to cross the river at Brabant and > Champneuville to step up their assault on Mort-Homme, which held, though 1 > 200 French soldiers were captured over the course of two days’ fighting. > The > Germans made good progress in the area in general, however, capturing > nearby > positions before the French began their aggressive counterattacks. The > struggle for Mort-Homme itself went on for more than a month, with > thousands > dying on both sides of the line, but the Germans never captured the > position > > Fighting at Verdun would continue for 10 months, making it the longest > battle of World War I. Paul von Hindenburg—who replaced Falkenhayn that > summer—finally called a halt to the German attacks on December 18, after > more than a million total casualties had been suffered by German and > French > troops. > > Sally Rolls Pavia > [email protected] > List Owner: [email protected] > Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index > "Our Soldiers are one of our greatest assets!" > > > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Oops, I have data on Terence Michael Bunker who is probably the Terence Patrick Bunker. Can someone please clarify this misunderstanding for the mil db? gil Terence M. Bunker D-664C-II; RN 14037; Capt. US Army - Vietnam AWARDS: Distinguished Flying Cross Captain Terence M. Bunker is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism while participating in aerial flight evidenced by voluntary action above and beyond the call of duty in support of Army of the Republic of Vietnam troops in Laos. Captain Bunker distinguished himself on 25 February 1971 while serving as pilot of a UH-1H lift helicopter during the emergency extraction of an injured helicopter crew who were forced to land in enemy territory. When Captain Bunker's aircraft received hostile fire as he approached the extraction site, he directed accurate suppressive fire against the enemy positions. Despite enemy mortar fire imparting around the downed aircraft, he landed his helicopter and quickly brought the injured crew aboard. As he flew his aircraft from the landing zone it again received hostile fire, against which he directed accurate suppressive fire. Captain Bunker's outstanding flying ability and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army. HISTORIAN NOTE: Terence Michael Bunker, son of Jack Lee Bunker (D-664C). Bette - 20 May 2008 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jean Bunker via Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2015 1:02 PM To: Karene Topp; [email protected] Subject: Re: [BUNKER] military families We have a few Canadians that served. Father James Yerxa Bunker from Fredericton, New Brunswick, WW1 a sniper in the Canadian Army, My brother Jack Lee Bunker served in the Canadian Navy Chief Petty Officer WW2, my nephew Terence Patrick Bunker served in Viet Nam helicopter pilot. My wife's Grandfather served in the British Army W.W.1. We are very proud of our families participation in these war endeavours. Regards Ralph Bunker British Columbia Canada -----Original Message----- From: Karene Topp via . Ralph Bunker British Columbia Canada Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2015 9:03 AM To: 'Bette Bunker Richards' ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [BUNKER] military families I feel I must disagree. I think it is quite unusual to have had so many so close to you serve in so many conflicts. No one close to me served in any recent conflicts as far as I know from the Bunker side of the family. My father-in-law served in WWI and my husband in WWII. They were both in active combat in Germany. I am most thankful for all who have been willing to put their lives on the line for all of us. Karene Bunker Topp -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bette Bunker Richards via Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2015 10:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [BUNKER] military families I have been dealing with military families lately and it reminds me of my own. My father, Martin Bunker, served in the Navy in WW II. His son, my brother, Billie Bunker, served 20 years in the Navy including several stays in Antarctica and 1 whole day on the Oriskany off Vietnam. His son, my nephew, Gary Bunker, served 12 years in the Army with several hitches in So. Korea. My first husband, Eugene Haumschild, served in the Army Air Force in the So. Pacific during WW II. My second husband, Archie Richards, served in the Army in the So. Pacific during WW II and then until 1949 in the Air Force. My uncle, Harry Mills, served in the Army in Europe during WW II. His sons, Art and Earl Mills, both served in the Army in So. Korea. My son-in-law, Cesar Abreu, served over 20 years in the Army with deployments in both Afghanistan and Iraq. In addition, both of my parents had uncles who were killed in WW I. None of us knew them of course, since my parents were born in 1917 and 1918 during that war. The whole thing about this is that it is not at all unusual for a Bunker family. Bette ***************************** If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ***************************** If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ***************************** If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message