Guy - This is an interesting topic. I'll have to check through my records to see if I can find the oldest Disbrow at the time of their death. In the meantime - My own father had his 90th birthday last October 25th, so he has your father "beat" by a few months. I'm sure there must be those out there older yet. Hope you get more responses. By the way, my dad is still very healthy, lives on his own and still drives! He's flying to Florida next month to spend time with some friends. And in the summer he plans on another season working in our local museum. My mom passed away last May just 10 days short of her 92nd birthday. Sure hope I got all their long-life genes! Mike - listowner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Disbrowe" <mrdiz_to@yahoo.com> To: <DISBROW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 6:32 PM Subject: [DISBROW] A question of longevity > Hello everyone, > > My father George Disbrowe, has just celebrated his > 90th birthday. > > This lead me to wonder who is the oldest > Disbrowe/Disbrow living, and past. > > I turn to Mikes wonderful mailer to help answer yet > another Disbrowe mystery. > > Please take a moment to review your many Family trees > and forward to me for collation the name and date of > birth of your family record holders. > > To limit the question somewhat please restrict your > responses to include only Male or Female persons with > the birth name of Disbrowe or Disbrow, or its > variants. One living, one past if older than the > living. > > Anyone who feels with reasonable certainty they are > descended from James Disbrowe 1582-1638 the Elder, > Yeoman of Eltisley, County Cambridgeshire, England, > And his wife Elizabeth Hatley of Over, Cambridgeshire, > England. please respond. > > Please respond to mrdiz_to@yahoo.com PLEASE DO > NOT USE THE MAILER for your response. > > This is an unscientific survey for casual interest. > > If you wish to be informed of the findings mention it > in your response. > It is my plan if enough responses are received to > enter the data on an excel spreadsheet, which can be > sent to those interested. > > Thank you in advance for your interest, > > > Guy Disbrowe > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo > > > ==== DISBROW Mailing List ==== > The Disbrow Family Web Site: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5853 > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > >

Does anyone have any information about Lucinda Disbrow, born 1/29/1811 in NY and died after 1870 in Missouri? She married Solomon Robinson born about 9/1804 in Maine and died in Harrison Co, Missouri. They were my GGG Grandparents. Her brother, William Nathan and wife May Leach lived next to them in Florence, Williams, Ohio in the 1850 census. I would love to have more information or confirmation on the Disbrow line of my tree. Thanks, Sherylynn Robinson Jones http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=sherylynnj sherylynnj@sbcglobal.net

Hello everyone, My father George Disbrowe, has just celebrated his 90th birthday. This lead me to wonder who is the oldest Disbrowe/Disbrow living, and past. I turn to Mikes wonderful mailer to help answer yet another Disbrowe mystery. Please take a moment to review your many Family trees and forward to me for collation the name and date of birth of your family record holders. To limit the question somewhat please restrict your responses to include only Male or Female persons with the birth name of Disbrowe or Disbrow, or its variants. One living, one past if older than the living. Anyone who feels with reasonable certainty they are descended from James Disbrowe 1582-1638 the Elder, Yeoman of Eltisley, County Cambridgeshire, England, And his wife Elizabeth Hatley of Over, Cambridgeshire, England. please respond. Please respond to mrdiz_to@yahoo.com PLEASE DO NOT USE THE MAILER for your response. This is an unscientific survey for casual interest. If you wish to be informed of the findings mention it in your response. It is my plan if enough responses are received to enter the data on an excel spreadsheet, which can be sent to those interested. Thank you in advance for your interest, Guy Disbrowe __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo

From - Mike Disbrow, listowner Still trying to clear out my attic and basement, I have decided to get rid of a large collection of Connecticut Nutmegger magazines. Checking with Ebay, I find these things generally do not sell for very much, or do not sell at all, so I don't want to waste my time with that. I may end up giving them to a library or genealogical group, but I thought I would offer them first to this mailing list. I will send the whole collection to anyone interested who is willing to pay the shipping costs involved (unless you happen to live nearby and want to come by and pick them up, in which case please come soon!) These magazines, in case you are not familiar with them, have been published for many years, and contain a veritable treasure trove of Connecticut historical and genealogical records - births, deaths, marriages, cemetery records, etc. - queries, and articles by researchers and others. There are indexes too, to make it easier to search for particular names. This collection I have runs from 1968 to the first issue of 2000 - a total of 105 issues over 33 years. For the years 1968 through 1975 all four issues are combined in one volume per year, and after that there are four individual issues for each year. As far as I can see there are only two missing issues during that whole time: the one for March 1975, and the one for March 1993. (And I may still find those laying around somewhere.) The whole thing will weigh something like 55 to 60 pounds total, not including packaging material, so keep that in mind for the cost. If anyone writes me that they are genuinely interested, I'll try to come up with a figure for the cost of shipping. If I happen to get more than one reply, I may have to start a bidding war! LOL! Mike

