This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GdW.2ACIB/235 Message Board Post: There have been some recent problems on the list. Because of this it is felt that it is time to remind the users of the message board as well as the mailing list about the rules. Ancestry, who owns the message board, has some very straightforward rules about postings. Please review the rules for Ancestry by going to the bottom of the message board page, and click on the link: “Message Board Rules” Here is the link to the Fitzwater message board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=surnames.fitzwater At the bottom of the same message board is a link for “Message Board FAQ.” If you want to understand more about message boards, check this link. And if you can’t find the answer to a question you have, check the last link called, “Message Board Help.” Here you’ll locate answers to other important questions you might have. If you need further help, please ask the Fitzwater list Administrator. My e-mail is always listed under “Links and Announcements.” The rules for the Fitzwater mailing list are very much like those of Ancestry. RootsWeb sponsors our mailing list. The messages from the message board are “gatewayed” to the mailing list. For those who don’t know, any messages posted on the Fitzwater message board are automatically sent to the Fitzwater mailing list via the gateway! It is really rather handy! But, the gate only works this one way. Messages from the mailing list are NOT sent to the message board. If you would like to subscribe to the Fitzwater mailing list, or see the archives, follow this link: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/f/fitzwater.html At any time if you feel a posting on the message board is abusive, according to Ancestry’s rules, you can report the abuser at the Fitzwater message board page. Please read the rules so that you will understand what is expected of all posters to the board. If a person is found to be abusive, the person will be asked to refrain from the behavior. If there is still no positive outcome, the person will have their e-mail moderated. If this doesn’t help, their e-mail will be place on the reject list. This can last a week or longer. At the top of the page is a link called, “Links and Announcements.” This is information to help you make the best use of the message boards. Please read it at your leisure. If you want to know when anyone posts any message to the Fitzwater page (or any page), click on the link, “Add Board to Notifications.” Now, when someone posts a message on the message board, you’ll be amongst the first to know! Follow the links that are offered. You can’t break the page! (I already tried!) You’ll discover some wonderful ideas hidden in these pages! I hope you will again begin posting your Fitzwater queries to the message board as well as the Fitzwater mailing list. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me off list. Leslie Lawson Fitzwater List Administrator

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fitzwater, Butler, Shipe, Devilbiss, Bowen, Speilman, Zepp, Cutsail Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GdW.2ACIB/234 Message Board Post: 9 February 2005 Frederick News Post Frederick, Maryland Mr. Wilmer Fitzwater As originally published on Wednesday, February 9, 2005. Wilmer Jack Fitzwater, age 72, of New Windsor, died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, at his home. He was born Dec. 2, 1932, in Baltimore, the son of the late Wilmer George Fitzwater and the late Catherine A. Fitzwater (nee Butler). He was the husband of Lorraine A. Fitzwater (nee Shipe). He had been married for 47 years. He was raised in Lansdowne, and then lived in Randallstown until entering the Army. He was stationed in Germany from 1951-1953. He was a machine operator for Western Electric Co. in Baltimore for 22 years. He was very active in the Seventh-day Adventist Church for many years, and loved Bible studies with inmates at Laundry Facility at Springfield Hospital. After retirement, he painted and renovated homes and did repair work in the New Windsor area. He was a member of Reisterstown Seventh-day Adventist Church. He loved gardening. He was the loving father of daughter, Donna Fitzwater and Larry Devilbiss of New Windsor, daughter, Doris and Ed Bowen of Westminster, daughter, Carole and Marty Spielman of New Windsor, and son, Darrin Fitzwater of Finksburg. He is also survived by eight grandchildren and one great-grandson. He was the dear brother of Dawn Zepp of Westminster, Bruce Fitzwater of Westminster and the late Joan Cutsail. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 11 a.m. at Burrier-Queen Funeral Home & Crematory, P.A., 1212 W. Old Liberty Road, Winfield (Beside South Carroll High School), with Pastor Steve Wall and Elder Howard Bankes of Westminster Seventh-day Adventist officiating. Interment will be in Taylorsville U.M. Church Cemetery, Taylorsville. Friends called at Burrier-Queen Funeral Home & Crematory, P.A., on Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. -- Memorial contributions may be made to Westminster Seventh-day Adventist Church Gym Fund, 320 Crest Lane, Westminster, MD 21157; and/or Carroll Hospice Inc., 95 Carroll St., Westminster, Md. 21157. Arrangements are by Burrier-Queen Funeral Home & Crematory, P.A., Winfield, www.burrier-queen.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fitzwater, Cullers, Virts, Jeffers, Hines, Stottlemyer Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GdW.2ACIB/233 Message Board Post: 24 January 2005 Frederick News Post Frederick, Maryland Mr. Kevin Fitzwater, 73, of Boyds, died on Friday, Jan. 21 at the College View Center in Frederick, where he was a resident for 12 years. Born on Jan. 20, 1932 on the Wade Farm in Boyds, he was the son of the late Herman M. Fitzwater and Nellie Cullers Fitzwater Marshall. Surviving are two sisters, Mary Fitzwater Virts and husband Arthur of Boyds and Loretta Fitzwater Jeffers of Monrovia; two brothers, Herman Fitzwater and wife Lucille of Hagerstown, and Armer Fitzwater and wife Pat of Mount Airy, and numerous nieces and nephews. Mr. Fitzwater was preceded in death by two sisters, Ina Fitzwater Haines and Vada Fitzwater Stottlemyer. There will be no visitation. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25 at the Boyds Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 19901 White Ground Road, Boyds. Arrangements by Hilton Funeral Home, Barnesville.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fitzwater, Boorom, Stiles Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GdW.2ACIB/227.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thomas & Beulah Fitzwater? I have no Thomas & Beulah Fitzwater in my World Connect file. Frederick Boorom's pension file? This was shipped to me on 1/13/1992 from NARA. I have the complete file, I know what it states. This is my husband's great-grandfather & as such, I also have a great deal of information & items of his that have been handed down the family line. There are those still living who knew Frederick. I have never seen your 1992 publication. I don't need a published work to tell me what to conclude about family units, I can make my own conclusions based upon my own research. Those conclusions may or may not agree with your own conclusions. I request that you discontinue your harrassment of me & your demands that I remove MY file & MY RESEARCH from World Connect. You have no idea what or who I even have in my file or you would not continue in this manner. You are accusing me of recording information & individuals which I haven't recorded. This includes your flames to this board, the Fitzwater list, my e-mail & my home address via US Post. Linda Boorom MY file at World Connect: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=lboorom&I11.x=23&I11.y=0

18 February 2005 Delphos Daily Herald Delphos, Ohio PAUL FEENEY 1915-2005 OAKWOOD — Paul J. Feeney, 90, of Oakwood, died at 3:15 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 13, at the Laurels of Defiance. He was born Jan. 3, 1915, in Jewell, Ohio, the son of John and Lavilla (Hardy) Feeney. In 1938 he married Erma M. *Fitzwater*, who preceded him in death in 1989. He was the owner of the Du-Drop-Inn for 19 1/2 years, and was employed as a salesman for Brown’s Bakery for 22 years. He was a member of the Eagles. Surviving are three daughters, Sharon (Charles) Ott of Melrose, Diana (Robert) Doster of Oakwood, and Judy (James) Kammeyer of Defiance; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; one step great-grandchild; and five great-great-grandchildren. Also preceding him in death were four brothers, Virgil, Lawrence, Raymond, and William Feeney; seven sisters, Ollie Kimble, Harriet Max, Nellie May Hoover, Estella Feeney, Ethel Little, Servina Wells, and Alta Seiple; and three great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 1 p.m., today, Wednesday, Feb. 16, at the Mast -Mock -Hoffman Funeral Home in Defiance, with the Rev. Michael Brown officiating. Burial was in the Prairie Chapel Cemetery in Paulding County. Preferred memorials are to the Oakwood EMS or to the donor’s choice. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.2 - Release Date: 2/28/05

