hi List, Looking for Edgar Holley, who died in March of 1975. His last residence was Hobe Sound. Also his wife, Marion who died in January of 1981. Hoping someone can help. Thanks, Bob

The next meeting of the Florida Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists will be held on Saturday, 7 October 2006, at the Leesburg Public Library. The Board Meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. followed by the General Meeting at 10:30 a.m. Guests are welcome to attend. Our member Mitchell Brown will be giving a talk titled "Researching the Indian Wars of the Southeast, 1813-1858." Leesburg Public Library 204 N. 5th St. Leesburg, FL 34748 (352) 728-9790 Lunch will be at Bob Evans Restaurant (1205 N. 14th St., Leesburg) which is about 1 1/2 miles from the library. Yolanda Campbell Lifter, Program Chair Malabar, FL http://ohiofamilyresearch.com

Press Release Florida State Genealogical Society 30th Annual Conference November 10 & 11, 2006 Crowne Plaza Melbourne 2605 N. A1A Indialantic, Florida Searching for your family history is one of America's favorite pastimes. The Crowne Plaza on the oceanfront in Melbourne will welcome genealogists from all over the southern states when the FSGS hosts its conference this November. The Genealogical Society of South Brevard, the Brevard Genealogical Society, and the Genealogical Society of North Brevard will serve as local hosts of this exciting event. The conference's featured speaker will be Claire Mire Bettag, CG(sm), CGL(sm), well-known genealogical lecturer, who will present four lectures on topics including land records, NARA, historical documentary publications, and methodology. In addition, George G. Morgan, Jim Powell, Jr., Ken Macomber, CG, Paul Enchelmayer, Deanna D. Ramsey, and C. Ann Staley, CG will be presenting lectures covering English research, ancient records, naturalizations, genealogy software, creating web pages, Internet searching, organizing your research, city directories, and cemetery preservation. In addition to his research lecturers, George G. Morgan will be the banquet speaker. When making hotel reservations mention FSGS for a special room rate - $95.00 (+ taxes) Rooms being held until October 19th. Call 800-227-6963 to make your reservations or go online to www.cpmelbourne.com (use Group Booking Code “FSG”). For a conference registration form and additional information, please go to the FSGS website at http://www.flsgs.org or contact Ann Staley, P O Box 441364, Jacksonville, FL 32222 (astaley@comcast.net). Amy Larner Giroux, CG, CGL Publicity Chairman Florida State Genealogical Society flsgs.org CG and CGL are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists(R) ------------------- Amy Larner Giroux, CG, CGL agiroux@NYfamilyhistory.com CG - Certified Genealogist, and CGL - Certified Genealogical Lecturer are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists®, used under license by professionals who pass periodic competency evaluations by the Board.

I am trying to locate a book I saw in the local FHC in Palm City that has a township map for each county in the United States. Does anyone know where I can purchase such a book?

--- Notice - Notice - Notice --- --- Early registration deadline has been extended to 4 November 2005 --- Come join the excitement of the 29th Annual Genealogy Conference! This exciting learning experience will be held 11-12 November 2005 in Panama City Beach, Florida at the Bay Point Marriott Resort (4200 Marriott Drive). Donna Moughty, the featured speaker, is a well known genealogical instructor and lecturer and will present four exciting lectures you will not want to miss. In addition to the featured speaker, we will have Pamela J. Cooper, Amy Larner Giroux, CGSM, CGLSM, Ann Mohr Osisek, Gladys Friedman Paulin, CGRSSM, Deanna D. Ramsey, William Zehner, CGSM, and James McSweeney (NARA SE Region Archives). You will have the opportunity to participate in lectures covering Censuses, Military, Methodology, National Archives, Naturalization, Land Records, Organization, Cemetery Records and Computer/Technology. We are also pleased to announce that Dean DeBolt, noted Lecturer, historian, and author, will be the Banquet Speaker. A block of rooms is being held for FSGS. Hotel amenities include free parking, a two 18-hole PGA championship golf courses, four lighted Har-Tru tennis courts, indoor and outdoor pools, jogging trails, bicycles, etc. Beach activities include windsurfers and wave runners, snorkeling and scuba diving, private beach, Bay fishing, deep-sea sport fishing, etc. Call the Area Reservations Office at 800-644-2650 to reserve your room (be sure to mention the FSGS Conference to receive your special room rate). FSGS Conference Transportation - Elaine Powell, President of the Central Florida Genealogical Society writes that they are coordinating a group that will rent a large coach-style bus to travel to the Florida State Genealogical Society's Fall Conference in Panama City Florida. It is a 6 1/2 hour drive there from Orlando. The bus will leave Central Florida from the Wal-Mart store located at Semoran (436) & Lake Margaret (north of the airport) on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 10 a.m. and travel to Panama City and will return on Sunday, Nov. 13, leaving Panama City at 11 a.m. The bus has an on-board restroom. You can park your car at the 24-hour Wal-Mart. If they fill the bus with 47 people, the cost will be about $60. She is setting a cutoff date of Nov. 1 so that if they do NOT get enough people to fill the bus by then, people can have enough time to find alternative transportation. She will contact everyone via email (preferably) or phone on Nov. 1 to give them the update. If you are interested, contact her BY NOV. 1 at 407-282-5171 or email TheHeritageLady@aol.com. Special Conference Highlight --- Walking Tour of Historical Downtown Panama City - On Thursday, 10 November 2005, the Bay County Public Library and the Historical Society of Bay County will be offering a free tour for early arrivals. Starting at 1 p.m. at the Bay County Public Library, a one hour walking tour of Downtown Panama City will be conducted by members of the Historical Society. Following the tour at 2:00 p.m., the Bay County Public Library will have three short programs. Linda Pazics Kleback will conduct a tour of the Genealogy Room. Ann Johnson Robbins will discuss Cracker days in Florida and display antiques from her collection. Rebecca Brown Saunders will conduct a tour of the Local History Room. If we have bad weather, the Walking Tour will be cancelled, and the Bay County Public Library tours will start at 1:00 p.m. Maps to the library will be available. And be sure to leave time for research at the Bay County Public Library in Panama City. Their collection is quiet impressive. Check out their web site at www.nwrls.lib.fl.us/index.html If you would like further information, contact A. Staley, P. O. Box 441364, Jacksonville, FL 32222 Email: astaley@comcast.net or you will find the registration form online at the FSGS Web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs

Julius and Edith L. Penn are buried in Stuart, Florida. Julius was born Aug 17, 1899, died March 11, 1990. Edith L. Penn was born Mar 3, 1911, died Feb 9, 1996. I am looking for the cemetery where they are buried. Can anyone help? Marian

Hi Paula: Thank you visiting our MCGS website. I am forwarding your query to our Obituary Project Chairman, Paul Beall (prvista2601@aol.com). He will be in touch with you. Arlene L. Brown Ackermann Stuart, FL alafl@adelphia.net Personal Website: http://users.adelphia.net/~alafl/index.htm Sagadahoc Co, ME USGenWeb: http://www.rootswb.com/~mesagada/ Martin Co, FL USGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~flmartin/ Martin Co, FL Gen Soc: http://www.rootsweb.com/~flmcgs/ Halpatiokee Chapter, NSDAR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~flhcdar/ -----Original Message----- From: PSMPOD55@aol.com [mailto:PSMPOD55@aol.com] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 12:31 PM To: FLMARTIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FLMARTIN] obit request -- PAGE if no one else responds I can probably go to the Library to get this Monday. you can email me personally with your info. _psmpod55@aol.com_ (mailto:psmpod55@aol.com) Paula ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Dear Jean and Jim: Thank you for visiting our MCGS website. I am forwarding your query to our Obituary Project Chairman, Paul Beall (prvista2601@aol.com). He will be in touch with you. Arlene L. Brown Ackermann Stuart, FL alafl@adelphia.net Personal Website: http://users.adelphia.net/~alafl/index.htm Sagadahoc Co, ME USGenWeb: http://www.rootswb.com/~mesagada/ Martin Co, FL USGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~flmartin/ Martin Co, FL Gen Soc: http://www.rootsweb.com/~flmcgs/ Halpatiokee Chapter, NSDAR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~flhcdar/ -----Original Message----- From: Jean & Jim Youngson [mailto:youngson@stic.net] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 12:00 PM To: FLMARTIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [FLMARTIN] obit request -- PAGE Will some kind person please send me the obit for the following person? Edward F. PAGE died 20 Sept 1998 in Stuart Thanks for your help Jean Youngson San Antonio, TX youngson@stic.net ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

if no one else responds I can probably go to the Library to get this Monday. you can email me personally with your info. _psmpod55@aol.com_ (mailto:psmpod55@aol.com) Paula

