Looking for help with my French family.. My grandfather, Chester Waterman French.... b. 8-16-1916 Athol, MA d. 4-28-88 Athol, MA Frank Paul Newman French ....b. 10-26-1986 Boston, MA d. 3-5-1955 Athol, MA Dexter Waterman French....b. 6-23-1946 Phillips, Franklin, ME d. 5-6-1893 Boston, MA (buried in Phillips,ME) Newman French............ b. 5-2-1818 Phillips, Franklin, ME d. 11-20-1861 Port Royal, SC (Civil War) Nehemiah French............. b.9-25-1785 Winthrop,Kennebec, ME (Reedfield, ME) d. 7-5-1857 Phillips, ME John? I seem to have come up against a brick wall for a very long time.any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Laura

I'm a lone voice calling out in the Ohio wilderness looking for Lawrence County and Jackson County Ohio French's Jeremiah French wife Lydia Smith French and many children Anyone please Judie JULIAFWOOD@aol.com wrote: Betty, do you have a male representive of your French line in the DNA testing? If not, it would be good to do it to prove which is your line. Julia French Wood http://small-stuff.com/FRENCH/DNA/ In a message dated 1/24/2007 1:38:12 PM Central Standard Time, betbrew4@fuse.net writes: Hi Mara, I'm pretty sure this Thomas French is my line. Samuel French who married Esther Sooy from Little Egg Harbor NJ are my gggreatgrandparents. Just wanted to be sure this is my line, before I try to purchase "The Descendants of Thomas French. Thanks, Betty ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FRENCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Radio Air America nears sale to group led by the French family Air America radio's parent company may have found a new rescuer: the French family of Westchester County, N.Y., which owns New York City- area television concern WRNN. A consortium of investors led by the French family is on the verge of signing a deal to purchase the assets of Piquant LLC, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York in October, according to people familiar with the situation. Any agreement would need to be approved by the bankruptcy court. If the deal doesn't go through, it increases the likelihood that Piquant could face imminent liquidation. Source: Sarah McBride. The Wall Street Journal Online

Shirley, I believe your line is not from this Thomas French. Since the book was written in about 1910, it deals mostly with England and New Jersey and not much if any on Ohio. Mara On Jan 24, 2007, at 10:01 AM, Shirley Gackenheimer wrote: > Hello, > I have been working on the French family and seen on the French web > site > that the Thomas French Vol. 1 & 2 can be purchased anywhere. Would > you > tell me where I can purchase these vol's. > My mother was French, daughter of Richard French and Annie VanDyne. > Thank You > Shirley Gackenheimer > sdgaceknheimer@rtcol.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FRENCH- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Sorry about that Dave, but I think adoption and marriage are the only two occasions that allow one to select their relatives. The Thomas French lineage is on line -- try a google search. I prefer the hardcopy. These 2 volumes are the best documented French family research available - an excellent example of what should be included when you published a book about your ancestors. j french -----Original Message----- >From: DAVE DARDINGER <dedmod@msn.com> >Sent: Jan 24, 2007 9:47 AM >To: french@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [FRENCH] French Family Association > >You can get it on a CD from GenealogyCDs.com . It's on their Burlington >County, NJ CD. It says 1352 pages in the description. Cost is only $19.95, >much cheaper than trying to find a paper version. It's too bad that there's >doubt that Aaron French b 1739 can't be proved to be connected to the Thomas >ffrenches despite the assumption in "Aaron French and his descendents". >It'd be nice for me to have all the people in the Thomas French books as >known relatives. The only drawback to these CDs is that they don't have >digital indexes to make it easy to move around. You have to sort of move >around by hand to figure out what's where. > >Dave Dardinger > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <betbrew4@fuse.net> >To: <french@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:55 AM >Subject: [FRENCH] French Family Association > > >> Hi Mara, >> I can't wait for all the charts to be put on-line. Thank you so much. Do >you know if "The Descendants of Thomas French Vol 1-2 can be purchased >anywhere? Thanks for all that you are doing to help all Frenches out. Betty >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >FRENCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message >> > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FRENCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Mara, Thank you again for all you are doing. I am still searching for parents and birthplaces of Titus French (1785-1865)and Betsey Thayer French (1797-1861) Hague,NY to Spafford/Tully,NY to Buchanan,MI. Rebecca -----Original Message----- From: french-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:french-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of betbrew4@fuse.net Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:55 AM To: french@rootsweb.com Subject: [FRENCH] French Family Association Hi Mara, I can't wait for all the charts to be put on-line. Thank you so much. Do you know if "The Descendants of Thomas French Vol 1-2 can be purchased anywhere? Thanks for all that you are doing to help all Frenches out. Betty ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FRENCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Mara, I can't wait for all the charts to be put on-line. Thank you so much. Do you know if "The Descendants of Thomas French Vol 1-2 can be purchased anywhere? Thanks for all that you are doing to help all Frenches out. Betty