21 February 2005 The Joplin Globe Joplin, Missouri Robert Wilbert Robert Leroy Wilbert, age 65, Joplin, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005, at the Veteran’s Hospital in Little Rock, Ark. He was born July 22, 1939, in Pittsburg, Kan., to the late Joseph Nicholas Wilbert and Virginia *Fitzwater *Wilbert, and had lived in Joplin the past two years moving from San Jose, Calif. He worked as a salesman for Suburban Mobile Homes in Joplin and was an avid fisherman and pool player. He was a Catholic. He was a veteran, serving in the United States Marine Corp. He married Theresa Ann Gregory on April 24, 1986, in Atascadero, Calif. She survives. Additional survivors include two daughters, Laura Wilbert, Joplin, and Nancy Godfrey. Memorial services will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Parker Mortuary Chapel. Rev. Fr. Justin Monaghan will officiate. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, LIVE STRONG, in care of Parker Mortuary. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.2 - Release Date: 2/28/05

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fitzwater Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GdW.2ACIB/231 Message Board Post: 23 February 2005 Pharos Tribune Longansport, Indiana Oscar Fitzwater Services for Oscar T. Fitzwater, 90, of Clymers, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Kroeger Funeral Home. He died at 9:20 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005, in Logansport Memorial Hospital. Born Jan. 24, 1915, in St. Louis, he was the son of Oscar and Kate Bittner Fitzwater. He was married Dec. 21, 1944, in Pacific, Mo., to Helen M. Hoffman, who survives in Clymers. A graduate of Pacific High School, Pacific, Mo., Mr. Fitzwater retired as chief engineer at the Logansport State Hospital. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving in World War II. He enlisted for service on July 15, 1935. He served aboard the USS Milwaukee, USS Bellwood, USS Omaha, USS Haradin, and the USS Princeton. Mr. Fitzwater received a commendation for meritorious service from President Franklin Roosevelt. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 1965 as a chief machinists mate. Mr. Fitzwater was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #3790, a member of Clymers United Methodist Church, a 50-year member of Columbia Lodge #534 AF&AM in Pacific, Mo., the Murat Temple, Indianapolis Scottish Rite and the Logansport Shrine Club. Also surviving are one son, James "Mike" Fitzwater and his wife, Myra, Burnettsville; two grandsons, Shane Fitzwater and Eugene Fitzwater; and several nieces and nephews. The Rev. Kevin Drane will officiate at the services. Burial, with full military honors, will be in St. John Cemetery, Cass County. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today in the funeral home, where services by the Masonic Lodge will be conducted at 7 p.m.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fitzwater, Stiles Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GdW.2ACIB/227.1.1 Message Board Post: Katheryn, I’m quite surprised to read these questions from the author of “Fitzwater Families in America Revised 2003”, since you do seem to refer to both Augusta’s will & Thomas & Augusta’s marriage record in your book. In your private message to me you indicated that you had extracted copies of the will in the 1950's. But to answer your questions anyway, for the benefit of others who may not have this information & might wish to seek their own documentation: The marriage of Thomas Fishwater (sic) & Augusta Stiles is recorded at the Hamilton Co. OH Courthouse in the Restored Marriage records (restored following the 1884 fire & other previous fires) as occurring on September 9, 1832. This marriage is also referred to in a typescript “Marriage Records Hamilton County, Ohio 1817-1837” copied by the Cincinnati Chapter, National Society Daughters Of The American Revolution which also indicates that the marriage was preformed by T. Rich a Justice of the Peace (This is likely Thomas Rich who lived in the area now part of Loveland Hamilton Co., OH but then part of Symmes Twp., Hamilton Co., OH & according to a partial list in Ford's 1882 History of Hamilton Co., OH was a JP 1829 in Symmes ) & “Selected Counties of Ohio, 1789-1850 