Calling all researchers, or want-to-be researchers. I need some help today, Sunday. One of the websites where I would like to post our FERGUS information requires that we list the variations of the surname. Would any interested persons please post these to the FERGUS newsgroup? I need to spend today answering 110 e-mails waiting for me from some of you and from new FERGUS queries. This would be an immense help. I know that there are some listings on the linked URL's on my website for the FERGUSon clan, etc. But, all are welcome. And, I think it would be rather fun for all to read them on the list - then I need to have someone alphabetize the gathered names, and do a final posting which I will then use. What a help that would be. Cynthia Russell crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Take a search for your surnames - lots of information on FERGUS! The Internet FamilyFinder is available at: http://www.familytreemaker.com/ifftop.html

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_910879409_boundary Content-ID: <0_910879409@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_910879409_boundary Content-ID: <0_910879409@inet_out.mail.gtii.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <crussell@gtii.com> Received: from relay07.mx.aol.com (relay07.mail.aol.com [172.31.109.7]) by air09.mail.aol.com (v51.16) with SMTP; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 05:10:44 -0500 Received: from diamond.gtii.com (diamond.gtii.com [208.143.16.2]) by relay07.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id FAA06695 for <NHLJudge@aol.com>; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 05:10:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from tear09.gtii.com ([208.143.16.220] helo=crussell.gtii.com) by diamond.gtii.com with smtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 0zdthx-0005J9-00 for NHLJudge@aol.com; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 05:10:34 -0500 Message-ID: <001c01be0e24$95947aa0$23108fd0@crussell.gtii.com> Reply-To: "Cynthia N. Russell" <crussell@traversecity.com> From: "Cynthia N. Russell" <crussell@gtii.com> To: <NHLJudge@aol.com> Subject: Re: "Fergus Family History" book by Morris Freeman Fergus and John Franklin F... Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 05:06:24 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hi Ed, This is a GREAT snippet! I wish you would share this with the newsgroup - this is exactly what others would enjoy. The newsgroup is for all kinds of inf= o - some historical, some personal, some data, etc. Will you post it? I hope= so! I thank you for sharing it with me! Cynthia -----Original Message----- From: NHLJudge@aol.com <NHLJudge@aol.com> To: crussell@traversecity.com <crussell@traversecity.com> Date: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 9:37 AM Subject: Re: "Fergus Family History" book by Morris Freeman Fergus and Joh= n Franklin F... >Hi Cynthia, >Only a small tid-bit about Morris Freeman and my Grandfather John Frankli= n >Fergus and it means nothing to any one person except me. As a small child= I >can remember a handsome :) young man with silver-rimmed glasses sitting w= ith >my grandfather at grandfather's huge oaken kitchen table pouring over old >pictures and letters and margin notes and remarking that " he does look l= ike >cousin John, doesn't he ?". This one day would be followed by many more d= ays >of the same activity and I could not see why these two grown men persiste= d in >this "dull and uninteresting activity" for such a long period of time. At= the >age of thirteen ,or so, one doesn't realize the importence of these "stra= nge" >goings on. > >All the best, > >Ed Fergus > --part0_910879409_boundary--

This site is now back up and working - give it a try. Great reading Go to: http://members.xoom.com/MTPS/mtfergus.htm Do we have any descendants of James and Pamelia FERGUS subscribed to the FERGUS newsgroup? If so, will you make your presence known to the group and do enjoy this information!

Hi Everyone, I have received the Vital Records Index for the British Isles CD's. These contain 5 million biths, christenings and marriages taken from a partial collection of records in the British Isles from 1538 to 1888. This was put out by the Family History Library. Anyone who would like a look up just let me know. Jill Fergus McGirr JMcgirr43@aol.com

