There are many messages coming through that do not include surnames. I feel we may find more connections if people would include the surnames in their messages. It is interesting to read that their ancestor was born in a certain town or belonged to a certain organization, but what was the name!! Thanks. Gail

This is a very good form. This is for Family Group Sheets and others. http://www.genrecords.com

What is the County Seat and address of Sumter Co. Fl.? Bobbye

Bobbye, Bushnell is the county seat for Sumter Co, FL. They have a web site at www.rootsweb.com/~flsumter/index.htm. Most of my family came from that area. Are you looking for a particular family? Bill Brown willbees@mediaone.net Jacksonville, FL BOBBYE wrote: > What is the County Seat and address of Sumter Co. Fl.? > Bobbye

I am looking for someone who can look up two obituaries in Pinellas County, FL Fredrick HUBER died Dec. 1975 St. Petersburg, FL. Benjamin HUBER died Jul. 1970 Pinellas Park, FL. Also looking for someone who can lookup an obituary in Dade County, FL. Kenneth DIEMER died 14 Feb. 1972 Dade County, FL. (I think in Miami but not sure) Thank you, Nancy Conrad

Picked this up from another list. Lengthy but informative. ------------------------------------- >This was found at http://www.msnbc.com/news/246411.asp > > THE NEW WEB SITE (www.familysearch.org) won't officially >launch until mid-April, but it is expected to "go live" for testing any >day > now. Church officials originally planned to leave the site open to all >during >he test period. But for fear of being swamped, they now may limit access >to >official testers with assigned passwords. The Church of Jesus Christ of >Latter-day Saints collects genealogical records of all kinds because >the >Mormons believe it is important to perform religious rites on behalf of >dead ancestors. It has the world's largest collection of such data. >Genealogy is one of the most popular subjects on the Internet. As more >information goes online, it seems to create more genealogists. About 100 >million Americans have at least dabbled in it, and 19 million actively > research their family history, according to a 1995 Maritz Marketing >Research study for American Demographics magazine. > Rootsweb (www.rootsweb.org) has more than 200,000 subscribers to >3,000 e-mail lists about genealogy. The number of subscribers is >growing >rapidly, according to John V. Wylie, a professional genealogist from >Grand Prairie, Texas. Wylie is a co-founder of GENTECH >(www.gentech.org), >a non-profit society to help genealogists use technology. Mormon Church >officials are vague about what Web surfers can >expect to find on their new site, but that hasn't dampened genealogists' >enthusiasm. > >I think the reaction is probably going to be unanimously, 'Wow! >It's about time!"' said Marthe Arends, editor of the newsletter Pioneers > Online (www.eskimo.com/~mnarends), based in Bellevue, Wash. The >newsletter helps genealogists use the Internet. With 2.1 million rolls >of >microfilm, 700,000 microfiches and 280,000 books, the Church of Jesus >Christ of Latter-day Saints (www.lds.org) is the ultimate source for >many >genealogists. The master > collection, which includes the birth, death and marriage records of an >estimated 6 billion people, is kept in a vault carved 900 feet into the >side of > Granite Mountain. Completed in 1964, the vault is a testament to the >importance the > Church places on tracing one's ancestors and performing for them >vicarious > ordinances of baptism and marriage so that those who lived and died >before > Joseph Smith founded the church in 1830 can enjoy the benefits of God's > grace. The vault contains six separate chambers, each 200 feet long, >30 >feet > wide and 15 feet tall. The entire vault, dug into the side of the >canyon, >lies > 800 to 900 feet under the mountaintop. The microfilm records are >maintained at a temperature below 70 degrees Fahrenheit and at a >humidity >below 35 percent. Due to the need for a controlled environment, visitors >are >not permitted, but MSNBC's 360-degree surround video gives you a sense > of what one sees at the mouth of the vault. > Anyone can use the materials at the Family History Library in Salt >Lake City free of charge. They may also borrow materials for a small >handling fee at any one of the library's 3,200 branches. A tiny, but >important portion of that is available by computer. In 1978, the church >began computerizing some of its records in a program dubbed >FamilySearch. >The program is currently only offered at libraries and branch >libraries. The church won't sell FamilySearch to individuals because it >can't afford to offer everyone support for DOS, the older operating >system the program requires. That makes it the perfect candidate for >putting on the Web. With 2 billion rolls of microfilm, 700,000 >microfiches and 280,000 books, the Church of Jesus Christ of >Latter-day >Saints (www.lds.org) is the ultimate source for many genealogists. >One >of the first FamilySearch databases expected to be offered on line is >Ancestral File. The simple database lets surfers type in names and >find >family trees compiled by other researchers, mostly amateurs. As useful >as >that can be, the information is only as good as the person who >submitted >it," said Arends. "I'd personaly like to see more primary sources being >put online." The International Genealogical Index, also part of >FamilySearch, lets researchers search millions of marriage, death and >birth records taken from records in the United States and abroad. The >church won't say if the index will be offered on the Web site. Even with >thousands of church volunteers typing the information from original >records >into computers, "We can digitize only a tiny fraction of what we >capture >each year," said David Rencher, manager of public outreach for the >Family >History Department of the Mormon Church. Still, the output is >impressive. >Over the past year, the church not only updated FamilySearch, but also >released five sets of CD-ROMs reaching back 450 years and ranging from >Australian Vital Records to the 1851 British Census. In 1999, it will >release the full 1880 U.S. Census and the 1881 British Census, both on >CD-ROM. Church volunteers are also working on a 17 million-person >database > of Ellis Island immigrants that will be released on CD-ROM by the >church, >posted online by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation >(www.ellisisland.org) and made available at the new American Family > Immigrant History Center due to open late next year on Ellis Island. > >

