Wilmington city directory <http://delawarecitydirectory.com/Wilmington/1859/> Naturalization records for Delaware <http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/collections/natrlzndb/index.htm> Photo history of Delaware <http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/exhibits/hpe/index.htm> Digital archives <http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/exhibits/index.htm> Bette

Looking for a map including maps of railroad routes go to http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html Read the directions about how to search.

Barbara, Looks like you have a winner. I'm interested and Bette will be also. 34 pages of property? I don't think George C-1 had that much. Nice work, Sherlock. gil ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Jarvis To: Gil Bunker Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 10:57 PM Subject: PA Bunkers Gil, I have to admit I don't know how to put this on-line to the Bunker list, so if you'll let me know I'll either redo this, or if it's easier, you can put it on-line. I don't know anyone else who is researching the PA Bunkers. I think I have just found a very good bit of information. I obtained a copy of William Bunker's will, (he died in 1824) and I am pretty sure that he is the father of Andrew of Iowa and all of his progeny. If anyone would like to know what I've found, and what information is in this 34 page list of all his property, I'll be very happy to share. Thanks for you help. Barbara Jarvis. jarvis@cyberpc.com

This site gives post offices and postmasters. http://www.usps.com/postmasterfinder/ This site takes a while to search but I went to Postmasters and where they served", typed in Bunker (pays to have an uncommon name) and came up with Bunkers dating back to 1827 and as recently as 2001. You can type in a place and get information about it or ask for post offices in existence on a certain date. This is the Post Office website and it has lots of information. The site says it has information back to 1963 when in fact it has lots of information back to the early 1800's. I asked for a list of post offices from 1800 to 1825 and it said there were more than 500 listed. Some queries will get a response that research on that post office has not been completed but this site has a lot of information useful to genealogists. Since it has so much to search do not give up when it takes so long after you enter your query. It is worth the wait. This one is a little strange for a genealogical list but if you are interested in endangered species try this site http://www.arkive.org/ This is actually a very informative site if you are just interested in descriptions and pictures of animals and plants. Here you need to click on the words and not the box to get where you are going. Happy 4th. Bette

Happy 4th ... Turn your speakers on for this ... http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1499821652

The fire here has gotten considerably worse burning another 10,000 acres today and several places evacuated. There is a city cam picture of Tucson. It really does not show the smoke very well as the sky is all smoke. The area behind the courthouse should be mountains but those are the ones that are burning and all you see is smoke. http://www.cityoftucson.org/camera-ie.html is the picture from the mountain a couple miles from my house. I live in the SW part of town. The NE part of town cannot be seen right now due to smoke. The fire is burning down this side of the mountain now and very close to the million + dollar homes. Bette

There is a free download to stop all those annoying pop up boxes on the net. http://www.pcworld.com/home/index/0,00.asp and click on downloads. Be aware that the file will automatically start to download so if you want to read about it first click cancel when the install box comes up. This site has some other interesting downloads too. Into writing? You might find something of interest here http://www.fwpublications.com/education.asp These are a couple of the sites I found on the Family History Radio eGenConference exhibit hall which is free. Of course, it is full of commercial sites trying to sell you something but family history searchers do on occasion buy things don't they? http://www.familyhistoryradio.com Bette

The National Genealogical society is conducting teleconferences about London research, census research, Irish, Civil War and more. It might interest those that are unable to go to regular conferences. http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ and click on conferences for more information. Bette

Bette, in your web-searching, can you find the 1840 census for Maxfield ME and the 1850 Howland ME (5 mi east of Maxfield? Also 1850 census Lodi WI. And 1857 special census Mankato MI and 1860 cs Winona MI. The 1972 binder publication shows Francis' wife as HOA CLAPP in these census. The 1965 publication, pg 127, shows his wife as DOE JOY in those same censuses. I wonder whether there were two wives? Mary-Gene

https://www.uscitiesgalore.com offers a low priced program that will insert county names in your database when you input city information, uniformly spell all the names and correct your spelling of places names and other goodies. This comes from Dick Eastman's latest newsletter which also has several sites for records from Sonoma Co., CA amongst other good information. I highly recommend that you subscribe to his newsletter. It can be read free at http://www.rootsforum.com Bette

