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Our Memorial Day will be celebrated on Monday, May 29. Before we all go out and enjoy ourselves, have BBQ's, watch the fireworks and get ready for summer For all of the young men and women killed in the service of our country, they will not be forgotten and indeed growing older is a privilege denied to them; hope we all have made our time worthwhile and have been kind and decent to each other. Sally Sally Rolls Pavia [email protected] ""Soldiers do not die until they are forgotten." "Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.” ======================================================== 1940 : British evacuation of Dunkirk turns savage As Germans commit atrocity on this day in 1940, units from Germany’s SS Death’s Head division battle British troops just 50 miles from the port at Dunkirk, in northern France, as Britain’s Expeditionary Force continues to fight to evacuate France. After holding off an SS company until their ammo was spent, 99 Royal Norfolk Regiment soldiers retreated to a farmhouse in the village of Paradis, just 50 miles from the Dunkirk port. Ships waited there to carry home the British Expeditionary Force, which had been fighting alongside the French in its defensive war against the German invaders. Agreeing to surrender, the trapped regiment started to file out of the farmhouse, waving a white flag tied to a bayonet. They were met by German machine-gun fire. They tried again and the British regiment was ordered by an English-speaking German officer to an open field where they were searched and divested of everything from gas masks to cigarettes. They were then marched into a pit where machine guns had been placed in fixed positions. The German order came: “Fire!” Those Brits who survived the machine-gun fire were either stabbed to death with bayonets or shot dead with pistols. Of the 99 members of the regiment, only two survived, both privates: Albert Pooley and William O’Callaghan. They lay among the dead until dark, then, in the middle of a rainstorm, they crawled to a farmhouse, where their wounds were tended. With nowhere else to go, they surrendered again to the Germans, who made them POWs. Pooley’s leg was so badly wounded he was repatriated to England in April 1943 in exchange for some wounded German soldiers. Upon his return to Britain, his story was not believed. Only when O’Callaghan returned home and verified the story was a formal investigation made. Finally, after the war, a British military tribunal in Hamburg found the German officer who gave the “Fire” order, Captain Fritz Knochlein, guilty of a war crime. He was hanged. ======================================================== 1941 : Bismarck sunk by Royal Navy On May 27, 1941, the British navy sinks the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic near France. The German death toll was more than 2,000. On February 14, 1939, the 823-foot Bismarck was launched at Hamburg. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler hoped that the state-of-the-art battleship would herald the rebirth of the German surface battle fleet. However, after the outbreak of war, Britain closely guarded ocean routes from Germany to the Atlantic Ocean, and only U-boats moved freely through the war zone. In May 1941, the order was given for the Bismarck to break out into the Atlantic. Once in the safety of the open ocean, the battleship would be almost impossible to track down, all the while wreaking havoc on Allied convoys to Britain. Learning of its movement, Britain sent almost the entire British Home Fleet in pursuit. On May 24, the British battle cruiser Hood and battleship Prince of Wales intercepted it near Iceland. In a ferocious battle, the Hood exploded and sank, and all but three of the 1,421 crewmen were killed. The Bismarck escaped, but because it was leaking fuel it fled for occupied France. On May 26, it was sighted and crippled by British aircraft, and on May 27 three British warships descended on the Bismarck and finished it off.  

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter May 13, 2017 William Deming Hornaday Photograph Collection is Now Online at the Texas State Archives William Deming Hornaday (1868-1942) was a journalist and Director of Publicity for the University of Texas. He amassed a collection of about 5 800 items consisting of photographs, photographic postcards, photoengravings and negatives. The images were created by a variety of photographers, the names of whom are mostly unknown. Dates covered are about 1890-about 1940, undated. The photographs depict notable people, places, and events across Texas. The collection also portrays a variety of locations outside the contiguous United States, most notably Mexico, Australia, China, New Zealand, Sri Lanka Fiji, and Hawaii. Subjects covered include agriculture, bridges, cattle, cityscapes, dwellings, factories, harbors, hunting, hydraulic structures, irrigation farming, landscape, military bases and personnel, mineral industries, the petroleum industry, physical geography, politicians, public buildings, railroads, ranches, and the wool industry. The images are arranged as received, under approximately 283 headings determined by subject matter, location, or format. These headings are ordered alphabetically. You can access the collection at: http://bit.ly/2pHgqxX  Sally Rolls Pavia [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index "Our Soldiers are one of our greatest assets!" "Soldiers do not die until they are forgotten." "Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.”

