Hi all, Changed ISPs in order to be able to do some new fun things! You can reach me at janab@slip.net Jana Black Listowner, DEWHURST-L

Hi group! Here are a few New Year's Listowner thoughts from your fearless Blarney Tech Alum ;] : FYI, Rootsweb and the existence of our list is in some financial shifting sands right now. I assume some of you have read about the recent acquisition of The Learning Company by Mattel? In case you were not aware, the genealogical buy-outs and mergers in 1998 looked like this: Mindscape (Legacy) bought out Parsons Technology (huge databases plus peripheral supplies and great tech support) then Broderbund (Family Tree maker) bought out Mindscape. Next, The Learning Company bought out Broderbund then The Learning Company bought out Palladium (Ultimate Family Tree and Rootsweb Sponsor). Finally Mattel bought out the Learning Company. Suddenly, left out there are Sierra (which sponsors Cyndi's List which is supplied with webspace by Rootsweb), Brother's Keeper & The Master Genealogist and this as yet undefined conglomerate. WHY AM I TELLING YOU ALL THIS??? As of this month the Rootsweb folks have let Listowners know that the future of Rootsweb suddenly looks quite different as a result. As you know, Rootsweb is here to promote the FREE EXCHANGE of genealogical information. Mattel is clearly a bottom line oriented entity. The following email came to us from Brian Leverich: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first (and more minor) problem is that due to the acquisition of Palladium Interactive by TLC and it effectively being made subordinate to Banner Blue (Broderbund), the Palladium sponsorship check contractually due on 1 December didn't arrive and Palladium / Broderbund were being terrifically vague about when it might arrive. This resulted in Karen and me making an emergency draw on RootsWeb's credit line at Wells Fargo Bank to meet expenses, and ultimately on 19 December we dropped Palladium's banners and announced we had a problem. On 23 December the "1 December" check arrived. End of this story. ### The second (and much more significant) problem is that the acquisition of PI by Banner Blue / Broderbund / TLC / Mattel completely changed the nature of the sponsorship relationship, and it is not clear that RootsWeb will remain in the contract. Jewishgen.org has already dropped Palladium's sponsorship. I have a bad feeling that there are going to be layoffs at Palladium in January, and it is possible that RootsWeb will feel forced to withdraw from the arrangement at that time. We're going to be throwing away about a third of our revenues if that happens. That won't be the end of RootsWeb, but it's certainly going to take a financial situation that is so bad it occasionally sends me into gales of laughter (you gotta laugh or you'd cry over this) and turn it into a truly interesting mess. Oh well. There you have it from the horse's mouth. Cheers, B. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As Brian stated, Rootsweb may be forced to withdraw from the Sponsorship Agreement in order to protect its goals of remaining a publically accessible, low cost entity. Thank goodness Brian and Karen have had the vision to retain enough autonomy that they can do this! Otherwise, Rootsweb could have been absorbed and cut off the web in all this.... This also involves GenConnect, BTW. Here is where you all come in. For $12 per year, you can become a Rootsweb Member. There are over 170,000 folks subscribed to Rootsweb lists. If all give $12 annually to Rootsweb this will give Rootsweb the autonomy they need to survive as a non-profit entity in a capitalistic world. You can join at other levels of support as well and as you can afford it. To do so click here: <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> In this last year, as I could, I "upped" my membership twice from basic membership to Sponsor (so I could start this list!) then to Sponsor Plus (when I was so happy with this list that I became nuts enough to want to adopt another list and begin two more... also, my webpage (with my DEWHURST info!) is now on Rootsweb http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jmbhome/ Karen and Brian were very willing to accomodate the "feast or famine nature" of my personal financial circumstances! I strongly recommend you consider offering your own $$$ support, as you can, to keep Rootsweb afloat. If you have a homepage, consider letting Rootsweb host it - it only costs $50 per year... I dare you to find another ISP as generous who doesn't require blinking advertising on your page! Other ideas are in the works to solicit $$$ support like a Rootsweb thermometer saying for example "$100,000 = a server to hold all the Irish Emigration Records" ( this is an example of what could be possible NOT an actual offering from Rootsweb at the moment - just wanted to wake you back up if I lost you!). It is not my intention to get dialogue going on this list on this topic, let's keep it to DEWHURST research efforts, but feel free to email me privately if you want more info <jblack@marin.k12.ca.us> Jana Black Listowner, DEWHURST-L