I have entered most of the Bunkers that appeared in the 1850 census living in NH but there are a few I can't identify. Can anyone help me? Barnstead, Belknap Co., NH Nathaniel Bunker age 30, b. NH John E. Bunker age 23, millwright with Elvia L. (?) age 19 and Samuel Colby age 15, farmer Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH Maria Bunker age 18, b. VT Mary Bunker age 21, b. VT Charles Bunker age 18, carpenter b. NH Chester, Rockingham Co., NH Geo. W. Bunker age 24, sailor b. NH New Market, Rockingham Co., NH Clarisa Bunker age 38 b. NH living with the Edgerly family Newton, Rockingham Co., NH John Bunker age 17, labourer b. NH living on the Currier farm Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., NH Elizabeth Bunker age 75 living with Joanna Whitehouse age 64 and the Twombly family South Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH George Bunker age 21,shoemaker b. NH living with Franklin and Adaline Prescott Farmington, Strafford Co., NH Sherborne Bunker age 32, farmer b. NH with Relief Bunker age 21 b. NH and Emory age 22, shoemaker b. NH Lee, Strafford Co., NH Hannah Bunker age 50, b. NH with John S. Bunker age 22 John Bunker age 28, farmer b. NH Madbury, Strafford Co., NH James E. Bunker age 10 b. NH with Jonathan and Patience Jenkins Andrew Bunker age 14 b. NH with Daniel and Margaretta Chesley John Bunker age 15, farmer b. Ireland Strafford, Strafford Co., NH Sarah E. Bunker age 12, b. NH living with James and Sarah Berry Does anybody have a clue? Thanks. Bette

While looking through the 1850 census I ran across another Perley. Sidney Perley Bunker was born in Gilmantown, Belknap Co., NH in 1845, the son of Charles Moses Bunker and Mary Purvere (according to our records but I bet it was Perley). Unfortunately, I am unable to trace Charles back beyond his parents, George Bunker and Alice Smith who were married in Durham in 1784. Anybody researching any of these please contact me for further information as I have more people in this family. Maybe he connects to Benjamin Bunker and Betsey Perley. Bette

Cousins, Anyone know the where abouts of Ken Daniels, formerly of Centerville, VA? gil

I believe I have found the Lewis Bunker listed in the 1850 census in Pittsfield, Merrimack Co., NH with his wife Jane and daughter Abby. Our records show his wife's name as Sophia Osgood. This does not bother me any as it seems like Jane, Fanny, Nancy and Mollie were nicknames for just about any name that a girl could have. Lewis was the son of Silas Bunker and Betsey Pickering, U-203 and RN 20499. Bette

PA archives has a new database online for Civil War conscientious objectors. Since so many PA people were Quakers, you may find this database useful. <http://www.libertynet.org/~gspa/CivilWarCO.htm> The easiest to search for names on this is to go to the proper index section like A-M and then use your browser. To do that click on edit and look for "find on this page" or just find. Click that and a box comes up in which you can type the name you want and it searches for that name on the page. Using two names usually does not work so you need to just use a surname but that will narrow it down a bit. Depending upon your program you may not be able to use these exact directions but they will be close. Ask help of information if this does not work for you. Bette

I have been looking at the 1850 census and have found some Bunkers in Merrimack Co., NH that I am having trouble locating in the database. Does anyone know who these people are? In Concord, Delny Bunker age 23. I am sure this is a misspelled name but can't figure out who it might be. Benjamin P. Bunker age 31, Lydia age 63, Almira W. age 33, Marietta age 24 in New London. Benjamin C. Bunker age 39, Almira age 39, Adelaide age 7, Ellen L. age 4 in New London. In Pittsfield, Lewis Bunker age 35, cabinet maker, with Jane age 32 and Abby age 5. Thanks for your help. Bette

Here is a site with Missouri Supreme court cases on it. There may be something of interest to people researching MO. http://www.sos.state.mo.us/archives/judiciary/supremecourt/ The San Francisco Public library has pictures on line http://sfpl4.sfpl.org/librarylocations/sfhistory/browse.htm Bette

As previously announced, my youngest son, Shannon, will be married on Friday, June 27, in Salt Lake Cit--the second of my sons to marry this month. We'll be traveling beginning Thursday, June 26. Hopefully there will be no list problems while I am on vacation in Utah, Arizona and Southern California. I will be returning to Oregon by Sunday, July 6. Please, everyone, have a safe and sane July 4 holiday weekend. Douglas G. Detling (ddetling@greencity.org) 725 Royal Ave. #81, Medford, OR 97504-6449 (541) 301-1025 . eFax (815) 366-9121

