Here's the original info. -----Original Message----- From: Aldridgesfamily@aol.com [mailto:Aldridgesfamily@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 11:29 AM To: BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Website now online. Just to let everyone know that my genealogical website _www.bunkerfamily.co.uk_ (http://www.bunkerfamily.co.uk) is now online. It features data on Beds and London Bunkers and also families linked by marriage including Buckingham and Lawson. Thanks Jane Aldridge ==== BUNKER Mailing List ==== Want more information on the Bunker Family Association? Send an e-mail message to gilbunker@snip.net and receive our current newsletter, and a pedigree chart of your Bunker ancestors (if they can be located in our files).
Searching this site is a bit different than what you might be used to but it is a really good site. Click on surname list and you will get an alphabetical list of the first names. Scroll down to the name you are looking for. Click on the note next to the name, i.e.. family group sheet, etc. When you get that page you will find the family and then from there click on the names and you will get the FGS for their family, etc. Thanks, Jane for sharing this with us. 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: Alan Knutson [mailto:boris@terracom.net] Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 7:23 PM To: BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: FW: Website now online. Here's the original info. -----Original Message----- From: Aldridgesfamily@aol.com [mailto:Aldridgesfamily@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 11:29 AM To: BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Website now online. Just to let everyone know that my genealogical website _www.bunkerfamily.co.uk_ (http://www.bunkerfamily.co.uk) is now online. It features data on Beds and London Bunkers and also families linked by marriage including Buckingham and Lawson. Thanks Jane Aldridge ==== BUNKER Mailing List ==== Want more information on the Bunker Family Association? Send an e-mail message to gilbunker@snip.net and receive our current newsletter, and a pedigree chart of your Bunker ancestors (if they can be located in our files). ==== BUNKER Mailing List ==== Want more information on the Bunker Family Association? Send an e-mail message to gilbunker@snip.net and receive our current newsletter, and a pedigree chart of your Bunker ancestors (if they can be located in our files).
European surnames first occurred between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries, with some patronymic surnames in Scandinavia being acquired as late as the nineteenth century. Prior to this time period, particularly during the "Dark Ages" between the fifth and eleventh centuries, people were largely illiterate, lived in rural areas or small villages, and had little need of distinction beyond their given names. During Biblical times people were often referred to by their given names and the locality in which they resided such as "Jesus of Nazareth." However, as populations grew, the need to identify individuals by surnames became a necessity. The acquisition of surnames during the past eight hundred years has been affected by many factors, including social class and social structure, cultural tradition, and naming practices in neighboring cultures. The majority of surnames are derived from patronymics, i.e. the forming of a surname from the father's given name such as Johnson, meaning literally "the son of John." In some rare cases, the naming practice was metronymic, wherein the surname was derived from the mother's give name such as Catling, Marguerite or Dyott. Other popular methods of origin for surnames are derived from place names or geographical names such as England, occupational names such as Smith or Carpenter in the British Isles; Schmidt or Zimmerman in Germany, etc. Less popular methods of surname origins include house names such as Rothchild, surnames derived from nicknames of physical descriptions such as Blake or Hoch, or after one's character such as Stern or Gentle. In some cases an individual was named after a bird or an animal such as Lamb for a gentle or inoffensive person, while Fox was used for a person who was cunning. Surnames were also derived from anecdotal events such as Death and Leggatt, or seasons such as Winter and Spring, and status such as Bachelor, Knight and Squire. Surname spelling and pronunciation has evolved over centuries, with our current generation often unaware of the origin and evolution of their surnames. Among the humbler classes of European society, and especially among the illiterate, individuals had little choice but to accept the mistakes of officials, clerks, and priests