Having been out of town, I've just come in on the conversation about Fords from places other than the U.S. My major Ford mystery concerns James Wallace Ford, born about 1809. According to census and death records in the U.S., he was born in England, but I have no idea of where in England. He was married in Calton, Barony (now part of Glasgow), Lanarkshire, Scotland, to Rachel McKenzie 22 April 1833 (his occupation was given as Cotton Spinner). Although I have the birth records of all eleven of Rachel's siblings, after this marriage record I cannot find any record of these McKenzies or of James Ford and his family in the Barony/Glasgow area. The Fords came to the U.S. around 1848, and they appear in the 1850 U.S. (PA) census with five children, all born in Scotland (William 18, Archibald 16, James 15, Christiana [Christian/Christina] 10, and Mary 9). (The ages differ by as much as three years over several censuses.) Christina was my gggrandmother. I have material on the extended Ford family in the U.S. from 1850. The original family lived in New Jersey in 1860 but settled in the Philadelphia area. Archibald moved to Missouri and then California, where it is possible that William also settled. If anyone has come across a James Ford born around 1809 in England who might be my ancestor, or if any of these Fords sound like part of your family, I would love to share information. Mary Wisconsin, USA -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/235 - Release Date: 1/19/2006

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/REX.2ACIB/318.1 Message Board Post: Mildred Pelkey was my grandmothers sister. Amelia is her correct name. Have info for you, mostly Pelkey info but some other.

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This is a book that was originally printed in 1985. I have the revised edition that contains people that foght in the battle and some that may have fought. The title is,"The Patriots At The Cowpens(Revised Edition) and was written by Bobby Gilmer Moss,professor of histry at Limestone Collage in S.C. .It is published by Scotia Press (no address).--Russell _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

Russell, could you provide the citation for the book? (publisher, title, etc.) Thanks! LaRue Foster > [Original Message] > From: Russell Jordan <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 1/17/2006 10:59:55 PM > Subject: [Ford] Ford in Battle of Cowpens > > Just came across this in a book I have and thought I might post it. Book is > a list of patriots that fought at the Battle of Cowpen(South Carolina). > > Ford,Joseph---b. c.-1759 > Joseph Ford enlisted at > Baltimore,Maryland under Capt.(later General)Samuel Smith and continued in > this corps until discharged at Camden,S.C. in 17782. He was in the battles > of Mud Flats,Camden,Cowpens,Eutaw Springs,and Yorktown. Ford was granted > pension on his application executed July 15,1818 whie living in the District > of Baltimore and aged 59. At the time of his application(and 3 years > previous),he was a tenant on the plantation of Joseph and Walter Crook at > Middle River Neck. > Federal Pension > Application--#S34867 > hope this helps someone ! Happy > Hunting--Russell > > > >From: [email protected] > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: FORD-D Digest V06 #19 > >Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:00:05 -0700 > > > >Content-Type: text/plain > > > >FORD-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 19 > > > >Today's Topics: > > #1 RE: Re: [Ford] Civil War website [[email protected]] > > #2 Re: George Ford [[email protected]] > > #3 Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middles ["Webmaster" > ><[email protected]] > > > >Administrivia: > >To unsubscribe from FORD-D, send a message to > > > >[email protected] > > > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > > >unsubscribe > > > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > > > > >______________________________ > > > >X-Message: #1 > >Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:40:36 +0000 > >From: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Message-Id: > ><01172006[email protected]co mcast.net> > >Subject: RE: Re: [Ford] Civil War website > >Content-Type: text/plain > > > >The only one is the Civil War one that I know of, and I can lookup the > >Revolutionary war ones. I sent for alot of the Civil war ones, but don't > >know if any FORD's in my line was in one of those. > > > >-- > >Teddy > >List Mom for the Grayson Co Ky > >List, Brady, Vertrees, Ford, > >Fulkerson,and Commonwealth > >http://www.kygenweb.net/pd-res/deford.html > > > >-------------- Original message -------------- > >From: "Karen" <[email protected]> > > > > > Is there any kind of web site for pensions, or for prisoner of war > >people? > > > It seems like there would be somewhere. Good luck. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: jvford5 [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 4:43 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > > > > > Dear Barbara, > > > Your father was an honorable man in his own right the way I see it. > > > God bless you and yours, Vicki > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 4:04 PM > > > Subject: Re: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > > > > > > > > Hello, Joy, > > > > > > Many thanks for respondimg to my e mail, but I hope I didn't write it in > > > such a way that I offended you - that is the last thing I wanted to do. > >I > > > think my frustration is purely personal - my poor old dad (his mother > >was a > > > Mary Anne Ford born in Paddington in London in 1889) was brought up in a > > > very, very poor part of London and when he was 14, enlisted in the Army > > > where he stayed until 1976 (a very long service), during which he was a > > > Japanese Prisoner of War, a Korean POW, etc, but it seems so awful that > >his > > > life and family just seems to have vanished into space... > > > > > > I also kow that if if wasn't for the US, we probably wouldnt even have > >the > > > opportunity to go this farback. So please dont think that I am knocking > > > the system - I just want my dad and his family to be recognised in some > >way. > > > > > > Barbara > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > Date: 2006/01/15 Sun PM 07:27:45 GMT > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > > > > > > > Might I respond to the statement about all the Fords responses being > >in > > > > > > > America. Those of us who live in America are endeavoring to trace our > > > families > > > > beyond and prior to being in America. We know how frustrating it must > > > be to > > > > receive only information from America. But... we are as interested in > > > the > > > > Fords in England and France or wherever they may have been. We just > > > haven't > > > > been able to trace our Fords to the point to get back in some cases to > > > the > > > > earliest ones in our country. But, we aren't giving up. Don't you. > > > > > > > > Some of us started at a later age, to try to discover all we could. > > > It > > > > takes time and lots of work, I've found and it is all worth it. I wish > > > you luck > > > > in finding your families. I am a Ford descendant so I understand the > > > > frustration. > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Joy > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > > > > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site > >[email protected] > > > > Teddy > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > > > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > > > Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > > > > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > > > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > > > Teddy > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > > > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > > > Teddy > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > > > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > > > Teddy > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > >______________________________ > > > >X-Message: #2 > >Date: 17 Jan 2006 07:57:55 -0700 > >From: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: George Ford > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >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/REX.2ACIB/3799.3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 > > > >Message Board Post: > > > >If you find out any more information let me know & I'll do the same. > >Rita > > > >______________________________ > > > >X-Message: #3 > >Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:49:01 -0500 > >From: "Webmaster" <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > >Content-Type: text/plain; > > format=flowed; > > charset="iso-8859-1"; > > reply-type=original > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >I might be willing to help you with creating a database, I have extensive > >experience creating websites. My mother's Ford Family is included in a > >searchable database on my site called Mercer Family History at > >http://mercerfamilyhistory.com which is named in honor of my grandmother's > >family. > > > >The unique thing about the software that I use for the site is that it can > >be have multiple administrators setup and by using a username and password > >system can be administered from any computer with internet access. > > > >The site uses PhpNuke as its core software and with several added module's > >including TNG Genealogy Software. It has the features of adding document's, > >personal or headstone (in a general photo album or individual album), a > >forum, and a downloads section for documents (mine has some family tree's > >and a DAR Book on my Ford Family in Acrobat Reader format) accessible by > >members only. > > > >Each person has their own individual page that includes tabs for viewing > >their Descendants and Ancestors in several different viewing options and > >includes the ability to download a gedcom file for an individual by any > >number of generations set by the administrator of the site. > > > >Take a look at the site and let me know if you think it would work. I went > >ahead a captured a domain name called fordfamilydatabase.com in case there > >is a interest in starting it up before I suggested this so it would be > >available. > > > >The cost would be what it would cost me which would be $8.88 a year for the > >domain, $29.00 for the Genealogy Software and right now I can obtain > >hosting > >for $15.00 per month for 5 GB (5,000 MB) and 100 GB (100,000 MB) per month > >Data transfer. Future costs would be determined by the amount of bandwidth > >and storage size the site requires. I can set up a PayPal account with a > >link on the site for those wishing to contribute. > > > >Let me know what everyone thinks. > > > >Thanks > >Charles A. Watkins > >http://mercerfamilyhistory.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee� > Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > Teddy > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FORD Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/REX.2ACIB/3804 Message Board Post: FORD_Raymond_Edward_Sr_1932-2000.JPG I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery - Lake Lawn Section, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use the picture for your personal records. This is one of the 135,642 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

Just came across this in a book I have and thought I might post it. Book is a list of patriots that fought at the Battle of Cowpen(South Carolina). Ford,Joseph---b. c.-1759 Joseph Ford enlisted at Baltimore,Maryland under Capt.(later General)Samuel Smith and continued in this corps until discharged at Camden,S.C. in 17782. He was in the battles of Mud Flats,Camden,Cowpens,Eutaw Springs,and Yorktown. Ford was granted pension on his application executed July 15,1818 whie living in the District of Baltimore and aged 59. At the time of his application(and 3 years previous),he was a tenant on the plantation of Joseph and Walter Crook at Middle River Neck. Federal Pension Application--#S34867 hope this helps someone ! Happy Hunting--Russell >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: FORD-D Digest V06 #19 >Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:00:05 -0700 > >Content-Type: text/plain > >FORD-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 19 > >Today's Topics: > #1 RE: Re: [Ford] Civil War website [[email protected]] > #2 Re: George Ford [[email protected]] > #3 Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middles ["Webmaster" ><[email protected]] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from FORD-D, send a message to > >[email protected] > >that contains in the body of the message the command > >unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > >______________________________ >X-Message: #1 >Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:40:36 +0000 >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: ><01172006[email protected]comcast.net> >Subject: RE: Re: [Ford] Civil War website >Content-Type: text/plain > >The only one is the Civil War one that I know of, and I can lookup the >Revolutionary war ones. I sent for alot of the Civil war ones, but don't >know if any FORD's in my line was in one of those. > >-- >Teddy >List Mom for the Grayson Co Ky >List, Brady, Vertrees, Ford, >Fulkerson,and Commonwealth >http://www.kygenweb.net/pd-res/deford.html > >-------------- Original message -------------- >From: "Karen" <[email protected]> > > > Is there any kind of web site for pensions, or for prisoner of war >people? > > It seems like there would be somewhere. Good luck. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jvford5 [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 4:43 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > > > Dear Barbara, > > Your father was an honorable man in his own right the way I see it. > > God bless you and yours, Vicki > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 4:04 PM > > Subject: Re: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > > > > > Hello, Joy, > > > > Many thanks for respondimg to my e mail, but I hope I didn't write it in > > such a way that I offended you - that is the last thing I wanted to do. >I > > think my frustration is purely personal - my poor old dad (his mother >was a > > Mary Anne Ford born in Paddington in London in 1889) was brought up in a > > very, very poor part of London and when he was 14, enlisted in the Army > > where he stayed until 1976 (a very long service), during which he was a > > Japanese Prisoner of War, a Korean POW, etc, but it seems so awful that >his > > life and family just seems to have vanished into space... > > > > I also kow that if if wasn't for the US, we probably wouldnt even have >the > > opportunity to go this farback. So please dont think that I am knocking > > the system - I just want my dad and his family to be recognised in some >way. > > > > Barbara > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > Date: 2006/01/15 Sun PM 07:27:45 GMT > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > > > > > Might I respond to the statement about all the Fords responses being >in > > > > > America. Those of us who live in America are endeavoring to trace our > > families > > > beyond and prior to being in America. We know how frustrating it must > > be to > > > receive only information from America. But... we are as interested in > > the > > > Fords in England and France or wherever they may have been. We just > > haven't > > > been able to trace our Fords to the point to get back in some cases to > > the > > > earliest ones in our country. But, we aren't giving up. Don't you. > > > > > > Some of us started at a later age, to try to discover all we could. > > It > > > takes time and lots of work, I've found and it is all worth it. I wish > > you luck > > > in finding your families. I am a Ford descendant so I understand the > > > frustration. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > Joy > > > > > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > > > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site >[email protected] > > > Teddy > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > > Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > > Teddy > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > > Teddy > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > > Teddy > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > >______________________________ >X-Message: #2 >Date: 17 Jan 2006 07:57:55 -0700 >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: George Ford >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >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/REX.2ACIB/3799.3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 > >Message Board Post: > >If you find out any more information let me know & I'll do the same. >Rita > >______________________________ >X-Message: #3 >Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:49:01 -0500 >From: "Webmaster" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK >Content-Type: text/plain; > format=flowed; > charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I might be willing to help you with creating a database, I have extensive >experience creating websites. My mother's Ford Family is included in a >searchable database on my site called Mercer Family History at >http://mercerfamilyhistory.com which is named in honor of my grandmother's >family. > >The unique thing about the software that I use for the site is that it can >be have multiple administrators setup and by using a username and password >system can be administered from any computer with internet access. > >The site uses PhpNuke as its core software and with several added module's >including TNG Genealogy Software. It has the features of adding document's, >personal or headstone (in a general photo album or individual album), a >forum, and a downloads section for documents (mine has some family tree's >and a DAR Book on my Ford Family in Acrobat Reader format) accessible by >members only. > >Each person has their own individual page that includes tabs for viewing >their Descendants and Ancestors in several different viewing options and >includes the ability to download a gedcom file for an individual by any >number of generations set by the administrator of the site. > >Take a look at the site and let me know if you think it would work. I went >ahead a captured a domain name called fordfamilydatabase.com in case there >is a interest in starting it up before I suggested this so it would be >available. > >The cost would be what it would cost me which would be $8.88 a year for the >domain, $29.00 for the Genealogy Software and right now I can obtain >hosting >for $15.00 per month for 5 GB (5,000 MB) and 100 GB (100,000 MB) per month >Data transfer. Future costs would be determined by the amount of bandwidth >and storage size the site requires. I can set up a PayPal account with a >link on the site for those wishing to contribute. > >Let me know what everyone thinks. > >Thanks >Charles A. Watkins >http://mercerfamilyhistory.com _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

<[email protected]> wrote: > It turns out Ellen's surname was SHANNON, not Luxford. The Cork Ireland > connection was right though. She and Charles FORD married 24th December 1865. > Any possible links, please get in touch! Our Charles FORD (b Hampshire) married in Donneraile CORK to Hannah/Honora/Anna MORGAN (b Donneraile) thirty years earlier in 1835. I would love to know what connection there was between the FORDs & CORK County. Charles was a soldier who consequently travelled where he was needed, including Tasmania, mostly taking his wife and increasing tribe of children with him. He & his wife settled after retirement in Woodend Victoria Australia. Frank Whillans, Melbourne Victoria.

The only one is the Civil War one that I know of, and I can lookup the Revolutionary war ones. I sent for alot of the Civil war ones, but don't know if any FORD's in my line was in one of those. -- Teddy List Mom for the Grayson Co Ky List, Brady, Vertrees, Ford, Fulkerson,and Commonwealth http://www.kygenweb.net/pd-res/deford.html -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Karen" <[email protected]> > Is there any kind of web site for pensions, or for prisoner of war people? > It seems like there would be somewhere. Good luck. > > -----Original Message----- > From: jvford5 [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 4:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > Dear Barbara, > Your father was an honorable man in his own right the way I see it. > God bless you and yours, Vicki > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 4:04 PM > Subject: Re: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > > Hello, Joy, > > Many thanks for respondimg to my e mail, but I hope I didn't write it in > such a way that I offended you - that is the last thing I wanted to do. I > think my frustration is purely personal - my poor old dad (his mother was a > Mary Anne Ford born in Paddington in London in 1889) was brought up in a > very, very poor part of London and when he was 14, enlisted in the Army > where he stayed until 1976 (a very long service), during which he was a > Japanese Prisoner of War, a Korean POW, etc, but it seems so awful that his > life and family just seems to have vanished into space... > > I also kow that if if wasn't for the US, we probably wouldnt even have the > opportunity to go this farback. So please dont think that I am knocking > the system - I just want my dad and his family to be recognised in some way. > > Barbara > > > > From: [email protected] > > Date: 2006/01/15 Sun PM 07:27:45 GMT > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > > > Might I respond to the statement about all the Fords responses being in > > > America. Those of us who live in America are endeavoring to trace our > families > > beyond and prior to being in America. We know how frustrating it must > be to > > receive only information from America. But... we are as interested in > the > > Fords in England and France or wherever they may have been. We just > haven't > > been able to trace our Fords to the point to get back in some cases to > the > > earliest ones in our country. But, we aren't giving up. Don't you. > > > > Some of us started at a later age, to try to discover all we could. > It > > takes time and lots of work, I've found and it is all worth it. I wish > you luck > > in finding your families. I am a Ford descendant so I understand the > > frustration. > > > > Sincerely, > > Joy > > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > > Teddy > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > Teddy > > ============================== > 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 > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > Teddy > > ============================== > 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 > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > Teddy > > ============================== > 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 >

I might be willing to help you with creating a database, I have extensive experience creating websites. My mother's Ford Family is included in a searchable database on my site called Mercer Family History at http://mercerfamilyhistory.com which is named in honor of my grandmother's family. The unique thing about the software that I use for the site is that it can be have multiple administrators setup and by using a username and password system can be administered from any computer with internet access. The site uses PhpNuke as its core software and with several added module's including TNG Genealogy Software. It has the features of adding document's, personal or headstone (in a general photo album or individual album), a forum, and a downloads section for documents (mine has some family tree's and a DAR Book on my Ford Family in Acrobat Reader format) accessible by members only. Each person has their own individual page that includes tabs for viewing their Descendants and Ancestors in several different viewing options and includes the ability to download a gedcom file for an individual by any number of generations set by the administrator of the site. Take a look at the site and let me know if you think it would work. I went ahead a captured a domain name called fordfamilydatabase.com in case there is a interest in starting it up before I suggested this so it would be available. The cost would be what it would cost me which would be $8.88 a year for the domain, $29.00 for the Genealogy Software and right now I can obtain hosting for $15.00 per month for 5 GB (5,000 MB) and 100 GB (100,000 MB) per month Data transfer. Future costs would be determined by the amount of bandwidth and storage size the site requires. I can set up a PayPal account with a link on the site for those wishing to contribute. Let me know what everyone thinks. Thanks Charles A. Watkins http://mercerfamilyhistory.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/rw/REX.2ACIB/3799.3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: If you find out any more information let me know & I'll do the same. Rita

Hello, Joy, Many thanks for respondimg to my e mail, but I hope I didn't write it in such a way that I offended you - that is the last thing I wanted to do. I think my frustration is purely personal - my poor old dad (his mother was a Mary Anne Ford born in Paddington in London in 1889) was brought up in a very, very poor part of London and when he was 14, enlisted in the Army where he stayed until 1976 (a very long service), during which he was a Japanese Prisoner of War, a Korean POW, etc, but it seems so awful that his life and family just seems to have vanished into space... I also kow that if if wasn't for the US, we probably wouldnt even have the opportunity to go this farback. So please dont think that I am knocking the system - I just want my dad and his family to be recognised in some way. Barbara > > From: [email protected] > Date: 2006/01/15 Sun PM 07:27:45 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > Might I respond to the statement about all the Fords responses being in > America. Those of us who live in America are endeavoring to trace our families > beyond and prior to being in America. We know how frustrating it must be to > receive only information from America. But... we are as interested in the > Fords in England and France or wherever they may have been. We just haven't > been able to trace our Fords to the point to get back in some cases to the > earliest ones in our country. But, we aren't giving up. Don't you. > > Some of us started at a later age, to try to discover all we could. It > takes time and lots of work, I've found and it is all worth it. I wish you luck > in finding your families. I am a Ford descendant so I understand the > frustration. > > Sincerely, > Joy > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > Teddy > > ============================== > 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 > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information

> Hello, Vickie, Many thanks for taking the trouble to respond to my e mail. I know that thanks to the US, we have such a great section of family history to share and I guess, as always its taking the Brits time to catch up. Anyway, it really would be super to find a link with the US. Once again, many thanks, Barbara > From: "jvford5" <[email protected]> > Date: 2006/01/15 Sun PM 04:26:50 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > Hello Jay, Barbara and Others Outside the USA, > Please understand that it's not because of lack of interest but lack of information. I've traced my Ford ancestors back to Thomas Ford/Elizabeth Dye (m.1794) when they were living in Charlotte VA. I have hunches that take me back 2 more generations but haven't any clue as to where they originally came from. I would love to tie in family histories with someone from abroad !! More than happy to share !! Sincerely, Vicki Ford in Virginia (USA) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: J.D. Jay Ford > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 11:05 AM > Subject: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > > Hi Barbara > I too am frustrated by the lack of Ford history that is not > American. The atitude/lack of interest, seems to be that no Ford's > existed before the Mayflower landed at Plymouth, or emigrated since > then.. I am sure that there is some information about landings etc, but > a distinct reluctence to share. > > Good Luck > > Jay Ford > Ontario Canada > > [email protected] wrote: > > >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/REX.2ACIB/3281.1.1 > > > >Message Board Post: > > > >Im sorry Im not replying with the information you asked for, but Im intrigued by the Ford family in Middlesex. My grandmother, Mary Anne Ford, was born in 1889 and was the daughter of Edward Ford, a French Polisher and Hannah (?), and I wondered if she was of your line. Forgive me for asking, but I, too, joined the Ford family request line, but all they seem to come back with are American Fords. As I have been looking for for info about Mary Ann (aka Polly), I hoped you dont mind my asking. > > > >Regards, > > > >Barbara > > > > > >==== FORD Mailing List ==== > >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > >Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > >Teddy > > > >============================== > >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > Teddy > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > Teddy > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information

Hello, Jay, So nice of you to reply to my e mail. Thank you very much. As the system originated from the US, I guess we've got a lot of catching up to do, thereby the lack of response from us Brits. Please don't take my remarks adversely. I do get frustrated about the UK lack of response. When you mention the Mayflower - may I please tell you that the other half of my families, the Tooley family from Lincolnshire (Boston, to be precise) were instrumental in teh perception of the Mayflower project, Im very proud to say - after suffering many years of injustices from parliment here, including a John Tooley who was hung, drawn and quartered from preaching against the English hierarchy. Many, many years ago, but Im proud of them just the same. By this you will perhaps think that I have a lot of prejudice, I haven't - it just makes family history so fascinating, especially as those genes are part of me and mine. Once again, many thanks, Lovely to hear from you, Barbara "J.D. Jay Ford" <[email protected]> > Date: 2006/01/15 Sun PM 04:05:48 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > Hi Barbara > I too am frustrated by the lack of Ford history that is not > American. The atitude/lack of interest, seems to be that no Ford's > existed before the Mayflower landed at Plymouth, or emigrated since > then.. I am sure that there is some information about landings etc, but > a distinct reluctence to share. > > Good Luck > > Jay Ford > Ontario Canada > > [email protected] wrote: > > >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/REX.2ACIB/3281.1.1 > > > >Message Board Post: > > > >Im sorry Im not replying with the information you asked for, but Im intrigued by the Ford family in Middlesex. My grandmother, Mary Anne Ford, was born in 1889 and was the daughter of Edward Ford, a French Polisher and Hannah (?), and I wondered if she was of your line. Forgive me for asking, but I, too, joined the Ford family request line, but all they seem to come back with are American Fords. As I have been looking for for info about Mary Ann (aka Polly), I hoped you dont mind my asking. > > > >Regards, > > > >Barbara > > > > > >==== FORD Mailing List ==== > >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > >Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > >Teddy > > > >============================== > >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > Teddy > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information

In a message dated 1/16/06 6:37:04 PM, [email protected] writes: > I second the motion Ted, that sounds like a great idea! Kind of like a > puzzle piece storehouse where we could all share pieces of information to create > a larger picture ! It would also be lovely to share our resource tools, > website links, local libraries that we frequent. I would be more than happy to lo > Vicki, thanks for the thought. I am too old for any computer skills (other than typing), but I will make copies of any thoughts I get on this matter, collect them together, and pass them on to a young friend in England that I worked with over here in the US years back. He has all the needed skills and he might determine that it might even be an profitable venture as so many people would only have to contribute a small amount I would expect. So if any others out there have any thoughts on a centralized data base please pass them on through the web site to me and I'll pull them together. Ted Ford

I second the motion Ted, that sounds like a great idea! Kind of like a puzzle piece storehouse where we could all share pieces of information to create a larger picture ! It would also be lovely to share our resource tools, website links, local libraries that we frequent. I would be more than happy to look up information at my library for anybody on this list when I go. I'm sure others would be willing to do the same. If we had a list of website links to these libraries we could see what they had to offer then request the person who supplied the link to look in a particular book for the information that we need. And who knows?? The information that we need may be the same as what they are looking for. I'm sorry that I don't have the computer know-how to do this but I sure hope that someone out there does and steps up to the plate. Willing to work with ya, Vicki Ford ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK Sounds like a data base could be created in the UK that all of us (UK and US) could enter with our found names, dobs, marriage, deaths, etc. If all in the FORD-L rootsweb.com could have access to enter and analyze it could be a great genalogical base for many of us. Who of you has the computer know how and willingness to get that going? Edward (Ted) Ford ==== FORD Mailing List ==== http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] Teddy ============================== 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

Is there any kind of web site for pensions, or for prisoner of war people? It seems like there would be somewhere. Good luck. -----Original Message----- From: jvford5 [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 4:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK Dear Barbara, Your father was an honorable man in his own right the way I see it. God bless you and yours, Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 4:04 PM Subject: Re: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK Hello, Joy, Many thanks for respondimg to my e mail, but I hope I didn't write it in such a way that I offended you - that is the last thing I wanted to do. I think my frustration is purely personal - my poor old dad (his mother was a Mary Anne Ford born in Paddington in London in 1889) was brought up in a very, very poor part of London and when he was 14, enlisted in the Army where he stayed until 1976 (a very long service), during which he was a Japanese Prisoner of War, a Korean POW, etc, but it seems so awful that his life and family just seems to have vanished into space... I also kow that if if wasn't for the US, we probably wouldnt even have the opportunity to go this farback. So please dont think that I am knocking the system - I just want my dad and his family to be recognised in some way. Barbara > > From: [email protected] > Date: 2006/01/15 Sun PM 07:27:45 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > Might I respond to the statement about all the Fords responses being in > America. Those of us who live in America are endeavoring to trace our families > beyond and prior to being in America. We know how frustrating it must be to > receive only information from America. But... we are as interested in the > Fords in England and France or wherever they may have been. We just haven't > been able to trace our Fords to the point to get back in some cases to the > earliest ones in our country. But, we aren't giving up. Don't you. > > Some of us started at a later age, to try to discover all we could. It > takes time and lots of work, I've found and it is all worth it. I wish you luck > in finding your families. I am a Ford descendant so I understand the > frustration. > > Sincerely, > Joy > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > Teddy > > ============================== > 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 > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information ==== FORD Mailing List ==== http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] Teddy ============================== 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 ==== FORD Mailing List ==== http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] Teddy ============================== 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

Sounds like a data base could be created in the UK that all of us (UK and US) could enter with our found names, dobs, marriage, deaths, etc. If all in the FORD-L rootsweb.com could have access to enter and analyze it could be a great genalogical base for many of us. Who of you has the computer know how and willingness to get that going? Edward (Ted) Ford

Hi there FORDS all over the world, I don't think there is any bias on the message board towards the USA but apparently more a lack of genealogical interest from the UK, or perhaps the sources in the UK are so good that the use of the message board is not so necessary, but it is disappointing not seeing many enquiries from our shores. My 'brick wall' lays with my grandparents, George Ford born Bristol c1863 and Elizabeth Clayton born Worcester c1870. but having posted enquiries on the Ford message board and the Worcester board neither raised a reply, but I keep subscribing in the hope that something will appear. I must say that some fascinating info appears from the States, even though I probably have no links. Gordon Ford (Hampshire) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 4:53 PM Subject: RE: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > I'd like to say I agree with you Jay. It really isn't lack of interest. > I > am new to the Ford list and find I have very little information to offer. > It seems a lot of what I have been told are from the 1600-1800's and that > is > very limited. I would love to learn more about them no matter where they > live. > > Thomas and Esther Foord had a son William b between 1640 and 1680. He > had > 4 children: William, John, Esther and Thomas who died in Middlesex, New > Jersey, US abt 1787. That Thomas and his wife Ann had 3 children that I > know of: Martha, Stephen and Margaret. Martha is my line. She was born > in > NY and probably died in or near Burlington Co., New Jersey. She married a > Richard Appleton who died there in 1799. She may have remarried? Or she > may have died before he did? I really would love to know more about them. > Seems like the spelled their name Foord also. > > I also have two other "Ford" people that I can't connect to any parents: > Bathsheba who married a Sherman 91700's) and a Michael Ford who marred a > Hatch in the late 1600- or early 1700's. They were all in the US also. > > I would appreciate any help. > > -----Original Message----- > From: jvford5 [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 11:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > Hello Jay, Barbara and Others Outside the USA, > Please understand that it's not because of lack of interest but lack of > information. I've traced my Ford ancestors back to Thomas Ford/Elizabeth > Dye > (m.1794) when they were living in Charlotte VA. I have hunches that take > me > back 2 more generations but haven't any clue as to where they originally > came from. I would love to tie in family histories with someone from > abroad > !! More than happy to share !! Sincerely, Vicki Ford in Virginia (USA) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: J.D. Jay Ford > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 11:05 AM > Subject: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > > Hi Barbara > I too am frustrated by the lack of Ford history that is not > American. The atitude/lack of interest, seems to be that no Ford's > existed before the Mayflower landed at Plymouth, or emigrated since > then.. I am sure that there is some information about landings etc, but > a distinct reluctence to share. > > Good Luck > > Jay Ford > Ontario Canada > > [email protected] wrote: > > >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/REX.2ACIB/3281.1.1 > > > >Message Board Post: > > > >Im sorry Im not replying with the information you asked for, but Im > intrigued by the Ford family in Middlesex. My grandmother, Mary Anne > Ford, > was born in 1889 and was the daughter of Edward Ford, a French Polisher > and > Hannah (?), and I wondered if she was of your line. Forgive me for > asking, > but I, too, joined the Ford family request line, but all they seem to come > back with are American Fords. As I have been looking for for info about > Mary Ann (aka Polly), I hoped you dont mind my asking. > > > >Regards, > > > >Barbara > > > > > >==== FORD Mailing List ==== > >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > >Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > >Teddy > > > >============================== > >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > Teddy > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > Teddy > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > Teddy > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Dear Barbara, Your father was an honorable man in his own right the way I see it. God bless you and yours, Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 4:04 PM Subject: Re: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK Hello, Joy, Many thanks for respondimg to my e mail, but I hope I didn't write it in such a way that I offended you - that is the last thing I wanted to do. I think my frustration is purely personal - my poor old dad (his mother was a Mary Anne Ford born in Paddington in London in 1889) was brought up in a very, very poor part of London and when he was 14, enlisted in the Army where he stayed until 1976 (a very long service), during which he was a Japanese Prisoner of War, a Korean POW, etc, but it seems so awful that his life and family just seems to have vanished into space... I also kow that if if wasn't for the US, we probably wouldnt even have the opportunity to go this farback. So please dont think that I am knocking the system - I just want my dad and his family to be recognised in some way. Barbara > > From: [email protected] > Date: 2006/01/15 Sun PM 07:27:45 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > Might I respond to the statement about all the Fords responses being in > America. Those of us who live in America are endeavoring to trace our families > beyond and prior to being in America. We know how frustrating it must be to > receive only information from America. But... we are as interested in the > Fords in England and France or wherever they may have been. We just haven't > been able to trace our Fords to the point to get back in some cases to the > earliest ones in our country. But, we aren't giving up. Don't you. > > Some of us started at a later age, to try to discover all we could. It > takes time and lots of work, I've found and it is all worth it. I wish you luck > in finding your families. I am a Ford descendant so I understand the > frustration. > > Sincerely, > Joy > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > Teddy > > ============================== > 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 > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information ==== FORD Mailing List ==== http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] Teddy ============================== 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