Marriage Index" CD # 400 available for purchase or by subscription from Family Tree Maker. I am sure that there are other publications of Hamilton Co., OH marriage records which refer to ! this marriage as well. The following census records in Ohio list Thomas & Augusta Fitzwater & the children as listed in Augusta's will. I won't give details here, but can upon request: 1850 Clermont Co., Miami Twp. pg. 120 visit 965/965 1860 Clermont Co., Miami Twp. pg. 215 visit 112/116 1870 Warren Co., Harlan Twp., PO Pleasant Plain pg 1(pg 328) visit 2/2 1880 Warren Co., Harlan Twp., ED 72 pg 321A visit 121/124 As to Augusta Stiles parentage, much research by myself & others has gone into researching the family of Benjamin Stiles & Margery Brewster. This board is not the place to list that information, nor do I think there would be many who read here that would find it of interest unless they had a specific interest in the family of Thomas Fitzwater & Augusta Stiles. For those who would like information regarding the current Stiles research, they may contact me privately. I like to clarify what I know of relationships mentioned in documents I find as often there are others who may be interested as well. As to Thomas Fitzwater's "exact date of death", I do not know. As I stated in my previous post, I have seen & also may have a copy here somewhere, of what was recorded in Warren Co., OH records. I can say with certainty that both Augusta & Thomas's death were recorded on the same date with information given by their daughter Sarah Stiles. This record was recorded some time after the date given for both death's & I think there was some disagreement between what was recorded here & what is listed as Augusta's death in her probate records. As I also stated in my previous post, by both Augusta's will & the probate records, there is every indication that Thomas died before Augusta. Because of other family obligations needing my immediate attention & my work schedule, it will be several weeks before I can contemplate a trip to Lebanon to seek a copy of the above record for the details of what is written about Thomas' death to comply with your request of an exact death date, if that is indeed what your intentions are in your response to my posting. If you have records giving Thomas' death date, perhaps you would care to share them with the rest of us who are interested in this individual? Linda Boorom

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fitzwater Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GdW.2ACIB/230 Message Board Post: 13 January 2005 Sun Gazette Williamsport, Pennsylvania Kenneth Fitzwater, 86, of Canton, died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2005, at home. Surviving are his children, Norma Jean Schmelzle of Ogdensburg, Audrey Johnson of Canton, LaRue and Alden, both of Canton, Don of Troy, and Kermit of Syracuse; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and a brother. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and one hour prior to the funeral service at 11 a.m. Friday at the Pepper Funeral Home in Canton. Burial will be in Beech Flats Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent tom TAYS. c/o Dan Thorp, RR 2 Box 125, Ulster, PA 18850, in memory of Ken’s late grandson, Jason Fitzwater.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GdW.2ACIB/229 Message Board Post: 11 February 2005 Gazette Newspapers Gaithersburg, Maryland Wilmer Fitzwater Wilmer Jack Fitzwater, 72, of New Windsor, died Sunday, February 6, 2005, at his home. He was born December 2, 1932, in Baltimore, the son of the late Wilmer George Fitzwater and the late Catherine A. Butler Fitzwater. He was the husband of Lorraine A. Shipe Fitzwater for 47 years. He was raised in Lansdowne, Md., and then lived in Randallstown till entering the Army and stationed in Germany from 1951-1953. He was a machine operator for Western Electric Co. in Baltimore for 22 years. He was very active in Seventh Day Adventist Church for many years, loved Bible Studies with inmates at Laundry Facility at Springfield Hospital after retirement and he painted and renovated homes and did repair work in the New Windsor area. He was a member of Reisterstown Seventh Day Adventist. He loved gardening. Mr. Fitzwater was the loving father of daughter Donna Fitzwater and Larry Devilbiss of New Windsor, daughter Doris and Ed Bowen of Westminster, daughter Carole and Marty Spielman of New Windsor and son Darrin Fitzwater of Finksburg. He is also survived by 8 grandchildren