who officially bestowed upon them new versions of their surnames, just as they had meekly accepted the surnames which they were born with. And then we have Bunkers. Historical references to the name date to the 1300s. Bunkers were in Devonshire in the late 1300s and in Bedfordshire by the mid 1400s. We have no idea why the name was chosen as it does not seem to be the name of a parent, place or physical description. It could possibly be from someone that worked loading things into the hold of a ship (bunker) or who lived in or near a fortified building. Or maybe it derives from Bon Coeur (good heart). There has not yet been found an instance of the name appearing in Europe before the 1300s with the exception of Sir William Bon Coeur/Bonquer, 1216-1272; John, William and Alice Bonquer 1272-1307; William le Bunkyer 1307-1327; and Clarice Brounker/Bonker/Boukar 1327-1377, all in England. The DNA surname project has shown that there are two distinct Bunker families in England. The Devonshire family is in Haplogroup R1b. Haplogroup R1b is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the haplogroup containing the Atlantic modal haplotype (the most common along the Atlantic). The Bedfordshire family is in Haplogroup I. The I, I1, and I1a lineages are nearly completely restricted to northwestern Europe. These would most likely have been common within Viking populations. One lineage of this group extends down into central Europe. It appears as if there were two men living in England at least by the time that people began to regularly use a surname. These two men were not even remotely related but both chose the name of Bunker. Prior to the choice of a surname, it would be impossible to trace their ancestry except under unusual circumstances. For instance, you can usually trace royal families back before the use of surnames but not the common person. You can also trace the Welsh as they commonly just added a name every generation and deleted one 7 generations back. But the Bunkers do not seem to be Welsh. And they do not seem to be descended from royalty. I do not think we will be able to trace our ancestors back before they came to England because they were there so early. We keep looking at earlier records in the hope of finding earlier ancestors but so far this is as far back as we can go. 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.
Jane: Can you give us an URL for this site? Or rather repeat it for those who have not visited it in the past or saved the URL. Thanks. 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: Aldridgesfamily@aol.com [mailto:Aldridgesfamily@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 10:05 AM To: BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Bunker Family UK Website - updated 8.8.04 Hi everyone Bunker family UK has now been updated with information from Millbrook,Bedfordshire census (1841 - 1901), Millbrook baptisms, marriages and burials. Photos have been added of Tingrith Church, Westoning Church (on William Bunker 1801 -1883), London pictures (on Samuel Bunker - 1832 - 1892, Samuel Bunker 1871, and Arthur Leonard). General information has also been added, so check again on your ancestors, or look for new ones. A links page has also been added. If you would like an address added which could help assist with searching, let me know and I will add it. Many thanks Jane Aldridge ==== BUNKER Mailing List ==== Want more information on the Bunker Family Association? Send an e-mail message to gilbunker@snip.net and receive our current newsletter, and a pedigree chart of your Bunker ancestors (if they can be located in our files).
Hi everyone Bunker family UK has now been updated with information from Millbrook,Bedfordshire census (1841 - 1901), Millbrook baptisms, marriages and burials. Photos have been added of Tingrith Church, Westoning Church (on William Bunker 1801 -1883), London pictures (on Samuel Bunker - 1832 - 1892, Samuel Bunker 1871, and Arthur Leonard). General information has also been added, so check again on your ancestors, or look for new ones. A links page has also been added. If you would like an address added which could help assist with searching, let me know and I will add it. Many thanks Jane Aldridge
Looking at the Olympic schedule so far I see that the volleyball games seem to all be on CNBC with one exception. That is the game with Russia on NBC, 8 pm to midnight ET Aug 19th. Scott is on the US men's volleyball team. Since I don't get CNBC I will only be able to see any highlights they show and that one game. I hope some of the rest of you can get to see our first family Olympian. At least I think he is. Scott is a descendant of James of Dover. 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.