One summer Ron and I devoted to following the Oregon Trail as closely as closely as we could. I don't remember where we ended, but the trip itself was wonderful as far as I was concerned. SO much to learn. -----Original Message----- From: BUNKER [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2017 4:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BUNKER] Oregon Trail Ancestry: Did Your Ancestors Travel the Trail? Oregon Trail Ancestry: Did Your Ancestors Travel the Trail? “AncestralFindings.com” by Will Moneymaker The Oregon trail is popular in the historical lore of the United States. It is a 2,200-mile trail that led pioneers across the North American continent to the West Coast. Fur traders, explorers, gold miners, and pioneer families all used and helped develop the trail over a period of several decades in the mid 19th-century. The “jumping off point” of the trail, which was considered its beginning, was just outside of St Louis, Missouri, on the other side of the Mississippi River, through the trail didn’t start to become an obvious well-traveled road until Kansas. The Oregon Trail led travelers through what are now Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Idaho, and into Oregon. The beginnings of the trail were laid by fur traders and trappers beginning in about 1811, though it was a primitive trail then, and only able to be traveled on foot or horseback. When the first organized wagon train of pioneers migrating out west used the trail in 1836, a wagon trail had been cleared by those early fur traders and explorers all the way to Idaho. As the trail became used more and more by wagons and migrating families, rather than just small groups of single men, the trail was expanded to make it wagon-friendly all the way into Oregon. It eventually reached Willamette Valley in Oregon, where the trail ended. Every year the trail was used, improvements were made to it by those who traveled it to make it easier to travel by those who came after them. Improvements included such things as bridges over the many bodies of water the trail crossed, ferries to take wagons across the water portions, more evenly laid trails, and more defined portions of the trail. These improvements made the trip safer and quicker for travelers who came behind the ones who made the improvements. Not every traveler going out west was looking at Oregon as a destination. Some wanted to settle in Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and other western territories. To accommodate them, offshoots to the trail were made. During the years where the trail reached its peak use, approximately 400,000 people of all kinds traveled the trail. These people were families, businessmen, farmers, ranchers, and miners. Some people even traveled the trail to set up businesses to sell provisions to others who were traveling the trail. The use of the Oregon Trail began to decline after the Civil War when the first transcontinental railroad was established in 1869. This railroad made travel to the west safer and easier. Modern highways that travel to the west today follow parts of the original trail. However, most of the original trail is still visible as a heritage site, and there have been numerous re-enactments of traveling the trail over the past 100 years. The U.S. federal government has preserved many landmarks along the trail, such as buildings that were erected to serve travelers on the trail, wagon ruts, registers where travelers carved their names on natural aspects of the landscape, and bridges. So many people traveled the Oregon Trail, it is highly likely you have one or more ancestors who traveled it if you have any ancestry that originates in the western states in the 19th century. How do you discover if your ancestors traveled the Oregon Trail? First, take a look at what relatives you have who live out west, then trace them back to their origins in the west. Remember, the American west was not fully settled by Americans until the end of the 19th century and didn’t really begin in earnest until the early 19th century. Any ancestors you have in America who originated in this country earlier than this time almost certainly spent time living in the east before migrating to the west. Trace your western relatives upward through time to discover when that branch of the family migrated out west. If they went there anytime from the 1830’s to the 1860’s, they almost surely used the Oregon Trail. If they went there from the 1860’s through the 1890’s, they might have used the trail, but they also may have used a train. You might be able to find out which way they went by looking at old family letters, journals, and Bibles. You can also check census records for the first censuses for the western territories and see where they say your ancestors originated. You may be able to find records back in their state of origination that talks about their migration to the west. If you do discover you have ancestors who likely traveled the Oregon Trail, be proud, as they are a part of American History that is iconic and important to the creation of the country we enjoy today. Sally Rolls Pavia [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index "Our Soldiers are one of our greatest assets!" "Soldiers do not die until they are forgotten." "Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.” ***************************** If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Oregon Trail Ancestry: Did Your Ancestors Travel the Trail? “AncestralFindings.com” by Will Moneymaker The Oregon trail is popular in the historical lore of the United States. It is a 2,200-mile trail that led pioneers across the North American continent to the West Coast. Fur traders, explorers, gold miners, and pioneer families all used and helped develop the trail over a period of several decades in the mid 19th-century. The “jumping off point” of the trail, which was considered its beginning, was just outside of St Louis, Missouri, on the other side of the Mississippi River, through the trail didn’t start to become an obvious well-traveled road until Kansas. The Oregon Trail led travelers through what are now Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Idaho, and into Oregon. The beginnings of the trail were laid by fur traders and trappers beginning in about 1811, though it was a primitive trail then, and only able to be traveled on foot or horseback. When the first organized wagon train of pioneers migrating out west used the trail in 1836, a wagon trail had been cleared by those early fur traders and explorers all the way to Idaho. As the trail became used more and more by wagons and migrating families, rather than just small groups of single men, the trail was expanded to make it wagon-friendly all the way into Oregon. It eventually reached Willamette Valley in Oregon, where the trail ended. Every year the trail was used, improvements were made to it by those who traveled it to make it easier to travel by those who came after them. Improvements included such things as bridges over the many bodies of water the trail crossed, ferries to take wagons across the water portions, more evenly laid trails, and more defined portions of the trail. These improvements made the trip safer and quicker for travelers who came behind the ones who made the improvements. Not every traveler going out west was looking at Oregon as a destination. Some wanted to settle in Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and other western territories. To accommodate them, offshoots to the trail were made. During the years where the trail reached its peak use, approximately 400,000 people of all kinds traveled the trail. These people were families, businessmen, farmers, ranchers, and miners. Some people even traveled the trail to set up businesses to sell provisions to others who were traveling the trail. The use of the Oregon Trail began to decline after the Civil War when the first transcontinental railroad was established in 1869. This railroad made travel to the west safer and easier. Modern highways that travel to the west today follow parts of the original trail. However, most of the original trail is still visible as a heritage site, and there have been numerous re-enactments of traveling the trail over the past 100 years. The U.S. federal government has preserved many landmarks along the trail, such as buildings that were erected to serve travelers on the trail, wagon ruts, registers where travelers carved their names on natural aspects of the landscape, and bridges. So many people traveled the Oregon Trail, it is highly likely you have one or more ancestors who traveled it if you have any ancestry that originates in the western states in the 19th century. How do you discover if your ancestors traveled the Oregon Trail? First, take a look at what relatives you have who live out west, then trace them back to their origins in the west. Remember, the American west was not fully settled by Americans until the end of the 19th century and didn’t really begin in earnest until the early 19th century. Any ancestors you have in America who originated in this country earlier than this time almost certainly spent time living in the east before migrating to the west. Trace your western relatives upward through time to discover when that branch of the family migrated out west. If they went there anytime from the 1830’s to the 1860’s, they almost surely used the Oregon Trail. If they went there from the 1860’s through the 1890’s, they might have used the trail, but they also may have used a train. You might be able to find out which way they went by looking at old family letters, journals, and Bibles. You can also check census records for the first censuses for the western territories and see where they say your ancestors originated. You may be able to find records back in their state of origination that talks about their migration to the west. If you do discover you have ancestors who likely traveled the Oregon Trail, be proud, as they are a part of American History that is iconic and important to the creation of the country we enjoy today. Sally Rolls Pavia [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index "Our Soldiers are one of our greatest assets!" "Soldiers do not die until they are forgotten." "Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.”

