Washington State's new digital archives is now online: http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/ The information is limited, but it's growing daily. Too bad every state doesn't do this.
I try not to put anything political on this list. However, when a political act involves genealogical or historical research, I think it should be here. If you do not want to read anything political, now is the time to delete this message. Bette (permission is granted to circulate to other lists to encourage responses by subscribers to write letters to their Congress representatives.- David Samuelsen) How many of you are aware of Congress is on very fast track to severely restrict access to birth records??? Here's what it says for benefit of those who doesn't subscribe to the ADN . Chapter 2 in the bill, "Improved Security for Birth Certificates" is where the problem is as stated by the FGS and NGS (remember we discussed booth at the FGS conference in Sept 2005?)(NGS will be in Nashville May 2005. I learned of this from another list.... http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=dailynews Oct 7, 2004 issue - THAT IS TODAY! Those who subscribe to Ancestry_Daily_News probably will see the item article. Please note that the bill's sponsor is Dennis Hastert who is the SPEAKER of the House of Representatives. He has the power to ram the bill to his heart's desire. - David Samuelsen) HR 10's formal title of bill is "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" (included in this act is creation of cabinet level intelligence director we see and hear so much about in the news) ---Begin Article--- Immediate Action Requested Legislation in Congress Seeks to Restrict Access to Birth Records; FGS Recommends Writing to Your Congressional Representatives The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a bill, House Resolution 10 (H.R. 10), which seeks to restrict access to birth certificates. This bill, which purpose is to respond to the threat of terrorism, is on a fast track to passage and has been voted on by several committees already. Your help is needed now. David Rencher, Chairman of the Record Access and Preservation Committee, a joint committee of the National Genealogical Society and Federation of Genealogical Societies, has sent a letter to the bill's sponsor, Congressman Dennis Hastert, recommending an amendment to the bill as follows: "However, nothing in this Chapter 2 shall be construed to require a State to change its law with respect to public access to (A) non-certified copies of birth certificates, or to (B) birth certificates or birth records once a period of 100 years has elapsed from the date of creation of the certificate or record." A copy of the letter is available on the FGS site at www.fgs.org/rpa/formalactions.htm. To view this bill, go to http://thomas.loc.gov. Enter HR 10 in the search box for "Bill Number." Action Is Needed Now Because this bill is moving toward passage so quickly, it is urged that the genealogical community take action immediately and let their representatives know that they are in support of David Rencher's amendment and the FGS position in this important matter. To find your state representative's contact information, go to http://www.house.gov/writerep/ . How Should I Word My Letter? While you should word the letter in any way that is comfortable for you, it is recommended that you include the following as a portion of the letter: "While I support the intention to increase security to protect the U.S. from terrorists and those who wish to improperly take U.S. identities, I am concerned that those researching their family's history continue to have access to non-certified birth records. Therefore, in order to support HR-10 I ask that you amend HR-10 Section 3063(d)(2) by adding the following wording to the existing paragraph: 'However, nothing in this Chapter 2 shall be construed to require a State to change its law with respect to public access to (A) non-certified copies of birth certificates or to (B) birth certificates or birth records once a period of 100 years has elapsed from the date of creation of the certificate or record.' I believe that this additional language is imperative so that the states do not react by restricting all certificates to comply with the law, rather than dealing with certified as opposed to non-certified birth certificates. This proposed amendatory language would remind them that they can and should be treated differently." ____________________________________________ Check out the Bunker Family Association. http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. If your name is Bunker and you are a male, consider joining our surname DNA project.
