Deborah, Yes, I would appreciate your checking on Lamb and Randall in Cromwell, Connecticut for me. Specifically Katherine and John. William R. Randall A Proud RootsWeb Contributor =================================================== Beebe, Cranmer, Hale, Lamb, RANDALL, Roberts and Wightman families in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Rhode Island Randall Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randall DEBORAH HANNA wrote: > > I have a copy of Cromwell, Ct. the history of a river port town 1650-1990by Robert Owen Decker. Anyone interested in a lookup? D. Hanna > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Godfrey Memorial Library Website > http://www.godfrey.org > Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT > > ============================== > 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

In a message dated 3/25/2002 6:38:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Subj:[CTMID] CROMWELL,CT. STOCKING, et al..... > Date:3/25/2002 6:38:42 AM Eastern Standard Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > I have a copy of Cromwell, Ct. the history of a river port town 1650-1990by > Robert Owen Decker. Anyone interested in a lookup? D. Hanna > > > Hanna, I do appreciate the offer. I have been looking for the grave of Capt. Abner Stocking. He was living around Middle Haddam CT around the time of his death in the early 1800's. I don't know what this book would have on him, his family or perhaps his church. TIA Dave from Long Island

I have a copy of Cromwell, Ct. the history of a river port town 1650-1990by Robert Owen Decker. Anyone interested in a lookup? D. Hanna

Bill is bringing up something that concerns me also. That is an attitude of some people that prompts them to takes from lists but never to give something to the process. These Rootsweb lists are wonderful. They give us a place where we, as ordinary individuals can share information others may be looking for. Yes, since I belong to many lists, I often glance at messages and delete ones that are of no interest to me. I simply do not have the space on my computer to keep them all, and with list archives I don't have to. But there is the other half of the process. That of doing the work to post information that will help others. I can be part of the process by posting information I find in the public and genealogy libraries in my area that will help others. Informatiion I can find because I live here in the area. Over the years I have posted just this type of information on the various lists that serve the central Connecticut area where I live. I have also freely done research in response to messages posted because I have access to material that is readily available here, but not elsewhere. As I research my surnames I often find information that would help others, and I share that on the surname name lists since I find information from other places. Freely SHARING with others that to which you have access is part of the process. I belong to three lists in this area the CRV, Hartford County, and Middlesex county. There are people on all of these lists freely sharing information for the benefit of others. I am looking for information in such far away places as Pike County Ohio, Franklin County , and Jewell County Kansas. These are just three ordinary places where my pioneer ancestor lived as the family migrated across the continent. And this migration occurred before towns and counties were recording such vital records as births and deaths. Many places started to keep marriage records much earlier than birth and death records. While the information I need may be available in materials found in local libraries and county or town records, I have no access to them because I live to far away. If we all do something to help right where we live, everyone will find information they need someplace, and more of the lists will be much more active. Spend a part of your research time Giving to Others and there will be more for everyone to receive. I urge all of you to become part of the CHAIN of GIVING, and on some links in the Chain you will also receive. Do what you can, when you can. These Rootsweb mailing lists make it easy for everyone to participate. There are not hassles of creating a web page. Just type out the material, proof read it, and then send as regular e-mail. Everyone can do something, but only you can decide individually how much you can do, and when you can do it. (Tip: I've been doing this so long now, that I find it easier to type the material up in my word processing program. When it is ready I just copy the whole thing into an e-mail. This way I can work at my own pace. If it takes me a week or two, so what. And I can break the material up into several smaller parts; as you see others on the list doing.) (Another Tip: Photocopy the material at the library and work within an allotted amount. I spread my photo copying out over time, never spending more than I can afford at any time. The last major project I tackled was so big I spread the work, and cost (about $10), out over six months. Whenever possible, I copy two pages on one sheet of paper. This works for most book. Sometimes I have to reduce the copy by about 5%, but it is still easy to read.) And what's in it for you? The joy of successfully growing your family tree and seeing others grow theirs. Marilyn CT On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 18:29:25 -0600 "wcfargeaux" <[email protected]> writes: > I am impressed with the frankness of a lister who said that if > it > "helps" him he'll look at a post but if not boom! He hits the old > delete > key. Translated, you take but you don't give. As you said, I bet > you are > not the only one on this list...which disappoints me. It's the > pride and > arrogance I hear in your voice that pisses me off! You and your > "friends" > can shove this list. > I love this country...such warm people! > Bill Fargo > >