I did find in later censuses in Hamilton County, OH a number of Bunker families that are from Germany. Everything I have ever seen has the Bunker family as being English. Have you ever seen any records referring to German Bunkers? Perhaps maybe there might be a connection there? I do know the Stonebrakers were a German/Swedish family. Erin Ragsdale ?? ________________________________ From: BUNKER <[email protected]> on behalf of Bette Bunker Richards <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2017 4:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BUNKER] Bunkers in Butler Co, OH A Butler Co., Ohio history mentions the Garvers, Stonebreakers and Vances but there is no mention of a Bunker. Ancestry has copies of his marriage record to both Catherine Garver and his second marriage to Vance. However, I am unable to find anything else about him. The marriage records only give their names and no information about their families. He most likely came to Ohio because he was promised bounty land for his service in the War of 1812. He served in 1814. Have you tried the Ohio Historical Society? Or the Ohio Genealogical Society? In one of the histories you might be able to find something about him, especially since the Garvers and Stonebreakers are mentioned. It may not be in the index but in a paragraph that mentions a son-in-law, father-in-law, etc. without naming him. Sorry, I can't help any more. This is one of our mystery families and we have no male Bunker descendants that have tested their DNA. Bette On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Stan Lemkuil <[email protected]> wrote: > Does this help you at all? Hello cousin. Have a good day. > > *Colleen and Stan Lemkuil* > *Cell-515-240-4714 Colleen's cell 515-229-4619* > *Reach us 5 times a day at [email protected] > <[email protected]>m* > > 1110 N Henness Rd. #1945 Casa Grande, Arizona 85122 > > On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Gil Bunker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Erin, > > Unless our historian has additional information on your Bunker ancestors, > > our published data begins with U-850 John Bunker and his > > wife Catherine (Garver) of Butler Co., OH; with some data on four > > generations of his descendents (1965 BunGen p.225-228). Bette may > > have an answer but that is supposition. > > gl > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: BUNKER [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Erin R > > Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2017 10:00 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [BUNKER] Bunkers in Butler Co, OH > > > > I am looking for any information on the Bunkers in Butler County. My > > ancestor John Bunker and his wife Catherine (Garver) lived in > > Butler County in the early 1800s. Their descendants then moved to > Hamilton > > County OH and Montgomery Co, IN before coming to > > Southern Illinois. > > > > I have tracked John all the way back to the 1820 census, but can't find > > anything before that. I would love to know his parents and > > where he came from. In later censuses, his son states that his parents > > were born in Ohio or Pennsylvania. > > > > The family seemed to be highly interconnected with the Stonebraker and > > Garver families. > > > > Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> > > > > ***************************** > > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in > > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ***************************** > > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ***************************** If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There are numerous Ohio Bunkers from Germany.. We have at least two German Bunker branches that are not related to each other. Cincinnati has a lot of them. On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Erin R <[email protected]> wrote: > I did find in later censuses in Hamilton County, OH a number of Bunker > families that are from Germany. Everything I have ever seen has the Bunker > family as being English. Have you ever seen any records referring to German > Bunkers? Perhaps maybe there might be a connection there? I do know the > Stonebrakers were a German/Swedish family. > > > Erin Ragsdale > ?? > > > ________________________________ > From: BUNKER <[email protected]> on behalf > of Bette Bunker Richards <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2017 4:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BUNKER] Bunkers in Butler Co, OH > > A Butler Co., Ohio history mentions the Garvers, Stonebreakers and Vances > but there is no mention of a Bunker. Ancestry has copies of his marriage > record to both Catherine Garver and his second marriage to Vance. However, > I am unable to find anything else about him. The marriage records only > give their names and no information about their families. He most likely > came to Ohio because he was promised bounty land for his service in the War > of 1812. He served in 1814. Have you tried the Ohio Historical Society? > Or the Ohio Genealogical Society? In one of the histories you might be > able to find something about him, especially since the Garvers and > Stonebreakers are mentioned. It may not be in the index but in a paragraph > that mentions a son-in-law, father-in-law, etc. without naming him. Sorry, > I can't help any more. This is one of our mystery families and we have no > male Bunker descendants that have tested their DNA. > > Bette > > On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Stan Lemkuil <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Does this help you at all? Hello cousin. Have a good day. > > > > *Colleen and Stan Lemkuil* > > *Cell-515-240-4714 Colleen's cell 515-229-4619* > > *Reach us 5 times a day at [email protected] > > <[email protected]>m* > > > > 1110 N Henness Rd. #1945 Casa Grande, Arizona 85122 > > > > On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Gil Bunker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Erin, > > > Unless our historian has additional information on your Bunker > ancestors, > > > our published data begins with U-850 John Bunker and his > > > wife Catherine (Garver) of Butler Co., OH; with some data on four > > > generations of his descendents (1965 BunGen p.225-228). Bette may > > > have an answer but that is supposition. > > > gl > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: BUNKER [mailto:[email protected]] > On > > > Behalf Of Erin R > > > Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2017 10:00 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [BUNKER] Bunkers in Butler Co, OH > > > > > > I am looking for any information on