Now that the Rootsweb Lists are working (somewhat), let's get conversations started again about our ancestors. I know many of you like Facebook and other venues, but the Lists are still the best/easiest way to communicate. Enjoy, Sarge George W. Durman germannaresearch@comcast.net https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/112017319/

The DURMAN Mailing List at Rootsweb.com is working again. George George W. Durman germannaresearch@comcast.net http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/74753847

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RoserAncestors Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.durman/25.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Pamela, hope you are still around. I think I'm descended from an Alice who married an Arthur Fleet from Chalton, Hampshire, around the 1620s. Alice's will mentions her brother Robert "Derman" from Treyford, Sussex, and Arthur's mentions a Robert "Durman" from Didling. I've ordered some Didling Durman wills from the West Sussex Records Office to try to place Alice as I can't find a baptism or marriage record. Are you interested in those? Do you by any chance have any likely baptism/marriage for her? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Germanna Surnames: DURMAN Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.durman/62.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Cousin, I know I'm two and a half months late in responding to your post on the DURMAN Message Board, but just had to ask you about the data for your "Crockett" DURMAN ancestor. I manage the DURMAN Mailing List and this Message Board. I have "Crockett" in my database but didn't know previously the name of the second "wife". I would love to correspond with you and get all the details you have on "Crockett" and fill in the blanks, so to speak. Also, if there's anything I can help you with, please just ask. Yer Cuz, George W. Durman Knoxville, TN Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: z71kjk Surnames: Durman, Crockett, Durmon Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.durman/62/mb.ashx Message Board Post: After several weeks of searching, my friend and I have probably found the answer to many questions about Crockett Durmon. If you are wondering why he disappeared for several decades, its because he ran off with his wife's (Mary Elizabeth Hall) first cousin (Mary Lucretia Slusser)and moved to Missouri with her to work in hotels along the railroad. To confuse everyone more, he apparently changed his name to David Crockett (David was his middle name) and had two children with Lucretia. The moved along the railroad until eventually settling in Osage Kansas, where he worked as a shoemaker until Lucretia's death there. He then moved back to Pulaski county Virginia, and remarried his first wife Mary Elizabeth (who had married at least two other times since he left). He lived with her until he died. Amazing story, but the puzzle pieces fit together if you dig a little! I am a decendant of "David" and Lucretia's son, David Amos Crockett. Our family never knew of his Durman past unti! l a couple of weeks ago! What a shock it has been! Hope this helps all of you! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a subject that has been aggravating many recipients of email from users who are AOL subscribers. The problem is that AOL causes question marks to be randomly inserted into the text when viewed by non-AOL users. This is most annoying when viewing posts to these Mailing Lists. It also shows up in private posts, depending on the email browser being used by the recipient. As many (including me) have suspected, it is a problem with the AOL users' configuration within the AOL email program. When AOL upgraded hardware and software recently, the changes caused some problems with AOL users' configuration settings. J. Young posted a "fix" for this problem on the Listowners Mailing List and any of you who are AOL users should follow the instructions and make sure you have the proper settings. ========================================== On the AOL's WEB MAIL on the Mail Page, behind the words "AOL Mail" ,in very small print, is a link to "Settings." Use the following steps: 1. Click on "Settings". 2. Look below the "Back to Mail" button; there is a list that includes: General, Accounts, Compose, Spam Controls, Calendar, Instant Messenger. 3. Click on "Compose". 4. From the resulting list, REMOVE the check mark from in front of "Use Rich Text/HTML Editing". 5. Click on the "tab" for "SAVE". 6. Then Click on "Back to Mail". ========================================== Please make correction if you are going to post to one of the Mailing Lists at Rootsweb. (As a matter of fact, until AOL "fixes" the problem, I would suggest that you make the change for all your emails, because I've received personal email from AOL users where those dang question marks show up randomly all over the text. It makes reading the text extremely difficult.) Regards, Sarge (George W. Durman) List Administrator