Thank you, Maureen. I should know by now it is dangerous to say anything at all that is critical of how someone does things. Look at the reactions here. Three hundred messages a day arrive in my mailbox, and those that give no clue as to the subject in the subject line are a pain, especially when there might be 50 or more of them to be deleted. I was annoyed, and in return, the person who posted the original message became enraged and accusatory. Then others jumped in on one side or the other. I'll keep silent henceforth and just delete, or unsubscribe. Lee, by the way, is of the female gender. Sometimes, I get less hostility when people know that. Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "quillpen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 12:15 AM Subject: Re: [CTMID] So what's in it for me? > A couple of years ago, I found my entire Brouwer line back to 1624 New > Amsterdam while reading a post that had absolutely nothing to do with the > Brouwer name. > > Talk about snippets of information! There was a lesson learned that long > ago day, and I learned it well. > > Although speaking in Lee's defense, I think he was talking only about > subject lines in message board posts and not about our list in general. > > Maureen > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ode-to-Joy <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, March 24, 2002 9:25 PM > Subject: Re: [CTMID] So what's in it for me? > > > Well said, Fargo. Hey, I look at every little piece of info I can find on > CT Middle. Sometimes I find a little > speck of info that guides me in the right direction and it's not even under > any of my surnames!! My ancestors were in > the area for over 100 years. Joy in Calif. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: wcfargeaux <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 4:29 PM > Subject: [CTMID] So what's in it for me? > > > > I am impressed with the frankness of a lister who said that if it > > "helps" him he'll look at a post but if not boom! He hits the old delete > > key. Translated, you take but you don't give. As you said, I bet you are > > not the only one on this list...which disappoints me. It's the pride and > > arrogance I hear in your voice that pisses me off! You and your "friends" > > can shove this list. > > I love this country...such warm people! > > Bill Fargo > > > > > > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Middlesex County GenWeb site > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctmiddle/midlsxco.htm > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Godfrey Memorial Library Website > http://www.godfrey.org > Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT > > ============================== > 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 > > > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Middlesex County GenWeb site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctmiddle/midlsxco.htm > > ============================== > 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 > >

A couple of years ago, I found my entire Brouwer line back to 1624 New Amsterdam while reading a post that had absolutely nothing to do with the Brouwer name. Talk about snippets of information! There was a lesson learned that long ago day, and I learned it well. Although speaking in Lee's defense, I think he was talking only about subject lines in message board posts and not about our list in general. Maureen -----Original Message----- From: Ode-to-Joy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, March 24, 2002 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [CTMID] So what's in it for me? Well said, Fargo. Hey, I look at every little piece of info I can find on CT Middle. Sometimes I find a little speck of info that guides me in the right direction and it's not even under any of my surnames!! My ancestors were in the area for over 100 years. Joy in Calif. ----- Original Message ----- From: wcfargeaux <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 4:29 PM Subject: [CTMID] So what's in it for me? > I am impressed with the frankness of a lister who said that if it > "helps" him he'll look at a post but if not boom! He hits the old delete > key. Translated, you take but you don't give. As you said, I bet you are > not the only one on this list...which disappoints me. It's the pride and > arrogance I hear in your voice that pisses me off! You and your "friends" > can shove this list. > I love this country...such warm people! > Bill Fargo > > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Middlesex County GenWeb site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctmiddle/midlsxco.htm > > ============================== > 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 > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== Visit the Godfrey Memorial Library Website http://www.godfrey.org Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT ============================== 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

We are the ones who are blessed. Roses to Janie D, simply the best list owner on Rootsweb. __ _ / | | \ \/_/ \_\| / __ \/_/__\ .--='/~\ ____,__/__,_____,______)/ /{~}}} -,-----,--\--,-----,---,\'-' {{~}} __/\_ '--=.\}/ /_/ |\\ \/ I could tell you stories to curl your hair about some of the other ones (boy howdy, could I ever! :::shudder::: ). Cheers, Warren Wetmore ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [CTMID] So what's in it for me? | | Fortunately, this list is blessed with many members who share freely. In | that way, it's far ahead of many of the other lists to which I subscribe and it | makes me very proud to be "List Mom" and very proud of all of you. | | Jane | list mom | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ | | | ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== | Welcome to the Middlesex County, CT Mailing List | List Mom - Jane Devlin [email protected] | | ============================== | 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 | |

