In just a short time this evening I have printed out 11 pages of hints. I did not realize where everyone was getting their answers. Thank everyone who has been so helpful! Lillian

And to think that I've been trying to figure everything out from the census records! No wonder some people seem to hold all the cards! I want to thank everyone for all their input. Lillian

Thanks for the tips. I am printing them out and putting them in a folder entitled "Hints". I can't remember them all and I don't want one to get away. Lillian

Hi Everyone, Lillian is right in that there are a lot of sites out there that we just don't know about. When you have a bit of time just go to google and start typing in various searches. I will do things like a surname and a date. Or a county and the word history. Or a county and the word cemetery. Or any other combinations of words. Search on a specific military unit or a specific event in history. One of my favorite is to search for a surname and the word obit or obituary. Sometimes I will search on the surname, the word obit, and a year. You will be surprised at what you find. Now... granted... you are going to get a lot of hits you aren't interested in but you just might get something of interest too. So pick a night that you just want to ooze a bit and give it a try....<g>. Take care - Emma In a message dated 12/6/2005 9:28:53 P.M. Central Standard Time, AlviCpl@aol.com writes: How long would it take before a person even suspected that those sites even existed? Thank you very much! Lillian

In a message dated 12/6/2005 6:13:50 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, delwilliams@insightbb.com writes: _http://www.ecu.edu/rcro/links/history.html_ (http://www.ecu.edu/rcro/links/history.html) How long would it take before a person even suspected that those sites even existed? Thank you very much! Lillian

Hi, Have know information on your family, except my father Lawrence Copeland was a friend of Buds. My name is Bob Copeland lived in Brattleboro on Central St. I now live in Mt Dora Fl. Hope you can find somebody who can help you.

Someone reminded me of another favorite website, so I am posting it, along with a few others I left off my previous list. http://www.segenealogy.com/ (Lots of genealogy maps, and a good list of genealogy terms, and illnesses, a must for beginners, or just someone needing a refresher course) http://www.goldenbranches.com/nc-state/cherokee/data.html (Lots of free data, including Census and Marriage records for Cherokee County, North Carolina) http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/ (1895 U.S. Atlas, for every state and county in the U.S.) The following are a bunch of websites featuring historical maps for all eras, and all areas of the U.S. and World. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/maps/maps.cfm#18c http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/countyfm.htm (North Carolina County formation maps, clickable from 1700-1912) http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~phensel/maps.html#historic (maps of all kind) http://www.davidrumsey.com/ (more maps) http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ http://www.us-counties.com/index.html (want to find out what is available and who to contact for any State or County office in the U.S.? It's at this website) The following is a link to a website run by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro that has transcribed thousands of slavery petitions for 15 states. Transcriptions are fully searchable and lists names of slaves, masters, and locations where petitions were filed. http://library.uncg.edu/slavery_petitions/about.asp Links to websites featuring lists of nicknames used in historical and present times, which can be very useful when trying to locate your ancestors. I'll bet a lot of people never knew that a name like "Mary" and "Polly" were interchangeable, or that "Mary" and "Molly", "Jane" and "Gincy", "Daisy" and "Margaret", "Madge" and "Margaret", and hundreds of others, were variations on the same names. That can make the difference when you can't find your Great Aunt Jane, but all you see is someone named "Jincy", or "Gincy". http://genealogy.about.com/library/bl_nicknames.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohfulton/FemaleNicknames.html http://www.genealogytoday.com/genealogy/enoch/nicknames.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacumber/nick.htm Looking for an Obituary of a fairly recent death, or in some cases, for a death occurring in the last 50 years or so? Or is there an article you heard about that appeared in a newspaper somewhere in the country? You can find it yourself in many cases by simply checking newspapers for the area of the country where the individual died. The following is the link to Newspapers.com, with links to newspapers throughout the world. Just key in the name of the location you want to find a newspaper, and you'll get a Results listing all of the local newspapers for the area. Click onto the newspaper site, and you can read the paper online, and most of them feature archived articles and obituaries which can be searched for free for a certain amount of years back. There are a few which charge a fee for older articles, but then again, there are those that don't. Try it. http://www.newspapers.com/ Find something on almost anyone who ever had anything to do with politics at the Political Graveyard. http://politicalgraveyard.com/ Genealogy resource page - Your guide to free genealogy search tips, articles, and family tree http://www.amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/ Want to find out more about the "Lost Colony of Roanoke"? http://www.ecu.edu/rcro/links/history.html Want to learn more about the original colonists at Jamestown? Plenty of searchable material here. http://www.virtualjamestown.org/page2.html The following are websites that sell various genealogy books. Many times, these are the only way that some of us can find those wills, deeds, estate records, etc., and these websites sell books at fairly decent prices and are very reliable. The webpages are fully Searchable. http://www.willowbend.net/advsearch.asp http://www.bigtreebooks.com/index.asp http://www.ancestorstuff.com http://www.genealogical.com/ Regards, Deloris Williams