(permission is granted to circulate to other lists to encourage responses by subscribers to write letters to their Congress representatives.- David Samuelsen) How many of you are aware of Congress is on very fast track to severely restrict access to birth records??? Here's what it says for benefit of those who doesn't subscribe to the ADN . Chapter 2 in the bill, "Improved Security for Birth Certificates" is where the problem is as stated by the FGS and NGS (remember we discussed booth at the FGS conference in Sept 2005?)(NGS will be in Nashville May 2005. I learned of this from another list.... http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=dailynews Oct 7, 2004 issue - THAT IS TODAY! Those who subscribe to Ancestry_Daily_News probably will see the item article. Plese note that the bill's sponsor is Dennis Hastert who is the SPEAKER of the House of Representatives. He has the power to ram the bill to his heart's desire. - David Samuelsen) HR 10's formal title of bill is "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" (included in this act is creation of cabinet level intelligence director we see and hear so much about in the news) ---Begin Article--- Immediate Action Requested Legislation in Congress Seeks to Restrict Access to Birth Records; FGS Recommends Writing to Your Congressional Representatives The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a bill, House Resolution 10 (H.R. 10), which seeks to restrict access to birth certificates. This bill, which purpose is to respond to the threat of terrorism, is on a fast track to passage and has been voted on by several committees already. Your help is needed now. David Rencher, Chairman of the Record Access and Preservation Committee, a joint committee of the National Genealogical Society and Federation of Genealogical Societies, has sent a letter to the bill's sponsor, Congressman Dennis Hastert, recommending an amendment to the bill as follows: "However, nothing in this Chapter 2 shall be construed to require a State to change its law with respect to public access to (A) non-certified copies of birth certificates, or to (B) birth certificates or birth records once a period of 100 years has elapsed from the date of creation of the certificate or record." A copy of the letter is available on the FGS site at www.fgs.org/rpa/formalactions.htm. To view this bill, go to http://thomas.loc.gov. Enter HR 10 in the search box for "Bill Number." Action Is Needed Now Because this bill is moving toward passage so quickly, it is urged that the genealogical community take action immediately and let their representatives know that they are in support of David Rencher's amendment and the FGS position in this important matter. To find your state representative's contact information, go to http://www.house.gov/writerep/ . How Should I Word My Letter? While you should word the letter in any way that is comfortable for you, it is recommended that you include the following as a portion of the letter: "While I support the intention to increase security to protect the U.S. from terrorists and those who wish to improperly take U.S. identities, I am concerned that those researching their family's history continue to have access to non-certified birth records. Therefore, in order to support HR-10 I ask that you amend HR-10 Section 3063(d)(2) by adding the following wording to the existing paragraph: 'However, nothing in this Chapter 2 shall be construed to require a State to change its law with respect to public access to (A) non-certified copies of birth certificates or to (B) birth certificates or birth records once a period of 100 years has elapsed from the date of creation of the certificate or record.' I believe that this additional language is imperative so that the states do not react by restricting all certificates to comply with the law, rather than dealing with certified as opposed to non-certified birth certificates. This proposed amendatory language would remind them that they can and should be treated differently."
Boy, did I really goof. The URL should be: www.civilwar.nps.gov NOT www.crivilwar.nps.gov .. was just a test to see if anyone was paying attention; they were. Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"
try http://www.civilwar.nps.gov Bette ____________________________________________ Check out the Bunker Family Association. http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. If your name is Bunker and you are a male, consider joining our surname DNA project. -----Original Message----- From: Sally Rolls Pavia [mailto:sallypavia2001@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 1:07 PM To: BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: New Database Lists Civil War Soldiers all in One Place .. Resending URL for Civil War site Resending URL for Civil War site. You can access the free Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System at: http://www.crivilwar.nps.gov Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus" ==== BUNKER Mailing List ==== Post your information and queries. We love it. No BUNKER rock left untouched. Spelling variations ok - we don't "know" the original.
Resending URL for Civil War site. You can access the free Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System at: http://www.crivilwar.nps.gov Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"
This site has some very interesting information about people and places in Maine and many pictures. http://www.mainememory.net/ Bette ____________________________________________ Check out the Bunker Family Association. http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. If your name is Bunker and you are a male, consider joining our surname DNA project.