Dear Fellow Listers: Ditto to what some others have already said. Those of us who are family historians want to glean any bit of information we can, which may shed light on the lives of our ancestors. I've learned a lot from scanning mail on other family names and miscellaneous subjects. Lois E. Sorensen

I've never heard that including a family name in the subject line was a hard-and-fast rule on this or any other list. Clearly, there are many interests other than one's own ancestors or kinfolk -- the history of the Middletown First Church, migration patterns, Old Riverside Burying Ground (I've posted on that), livestock earmarks, city directories, extinct businesses, etc. etc. I always scan the body of a post unless the date is the 1900s. My WETMORE line left Midltn circa 1715 -- the Rev. James/3 (Thomas/1, Izrahiah/2) -- but there were WETMORE, WHITMORE and STOW cousins there well into and perhaps through the 1800s. There may even be HALL cousins there today -- plus descendants in the female line whose surnames I can't even guess. My only real peeve is subscribers to the digest who fail to change the subject line to match the subject line of the digest item they're replying to -- "[CTMID] Re: CTMIDDLE-D Digest V02 #11" tells me absolutely NOTHING about what might be in the post -- and then blithely go on to reply *without* quoting the item. It's like listening to one end of a phone call. It takes a minute or less to fix this. 1. Hit "Reply." 2. Find the item of interest, including its subject line, and cut it. 3. Delete the remainder in the body of the digest by Ctrl-A and Delete. 4. Paste in the item. 5. Copy and paste the item subject line into the message subject line. 6. THEN write the reply at the top of the message body. My apologies to those who already know how to do this. Yrs aye, Warren Wetmore ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Morse" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 5:21 PM Subject: [CTMID] Useless Subject Lines | Listers, | These "message board postings" get deleted by me automatically if they don't | have a surname of interest to me in the subject line. I bet I'm not the | only one. This latest one said "Seeking ancestors" | | Well, aren't we all? | | Lee | ----- Original Message ----- | From: <[email protected]> | To: <[email protected]> | Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 5:25 PM | Subject: [CTMID] Re: Seeking ancestors | | | > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. | > | > Classification: Query | > | > Message Board URL: | > | > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xY.2ADI/280.1 | > | > Message Board Post: | > | > Williard Franklin Robinson, b. 7 Jan 1903 in East Hampton, Ct in a | section known as Skinnerville. He was the son of Frank Robinson and Mary | Bidwell Johnson. Family records show that his father Frank Robinson was | born in 1873 in Marlborough, CT. Frank was an older brother of my | greatgrandmother Adella Imogene Robinson. Would love to share more family | history information. | > | > | > | > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== | > Visit the Godfrey Memorial Library Website | > http://www.godfrey.org | > Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT | > | > ============================== | > 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 | > | > | | | ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== | For anyone who missed them, Robert Squire has posted images of | Middlesex County section of John Warner Barber's Connecticut Historical Collections at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ctimages/ | | ============================== | 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 | |

Lee, Thanks for the reminder to keep our subject lines on target, thus ensuring the highest likelihood of success for all of us. Economy of time is key to getting on with the search. Carol Hubbell Boggs

Fortunately, this list is blessed with many members who share freely. In that way, it's far ahead of many of the other lists to which I subscribe and it makes me very proud to be "List Mom" and very proud of all of you. Jane list mom http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/

Hi cousins I have been looking for a Sally Robinson who married a Abner Fargo and lived in Franklin Ct. I've posted this before but never got any response,and now do to "what's in it for me" I've found a possible link. My family has the Abner Fargo Bible,and has his marriage ot Sally Robinson Nov.28 1811,and they had 5 children one of which was Hannah Denison who married Albert Hyde. Bill Levis ----- Original Message ----- From: "wcfargeaux" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 4:29 PM Subject: [CTMID] So what's in it for me? > I am impressed with the frankness of a lister who said that if it > "helps" him he'll look at a post but if not boom! He hits the old delete > key. Translated, you take but you don't give. As you said, I bet you are > not the only one on this list...which disappoints me. It's the pride and > arrogance I hear in your voice that pisses me off! You and your "friends" > can shove this list. > I love this country...such warm people! > Bill Fargo > > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Middlesex County GenWeb site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctmiddle/midlsxco.htm > > ============================== > 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 > >