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ikJ.2ACIB/1540.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Deloris my immediate line is from Louisiana however I do have family from Calif. also. Please forward the info it may help. thanks. Nancy

Wow, Deloris!!! What a load of helpful info. I'm sure everyone will benefit from it all. jean Deloris Williams <delwilliams@insightbb.com> wrote: Lillian Your message inspires me to post a list of some of my favorite research websites that have online records available and can help in your research, and are Free to use by anyone. USGenweb & Rootsweb have a number of free databases which can be searched very easily. First of all try searching at the Rootsweb homepage by name, they have the largest group of free resources online: http://www.rootsweb.com/ USGenweb can researched a number of ways, but probably the best way is by going to the State and County pages that you need. Click onto the State in the left column of the homepage, and then pick the County you want to check. Most of the County Websites have lots of data contributed by users including census, wills, deeds, court records, almost anything for genealogy researching. Try it, you'll be amazed at what's available for free: http://www.usgenweb.org/ By the way, if you don't know the county, but have the city or town, try doing a search at Rootsweb's "U.S. Town/County Database", available on their homepage. Just click onto the link, and type in the city & 2 letter State abbreviation. Most genealogy research locates records based on the names of a County, so it is important to know the County. Here are a number of State or County databases that can help in doing specific researches, and which have documents or links to data: http://halifax.sgarner349.com/ (Halifax County, North Carolina) http://www.b4us.net/ (Northeastern North Carolina Genealogy Research database includes, Maps,Court Records, Military databases for the Spanish American War, Civil War, WWII, County Histories, Cemeteries, plus books for NC, and much more. http://www.lofthouse.com/warren/bibles/sura.htm (Warren Co.,North Carolina family bible records) http://www.nexgenimaging.com/db/warrenpolicy.cfm (Warren Co.,NC Property Records database) http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/NC/Granville/ (Linkpendium Genealogy, has websites and resources for most Counties in the USA. I use it for mostly NC research, so this takes you to the Granville Co. webpage, but you can key in your own locations by clicking onto "USA" at the top of the page) http://www.deeds.co.nash.nc.us/ (Nash Co.North Carolina Register of DeedsOnline) http://web.co.wake.nc.us/rdeeds/ (Wake Co.,NC Register of Deeds Online) http://docsouth.unc.edu/ (Documenting the American South website run by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, many online books available for reading ) http://birth-certificates.net/north-carolina.htm (website to assist in North Carolina Birth Certificates searches) http://www.oberlin.edu/external/EOG/HistoricalDocuments.html (Oberlin County, Ohio College website, lots of historical records for Ohio) http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/ (Ohio Death Certificates 1913 -1937 Online) http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html (Illinois State Archives) http://ukcc.uky.edu/~vitalrec/ (Kentucky Vital Records database) http://catalog.kyhistory.org/help/Cem_Database_Intro.htm (Kentucky Cemetery records and more) http://www.sos.state.mo.us./archives/ (Missouri State Archives) http://sos.ky.gov/land/ (Kentucky land records and links to more) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~ysbinns/vataxlists/index.htm (Virginia Tax Records 1790 -1800) http://www.bjmjr.com/military/index.htm (Website to help in researching military history) http://www.searchsystems.net/list.php?nid=42 (SearchSystems.net - Public Records directory. This link is for NC, but can key in the State of your choice) http://www.ellisisland.org/ (Ellis Island Passenger Arrivals research - can search for list of people who arrived in Ellis Island) http://www.interment.net/ (Search for cemetery records nationwide) http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/ (cemetery records) http://www.obitlinkspage.com/ (find obituaries) http://www.obitcentral.com/ (find obituaries) http://www.findagrave.com/ (Find a Grave) http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/dawes.php (Index to the Dawes Rolls for Native American Research) http://www.census-online.com/links/ (Search for free census records online) http://www.censusfinder.com/ (free census records finder) http://www.censusdiggins.com/ (free census and genealogy research sites) http://envoy.libraryofmichigan.org/1870_census/ (Michigan Online census) http://www.familysearch.org/ (Latter Day Saints website for free genealogy research and guides, includes free 1880 census online) Enjoy, Deloris Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 6:02 PM Subject: Re: [COPELAND] Re: Copeland Families from NC to Indiana & beyond > Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I am limited to doing online > research. > Us inexperienced researchers don't know about things like this. > > Lillian > ==== COPELAND Mailing List ==== To contact the List Admin: mailto:COPELAND-admin@rootsweb.com To unsubscribe from List Mode: mailto:COPELAND-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe To unsubscribe in Digest Mode: mailto:COPELAND-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe AOL USERS: Send an email to:COPELAND-L-request@rootsweb.com (In Digest Mode change the "L" to a "D") with the word unsubscribe in the body of the message. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." Yogi Berra