Welcome to all our new listmembers! I hope you will find the spirit of this page as gratifying as we "oldsters" have! There are currently about 30 of us joining resources to reconnect our DEWHURST lines. Small but special group are we! Just think, this is the time of the year where all over the world, brand new computers have come out of boxes to be put into the hands of new potential DEWHURST researchers! We have had 4 new subscribers in this last week to our little list alone! This is the time for us to all be extra generous with our patience and our online help as all these newbies will need it! Remember when you first tried and felt "oh-so-dumb" in front of the screen! THIS IS ALSO THE TIME TO REPOST YOUR LINES SO WE CAN ALL REFRESH OUR MEMORIES AS TO WHOM WE HAVE LOOKING FOR WHOM HERE! To post: email <DEWHURST-L@rootsweb.com> (do NOT put the word "request" into the address as you did to subscribe because the post won't post that way!) GENERAL REMINDERS: * We all gather here voluntarily for the free exchange of genealogical information * Please do share, please be nice, please stay on topic, please feel free to email each other off the list if your communication needs to go beyond the scope of the list (note ;] let us know if any of you start dating sucessfully, we are quite curious and we love weddings - you provide the food and we will come!) * NOT ALLOWED is any flaming or intimidation (put downs, controversy-creating statements, etc.). If ever you are the recipient (on or off the list as a result of the list) of correspondence which makes you feel personally uncomfortable, EMAIL ME IMMEDIATELY <jblack@marin.k12.ca.us> and I will handle it! * NOT ALLOWED is spamming (use of the list to advertise anything for sale or use of any information found offered on this list for personal gain) I try to keep things pretty casual and this has been a very friendly, trouble free list. I intend to keep it this way! I'm planning a DEWHURST research trip to the UK for the Spring, I turn 50 in April and IT IS TIME! I have places to stay, photos to copy, cousins to meet, records to confirm! Let me know if any oif the rest of you are headed over the pond! ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY Hapyy New Year and Happy Hunting! Jana Black Listowner, DEWHURST-L

Hi all, Happy Holidays! Hope this finds you and yours with Decked Halls and Boughs of Holly all filled with Cheer... As for me, I've been "surfing" and have suddenly, with the help of my cousin, got some new clues that may hook me up with ANY of you! Here is the family group I am looking at: William Henry Dewhurst m. Mary Pearson 10 DEC 1840 St. Pancras, Middlesex, London. Their known issue of 9-11 children: 1) Caroline Jane b. 21OCT 1841, Kentish Town, London, England, m. Frederick Robert Huskinson 25JUN1875, Penge, Surrey, England 2) Mary Elizabeth b. 31AUG1843, Kentish Town, London, England (family notes suggest she remained a spinster and was Matron of Guy's Hospital - still to be confirmed, can you help?) 3) Madeline b. 16FEB1849, Finchley, London, England m. Frederick William McDonald 8JULY1871, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England (family notes suggest he was a teacher/professor of English at a private school - to be confirmed) 4) James William Dewhurst b. 2FEB1852, Finchley, Middlesex, England m. Ellen Elizabeth Reeves 25DEC1874, Hoxton, Middlesex, England (our direct line) Here's our "breakthrough"... family notes had suggested a sister was married to a "Dr. Erwin Lynch, professor of botany at Cambridge University, credited with growing the first tomatoe, from seeds, in England, and eating same. Kew Garden in Kent, England, have agreenhouse named for him (so I am told)." It had never been confirmed... Well, my surfing took me to the Kew Gardens site where they had a search engine (!!). I poked in "Lynch" and up popped an entry noting that "Richard Irwin Lynch (1850-1924)" is the author of a plant name in the "S - Spermatophytes (flowering plants and gymnosperms)" plant group. I emailed the Kew Librarian and got the following: "According to Ray Desmond's Dictionary of British & Irish Botanists & Horticulturists &c. (1994), Richard Irwin Lynch was born at St. Germans in Cornwall on 1 June 1850; he died at Torquay in Devon on 7 December 1924. He was a gardener at Kew from 1867, and was Curator of the Botanic Garden of Cambridge University 1879-1919. He published a "List of ferns and fern allies in the Botanic Garden, Cambridge" 1897, and The Book of the Iris in 1904." I'll take it! The dates and times are right - they just left off a name! Only problem, we have no idea what the name of the sister is! Can you help! And, while you are at it.... Further notes say a brother, James was a Scotland Yard Detective who did not marry, spent most of his life in Tangiers and Algiers in service to Her Majesty, Queen Victoria and died in London. Then notes suggest the family had land in Edinburgh, Scotland. Clearly, we are missing the names of a bunch of siblings.... If any of this "rings a bell" for any of you and you can help us connect further, please "jingle" your "bells" our way??? I realize no one but me is nuts enough to be doing this a week before Christmas, nevertheless, how about everyone reposting their info AFTER the first of the year so we can all take a new look at each other??? WE are up to 27 researchers; a small but very special group! Happy Holidays! Jana Black Listowner, DEWHURST-L