Will some kind person please send me the obit for the following person? Edward F. PAGE died 20 Sept 1998 in Stuart Thanks for your help Jean Youngson San Antonio, TX youngson@stic.net

Dear Fellow Researchers: I have just rec'd a death certificate that indicates this person was buried in the Jensen Cemetery in 1951. Can anyone tell me which cemetery this is and where it is located? Thanks very much. Karen

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Hi Margie! You have some great names for research. I wish they fell into my lines. Good luck on your research. June >From: FLMARTIN-D-request@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: FLMARTIN-L@rootsweb.com >To: FLMARTIN-D@rootsweb.com >Subject: FLMARTIN-D Digest V02 #4 >Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 16:00:41 -0700 > ><< message2.txt >> ><< message4.txt >> _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following are the surnames I am researching; If you are, too, please feel free to join these MSN groups: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALLRED (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/ALLREDSouthernStates BECK (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/BECKSouthernStates BUTLER (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/BUTLERSouthernStates CARTER (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/CARTERSouthernStates DAVIS (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/DAVISSouthernStates ELLIOT (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/ELLIOTSouthernStates ELLIS (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/ELLISSouthernStates LOTT (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/LOTTSouthernStates McCLAIN (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/McCLAINSouthernStates PARKER (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/PARKERSouthernStates PEACOCK (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/PEACOCKSouthernStates PERRY (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/PERRYSouthernStates REDD (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/REDDSouthernStates SANDERS (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/SANDERSSouthernStates SATCHER (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/SATCHERSouthernStates SHIVER (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/SHIVERandalternatenamesSouthernStates SULLIVAN (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/SULLIVANSouthernStates USSERY (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/USSERYvariousspellingsSouthernStates WALKER (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/WALKERSouthernStates WATSON (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/WATSONSouthernStates WEAVER (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/WEAVERSouthernStates WHITTLE (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/WHITTLESouthernStates WILSON (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/WILSONFamilyOfTheUSAandUK WRIGHT (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/WRIGHTSouthernStates >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NATIVE AMERICAN RESEARCH http://groups.msn.com/NativeAmericanResearch

found some maps for northeastern states at http://www.segenealogy.com/sgo03.htm

There are some florida maps and links to some other pages at www.segenealogy.com/florida/fl_maps.htm that I found very helpful Dan

Hi Everyone I found this on another site and felt that it was important enough to send on: This is one most used Genealogy Libraries and many of us plan trips to research there. Please pass this information on so that everyone will be aware of this. Regards Pat R Closing Date Announcement Genealogy Department of the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana - -------------------------------------- The Historical Genealogy Department of the Allen County Public Library will close for relocation on Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 6pm. The department will remain closed through the month of January 2003. This is to allow time to move all our materials to our interim location. The current building will be going through renovation and expansion. ------------------------------- Will materials be available? ------------------------------- All our research materials will be available up until Saturday, December 14 at 6pm. At that time the department will be closed so we can move all our materials to our interim location. When the library opens at that location, we will have all our books, microforms and periodicals ready for research. ------------------------------ Why will we be closed? ----------------------------- Closing the department will allow us to move the whole collection at once instead of doing it piecemeal. This will ensure that the materials you are coming to Fort Wayne to use for your research will be available when you arrive, offering the full collection for our researchers. If we moved pockets of materials, what you needed for your research might not be available. By moving the whole collection at once it will ensure that the materials you are interested in will be available until we close on December 14th, and when we reopen in late January 2003. ---------------------------------------- Where will the interim location be? ---------------------------------------- The interim location of the Allen County Public Library will be at 200 East Berry St., Fort Wayne, Indiana. Locally, it is called Renaissance Square. It is 5 blocks to the east from the current library. There will be limited free parking available; there is also a pay parking garage across the street and more than 150 metered spaces in close proximity. ---------------------------------------- What will the interim location be like? --------------------------------------- One of the most exciting things about our interim location is that the genealogy collection will be a browsing collection. All the materials will be out and available for the researcher to retrieve them. Materials will not have to be paged; the shelves will be open. ---------------------------- How long will we be in the interim location? -------------------------- The projected time frame is 2-3 years. ------------------------- How can I find out more information? ------------------------- Visiting the library web site http://www.acpl.lib.in.us or phoning the department at 260-421-1225 is the best way to get current relocation information. This is a very exciting time for all of us, librarians and researchers alike. Our goal is to keep our patrons informed and continue to offer the highest level of customer service possible now, in our interim location, and in our newly renovated library. For further contact, please phone the department or email Curt Witcher, Manager, Historical Genealogy Department-ACPL at cwitcher@acpl.lib.in.us or Susan Kaufman Tavenner, Librarian, Historical Genealogy Department-ACPL at skaufman@acpl.lib.in.us