LibDex www.libdex.com Looking for a library in your ancestral hometown? Search or browse this index to 18,000 libraries worldwide. LibDex includes links to some libraries online catalogs. Global Gazetteer www.calle.com/world One of our favorite "undiscovered" online resources, this simple-but-deep site is now running on updated software. Just a few clicks will find the name of that elusive ancestral town, from Aberdeen to Zwickau. Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection www.lib.utexas.edu/maps When it comes to maps, this University of Texas library collection is as big as the Lone Star State. The collection comprises mostly historical, out-of-copyright mapsperfect for genealogical purposes. Whether you need a guide to Sioux Falls, SD, streets circa 1920 or a map of 1882 Italy, you're likely to find it among the 5,000-plus cartographic creations digitized here. GenCircles www.gencircles.com From the creator of GenForum (now part of Genealogy.com, see Records Resources) and Family Tree Legends software, GenCircles aims to take the next step in pedigree databases. Its "SmartMatching" technology connects people in your family trees with the 85 million individuals submitted to the site's Global Tree. Arizona Genealogy Birth & Death Certificates www.genealogy.az.gov In February, the Arizona Department of Health Services launched this searchable database of 400,000 birth and death records. Arizona's not the first state to put vital records online, but what makes this site special is the ability to download images of the certificates in PDF format. (To view an image, you'll need the free Adobe Reader.) The database contains birth records from 1887 to 1928 and death records from 1878 to 1953. (Later records are sealed.) Alabama Department of Archives & History www.archives.state.al.us/dataindex.html Typical of the online explosion that's added so many state archives to our 101 list, the Alabama Archives recently has added databases of Civil War service records, local government records, maps and photos, as well as two databases on its newspaper holdings. Library of Virginia www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/gene Though its pioneering Digital Library program was crippled by budget cuts, the Library of Virginia remains a valuable online asset, with 2.2 million original documents, photos and maps in more than 80 databases. Recent additions include a searchable index to names in Confederate Veteran Magazine from 1893 to 1932, more than 45,000 Virginia marriage and obituary entries published between 1780 and 1876, and marriage and obituary indexes for Richmond newspapers from 1804 to 1860. If you're curious about coats of arms, check out the library's new index to information about and illustrations of heraldic symbols. Missouri State Archives www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/resources.asp The "Show Me" state lives up to its name by showing researchers a vital-records database of 185,000 pre-1909 records, plus a WWI service-cards database with abstracts of 145,000 Army and Marine cards and digitized images of 18,500 Navy records. You'll also see guides to local records, an online archives catalog, various court databases and even an index of Civil War provost marshals. Photo Sites: AncientFaces www.ancientfaces.com Offering a visual twist on sites where genealogists exchange information, AncientFaces helps you find your ancestors and their old photographs. At last count, the site held more than 26,000 scanned photos of some 30,000 individuals. Besides family pictures, you also can search or browse military photos, family stories and even family recipes. Looking for the Gaydon-Shetley clan's Pinto Bean Fudge? Neither were we, but here it is. Western History Photography Collection www.gowest.coalliance.org This online database of digitized historical photos comes from the Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Department and the Colorado Historical Society. It's the only photo collection sweeping enough in scope to make our list on images alone. The 100,000 images depict the whole history of the West, from railroads and mining towns to ranch life and recreation, American Indians and pioneers. DeadFred www.deadfred.com Another collaborative site that seeks to reunite families with their old photos, DeadFred covers more than 10,000 surnames in its picture collection. Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com We have not inherited the world from our forefathers .. we have borrowed it from our children. .. Kashmiri Proverb 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"
From RootsWeb Review this week. Bette ENGLAND. Newspaper extracts from old newspapers in the Merseyside area, BMDs (births, marriages, deaths), crimes, shipping, deaths and inquests, etc. -- continually updating, so keep popping back. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dadds/MERSEYSIDE.index.html ENGLAND and IRELAND. More newspapers (now 22,600 surnames) have been added to this website. There is an index by surname linked to the transcripts. Most are late 18th- to early 19th-century newspapers with a Wiltshire bias. Because one of the papers is the Salisbury and Winchester Journal there is also a lot of information covering individuals from local counties (including reports from Dorset, Hampshire, and Somerset) .Also added are some Irish newspapers (mostly copies of the Dublin Journal, entries from the Sussex Advertiser and the a couple of issues of the Leeds Intelligencer. Features a blend of local adverts (from tradesmen, parish officials, etc), and the usual local news (inquests, lists of marriages and deaths, court cases, and individuals to be transported. Click on "Local Newspaper Index (excluding Windsor and Eton Express)." Search alphabetically by surname. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dutillieul/index.html VERMONT. West Charleston. Newspaper listings (deaths and marriages) from the North Union (newspaper), 1884-1886; Brunswick Springs. List of deaths and marriages from the annual town reports, 1932 to 1985 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nekg3/nekg.htm ____________________________________________ 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.