Twas the Night Before Christmas: Genealogist's Version "Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even my spouse. The dining room table with clutter was spread With pedigree charts and with letters which said... "Too bad about the data for which you wrote Sank in a storm on an ill fated boat." Stacks of old copies of wills and the such Were proof that my work had become much to much. Our children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads. And I at my table was ready to drop From work on my album with photos to crop. Christmas was here, and of such was my lot That presents and goodies and toys I forgot. Had I not been so busy with grandparent's wills, I'd not have forgotten to shop for such thrills. While others had bought gifts that would bring Christmas cheer; I'd spent time researching those birthdates and years. While I was thus musing about my sad plight, A strange noise on the lawn gave me such a great fright. Away to the window I flew in a flash, Tore open the drapes and I yanked up the sash. When what to my wondering eyes should appear? But an overstuffed sleigh and eight small reindeer. Up to the housetop the reindeer they flew, With a sleigh full of toys, and old Santa Claus too. And then in a twinkle, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of thirty-two hoofs. The TV antenna was no match for their horns, And look at our roof with hoof-prints adorned. As I drew in my head, and bumped it on the sash, Down the cold chimney fell Santa - KER-RASH! "Dear" Santa had come from the roof in a wreck, And tracked soot on the carpet, (I could wring his short neck!) Spotting my face, good old Santa could see I had no Christmas spirit you'd have to agree. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work And filled all the stockings, (I felt like a jerk). Here was Santa, who'd brought us such gladness and joy; When I'd been too busy for even one toy. He spied my research on the table all spread "A genealogist!" He cried! (My face was all red!) "Tonight I've met many like you", Santa grinned. As he pulled from his sack a large book he had penned. I gazed with amazement - the cover it read "Genealogy Lines for Which You Have Plead." "I know what it's like as a genealogy bug," He said as he gave me a a great Santa Hug. "While the elves make the sleighful of toys I now carry, I do some research in the North Pole Library! A special treat I am thus able to bring, To genealogy folks who can't find a thing. Now off you go to your bed for a rest, I'll clean up the house from this genealogy mess." As I climbed up the stairs full of gladness and glee, I looked back at Santa who'd brought much to me. While settling in bed, I heard Santa's clear whistle, To his team which then rose like the down of a thistle And I heard him exclaim as he flew out of sight, "Family History is Fun! Merry Christmas! Goodnight!" Jana ;]

Hi list, Thought I'd start the Thanksgiving Blitz with recipes from my Dewhurst roots. My Dad used to make this for breakfast every Thanksgiving when my Mom said she was too busy with everything else too make up breakfast for us all! We carry on the tradition still and skip lunch to build up a hefty turkey appetite! SCRAMBLED EGGS WITH BACON AND TOMATO Figure amount of ingredients per person (i.e., 2 eggs per person, etc....): 2 eggs 2 slices bacon 1/4 tomato, chopped and seasoned with parsley, garlic, white pepper to taste 1/2 and 1/2 to set eggs Cut bacon into 1 inch pieces and fry well Pour off fat just before the bacon is completely crispy, let it crisp up and add chopped tomato. Turn down heat and allow tomato to become soft. Turn heat back up, add eggs Stir until just about set, add a spash of 1/2 and 1/2 (or milk or non-dairy creamer) to set eggs and make creamy. Served with crumpets, popovers or toast, this breakfast will hold us until the turkey is ready! I am wishing that you all have the chance to be with those for whom you are the most thankful and get the chance to truly celebrate family! Jana Black Listowner,

