I read this somewhere. I got a kick out of it and thought you might too ACTUAL EPITAPHS FOUND ON TOMBSTONES On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in East Dalhousie Cemetery, Nova Scotia:> Here lies Ezekial Aikle Age 102 The Good Die Young. In a London, England cemetery: Ann Mann Here lies Ann Mann, Who lived an old maid But died an old Mann. A widow wrote this epitaph in a Vermont cemetery: Sacred to the memory of my husband John Barnes who died January 3, 1803 His comely young widow, aged 23, has many qualifications of a good wife, and yearns to be comforted. A lawyer's epitaph in England: Sir John Strange Here lies an honest lawyer, And that is Strange. Lester Moore was a Wells, Fargo Co. station agent for Naco, Arizona in the cowboy days of the 1880's. He's buried in the Boot Hill Cemetry in Tombtone, Arizona: Here lies Lester Moore Four slugs from a .44 No Les No More. On a grave from the 1880's in Nantucket, Massachusetts: Under the sod and under the trees Lies the body of Jonathan Pease. He is not here, there's only the pod: Pease shelled out and went to God.

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Dear Patti, I did you the favour of changing your e-mail address, but believe me, this is not the way to do it !!! To subscribe or unsubscribe, or if you changed addresses, you unsub the old and subscribe with the new at CAN-NS-ANNAPOLIS-L-request@rootsweb.con see the little word -request in the address, that is the subscribe/unsubscribe robot which does only understand these two words if one of them is written in the text field. It said so clearly in your welcome message to the list. But I did it this time for you, because I like flygirls particularly in the age between 45 and 50. Cheers, John, host of this list. Please change my email address from bigsarge1950@aol.com to flygirl4550@aol.com. Thanks, Patti from Maine

Please change my email address from bigsarge1950@aol.com to flygirl4550@aol.com. Thanks, Patti from Maine

Hello to all our friends and subscribers! This being the start of our CANADIAN THANKSGIVING, and myself being busy from now til next Tuesday, I wish everyone a 'Happy and glorious Thanksgiving Weekend', with a fine turkey on the table and cranberry sauce, and of course a pumpkin pie as desert. I'll be up north enjoying the wonderful autumn colours. May you all be blessed, John Merz host of this great mailing list.