New Database Lists Civil War Soldiers all in One Place The following article was first published on the daily version of this newsletter on October 4, 2004. Completion of a database called the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System was announced last week at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., by the National Park Service. Genealogists, historians, and Civil War buffs can now go to a single source to find 6.3 million service records of Union and Confederate soldiers. The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System is a computerized database containing very basic facts about servicemen who served on either side during the Civil War. The initial focus of the CWSS is the Names Index Project, a project to enter names and other basic information from 6.3 million soldier records in the National Archives. The facts about the soldiers were entered from records that are indexed to millions of other documents about Union and Confederate Civil War soldiers that are maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration. Other information includes histories of regiments in both the Union and Confederate Armies, links to descriptions of 384 significant battles of the war, and other historical information. Additional information about soldiers sailors, regiments, and battles, as well as prisoner-of-war records and cemetery records, will be added over time. Searching the free database for soldiers is simple: go to the Web site, and click on SOLDIERS. A new screen appears with blanks for Last Name, First Name, Union or Confederate, State of Origin, Unit, and Function. You fill in as many blanks as possible and click SUBMIT. Within seconds, a new list appears showing all the entries in the database that match the criteria that you specified. The data for each soldier usually is very brief, primarily giving a reference where information may be found on microfilm. For instance, here is one typical entry: Hazen B. Eastman Regiment Name 1 Maine Heavy Art'y. Side Union Company D Soldier's Rank_In Pvt. Soldier's Rank_Out Pvt. Alternate Name Notes Film Number M543 roll 6 With the above information, I know that I can view the original record on the National Archives and Records Administration's microfilm number M543, roll 6. In addition to searching for soldiers as described above, you can search for Civil War regiments, battles, prisons, and more. An attempt to search for sailors resulted in the appearance of a screen that says, "Future Sailors' Indices - The NPS and its CWSS partners are committed to eventually including the names of all Union and Confederate Naval personnel. Since the records sources for the Navy are not as well organized as the Army records, nor are they micro-filmed, the target date for this is still to be determined." Graduate students at Howard University in the nation's capital are pulling this information together now. The new Web site also has special sections for Black soldiers and sailors in the Civil War, as well as lengthy descriptions of the social, economic, political, and military aspects of the war as it impacted all Americans. Historians generally accept 3.5 million as the number who served in the War Between the States. So, why does the database contain 6.3 million soldiers? There are duplicates, mostly because of men who served in more than one unit and name-spelling variations," explained John Peterson of the National Park Service. The service manages 13 national cemeteries related to Civil War battlegrounds. This is a great database! The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) is a cooperative effort by the National Park Service (NPS), volunteers from the Mormon Church, Federation of Genealogical Societies, and United Daughters of the Confederacy. You can access the free Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System at: http://www civilwar.nps.gov Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"
In the 1880 census in Manhattan, NY is Alexander Bunker age 66, b. NY, parents b. NJ whose occupation was "traveling". He was with Diana Bunker age 61, b. NY, parents b. NH. Does anyone know who this Alexander might be? Bette ____________________________________________ Check out the Bunker Family Association. http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. If your name is Bunker and you are a male, consider joining our surname DNA project.
Martial Deeds of Pennsylvania .. written by Samuel P Bates, state historian; published in 1876; a transcription of the entire book. [A Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives Project] www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/1pa/1picts/bates/mdeedspa.htm Soldiers of the Great War - Fallen Pennsylvanians of World War I .. Complete digitization of W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe, A C Doyle, Soldiers Record Publishing Association, Washington, D.C., 1920. www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/1pa/military/ww1/haulsee/wwi.html Early Clergy of Pennsylvania .. Rev. S F . Hotchkin, Philadelphia, 1890. www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/1pa/1picts/hotchkin/early-clergy.htm Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"