Hi list, As of this morning, there are now 25 of us sharing information - small but special group! Welcome to all our new subscribers - PLEASE POST whatever you know, wherever you are stuck and let us get to know you! We have already had plenty of evidence that WIT is a DEWHURST trait, and the more we all let each other know each of us, the better we can understand ourselves. We hail from Ireland, England, USA, Canada and Australia, so far - let me know if I missed any countries/continents. Personally, I am trying to "get with" the upcoming season (in the "bleegh" mode so far...) and thought perhaps we could all give ourselves a Thanksgiving Treat. We cannot gather as an extended family in person but perhaps we could share our favorite DEWHURST STORIES or RECIPES and post them in a Thanksgiving BLITZ??? I suspect that in sharing our stories we will all know why we belong in this clan! Suggested conversation starters: 1)Tell us a story of a DEWHURST relative; good, bad, funny, sad - all accepted! 2)Tell us of your travel experiences to "unearth" DEWHURSTs anywhere, anytime 3)DO pass along any RECIPES that originated with your DEWHURST roots 4)Tell us about any holiday traditions that you consider to have DEWHURST roots Got anything else you'd rather share? Share it! It doesn't have to be long and you now have 2.5 weeks notice to prepare! Write something up and begin posting WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25th (while the pies are in the ovens in the USA).... Just think, you have always intended to get "that story" written down... here is your chance! Jana Black Listowner, DEWHURST-L

Funny you should mention the Dewhurst butchers. My mother went to London (her big "I am independent and I willl travel alone at the age of 60" trip) on a tour and was quite surprised to see painted on the back of a brick building on the Thames River tour a sign which proclaimed, " DEWHURST The Master Butcher" - she took a phot which I have. Then in 1981, my husband and I were in High Wycombe on business and, there in town square was a shop called DEWHURST. We went in and were told the family was not affiliated any longer... anyone know more? Jana Nicholas Dewhurst wrote: > Many Dewhurst,s in the grave yard at Ribchester. > Church pews have engraved names in the aisle end of > the pews. > Whalley Abbey records provide good links. Could try > Stoneyhurst College.Catholic public school run by the > Jesuits. Evidence of Dewhurst scholarships in the past. > > Trace Dewhurst=Textile/Cotton company also > Dewhurst=chain of Butchers.Some ????? connection > between Dewhurst and Singer Sewing Machine Company. > > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Look what I found at http://www.r-alston.dircon.co.uk/country_house_database.htm Jana OUGHTRINGTON che Oughtrington Hall * Leigh - Trafford - Dewhurst 1810+ * In the Leigh family from medieval times. Now a school. J.M. Robinson, Guide to the Country Houses of the North * West. London, 1988. E. Twycross, Mansions, II, 1850, 60.

Many Dewhurst,s in the grave yard at Ribchester. Church pews have engraved names in the aisle end of the pews. Whalley Abbey records provide good links. Could try Stoneyhurst College.Catholic public school run by the Jesuits. Evidence of Dewhurst scholarships in the past. Trace Dewhurst=Textile/Cotton company also Dewhurst=chain of Butchers.Some ????? connection between Dewhurst and Singer Sewing Machine Company. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Hi Terry, Again, thanks! Will go check it out as soon as I post this. Did want to let everyone know that Betty MacDowell and I did some work on the Colleen Dewhurst line today and have to go back to the drawing board a bit! I happened to have her autobiography which offers info a little different than what we first thought. Colleen herself offered these facts: (pgs 26-29): * born in Montreal, Canada, 1924 (didn't see actual birthdate noted...) * settled in Boston ~age 5, moved to Dorchester, Mass at age 6, then to Auburndale, Mass (5 schools between gr. 1-6), then West Newton, Mass, then Bronxville Ave., New York City; nickname "Dewy" * father Fred was "well-known athlete in Canada, where he had played football with the Ottawa Roughriders," divorced Frances in 1938 * mother Frances was born on a farm "up the Gatineau," lived there until ten, moved to Ottawa, didn't get along with her own mother, adored her own father, named Thomas * sons named Alex (m. Irene) and Campbell (m. Annie), fathered by George C. Scott * Colleen d. August 22, 1991, age 67 Once we have made sure we have it right, we will let you know and maybe post it on GenForum as well... Jana