Hello, here comes a great lesson how to find buried treasures in our mailing list archives - and great instructions how to use the search engines to find what you are looking for. John Merz, host of this list. 1. News and Notes: ------------------ 1a. Buried Treasures at RootsWeb: Mining the Mailing Lists Archives. The RootsWeb Mailing Lists archives contain the content of years of discussion that have been carried on among researchers of the subject matter of these various Mailing Lists. Thus buried in these archives could be some treasures that might benefit you in your quest to learn more about your ancestors. Someone at another time -- perhaps years ago -- might have posted just the information you seek today. Because the Mailing Lists archives' content is not included in the metasearch results when you type in a surname on the main RootsWeb page, a specialized search to find the treasures in the Mailing Lists archives must be conducted. Such searches may result in finding some sparkling gems pertaining to your genealogy that you will not discover elsewhere. The archives of the individual Mailing Lists are both browseable and searchable from two separate RootsWeb archives. Most Mailing Lists at RootsWeb are archived. The Threaded (browseable) Archives is at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ and the Interactive Search (searchable archives) is located here: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Both of these links -- Interactive Search and Threaded Archives can also be found under the Mailing List section on RootsWeb's Home Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/ In the Threaded Archives, responses to an original message are displayed attached to the message to which they are replying in an outline format with responses indented from the original message. Thus you can follow an entire subject of discussion by tracing through a thread of messages in the archives. Browsing the Threaded Archives also benefits new Mailing List subscribers who may want to get a feel for the list before posting to it or wish to check out whether their ancestors have previously been discussed. It also aids current Mailing List members by enabling them to check messages they might have missed while on vacation, during e-mail delivery problems, or because of a computer crash. Starting at the Threaded Archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ type in the Mailing List name of your choice to access an index page showing each month and year included in that particular list's archives. View an outline of the subjects of all messages posted to the Mailing List within a given month (including the poster's name and date posted, if desired) in either threaded (the default) or chronological order. Click on a subject of interest to view the full text of the message. The Interactive Search located here: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl allows you to search a single Mailing List one year at a time by marking the appropriate radio button. (Radio buttons are round circles which represent choices within an list of options on a form.) Select a keyword, name, or phrase to obtain results matching your search criteria. The Interactive Search supports some Boolean operators (AND, OR, ANDNOT) to help you establish the most effective searches to suit your needs. Boolean expressions are used extensively by Internet search engines. By default, your searches will include every field in a message, but you may narrow down your results by specifying that you want your search to apply only to matches in a specific field. In the following examples all Boolean operators are shown in capital letters while all search criteria are shown lowercase. This is for explanatory purposes only -- as both are case insensitive. You may search for john OR smith by using the OR operator. You will obtain all messages containing either the word John or Smith. However, if you search on "john smith" or john+smith the results will only yield instances where the words John and Smith appear in that exact sequence. The use of quotes or a plus sign creates a complete phrase. Searching for john AND smith (using the AND operator), or john smith (with a single space separating John and Smith) will yield results where John and Smith appear somewhere in the message, but not necessarily side-by- side. The ANDNOT operator may also be used as follows: john ANDNOT smith which would yield all messages where the word John was found unless the message also included the word Smith. Grouping search criteria and the applicable operators within parentheses will permit more complex searches. For example, (sarah AND jones) OR (john AND smith) will yield results where Sarah AND Jones OR John AND Smith appear somewhere in a message but the words are not necessarily side-by-side. Searching on a specific message field, such as searching for all messages posted to a list by a specific poster during a year, is accomplished by typing in the search criteria: from/johndoe@anyisp.net Only the "from" field will be searched. If you are looking for a specific thread and you know the subject or partial subject you wish to locate, you may opt to search the "subject" field only, as follows: subject/"john smith in ohio" -- note that double quotation marks are used to tie the entire phrase together when you are searching for more than a single word. The phrase in quotation marks must match the subject, or a portion of the subject, exactly to return a hit. You may search for all messages posted on a given day without specifying a field but you must use quotation marks to tie the phrase together. For example: "02 may 2002" will get all messages posted on May 2, 2002 and "22 may 2002" will get all messages posted on May 22, 2002. Searching on "may 2002" will yield all messages posted within the month of May 2002, and searching on 2001 will result in getting all messages posted to the list for the entire year. Interactive list searches support trailing wildcards only (wildcards coming at the end of a word). Use an asterisk * to represent zero or more unknown or variable letters at the end of a word after you have specified a minimum of at least the first letter. Interactive list searches work on whole words and not strings of letters. In other words, if you search for john and a message includes johnson it won't come up in your results -- but if you search on john* it will. One benefit of the searches applying to words rather than strings of letters is that a search on sy will pick up the given name or surname Sy but will not yield words which include the string "sy" such as the word "easy". Exploring the Mailing Lists Threaded Archives and using the Interactive Search capabilities in creative ways may reward you with some previously buried genealogical treasures. Previously published in Rootsweb Review, of today. Great Stuff, John Merz,

Hello everybody; Sometimes interesting questions come up, I just found this one on another list, posted last yaer. John. Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 13:13:12 -0400 From: "John Merz" mailto:<hessian@cogeco.ca Dear Margo, thank you for your "off-the-wall" comment, which took me a bit by surprise, because I never gave the names Clement Township, Clementsvale, or Clemensport a second thought I do know those places myself very well, been there, travelled every road in search of my Hessian soldiers, but there was none with the name of Clement or Clements. Just to make sure I tried to find out why those places were named that way, and when, I consulted the writings of one of the most well-known historians of the area, Ira Maxwell Sutherland, who has written a Thesis submitted to the Department of History at the Acadia University in May 1957 (My Source #126), and although he speaks of Clements Township and its settlers, nowhere is mentioned a settler by this name, neither British, Dutch or Hessian. I checked his whole lenghty list but no Clement(s). I did find a note on page 35: "From the Surveyor-General's Department - surveyed a tract of land containing 48 300 acres .. to be called the township of Clements in the County of Annapolis." Following was a list of grantees with the number of acres granted to each. Please don't ask me for look-ups, I really have no time for such luxuries. Thanks again, Margo, for tickling me to look for something I should have done years ago. Cheers, John From: "Margo Love" < Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 2:03 AM > This is a totally "off-the-wall" comment when it comes to referring to > Hessians. But, you just never know where a clue will come from. > > There were a lot of German settlers in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. > In Annapolis County (between the towns of Annapolis Royal and Bear River) > you will find villages named Clementsvale, Clementsport, Upper Clements. > > Any chance this CLEMENT may have settled this area? > Margo Love > loveptak@home.com >

Hello subscribers, and genealogists; Lois Jenkins apparently is very active in Clements Ts. research, and has given information re: Molitor and his children. Her e-mail of last year is bouncing, would anybody have contact with her and would relay the message that I would like to correspond with her. Thanks John Merz http://home.cogeco.ca/~hessian

