found this on the Coates list at genealogy.com ******************************* Am just starting to research my grandmother's family - COATES/COTTS. The following is COATES/COTTS FAMILY BIBLE information. Are the following names familiar to any researchers? If so, would love to hear from you. DEATH · Anne Maria Coates died in Wheeling, WV, February 9, 1852 · Anna Grant Coates died in Benwood, WV February 28, 1889 · Robert W. Coates died November19, 1903 in Benwood, WV · Ben. Chilton Coates March 20, 1904 · Mollie May Brenen April 4, 1908 · Regina Marie Brennen May 16, 1908 · Anna Marie Coates December 15, 1913 · Enna Madora Edwards November 2, 1925 · John D. Coates died September 18, 1927 · James Brennan in New Martinsville, March 7, 1949 · Francis M. Brennan died San Francisco, CA March 5, 1951 · Alice M. Coates died in Hickory, PA April 9, 1951 · Robert W. Coates died in Hanover, PA April 10, 1957 · Bertha M. Merrington died Hickory, PA Sept 7, 1954 · Nellie M. Mason died New Martinsville, WV May 5, 1977 · Sara Louise Mason Lind of Warren, PA died February 15, 1977 MEMORANDA · Built our house in 1883, in by September 17. BIRTHS · Anne M. Coates born October the 6th 1849 in Pittsburgh, PA · Robert W. Coates born in Wheeling, WV October 28, 1852 · Emma Madora Coates born in Wheeling, WV February 1, 1854 · John D. Coates born in Steubenville, OH January 11, 1859 · Alice May Coates born in Steubenville, OH August 28, 1860 · Anne Grant Coates born in Wheeling WV March 16, 1867 · Molly May Coates born in Benwood, WV May 3, 1869 · Bertha May Coates born March 17, 1880 in Benwood, WV · R(H)obie W. Cotts born February 7, 1883 in Benwood, WV · Annie Bell Cotts born July 16, 1883 in Benwood, WV · Willie R. Branner born January 27, 1892 in Benwood, WV · Miller R. C. Coates born in August 9(?), 1883 in Benwood, WV · Nellie Merle Brennan born in Benwood, WV February 9, 1895 MARRIAGES · Berry Chileton Coates married in Alleghaney City PA to Anne Marid Davis December 5, 1847 · John W. Edwards to Emm M. Coates in Benwood 1873 May · Mrighene Cotts to Alice M. Coates in PA August 4th 1879 · John D. Coates married to Ida Rigner April 1st 1883 East Elexander PA · Mollie M. Coates to James Brennan Decemebr 22nd Benwood St. John Church (?) of Alice M. Cotts · Anna Bell Cotts married to Frank Herbert September 27, 1905, McKeesport · Bertha May Cotts to S. G. Merrington October 16, 1905, Pittsburgh · Robert W. Cotts to Richey Wiggand November 27, 1905, McKeesport · Willie R. Brennan born January 27, 1892 in Benwood christened in St. John Miss Cora (?)lebold Edward Haney Godfather Mother · Nellie Marie Brennan born February 9, 1895 in Benwood Miss Nellie Burns Mrs. John (?) in St. John Church · Earl James Brennen born September 10, 1896 in St. John Church Miss Maglin Klebold Joseph Carns · W. Thomas (or James) M. Brennan born March 10, 1898 in St. John Church Miss C. Cora Detmfile Willie Garvey · John Hugh Brennan born July 30, 1899. Miss Merry Garvey Frank Dehinple

Say, we got a few bucks in here....:) ************** The following is a log of your General Fund entries: 11/22/04 - Kathryn donation to be used for kit 7658....$124 11/22/04 - FTDNA matching gift....$124 11/22/04 - Total available....$248 11/22/04 - Kit from GF....($124) 11/22/04 - Total available....$124 12/09/04 - Charlotte donation.... $26.09 12/09/04 - Total available....$150.09 Current Balance (including FTDNA matching gift): $150.09 FTDNA Balance: $124.00