Hi Betty & All, About 10 years ago - a Roger Dewhurst in Orange Co, CA came up with the idea of starting a DEWHURST FAMILY ASSOCIATION. We started working on it and collecting information from different Dewhurst families in this country. Roger sent me copies of the sheets as he put them into his computer. I was still doing genealogy by hand at that time. Unfortunately, the computer programs were not as sophisticated as they are now - and in most cases, I have nothing to show WHO sent the information to Roger Dewhurst back in 1989. I made a search today and found some of the papers from the "DFA" There was some info about Carl (Rosenon) Dewhurst - who had gone to Trinidad first - then NYC, then Bergen Co, NJ. Carl (Edward - Rosenon?) and wife Mary Steele had 6 children. Son Phillip Dewhurst died as an infant. Son Richard J. Dewhurst married Joan Brewer. They had a son Carl J. and another Richard B. Carl J married and has a child. Son Allen T. Dewhurst married and had 2 sons. I'll be happy to send you a print out with as many details as I have, if you send me an e-mail with your address. Back in '89 I was in contact with Joan (Brewer) Dewhurst - but I'll have to look harder to find the stack of letters from those days. I seem to remember that there were more details - but 10 years is too long for my memory <G> I know that Colleen was not mentioned in the papers we had. Thanks for that. MANY years ago - a friend asked my husband if he was related to Colleen. He said "we're probably cousins way back in time." Well, when Colleen died, this friend called up to offer her condolences. No way would she believe me that they didn't know one another! Terry / Glen Rock, NJ ---------- > From: Betty MacDowell <macdowe3@pilot.msu.edu> > To: DEWHURST-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DEWHURST-L] Re: Colleen Dewhurst's line > Date: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 3:43 PM > > Jana: > > You asked about Colleen Dewhurst's line. > > Charles Kurt Dewhurst, my son-in-law, tells me that Colleen Dewhurst's > father was Harry Dewhurst, who immigrated from England with his brother > Carl Edward Dewhurst first to Trinidad, where they both played on a cricket > or rugby team. > Harry then moved to Toronto, married and raised a family, including > daughter Colleen. > > Carl Edward moved to New York City where he worked in an office for a > railroad and married Mary Steele, who had come from London. Carl and Mary > had five children: Charles, Henry, Richard, Dorothy and Allen. Their son > Charles Edward Alair Dewhurst (b.5 April 1912-d.6 Feb 1977) married Hermina > Hanzl and they had one son, Charles Kurt Dewhurst, b. 21 Dec 1948. > > The above may help with Colleen Dewhurst's line. I hope someone can help > trace Harry and Carl Edward Dewhurst back further in England. > > Betty MacDowell >

Jana: I failed to add this information in my previous message: Charles Kurt Dewhurst married Marsha MacDowell on 15 Dec 1972. They have one daughter, Marit Charlene Dewhurst, b. 16 Jan 1980. We live in Michigan. Betty MacDowell

Jana, and all, I've posted more, in fact ALL the info that was in the book. It's a little odd looking at it, as the numbers of the posts are reversed from the way you'd normally read them. Guess folks will have to print them out and then put them in order. Each one picks up where the one before leaves off. Definitely the records are from England. Blackburn, Lancashire, England - and the area around it. That seems to be where the Dewhursts started out - although they did move about (and multiply) It shocked me when I first looked at the IGI for Lancashire - there were so many of them. I've also seen the phone book for the area. In spite of the fact that some have migrated - plenty stayed put in Lancashire. Hope someone finds something good in there. I'm encouraged by the posting of Colleen Dewhurst's line. I think I have info somewhere about part of that family. Terry / Glen Rock, NJ > From: Jana Black <jblack@marin.k12.ca.us> > To: tdew@worldnet.att.net > Subject: Re: [DEWHURST-L] NEW GenForum bulletin board for us! > Date: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 1:28 PM > > Hi Terry, > > Just read all the posts! Great info - what a service! Thanks... I am intrigued > with post #5 myself. It tantalizingly ends just where my branch begins and > includes some same names... can't wait to see what more you will post! > > I am assuming all these records are from England even tho it didn't > specifically say so... > > I am going to have to see if I can connect my William Henry, b. 1816 into this > line. So far all my ancestors were in the London area. Still it'll be fun to > renew search into this line... > > Great work.... hope others add to it... the internet as this kind of tool is > truly amazing. > Jana > >

Jana: You asked about Colleen Dewhurst's line. Charles Kurt Dewhurst, my son-in-law, tells me that Colleen Dewhurst's father was Harry Dewhurst, who immigrated from England with his brother Carl Edward Dewhurst first to Trinidad, where they both played on a cricket or rugby team. Harry then moved to Toronto, married and raised a family, including daughter Colleen. Carl Edward moved to New York City where he worked in an office for a railroad and married Mary Steele, who had come from London. Carl and Mary had five children: Charles, Henry, Richard, Dorothy and Allen. Their son Charles Edward Alair Dewhurst (b.5 April 1912-d.6 Feb 1977) married Hermina Hanzl and they had one son, Charles Kurt Dewhurst, b. 21 Dec 1948. The above may help with Colleen Dewhurst's line. I hope someone can help trace Harry and Carl Edward Dewhurst back further in England. Betty MacDowell