There is one mention of a Blanche Burns in "Bridgetown, Nova Scotia - It's History to 1900" by Elizabeth Ruggles Coward. Blanche is in a photo taken of A.D. Brown's class in 1894. The photo is too distant to tell much by it except that the children are quite young (elementary age) Lynda >Hi, > >Has anyone out there done research on the surname Jones >in the area of Bridgetown?? > >I have a Blanche Burns who married an unknown Jones. > >She would have been born in the later 1800s, so I'm guessing >a possible marriage in the 1880s/90s. > >SueB > > >==== CAN-NS-ANNAPOLIS Mailing List ==== >Welcome to the ANNAPOLIS list, if you have questions - ask !! >if you have answers, please let us have them. Somebody will appreciate. >Keep our list friendly, please do not offend anyone, not even the host. > >============================== >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

The only thing I have on Burns is Christina b. 30 Jan 1753 Wilmot, NS d.m22 Jan 1826 Torbrook, NS md. Alden Bass 12 Nov 1776 Caanan, NS I have no clue yet who her parents were. From the looks of it my Burns line is earlier than yours. Sorry. Of course that doesnt mean there isnt a connection. It still may connect further down the line. If I find it does I will let you know. Patti

Hi, Has anyone out there done research on the surname Jones in the area of Bridgetown?? I have a Blanche Burns who married an unknown Jones. She would have been born in the later 1800s, so I'm guessing a possible marriage in the 1880s/90s. SueB

Hi, Was wondering how far forward you have on the Burns line. I have a William Henry Burns b. Dec 12, 1839. The census states he was born in Nova Scotia, but of course doesn't say exactly where. This was the 1901 census for Bridgetown, so I am presuming he may have been from around the Annapolis Valley area. SueB

Alden BASS (1750-1826) Canaan,NS md to: Christina BURNS (1754-1826) Wilmot and Torbrook CH: Mary, Marjery,Lydia,Elizabeth,Margaret,Joseph,Alden Jr. Christopher BOLTZER 1750-? NS md to (in Granville) Lydia WOODBURY 1760-? ch. Forester,Peter,Lydia,Ann,Love,Hannah,Jonathan,Mahalia,Horatia,Hiram, Amy, Margaret Forester BOLSER 1776-1858 Granville and Middleton md to Elizabeth BASS ch Lydia,Christopher,Love,Hannah,Alden,Samuel,Christiana, Elkanet Jonathan WOODBURY 1738-1830 Wilmot Lydia FOSTER ch Lydia,Foster,Hannah,William,Lovefrey,Emma,Manley William HINES 1793-1882 Wilmot Love BOLSER 1806-1897 Wilmot CH Charlotte,Netty,William,Catherine,Jacob,Kitty,Richard William HINES jr 1828-1878 Wilmot, Port George Ann NEILY 1825-? Wilmot ch LaVinia,James,Augusta,Jnaet,Samuel,William, Hallet, Joseph,MaryAnn,Robbie Joseph NEILY 1752-1821 Wilmot? Jane CLARK 1748-1822 ch John,Joseph,Robert,George,Peter,Mary,Margaret,Jane,Francis Daniel DURLAND (lived in Wilmot) Sarah DEMOTT ch Zebulon,Daniel,John,Sarah,Joseph,DeMotte,Charles,Thomas,Elizabeth,MaryJane,Cat herine,Phoebe John CLARKE 1715-? Lydia GREEN 1716-? Ch Jane,Isabella,JohnJoseph,Robert,George,Peter,Mary,Margaret,Francis,Anne

Luella, Thanks very much for posting this. The last time I tried to write for ordering information on these books I received no reply. I will try again with this new contact. Mary Anne On 14 Sep 2002 at 12:16, Luella Marshall wrote: > The ODell house now contains the material that the genealogy room at > the Bonnett House had. It is a wonderful research area with micro > film , books, printed genealogies from the area. In addition it has > for sale the Yorkshire collection of 13 books that can be bought > signally on families such as Oliver, Bath, Wilson,[2] Halliday [2] > , Jefferson, Gilliatt to name some as well as genealogies on the > Longely family, McCormick Family and the hicks family to name a > few more. In formation on thses can be obtained by the following > Contact person is Ryan Scanton > > kirbywr@gov.ns.ca > > Historic Restoration Society > Box 503 > Annapolis Royal, NS > B0S 1AO > > ----------------- FindersKeepers Specializing in Nova Scotia Books, History & Genealogy in or out of print. Email: finderskeepers@hfx.eastlink.ca URL: www.clik.to/finderskeepers

From: "Donna Lee & Bill Butler" <dleebill@ns.sympatico.ca> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 8:17 PM John, We moved out of Bonnett about two years ago and it was turned into offices to raise money for the Society. If I sent Bonnett it was a slip of the fingers!!!! The building was indeed owned by the Historic Restoration Society and they found they were property rich, cash poor. Something had to go and Bonnett was chosen to go. The Genealogy group have volunteers in O'Dell for research daily Monday to Friday 1-4:30 p.m. most of the year. On days we have no-one in, appointments can be made by calling the O'dell and letting Ryan know you would like to come in to do research. (902-532-7754) Research fee is $3.00 a day plus photocopy fees. Sorry for any confusion. Donna Lee