Lillian Your message inspires me to post a list of some of my favorite research websites that have online records available and can help in your research, and are Free to use by anyone. USGenweb & Rootsweb have a number of free databases which can be searched very easily. First of all try searching at the Rootsweb homepage by name, they have the largest group of free resources online: http://www.rootsweb.com/ USGenweb can researched a number of ways, but probably the best way is by going to the State and County pages that you need. Click onto the State in the left column of the homepage, and then pick the County you want to check. Most of the County Websites have lots of data contributed by users including census, wills, deeds, court records, almost anything for genealogy researching. Try it, you'll be amazed at what's available for free: http://www.usgenweb.org/ By the way, if you don't know the county, but have the city or town, try doing a search at Rootsweb's "U.S. Town/County Database", available on their homepage. Just click onto the link, and type in the city & 2 letter State abbreviation. Most genealogy research locates records based on the names of a County, so it is important to know the County. Here are a number of State or County databases that can help in doing specific researches, and which have documents or links to data: http://halifax.sgarner349.com/ (Halifax County, North Carolina) http://www.b4us.net/ (Northeastern North Carolina Genealogy Research database includes, Maps,Court Records, Military databases for the Spanish American War, Civil War, WWII, County Histories, Cemeteries, plus books for NC, and much more. http://www.lofthouse.com/warren/bibles/sura.htm (Warren Co.,North Carolina family bible records) http://www.nexgenimaging.com/db/warrenpolicy.cfm (Warren Co.,NC Property Records database) http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/NC/Granville/ (Linkpendium Genealogy, has websites and resources for most Counties in the USA. I use it for mostly NC research, so this takes you to the Granville Co. webpage, but you can key in your own locations by clicking onto "USA" at the top of the page) http://www.deeds.co.nash.nc.us/ (Nash Co.North Carolina Register of DeedsOnline) http://web.co.wake.nc.us/rdeeds/ (Wake Co.,NC Register of Deeds Online) http://docsouth.unc.edu/ (Documenting the American South website run by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, many online books available for reading ) http://birth-certificates.net/north-carolina.htm (website to assist in North Carolina Birth Certificates searches) http://www.oberlin.edu/external/EOG/HistoricalDocuments.html (Oberlin County, Ohio College website, lots of historical records for Ohio) http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/ (Ohio Death Certificates 1913 -1937 Online) http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html (Illinois State Archives) http://ukcc.uky.edu/~vitalrec/ (Kentucky Vital Records database) http://catalog.kyhistory.org/help/Cem_Database_Intro.htm (Kentucky Cemetery records and more) http://www.sos.state.mo.us./archives/ (Missouri State Archives) http://sos.ky.gov/land/ (Kentucky land records and links to more) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~ysbinns/vataxlists/index.htm (Virginia Tax Records 1790 -1800) http://www.bjmjr.com/military/index.htm (Website to help in researching military history) http://www.searchsystems.net/list.php?nid=42 (SearchSystems.net - Public Records directory. This link is for NC, but can key in the State of your choice) http://www.ellisisland.org/ (Ellis Island Passenger Arrivals research - can search for list of people who arrived in Ellis Island) http://www.interment.net/ (Search for cemetery records nationwide) http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/ (cemetery records) http://www.obitlinkspage.com/ (find obituaries) http://www.obitcentral.com/ (find obituaries) http://www.findagrave.com/ (Find a Grave) http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/dawes.php (Index to the Dawes Rolls for Native American Research) http://www.census-online.com/links/ (Search for free census records online) http://www.censusfinder.com/ (free census records finder) http://www.censusdiggins.com/ (free census and genealogy research sites) http://envoy.libraryofmichigan.org/1870_census/ (Michigan Online census) http://www.familysearch.org/ (Latter Day Saints website for free genealogy research and guides, includes free 1880 census online) Enjoy, Deloris Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: <AlviCpl@aol.com> To: <COPELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 6:02 PM Subject: Re: [COPELAND] Re: Copeland Families from NC to Indiana & beyond > Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I am limited to doing online > research. > Us inexperienced researchers don't know about things like this. > > Lillian >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ferris Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5538/ikJ.2ACIB/1623 Message Board Post: I'm looking for any information of the Ferris family. Bud married Beatrice Barnes formally of England around 1917 in Maine. They had 4 sons.... Norman, Stanley, Ronald & Gerald. All the sons except Gerald lived in Brattalboro, VT. Gerald stayed in Me. Gerald & Norman were in WW11. They came out in 1945.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Copeland Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5538/ikJ.2ACIB/1622 Message Board Post: Hi, I'm looking for any information on the Copeland family. Clarence Copeland married Alice Wiley. She died at the early age of 38 of TB. They had 2 children Rodney ( Buddy) & Mildred. He & his wife owned some resturants.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ikJ.2ACIB/1621.1 Message Board Post: Forgot to include my email address. Katydid401@cox.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ikJ.2ACIB/1621 Message Board Post: Recently someone posted about this couple. Please email me directly for more information about them.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I am limited to doing online research. Us inexperienced researchers don't know about things like this. Lillian