David Albert or Alexander FERGUS b. 5-19-1850 Ohio d. 1918 Penn? m. Mary M. POWELL 12-31-1871 Maysville KY ? children: Mary Ellen James Albert Maggie Joe James Albert FERGUS first wife unknown 2nd wife Kate Olivia DAY 3rd wife Grace CHAFFEE children: Dorothy Mary Nina Helen Howard Eugene James Russell Marion Dorothy B-02-23-1898 Denver, CO D 01-17-1936 Harrisburg, PA Buried in Enola Cemetery Married John Arthur Weaver (Date/Location Unknown) B 05-12-1893 County Unknown, PA D 08-1965 Children: John Arthur Weaver Jr. B 03-15-1920 Harrisburg, PA D 11-20-1986 Montgomery, AL Russell Eugene Weaver B D I am trying to find a marriage certificate for John Sr and Dorothy. Harrisburg has no listing with the courthouse. I do not know the area and was wondering if anyone might have a suggestion? Thanks to the hard work of my cousin's Barney and Shirley, I made a FERGUS connection and found that part of my family and am learning more about them everyday. However, I want to find the Weaver side also. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Hi Everyone Finally arrived safely at home from my month of galavanting around Australia and am glad to be in front of my own computer :) I am looking for the marriage of William Fyfe FERGUS and Mary STARK that took place perhaps in Glasgow SCT 3 aug 1897. Any help would be greatly appreciated Angela Australia email to: angela@bearcave.wow.aust.com

For those of you who are Orvis fans I would call your attention to their Fall 1998 "The Sporting Tradition" catalog. If you wish to receive a copy just call their number, (800) 548-9548 and ask for a copy. I am calling this to your attention because my 1st cousin, Jim FERGUS is featured on page six. Jim is a sportsman and an excellent writer. He has authored many articles as a correspondent of "Outside" magazine, a contributing editor of "Sports Afield", a writer of "A Hunter's Road: A Journey with Gun and Dog across the American Uplands" and a novelist of "One Thousand White Women". In the spring a collection of his sporting essays and stories, "The Sporting Road" will be published. His books are featured in the catalogue. Not only is Jim a writer with insight and sensitivity he is also a gracious, kind man who is using his God-given talents. crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Sorry, I missed putting in the URL for you to click on to to cut and paste to find this. The day has brought lots of frustration with my e-mail malfunctioning. I apologize! Go to: http://members.xoom.com/MTPS/mtfergus.htm I hope each of you will be as intrigued with reading this information as I have been this afternoon. Do we have any descendants of James and Pamelia FERGUS subscribed to the FERGUS newsgroup? If so, will you make your presence known to the group and do enjoy this information! By the way, my "reply to" address is out of service today (Sunday) and if you wish to send me a post you may use an alternate address of crussell@gtii.com Cynthia

I hope each of you will be as intrigued with reading this information as I have been this afternoon. Do we have any descendants of James and Pamelia FERGUS subscribed to the FERGUS newsgroup? If so, will you make your presence known to the group and do enjoy this information! By the way, my "reply to" address is out of service today (Sunday) and if you wish to send me a post you may use an alternate address of crussell@gtii.com Cynthia crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Church Records: Selected Areas of PA, 1600s-1800s 13 October 1754 - Baptized Thomas son to Hew Fergus. (14) November 1756 - ... baptized Hew, son to Hew Fergus and John son to Sam ... 8 October 1758 - ... baptized Thomas son to Thomas Paterson; James, son to David Dinwiddy; and Mary, daughter to Hew Fergus. 3 June 1764 - ... baptized Robert, son to Hugh Fergus. The records were all from Lancaster County,Pa., by a Rev. John Cuthbertson.

Good Day, I have found a wonderful site to search for land patents! The Land Patents at the Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States GLO are now available for searching or downloading. There is a table section for viewing and ALSO you can look at the actual patent with the actual signature of ancestors - and then print it out if you wish! The home page is http://www.glorecords.blm.gov There are FERGUS and DITTY listings, and next I will search for PATTON. Do take a visit! Once you find your ancestor, you can print the land transfer certificate. If the certificate was for a homestead, you can send an email to the National Archives at inquire@arch2.nara.gov and ask for some Form 84's. It takes about 6 weeks after you pay to get the files. Only homesteads have these files available. Information could include a copy of the paper showing the patent issue date, a copy of the filing receipt, a copy of the affidavit showing that notice of filing was posted in the newspaper, a copy of the notice of filing, two affidavits from neighbors showing that the conditions had been met, an affidavit from the homesteader, and if he is not native born a copy of his declaration of intent and his naturalization certificate. If he used his military benefits to get a homestead there may be a paper on his military service. Cynthia crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Hello All, I have been working with my Family Tree Maker (FTM) program ALL day long - Thursday is my day off - and I have been writing to various volunteers for information from Broderbund CD's. I am wondering if anyone from the list owns any of the FTM CD's???? For my 60th! Birthday my brother gave me FTM "Family Archives" National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 1-85, 1600's-1900's. I have not yet even taken a peek, as I have enough "irons in the fire" right now. But, I will post when I begin to search through and will be willing to do any lookups. Broderbund has strict rules regarding information being posted to multiple sites, so I cannot copy their information for the list, but I can do lookups for you - but not until after February. That may seem a strange time frame - however, I had planned to be in Ireland researching right now and had to postpone my trip until mid-January. So, I mainly need to have all my spare moments preparing for my research trip to Co Tyrone and Northern Ireland. The majority of the information I am posting now is from my past research there and I am working on different databases to store the information. This list has been very quiet lately - please post! Cynthia crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