Thanks Terry! I have found GenForum to be absolutely amazing! It only began this spring or summer and its growth has been phenomenal!!! Just yesterday, I was able to link to an entire new family branch (one of those elusive women) based upon the info in a post which listed my Brinson ancestor as a sibling in a family group. They had "unknown" written in her husband's slot... I was able to give them not only the husband's name but all the descendency info in exchange for receiving the all her ancestry back to the 1600s! And I didn't even leave a chair...whoa! The link again: http://www.genforum.com/ Once you get there, just use the alphabet letters so you get the spelling variations shown AND don't forget to POST on the DEWHURST page! Jana Richard J Dewhurst wrote: > Hi all, > I took Jana's advice and went and posted some of the OLD families of the > Blackburn area of Lancashire. I didn't finish yet, but will do some more > later on today. > Sorry to say, even though our family came from Blackburn originally, I've > not connected them to any of these. Still missing a generation or two.... > Terry / Glen Rock, NJ > ps. If you haven't seen the listings at GenForum, you definitely should > check it out. I was astounded by the number of surnames that have forums > devoted to them.

Hi all, I took Jana's advice and went and posted some of the OLD families of the Blackburn area of Lancashire. I didn't finish yet, but will do some more later on today. Sorry to say, even though our family came from Blackburn originally, I've not connected them to any of these. Still missing a generation or two.... Terry / Glen Rock, NJ ps. If you haven't seen the listings at GenForum, you definitely should check it out. I was astounded by the number of surnames that have forums devoted to them. ---------- > From: Jana Black <jblack@marin.k12.ca.us> > To: DEWHURST-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DEWHURST-L] NEW GenForum bulletin board for us! > Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 2:35 AM > > Hi all, I requested that GenForum set up a bulletin board for us and > they did! If you would each go post your basic info there, it makes it > ewasy for other researchers to find us more specifically (i.e., by > actual family branch). > > The link is http://www.genforum.com/dewhurst/ > > I posted info about the mailing list and will post about my own line. > Here is part of the message I received from GenForum: > > "Please let your fellow researchers know of your addition to our list so > that they might post queries. And please feel free to post to your data > on this surname to get the ball rolling. Obviously, the more > researchers using the list, the more we > all get out of it." > > "Because each name takes space on our server, we monitor new names added > to > our list. If no one posts within 4 weeks of adding a name to GenForum, > we feel > that we must remove it to make way for other names. Please understand > that > this is just a measure we have to take to ensure that the surnames we > choose > are being used." > > Sooooo, POST! willya all? Thanks! > > Jana > >

Hi list - a little October humor to get you in the mood for All Hallows Eve??? Jana 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. Dec. 8, 1767 In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery: Anna Wallace The children of Israel wanted bread And the Lord sent them manna, Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna. Playing with names in a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery: Here lies Johnny Yeast Pardon me For not rising. Memory of an accident in a Uniontown, Pennsylvania cemetery: Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake Stepped on the gas Instead of the brake. In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery: Here lays Butch, We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger, But slow on the draw. 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. Someone determined to be anonymous in Stowe, Vermont: I was somebody. Who, is no business Of yours. 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 Cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona: Here lies Lester Moore Four slugs from a .44 No Les No More. In a Georgia cemetery: "I told you I was sick!" John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne, England, cemetery: Reader if cash thou art In want of any Dig 4 feet deep And thou wilt find a Penny. On Margaret Daniels grave at Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Virginia: She always said her feet were killing her but nobody believed her. In a cemetery in Hartscombe, England: On the 22nd of June - Jonathan Fiddle - Went out of tune. Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosburg Falls, Vermont has an epitaph that sounds like something from a Three Stooges movie: Here lies the body of our Anna Done to death by a banana It wasn't the fruit that laid her low But the skin of the thing that made her go. More fun with names with Owen Moore in Battersea, London, England: Gone away Owin' more Than he could pay. Someone in Winslow, Maine didn't like Mr. Wood: In Memory of Beza Wood Departed this life Nov. 2, 1837 Aged 45 yrs. Here lies one Wood Enclosed in wood One Wood Within another. The outer wood Is very good: We cannot praise The other. 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. The grave of Ellen Shannon in Girard, Pennsylvania is almost a consumer tip: Who was fatally burned March 21, 1870 by the explosion of a lamp filled with "R.E. Danforth's Non-Explosive Burning Fluid" Oops! Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York: Born 1903--Died 1942 Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was. In a Thurmont, Maryland, cemetery: Here lies an Atheist All dressed up And no place to go. But does he make house calls? Dr. Fred Roberts Brookland, Arkansas: Office upstairs