In a message dated 12/4/2005 11:35:14 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, delwilliams@insightbb.com writes: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.copeland/1224.1.1.2 The male Copeland names of the ones in Jackson County , Indiana in the 1800's matched ones in the Carolinas listed as being Black or mulatto. Now I don't know if Hugh was related or not. He was in Iredell county, NC in the 1810 census, same as James Copeland and next door neighbor, Elizabeth Copeland Abbott. I've saw posted on One World Tree, James, Elizabeth, Hugh and Mary as children of a Dennis Copeland. Hugh was widowed and later moved to Jackson County, Indiana before 1820. James moved at the same time, settling first is Johnson County, but was in Jackson county by 1830. Miles, Martin, Rufus, James David, Samuel, and John. Thank you very much. Every little bit adds to my knowledge.

By the way, many of the Chatham County wills are available online at the USGenweb/Rootsweb Chatham County Website. Here is the link to the page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncchatha/court.htm Click onto the "Extracted Documents" section near the bottom, using the alphabetic list of wills to read them since those links do work. There are a few Copelands of interest. There are also other online documents on the site, some of which the links don't seem to work. But here is the link to their Indexes which do work, I would advise anyone doing research of Copelands in NC to check it out if you haven't done so yet, since there is lots of material here on Taxes, Wills, Census, Court Records, Bastardy Bonds, etc.: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncchatha Deloris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deloris Williams" <delwilliams@insightbb.com> To: <COPELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 1:33 AM Subject: [COPELAND] Re: Copeland Families from NC to Indiana & beyond > There were many Copelands that died and left estates in NC, and yes, many > of them moved on to different states. The possible one who freed John > Copeland about 1815, is very sketchy, and has only been referred to in > articles written about the family, from what I have seen. Again, I don't > even know if his father/master was even surnamed Copeland, that may have > been an assumption from the fact that was his surname.

There were many Copelands that died and left estates in NC, and yes, many of them moved on to different states. The possible one who freed John Copeland about 1815, is very sketchy, and has only been referred to in articles written about the family, from what I have seen. Again, I don't even know if his father/master was even surnamed Copeland, that may have been an assumption from the fact that was his surname. Another researcher I came across some months ago, who also is a descendant of John Copeland, also has not found anything to indicate who was John's father/slaveowner. It makes me wonder if the story of his parentage was even true. The fact of the matter is that there was a small contingent of Free Colored Copelands living in Wake County during the 1800's, and that most of them seem to have been from the same family. I don't know if that is the family to which you are referring when you say you wonder if they are connected to your husband's family. However I'm not familiar with any Iredell County families, however, your mention of a Hugh Copeland in your family does make me recall an exchange I came across a couple of years ago with another Copeland researcher, on the Ancestry/Rootsweb Copeland Message Board. It is a bit further back in time than what you are looking for, but there just may be a clue for you. Here is a portion of what she said: James died in Chowan, March 13, 1753 and willed to his son, James, "the tract of land on Chowan River. William died in Chowan, Jan. 26, 1763, and mention his wife, Sarah, two sons, William and Jesse, and one dau., Ann Judith. William's branch producted, Hugh Copeland, CHARLES COPELAND, Alexander Copeland, and Isaac Copeland. Each of whom received large grants in Craven and (Greenville?hard to make out.) Counties SC. The entire message is archived at the Copeland Message Board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.copeland/1224.1.1.2 Deloris ----- Original Message ----- From: <AlviCpl@aol.com> To: <COPELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [COPELAND] Re: Copeland Families of Warren & Halifax Counties, NC > The Copeland that was freed in 1815 interests me. My husband's line of > Copelands left North Carolina right after that time for Indiana. I don't > have > the name of their father, but I had thought that maybe they left after > the > settlement of an estate. My husbands ancestor was living in Iredell > County, NC > and his widowed sister was living next door, James Copeland and Elizabeth > Abbott. I believe they had a brother named Hugh, who also headed for > Indiana. > Elizabeth did not go to Indiana with them, I didn't track her. Miles, > Rufus, > Evan, and Jacob were also family names. >

The Copeland that was freed in 1815 interests me. My husband's line of Copelands left North Carolina right after that time for Indiana. I don't have the name of their father, but I had thought that maybe they left after the settlement of an estate. My husbands ancestor was living in Iredell County, NC and his widowed sister was living next door, James Copeland and Elizabeth Abbott. I believe they had a brother named Hugh, who also headed for Indiana. Elizabeth did not go to Indiana with them, I didn't track her. Miles, Rufus, Evan, and Jacob were also family names.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams,Sneed, Davis,Rodgers,Green,Evans,Copeland,Caudle/Cordle, Hawkins,Richardson,Hedgepeth,West,Toney,Carter,Lynch,Mills,Silver,Rudd, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ikJ.2ACIB/1540.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Nancy, Something clicked when you mentioned that your family lived in LA. My question is, do you mean Louisiana, or Los Angeles? If it is Los Angeles, I know who your ancestors were. Please let me know, and I will give you further details. Regards, Deloris