Well said, Fargo. Hey, I look at every little piece of info I can find on CT Middle. Sometimes I find a little speck of info that guides me in the right direction and it's not even under any of my surnames!! My ancestors were in the area for over 100 years. Joy in Calif. ----- Original Message ----- From: wcfargeaux <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 4:29 PM Subject: [CTMID] So what's in it for me? > I am impressed with the frankness of a lister who said that if it > "helps" him he'll look at a post but if not boom! He hits the old delete > key. Translated, you take but you don't give. As you said, I bet you are > not the only one on this list...which disappoints me. It's the pride and > arrogance I hear in your voice that pisses me off! You and your "friends" > can shove this list. > I love this country...such warm people! > Bill Fargo > > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Middlesex County GenWeb site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctmiddle/midlsxco.htm > > ============================== > 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 > >

I am impressed with the frankness of a lister who said that if it "helps" him he'll look at a post but if not boom! He hits the old delete key. Translated, you take but you don't give. As you said, I bet you are not the only one on this list...which disappoints me. It's the pride and arrogance I hear in your voice that pisses me off! You and your "friends" can shove this list. I love this country...such warm people! Bill Fargo

Listers, These "message board postings" get deleted by me automatically if they don't have a surname of interest to me in the subject line. I bet I'm not the only one. This latest one said "Seeking ancestors" Well, aren't we all? Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 5:25 PM Subject: [CTMID] Re: Seeking ancestors > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xY.2ADI/280.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Williard Franklin Robinson, b. 7 Jan 1903 in East Hampton, Ct in a section known as Skinnerville. He was the son of Frank Robinson and Mary Bidwell Johnson. Family records show that his father Frank Robinson was born in 1873 in Marlborough, CT. Frank was an older brother of my greatgrandmother Adella Imogene Robinson. Would love to share more family history information. > > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Godfrey Memorial Library Website > http://www.godfrey.org > Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT > > ============================== > 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 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clark, Claflin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xY.2ADI/391.1 Message Board Post: I have received additional information from Cemetery records in New York on John P. Clark. It indicates that John's father's name is John. Is there anyone who has records to the State of Connecticut that shows a John P. Clark born 7/24/1824 whose father's name is John? I do not know the town or County that John P. was born in. Please help. K. A. Clark in Massachusetts

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Robinson, Hartson, Rich, Guile, Bidwell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xY.2ADI/280.1.1 Message Board Post: Well, Hello Cousin! I have lots of oral history on my grandfather Willard Robinson, but hit my brick wall with the Robinson clan right after I found Frank's birth certificate in Marlborough. What I do have: Franklin E. Robinson b: 26-JAN-1841: shown in the 1850 and 1860 census as living in the household of James and Dolly Gart(l)on, Voluntown, CT. enlisted in the 18th CT Infantry in 1861 from Mansfield CT. Listed as deserted in 1862, married Diana Hartson b: 1841, Windham, CT. 1880 census Chatham CT shows Franklin E Robinson 36 years, mother and father born in CT Diana Robinson, 36 years, mother and father born in CT Children: Herbert age 13, Edward, age 10, FRANKLIN age 8, Adella age 4, Carleton 5 mo. Frank(lin) Robinson married Mary J. Bidwell their children were: Lionel, Dan, Bob, Willard, Alan, Cora, Gladys, Etta, Hazel and Francis Mary divorced Frank, and married Atlee Hotchkiss and had one child, Alberta (nickname Bertie) Willard married Cecelia Ann Guile, they had one child, Evelyn Anna Robinson (my mom) What I'm desperately looking for, is Franklin E's parents and any clue as to why he was living with the Garton's. He's not listed as an apprentice. If you'll send me you're address, I'll forward my research, and all of the family history I have. Some of it is very colorful! Where did you get the "Johnson" for Mary Bidwell? Her mother was Elizabeth Graham, her father was Benjamin Bidwell. Nice hearing from you! my e-mail is [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xY.2ADI/280.1 Message Board Post: Williard Franklin Robinson, b. 7 Jan 1903 in East Hampton, Ct in a section known as Skinnerville. He was the son of Frank Robinson and Mary Bidwell Johnson. Family records show that his father Frank Robinson was born in 1873 in Marlborough, CT. Frank was an older brother of my greatgrandmother Adella Imogene Robinson. Would love to share more family history information.

The R surnames from the Barbour Records for Middletown are now on line - once again courtesy of Coralynn Brown who has been so diligent in her efforts to help all of us in our research. Jane list mom http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/