and 1 great grandson; sister Dawn Zepp of Westminster and brother Bruce Fitzwater of Westminster. He was predeceased by a sister, Joan Cutsail. Funeral Service was held February 9, at Burrier-Queen Funeral Home & Crematory, P.A., 1212 W. Old Liberty Road, Winfield with Pastor Steve Wall and Elder Howard Bankes of Westminster Seventh Day Adventist officiating. Interment is in Taylorsville United Methodist Church Cemetery, Taylorsville.. Memorial Contributions may be made to Westminster S-DA Church Gym Fund, 320 Crest Lane, Westminster, MD 21157 and or Carroll Hospice, Inc., 95 Carroll Street, Westminster, MD 21157. Arrangements made by: Burrier-Queen Funeral Home & Crematory, P.A., Winfield, MD www.burrier-queen.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GdW.2ACIB/228 Message Board Post: 11 February 2005 Dodge City Daily Globe Dodge City Kansas PROTECTION - Christi Ann (Maris) Peterson, 43, died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005, at her residence in Protection. She was born Nov. 20, 1961, to Marvin and Betty Jo (Fitzwater) Maris at Ashland. She married Theron Peterson on April 18, 2004. He survives. She was a lifetime resident of Protection, attending Protection Grade School and graduating from Protection High School in 1980. She graduated from Dodge City Community College in 1982. She was the manager of C-Plus for many years in both Protection and Coldwater. She was also a Mary Kay Beauty Consultant. She was a member of the Protection United Methodist Church, the CTTC County Youth Rally Committee, and was also involved in many community activities. Other survivors include her parents, Protection; one brother, Michael Maris and wife, Frankie, St. Charles, Mo.; and two sisters, Tammy Sanders and husband, Mike, and Marva Jo Mosshart and husband, Karl, all of Protection. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, one uncle and two cousins. The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church, Protection, with the Rev. Dennis Carter presiding. Burial will be in Protection Cemetery. Friends may call from 1-7 p.m. today and from 9-11 a.m. Friday at Hatfield-Prusa Funeral Home, Coldwater. Memorials are suggested to the Protection United Methodist Church or the Oncology Department at Pratt Regional Medical Center, both in care of Hatfield-Prusa Funeral Home, Box 417, Coldwater, KS 67029.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fitzwater, Fitzwatter, Stiles, Borom, Boorom Classification: Will Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GdW.2ACIB/227 Message Board Post: Proof of The Last Will And Testament of Augusta Fitzwater Probated February 7 1885 filed February 7 1885 Warren Co., OH Recorded Vol. V. Page 550 In the name of the Benevolent father of all I Augusta Fitzwater do make and publish this my last will and testament. 1st I give and devise and bequeath to my son Charles S. Fitzwater at my death my house and lot consisting about one acre of ground which I now occupy Situate in the Township of Harlan, County of Warren and State of Ohio. If the said Clarles L. Fitzwater should die before the decease of myself, then it is my will that said house and lot shall go to his heirs. Signed sealed and acknowledged by said Augusta Fitzwater as he last will and testament in our presence and signed by us in her presence. Augusta Fitzwater her mark Thornton Thompson Jasper Jennings *** Application to Admit Will to Probate In the Probate Court, Warren County, Ohio: Augusta Fittzwater, Deceased. Application to Probate Will To The Honorable, The Judge of Said Court: And now comes Charles L. Fitzwatter and produces for admission to Probate in said Court, the last Will and Testament of Augusta Fitzwater late of resident of the Township of Harlan in said County, who died on the 17 day of January A. D. 1882. And says that said Testatrix died leaving no husband and the following persons; all of her next of kin resident in the State of Ohio. Sarah Stiles Daughter P.O. Pleasant Plain, OH Gatch Fitzwater Son P.O. Pleasant Plain, OH Harriet Fitzwater Daughter P.O. Pleasant Plain, OH Charles L. Fitzwater Son P.O. Pleasant Plain, OH Frank Borom (sic) Grand Son P.O. Loveland Ohio Edward Borom (sic) Grand Son P.O. Loveland Ohio Golda Borom (sic) Grand Daughter P.O. Loveland Ohio signed: C L Fitzwater The State of Ohio, Warren County, SS. The above named Charles L. Fitzwatter, having duly sworn says the statements of the foregoing application are true as he verily believes. signed C L Fitzwater Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this 