Bette's message about the records for her Aunt Floy brought to mind the following information I had just received from Ancestry.Com. The article was about charts, and I had been particularly struck by the Discrepancy Chart. That's one of the things we run across a lot. Since I'm sending the one about errors, I thought I'd send a couple of others too. Mary-Gene Page DISCREPANCY CHARTS This is one of my favorite types of charts, probably because I have so many confusing ancestors. This chart organizes conflicting dates or places for one specific event in a person's life. My great- grandmother was supposedly born in five different places and charting this information made it easier for me to keep track of what record provided what place of birth. I find it helpful to list all various dates for an event along with where that specific information was obtained and who was the likely informant on that record. This summary helps me to compare all the information and determine as best I can which date or location is most likely to be correct. An article discussing discrepancy charts and two specific examples can be viewed here ( <http://www.genealogy.com/37_neill.html> ). ACQUAINTANCE SHEETS For certain time periods and areas, tracking an ancestor's acquaintances is an important part of the research process. Have you ever encountered the name of a witness on a relative's document and been sure that you have seen that name somewhere else before? Tracking the individuals who were somehow involved in your ancestor's life may help you determine where the ancestor was from, to whom he was related, or where he later went. Deeds, wills, bonds, and other records frequently have names of other individuals as witnesses, neighbors, or bondsmen. If the same names appear with your ancestor in Kentucky and in Virginia, there may be a relatively strong connection. A sample of an acquaintance sheet is viewable here: <http://www.rootdig.com/acquaintance.html>. CHRONOLOGIES Working an ancestor out from birth to death (including everything in between) is an excellent way to organize information and notice gaps and oversights in your research. Regular readers of the "Ancestry Daily News" are familiar with this approach as several of us have written about it before, largely because we know that chronologies are an extremely valuable genealogical tool and can be used in several different situations. Chronology articles from the "Ancestry Daily News": Step-by-Step: Creating a Timeline <http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=1644&key=A652901> Space-Time Continuum <http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=1644&key=A602401> GEOGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION Maps are essential to family history research. Mapping out all those locations in an ancestor's life may help you to see geographic areas that have been overlooked in your research. It may also help you to gain a better perspective on an ancestor's life. Maps organize information geographically; this is something that cannot always be done easily with only text. Things that appear inconsistent may not appear as inconsistent when viewed on a map. The different places of birth for my great-grandmother are in four towns in three states. However when viewed on a map all these locations are in close proximity to each other and are not as different as they appear on the surface. A picture truly is worth a thousand words. And a map may prevent you from wasting many hours of research time.

I just received the record for the birth of Floy Bunker Heideman. All her life she celebrated her birthday on Feb 20th. Every record regarding her that required a birthdate gives Feb 20, 1895. The official records gives 3 mo. 20 day 1895. It was filed 6-23-1896, over a year after she was born. Even then it gives "female" born to Lou Linebeck and Will Bunker. There is no doubt that this is the correct record. Willis Bunker and Sarah Louise (always called Lou) Linebeck had only one daughter. Floy's record in the BFA database will still retain the Feb 20th birthdate but a note has been made that the certified record from Iowa lists her birthdate as Mar 20, 1895. This is an example though of an "official" record being inaccurate. All genealogists know that this happens frequently. The sex gets reversed, dates get changed around, names are mis-spelled or a nickname is used. Just about anything can happen and it will. When you run into a situation like this you should not change your record but merely note that the record is different. Frequently, we get people who tell us our records are wrong and we have an incorrect date or name. When that happens, we add the new information to our database. Sometimes if there is no source for the alleged incorrect information we may delete it and use the new information. But just as often we leave all the information in the database. Sometimes this may be confusing and some people who are sticklers for absolute accuracy get upset. However, how are we to know what is absolutely accurate when we were not there? Floy was the oldest Bunker to ever live that we can verify both the birth date and the death date. Even if she was born in March instead of Feb. she still holds that record. Benjamin Bunker, son of James Bunker and Anne Thomas was said to be 108-110 when he died. However, we cannot verify with any record his birthdate, his date of marriage or the dates of the births of his oldest children. His date of birth is estimated and so we cannot be certain that he lived to be 108-110 years old. Since he died in 1818, it is not likely we will ever verify this. I read an obituary for a lady which said she was 112 years old when she died. The church record of her birth disputes this and she was really 20 years younger. Often when people live to great ages, others think they are much older than they really are. Until about 1900 we do not have very good records of births, deaths and marriages. A lot of the earlier dates are only estimations. Bette