DistantCousin.com's World War I military records (http://distantcousin com/Military/WWI/) provide such items as casualty lists and a few rosters but our latest project is to place online a number of unit and divisional histories. During the war, the American War Department published a daily list of casualties which was frequently republished in newspapers such as The New York Times. These lists provide name, rank, and residence for all those who paid the ultimate price. We have begun a project to extract some of these lists (http://distantcousin.com/military/wwi/nytcasualties/) but somehow a simple listing of these brave folks doesn't seem to be enough. After the war to end all wars, books were published describing the whole experience, from enlistment to occupation, of a large number of units and divisions of the American Expeditionary Forces. These provide lengthy narratives regarding the experiences and often pictures of people (mostly officers) and places. The books are not generally available in local libraries, at least in my experience. For this reason we have begun to place a number of these publications online and to index them by surname. For example, we have the following online now: 56th Pioneer Infantry / First Maine Heavy Field Artillery in Germany, 1919 Official History of the Fifth Division (USA) in the First World War Unit History of 310th Infantry, 78th Division, USA 1917 - 1919 Official History of the 88th Division (USA) in the First World War Casualties of the 90th Division, USA, 1918 with plans to place online in the coming months: The Thirtieth Division in the World War History of the 29th Division "Blue and Gray" in the World War Unit History of the 47TH Field Artillery, AEF 37th Division in the World War The 32nd Division in the World War History of the 304th Engineers, 79th Division, USA, in the World War 1917 - 1919 These histories include not only lists and rosters but also quite a bit to help the family historian understand the difficulties experienced. For example, "So, despite these difficulties and the immensity of the undertaking, the result of which can, even to-day, be only crudely estimated, the American attack was launched at 5:30 on the morning of September 26, 1918, over a front of more than 28 kilometers, with nine Divisions in line. This was in spite of all the obstacles: barbed wire entanglements, machine guns, both heavy and light, the most efficient and modern use of tactics in which the enemy was adept, the succession of well organized lines of trenches in each system, all of which hid and protected unknown numbers of the enemy; and beside the ever-present interdictory shell fire which came not only from our front but from both flanks, there came also, in the case of the four Divisions on the right of the advancing American Army, especially heavy artillery fire from the enemy guns in position on the heights along the east bank of the Meuse." In addition to these unit and divisional histories which are necessarily military in nature, we also have some related local histories online including: Bedford, Massachusetts in the World War - An Account of the Citizens of the Town of Bedford Military and Civilian in the Great War with Germany 1917 - 1919 with plans to place online: Kingsbury County, South Dakota in the World War These publications include list of those killed in the war with somewhat greater detail concerning each including, frequently, photographs. They also contain narratives about some of the greater atrocities of the war such as, "American soldier had been beaten, starved and neglected in an effort to make them disgorge information they knew similar plans would not work with Corporal Roberts accordingly they put a drop of acid in his eye and said Now will you answer' they dropped drop after drop into the eye until it was insensible to pain. When he still refused, they put acid in the other eye." And encouraging words about how other Americans supported the troops such as "School children worked and saved in order that the boys at the front might have some more of the comforts that the army denied them Citizens went without foods to which they had become accustomed that the men might have it in the training camps and on the field." and, "We might be able to point out instances where the consumer did not seem to realize the fact that we were in war amd was ignorant of its consequences and took the position that he was entitled to anything for which he had the money to pay. We might brand this case as ignorance, selfishness; pro-Germanism; or lack of patriotism." Source: DistantCousin.com Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"
Projects to Celebrate Your Family Heritage October is designated in the United States as "Family History Month." This is a huge day for the more than 80 million Americans who are believed to be actively searching for more information about their ancestors. "Millions of Americans are researching the history of their families," said Senator Orrin G. Hatch, the Utah Republican who first brought the Family History Month resolution before the U.S. Congress. "Experts say that in the United States, genealogy is now the second most popular hobby next to gardening." This explosion of interest in family history is due, in part, to the advent of the Internet. It is estimated that more than two million separate Web sites are devoted to genealogy. Have you joined the craze? Celebrate Family History Month with your family with these ten wonderful ways to craft and commemorate your past: 1. Get Started Tracing Your Family Tree If you have been curious about your family tree but just weren't sure where to start then you don't have any more excuses. Here is a great collection of resources and simple advice on how to get started researching your family tree both on and off the Internet. For the complete article: http://genealogy.about.com/cs/holidays/a/family_history.htm?nl=1 Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"
Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704 In the pre-dawn hours of February 29, 1704, a force of about 300 French and Native allies launched a daring raid on the English settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts, situated in the Pocumtuck homeland. 112 Deerfield men, women, and children were captured and taken on a 300-mile forced march to Canada in harsh winter conditions. Some of the captives were later redeemed and returned to Deerfield, but one-third chose to remain among their French and Native captors. Was this dramatic pre-dawn assault in contested lands an unprovoked, brutal attack on an innocent village of English settlers? Was it a justified military action against a stockaded settlement in a Native homeland? Or was it something else? Explore this website and hear all sides of the storythen you decide. http://1704.deerfield.history.museum/ TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT IN SEARCH OF YOUR SOLDIER ANCESTORS .. United Kingdom The records giving details of regular soldiers' careers during the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries until the First World War are held at the Public Record Office, Kew. Note particularly that there are no original documents held there post-1913, those are still with the Army (but see below for World War I records ) . The records are fully described in PRO Leaflet - "British Military Records as sources for Biography and Genealogy." The principal records are the Discharge Documents classified under WO 97 for those soldiers discharged with a pension. Most of the papers for those discharged without a pension were destroyed by fire many years ago. So, to find the papers for your ancestor, you must search in the period of his discharge. The records are grouped by date: 1760-1854 &1855-1872 arranged alphabetically by regiment. 1873-1882 arranged alphabetically within arm of service, i.e. Cavalry, Infantry, Artillery and Corps. 1883-1900 & 1900-1913 arranged alphabetically for the whole of the army. For the period before 1882, therefore, you need to know whether your soldier served in the Cavalry, Infantry, Artillery, Engineers etc. and, in the case of the first two, his regiment because the records are divided into these sections as explained above. As well as the Guards Regiments and Household Cavalry, there were over 100 Infantry Regiments of the Line and 28 Cavalry Regiments so it would be a mammoth task to search them all. http://www.ffhs.org.uk/General/Help/Soldier.htm TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT The Paper Trail - Finding Ancestors in Old Documents This little corner of Olive Tree Genealogy, http://olivetreegenealogy.com, is for miscellaneous old papers and documents. That's why its called The Paper Trail. It's fascinating to find an old document that describes how many pairs of shoes an ancestor bought for his children, or a receipt from a funeral home for grave-digging and a hearse and pall. We all search for census records, birth certificates, marriage records, and death certificates. Finding these documents I have here is tricky - where on earth do you start to look for them?? That's always been a problem, and that's why The Paper Trail hopes to build a massive collection of such documents. The documents being collected for researchers are varied - land grants, Civil War enlistment papers, military pay lists, receipts for items bought and sold, funeral expenses, court and legal documents, slave records, tax bills, receipts, indentures, etc www.rootsweb.com/~ote/usa_genealogy/paper/ TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
So, you've worked your way backward in time tracing a family line through all the census years, only to run into a very dense "brick wall" prior to 1790. Your research has taken you to what historians designate the "Colonial period in the United States. This time period runs roughly from 1600 to 1775, though there are reasonable arguments that the time period should go up to 1782 and the ratification of the U.S. constitution. No matter. The question is, where do you go from here to find your ancestor? One answer is tax records. In the Colonial era, tax records were based on "real property" which includes land, but in many cases also included tax on cattle, hogs and sheep Taxes on land were also called tithables; but the term usually applied to people who were to pay taxes, or have taxes paid on their behalf. Depending on which colony your ancestor lived in, the money collected through these tithes might go to support a church or to the support of governing the colony. Another type of tax was called a quit rent, and there was a category called a poll tax. When a male reached a certain age, he was considered tithable. Tithables were required to pay taxes whether or not they owned land or other personal property. Depending on the colony, a man became tithable at age 16 to 21. These annual taxes were due until they reached age 50 to 60, again based on the colony in question. Tracking your ancestor through these tithable lists can be tricky. The name of the male head of a household was placed on the list. His male offspring who had reached tithable age, but were not yet the head of a household, were counted as a tally mark on the record or simply one of a number. However, by researching the requirements for a particular colony's tithables list, and reviewing those lists for year after year, will often yield positive results. A marriage record, combined with the sudden appearance of a name on the tithables can help you determine if the "John Brown" on the tithables list is indeed the John Brown for whom you have been searching. A quit rent was a land tax based on the English feudal system. Instead of providing a land owner with a yearly portion of your crops and stock, a small