A Soldier's Prayer by Maj. Gen. James Middleton Lord, bless the wives who grieve alone And comfort mothers who morn their own Give solace to fathers who lost their sons On foreign shores and in places unknown Lord, strengthen the resolve of we who remain To see that they did not die in vain. Just in case you missed Dear Abby's column today gil

Suzanne Bunkers sent the following to the list, which was not posted because a different e-mail account (it shows in the header record below) was used. I encourage list members to visit Suzanne's home page (listed below) and follow its links to other points of interest. As a transplanted Oregonian, I especially found links to Bunker academics from Oregon interesting. >Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 10:25:43 -0700 >X-From_: slvb@mail.com Sat Nov 8 10:25:43 2003 >X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.41 (Entity 5.404) >From: "Suzanne Bunkers" <slvb@mail.com> >To: BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com >Old-Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 11:25:43 -0600 >X-Originating-Ip: 134.29.22.24 >X-Originating-Server: ws1-9.us4.outblaze.com >X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list >Subject: {not a subscriber} new web site URL: Suzanne Bunkers >X-Envelope-To: BUNKER-L > >Here is the URL for my web site, which has been updated and is on a new >server: >www.intech.mnsu.edu/bunkers >... Douglas G. Detling (D15-II) - Bunker Family Association web site/e-mail coordinator ddetling@charter.net visit the BFA web site at: www.bunkerfamilyassn.org/index.html

Suzanne Bunkers sent the following to the list, which was not posted because a different e-mail account (it shows in the header record below) was used. I encourage list members to visit Suzanne's home page (listed below) and follow its links to other points of interest. As a transplanted Oregonian, I especially found links to Bunker academics from Oregon interesting. Doug Detling BFA e-mail coordinator >Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 10:25:43 -0700 >X-From_: slvb@mail.com Sat Nov 8 10:25:43 2003 >X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.41 (Entity 5.404) >From: "Suzanne Bunkers" <slvb@mail.com> >To: BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com >Old-Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 11:25:43 -0600 >X-Originating-Ip: 134.29.22.24 >X-Originating-Server: ws1-9.us4.outblaze.com >X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list >Subject: {not a subscriber} new web site URL: Suzanne Bunkers >X-Envelope-To: BUNKER-L > >Here is the URL for my web site, which has been updated and is on a new >server: >www.intech.mnsu.edu/bunkers >-- >__________________________________________________________ >Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com >http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > >Search Smarter - get the new eXact Search Bar for free! >http://www.exactsearchbar.com/

Roy, Pls. contact me. I'm seeking biographical info for your Uncle Thaddeus who served in Civil War. All I have is Co K 33rd Reg't TX Cav. Duff's Partisan Rangers. Cousins, Seeking bio data for all CW vet I probably have all the military data but need to place "meat on the bones." Appreciate the help gil

Dick Eastman's newsletter this week suggests an article about what is happening to CD's. It seems that many of the CD's we have recorded probably have already lost their data and that there is an inkling of the cause. If you are planning on making a CD of your data or already have, you should read this article. http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=15800263&pg no=1 And again I recommend Eastman's newsletter. http://www.eogn.com The National Genealogical Society News Magazine had several good sites listed too. You can find more about NGS at www.ngsgenealogy.org 1840 special census of military pensioners. This would include veterans of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840 Please note that you may find the surname you seek in the column for head of household and find a pensioner you did not expect! The 1840 census just listed the head of household and indicated the number of people of each sex living in the household. However, this special part of the census listed the name, age of pensioner, head of household, city/township, county, state. So if you are wondering who that elderly man was living with your ancestor this might help. http://www.familysearch.org has their 1880 census index linked to the microfilm images on Ancestry.com. If you are a member of the LDS church you can see the images free. If you are not, you can pay $9.95 for 30 day access to the images. This is only for the 1880 census but if you are diligent you may be able to get all your research done in that 30 days. The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was an organization for Union veterans of the Civil War. There is a publication called "Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Illinois, Transcription of the Death Rolls 1879-1947" that contains the names and death data of 32,000 veterans. Look for it at http://www.ngpublications.com You can find some original GAR records at http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi Use the finding aids. This is the site of the US Army Military History Institute at Carlisle, PA and it has some other goodies too including pictures of Civil War soldiers. The GAR had a lot of interesting records but they are hard to find. Sometimes you can find a local post and it may have information. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (USVCW) has a website that might help locate information. http://suvcw.org/gar.htm Look for a listing of posts at http://suvcw.org/garposts/garposts.htm or www.loc.gov/rr/main/gar/garhome.html And have you thought about looking at passport applications for information? Look at www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/research_topics/passport_applicatio ns.html for information about this source. Have you thought about eBay for Bibles, photo albums or photos? http://eBay.com If you put in the search box bible, you will get over 9,000 items. If you put in a name and bible you will narrow down the search. For instance bunker bible got only a few items and a bible that had belonged to a man who fought at Bunker Hill in the Revolution. You can find some real treasures there. Bette