Can anyone tell me the history or the origin of the name Port Salerno, or the town of Salerno? If not, can anyone tell me where I might find such a creature. I am interested in the founding of the town. Does anyone have a library Email address I can write to? Thanks, David

We found him in Massachusetts ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe & Laura Schmidt <DigMyPast@msn.com> To: <FLMARTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 8:52 PM Subject: [FLMARTIN] Help Needed > Hi > I am sending this to relevant lists and lists I maintain. Bill Mason is a > good friend of ours. He is dying of cancer. We are trying desperately to > find his brother, Jan Herbert Mason. They have not spoken since they > settled their mother's estate in 1988. Bill wants to say goodbye. Here is > what we know: > > Jan Herbert Mason was born in May 1951 in Exeter, NH. He was the youngest > son of Herbert Hugh Mason and Sarah Jennings. (Both born in Massachusetts > and deceased in North Palm Beach, FL) His other siblings were Gretchen > Elizabeth Mason Grafton (born June 08, 1938 deceased) and William Paul Mason > (September 1939). The family moved to Florida when he was young. He was > married to an Edith Hewett (her father was a jockey) and they had a > daughter, Christina Mason, born March 1973. She had a rare disease, Russell > Silver Syndrome, and may be deceased. Edith and Jan divorced. He then > married Dottie (Dorothy) Taylor. She was born March 1945. We know that > Dottie and Jan have motorcycle endorsements. They use to live in Hobe Sound > FL until within the past couple years. Before that they lived in West Palm > Beach in 1992. We know they did not renew their driver's licenses in > Florida so we assume they have moved. > > If you know of anything about this family, please, please get in touch with > me ! Time is running out. Bill is getting weaker everyday. > > I am Laura Schmidt > My email is DigMyPast@msn.com > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

Hi I am sending this to relevant lists and lists I maintain. Bill Mason is a good friend of ours. He is dying of cancer. We are trying desperately to find his brother, Jan Herbert Mason. They have not spoken since they settled their mother's estate in 1988. Bill wants to say goodbye. Here is what we know: Jan Herbert Mason was born in May 1951 in Exeter, NH. He was the youngest son of Herbert Hugh Mason and Sarah Jennings. (Both born in Massachusetts and deceased in North Palm Beach, FL) His other siblings were Gretchen Elizabeth Mason Grafton (born June 08, 1938 deceased) and William Paul Mason (September 1939). The family moved to Florida when he was young. He was married to an Edith Hewett (her father was a jockey) and they had a daughter, Christina Mason, born March 1973. She had a rare disease, Russell Silver Syndrome, and may be deceased. Edith and Jan divorced. He then married Dottie (Dorothy) Taylor. She was born March 1945. We know that Dottie and Jan have motorcycle endorsements. They use to live in Hobe Sound FL until within the past couple years. Before that they lived in West Palm Beach in 1992. We know they did not renew their driver's licenses in Florida so we assume they have moved. If you know of anything about this family, please, please get in touch with me ! Time is running out. Bill is getting weaker everyday. I am Laura Schmidt My email is DigMyPast@msn.com