fee was paid. Upon payment, the obligation was "quit." If your ancestors lived in New England during the Colonial period, you won't find their names on any quit rent records. New Englanders dropped this category of tax almost as soon as they arrived in the New World. But from New York to the south, quit-rent fees were paid to the Crown or property owners up until the Revolutionary War, when they were abolished. Poll taxes were general revenue taxes and were "due" on every free man above the age of 21 and on every slave or servant above the age of 16. Again, a parent might pay the tax for a son. Persons who had slaves paid the tax for each slave they owned; the same for servants. In later years the poll tax is associated with voting rights and only property (land) owners were allowed to vote. All of the above types of taxes have exceptions based on the colony in question. Researching the history of a particular colony is absolutely necessary in genealogical research. For example: 'In Colonial Virginia, taxes on tithables went in support of the government; however, the categories considered tithables included not only the free white males, but slaves and Native American servants, both male and female, age 16 and older. No complete list of tithables is available for the state; however the Library of Virginia does have full or partial lists for roughly 36 counties. Also note that in Virginia, the age- 16 rule for slaves only included those in the "work force." As with the rest of life, genealogical research contains exceptions to every rule.' You will need to research each colony separately to see what resources are available. In general, you will find very few for the Southern colonies because most of the records were later destroyed during the War Between the States. However, there are a few exceptions, (The state of South Carolina has a tax list from 1733.), so leave no stone unturned. As always, utilize your local genealogical library and the nearest Family History Center operated by the Church of Latter Day Saints. Contact genealogical societies in the state you are researching to see if they have microfilm copies or researchers available. Remember that there was no federal government in the Colonial years, so these lists will not be found at the National Archives and Records Administration offices. For online research I always urge beginners, and remind the experienced, to utilize Cyndi's List. (http://www.cyndislist.com) for both free and fee-required resources. With more than 100,000 links in multiple categories, it should keep you busy for quite a while. A former daily newspaper editor, Carolyne Gould is a professional genealogist specializing in Native American research. Of Tsalagi, Wampanoag and mixed European ancestry, Ms. Gould is also the editor of "Native History Magazine" --- an online publication geared to educators and students of all ages. You can reach her via email at carolyne_cwy@yahoo.ca. Source: GenWeekly, 16/Sep/2004 Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"
The Historic Atlas Series: 19th Century County Maps now has its own domain: http://www.historic-atlas-series.com The former URL located on the HAR web site will remain for a limited time; so please change your bookmarks to continue visiting these web pages. The current web site includes maps and atlases from: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. The states of Minnesota and Pennsylvania will be added in the next few weeks. Kentucky, Missouri and West Virginia are planned for production the beginning of next year. As always, the 19th century maps and atlases may also be purchased at eBay: http://stores.ebay.com/Historic-Atlas-Series-by-HAR?refid=store Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"
Nancy Decker sent me this. The Magoon mail list that I subscribe to alerted me to a new resource - www.grl.com It is a subscription site but there is some information to be gleaned for free. There are numerous Bunkers listed. I figured out how to get it to give me all the Bunkers by asking for "A Bunker" ,"B Bunker", etc in turn. Gary has other Canadian ancestors, Magoon and Perdue, and I may use the site when I get involved in those branches again. It is difficult to research our Canadian relatives and this site that Nancy sent is a good one even though you have to pay. Also, Glenn Wilfert warned me that www.census-online/Links/Canada/NS leads to an adult site but my filter is evidentially blocking it and I am not getting to it to test it out. I sent the census online links URL out to you in a past message and I apologize to any one who had a problem with this. Please delete it from your lists of research sites. WARNING If you try to access and succeed in accessing the adult site expect to be inundated by porn related spam to the tune of about 30 messages a day or more. We already are inundated by it. This will get you a lot more. Bette ____________________________________________ Check out the Bunker Family Association. http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. If your name is Bunker and you are a male, consider joining our surname DNA project.
Want to learn more about each of the thirteen original colonies? http://americanhistory.about.com/library/charts/blcolonial13.htm Do you want to find out who founded New York? http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/colonialamerica/p/newyorkcolony.htm What significant events happened in Massachusetts? http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/colonialamerica/p/masscolony.htm Follow the links for each colony to find important facts and information. Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus" .