Sorry, I sent "The meaning of Life" to the List by mistake. Anne Dalbey

NOW I UNDERSTAND On the first day God created the dog. God said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of twenty years." The dog said, "That's too long to be barking. Give me ten years and I'll give you back the other ten." So God agreed. On the second day God created the monkey. God said, "Entertain people, do monkey tricks, make them laugh. I'll give you a twenty-year life span." The monkey said, "How boring, monkey tricks for twenty years? I don't think so. Dog gave you back ten, so that's what I'll do too, okay?" And God agreed. On the third day God created the cow. God said, "You must go to the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer. I will give you a life span of sixty years." The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. Let me have twenty and I'll give back the other forty." And God agreed again. On the forth day God created man. God said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. I'll give your twenty years." Man said, "What? Only twenty years! Tell you what, I'll take my twenty, and the forty the cow gave back and the ten the monkey gave back and the ten the dog gave back, that makes eighty, okay?" "Okay," said God, "You've got a deal." So that is why the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, and enjoy ourselves; for the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family; for the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren; and for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone. Life has now been explained to you.

Hi Everyone, I'm a Disbrow researcher, and researching the Disbrow's of New Jersey. I believe there are not that many people on the list interested in researching the Disbrows of New Jersey. The only other person I know of is my cousin Bertha. Hi Bertha. A few years ago, a friend of mine took a trip to England. and sent me a few pictures they took while in London. One is a picture of the street named Disbrow Road, and the other is a picture of the street sign. If anyone would like a copy, please e-mail me, I would love to share them with you. Thanks Walt Disbrow

Greetings, all! I am currently researching a biography about one of our Disbro family cousins. Alice Beatrice Calhoun was a famous silent screen star (please visit my web site devoted to her - the link is below). My dilemma at this point is that I am not certain that the information in our family records is correct: we have always listed her mother as Emily Alice Disbro Calhoun (daughter of Dr. Zelotes Phelps Disbro and Lydia Jane Disbrow) and her father as Joseph Chester Calhoun. The question arose when I obtained census data and death index records for Alice. These all list Alice's mother as "Florence Payne (Calhoun)", who has been previously recorded as Alice's half-sister from Emily's first or second marriage. Does anyone have any further information or suggestions to help me clear up this mystery? I would love to hear from you! As always, many thanks to Mike for all of his hard work and dedication. Happy new year, everyone. Susann Disbro Gilbert susanndgilbert@comcast.net 1482 Barbara St. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 Phone/Fax: 843.856.5072 Please visit my web site - and don't forget to sign the guestbook: http://www.geocities.com/alicecalhounsilentscreenstar/index.html

Just a quick note to the Disbrow group to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Due to other projects I've been working on, I am not doing any Disbrow research at this time, so if you have written or e-mailed me within the last few weeks and not gotten a reply, please understand. I'll try to get around to answering each one, but I may not be able to give you the detailed reply I wish I could. If you are looking for specific Disbrow ancestors, and haven't already done so, why not write down the info you have and what you're looking for and send it to the Disbrow mailing list? There are well over 100 subscribers to this list, and you might find the information you want among them! The list has been strangely silent for an awful long while, which is a mystery to me, when there are so many people researching their families. Thank you all, Mike Disbrow