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CathySisson Surnames: DURMON Classification: census Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.durman/59/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 1910 VA Census, Pulaski Co., Hiawassie, District 45 Crockett D. Durmon, head, 70, VA, VA, VA, shoemaker, own shop Mary E. Durmon, wife, 66, VA, VA, VA, none (His estimated birth year was 1839) 1920 VA Census, Pulaski Co., Hiawassie, District 45 Crockett Durmon, head, 81, VA, VA, VA Mary, wife, 77, VA, VA, VA Alberta ____, daughter, 55, VA, VA, VA Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CathySisson Surnames: DURMON Classification: census Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.durman/58.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You're very welcome -- I'm glad I could help! I have a Charles Creameans I'm looking for who is the same way -- wiley and elusive. I don't know if you have the following information, but thought I'd post it, too. I can't read the daughter's last name -- the record isn't very clear, sorry. 1910 VA Census, Pulaski Co., Hiawassie, District 45 Crockett D. Durmon, head, 70, VA, VA, VA, shoemaker, own shop Mary E. Durmon, wife, 66, VA, VA, VA, none (His estimated birth year was 1839) 1920 VA Census, Pulaski Co., Hiawassie, District 45 Crockett Durmon, head, 81, VA, VA, VA Mary, wife, 77, VA, VA, VA Alberta ____, daughter, 55, VA, VA, VA Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Germanna Surnames: Durman, Hall Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.durman/58.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Cathy, thanks very, very much for that information!!!!! We've had a hard time over the years finding anything on Crockett Durman. He has been a fellow very hard to track down. At least we now have a little bit on him. Thanks again, George W. Durman Knoxville, TN (georgewdurman@comcast.net) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CathySisson Surnames: DURMAN, HALL Classification: marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.durman/58/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I found this while searching for ancestors and thought I'd post it in the hope it would help someone else. I'm not related to anyone mentioned. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: schenebeck Surnames: Dalton, Robertson, Langston, Diarman, Boyett Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.durman/24.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am researching the family of O.E. Dalton who lived in Drew county, Arkansas and raised his family there. Some of his children include Martha Jane Dalton, Florence Dalton (Langston), Emma V Dalton (Diarman), John W Dalton, Marcus Dalton, Charles Dalton, Ida Estella Dalton (married William J Robertson), and a few more. I am particularly interested in John W Dalton who moved to Bradley County, Arkansas and was murdered there by James Byrd. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has information about any of these people or their descendants. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi Pamela, Yes, I remember you and thank you for the offer. If it's not too much trouble could you send me that list? Would appreciate it very much. Off the subject a bit, but have you ever heard of any DURMAN people in Scotland? Ever hear of a boat company that made Durman Boats? Ran across that tidbit some time ago, but have never been able to find anything else on it. Keep in touch, Sarge At 19-04-07 08:59 AM Thursday, you wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >Dear Sarge, > >I still think your Durmans came from somewhere in the south of England. With >the christian names your people had they had to be English. If you are >interested I have a list of all the Durmans I have found in that area of the >country. > >Remember me? I was born in Portsmouth, a seaport, and Plymouth, where many >other Durmans lived, is also a seaport! > >Pamela Durman Freestone **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT***********

Dear Sarge, I still think your Durmans came from somewhere in the south of England. With the christian names your people had they had to be English. If you are interested I have a list of all the Durmans I have found in that area of the country. Remember me? I was born in Portsmouth, a seaport, and Plymouth, where many other Durmans lived, is also a seaport! Pamela Durman Freestone ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

From time to time, we List Administrators have problems with subscribers to our Lists whose email server is AOL. This note is sent to explain the problem and to attempt to help AOL users correctly configure their email settings. The AOL mail system uses both a "Black List" and a "White List". The Black List contains those email addresses that the user does NOT want to receive email from; the White List contains those email addresses that the user DOES want to receive email from. The problem with AOL's system is that if a user puts, for example, the address johnqpublic@whatever.com in his/her Black List, and JohnQPublic is a subscriber to a Mailing List at Rootsweb, then AOL, for some reason, rejects all email from the List. If you're an AOL user, PLEASE make sure you don't "Blacklist" any List subscribers, AND make sure you have put the email address of the Mailing List(s) in your "White List". Thanks, Sarge

Just for information for those of you who use BellSouth as your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Since the "merger" of BellSouth and AT&T, there have been problems for a lot of users getting their emails from Rootsweb. The folks at Rootsweb haven't yet figured out what is wrong that is causing BellSouth to not accept emails from Rootsweb. Users have been "bounced" for about a week and a half now; some have re-subscribed, only to be "bounced" once again. So, if you're a BellSouth user, be advised that if you stop receiving posts to any Rootsweb Lists, you may have been bounced. The best thing to do is to contact the various List Administrators and have them check to see if you're still subscribed. I know it is kind of silly for me to speak to you about this problem, since if you have been un-subscribed, you won't see this; but... some are still subscribed and this is for them in case they, too, get "bounced". You can always reach the Admin of a List by sending an email to: LISTNAME-admin@rootsweb.com. In case you do send email to Admins and you don't get a reply, try sending to the personal address of the Admin. My address can be found in the From: header of these emails, and below. Regards, Sarge GermannaResearch@rootsweb.com