Thank you John for your guidance. I'll check out the dissertation -- Ira Maxwell Sutherland from the Acadia University, submitted in May 1957. The title: Clements Township - its History and its people, 1783-1870 -- Diane Jameson, California __~o -\_<, (*)/'(*) ************************************** (1) Richard BANKS (BANCKS), 9G Grandfather (2) John BANKS*, 8G Grandfather (3) Lt. Moses BANKS, 7G Grandfather (4) Joshua BANKS Sr., 6G Grandfather (5) Moses BANKS*, 5G Grandfather (6) Eliphalet BANKS, GGGG Grandfather (7) Henry Saunders BANKS, GGG Grandfather (8) John Wyatt BANKS, GG Grandfather (9) Leila Marie BANKS, G Grandmother (10) Vera Wilma JOHNSON, Grandmother (11) Ivan Donald JAMESON*, Father (12) Diane France JAMESON, Self > From: "John H.Merz" <hessian@cogeco.ca> > Reply-To: CAN-NS-ANNAPOLIS-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 22:48:36 -0400 > To: CAN-NS-ANNAPOLIS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ANNAPOLIS] 1858 Township Assessment Rolls Clements Ts. > Resent-From: CAN-NS-ANNAPOLIS-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 20:45:15 -0600 > > Dear Diane, > > I promised to look once more at the Rolls, > but as indicated in my first posting, only those three > BANKS, Abraham, Ezekiel, and Henry are listed > without any further comment, just as any of the > other names. > > You probably could get a copy of the dissertation > by Ira Maxwell Sutherland from the Acadia University, > the thesis was submitted in May 1957. > The title: > Clements Township - its History and its people, 1783-1870. > > Greetings, > John > > > > ==== CAN-NS-ANNAPOLIS Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the CAN-NS-ANNAPOLIS-L@rootsweb.com mail list. > We are discussing Genealogy and history of the oldest settlement > area of Nova Scotia. If you have roots here ask your questions, and > if you know the answers, please help. Please stay on topic! > > ============================== > 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 >

The ODell house now contains the material that the genealogy room at the Bonnett House had. It is a wonderful research area with micro film , books, printed genealogies from the area. In addition it has for sale the Yorkshire collection of 13 books that can be bought signally on families such as Oliver, Bath, Wilson,[2] Halliday [2] , Jefferson, Gilliatt to name some as well as genealogies on the Longely family, McCormick Family and the hicks family to name a few more. In formation on thses can be obtained by the following Contact person is Ryan Scanton kirbywr@gov.ns.ca Historic Restoration Society Box 503 Annapolis Royal, NS B0S 1AO

Hello Annapolis Royal friends; Checking with Google http://www.google.com about the Bonnett House in Annapolis Royal, I found a Nova Scotia Tourist website and it said: "O'Dell House Museum. This stagecoach tavern/Inn (1869) is now home to 14 rooms of exhibits, archives and genealogical resource centre. Wheelchair accessible. Address 136 Lower St. George St., Annapolis Royal, N.S. A note mentioned that admission is being charged. The Bonnett House is mentioned as a research centre for history and genealogy. Well, I have just been informed that the Bonnett House has been sold, and the meetings of the genealogical group of Annapolis Royal are now held at the O'Dell House. Such is the information gap in Annapolis Royal. A nice weekend to everybody, John Merz

Hello subscribers of this list - and I am talking to you all: I have a very good reason to remind you of our mail list archives. On August 22, I posted a lenghty query to the list in respect to this early settler and I did receive no replies. There were general questions anybody familiar with the history and the area would know, but those were not answered either. I would like to have a little more co-operation, I try to help you, and I hope you try to help me. Thanks for reading this so far. John Merz, your host of this Annapolis mailing list. From: "John H.Merz" <hessian@cogeco.ca> To: <CAN-NS-ANNAPOLIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 6:01 PM When in doubt what has been discussed on this list. you can read everything again in our mail list archives. http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=can-ns-annapolis click and use any key word you want to find. For monthly listings of messages try the Threaded archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CAN-NS-ANNAPOLIS-L they contain a treasure trove of information!

When in doubt what has been discussed on this list. you can read everything again in our mail list archives. http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=can-ns-annapolis click and use any key word you want to find. For monthly listings of messages try the Threaded archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CAN-NS-ANNAPOLIS-L they contain a treasure trove of information!