I love the Idaho site Sally. Thanks. And thanks for the immigrant ships one too. 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: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 10:16 AM To: BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Idaho Marriage Index and Passenger Lists Search Idaho Marriage Record Index http://abish.byui.edu/SpecialCollections/fhc/gbsearch.htm Note: This is constantly being added to. The passenger lists are at http://www.immigrantships.net/. At the tope of the page is an Ancestry search box as it hosts this free site. Scroll down to about mid-page where you will see a tiny box that says, "The Free.Find.com search engine ----" with a little box there. Use that to search the site Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com Mankind owes to the child the best is has to give. 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 ==== Want more information on the Bunker Family Association? Send an e-mail message to gilbunker@snip.net and receive our current newsletter, and a pedigree chart of your Bunker ancestors (if they can be located in our files).
Search Idaho Marriage Record Index http://abish.byui.edu/SpecialCollections/fhc/gbsearch.htm Note: This is constantly being added to. The passenger lists are at http://www.immigrantships.net/. At the tope of the page is an Ancestry search box as it hosts this free site. Scroll down to about mid-page where you will see a tiny box that says, "The Free.Find.com search engine ----" with a little box there. Use that to search the site Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com Mankind owes to the child the best is has to give. 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" .
A new site that would be a great resource or you if you are new to genealogy is GenealogyBuff.com http://www.genealogybuff.com This site is a "Swiss Army Knife" for the researcher, especially the "Research Tools" section. Example: Tombstone Initials and their Meanings AF&AM (masonic) AOF Ancient Order Of Foresters AOH Ancient Order Of Hibernians AOKMC Ancient Order Of Knights of Mystic Chain AOUW Ancient Order Of United Workmen ALOH American Legion of Honor AUM Ancient Order of Mysteries- Masonic Order BPOE Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks BPOEW Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of theWorld CK of A Catholic Knights of America COOF Catholic Order of Foresters CTAS Catholic Total Abstinence Society CBKA Commander Benevolent Knights Association CCTAS Crusaders-Catholic Total Abstinence Society CSA Confeserate States Army DAR Daughters of American Revolution EBA Emerald Beneficial Association FAA Free and Accepted Americans F&AM - Free and Accepted Masons. FLT-Friendship, Love, & Truth (Independent Order of Oddfellows) FOE Fraternal Order of Eagles GALSTPTR German American Legion of St. Peter GAR Grand Army of the Republic GLAUM Grand Lodge Ancient Order of Mysteries-Masonic Order GUOOF Grand United Order of Odd Fellows IHSV Red Cross of Constantine IOI Independent Order of Immaculates IOKP Independent Order of Knights of Pythias IOOF Independent Order of Odd Fellows IORM Improved Order of Redmen ISH Independent Sons of Honor IWW Industrial Workers of the World JAOUW Junior Order-Ancient Order of United Workmen JOUAM Junior Order-Order of United American Mechanics KGL Knight Grand Legion KM Knights Militant KC Knights of Columbus K of C Knights of Columbus K of FM Knights of Father Matthew KFM Knights of Father Matthew K of H Knights of Honor K of L Knights of Loyola K M Knights of Malta (Masonic) KMC Knights of the Mystic Chain KPC Knights of Peter Claver KP Knights of Pythias K of P Knights of Pythias KSC Knights of St. Columbkille KG Knights of St. George KSTG Knights of St. George KSTI Knights of St. Ignatius K of SJ Knights of St. John KSTJ Knights of St. Joseph KSL Knights of St. Lawrence KSTM Knights of St. Martin K of STP Knights of St. Patrick KSTP Knights of St. Paul KSTP Knights of St. Peter KSTT Knights of St. Thomas K of STW Knights of St. Wenceslas KT Knights of Tabor K of T Knights of Tabor KWM Knights of Wise Men KGE Knights of Golden Eagle KHC Knights of Holy Cross KKK Knights of Klu-Klux Klan KOTM Knights of Macabees KSF Knights of Sherwood Forest KT Knights Templars (Masonic) LAOH Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians LK of A Loyal Knights of America LOM Loyal Order of the M.O.O.S.E. MOLLUS Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States MRA Royal Arcanum MWA Modern Woodsmen of America NOK New Order Knights (see KKK) OES Order of the Eastern Star OUAM Order of United American Mechanics PM Patriarchs Militant (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) POSA Patriotic Order of the Sons of America RMOKHSJ The Religious and Military Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem RSTV Rite of St. Vaclara RSTV Rite of ST. Vita RK Roman Knights SR Scottish Rite (Masonic Order) RAM Royal Arch Masons RO-AUM Rosicrucian Order (Masonic) SBCL Saint Bonifazius Catholic Union SBL Society B. Lafayette SCV Sons of the Confederate Veterans SAR Sons of the American Revolution SNA-AUM Shrine of North America (Masonic) SV Sons of Veterans TH Temple of Honor-Independent Order of Odd Fellows TOTE Totem of the Eagle (goes with IORM) UCV United Confederate Veterans UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy VFW Veterans of Foreign Wars WOW Woodsmen of the World Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com Mankind owes to the child the best is has to give. 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"