the Bunkers in Butler County. My > > > ancestor John Bunker and his wife Catherine (Garver) lived in > > > Butler County in the early 1800s. Their descendants then moved to > > Hamilton > > > County OH and Montgomery Co, IN before coming to > > > Southern Illinois. > > > > > > I have tracked John all the way back to the 1820 census, but can't find > > > anything before that. I would love to know his parents and > > > where he came from. In later censuses, his son states that his parents > > > were born in Ohio or Pennsylvania. > > > > > > The family seemed to be highly interconnected with the Stonebraker and > > > Garver families. > > > > > > Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> > > > > > > ***************************** > > > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > > > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > quotes in > > > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > ***************************** > > > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > > > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ***************************** > > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Erin. Good questions! Might be a lead. I'll do some researching from this end. You never know, but sometimes a brick wall comes tumbling down and light of info shines through. Happened on my Sargent side. > On May 1, 2017, at 9:05 AM, Erin R <[email protected]> wrote: > > I did find in later censuses in Hamilton County, OH a number of Bunker families that are from Germany. Everything I have ever seen has the Bunker family as being English. Have you ever seen any records referring to German Bunkers? Perhaps maybe there might be a connection there? I do know the Stonebrakers were a German/Swedish family. > > > Erin Ragsdale > ?? > > > ________________________________ > From: BUNKER <[email protected]> on behalf of Bette Bunker Richards <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2017 4:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BUNKER] Bunkers in Butler Co, OH > > A Butler Co., Ohio history mentions the Garvers, Stonebreakers and Vances > but there is no mention of a Bunker. Ancestry has copies of his marriage > record to both Catherine Garver and his second marriage to Vance. However, > I am unable to find anything else about him. The marriage records only > give their names and no information about their families. He most likely > came to Ohio because he was promised bounty land for his service in the War > of 1812. He served in 1814. Have you tried the Ohio Historical Society? > Or the Ohio Genealogical Society? In one of the histories you might be > able to find something about him, especially since the Garvers and > Stonebreakers are mentioned. It may not be in the index but in a paragraph > that mentions a son-in-law, father-in-law, etc. without naming him. Sorry, > I can't help any more. This is one of our mystery families and we have no > male Bunker descendants that have tested their DNA. > > Bette > > On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Stan Lemkuil <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Does this help you at all? Hello cousin. Have a good day. >> >> *Colleen and Stan Lemkuil* >> *Cell-515-240-4714 Colleen's cell 515-229-4619* >> *Reach us 5 times a day at [email protected] >> <[email protected]>m* >> >> 1110 N Henness Rd. #1945 Casa Grande, Arizona 85122 >> >>> On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Gil Bunker <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Erin, >>> Unless our historian has additional information on your Bunker ancestors, >>> our published data begins with U-850 John Bunker and his >>> wife Catherine (Garver) of Butler Co., OH; with some data on four >>> generations of his descendents (1965 BunGen p.225-228). Bette may >>> have an answer but that is supposition. >>> gl >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: BUNKER [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Erin R >>> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2017 10:00 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [BUNKER] Bunkers in Butler Co, OH >>> >>> I am looking for any information on the Bunkers in Butler County. My >>> ancestor John Bunker and his wife Catherine (Garver) lived in >>> Butler County in the early 1800s. Their descendants then moved to >> Hamilton >>> County OH and Montgomery Co, IN before coming to >>> Southern Illinois. >>> >>> I have tracked John all the way back to the 1820 census, but can't find >>> anything before that. I would love to know his parents and >>> where he came from. In later censuses, his son states that his parents >>> were born in Ohio or Pennsylvania. >>> >>> The family seemed to be highly interconnected with the Stonebraker and >>> Garver families. >>> >>> Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> >>> >>> ***************************** >>> If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, >>> please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in >>> the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ***************************** >>> If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, >>> please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> ***************************** >> If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, >> please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A Butler Co., Ohio history mentions the Garvers, Stonebreakers and Vances but there is no mention of a Bunker. Ancestry has copies of his marriage record to both Catherine Garver and his second marriage to Vance. However, I am unable to find anything else about him. The marriage records only give their names and no information about their families. He most likely came to Ohio because he was promised bounty land for his service in the War of 1812. He served in 1814. Have you tried the Ohio Historical Society? Or the Ohio Genealogical Society? In one of the histories you might be able to find something about him, especially since the Garvers and Stonebreakers are mentioned. It may not be in the index but in a paragraph that mentions a son-in-law, father-in-law, etc. without naming him. Sorry, I can't help any more. This is one of our mystery families and we have no male Bunker descendants that have tested their DNA. Bette On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Stan Lemkuil <[email protected]> wrote: > Does this help you at all? Hello cousin. Have a good day. > > *Colleen and Stan Lemkuil* > *Cell-515-240-4714 Colleen's cell 515-229-4619* > *Reach us 5 times a day at [email protected] > <[email protected]>m* > > 1110 N Henness Rd. #1945 Casa Grande, Arizona 85122 > > On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Gil Bunker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Erin, > > Unless our historian has additional information on your Bunker ancestors, > > our published data begins with U-850 John Bunker and his > > wife Catherine (Garver) of Butler Co., OH; with some data on four > > generations of his descendents (1965 BunGen p.225-228). Bette may > > have an answer but that is supposition. > > gl > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: BUNKER [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Erin R > > Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2017 10:00 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [BUNKER] Bunkers in Butler Co, OH > > > > I am looking for any information on the Bunkers in Butler County. My > > ancestor John Bunker and his wife Catherine (Garver) lived in > > Butler County in the early 1800s. Their descendants then moved to > Hamilton > > County OH and Montgomery Co, IN before coming to > > Southern Illinois. > > > > I have tracked John all the way back to the 1820 census, but can't find > > anything before that. I would love to know his parents and > > where he came from. In later censuses, his son states that his parents > > were born in Ohio or Pennsylvania. > > > > The family seemed to be highly interconnected with the Stonebraker and > > Garver families. > > > > Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> > > > > ***************************** > > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in > > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ***************************** > > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I am looking for any information on the Bunkers in Butler County. My ancestor John Bunker and his wife Catherine (Garver) lived in Butler County in the early 1800s. Their descendants then moved to Hamilton County OH and Montgomery Co, IN before coming to Southern Illinois. I have tracked John all the way back to the 1820 census, but can't find anything before that. I would love to know his parents and where he came from. In later censuses, his son states that his parents were born in Ohio or Pennsylvania. The family seemed to be highly interconnected with the Stonebraker and Garver families. Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36>

Does this help you at all? Hello cousin. Have a good day. *Colleen and Stan Lemkuil* *Cell-515-240-4714 Colleen's cell 515-229-4619* *Reach us 5 times a day at [email protected] <[email protected]>m* 1110 N Henness Rd. #1945 Casa Grande, Arizona 85122 On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Gil Bunker <[email protected]> wrote: > Erin, > Unless our historian has additional information on your Bunker ancestors, > our published data begins with U-850 John Bunker and his > wife Catherine (Garver) of Butler Co., OH; with some data on four > generations of his descendents (1965 BunGen p.225-228). Bette may > have an answer but that is supposition. > gl > > -----Original Message----- > From: BUNKER [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Erin R > Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2017 10:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BUNKER] Bunkers in Butler Co, OH > > I am looking for any information on the Bunkers in Butler County. My > ancestor John Bunker and his wife Catherine (Garver) lived in > Butler County in the early 1800s. Their descendants then moved to Hamilton > County OH and Montgomery Co, IN before coming to > Southern Illinois. > > I have tracked John all the way back to the 1820 census, but can't find > anything before that. I would love to know his parents and > where he came from. In later censuses, his son states that his parents > were born in Ohio or Pennsylvania. > > The family seemed to be highly interconnected with the Stonebraker and > Garver families. > > Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> > > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Erin, Unless our historian has additional information on your Bunker ancestors, our published data begins with U-850 John Bunker and his wife Catherine (Garver) of Butler Co., OH; with some data on four generations of his descendents (1965 BunGen p.225-228). Bette may have an answer but that is supposition. gl -----Original Message----- From: BUNKER [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Erin R Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2017 10:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [BUNKER] Bunkers in Butler Co, OH I am looking for any information on the Bunkers in Butler County. My ancestor John Bunker and his wife Catherine (Garver) lived in Butler County in the early 1800s. Their descendants then moved to Hamilton County OH and Montgomery Co, IN before coming to Southern Illinois. I have tracked John all the way back to the 1820 census, but can't find anything before that. I would love to know his parents and where he came from. In later censuses, his son states that his parents were born in Ohio or Pennsylvania. The family seemed to be highly interconnected with the Stonebraker and Garver families. Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> ***************************** If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

TODAY IN HISTORY 1945 : Dachau liberated On April 29, 1945, the U.S. Seventh Army’s 45th Infantry Division liberates Dachau, the first concentration camp established by Germany’s Nazi regime. A major Dachau subcamp was liberated the same day by the 42nd Rainbow Division Established five weeks after Adolf Hitler took power as German chancellor in 1933, Dachau was situated on the outskirts of the town of Dachau, about 10 miles northwest of Munich. During its first year, the camp held about 5,000 political prisoners, consisting primarily of German communists, Social Democrats, and other political opponents of the Nazi regime. During the next few years, the number of prisoners grew dramatically, and other groups were interned at Dachau, including Jehovah’s Witnesses, Gypsies, homosexuals, and repeat criminals. Beginning in 1938, Jews began to comprise a major portion of camp internees. Prisoners at Dachau were used as forced laborers, initially in the construction and expansion of the camp and later for German armaments production. The camp served as the training center for SS concentration camp guards and was a model for other Nazi concentration camps. Dachau was also the first Nazi camp to use prisoners as human guinea pigs in medical experiments. At Dachau, Nazi scientists tested the effects of freezing and changes to atmospheric pressure on inmates, infected them with malaria and tuberculosis