----Original Message Follows---- From: Margaret Jerrido <[email protected]> Reply-To: Margaret Jerrido <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [ARCHIVES] Live Chat with Urban Archives Announcement Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 15:47:33 -0500 Please post and share the following announcement which is also included as an attachment. Announcement <>Talk Now with an Urban Archives Archivist The Urban Archives is pleased to announce that staff members will be available Monday - Friday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. to "chat live" over the internet. Visit us at http://www.library.temple.edu/collections/urbana/ and click on the "Talk Now" icon. <> A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [email protected] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [email protected] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[email protected]>

Ok, balance in the PAYPAL DNA fund was $26.09, I sent it to the FTDNA Coats general fund...so we should have a total of $52.18 after FTDNA adds a $26.09 matching fund to our original $26.09.... More info as I get it.... Char

To make donations to the Coate, Coates, Coats DNA project via FTDNA go here: http://www.familytreedna.com/contribution.html FTDNA will make a matching contribution, equal to your donation if made before 12/31/04 Just in case your interested.... We still have the PayPal account as well...but thought this might help the effort...hmmm, I might transfer what we have in our PayPal account to this account...will let you know if that works... Char

The old site is now gone and the new site is at: Coates, Coate, Coats Digital Archive: http://www.coatsarchive.us I understand you may or may not have to use the www. any longer...both seem to work for me... Not all the documents are up yet...it is a slow process uploading them...and I'm trying to reduce the file size as much as possible...so you'll now see one page per file rather than 2 or 10 pages per file... Enjoy! Char

Does anyone know who the Hannah Coates is who died in 1816 below? Linda At 06:00 PM 12/7/2004, Linda J. Coate wrote: >At 09:13 PM 12/2/2004, you wrote: >>Names of male members included: >>Henry Coat >>James Coat >>William Coat >>Samuel Coate >>Harrison P. Coats- 8/19/1864. >> >>Names of female members: >>Sarah Coat >>Mary Coat ? >>Rebekah Coat >>Mary Coat ? >>Mary Coate ? >>Sally Coate >>Elizabeth Coates >> >>Received by experience: >>Henry Coat- 6/13/1801 >>Mary Coat- 7/11/1801 >>James Coat- 8/25/1802 >>Rebekah Coat-9/4/1802 >>William Coat-4/9/1803 >>Mary Coat-5/7/1803 >>Mary Coate-9/8/1821 >>Nancy Coate-5/13/1826 >>Sally Coate-8/26/1826 >>Elizabeth Coates-4/7/1832 >>Harrison P. Coates-8/19/1864--- who is he? >> >>Members received by letter: >>Nancy Coats-8/10/1869 >>Elizabeth Coates-8/10/1869 >> >>Members dismissed by letter: >>Samuel Coates-2/10/1827 >>Nancy Coates-2/10/1827-- wife of samuel? >>Caty Coate-8/11/1827 >>Mary Coate-12/10/1827 >>Sarah Coates-11/13/1831 >>Elizabeth Coates-11/8/1834 >>Mrs.Mary Coats-11/10/1866 --who is she? >> >>Members excommunicated: >>Rebekah Coat- 6/8/1804 >>Henry Coat- 3/8/1806 >> >>Members who died: >>William Coat-9/1804 >>Hannah Coat- 11/28/1816 >>Rebekah Coat- 1816 >>Harris Coats- 1864/65-- >>who is he? >> >>That wraps up all the coate,coats,coates listed in the Bush River Baptist >>Church records; Reedy River Assn.; 1771-1923.. >>[email protected] > > > LINDA COATE, >Columbus, Ohio >[email protected] >www.ancestrees.com >