From - Mike Disbrow, listowner I want to thank Adrienne Boaz for sending along the information on her website and her Disbrow lineage. It's been way too long since anyone has shared anything in this mailing group. I do want to (humbly) submit a couple of corrections to Adrienne's data, however. 1) She gives Thomas Disbrow (Sr.)'s birthdate as 1652. Actually, unless I've missed someone's startling new discovery, we have never been able to get a handle on Thomas' origins with any certainty. The 1652 date is one I've seen passed around quite a lot, and it originated with a Disbrow researcher many years ago, who made an "educated guess" of Thomas' birth year, based on other known dates. Unfortunately her "conjectured" birth year was picked up by many Disbrow genealogists and passed along as "fact", which it is not. 2) As I made clear in my book on the descendants of Thomas Disbrow (Part 1, pp 147-148), the link between Daniel W. Disbrow and Andrew-4 Disbrow has never been proved, at least to my knowledge. There should definitely be a big question mark, and the word POSSIBLE between that link, as in "Daniel W., POSSIBLE son of Andrew". Now if I'm wrong and if someone has actually found that missing proof, I do hope they will pass it along to me and the others here who would be very interested (Doris Lobe take note!). I don't want to discourage others from putting their information out to this mailing list, but I've always been a stickler for accuracy on these things. I'm all for including "possible" and "probable" data, but it should be labeled clearly as such. Mike

Hello, fellow Disbrow family members! I have just completed the creation of a website that includes many Disbrow family members: www.boazfamilytree.com. Pictures and biographies can be accessed in this internally searchable site. Simply look in the upper right-hand corner for "SEARCH SITE"; once you click it, a search page will open and you may enter any word that you'd like to. The following list contains various Disbrows that I have information on. Mary Lou Disbrow was born on 24 Mar 1931 in Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan Merwin C. Disbrow was born on 16 Jun 1902 in Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan Lavoisier W. Disbrow was born on 13 Oct 1865 in Bangor Township, Van Buren County, Michigan Lodowick W. Disbrow "Ludwig" was born on 11 Jun 1828 in Tyrone, Steuben County, NY Daniel W. Disbrow was born on 10 Mar 1800 in NY Andrew Disbrow was born in 1751 Nathan Disbrow was born in 1715 Thomas Disbrow Junior was born circa 1680 Thomas Disbrow was born in 1652 I certainly hope that you find this website useful. Cordially, Adrienne Boaz (my paternal grandmother was Mary Lou Disbrow Welty) _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

From - Mike Disbrow, listowner I recently received the following email: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am currently transcribing headstones at Christ Church Cemetery in South Amboy (middlesex county) NJ. Check it out at www.interment.net Lots of Disbrows Also on your site you have Chestnut Hill Cemetery located in Monmouth County, NJ. It is located in Middlesex County. Darlene Gliese dgliese@yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are all the Disbrows listed in the above Christ Church Cemetery: Disbrow, Arthur J., b. 18 Jan 1900, d. 26 Aug 1969 Disbrow, Caroline, b. 2 Mar 1832, d. 28 Feb 1922 Disbrow, Catherine J., b. 1852, d. 1906, wife of John L. Disbrow, Chester A., b. 21 Feb 1884, d. 15 Apr 1984 Disbrow, Courtland, no dates Disbrow, Delia A., b. 1843, d. 1901 Disbrow, Elijah, b. 2 Oct 1816, d. 5 Mar 1895 Disbrow, Elizabeth T., no dates, wife of Arthur J. Disbrow, Elmira Wood, b. 6 Mar 1811, d. 5 Oct 1894, wife of Elijah Disbrow, Gamaliel, b. 27 Nov 1831, d. 5 Apr 1916 Disbrow, George F., b. 7 Jun 1889, d. 16 Jan 1954 Disbrow, George, b. 1833, d. 1896 Disbrow, H.H., no dates Disbrow, Harrison, no dates Disbrow, Ida, no dates Disbrow, Jane Price, b. 8 Jan 1812, d. 22 Jan 1893, wife of John Disbrow, John E., b. 1802, d. 1874 Disbrow, John J., b. 23 Jan 1890, d. 6 Jun 1914 Disbrow, John L., b. 1841, d. 1910 Disbrow, John, b. 18 Feb 1810, d. 16 Aug 1862 Disbrow, Lillian, b. 1876, d. 1942 Disbrow, Margaret M., b. 1838, d. 1923 Disbrow, Phebe A. Southard, b. 1846, d. 1927, wife of Warren Disbrow, Rachel Lorton, b. 1799, d. 1872, wife of John E. Disbrow, Richard, b. 10 Feb 1841, d. 17 Dec 1888 Disbrow, Stacy, d. 5 Apr 1863 Disbrow, Sylvia Brinamen, b. 8 Jan 1898, d. 2 Mar 1988 Disbrow, Theodore, b. 13 May 1843, d. 27 May 1868 Disbrow, Warren, b. 1835, d. 1917 Disbrow, William L., b. 15 Mar 1896, d. 12 Mar 1960