and treated them with experimental drugs, and forced them to test methods of making seawater potable and of halting excessive bleeding. Hundreds of prisoners died or were crippled as a result of these experiments Thousands of inmates died or were executed at Dachau, and thousands more were transferred to a Nazi extermination center near Linz, Austria, when they became too sick or weak to work. In 1944, to increase war production, the main camp was supplemented by dozens of satellite camps established near armaments factories in southern Germany and Austria. These camps were administered by the main camp and collectively called Dachau. With the advance of Allied forces against Germany in April 1945, the Germans transferred prisoners from concentration camps near the front to Dachau, leading to a general deterioration of conditions and typhus epidemics. On April 27, 1945, approximately 7,000 prisoners, mostly Jews, were forced to begin a death march from Dachau to Tegernsee, far to the south. The next day many of the SS guards abandoned the camp. On April 29, the Dachau main camp was liberated by units of the 45th Infantry after a brief battle with the camp’s remaining guards. As they neared the camp, the Americans found more than 30 railroad cars filled with bodies in various states of decomposition. Inside the camp there were more bodies and 30,000 survivors, most severely emaciated. Some of the American troops who liberated Dachau were so appalled by conditions at the camp that they machine-gunned at least two groups of captured German guards. It is officially reported that 30 SS guards were killed in this fashion, but conspiracy theorists have alleged that more than 10 times that number were executed by the American liberators. The German citizens of the town of Dachau were later forced to bury the 9,000 dead inmates found at the camp. In the course of Dachau’s history, at least 160,000 prisoners passed through the main camp, and 90,000 through the subcamps. Incomplete records indicate that at least 32,000 of the inmates perished at Dachau and its subcamps, but countless more were shipped to extermination camps elsewhere. ============================================= 2004 : World War II monument opens in Washington, D.C. On April 29, 2004, the National World War II Memorial opens in Washington, D C., to thousands of visitors, providing overdue recognition for the 16 million U.S. men and women who served in the war. The memorial is located on 7.4 acres on the former site of the Rainbow Pool at the National Mall between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. The Capitol dome is seen to the east, and Arlington Cemetery is just across the Potomac River to the west. The granite and bronze monument features fountains between arches symbolizing hostilities in Europe and the Far East. The arches are flanked by semicircles of pillars, one each for the states, territories and the District of Columbia. Beyond the pool is a curved wall of 4,000 gold stars, one for every 100 Americans killed in the war. An Announcement Stone proclaims that the memorial honors those “Americans who took up the struggle during the Second World War and made the sacrifices to perpetuate the gift our forefathers entrusted to us: A nation conceived in liberty and justice.” Though the federal government donated $16 million to the memorial fund, it took more than $164 million in private donations to get it built. Former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole, who was severely wounded in the war, and actor Tom Hanks were among its most vocal supporters. Only a fraction of the 16 million Americans who served in the war would ever see it. Four million World War II veterans were living at the time, with more than 1,100 dying every day, according to government records. The memorial was inspired by Roger Durbin of Berkey, Ohio, who served under Gen. George S. Patton. At a fish fry near Toledo in February 1987, he asked U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur why there was no memorial on the Mall to honor World War II veterans. Kaptur, a Democrat from Ohio, soon introduced legislation to build one, starting a process that would stumble along through 17 years of legislative, legal and artistic entanglements. Durbin died of pancreatic cancer in 2000. The monument was formally dedicated May 29, 2004, by U.S. President George W Bush. Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, it received some 4.4 million visitors in 2005. ============================================= ============================================= “The Ancestor Hunt” by Kenneth R Marks of Arizona Big Update Advantage Preservation Now Hosts 282 FREE Newspaper Collections with 1000's of Historic Newspapers ​For the last 3 years I have been tracking the online collections made available by the Advantage Preservation company who has contracted with several hundred libraries across the U.S. to digitize and host their online newspaper collections. The great majority of these links have been Incorporated in the state collection summaries found in the Newspaper Research Links page on this site The most recent update of the Advantage Preservation collections now totals 282 from 33 states and is still growing. Thanks to reader Larry Parker from Fullerton, California, for making me aware originally about the Advantage Preservation company and its newspaper digitization and hosting projects. Between the two of us we are attempting to keep up to date with new collections as well as updates. Here is a list by state and county of the online collections available (FREE). http://tinyurl.com/hyolted ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter The Daily Online Genealogy Newsletter By Dick Eastman Genealogy in the Days of George Washington Yvonne Seale has published a bizarre and fanciful piece of genealogical scholarship and what it tells us about identity in late 19th-century America In the four-hundred-page tome The Pedigree and History of the Washington Family Derived from Odin, the Founder of Scandinavia. B.C. 70, Involving a Period of Eighteen Centuries, and Including Fifty-Five Generations, Down to General George Washington, First President of the United States (1879), Welles created a family tree for Washington of truly mythical proportions, and one which shows just how useful nineteenth-century Americans found the Middle Ages to be when it came to shaping their understandings of their country’s origins. I’m glad that we have better resources for today’s genealogical studies! You can read Yvonne Seale’s article at: https://goo.gl/lZB2cC. My thanks to newsletter reader Kristy L Ostergard for telling me about the article.