Hi Linda, Special for you I searched through the Old Chester Co. PA mailing list archives and found the following mentioned... "HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA, by Futhey and Cope" so it must be a reference book that was listed as the source for the quote. Hope that helps, Susan Linda J. Coate wrote: > Jonathan was the son of Moses and Susannah Weldon Coates. Is "Futhey > and Cope" the name of the newspaper this article was printed in? Linda > > At 02:51 PM 12/5/2004, Susan McIntyre wrote: > >> This was shared by a wonderful friend of mine who keeps an eye out >> for surnames I am researching. Please note that I have no further >> information on Jonathan Coates of 1766 but thought it would be a good >> idea to pass this along so it would be saved to the list archives. >> >> ================================ >> From the Old Chester Co. PA mailing list.... >> While looking something up I came upon this, in Futhey and Cope, and >> thought it interesting. >> >> "The New Holland and Ephrata Post will set off, beginning April 24, >> 1766, from the house of Joseph Vandegriff, Cross Keys, 3d & Chestnut St, >> Phila. every Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock and deliver newspapers and >> letters on that day. >> At the Gulph Tavern, at the sign of the King of Prussia, at the Valley >> Forge, at the Bull Tavern, at Mr Jonathan Coates's in Charlestown, at Mr >> George Christman's in Pikeland, at Mr Robert Ralston's and at Mr David >> Thomas's in Vincent twp. Letters delivered for 4 pence each - small >> errands >> performed for 6 pence each; horses taken up and down." >> ================================= >> >> >> ==== COATES Mailing List ==== >> Find out where your Coate/s family fits. Join the Coats/Coates/Coate >> DNA Project, http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/coatsarchive/dna.htm >> <http://www.rootsquest.com/%7Ecoatsfar/coatsarchive/dna.htm> >> > > LINDA COATE, > Columbus, Ohio > [email protected] > www.ancestrees.com > > <http://www.ancestrees.com/>

Jonathan was the son of Moses and Susannah Weldon Coates. Is "Futhey and Cope" the name of the newspaper this article was printed in? Linda At 02:51 PM 12/5/2004, Susan McIntyre wrote: >This was shared by a wonderful friend of mine who keeps an eye out for >surnames I am researching. Please note that I have no further information >on Jonathan Coates of 1766 but thought it would be a good idea to pass >this along so it would be saved to the list archives. > >================================ > From the Old Chester Co. PA mailing list.... >While looking something up I came upon this, in Futhey and Cope, and >thought it interesting. > > "The New Holland and Ephrata Post will set off, beginning April 24, >1766, from the house of Joseph Vandegriff, Cross Keys, 3d & Chestnut St, >Phila. every Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock and deliver newspapers and >letters on that day. > At the Gulph Tavern, at the sign of the King of Prussia, at the Valley >Forge, at the Bull Tavern, at Mr Jonathan Coates's in Charlestown, at Mr >George Christman's in Pikeland, at Mr Robert Ralston's and at Mr David >Thomas's in Vincent twp. Letters delivered for 4 pence each - small errands >performed for 6 pence each; horses taken up and down." >================================= > > >==== COATES Mailing List ==== >Find out where your Coate/s family fits. Join the Coats/Coates/Coate DNA >Project, http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/coatsarchive/dna.htm > LINDA COATE, Columbus, Ohio [email protected] www.ancestrees.com

This was shared by a wonderful friend of mine who keeps an eye out for surnames I am researching. Please note that I have no further information on Jonathan Coates of 1766 but thought it would be a good idea to pass this along so it would be saved to the list archives. ================================ From the Old Chester Co. PA mailing list.... While looking something up I came upon this, in Futhey and Cope, and thought it interesting. "The New Holland and Ephrata Post will set off, beginning April 24, 1766, from the house of Joseph Vandegriff, Cross Keys, 3d & Chestnut St, Phila. every Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock and deliver newspapers and letters on that day. At the Gulph Tavern, at the sign of the King of Prussia, at the Valley Forge, at the Bull Tavern, at Mr Jonathan Coates's in Charlestown, at Mr George Christman's in Pikeland, at Mr Robert Ralston's and at Mr David Thomas's in Vincent twp. Letters delivered for 4 pence each - small errands performed for 6 pence each; horses taken up and down." =================================