I was working on something unrelated today (Iowa Civil War records) and ran across a bio of another individual which makes mention of a Moses Bunker coming to Cedar County Iowa from Ohio with the subject Mr. Enoch Larrison in 1841. Thought I might pass it along in case the information contained therein is useful or in case the Larrison & Bunker lines are related. Larrison, Enoch F., farmer and stock raiser, Section 2; Post Office Tipton; born in Morris County, New Jersey, February 26, 1811; lived there twenty-one years; lived in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and came to Cedar County in 1841; he and Moses Bunker came together; they cut and hewed the timber for the log jail; only several houses in Tipton then; there are only a few here now that were here when they came. Mr. Larrison went to California in 1852 and engaged in mining; returned in 1858 and engaged in farming and stock raising, and owns 260 acres of land. Married Jane Allen, from Ohio, December 25, 1871; she died in April, 1873. Thomas J. Larrison was in the army, Twenty Fourth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Company B, and was in a number of battles. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.534 / Virus Database: 329 - Release Date: 10/31/2003

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [SCGSI] New York Research Resent-Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 15:26:08 -0700 Resent-From: CASOLANOCGS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2003 14:25:33 -0800 From: Jerry <gociao@peoplepc.com> Organization: mail.peoplepc.com To: CASOLANOCGS-L@rootsweb.com I just got this from another list. Those of you with New York City connections might be able to use it. Jerry G. Here is a valuable resource for some things in New Jersey (and New York City). "The New York Times" is online free until 15 Dec 2003, and then it will be gone. This isn't just the index, but every page, with most very readible! You might be able to find NJ information, obituaries, etc. It has the complete New York Times, (including the classified) from 1851-2001! It works like this: First, go to -- http://riversideregionallibrary.org Second, click on "ProQuest Historical New York Times" Third, use the guest password here, which is: welcome Fourth, click on "ProQuest Historical New York Times" again. Fifth, you are now on the search screen -- try it! ==== CASOLANOCGS Mailing List ==== List address: CASOLANOCGS-L@rootsweb.com List manager: casolanocgs-admin@rootsweb.com SCGS website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cascgsi/ List archive: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/casolanocgs List search: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CASOLANOCGS ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

New England Historic Genealogy Society has been putting online information about the settlers of the Beekman Patent in Duchess Co., NY. Amongst their latest is information about the Banckers, some of whose descendants eventually changed their names to Bunker. The information is published in THE SETTLERS OF THE BEEKMAN PATENT, DUCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK: AN HISTORICAL STUDY OF ALL THE 18TH CENTURY SETTLERS IN THE PATENT. It was published in 6 volumes between 1990-2001 and you may be able to find it in a library someplace. The Bancker information is in volume 2 and I have copied it. Bette

This is a very interesting site. Especially the fraudulent lineages link. You will probably find information on one or more of your early American families here. Be sure to look at all of it, the explanations, source codes, etc. http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/ I am just an amateur that happens to have been "doing" genealogy for over 40 years and am the historian for the Bunker Family Assn. I do not "own" any of these links and suggestions that I send. In the process of doing my own research, I stumble across some interesting and useful links and try to share them. You can do anything you want with them from ignoring them to claiming them as your own. I just try to help people as I have been helped for so many years. I do recommend a couple newsletters. Dick Eastman's at http://www.eogn.com and Rootweb review at Rootsweb.com. http://www.rootsweb.com still remains the best, in my opinion, of the free sites. You have to get past the search box linking to Ancestry.com but once beyond that this site has lots and lots of information. And http://www.cyndislist.com has more links to everything than you will find any place. Another thing I recommend is using your favorites or bookmark feature to mark your favorite sites as they are updated usually. In addition, you may want to go back there and look again. Or you can make a folder marked genealogy links and put them all in there too with a description of what is on there. I have been waiting for the Linn Co, IA cemetery transcriptions to get to the g's to look up some of my ancestors so I keep checking that site. I would forget the link if it was not for the fact that it is in my favorites. Bette