From - Mike Disbrow, listowner Time seems to be zipping by so fast I can't keep up with everything, but I wanted to send out a huge THANK YOU to everyone (and that is quite a few people!) who sent along their sympathies, condolences, and words of support and encouragement after the recent loss of my mother, Leona Disbrow on May 29th. Everyone has lost a close family member and knows how much it hurts. It was a hard time to get through, and I will always have a big empty spot in my heart for her, but having friends / cousins like all of you sure helps make it easier. Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts. Mike & Denise Disbrow

Michael, I am sorry to hear about your mother's passing. I know this is a difficult and busy time. When you have some time again, I would appreciate it if you could help me out with a puzzle I have concerning the connections between the Disbrow, Barton, and Van Kirk families of Hunterdon Co., NJ. I found some information on your website, which has me intrigued.... "both John and Benjamin (Disbrow) eventually removed to the state of New Jesey, where quite a few of their progeny live to this day." (1-2) JOHN DISBROW (son of Henry I) -----b. abt. 1670, poss. on Long Island, NY -----d. poss. NJ -----m. HANNAH ------- -----Children: +(1-2-1) HENRY DISBROW -(1-2-2) BENJAMIN DISBROW ----------------------- (1-3) BENJAMIN DISBROW (son of Henry I) -----b. abt. 1672, poss. on Long Island, NY -----d. 10 Dec. 1733 Matawan, NJ -----m. MARY GRIFFIN -----Children: -(1-3-5) MARY DISBROW, m. ELISHA BARTON ---------------------- First of all, can you tell me where the information of Mary Disbrow and Elisha Barton's marriage is documented? I have a theory about Elisha and Mary's descendants, but before I can develop it, I really need to make certain of all the facts. Donahue’s Net; Donahue Family tree, dustin@donahues.net, http://www.donahues.net/tree/d0006/f0000087.html gives Mary b. 13 Nov 1702, d. Dec 1759 Eastchester, Westchester Co., NY, and Elisha b. abt 1697 in Westchester Co., NY. Do you know if this is correct? Because your website says this branch of the fmaily moved to NJ, I am wondering how Mary ended up dying in NY? Is there a possiblity that information about her place of death is incorrect, or did she and Elisha move back to NY from NJ? Elisha Barton who m. Mary Disbrow, was probably her step brother. Mary's mother, Mary Griffin Disbrow, married an older Elisha Barton as a second marriage. This Elisha was probably the father of Mary Disbrow's husband, Elisha. According to your information, MARY DISBROW who married ELISHA BARTON was the 1st cousin of Henry Disbrow of New Jersey. I have information about an ARTHUR VAN KIRK who lived in Cranbury, Middlesex Co., NJ, whose will was dated Aug. 31, 1760. One of the witnesses of his will was HENRY DISBROW. (This same Arthur married his first wife in Monmouth Co., and his second wife in Perth Amboy.) ARTHUR VAN KIRK had a cousin (how many times removed I am not certain), HENRY VAN KIRK, who m. Arthur's daughter, SARAH VAN KIRK. August@craanen.org (http://www.geocities.com/augustsgenealogy/verkerk/fam00613.htm), says this HENRY VAN KIRK had a sister, JEMIMA VAN KIRK, b. 20 FEB 1735/36, who married a CAPT. ELISHA BARTON, b. 5 OCT 1729 of Monmouth Co., NJ. Another source, photo-copied from an old Van Kirk genealogy book (I sent away for the name of the source, but don't have it yet), gives Henry and Sarah as the parents of Jemima, rather than her brother. This seems to be better documented. Supposedly Jemima is listed in Henry's will, which also mentions his wife, Sarah. A John Barton witnessed the will (perhaps a brother of Jemima's father-in-law?) The will was proved Apr. 3, 1776 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co. The father of CAPT. ELISHA BARTON is in dispute. Sometimes he is attributed to be NOAH BARTON of Cranbury. But this is shakey. I propose it is more likely the family carrried the name Elisha down in an unbroken line, and Capt. Elisha Barton is likely the son of Mary Disbrow and Elisha Barton II, who in turn was likely the son of Elisha Barton I (son of Roger) and _?_ Contine (stepmother, Mary Griffin Disbrow). Can you give any information to support or disprove this theory? thank you Marilyn Current --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.692 / Virus Database: 453 - Release Date: 5/28/2004