At 05:17 PM 3/7/99 EST, you wrote: >Can anyone give me a clue as to the existence of a Masonic Lodge in Bluff >Springs, Escambia County, Florida. Free Masons http://www.freemasonry.org http://www.freemason-ri.org/masons/home.htm http://www.glmasons-mass.org/ http://www.flash.net/~mason/links.html These are all links to Masonic related pages. I would start with the last one, as I noted on it that it definitely has 2 FL links, but then so may the others. Hope this gives you some clues I have heard that sometimes it is possible to glean something from their records. So you may have a good lead, or maybe just simply a fact. Which is always nice, too, knowing what they were involved with and things about our ancestors. Sherry Lynn (Bouse) Nisly

At 03:00 PM 3/7/99 EST, LIZGERLITS@aol.com wrote: >Does anyone have the mailing address for the Gadsden County Courthouse in >Quincy, FL? I need marriage records. Vital Records Information United States http://vitalrec.com/ Contains the information needed for all state and county clerks and offices needed to obtain vital records along with other good links. Sherry Lynn (Bouse) Nisly

Can anyone give me a clue as to the existence of a Masonic Lodge in Bluff Springs, Escambia County, Florida. A generous person on another list sent me pictures of my great grandfather's grave. On the stone there is a Masonic emblem. I would like to know about him and his family. Thanks for your help, Emma in NM

Does anyone have the mailing address for the Gadsden County Courthouse in Quincy, FL? I need marriage records. I've tried Switchboard for the address, but didn't have any luck. Thanks! Liz Gerlits (Deretha Elizabeth Yon Gerlits) Palm Bay, FL

Family History Seminar "TURNING YOUR HEARTS TO YOUR ANCESTORS" The Fort Walton Beach Florida Stake Center 339 Lake Drive Northwest in Fort Walton Beach Saturday, March 13, 1999 -- 9:30 a.m - approx 2:30 p.m TOPICS: Let's Get Started -- the Basics Books, Books & More Books (Genealogy Reference books) My Family History Tool Kit What Will I Leave the Children? So They went to War (primarily Revolutionary & Civil War Records) Nativigating the Internet Touring ther Family History Center Stump the Experts (Ask questions of a panel) The only fees are $3. for supplies & $3. for lunch Call for reservations: Lala Adams: 850-862-7243 Fort Walton FHC: 850-244-3338 Make checks payable to the Ft. Walton FHC Send checks to: 1015 Creel Street, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547-1411 -- L. L. Scott, IBSSG L. L. Scott's Virtual Office: http://www.geocities.com/~llscott/ BEAR/ BRANNAN/ BRICKER/ BRIDGE/ BACKUS/ BRAUN/ DOTY/ HARPER/ HATCH/ PLANK

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_920764276_boundary Content-ID: <0_920764276@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Also mentioned the name of Field and pictures of Silver Springs --part0_920764276_boundary Content-ID: <0_920764276@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <GEN-NYS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yd05.mx.aol.com (rly-yd05.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.5]) by air-yd02.mx.aol.com (v56.26) with SMTP; Sat, 06 Mar 1999 16:35:11 -0500 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yd05.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id QAA17542; Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:35:04 -0500 (EST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA04107; Sat, 6 Mar 1999 13:36:22 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 13:35:57 -0800 (PST) From: Rafamp@aol.com Message-ID: <3cea8a10.36e19f1c@aol.com> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:33:16 EST Old-To: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: PHOTOGRAPHS X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 4 Resent-Message-ID: <"83VT_C.A.u4.9-Z42"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/19180 X-Loop: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: GEN-NYS-L-request@rootsweb.com X-GEN-NYS-L-Web-Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nozell/GEN-NYS-L/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I found an album at a flea market with a lot of pictures. Only one had a name. A Cindy LaCombs, age, 5 months. Some said Envoy Photo, Brooklyn, New York. Other names mentioned were: Harriet, Fred, Connie, Cathie. A picture of Pete, 4/30/46 Blanche, Roland, Suzanne. A lot of Suzanne. Suzanne Marie, June 6, 1964. 7 lbs. 6. ozs. If any of this sounds familiar, e-mail me. Rafamp@aol.com The album was $2.00. ==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== Have you considered joining the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative? http://www.rootsweb.com/ --part0_920764276_boundary--