Wayne J Coates died November 27 2004, at age 93 in Accokee, Maryland. Funeral services for Wayne will be held 2: PM at Petty Funeral Home, Landrum, SC. Visitation will be Thursday evening 6:30 PM -8:30 PM. For those who did not know him, you have missed a great blessing. For those who did know him, The Preacher will be sorely missed. Wayne was of the Campobello line of Coates decended from Gabriel Garrett Coates. His family moved down from Madison county NC, Grapevine section, to seek employment in the Upstate of SC early in the 1900s. Many stopped off in the Mill Towns on the way into the heart of Spartanburg county which had 47 operating textile plants in its manufacturing hayday. For many years he made the trip down to SC to be at the Coates Family Reunion here. And as many other Coates, he made the trip each year to Weaverville NC for the Coates, Banks, Marner Reunion. Say a prayer for Waynes family and friends. Paul Donnie Ward

FYI... ================================= FORWARDED POST: www.NewEnglandAncestors.org Excerpt: NEHGS is pleased to offer free access to its New England Historical and Genealogical Register database on New England Ancestors.org over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend! Normally only available to NEHGS members, the Register database will be accessible to everyone from Thursday, November 25 through Sunday, November 28, 2004. We encourage all NEHGS members to spread the word about this offering, and we hope that those of you who are not members find a veritable feast of ancestors in the Register database! Published quarterly since 1847, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register is the flagship journal of American genealogy and the oldest journal in the field. The online database includes issues from 1847 to 1994. The Register has featured articles on a wide variety of topics since its inception, including vital records, church records, tax records, land and probate records, cemetery transcriptions, obituaries, and historical essays. Authoritative compiled genealogies have been the centerpiece of the Register for more than 150 years. Thousands of New England families have been treated in the pages of the journal and many more are referenced in incidental ways throughout. The articles in the Register range from short pieces correcting errors in print or solving unusual problems to larger treatments that reveal family origins or present multiple generations of a family. Look for details on how to obtain free access to the Register in a special eNews bulletin to be sent out Wednesday, November 24. A link will also be available on that date on the home page of our website, www.NewEnglandAncestors.org ==========