Actually, looking more closely, I note that they've now made most all of their CDs searchable including the Burlington one, so it'd be even more useful. Dave Dardinger ----- Original Message ----- From: "DAVE DARDINGER" <dedmod@msn.com> To: <french@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [FRENCH] French Family Association > You can get it on a CD from GenealogyCDs.com . It's on their Burlington > County, NJ CD. It says 1352 pages in the description. Cost is only $19.95, > much cheaper than trying to find a paper version. It's too bad that there's > doubt that Aaron French b 1739 can't be proved to be connected to the Thomas > ffrenches despite the assumption in "Aaron French and his descendents". > It'd be nice for me to have all the people in the Thomas French books as > known relatives. The only drawback to these CDs is that they don't have > digital indexes to make it easy to move around. You have to sort of move > around by hand to figure out what's where. > > Dave Dardinger > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <betbrew4@fuse.net> > To: <french@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:55 AM > Subject: [FRENCH] French Family Association > > > > Hi Mara, > > I can't wait for all the charts to be put on-line. Thank you so much. Do > you know if "The Descendants of Thomas French Vol 1-2 can be purchased > anywhere? Thanks for all that you are doing to help all Frenches out. Betty > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FRENCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FRENCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hope you are enjoying your retirement. good news also that the publication French Association will soon be back . I have missed it. thanks for all the work you have done and will do. Marian (Jackson) Reeves, Vienna Va.

You can get it on a CD from GenealogyCDs.com . It's on their Burlington County, NJ CD. It says 1352 pages in the description. Cost is only $19.95, much cheaper than trying to find a paper version. It's too bad that there's doubt that Aaron French b 1739 can't be proved to be connected to the Thomas ffrenches despite the assumption in "Aaron French and his descendents". It'd be nice for me to have all the people in the Thomas French books as known relatives. The only drawback to these CDs is that they don't have digital indexes to make it easy to move around. You have to sort of move around by hand to figure out what's where. Dave Dardinger ----- Original Message ----- From: <betbrew4@fuse.net> To: <french@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:55 AM Subject: [FRENCH] French Family Association > Hi Mara, > I can't wait for all the charts to be put on-line. Thank you so much. Do you know if "The Descendants of Thomas French Vol 1-2 can be purchased anywhere? Thanks for all that you are doing to help all Frenches out. Betty > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FRENCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Good Morning, I would like to know if my Frences from Essex/Kent, England are included too... Best Wishes Pamela in Victoria, Australia Sue Renkert writes: > Hello ~ > > I would like to know more about the French Family Association and their > charts. > > How san I find out if my Frenches are included? > > Thanks, > > Sue > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <skoff@comcast.net> > To: <french@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 3:09 PM > Subject: Re: [FRENCH] Philip French > > >>But then I received a copy of the French Family Association Chart #31, and > similar information was listed on that chart as follows: >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FRENCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Pamela nee NICHOLLS Researching - Cornwall: Courtis, Kneebone, Nicholls, Rundle, Searle, Williams Essex: French Kent: Drowley, French, Greenhead, Lepard, Ongley Somerset: Hodges, Lax, Nicholls, Wilkinson, Yorkshire: Bishop, Holmes Ireland: Clulow Scotland: Black, Johnston, Mowbray, Wedderburn China: Oseen [Ah Sing?] ??? McIntyre [WW1 deceased France], Vaughan [military] Australia

Rebecca, I'm mostly working on getting the website up, so I'll let the French List respond to your query. Thanks, Mara On Jan 24, 2007, at 7:09 AM, Rebecca Siciliano wrote: > Mara, > Thank you again for all you are doing. > I am still searching for parents and birthplaces of Titus French > (1785-1865)and Betsey Thayer French (1797-1861) Hague,NY to > Spafford/Tully,NY to Buchanan,MI. > Rebecca > > -----Original Message----- > From: french-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:french- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of betbrew4@fuse.net > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:55 AM > To: french@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FRENCH] French Family Association > > Hi Mara, > I can't wait for all the charts to be put on-line. Thank you so > much. Do you > know if "The Descendants of Thomas French Vol 1-2 can be purchased > anywhere? > Thanks for all that you are doing to help all Frenches out. Betty > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FRENCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FRENCH- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

I assume you mean the Thomas French from NJ which is Chart #20. Here is the "old" information I have on it: Order through Ms. Iris Watson, Higginson Book Company, 148 Washington Street, Salem, MA 01970, Tel: 508-745-7170, FAX: 508-745-8025. Add $10.00 more for each hardcover. 5% sales tax for Massachusetts residents if ordering through Higginson. Shipping and Handling: Add $2.50 for 1st book, $1.00 for each additional book. Please allow up to eight weeks for delivery. For hardcover books, add an additional two weeks. On Jan 24, 2007, at 6:55 AM, <betbrew4@fuse.net> wrote: > Hi Mara, > I can't wait for all the charts to be put on-line. Thank you so > much. Do you know if "The Descendants of Thomas French Vol 1-2 can > be purchased anywhere? Thanks for all that you are doing to help > all Frenches out. Betty > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FRENCH- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Mara: Have you issued a Chart #31 since Nov 1994? That is the last one I have and wonder if there is another out since then. Shirley S.

Mara, do you have any of the FFA charts on line. I haven't seen any and I would love to see them. Rebecca

Maxine, this is chart #161 which I haven't worked on in sometime. Please be patient -- I'm retired now and hope it will be a fun project to put all the FFA charts online. Mara On Jan 23, 2007, at 5:20 PM, Will wrote: > Mara; > I used to get your newsletter setc. in 1990's. I believe I sent > you my 2nd grt > grandmother's picture but if not I will. Let me know. > She was Cassandra French b in 1797, ( my memory just now.) I > also have pages > from the Brannan Bible where she wrote all names and vitals at 2 > diff. times in > her 95 yr. life. I have not found her parents as yet. I found her > 1st spouse name > was William Davis(* no more on him). They mar. abt 1811 unk where > but may been > Dearborn ( or maybe Franklin) Co.'s Ind. > She had 2 sons, Joshua b abt. June/July 1812, John b Dec. 1813 > Dearborn Co. Ind. > It has been established that they must have divorced with William > taking these > boys as they are not on her 1820 census with her and new Spouse, > Moses Brannon > ( an). They mar. in Franklin Co. Ind. and lived in Dearborn C0. Ind. > She mar under this name, > Keziah Davis in Apr. 1818 in Franklin Co. Ind. It is believed that > the Court > House was closer where they were living in Franklin Co. than in > Dearborn Co at > that early time period.. > I have not found William on any census but he is listed as > Joshua's father in a > Court Record of `1824/1826, ( memory) when Joshua was bound to a > person with > last name of Guard > ( as I read it) as he was called an orphan. Unk. why because his > mother, > Cassandra was still living in Dearborn Co. Ind. at this time. It > may been that > William had died??? > The Brannan's left Dearborn and went to Jackson Co. Ind. by 1830 > as a son there > in 1830. > Both these boys were also in Jackson Co after 1829 as listed in > mar. Paper's > there. several John Davis, listed unk which if 1 is this one. > They both > worked on River Boats most of life.. > I found that they also may been after 1830 in Bartholomew Co. Ind. > as John may > have mar. there??? I also found John in 1861 as mar to a widow > with last name of > Christy. > Some of this I found after last contact with you ref; to > Cassandra . She died in > Tama, Tama Co. Iowa in 1890 and I have a copy of her funeral > notice. They in > Kozsta,. Also moved from Jackson Co to Iowa Co, ( Marengo), Iowa > in abt 1852. > Her picture is oval in a frame and she is wearing a white night cap > lookingas if > she has lost her hair and also her teeth. May been in early 90's as > d. at 95 yr.s > in 1890. > Maxine ( was Westerfield) now WILTON.. Cassandra and Moses > were my 2nd grt > grandparents. I think name of KEZIAH is as spelled for a > male's name. Unk > why she took it when she mar to Moses Brannan. Maybe she was > given that > spelling when born as maybe that was her birth given name. Unk. > I still have not found who her parents were. Nor if they were in > Dearborn also. > There was a French family in Green Co. Tn as Moses was born there > and maybe that > is how she knew the Brannan's. Unk why the divorce from William. > No proof other > that, no boys with her in 1820 census and fact that William must > have d. by > 1824/26 when court item in Dearborn calling Joshua an Orphan. I > am wondering > if the Brannan family came to Dearborn and her family also and she > met up with > Moses and William found them together and took boys and left > Iamstill at same > address as was in 1990's. last name changed to WILTON. > Maxine Wilton > P O Box 0177 > Roy Wash. 98580-0177 > willma@sprynet.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mara French" <marafrench@mindspring.com> > To: <french@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:31 PM > Subject: Re: [FRENCH] French Family Association > > >> Hi Sue, >> >> I'm working on Chart #31 right now and will post it to the FFA >> website. I'll let the French List know when that is done. I'm just >> picking charts at random to translate from the Adobe FrameMaker >> desktop publishing program which they are in now (this program >> no longer exists) into a web html format. Since there are 180+ >> charts, >> this process will take awhile, but I'll announce everytime I add a >> chart. Thank you for your patience. >> >> Mara French >> http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA >> >> >> On Jan 23, 2007, at 12:48 PM, Sue Renkert wrote: >> >>> Hello ~ >>> >>> I would like to know more about the French Family Association and >>> their >>> charts. >>> >>> How san I find out if my Frenches are included? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Sue >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <skoff@comcast.net> >>> To: <french@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 3:09 PM >>> Subject: Re: [FRENCH] Philip French >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FRENCH- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

1994 was the last edition. The next will be Feb 2007. Mara On Jan 23, 2007, at 8:07 PM, SSCOTT736@aol.com wrote: > Mara: > > Have you issued a Chart #31 since Nov 1994? That is the last one > I have and > wonder if there is another out since then. > Shirley S. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FRENCH- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

No, they are not online yet, but Chart #31 will be online very soon. Others will follow. Mara On Jan 23, 2007, at 7:48 PM, RoseOmbre@aol.com wrote: > Mara, do you have any of the FFA charts on line. I haven't seen any > and I > would love to see them. > > Rebecca > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FRENCH- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

I have a George Will French, born ca 1833-1834 in New York, died 4/8/1865 at Annapolis, MD - a Civil War POW. He was married to Mary A. (Unknown) who was born 1/8/1839 in New York and died 8/28/1898. Will & Mary were married prior to his 8/4/1862 enlistment, when they were residing at McHenry, Illinois. He served in Company F, 95th Infantry Regiment Illinois. Their children included Charles Byron French (born 5-1-1859 in Fayette, Wisconsin) and Nellie French. Does anyone have any additional infomation on this family? Does anyone have a New York French family that he might fit into? Thanks, Sue

Mara; I used to get your newsletter setc. in 1990's. I believe I sent you my 2nd grt grandmother's picture but if not I will. Let me know. She was Cassandra French b in 1797, ( my memory just now.) I also have pages from the Brannan Bible where she wrote all names and vitals at 2 diff. times in her 95 yr. life. I have not found her parents as yet. I found her 1st spouse name was William Davis(* no more on him). They mar. abt 1811 unk where but may been Dearborn ( or maybe Franklin) Co.'s Ind. She had 2 sons, Joshua b abt. June/July 1812, John b Dec. 1813 Dearborn Co. Ind. It has been established that they must have divorced with William taking these boys as they are not on her 1820 census with her and new Spouse, Moses Brannon ( an). They mar. in Franklin Co. Ind. and lived in Dearborn C0. Ind. She mar under this name, Keziah Davis in Apr. 1818 in Franklin Co. Ind. It is believed that the Court House was closer where they were living in Franklin Co. than in Dearborn Co at that early time period.. I have not found William on any census but he is listed as Joshua's father in a Court Record of `1824/1826, ( memory) when Joshua was bound to a person with last name of Guard ( as I read it) as he was called an orphan. Unk. why because his mother, Cassandra was still living in Dearborn Co. Ind. at this time. It may been that William had died??? The Brannan's left Dearborn and went to Jackson Co. Ind. by 1830 as a son there in 1830. Both these boys were also in Jackson Co after 1829 as listed in mar. Paper's there. several John Davis, listed unk which if 1 is this one. They both worked on River Boats most of life.. I found that they also may been after 1830 in Bartholomew Co. Ind. as John may have mar. there??? I also found John in 1861 as mar to a widow with last name of Christy. Some of this I found after last contact with you ref; to Cassandra . She died in Tama, Tama Co. Iowa in 1890 and I have a copy of her funeral notice. They in Kozsta,. Also moved from Jackson Co to Iowa Co, ( Marengo), Iowa in abt 1852. Her picture is oval in a frame and she is wearing a white night cap lookingas if she has lost her hair and also her teeth. May been in early 90's as d. at 95 yr.s in 1890. Maxine ( was Westerfield) now WILTON.. Cassandra and Moses were my 2nd grt grandparents. I think name of KEZIAH is as spelled for a male's name. Unk why she took it when she mar to Moses Brannan. Maybe she was given that spelling when born as maybe that was her birth given name. Unk. I still have not found who her parents were. Nor if they were in Dearborn also. There was a French family in Green Co. Tn as Moses was born there and maybe that is how she knew the Brannan's. Unk why the divorce from William. No proof other that, no boys with her in 1820 census and fact that William must have d. by 1824/26 when court item in Dearborn calling Joshua an Orphan. I am wondering if the Brannan family came to Dearborn and her family also and she met up with Moses and William found them together and took boys and left Iamstill at same address as was in 1990's. last name changed to WILTON. Maxine Wilton P O Box 0177 Roy Wash. 98580-0177 willma@sprynet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mara French" <marafrench@mindspring.com> To: <french@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [FRENCH] French Family Association > Hi Sue, > > I'm working on Chart #31 right now and will post it to the FFA > website. I'll let the French List know when that is done. I'm just > picking charts at random to translate from the Adobe FrameMaker > desktop publishing program which they are in now (this program > no longer exists) into a web html format. Since there are 180+ charts, > this process will take awhile, but I'll announce everytime I add a > chart. Thank you for your patience. > > Mara French > http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA > > > On Jan 23, 2007, at 12:48 PM, Sue Renkert wrote: > >> Hello ~ >> >> I would like to know more about the French Family Association and >> their >> charts. >> >> How san I find out if my Frenches are included? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Sue >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <skoff@comcast.net> >> To: <french@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 3:09 PM >> Subject: Re: [FRENCH] Philip French > >