Hi all, I requested that GenForum set up a bulletin board for us and they did! If you would each go post your basic info there, it makes it ewasy for other researchers to find us more specifically (i.e., by actual family branch). The link is http://www.genforum.com/dewhurst/ I posted info about the mailing list and will post about my own line. Here is part of the message I received from GenForum: "Please let your fellow researchers know of your addition to our list so that they might post queries. And please feel free to post to your data on this surname to get the ball rolling. Obviously, the more researchers using the list, the more we all get out of it." "Because each name takes space on our server, we monitor new names added to our list. If no one posts within 4 weeks of adding a name to GenForum, we feel that we must remove it to make way for other names. Please understand that this is just a measure we have to take to ensure that the surnames we choose are being used." Sooooo, POST! willya all? Thanks! Jana

Hi all, I belong to several other lists and on one the idea of interview questions came up. I had developed this set for a classroom unit a few years ago and shared it and got lots of positive feedback.... soooo, thought you allmight enjoy having them as well. Remember to answer the questions for yourself and write it down for future generations as well! I originally prepared these for use by fourth graders in interviewing their grandparents, but at this point, enough adults have used them that I know they cross age barriers quite nicely; feel free to add to them amend them, make them your own. All the questions are designed to bring out information rather than "yes" or "no" answers - enjoy! Actually some folks had better success having their kids ask the questions - the elders somehow were less likely to call those sweet young faces "nosey!" It might be wise NOT to ask them all in one sitting! One more caution - I was so worried about interviewing my grandmother who was 89 and healthy that I forgot to interview my mother who was 65 with bone cancer. That was 11 years ago. Today the only record of my mother's voice that I have is on the interview of HER mother. My mother died two months after the interview. My grandmother died May 2, 1998, this year, 6 weeks short of her 99th birthday. Guess whose interview I do not have????? sigh...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A GRANDPARENT INTERVIEW ABOUT YOUR OWN FAMILY ? From which country/ies did your family’s ancestors emigrate? ? When was this and where did they settle? ? What stories did you hear about their experiences in coming to this country? ? What are your parents’ names? What was your mother’s maiden name? ? Where were they each born? ? What do you remember most about your mother (your father) from your childhood? ? How did your mother (your father) spend most of her (his) time? ? What was her (his) primary occupation? ? What did she (he) do for pleasure? ? How did your family spend time together? ? How did your family relax or play together? ? If you had vacations, where did you go? ? Please tell about a favorite vacation/ a worst vacation. ? Was another language besides English spoken in your home? What was it? Who spoke it? ? Was religion an important part of your family life? ? Did your family attend a church, synagogue, temple or practice other spiritual approaches? ? Did your family seem to have enough money? Was money a family concern? ? What were one or two of the worst times in your family life? The best times? ABOUT YOURSELF ? What is your birthdate? ? Where were you born? ? What stories were you told about your birth? ? Were there any special or unusual circumstances? ? Were you born in a hospital or at home? ? What is your full name and how was it chosen? ? Who in your family do you most resemble physically? ? Who in your family do you most resemble in personality? ? How many brothers and sisters do you have? ? Where do you fit in the birth order? ? What are their names and birthdates? ? To whom did you feel closest as a child? ? To whom to you feel closest now? ? Describe a memory or two you will never forget involving your brother(s) and/or sister(s). ? Tell why this memory stands out in your mind. WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE (ages 2-12) ? What was your first memory going back as far as you can? ? Where did you live? What do you most remember about your home(s)? ? Did you have any nicknames? What were they? Did you like or dislike them? Why? ? Did you have any pets? Tell me about them…. ? What did you do for fun? ? Please describe your favorite toy or game. ? Were you ever very sick? Did you ever have a big accident (like breaking a bone)? ? What do you remember about grammar school? How did you get there? Did you have a favorite teacher? Why was he/she special? What did he/she teach you that stands out in your mind? ? What did you want to be when you grew up? ? What did your parents want you to do or be? ? What did things like this cost when you were young: ? Clothes ?Food ?Movies ?Toys ?Gasoline ?Stamps ? What do you think has changed the most since you were