I especially like the "lean and mean".....thanks for all of your hard work taking care of such an active mail list. Marsha in WV George W. Durman wrote: >Just a note to inform everyone that the Anti-SPAM filters at >Rootsweb have really been tightened up. There was just too >much SPAM being posted and it was working List administrators >to death trying to keep up with it. > >Some users have observed that their posts never showed up >in Lists, and I, as administrator, never saw them either. The >reason for that is that with the tightening of the rules, NO >posts containing HTML (Styled Text, Fancy Text, Colors, >Bolding, Underlining, Sizes, Tabs, Bullets, Forms, Tables, >etc., etc.) will be posted (as usual). The posters won't receive >any notification, and neither will the List Administrator. The >posts containing HTML will just disappear into the ether. > >Only "PLAIN TEXT" emails will be posted, so make sure >that you have your email program set to that setting. To be >on the safe side, do not include ANY kind of tags at the end >of your posts, no "Signatures", no long lists of surnames >being researched, etc. If you feel you MUST have some >sort of tagline, Rootsweb requires you have no more than >3 lines. IMHO, those long, long lists of surnames are a >waste of time, usually. And, including your place of >employment, duty title, address, phone number, etc., is >absolutely unnecessary. > >Let's try to keep the Lists "lean and mean", and this means >"snipping" out all unnecessary text from the body of an >email when you are replying. Quote back just enough of >the original message to make it clear to what you are >replying. > >Thanks, >Sarge >List Administrator > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Just a note to inform everyone that the Anti-SPAM filters at Rootsweb have really been tightened up. There was just too much SPAM being posted and it was working List administrators to death trying to keep up with it. Some users have observed that their posts never showed up in Lists, and I, as administrator, never saw them either. The reason for that is that with the tightening of the rules, NO posts containing HTML (Styled Text, Fancy Text, Colors, Bolding, Underlining, Sizes, Tabs, Bullets, Forms, Tables, etc., etc.) will be posted (as usual). The posters won't receive any notification, and neither will the List Administrator. The posts containing HTML will just disappear into the ether. Only "PLAIN TEXT" emails will be posted, so make sure that you have your email program set to that setting. To be on the safe side, do not include ANY kind of tags at the end of your posts, no "Signatures", no long lists of surnames being researched, etc. If you feel you MUST have some sort of tagline, Rootsweb requires you have no more than 3 lines. IMHO, those long, long lists of surnames are a waste of time, usually. And, including your place of employment, duty title, address, phone number, etc., is absolutely unnecessary. Let's try to keep the Lists "lean and mean", and this means "snipping" out all unnecessary text from the body of an email when you are replying. Quote back just enough of the original message to make it clear to what you are replying. Thanks, Sarge List Administrator

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DianeMcMurryGardner Surnames: McMurry, Dirman Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.durman/9.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I might can help you with this. Was this marriage or death in Bradley County Arkansas? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Today, as Administrator of several Mailing Lists, I once again was notified of messages that were not accepted for posting to some of the Lists I manage. This is not only aggravating, it is extremely time consuming when I have to wrestle with messages that would have been posted had the senders followed some simple rules. In an effort to "educate" users on proper posting procedures, I offer the following: 1) For those who receive Mailing List posts in the Digest Mode, DO NOT quote back the entire Digest when replying! 2) When you reply, quote back just that portion to which you are replying. Highlight and delete all other portions, including the junk at the bottom of all posts. For those "newbies" who don't know how to "highlight" you put the mouse cursor at the beginning of the text, hold down the left button of the mouse and move the cursor to the end of the text. Release the left mouse button and the text will be "highlighted". Then you just hit the DEL key on the keyboard. 3) When you reply, DO NOT leave the subject line as it was in the Digest. If you do, the subject line will read something like this: "RE: LISTNAME Digest, Vol 2, Issue 2", where LISTNAME is the actual name of the List. This tells readers absolutely nothing about your actual reply or the original post. CHANGE THE SUBJECT LINE TO MATCH THAT OF THE ORIGINAL POST "INSIDE" THE DIGEST. Let's say that message Number 2 inside the Digest actually had the subject of "[LISTNAME] J. A. Smith born in TX". THAT is the subject you need to copy and paste into your reply, not the subject of "LISTNAME Digest, Vol 2, Issue 2". 4) This may seem to be a lot of work for those of you who receive the List postings in Digest Mode, but if you're going to receive in Digest Mode, and you're going to reply to a post in the Digest, you're going to have to follow the rules, that is, don't quote back the entire Digest, AND change the subject line. I don't want to sound too dictatorial, but bad subject lines do no good for anyone. Many subscribers receive posts from dozens of Mailing Lists and just don't have time to actually read the bodies of the hundreds of daily posts they receive. Instead, they rely on Subject Lines to let them know what is in the posts, and to know if they need to read the bodies. Also, when a person replies to ANY post, whether in Digest Mode or not, and quotes back the ENTIRE post, the reply contains superfluous text that is not needed and just takes up more space on the servers at Rootsweb when the posts are "archived". The archived posts are there forever and so is the unnecessary quoting. Thanks for listening, Sarge (George W. Durman, Mailing List Administrator)

The new mail program at Rootsweb will not allow posters to use the BCC: header in emails. If you post to a Mailing List, and include ANY addresses in the BCC: header, the post will be "bounced". If you post or reply to the List and want to also send a copy to an individual privately, use the CC: header. Don't ask me why the new software is configured this way, but it is. Regards, George List Admin