During 1687 and 1688, a series of seemingly disconnected events plunged the northern colonial frontier into a violent war. In New York, the Iroquois, instigated by the English, attacked French allies among the western Indians, disrupting the valuable fur trade in that region." [13] In response, then Canadian Governor, the Marquis de Denonville, led an expedition against the Seneca of western New York. The invaders ravaged four Seneca towns, destroying a vast quantity of grain. [14] In marching against the Seneca, Denonville violated the territorial boundaries of the Province of New York. Enraged, New York Governor, Colonel Thomas Dongan, fired off a series of hot-tempered letters to Denonville upbraiding him for his violation of English territory and unjust attack. [15] The English increased their material aid to the Iroquois. In November 1687, the Iroquois were formally adopted as English subjects and further hostilities against them, by the French, were forbidden. [16] The Iroquois went on the war-path during the summer of 1688, launching several raids into French territory. In 1689, they sacked the town of La Chine, a mere six or seven miles outside Montreal, killing some two hundred inhabitants and carrying off 120 more. [17] For the French, the west would remain the main theater of operations throughout what became known as King William's War. In western Maine, the years of 1687 and 1688 brought with them a heightening of tensions between the Abenaki and their English neighbors. Increased settlement, especially near the mouth of the Saco River, triggered a series of conflicts over fishing rights, livestock, and land ownership. [18] The English placed nets across the Saco River, blocking migrating fish, a major Abenaki food source in the spring. English cattle continually damaged the local tribe's unfenced corn fields. [19] The leaders of the Saco Indians approached the English complaining, "that the corn, [the English had]promised by the last treaty, had not been paid, and yet their own was destroyed by the cattle of the English; and that they, being deprived of their hunting and fishing b[e]rths, and their lands, were liable to perish of hunger." [20] The Abenaki complaints fell on deaf ears. English failure to address these complaints violated a 1685 treaty that established mechanisms for resolving such difficulties. [21] Frustrated in their attempts at diplomacy, the Saco killed the offending cattle during the summer of 1688. In August, a dispute between settlers and Indians at North Yarmouth ended violently with casualties on both sides. [22] Prompted by this Indian uprising, Benjamin Blackman, justice of the peace at Saco, ordered the seizure of twenty Indians that he suspected of causing the unrest. The Abenaki responded in kind, capturing several settlers during a raid on New Dartmouth in September 1688. [23] While the events on the Saco were playing themselves out, Sir Edmund Andros, Governor of the Dominion of New England, sailed the H.M.S. Rose into the harbor at the mouth of the Penobscot River. Once anchored, Andros sent his lieutenant ashore at Pentagoet to summon the Baron de St. Castin. [24] St. Castin was a French army officer, who had established a trading post at Pentagoet near the mouth of the Penobscot. He married a daughter of Madockawando, the highly respected principal chief of the Indians living along the Penobscot River. [25]As the son-in-law of Madockawando, St. Castin enjoyed considerable influence among the Indians. The English, not wholly without merit, blamed the current Indian troubles on St. Castin. [26] When the lieutenant returned with word that St. Castin had fled, Andros promptly seized the trading post. All movable goods were conveyed to the Rose, leaving behind only the vestments in St. Castin's chapel. [27] Many historians point to this raid as the beginning of King William's War in the colonies. [28] The Abenaki enjoyed considerable success at the start of the war. In June of 1689, several of the Eastern Indians joined with Kancamagus' Pennacooks in an attack on Cocheco (Dover). [29] That August, the English fort at Pemaquid Point (Maine) was destroyed. [30] Later that same month, a party of sixty Indians returned to New Hampshire, burning the Huckins garrison at Oyster River. [31] During the fall of 1689, Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac, succeeded Denonville as the governor general of New France (Canada). Frontenac, a member of the Court at Versailles and former governor general of New France, possessed experience with the peculiar military situation in the North American colonies. [32] He also brought with him news of the declaration of war in Europe between France and the League of Augsburg, which England recently had joined. [33] With the French and English now in direct confrontation on both sides of the Atlantic, Frontenac dispatched joint parties of French and