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter The Daily Online Genealogy Newsletter by Dick Eastman, March 27, 24 and 22, 2017 The Genealogist Launches Various London Educational Records The following announcement was written by the folks at TheGenealogist: TheGenealogist has just released a batch of London school and university records to join its ever growing educational collection. Researchers can use this new data to find ancestors who attended or taught at a variety of Educational establishments within London between 1831 and 1927. Also listed are the names of those who held high office in the institutions, such as the patrons; deans; visitors and professors, in the case of universities and the principles, masters and governors in the case of the schools. This release covers the names of those who graduated from the University of London between 1836 and 1926 – while for King’s College London, it also provides a list of Fellows from 1847 to 1920, registered students for 1920-1921 and those awarded degrees in 1920 and 1921 as well as the prizes given at King’s. With a number of school records, joining this London release, researchers can also find old boys who served in World War I. For example it is possible to track down men serving with the colours in the Great War in the case of the Old Wilsonians, as listed in The Wilsonian Magazine. For those Old Alleynians and Old Haberdashers, who perished in the war, their names and often a photograph are recorded in the First World War Roll of Honours for both Dulwich College and the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hampstead School. The list of records included in this release are: University of London Historical Record 1836-1926 The Skylark Magazine from Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hampstead School 1918 The Wilsonian Magazine April 1914-April 1919 University College School, London Register 1831-1891 Royal College Of Chemistry, Royal School Of Mines And Royal College Of Science Register Of Associates Record of Old Westminsters Vols 1 and 2 earliest times -1927 King’s College, London Calendar 1921-1922 Dulwich College War Record 1914-1919 These records and more are available at: TheGenealogist.co.UK ====================================================== Forces War Records – Five (5) FREE Military Genealogy Tutorials are now Online and Available to Download The following announcement was written by Forces War Records in the UK: With 10 million records covering over 300 years of conflict, and thousands of new records being added daily, there’s always something new to find on the site. But there’s so much more to gain from a visit to Forces War Records. The military and genealogy specialists have a wealth of knowledge and information to help anyone researching their family tree, or with those with military queries. These Five (5) FREE guides have been put together in-house and are FREE to all, perfect for complete beginners to advanced researchers: 1: Understanding your ancestor’s record All the details of your ancestor’s record made easy 2: Breaking down brick walls Renowned historian Simon Fowler gives his top 10 tips to get your family tree started 3: Trench Traumas & Medical Miracles If your ancestor was wounded in WW1, this is what his medical journey would have been like 4: How to trace your POW ancestor Want to know if your ancestor was taken a prisoner and what would have happened to him? 5: Quick guide to requesting WW2 records Struggling to find your WW2 ancestor’s record? Here’s to get hold of them. They can be downloaded here: https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/free-tutorials. ====================================================== Search Historical Newspaper Archives with Elephind.com Elephind can be a great FREE resource for anyone who wishes to search old newspapers. The purpose of elephind.com is to make it possible to search all of the world’s digital newspapers from one place and at one time. Elephind com allows you to simultaneously search across thousands of articles using key words and phrases. Elephind presently contains 174,143,178 items from 3,306 newspaper titles. You can find a list of libraries that have contribute their archives on the site by clicking on “List of Titles.” It is a very long list! Clicking on any library’s name displays the newspapers in that collection. Elephind.com is much like Google, Bing, or other search engines but focused only on historical, digitized newspapers. By clicking on the Elephind.com search result that interests you, you’ll go directly to the newspaper collection which hosts that story. Of course, newspapers can be a great resource of genealogy information. Birth announcements, marriage announcements, court news, and more can be searched within seconds. If your ancestor was a merchant, you probably can also find his or her advertisements placed in the newspaper. As I often did, I performed my first search on elephind.com looking for one of my ancestors. I simply entered his name, Washington Eastman, and was rewarded thousands of “hits” containing one or the other of those two words. Some of them were about photography and others were about Washington, D.C., or Washington State. I didn’t read every article found by that simplistic search but the few I looked at did not have contain anything about the man I was seeking. I will say however, one article on the list from the San Francisco Call of 6 September 1891 caught my eye: Darling Eastman, the long-sought-for Vermont moonshiner, is under arrest in this city. Eastman’s capture and escape at Corinth, Vt., last April, was the most sensational that has occurred in the State for twenty years. Orange County has been notorious for its stills. The most daring and successful operator in that section was J. Warren Eastman, who lived in an isolated quarter of Corinth. In April last a large posse of officers made a descent on the Eastman homestead. In an old blacksmith shop they discovered a still of the largest and most approved pattern in full operation. The father, Warren Eastman, his son Darling and his son-in-law were captured in their beds and heavily manacled. Yes, that sounds like one of my relatives! Admittedly, I have never found this family in my family tree before but they certainly sound like they might belong. I then backed up and clicked on ADVANCED SEARCH. I got far better results by using that. Advanced Search allows the user to specify any combination of the following: Contributing library Years of publication to be searched Search of all text or limited to searches only of titles Number of results to be displayed per page Elephind does not search all the newspapers ever published in the U.S. No online newspaper offers anywhere near that amount of information. However, it does contain 3,306 different newspapers in its database, including newspapers from the United States, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. All the text on Elephind was created by OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and therefore has numerous errors whenever it encountered fuzzy text, page wrinkles, and similar problems. All OCR-created newspaper sites suffer from the same problem, although some sites seem to have worse results than do others. The oldest newspaper in the online collection is from 29 September 1787 while the newest is from 21 November 2016. Elephind is not perfect but it can help a lot if your ancestor is listed in one of the newspapers in the Elephind database. Best of all is the price: FREE. There is an optional FREE registration which adds the use advanced features, including Elephind bookmarks and comments. If you do register, occasionally (less than 6 times per year) you will receive notifications or newsletters via email with information about changes and additions to Elephind.com. You can try Elephind at http://www.elephind.com. Make sure you read the “Search Tips” at: http://www.elephind.com/?a=p&p=help&e=——-en-10–1–txt-txINtxCO———-. Yes, that is a strange-looking URL but it really is a link to the “Search Tips.”   Sally Rolls Pavia [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index "Our Soldiers are one of our greatest assets!" "Soldiers do not die until they are forgotten." "Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.”