Perhaps genealogists should be concerned about the information in this article in Dick Eastman's newsletter. The newsletter in its entirety can be read at http://www.eogn.com or http://blog.eogn.com Bette Something is going on with a political appointment at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Indeed, at least nineteen professional organizations are clamoring for an investigation. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the American Library Association, and even the Society of American Archivists have joined with other groups to protest President Bush's surprise nomination of historian Allen Weinstein as the next Archivist of the United States. "This is the first time since the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) was established as an independent agency that the process of nominating an Archivist of the United States has not been open for public discussion and input," the groups said in a statement. They called for public comment and hearings. The National Coalition for History (NCH), a nonprofit educational organization based in Washington, DC, said in its newsletter that the White House might be eager for a switch before the November elections because of the "sensitive nature of certain presidential and executive department records." NARA is an independent agency of the federal government with more than 3000 employees and 34 facilities nationwide. Its mission is to ensure "ready access to essential evidence that documents the rights of the American citizens, the actions of federal officials, and the national experience." On April 8 of this year, John Carlin, the Archivist of the United States (head of the National Archives and Records Administration), announced his resignation to "begin looking for other career opportunities." You can read his statement in the April 12, 2004 edition of this newsletter at http://www.eogn.com/archives/news0415.htm#ArchivistoftheUnitedStatestoRetire . Note that he is not retiring, as reported in other places. In his public statement, it is clear that John Carlin plans to continue working someplace, even if not at the National Archives. The head of the National Archives and Records Administration is a political appointment. The President nominates the person, and the appointment requires Senate approval. Once approved, the Archivist of the United States serves more or less forever. The Archivist may resign, of course. Also, the President may remove the Archivist; but, if that action is taken, the President must inform Congress of the reasons for removal. Keep in mind that John Carlin was appointed by Bill Clinton. It would not be unusual for a later president to want to replace a political appointee made by an earlier administration. However, a plausible public statement would be needed as to why the person was to be forcibly removed. It appears that John Carlin has done a good job as Archivist, so there is no cause for his forced removal. Shortly after Carlin's statement that he was resigning, President Bush nominated Allen Weinstein, a historian of Soviet espionage, to replace Carlin. In Weinstein's confirmation hearings some facts embarrassing to the White House leaked out. It seems that Carlin's resignation wasn't voluntary. In a July 22 letter to committee member Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), Carlin revealed that White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales requested his resignation. When Carlin asked why he was being asked to resign, "no reason was given" by Gonzales. Levin then suggested that the Bush administration, in asking for Carlin's resignation, was seeking to skirt its legal responsibility to inform Congress of the reasons for Carlin's removal. By sending a delegate to ask for Carlin's "voluntary" resignation, President Bush did not need to explain why Carlin was being removed. Senator Levin then asked the Governmental Affairs Committee to request that Bush explain his reasons for Carlin's removal. The surprise move to replace the archivist violates the spirit of a 1984 law that sought to depoliticize the office. The archivist, according to that bill, is not a political appointee who serves at the pleasure of the President, and his term is not tied to the term of the President, although the President can ask for his resignation. A House report in 1984 said Congress "expects" the nomination of a new archivist "will be achieved through consultation with recognized organizations of professional archivists and historians." In the current situation, there has been no such consultation. In fact, the highly-respected Society of American Archivists and "other organizations of professional archivists and historians" are protesting Weinstein's nomination, claiming that he consistently has failed to abide by accepted scholarly standards of openness. Critics of the Weinstein appointment have suggested that John Carlin was removed in an effort to keep sensitive presidential documents from becoming public. White House officials are said to be anxious over the 9/11 Commission records, which are scheduled to be transferred to NARA upon termination of the commission. In addition, the records of George H. W. Bush could be opened in 2005. However, a controversial George W. Bush executive order could allow the elder Bush to withhold many of those records indefinitely. Immediately after taking office in January 2001, George W. Bush signed an executive order that stopped the legally-required release of documents from the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, but he did not stop the future release of papers from the Bill Clinton presidency. Then, after the September 11 terrorist attacks, George W. Bush issued an even more sweeping secrecy executive order. He granted former Presidents and Vice Presidents or their surviving family members the right to stop release of historical records, including those related to "military, diplomatic or national security secrets." Bushs order stripped the Archivist of the United States of the power to overrule claims of privilege from former Presidents and their representatives. These actions were taken by executive order; there was no review by Congress. Nominee Weinstein was asked about