Here are some not too common sites to possibly help with your research. http://costume.cornell.edu:8080/ a vast library of fashions from different periods which can be searched by period, type of clothing item, i.e. head covering, designer, and more. Not every item has pictures but a lot do. Need to look for family in South Africa? Try this site. http://www.genealogy.co.za/ Thousands of railroad related pictures http://www.railpictures.net/ Charles Cushman photo collection of life in American 1938-1969 http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/ Happy hunting! Bette

Roots Web review this week has a link for their military sites. Military mailing lists. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military/ Military topic message boards. http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.Military User contributed databases master list http://userdb.rootsweb.com/military/ Another one that includes the above as well as more. http://userdb.rootsweb.com/regional.html POW/MIA http://userdb.rootsweb.com/pow_mia/ Lesson guides. http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson13.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson14.htm Remember that Rootsweb is sponsored by Ancestry. Usually at the top of the page you will see a box to search for your ancestors that is a link to Ancestry and of course, that costs money. Skip this box and scroll further down on the pages to find the free stuff. Please remember to copy all the World War II records you can find for anyone in your family as most of them burned in a fire at the Kansas depository. You and/or your family veteran may be the only ones in the world with the record. Do not believe that the Veteran's Administration has copies even if they have been supplied numerous times when the veteran was a patient there or received a disability benefit or other service. They throw them away every two years. And with Veteran's Day coming up next week Nov 11th, I wish to say thank you to all the people that have served our country to keep me free and all of those presently serving. You make our country great. And I am proud to say that members of my family have served in every war the US has ever been involved in from the French and Indian Wars before we were a separate country to Iraq. Bette

The following obituary appeared in the Cape Cod Times, 2 Nov 2003: Charles F. Bunker, 74 Worked at GTE Sylvania; German tutor; motorcyclist BROOKLINE, N.H. - Charles F. Bunker, 74, who leaves family on Cape Cod, died Oct. 21 at his home. He was the husband of the late Gunhilde C. (Andersch) Bunker. Mr. Bunker was born in Boston and graduated from Needham High School. A resident of Brookline for more than 40 years, he was a supervisor for GTE Sylvania, Manchester, for 20 years. Mr. Bunker was a tutor and instructor in the German language. A first lieutenant in the Army, Mr. Bunker served during World War II and was stationed in Austria during the Korean War. He was a member of Kilduff/Wirtanen American Legion Post 74, Brookline. Mr. Bunker was a member and treasurer of the Brookline Historical Society, a founder of Sylvania Motorcycle Club and past president of New Hampshire Motorcycle Rights Organization. He was also a motorcycle safety instructor at New Hampshire Technical College in Manchester. A former member of Brookline Church of Christ, he taught Sunday school for many years. He was a supporter of the Brookline bell ringers and treasurer of Brookline Bell Ringers Defense Fund. Survivors include a son, Charles E. Bunker of Brookline; five daughters: Karin E. Choate of Onset, Erika C. Andersch of Los Angeles, Liesl E. Fraser of Sagamore Beach, Heidi M. Rodgers of Hollis and Krista E. Lehoullier of Nashua; 19 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was also the father of the late Hans W. Bunker. A graveside service was held Oct. 25 at Pine Grove Cemetery, Pepperell Road, Brookline. Memorial donations may be made to Brookline Historical Society, P.O. Box 595, Brookline, NH 03033.

Read about the Confederate families that refused to surrender after the Civil War and moved to Brazil at http://www.scv.org/Camp1653/index.htm Dick Eastman reviewed this site and others this week in his newsletter which can be obtained free at http://www.eogn.com Bette

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A list of the French refugees to Britain in 1700's who received payments. I found it interesting that there were some Batchelder variations there. Possibly related to the New England Batchelders. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~frpayments/Index.htm Do not use the ancestor search box at the top of the page as that takes you to Ancestry.com. Use the alphabet list on the left side of the page. Click on the letter and it will take you to a list of the people with surnames starting with that letter. Every week Rootsweb puts out the Roots Review newsletter that is filled with new sources at Rootsweb. Many of these are websites that we would not find in our normal every day searches but the newsletter has an explanation of the data on the site. I recommend the newsletter. You can subscribe to it at RWR-on@rootsweb.com. All you have to do is send the message to that address and you will automatically be subscribed. Each newsletter tells you how to unsubscribe in case you don't like it. Bette

Dictionary of Canadian Biographies http://www.biographi.ca/EN/index.html is an interesting site. None of my Canadian ancestors were famous enough for a biography but you might have some ancestors listed here. I thought for sure that the Duhault that killed the famous explorer would be listed but this site may just be for the famous, not the infamous. I did not browse through it, I just used the search box for a surname search. Bette