Family Trees Searched at Eleven Sites Search family trees at eleven online family tree databases by entering your ancestor information just once. Also, this free service creates the best family tree searches based on the information you enter on an ancestor. http://www.familytreesearcher.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- Global Gazetteer This is a directory of 2,880,532 of the world's cities and towns, sorted by country and linked to a map for each town. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- World GenWeb Start your search beyond our shores with the 400 project pages at this international counterpart to the US GenWeb site.Regional, country and ethnic sites here span the globe. http://www.worldgenweb.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- Linkpendium This is a 10,000,000+ resource directory to everything on the Web about families worldwide and genealogically-relevant information about U.S. States and Counties. We cover both free and subscription sites, with a strong emphasis upon free resources provided by libraries, other government agencies, genealogical and historical societies, and individuals. http://www.linkpendium.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- Sally Rolls Pavia [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index "Our Soldiers are one of our greatest assets!" "Soldiers do not die until they are forgotten." "Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.”

Keep Track of Changing County Boundaries By Lisa Alzo, Internet Genealogy and Your Genealogy Today author How can you discover what a county’s boundaries were at a given time? Each county will offer its own resources like historical atlases, county histories, pictorial histories and even city directories. County websites (governmental, genealogical and historical) often describe boundary changes, too. But a reliable go-to source for county boundary changes across the United States is the Newberry Library’s online Atlas of Historical County Boundaries https://www.newberry.org/atlas-historical-county-boundaries From the home page of the Atlas, click on the state in question. That will take you to a “state homepage.” This will help you sort out where to find key court and vital records for your ancestors. ============================================================================= ==== Smithsonian Libraries Free Databases and Collections By Gena Philibert-Ortega, Internet Genealogy and Your Genealogy Today author There’s nothing like the word FREE and this collection of free resources courtesy of the Smithsonian. This site http://library.si edu/free-databases-and-collections has some research tools that normally can only be accessed at a subscribing library. Some of my favorites for genealogy include ProQuest Dissertation Express and ProQuest PQDT Open Access Dissertations for finding, and in the case of Open Access, reading dissertations that give a historical background to your genealogy. ============================================================================= ==== 'London Bridge Is Down': Inside the Death of a Queen Secret plans for Queen's death start with her doctor, end in 10-day funeral By Michael Harthorne, Newser Staff Posted Mar 16, 2017 4:58 PM CDT Updated Mar 17, 2017 6:30 AM CDT (Newser) – One day in the future, the code phrase "London Bridge is down" will be delivered to the prime minister in Britain, and word will have started to leak that the queen is dead. The Guardian has a deep dive into the exhaustive plans and preparations—some of them secret—for the death of Queen Elizabeth. Just how exhaustive? It takes the Guardian more than 8,000 words just to describe them. It's likely the funeral for the queen—who turns 91 in April—will be unlike any Britain has seen in modern history. That's because, as one former BBC head puts it, she's "the only monarch that most of us have ever known." And, the Guardian notes, Elizabeth represents the British people's "last living link with our former greatness." For the rest of this riveting article: http://tinyurl.com/ko6yawz   Sally Rolls Pavia [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index "Our Soldiers are one of our greatest assets!" "Soldiers do not die until they are forgotten." "Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.”

Dick Eastman has written an article about http://elephind.com/ which is a free site with historic newspapers. I tried it and put in Frank Bunker. I got over 68,000 hits but the first pages actually had news articles which were really interesting. I am sure most of those hits will have to do with Bunker Hill but this looks like a really good site and it is free. Bette

findmypast has records of Victoria, Australia probates listing 28 Bunkers. http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/victoria-wills-and-probate .

findmypast.com has put online the Canad 1842 census for lower Canada. Listed are Isaiah, John, John C. and Moses in Chambly. Also, T.J. Bunker in Shefford.This is a pay for site.

findmypast has just put up the Philadelphia Catholic Church records for baptisms and marriages. findmypast is a paid site but you can search free. Bette