FERGUS, Anna b 7/5/1886, d 4/1982 Yale, MI FERGUS, Audra b 4/23/1888, d 8/1978, Adrian, MI FERGUS, Cloren b 5/11/1915 d. 8/1978 Clayton, MI FERGUS, Gladys b 1/14/1914, d 7/1987 Yale, MI FERGUS, Harry b 3/1/1907, d 8/1984 Yale, MI FERGUS, Howard b. 3/1/1907, d 10/1984 Yale, MI FERGUS, Inez b. 8/12/1906, d 11/1977 Constantine, MI FERGUS, Iowa b 2/18/1903, d 3/ 1975 Rockwood, MI FERGUS, James b 9/22/1899, d 9/1975 Warren, MI FERGUS, ?? b 1/28/????, d 6/???? Detroit, MI Missing one page of MI SSDI :(( --------------------------------------------------- FERGUS, George b 12/2/1890, d 8/1968 Minneapolis, MN FERGUS, Matie b 8/31/1884, d 7/1978 Minneapolis, MN ---------------------------------------------------- crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Sorry I forgot to say the biggest thank you to Cynthia for all the time and effort she puts into the list and her web site. Thanks Jill

Hi List, Just so all of you don't get discouraged I had to tell you that I and another member of the list have made a connection. Bill and Maria Turnier and I have found out that Bill's great-grandfather and mine were brothers from Ballyhaunis, County Mayo. Here I thought that my g-grandfather was an only child with no parents - ha-ha ;) Just don't give up, when you least expect it something happens. Thanks Bill and Maria for putting it all together. Jill Fergus McGirr

So often when I am posting information or receiving inquiries from newly "found" FERGUS people I think back to the laborious efforts of the two men who researched and published the "Fergus Family History" book tracing mainly the ancestry of Francis FERGUS and his wife, Mary McCORMICK. They were Morris Freeman Fergus of Dayton, OH and John Franklin Fergus of Columbus, OH. I know that descendants of John Franklin Fergus are subscribers to this list. Are there any subscribers who are related to Morris? Would someone please post to the list any information on the beginning of the "Fergus Family History" - how the men started? Why? Did they work together? Or, did they both research and then discover the work of the other? I would love to have this information so that an updated history could include the beginnings of the book upon which so many of us depend upon for finding our ancestry. I am receiving many inquiries about the book by those persons who do not have copy. To my knowledge, there are no copies available. If anyone does have any spare or extra copies I would greatly appreciate having them as I am trying to find one to donate to the Ulster Folk Park, Emigration Studies Library located in Omagh, Co Tyrone. It is a repository for family histories of people who originated from Ireland . . . and of course, "my" Francis FERGUS was born in County Tyrone. I have researched at this library and will be returning there in January to continue to find that link from America back to Ireland and any FERGUS cousins currently living there. >From the inqueries I have received I think that perhaps there is enough interest to update and republish the "Fergus Family History" book in the future - but for now, it is important to compile as much missing information as possible. Are YOU "sitting" on any information that should be included? Please! do not remain silent, as now is the time to send in your information. I will be unable to have a rush of information arrive on my desk at the last minute. In the last 2 days I have received posts from two different lineages of DITTY families which were unknown until now. I have no information forward on: Catherine DITTY/Samuel FERGUS who migrated to Missouri; or Anna FERGUS/William PATTON (other than 1 more generation of LINDSLEY); or Polly FERGUS/Abraham BROWN; or Charlotte FERGUS/Cyrus HAYWOOD (only 1 generation further). Can anyone on this list add additional generations??? Did these lines "die" out or were they "daughtered" out? I am certainly willing to post as much information as I have time for to this list, but the list will not survive with only one person posting . . . please "jump in" even with small vignettes of your family - this could be a story which has been passed down through the years about your grandparents or great-grandparents. It will all add to the interest and knowledge of the subscribers to this list. Get posting folks! Cynthia crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