From - Mike Disbrow, listowner My mother passed away last Saturday at the Lakeview Lutheran Manor in Cadillac, Michigan. She was just eleven days short of her 92nd birthday. The funeral was Wednesday. Her obituary can be seen here: http://www.cadillacnews.com/articles/2004/06/04/obituaries/06-01-04/obit01.txt Mike

Hello, Hoping for help in unravelling a family mystery. Bet. 1745-1747 our ancestor, WILLIAM CURRENT, landed in NJ, an orphan, (maybe 5-7 years old?)the rest of his family having died of ship's fever. An ELISHA BARTON took him in, (possibly as an indentured servant?) The next record we have of William is in Oxford, Sussex Co., as an adult. When he lived with the Bartons he was probably in another part of New Jersey. I really need to identify who this Elisha Barton was, in order to piece together the real facts about William's early years. The problem is, there were many Elisha Bartons in NJ, NY, and PA in this time period. I need HELP in figuring out which is the correct one. One of William Current's eldest children, Charity Current, married THOMAS CAMPBELL SEXTON from Hunterdon Co., NJ on May 10, 1787, in Sussex Co. Recently I located Sexton family records which give Charity's birth as February 18, 1769, Hopewell, Hunterdon (now Mercer) Co. So maybe William lived in Hunterdon Co. before moving to Sussex Co? Giving further support to this, I have located an Elisha Barton who lived in Hunterdon Co. in the same time period: Capt. Elisha Barton was b. 5 Oct 1729 in Amwell, Hunterdon, NJ, d. 31 Mar 1823 same place, m.abt 1755 to JEMIMA VAN KIRK b. 20 Feb 1735/1736 in Hopewell Twp., Hunterdon Co.. But, I'm afraid this Elisha would have been slightly too young to have taken in an indentured servant in 1747, and definitely too young in 1745. There is conflicting information about who this Capt. Elisha Barton's parents were. The only source I have seen who has attempted to assign a father to Elisha, gives him as Noah Barton, (citing no real evidence), b. 1668 in CT, d. aft. 1737, Cranberry, Middlesex Co., NJ, m. bef. 1710 NY to Mary unknown. Even descendants of Capt. Elisha have had reason to doubt this connection, partially based on the age difference. I just came across some more information which I believe sounds more plausible. But, without proof, it is nothing but theory. This new information appears to place 2 consecutive Elisha Bartons immediately prior to Capt. Elisha Barton, making him Elisha Barton, III. Elisha Barton, II, would be the correct age to be the benefactor of William Current. What do you think of this? Anything anyone can add, or detract, from this?: from Lorne Shunk's Family Tree: (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shunkfamilytree/FamilyTree/fam0766 6.htm) Elisha BARTON, (SR.) (s/o Roger Barton & Mary Lounsberry) b. bet.1662-1668, d. bef. 1717 at Burlington Co., NJ, m.1 to _?_ Contine, (d/o Isaac Contine), at New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY; m2 to MARY GRIFFIN. CHILDREN by 1st marriage: 1) Thomas BARTON, b. at Westchester Co., NY, d. Hunterdon Co., NJ, m. Hannah Clark; and2) _?_ Barton, (whom I believe was Elisha Barton, Jr.), d. NJ Put this together with a bit of information picked up from Michael S. Disbrow's Family Tree (http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5853/hendis/hendis.html): BENJAMIN DISBROW (son of Henry I), b. abt. 1672, poss. on Long Island, NY, d. 10 Dec. 1733 Matawan, Monmouth Co., NJ, m. MARY GRIFFIN, Children: 1)John Disbrow, b. 1702; 2)Benjamin Disbrow, Jr., b. abt. 1707; d. 17 Mar. 1735 Matawan, Monmouth Co., NJ; m. Margaret _; no children, 3)Anne Disbrow, b. 1710; d. 1733, 4) Griffin Disbrow, b. 1712, 5) MARY DISBROW, m. Elisha Barton (This would be Elisha Barton, Jr., Mary Disbrow's step-brother, son of her mother, Mary Griffin's second spouse, Elisha Barton,Sr.) This Elisha Barton, Jr., and wife Mary Disbrow, then, are probably the parents of Capt. Elisha Barton (III) of Hunterdon Co., NJ, as well as being the Elisha Barton who took William Current into their home when he landed, orphaned, on NJ soil. So, tell me, am I crazy?!!! Is there anything anyone can add, to support this, or to point me in another direction for the real Elisha Barton who took in William Current? thanks so much for any and all help, yea or nay. Marilyn Current --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.692 / Virus Database: 453 - Release Date: 5/28/2004