31 day of December A. D. 1884. Joseph W. Octeall Probate Judge. By W. C. Maple, Deputy. Submtter's notes: Augusta was wife of Thomas Fitzwater (married Hamilton Co., OH 9 Sep 1832. She was born in Vermont ca. 1814 daughter of Benjamin Stiles & Margery Brewster (of Mayflower descent). Thomas & Augusta's daughter Mary Elizabeth Fitzwater married Frederick Boorom Aug. 1, 1865. Mary Elizabeth Fitzwater Boorom died January 3, 1882. If above date in the probate papers is correct for Augusta's death, she died 2 weeks after her daughter & by that time her husband Thomas was also dead (according to the undated will). I have seen & think I have a copy somewhere here hiding in a pile of the ledger entry in Warren Co., for the death of both Thomas & Augusta, to which there was some question as to the accuracy. The deaths were reported by their daughter Sarah Stiles sometime after the fact. Also worth noting here: Sarah Fitzwater had married her first cousin, Benjamin Harper Stiles. Linda Boorom

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GdW.2ACIB/226 Message Board Post: For those who might be new to online databases, I wanted to take a minute to encourage you to see if your local library subscribes to Heritage Quest Online. Here in Oregon I can access this database through my library, from my home at any time I want to! Because our tax dollars pay for this, it is free to the public. Our public libraries subscribe to the service. The information if FREE for the taking! You can locate census records (search engine is not as good as Ancestry, but you can find stuff!); you can use PERSI; you can see if your relative was in the Revolutionary War (then order his file!); and you can read books that have been scanned in. It is a wonderful research tool to help you locate your families roots!

I am not sure if you know, butt any information that you put on the World Family Tree, they turn around andsell the information. I do not use it, nor do I put ay of my information on it. People who get their information off of it think it is well researched information. In several cases it isn't, someone just put their GEDCOMs on there and they are frequently not documented. Sometimes VERY wrong. Just an FYI as I found out many years ago the hard way.I was just dabblig with my geneology. Some people just starting think just because a name matches, it's theirs. Then they connect to it and add. Makes for a real mess. Katherine, you did a great job and I appreciate the work and money you put in to your book Paula Morris

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fitzwater, Long, Fisher, Stephenson,Cogswell, Harper, Copenhaver Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GdW.2ACIB/225.2.1 Message Board Post: Lest anyone misunderstand, I must add that I wholeheartedly support the author of “Fitzwaters of America”. It is her right and privilege to want to protect her work. The book she compiled is awesome and I would recommend it to everyone who has Fitzwater’s in their ancestry not only for their own enjoyment, but for generations to come. It is worth every penny and more! I just happen to think that the more information people have-the more information they want. At least that is my way of thinking. A lot of the information that was on my GEDCOM was from another Fitzwater cousin that had compiled a great deal of data. I copied it with their permission, but I do not know where they got the information. Perhaps it was from the 1992 edition of “Fitzwater’s in America”, I don’t know- so rather than cause anyone a problem- I removed the information from WORLD CONNECT. I want an official record for my children and grandc! hildren. That is why I purchased the book and am very grateful for what this author has done. She is without a doubt THE MOST knowledgeable person on the Fitzwater family. This will be my last word on the subject. Let’s get back to real research and fun with genealogy!!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fitzwater, Long, Fisher,Cogswell, Harper, Williams, Copenhaver Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GdW.2ACIB/225.1 Message Board Post: I received one also. I had been researching the Fitzwater line for several years also and had gathered information from several sources. I reluctantly removed most of my information rather than deal with the problem. I have not always noted my sources and couldn’t verify where some of it had come from so I removed what I wasn’t absolutely sure about. I had even sent the author of “Fitzwater’s in America” copies of deeds and Bible records for her to use in the revised edition that came out last year. I would think that having information out there would stimulate interest in her book rather than detract from it which is what she seems to think. I gladly share any information I have about genealogy and I have also put a lot of time and money into it. Chris