Indians against the English frontier settlements. In 1690, three of these war-parties descended in spectacular fashion on the settlements of Schenectady (New York), Salmon Falls (Rollinsford, N.H.South Berwick, Maine), and Casco (Maine). [34] After 1690, the war settled down into a pattern of retaliation and counterretaliation which inflicted much suffering on frontier communities but contributed little toward a meaningful victory for either side. [35] In 1692, the fortunes of war began to turn against the Abenaki. A series of reverses undermined Abenaki confidence and heightened feelings of war-weariness. On the ninth of June, a combined force of five hundred French and Indians suffered a humiliating defeat at Wells (Maine), where English militia captain, James Converse, with only fifteen men, resisted every assault during a two-day seige. [36] There is little doubt that the Abenaki saw this defeat as a sign of misfortunes to come. The Chevalier de Villebon, who as governor of Acadia was subordinate to Frontenac, wrote of the Wells debacle as a "bad augury," explaining that, "it has, so far, been impossible to overcome the superstition that, if they receive such a reverse when they set out on the warpath, they must stop at once, no matter how large the party may be, or how insignificant the action." [37] To make matters worse, in August 1692, the English built a new fort at Pemaquid. Replacing the one destroyed in 1689, the new fort boasted stone walls rather than wooden palisades. Christened Fort William Henry, the new fort mounted fourteen to eighteen cannon, making it considerably stronger than its predecessor. A company of sixty men was detailed to permanently garrison the post. [38] In order to divert the enemies' attention away from the construction of Fort William Henry, Massachusetts Major Benjamin Church led a military expedition up the Penobscot and Kennebec Rivers. At Penobscot, he encountered a large body of Indians, but failed to engage them in battle. While the main body eluded him, Church managed to take five prisoners and destroyed a quantity of corn and furs before returning to Pemaquid. After depositing his prisoners, Church proceeded up the Kennebec to the Abenaki fort at Teconnet. Forewarned of Church's approach, the Indians set fire to their fort and retreated into the woods. When the expedition arrived, they found only a couple of corn cribs that managed to avoid being consumed by the fire. Church set fire to the corn cribs and withdrew back down the Kennebec. [39]While this expedition failed to accomplish anything of real value, it served to demonstrate that the English were unafraid to conduct offensive operations into the Abenaki heartland. The Indians soon discovered Fort William Henry despite the precautions taken to conceal its construction. With their French allies, they made plans for its immediate reduction. The ships of war, Poli and Envieux, were to beseige the fort from the sea, while Villebon and a large body of Indians attacked from land. [40] As the Abenaki positioned themselves for an attack, the French ships entered the harbor opposite the fort. However, upon seeing the fort and the English warship at anchor nearby, they promptly withdrew without firing a shot. [41] For the Abenaki, this withdrawal was clear proof of French cowardice. The tribes dispersed for their fall hunting, disgusted with the refusal to attack. [42] The spring of 1693 brought more unwelcome news. Captain James Converse, made legendary by his defense of Wells, was promoted to major. Given command of a strong militia force, he patrolled the coast from the Piscataqua to Pemaquid Converse detached a portion of his men to construct another stone fort at Saco. Perched on the west bank of the river, the fort occupied prime hunting ground and blocked Abenaki access to the sea. [43] For additional information: www.avcnet.org/ne-do-ba/or94_02.html Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"
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Stephen Bunker was born in 1780 in Dover, NH. He married Shuer Chapman on 22 Jan 1805 in Barnstead, NH. Their children were: Stephen, Nancy b. 8 Mar 1805; John b. 1 Sep 1809; Levi b. 14 Jul 1811; Nathaniel Wilson b. 17 Mar 1820. All the children were born in Barnstead. In 1850 Stephen was living in Tamworth, Carroll Co., NH, with son, Nathaniel and his family. Stephen died there in 1860. While we have a number of his descendants, we have nothing about his parents. Does anyone have any idea who they were? It would seem that he should be a descendant of James of Dover, but we have learned from our DNA surname project that our assumptions are not always correct. Bette ____________________________________________ Check out the Bunker Family Association. http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. If your name is Bunker and you are a male, consider joining our surname DNA project.