FYI... ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Jim Huffaker" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [BRE] Dunkers of Virginia Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 12:07:30 -0500 F.B. Kegley claims in his "Virginia Frontier" that in 1745 the Eckerlin brothers left Ephrata and led a group of men into Virginia and created a settlement and named it Mahanaim. He lists the men (or families since he used plural form of last name) and "Huffacres" was the last name on the list. Have details survived over Mahanaim or on the families who lived there? Kegley goes on to say because of threats from Indians the Dunkers abandoned Mahanaim and some returned to Pennsylvania in 1755 - 1756. The following can be substantiated: (1) Joh Michael Hoffacker of Mutterstadt, Germany b 1700, arrived in Philadelphia Sep 1732 (2) An illegitimate child named John Michel Hofacker was Christened in 1744 "of John Michel Hofacker" (3) Michael Hoffecker's first child (George) was born 1757 (4) Michael Hoffecker immigrated down the Shenandoah in 1768 to near present day, Saltville, VA. He changed spelling of surname to Huffaker. (5) In late 1700s Michael and wife gifted land for a Church and Cemetery and named the Church "Mahanaim". The first and second Mahanaims were about 20 miles apart. (6) A family historian connects virtually all Hoffackers to the child born 1744 and I am not DNA match with two "descendants" nor those two a match to each other. (7) I am a DNA match with a present day Hoffecker and that is the original spelling Michael used in 1757. (8) That Hoffecker has a well documented paper trail to Mannheim to a Johannes b 1706. (9) Neither Michael nor the 1732 Immigrant are in the paper trial. (10) The 1732 Immigrant's parents and siblings in Mutterstadt are known and the immigrant was the eldest. (11) Mutterstadt and Mannheim are close and Archives in both cities have no information earlier than about 1690. It is likely (but unproven) the Mutterstadt Hoffackers and Mannheim Hoffeckers were related with earlier origins in Switzerland. The first five facts could be woven into a narrative with Kegley's history to be: The immigrant was the Huffacre in the Dunker list. It is not conclusive he fathered the illegitimate child and probably not relevant. The immigrant's son was Michael who grew to manhood in Mahanaim, VA. He and father returned to Pennsylvania (somewhere close to York) around 1756 where Michael married and had his first child. After the French and Indian War, Michael brought his family to Virginia and later named a Church "Mahanaim" over fond memories of his youth with the Dunkers. Nothing earlier than 1757 in the above narrative can be substantiated. The immigrant might also have been a Dunker (Tunker) in Germany and that was a reason to immigrate. After landing in 1732, he went to Ephrata and anonymity until he appeared in 1744 at a Christening where (perhaps) he adopted an illegitimate child and gave it his name. Resources I have exhausted: Ephrata Cloister's Archivist, Virginia Archives and Archivist, several Professional Genealogists in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Yet I feel there must exist more detail somewhere about this old Mahanaim Community of 1745 - 1756. I hope someone on this list has a resource or information that would tie the facts and a narrative together. Jim Huffaker ==== BRETHREN Mailing List ==== 8 ------------------------ The new Brethren Heritage Center 428 Wolf Creek Street, Brookville, OH Open Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 10 am-4 pm For further information contact Jim Denlinger mailto:[email protected] ------------------------

Hi Listers, I am trying to research the family of George Coates b.1831 Goole Yorks. His parents wereb John and Mary. Would welcome any contact. Regards, Sue

----Original Message Follows---- From: Russell Baker <[email protected]> Reply-To: Russell Baker <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [ARCHIVES] diazo film supplier Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:48:25 -0600 Colleagues: One of my Board members wants us to consider offering patrons 35 mm diazo microfilm copies as well as our current silver copies. She thinks it would be cheaper for our patrons. I our local supplier does not do any diazo any more except for microfiche. I have found some companies who to 16 mm diazo but no one who does 35 mm anymore. Anyone know of a supplier in the mid south who might do this? (And yes, I told her that diazo was not a permanent copy) Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Russell P. Baker, CA Archival Manager Arkansas History Commission and State Archives One Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR 72201 501-682-6900 www.ark-ives.com [email protected]

The new test in Gab's group has been extended to 37 markers...exact match...I've still not gotten a family file on this one, to attach to the file number http://www.coatsarchive.us

Well, we had one kit paid via the FTDNA general fund and FTDNA matched it so we have $124.00 in the FTDNA general fund....:) And then the $24 or $29.00 in the Coats DNA project fund...any objects if I see how to put that money into the FTDNA fund? not sure how to do it...but I'll see if we can... Current Balance: $124.00 FTDNA Balance: $124.00

This is what that new report looks like these are two kits out of my line...Rev Will and John Coats *************** FTDNATiP™ Report Family Tree DNA Time Predictor* Version 1.0 - Patent Pending In comparing 12 markers, the probability that Coats and Coats shared a common ancestor within the last... 100 years is 7.22% 200 years is 20.28% 300 years is 34.64% 400 years is 48.07% 500 years is 59.66% 600 years is 69.20% Refine your results with paper trail input The above numbers are based exclusively on the comparison of their Y-DNA results, which show 1 mismatches. However, these results can be refined if their paper trail indicates that no common ancestor between Coats and Coats could have lived in a certain number of past generations. If you don't know this information for a fact, do not change the "1" in the box in the next paragraph. However, if you have the information, please enter in the box and click on the recalculate button. Coats and Coats did not share a common ancestor in the last generation(s). (FTDNA counts 25 years per generation). .