Ms Devine, If I am to understand correctly that you are for real in your accusation of copyright infringement against myself & perhaps others who have any Fitzwaters in their World Connect file I am disgusted! Perhaps I should question you from where YOU received the information on page 233 of "Fitzwater Families in America Revised 2003" regarding where FREDERICK BOOROM was buried. There is only one document that records this information & he has no tombstone to mark his grave. IF you have a copy of this document, more than likely it is a scan of the copy I have which I sent to Leslie Lawson to prove my husbands Fitzwater decadency. I also think his son Edward Boorom's death you obtained from MY RESEARCH as well. Likely you received scans of other documents which I sent to Leslie to which only one original exists which remain in my possession. Granted, you had SOME information on this family, but some of the FACTS you now claim to own may have been published by you in your book but were not researched or FOUND by you, but others who found the information and SHARED it with you. How you can now claim to own those facts & that information just because you have published it in printed form is beyond me. I have since found additional information that you may have been interested in, but I am unwilling to have anyone claim ownership of these "facts" as I wish to continue to freely share my research as I please and not have anyone else now tell me they own the copyright to my research & I am no longer able to share it. Be it further known that I PUBLISHED those same facts I shared with you before you were aware of them on the internet in my own personal World Connect file so that I could freely share those facts for all who may be interested with the hopes of finding new found cousins & others interested in the same families as I am. I will not remove MY MATERIAL from MY FILE. None of what I have is from your book. Although I purchased a copy (so sorry I did now), your so called research is awaiting my own chance to verify research before I attempt to claim any of the Fitzwaters you seem to think you own as belonging to my husbands family. Since you are trying to make money on some of my research I think you owe me! Note that Ms. Devine specifically stated that I do not have permission to forward or duplicate her e-mail to me, hence at this time I have not. For the record, her message is accusing & threatening. Permission to forward & share THIS message is freely given by me. Linda Boorom My World Connect file: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=lboorom&I11.x=30&I11.y=2

Anyone else receive an e-mail regarding their World Connect File infringing on copyright of the "Fitzwater Families in America"? I have a total of 17 Fitzwater's in my file gathered from my own research over the years of which I did via Leslie Lawson before publication of the above book submit documents related to my own research on my husbands ancestors for inclusion in the above mentioned book. Since nothing in my own personal files has been taken from the above mentioned book, but rather information from my personal research has been included in the above mentioned book, I am afraid I don't quite understand how there can be an infringement of copy on my part. Is this for real? or some kind of hoax?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GdW.2ACIB/225 Message Board Post: Anyone else receive an e-mail regarding their World Connect File infringing on copyright of the "Fitzwater Families in America"? I have a total of 17 Fitzwater's in my file gathered from my own research over the years of which I did via Leslie Lawson before publication of the above book submit documents related to my own research on my husbands ancestors for inclusion in the above mentioned book. Since nothing in my own personal files has been taken from the above mentioned book, but rather information from my personal research has been included in the above mentioned book, I am afraid I don't quite understand how there can be an infringement of copy on my part. Is this for real? or some kind of hoax?