Okay, my math major daughter reports that the rowers are going at 9 mph and the river flow is 3 mph. ??? Maralyn -----Original Message----- From: Bette Richards <betterichs@earthlink.net> To: BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com <BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 7:56 PM Subject: books >Charlotte Chase just donated some lovely old books to the BFA library. They >belonged to Charles H. Bunker (D-249), his brother, George Washington Bunker >1836-66, his wife, Anna Mathes and his son, Fred E. Bunker. They include >hymn books, Bible quotations and comments, and algebra books. In one >Charles wrote his name several times evidently practicing his signature. In >another Fred drew some pictures as well as did some math problems. > >In Fred's book which is dated 1886, New Market High School (New Hampshire), >there is a math problem written out. "A crew which can pull 12 miles per >hour down the stream, finds that it takes twice as long to come up the river >as to go down. At what rate does the stream flow?" > >Ok all you math whizzes, I expect an answer to the problem. I took two >years of algebra and a year of geometry in high school (about 100 years ago) >and got A's but never could figure out these kinds of problems. I only got >them right in multiple guess tests. Help me out here. > >Please click on reply all so we can all share your reply. Thanks. > >I will have the books at the reunion in March. > >Bette > > > > >==== 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. >

Charlotte Chase just donated some lovely old books to the BFA library. They belonged to Charles H. Bunker (D-249), his brother, George Washington Bunker 1836-66, his wife, Anna Mathes and his son, Fred E. Bunker. They include hymn books, Bible quotations and comments, and algebra books. In one Charles wrote his name several times evidently practicing his signature. In another Fred drew some pictures as well as did some math problems. In Fred's book which is dated 1886, New Market High School (New Hampshire), there is a math problem written out. "A crew which can pull 12 miles per hour down the stream, finds that it takes twice as long to come up the river as to go down. At what rate does the stream flow?" Ok all you math whizzes, I expect an answer to the problem. I took two years of algebra and a year of geometry in high school (about 100 years ago) and got A's but never could figure out these kinds of problems. I only got them right in multiple guess tests. Help me out here. Please click on reply all so we can all share your reply. Thanks. I will have the books at the reunion in March. Bette

Quite a few of the Mormon Bunkers are descended from Edward Bunker. This very interesting man accomplished so much someone ought to write a book about him. For those of you who are interested, here is an excellent website about the Mormon Battalion of which Edward Bunker was a private in Co. E. The Mormon Battalion traveled through Tucson while it was still a part of Mexico. There is a monument to the members of this battalion located in the military plaza in Tucson. The website also has a picture of Edward. http://www.mormonbattalion.com Check out the gallery for the picture and the history. There is a roster and those of you who are Mormons will probably find some more of your relatives here too. Bette

What are the names of campgrounds that are in close proximity to the Pueblo Inn on South Freeway? We are planning to pull our travel trailer and think that our daughter and son-in-law plan to pull theirs too. We also travel with a big cat, so is difficult to stay in a motel/hotel. There will probably be others with the same question. We plan to continue the trip and go to Phoenix and possibly on to Yuma. Alice asked and I thought others might also like to know about campgrounds. Here are some websites to look at: http://www.recreationusa.com/camping/arizona.html http://www.rv-america.com/az/az-tucso.htm Catalina State Park is a nice park and about 10 miles through town to get to the motel where the reunion is taking place. This is a nice place but traffic on the route to the motel can be a pain because you have to drive through town and not on the freeway. Gilbert Ray is one of the favorite parks near Tucson. It is about 8 miles from the motel and easy access from Kinney Rd to Ajo Highway to the freeway and the motel. With the forest campgrounds closed this one may get filled up fast so early reservations would be a good idea. Although this has not filled up in the last couple years due to the economy, it is one park that will if people are doing much traveling. This would probably be my favorite place to camp out. It is near the Desert museum and Saguaro Natl. Park. Cactus Country RV is on the east side of Tucson and a quick hop on the freeway to the motel about 7 miles away. Freeway traffic is not bad except at rush hour and then only when you get close to the motel. Verde Plaza is about 2 miles from the motel. Because of construction and one-way streets, it is a few turns here and there to get to the motel but not difficult to remember. Cactus Country and Verde Plaza have laundries and swimming pools. Although the Coronado Forest sites are listed, some of those are closed due to the fire last year and all are about 30 miles from the motel. I have not been to all of these parks. If you think you would be interested in one and would like me to check it out and the area it is in, let me know and I will go scouting around for you. Remember about early reservations. March is the height of our season in Arizona, the beginning of wildflower season, spring training month and the Gem Show has just ended, so it is usually the one with the most tourists. Bette