young? ? What do you wish had not changed? GROWING UP (ages 12-20) ? What household chores or jobs did you have to do? ? Did you get an allowance? How much? How did you spend it? ? What parts of school did you like the most? The least? ? Did you play sports in school? ? Were you involved in music or drama activities? Any other activities? ? Did you receive any awards or prizes for anything? ? Were you a member of any clubs? ? What songs or dances were popular? ? What or who most influenced your thinking during this time in your life? Why? ? As a teenager, did you get along with your parents? ? What kind of clothing did you wear? ? At what point did you move away from home? Why did you move? Where did you go? FAMILY CELEBRATIONS AND TRADITIONS ? Did you celebrate any special family, religious or ethnic holidays in your home? Describe them. ? As a child, how was your birthday usually commemorated? ? What was the best gift you ever received when you were young? What occasion prompted the gift? Why was this gift so special to you? ? What was the best gift you ever gave? Why? Who was the recipient of your gift? ? Were traditional or favorite recipes prepared for special family events or celebrations? ? What were the recipes for? What were the occasions? May I copy the recipes? ? What were the “rites of passage” for you as you grew up? Were they formally or informally noticed? ? What family or holiday traditions have been the most meaningful to you? WHEN YOU GOT MARRIED….. ? How did you meet Grandma/Grandpa? ? How old were you when you first met? ? What attracted you to Grandma/Grandpa? ? When and where was the wedding? What can you tell me about that special day? ? Did you have a honeymoon? What are you willing to tell about it? ? Were there any surprises in your adjustment to married life? ? Were there any cooking disasters? ? Please tell a favorite story about Grandma/Grandpa. ? How were times different when you were first married? ?Entertainment ?Chores and cleaning ?Shopping ?Transportation ?Cooking ?Raising a family ? What do we have now that we did not have then? ? What do we not have now that you wish we still had? BIG EVENTS IN YOUR LIFE ? Tell about the births of your children? Names and birthdates, please! ? Tell about the births of your grandchildren and great grandchildren. Names and birthdates, please! ? What was it like to be a new parent? ? What do you especially remember about raising my mother/father? ? What do you especially remember about raising your other children? ? What did my mother/father do that made you feel especially proud? Angry? Excited? Happy? Disgusted? ? What parts of being a parent have been the easiest or most rewarding? ? What parts of being a parent have been the hardest or most frustrating? ? What were the most trying times for you as you raised your family? Why? ? What is the funniest thing that has ever happened to you? ? What memories make you feel proud? Why? ? What moments in your life embarrassed you? Why? ? Please share with me if you can, memories of your saddest or most painful times in life? ? Apart from school, what have been your most important learning experiences? ? Have you ever been hospitalized? Where and why? ? What was your first job; part time or full time… How much were you paid? What were your responsibilities? ? What have been your favorite hobbies or past times? ? Where have you lived as an adult? What was your favorite place to live/least favorite place? ? Where have you traveled? What did you see or have happen on the trip(s) that you remember especially? ? Were you in the military? Where? When? Were you serving during a wartime? What was your job? ? If you lived through a war time, what was it and what do you remember the most about that time? ? Did you receive education beyond grammar school? Where did you go to school? What was the highest grade you accomplished? ? Do you hold any degrees? Did you receive any awards in education or in anything else? ? Have you ever met anyone famous? What can you tell me about them? ? As you look back, are there any time periods that especially stand out? Describe them and tell what was special about them? ? Are there times in your life you’d like to live over? Describe and tell why? ? As you look back, are there things you would do differently if you were doing them now? ? Is there anything you wish you could change? What and why? MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS AND CHANCES FOR ADVICE OR OPINIONS! ?What inventions have been developed in your lifetime? Did you invent anything? ?To which poiltical party/ies have you belonged? ?What are some of the best books you have ever read? ?What do you value most in a friend? ?What values do you hold dear? ?What is your best advice for your descendents? ?When you view the world today, what do you like/dislike? ?What would you like to change? ?What do you consider to be the biggest advances made in your lifetime? ?What do you consider to be the biggest setbacks made in your lifetime? ?What do you think are the biggest challenges today? ?Is there anything else you want me to know about your life that I have not known/thought to ask you?