Bush's executive orders. He told the committee that, as a private citizen, he had concerns about Bush's executive orders because it tilted the balance in favor of "greater confidentiality and less public disclosure." As the National Archivist, however, he testified that he would feel compelled to defend the executive orders against lawsuits seeking to overturn them. Many in Washington believe that George W. Bush is hedging his bets in case he loses the election in November. By forcibly removing John Carlin and replacing him with a political appointee who will serve well into the next administration, Bush essentially ensures that the National Archives and Records Administration will not pressure a new administration into reversing his executive orders that keep documents out of the public view. The President hopes to accomplish this by appointing a loyal political hack who has an established record of opposing standards of openness. Meanwhile, John Carlin remains in his current position and has asked to stay at least four more months to oversee certain initiatives. You can read more about Allen Weinstein's violation of the code of ethics of the International Council on Archives at http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml%3Fi=20040517&s=wiener ____________________________________________ 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.
I left part of Scott's mother's name off the last message. Her name is Nedra Mikkelson. 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.
Here is more information about Scott Bunker, the Olympic athlete going to Athens next month on the men's volleyball team. http://www.byucougars.com/volleyball_m/profiles/00000001337_mvlb.html His father is Jay Vincent Bunker (D-1160, RN 9063) and mother is Nedra Kay Mikkel. He is a descendant of Edward Bunker (D-185, RN 5008) who established the Mormon branch of the family and James (1) of Dover. The site above has a nice picture of him too. He was quite a star athlete at BYU. He was not previously listed in our db but he will be now. Does he have any siblings? He should have been born about 1978-80 to be a freshman at BYU in 1998. Any further information will be appreciated. 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.
Sally Rolls Pavia sent this to me. It reminded me of my great-aunt, Floy Bunker Heideman, (D-803-1, RN 8486), 1895-2003, who was arguing the right for women to vote was she was only 12 years old. Once they were allowed to vote, Floy never missed an election until after she was 105 years old and then was seriously angry about no one coming to take her to the polls. She was always politically up-to-date, loved a political argument, a lifelong Democrat, and chewed out any woman who failed to vote. This is one of the reasons why. A short history lesson on the privilege of voting... Subject: Remember how women got the vote! The women were innocent and defenseless. And by the end of the night, they were barely alive. Forty prison guards wielding clubs and their warden's blessing went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of "obstructing sidewalk traffic." ; They beat Lucy Burn, chained her hands to the cell bars above her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping for air. They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate, Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack. Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging, beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women. Thus unfolded the "Night of Terror" on Nov. 15, 1917, when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson's White House for the right to vote. For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their food--all of it colorless slop--was infested with worms. When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press. So, refresh my memory. Some women won't vote this year because--why, exactly? We have carpool duties? We have to get to work? Our vote doesn't matter? It's raining? Last week, I went to a sparsely attended screening of HBO's new movie "Iron Jawed Angels." It is a graphic depiction of the battle these women waged so that I could pull the curtain at the polling booth and have my say. I am ashamed to say I needed the reminder. All these years later, voter registration is still my passion. But the actual act of voting had become less personal for me, more rote. Frankly, voting often felt more like an obligation than a privilege. Sometimes it was inconvenient. My friend Wendy, who is my age and studied women's history, saw the HBO movie, too. When she stopped by my desk to talk about it, she looked angry. She was--with herself. "One thought kept coming back to me as I watched that movie," she said. "What would those women think of the way I use--or don't use--my right to vote? All of us take it for granted now, not just younger women, but those of us who did seek to learn." The right to vote, she said, had become valuable to her "all over again." HBO will run the movie periodically before releasing it on video and DVD. I wish all history, social studies and government teachers would include the movie in their curriculum. I want it shown on Bunko night, too, and anywhere else women gather. I realize this isn't our usual idea of socializing, but we are not voting in the numbers that we should be, and I think a little shock therapy is in order. It is jarring to watch Woodrow Wilson and his cronies try to persuade a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane so that she could be permanently institutionalized. And it is inspiring to watch the doctor refuse. Alice Paul was strong, he said, and brave. That didn't make her crazy. The doctor admonished the men: "Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity" .......Isn't that the truth?!!!! ____________________________________________ 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.