They have a new proceedure if you want to pay for someone elses kit...or contribute to a general fund for your group...this is administered by FTDNA...it then shows a total amount on the Coats group administrators page.... If you want others to contribute to the general fund for this project send the following link: http://www.familytreedna.com/contribution.html Procedure to order a kit that will benefit from the General Fund: a) Order the kit using the "Invoice" method b) Email [email protected] the Kit # and your instructions on how to apply funds to it. For example: "Kit 12345 , apply $50 from donor and $25 from FTDNA", or "Kit 12345 , apply $25 from FTDNA", or "Kit 12345 , apply $25 from donor". Of course, the values are only for example purposes - you can use any amounts, as long as the contribution that comes from the FTDNA matching gift is limited to $25 per kit. Remember the FTDNA matching gifts expire on 12/31/04. c) We will make the adjustment on the record and on the corresponding invoice. d) The kit owner can then either call us with credit card information for the remaining portion, or simply send us that credit card information or check along with his kit back to us. The following is a log of your General Fund entries: Current Balance: $0.00 FTDNA Balance: $0.00

I'm not exactly sure how this works yet....more later... Those that have inquired about the return time for recent test orders: estimated date is 1/1/05 or about 2 1/2 months... I've been uploading and updating the files in the Coats Archive, I've started with SC first, working from the bottom layer of pages....I'm also trying to convert multiple pages to one page files which will decrease the file size...so rather than 1 2MB file there might be 3 or 4 700kb files.... http://www.coatsarchive.us Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>,<[email protected]> Subject: FTDNATiP launched: DNA Estimates Ancestry Timeline Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:45:33 -0600 To Coats group manager, Family Tree DNA is proud to share with our Group Administrators the Press Release that we will be distributing tomorrow, on occasion of the launching of FTDNATiP - the first TMRCA predictor based on marker specific mutation rates. This new tool will be available to you before the end of the day at your GAP, by going to the "Member" page/Genetic Distance "Report" for the individual that you want to use as the basis of comparison. There will be an FAQ link in the FTDNATiP Report page. DNA Estimates Ancestry Timeline World’s most powerful DNA genealogical tool launched HOUSTON, November 22 - Family Tree DNA, (www.FamilyTreeDNA.com), the world leader in Genetic Genealogy, launched today FTDNATiP, the first program that allows two individuals who have tested their DNA and obtained the values for specific Y-chromosome markers, to compare them and estimate the probability, expressed in percentage values, that they shared a common ancestor within a certain number of years. This program, coupled with results of a mutation rate study conducted by the University of Arizona, and presented by Family Tree DNA at the 1st International Conference on Genetic Genealogy on Oct. 30, 2004, has resulted in an extremely powerful new tool for genealogists. FTDNATiP incorporates specific mutation rates that have been proven to differ across the Y-chromosome markers, greatly increasing the power and precision of estimates of Time to the Most Recent Common Ancestor (TMRCA) between two individuals.The University of Arizona mutation rate study generated values significantly higher than those typically reported in the literature. These results arose from collaboration between Family Tree DNA, the University of Arizona Genomics Analysis Techonolgy Core, which is one of the world leading laboratories for Y-chromosome research, and one of the world’s leading statistical geneticists, Dr. Bruce Walsh. Since its inception, in April of 2000, Family Tree DNA has been associated with the Genomics Analysis Techonolgy Core, led by Dr. Michael Hammer, one of the world's foremost authorities in the field of Genetics. Having other renowned scientists in its advisory board, Family Tree DNA is the world leader and only organization in the field of Genetic Genealogy that has been constantly developing the science that enables many genealogists around the world advance their families' research, and to fill the gap between genealogy and anthropology. E-mail me any time! Max Blankfeld Vice-President, Operations and Marketing http://www.FamilyTreeDNA.com "History Unearthed Daily" [email protected] 713-868-1438