Does anyone have access to census after 1836 up to 1915. I'm in search of households in which Susan Cardwell lived, need parents, siblings. Also William J. McNeal , parents, siblings. Both lived and died in Bluff Springs, Fl Any info appreciated. Emma in NM

Hello all. I have added new information and updated and changed graphics to " My Most Popular and Favorite Genealogy Links" Site. the new name is "Journey to My GenealogyLinks". I have also added important email address's and snail mail address of important Genealogy Sites,companies,Vital records, and where to write for things. Please visit and hope you like it. Thank you. Laurie http://members.tripod.com/~FeFiFoFum/index.html

I can't provide any information specific to Tampa, but the 1918 influenza was a national epidemic transmitted by soldiers returning from Europe at the end of W.W.I. I understand that in some communities there were not enough well people to tend the sick or to bury the dead... My 5th grade teacher in Fort Myers (FL) was a survivor of this same epidemic in Tennessee and talked quite a bit about it in class. He also told us about when he was a lieutenant in W.W.II, got drunk on Cognac in France in the winter, barfed in the stove in the center of a 20-man tent and almost blew himself up and set the tent on fire... but I guess you had to have been there to appreciate that one... <G> RW Casivers@aol.com wrote: > > Looking for any information on the 1918 influenza epidemic in Tampa. Seems > several family members died during this epidemic and would like to find out > more about it. > > Thanks, > > Cheryl Sanchez-Sivers > > Searching for Mira/Martinez/DelRio/Cepero/Sanchez/Valdes-Ledon

Looking for any information on the 1918 influenza epidemic in Tampa. Seems several family members died during this epidemic and would like to find out more about it. Thanks, Cheryl Sanchez-Sivers Searching for Mira/Martinez/DelRio/Cepero/Sanchez/Valdes-Ledon

SHARING SOME INFORMATION WITH ALL... If you are wondering if a certain cemetery was included, just contact Craig and he'll check for you. Read material below carefully... =============================== Craig Remington at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa is updating a state cemetery book for the whole state of Alabama and wants any corrections or additions to his previous listings for each county. > Send him an email at: cartlab@bama.ua.edu and be sure and tell him what county the cemetery is in, in Alabama and tell him all about this cemetery and where it is located so that he can include it in his upcoming book for the state. He doesn't need the names of people buried there, just the name and location of the cemetery. He is afraid that some cemeteries have been missed or need some corrections to the directions for getting there. > Any others who know of additions or corrections, please contact Craig. His maps of each county are professional and wonderful! > He will even check to see if the cemetery you are inquiring about is already listed and if it is listed correctly. He wants your help so that this will be very accurate. > His email again is: Craig Remington > cartlab@bama.ua.edu > > Pass this note along to any other lists you belong to in Alabama. He will appreciate it. > >Ceya >Reminder@snowhill.com

-----Original Message----- From: AHall10643@aol.com >Can someone tell me how to get into the Fla. archives. I seem to have >forgotten :( and now a friend is wanting to know. >Thanks >Ann URL is http://www.dos.state.fl.us/dlis/dlis.html Anne Futch

Dear Hart List Followers, Hello to all and it is very nice to have another place to explore genealogical information. I am seeking information on the family affiliations of Hart - Tanner - Price - Sauls - Barrett - Davis. I am very much interested in the areas of Monticello, Jefferon Co FL and Thomasville, Thomas Co GA. Complete family abstract is available, but in short; William R. Tanner b. 1831 m. MAry Hart. Children (1) James Brinson Tanner b. 1855, (2) Lonie Tanner m. Jake Barrett, (3) Willie Tanner (female) m. Henry Sauls. Should any of this fit your story, please drop me a line. Thanks. Steve Tanner ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Susan, sorry for the misunderstanding, but I'm not a Hartley relative. I live here in Mandarin, just down from Hartley Rd and very close to Loretto. I was offering to help you if I could. I checked and saw your notice on the GENWEB. There are tons of Hartleys here, the phone book is full. I have a scanner if you want me to send you the list of Hartleys in the area. You can check for familiar names. I have Jacksonville, Jacksonville Beach, Middleburg and Orange Park. They're all part of "the City". Give me a holler - you want JPG files? Oh, as the phone numbers are listed, I can send you the prefix codes so you can look only in the Mandarin area if you wish. Bill willbees@mediaone.net "David L. Cole" wrote: > it is me again. I hit the wrong button I am sorry > 10.Lois Roselle Hartley- Stephenson I think she had a daughter Peggy > 11.Corriane Hartley b.?? d.?? She caught her robe or something on fire and > burned to death before they could put it out. She was 4or 5 yrs old. > As you can see I have a lot of gaps there I would like to fill in I am > making a > Family book and I have carried them all the way back to the 1800's in > England. > I am just having trouble with the ones here in the States. > If you could help in any way I would really appreciate it who knows we may > be > kin. > > Thanks, Susan Peavey Cole NW Florida