The FGS FORUM mentions this Scottish site. http://www.nls.uk/contact/index.html Click on collections and maps and you will find some amazing images of maps from 1560-1929. Be patient, it takes a bit to load the image. 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.
The Federation of Genealogical Societies FORUM gives these sources for government information. Library of Congress for books, sound recording, motion pictures, maps, etc. http://www.loc.gov Here is a fantastic site for everything from baseball card collections to Matthew Brady's Civil War pictures and Early Virginia Religious Petitions. http://www.memory.loc.gov The National Archives and Records Administration is the place to go for military records and a lot more. http://www.archives.gov While there check out the archival database systems at http://www.archives.gov/aad/index.html Some of the government databases are searched in a way that is different than most of us are used to. It is a good idea to read any pages that offer searching advice or instructions. 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.
Barbara: I apologize. After searching through the foot high stack of things I need to enter in the db, I found the copy of the will and the other documents you sent me a year ago. At that time I looked at them and put them in the stack to enter into the db but it has not gotten there yet. I will try to transcribe the will to be published in the Banner but it is really hard to read. However, it is clear that William names his wife, Elizabeth, his sons Henry, Nathan, Andrew and William and his daughters, Rachel, Mary Ann and Margaret. The estate papers you supplied are full of information and I have been derelict in not getting them transcribed. We really appreciate all your help and again I apologize. We would surely love to have DNA proof. If the descendants of Henry, Nathan, Andrew or William matched Henry's descendants, it would go a long way in placing these New Castle families. Any male descendants born Bunkers of this family that may be interested in the DNA project, please look at our website and click on the surname project for information. http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. If the cost is a problem ($99), it is possible a "scholarship" might be provided for either this line or any male Bunker descended from George Bunker of Charleston. Bette ____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Jarvis [mailto:jarvis@cyberpc.com] Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 9:44 PM To: BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: William(mMunks) Bette, Just read your column on the Henry L. Bunker, III - Devonshire Lineage. I noticed that you said the children of William and Elizabeth Munks may be as follows: (no proof) are : Henry, etc. I sent you a copy of William's will that listed the children in it. Or are you talking about having DNA proof? Barbara Jarvis ==== 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.
Bette, Just read your column on the Henry L. Bunker, III - Devonshire Lineage. I noticed that you said the children of William and Elizabeth Munks may be as follows: (no proof) are : Henry, etc. I sent you a copy of William's will that listed the children in it. Or are you talking about having DNA proof? Barbara Jarvis
This may or may not be something that would be useful to anyone. Have come across a directory for public libraries, which is not limited to the US. The USA public library listings are extensive and arranged by region. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/ Many of the US libraries have departments and email addresses for local history, especially if the library is in a smaller town. I know that some libraries' genealogy depts. have surname files for some of the prominent families that live/d in the area. If you aren't in a position to go ask, this gives long-distance genealogists mail and sometimes email access to libraries they can't visit. Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com We have not inherited the world from our forefathers .. we have borrowed it from our children. .. Kashmiri Proverb 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"