I am sharing information, NEWS AND NOTES FROM ROOTSWEB to keep you better informed and give you some background information on our FERGUS newsgroup. If this is not of interest to you, please use your delete button. I find it fascinating to see the statistics and know how many thousands of persons are looking for information on their families and the possibilities that the Internet provides. ROOTSWEB IN OCTOBER -- 61 million hits and 117 million e-mails! o 3,264 independently-authored Web sites hosted by RootsWeb. o 61,205,731 total Web hits o 4,686 independently-operated mailing lists hosted by RootsWeb. o 117,570,146 pieces of e-mail shipped to our mailing lists. ROOTSWEB DOES NOT SELL ITS MAILING LISTS. ROOTSWEB HELPDESK. For answers to your questions about RootsWeb, visit the HelpDesk. The most frequent questions posted on the HelpDesk's message board concern how to subscribe or unsubscribe from various RootsWeb mailing lists. You will find detailed explanations, and related answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs), at <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~help/index.htm>. For an index to most user mailing lists hosted by RootsWeb, visit <http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/>. Cynthia crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

FERGUS, Ann b 3/8/1888, d 1/1967 Chicago FERGUS, Anna b 11/2/1894, d 5/1984 Chicago FERGUS, David b 5/27/1898, d 12/1969 Chicago FERGUS,Delia b 3/1/1885, d 7/1985, Chicago FERGUS, Edward b 1/14/1897, d 9/1973 Hazel Crest FERGUS, Frank b 10/4/1908, d 12/1977 Chicago FERGUS, George b 5/27/1914, d 11/1974 Marion FERGUS, Grace b 7/24/1888, d 2/1968 Chicago FERGUS, James b 9/5/1932, d 2/1986 Chicago FERGUS, ? b 11/12/ , d 9/ Chicago ------------------------------------------------------ FERGUS, Francis b 7/17/1915, d 12/1980 South Bend, IN FERGUS, Mable b 9/19/1919, d 8/1985 Upland FERGUS, Marie b 5/12/1891, d 5/1978 Logansport FERGUS, Stuart b 4/13/1901, d 4/1966 Angola FERGUS, Vida b 12/8/1885, d 11/1979 Upland --------------------------------------------------- FERGUS, Ernest b 3/19/1892, d 1/1985 Lexington,KY ------------------------------------------------------- FERGUS, Centelia b 12/10/1932, d 8/1985 Dorchester, MA FERGUS, Margaret b 10/28/1897, d 7/1986 Dorchester, MA FERGUS, Mary 8/31/1895, d 4/1978 Malden, MA ------------------------------------------------------- crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

FLORIDA: FERGUS, Alexander b 3/29/1906, d 5/1978 West Palm, FL FERGUS, Andrew b 9/4/1911, d. 5/1983 Stuart, FL FERGUS, Frank b 12/4/1898, d. 6/1966 Fort Pierce, FL FERGUS, Helen b 5/31/1903, d 5/1984 Zephyrhills, FL FERGUS, James b 7/15/1924, d 7/1980 Bagdad, FL FERGUS, John b 2/21/1889, d 3/1973 Denedin, FL FERGUS, John b 9/13/1897, d 6/1984 Pompano Beach, FL FERGUS, Ralph b 4/2/1902, d 1/1985 Zephyrhills, FL FERGUS, Ronald b 12/8/1907, d 10/1986 Ellenton, FL FERGUS, Tassie b 12/7/1884, d 1/1983 Lakeland, FL ------------------ IDAHO: FERGUS, Floyd b 8/3/1896, d. 10/1979 Priest River, ID ----------------- crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl