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/kFX.2ACEB/15.41.45 Message Board Post: HELLO, MY NAME IS JOSEF FRANCOIS,I NEVER MARRIED ,OR DID I HAVE CHILDREN

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/kFX.2ACEB/16.21 Message Board Post: hello, i dont recall my name was eugene,my name was MY NAME IS JOSEF FRANCOIS-FORTUNE-SWIZER

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/kFX.2ACEB/18.27 Message Board Post: hello, his name is earl spencer,and ida marie,my name is edmond

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/kFX.2ACEB/33.1.1 Message Board Post: hello, well you have the wrong one ,because i had no children my name is emmett though

Thank you all very much for your suggestions and leads. Happy searching! William "Bill" Barff

I'm interested in the following surnames Barclay Williams Barff Adams Chilton Darnell/Darnall Dodson/Dotson Haney/Heaney Duvall Evans Francois Grover Hanthron Heatherington Inman Keane/Kane/King Mann Larsen Lovelace/Loveless Merrill Nickens Pace Moss Powell Pruitt Ramsdell Tripp Wiggin(s) Tingler Pincock I would appreciate hearing from anyone with similar interest. And thank you for your time. William "Bill" Barff

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kFX.2ACEB/67 Message Board Post: Francois Jean Louis né à St Domingue décédé en Louisiane Signataire de l'acte d'indépendance d'Haiti

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/kFX.2ACEB/66 Message Board Post: Please visit the link below to view photographs of the Francois, Warren and Buck Families of Clinton Co., Illinois; Robertson Co, Tennessee; Wright Co, Missouri and Polk Co., Missouri. I bought these photos at an estate sale, thus saving them from a destined trip to the dumpster. http://home.attbi.com/%7Edreanna/rescuebrowse.html Photos include: Schofield School children, 1910-1915, including: Bee Berry, Roscoe Viles, Pudgy P., Cliff Porter, Nellie Buck, Marie Buck, Lina P., Lola P., Clara, Maud M., Hupert or Huper?, Elna Viles, Zona, Veva, Josie, Amy V., Jessie Berry, Dasha Von, Ormand Porter or Potter, Guy Cowden, Jess LeJeune Earl Buck Florence Eidson Buck Leland Buck Nellie Buck Francois Marie Buck Agee Juanita Buck Agnes Higgenbotham Louis Alexander Francois Mary Clementine Sears Francois James Alexander Francois Zula Warren Francois Louis Julius Francois Lillie Warren Francois Calvin Francois Mary Sears Francois Winnie Francois Velma Francois Vernie Clark Francois Harold Calvin Francois Doris Francois Bonnie Francois Peter Francois Dorothy Agee Vena Warren Riley Warren Lewis A. Warren Nancy Brown Warren Bertie Warren Winnie Warren Jackson Warren Winneford "Winnie" Shaw Warren Among others I’m posting this in several places, so please excuse multiple posts.

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/kFX.2ACEB/63.1 Message Board Post: Bonjour Maurice Si vous comprenez le francais, j'ai des nouvelles pour vous. Contactez-moi <[email protected]>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mathews, Dixon Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/kFX.2ACEB/65.1 Message Board Post: What religion was Harvey Mathews and Ida Mathews Francois? Where and what years did Harvey Mathews and Irma Francois, Ida Mathews and Ernest Francois, get married? Where can I find a copy of their marriage licenses? Email me at [email protected] Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mathews, Dixon Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kFX.2ACEB/65 Message Board Post: I am seeking information on Harvey Mathews who was married to Irma Francois and his sister Ida Mathews who was married to Irma's brother Ernest Francois. Thank you.

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/kFX.2ACEB/64 Message Board Post: Looking for info about Stephan Francois and family who came from Haute Saone to NYC in the 1820's. From there he went to OH. I have found his children in OH, IN, Ill, TX, and CA.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Francois, Tousignant, Lepage Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFX.2ACEB/63 Message Board Post: Looking for the parents of Louis Lepage who married Madeleine Boyer Feb. 2, 1735 in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Province of Quebec. According to the parish register I consulted, his parents were Pierre Lepage and Madeleine Tousignant. Various unverified sources suggest they married circa 1702, location unknown; and that his grandfather was Pierre Lefrancois dit Lepage whose marriage to Madeleine Gaumond on Aug. 16, 1670 in Quebec City I found in the register of that parish. Other unverified sources suggest his father's name was Louis Francois. Would very much love to find the record of the mariage of his parents. Any help much appreciated.

Even though most of you have heard of these guys and know to ignore them, there are people who need to be informed. This company does change their scam name name every few years. Forward copied below. ************************************************ This is from the USGenWeb Organization. There is an organization called Family Discovery that is a scam. They charge people to subscribe to their genealogy web services and then link to the files in the USGenWeb that are free for anyone to access. This is forwarded by permission: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 12:47:19 -0800 (PST) > From: Joy Fisher <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] FamilyDiscovery is up to old tricks > Resent-Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 13:47:12 -0700 > Resent-From: [email protected] > > Hi Everyone: > > The old genealogy scam is back. www.genseekers.com > > Behind the password protection are links to the free > genealogy on-line. There is no content of their own. > > In order to get the "5-day free trial" you have to > surrender a credit card or bank account number. You > have to cancel within 5 days or you get dinged. Guess > what? The cancellation e-mail bounces. Does this > surprise you? > > One person who recently fell for the come-on had > his/her account dinged not once, but twice. > > It is time to remind folks on your state and county > mailing lists about these scoundrels. It has been a > couple of years since we have mentioned this. > > Permission is granted to pass this on. > > ______________________________

Hi everyone, My name is Maurice LeBlanc and I am the new list admin. How did I get here? I was doing some research for a relative the other day, a descendant of Pierre Lefrancois dit Lepage, which brought me to the orphaned FRANCOIS Message Board at Rootsweb. I noticed that the LEFRANCOIS and LEPAGE boards were also orphans. I'm a firm believer in the principle of mutual assistance, and from experience I have learned that one will learn more if one participates, however sporadically. While there is nothing wrong in simply lurking, if you're active you will generally benefit more. So in this spirit I adopted all 3 boards and this mailing list which is gatewayed to the FRANCOIS board. I'll see what can be done at Rootsweb to link this list with the LEFRANCOIS board as well since that small board does not have its own list and I don't feel a separate list is needed. Please write me privately if you have an opinion on this subject. I'm new to list administration, so you may have to bear with me if you have problems with lost messages, etc. I can only promise to do my best as soon as possible. I'd like to try something new here. If all goes well, and everyone behaves, we will do it some more on various occassions. The time and duration to be announced ahead of time. From today until March 8, you may make posts to the list telling us about yourself. The list will not be turned into a free for all biography list for any other time than these 2 weeks. Also, please do not post these biographies to the message boards, just this list. The message boards are for genealogy only, and I don't wish to have to delete any off-topic posts to clean them up. *** I ask that you put in the subject line:-) "My Biography". This is very important! This way those who do not care to read them may delete unread if they choose. Of course regular queries and answers are allowed at all times. If this works out and everyone behaves:-). We will do this again on other occasions. I'd like them to be special occasions. Feel free during the course of the year to write me privately ahead of time to inform me, so I can make a decision on them and post to the list if I agree. As I said, this will of course depend on how well this trial is received. I grew up an only child in Montreal, Quebec. My parents were from Western Canada, having moved to Montreal before I was born. My mother's parents immigrated to Saskatchewan from Brittany (France) some 5 years before the turn of the century. In my father's case, his family moved to Saskatchewan from the Eastern Townships when he was about 3 years of age. My dad's paternal ancestors were Acadian, and his maternal ancestors descend from Louis dit Parisien Dupuis, a "coureur des bois" who traded with the indians, and was eventually divorced by his wife in order to protect her own wealth. For my picture go to the "Links and Announcements" at the FRANCOIS Message Board. For more information on my ancestors, please go to my database at Rootsweb Worldconnect:-) http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=maurice_a_l I'm also hoping that some of our list members who do not usually post will participate, and in doing so feel more comfortable later making genealogical queries to our list. We are here to help each other and learn. I truly hope all of you stay with the list and continue to enjoy learning about our ancestors and their history. Thank you and don't forget that important subject line. Regards, Maurice PS:-) Portions of the above are taken from posts by Margy, the list mom for the ACADIAN-CAJUN message list of which I am also a member. Margy, I hope you don't mind my using your ideas without your prior permission. It has been said that imitation is often the best compliment.

-----Original Message----- From: Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 10:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] Post 1901 Census -- 1906 Census records released today Greetings All. "Genealogists, historians, and researchers across the country won a major victory today as Industry Minister Allan Rock announced the immediate release of the nominal records from the 1906 census. Ontario Senator Lorna Milne (Liberal -- Peel Region) welcomed the news." So reads the opening paragraph of a News Release issued today, 24 January 2003, by Senator Lorna Milne. The full text of Senator Milne's News Release, and other pertinent News Releases, can be found on the Post 1901 Census Project website at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census The announced release of the 1906 Special Census of the Western Provinces is indeed a major victory for genealogists and historians who have been actively campaigning for this for the past five years. It is felt that release of the 1906 Census will lead the way for the eventual release of the 1911 and subsequent Censuses of Canada. We are grateful to Industry Minister Allan Rock for recognizing what is right and proper, and doing what legally should have been done in 1998. We are pleased that the Minister has released the 1906 records in full, and without restrictions, on the same basis as 1901 and earlier records have been available. We are grateful also to MP Murray Calder, and especially to Senator Lorna Milne for the effort they have put in for us to reach this point in our campaign. We have won a major battle, but the war is not yet over. We have yet to deal with expected legislation that must ensure the orderly and continued release of Historic Census records, after the legislated period of closure. We expect that legislation to be brought down shortly after Parliament resumes sitting at the end of January. We trust Minister Rock, in drafting the legislation, to remember that what we seek is the same unrestricted access to records after, now 1906, that is currently available for records up to then. Check my latest column giving more details at http://globalgazette.net/gazce/gazce89.htm Happy Hunting. http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 1/21/03 ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Researcher, I'm dealing with the mountainous headache of reclaiming my life. Proving who I am is harder than one can imagine. A year later and I am no closer straightening out this mess. Lawyers fees have pushed me into bankruptcy. As this article mentions. This person lost their identity through a genealogy web site. The same with me. Please be careful! WW This is just one example of many i have found. http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/george/5828.asp http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/03/12/eveningnews/main503584.shtml Identity Thieves Get Online SALEM, Ore., March 12, 2002 (AP) "It's something you don't have to be a rocket scientist to do." Stephen Massey, convicted identity thief ID THEFT ON THE RISE (CBS) Identity theft has become an epidemic, with thieves surfing the Internet for public records and rifling through the garbage for names, records and receipts. CBS News Correspondent Jerry Bowen reports an estimated 750,000 victims a year are affected by the crime. The practice is as common in the newspaper police blotter now as old fashioned burglary, and no one is immune. Ben and Tracy Bales' 16-month-old son Tyler's identity was stolen after the boy died. Ben explains someone claimed Tyler as a dependent to get a $1,500 tax credit. The Baleses learned of the fraud only when the Internal Revenue Service rejected their tax return. It angers Ben that the Salem, Ore. couple had to bring a death certificate and other documents to the IRS as proof when, "The person that stole his identity didn't have to prove anything. But we had to prove that he was our child." The Baleses believe the thief got Tyler's information from a genealogy Web site, where he is still listed. Ironically, they still don't know who the person is, because the IRS protects the thief's identity. And then there's the story of Seattle resident Dawn Whitaker. Identity theft made her life a living hell. "I lost my life," she says. "I lost who I am because somebody else became me." As she has worked through piles of paperwork trying to clear her credit record, so far the thief has rung up about $5,000 in fraudulent checks and credit card charges. Along the way Whitaker made an amazing find: there was video from a record store of the person using her stolen credit card, twice in 20 minutes. But without a name for the face caught on tape, she says the police won't even look at it. "If I knew a name, we wouldn't be going through all this," she explains. Identity theft is a low priority for many police departments, and that's a big advantage for identity thief Stephen Massey. Though he is now in federal prison, he maintains, "it's something you don't have to be a rocket scientist to do." Massey ran up $400,000 in fraudulent credit card charges on the stolen identities of 800 victims. He says he got help from the credit card companies. He sees Web sites that allow you to apply for and receive credit card accounts online as "free money." "It's better than robbing a bank," he says. "But you're robbing a bank." © MMII, CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FRANCOIS, French Guinea, Louisiana & Texas Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kFX.2ACEB/62 Message Board Post: I am seeking any information on Emile FRANCOIS and family. The 1880 US Census, Travis County, Texas, list his name Emile, age 27, born Louisiana, both parents born French Guinea. Contact me at Daniel Camacho, 2210 Canterbury St, Austin, TX 78702-5615, (512) 476-9669, [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fransway, Racine Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kFX.2ACEB/61 Message Board Post: I am looking for any info on Margaret Fransway, married to Dorie Racine or Adelard Racine in Michigan in the 1940's. Thank you for any help!

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/kFX.2ACEB/1.32.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I am so happy to hear from you. I hope you can find something for me as of yet I still have very little. Thanks Debbie