> If it is too late and you did delete it you can get it back by reinstalling > the latest version of Internet Explorer. However, please note this message > from Microsoft technicians: > "The Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java (Jdbgmgr.exe) is only used by > Microsoft Visual J++ 1.1 developers. > > If you follow the e-mail message instructions and delete this file, you > do not have to recover it unless you use Microsoft Visual J++ 1.1 to develop > Java programs on Windows XP, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98 Second Edition, > Windows 98, or Windows 95. > > For Windows XP, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 98, > and Windows 95: Reinstall Microsoft Virtual Machine (Microsoft VM)." > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

I have seen this before - it is a hoax. DO NOT delete this file or icon from your computer! It has something to do with your java script. Repeat - DO NOT DELETE THIS FILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jim S. in Ohio

The JDBGMBR hoax tells the user to delete a file on their computer because > it is a previously unknown virus. It is one of the most widely distributed > hoaxes. > > a.. If you receive such a message do not delete the file from your system. > b.. If you are worried, scan the file to check it for viruses. > c.. If you receive a copy of JDBGMGR.EXE via email, delete it as you would > any other unsolicited attachment. > JDBGMGR.EXE is the Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java. The program uses > an icon of a grey teddybear. It is usually found in one or more places among > the Windows system files. Some versions of the hoax misreport the name of > this file as JDBMGR.EXE or JBDGMGR.EXE. > > The JDBGMGR.EXE file is no more susceptible than any other to being infected > by a virus. > > Some versions of the hoax mistakenly claim that deleting the file > JDBGMGR.EXE is a solution to the W32/Bugbear-A worm. This misconception has > almost certainly come about because JDBGMGR.EXE has an icon of a small grey > teddybear. > > Note: The W32/Magistr-A virus may infect the file JDBGMGR.EXE and attach it > to emails (this is unconnected with the hoax). Sophos recommends users > delete the file if they ever receive it as an email attachment. > > This hoax is very similar to the SULFNBK hoax. It has been reported in > English, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, German, Polish, Danish and other > languages. >

I haven't taken the time to check this for being a hoax, but I did run a search of my machine and found and deleted a file with a teddy bear icon Bertha Hi all I received this notice from my friend in England. He had this virus and passed it on to me so now I am passing these instructions on to you. This isn't a hoax or a gag. Please do check your computer, I would hate for you computer to crash because of me. Unfortunately a virus has been passed to me through an address book virus which has also infected my address book. As you are in my address book, you will probably find it in your computer too. The virus (called jdbg.exe or jdbgmgr.exe) is not detected by Norton or McAfee Antuvirus. It sits quietly for fourteen days before damaging the system. It is sent automatically by 'messenger' and address book, whether or not you sent email to your contacts. Basically, that means you will pass it on unknowingly, as I did. I was sent this email and am now passing it on to you as to check for the virus and get rid of it. Please do this: It is very simple and took me less than a minute to complete. 1. Go to start then click on Find or Search 2. In the folder option type the name 'jdbgmgr.exe 3. Be sure to search your C drive and the sub folders and any other drives you may have. 4. Click 'Find Now' or 'Search' 5. The virus has teddy bear icon and the name 'jdbgmgr.exe'. DO NOT OPEN IT! 6. Go the 'Edit' on the menu bar and choose 'Select All' to highlight the file without opening it. 7. Now go to 'File' on the menu bar and select 'Delete'. that will send the virus to the recycle bin where it can be permanently deleted. 8. If you find the virus, you must contact all the people in your address book so that they may eradicate the virus from their own address books. To do this 1. Open a new email message 2. Click on the 'address book' icon next to 'To' 3. Highlight every name and add to 'BCC' 4. Copy this message and paste to email. This will affect everyone in your address book so send it to everyone.