Hello all! I just added 16 more ships to Firstmom's Genealogy Resources - Ship Passenger Lists, making that over 60 ship lists on the site now! And, one of the best additions, I added a search tool to the page! If using the search tool, keep in mind that names changed, were written/transcribed/heard incorrectly, so be sure to check for various spellings! If Plummer was written as Plumer, it won't show up on the search results...and so on. There are German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish ships included, plus links that will lead you to thousands more ship lists online, to search for free! http://khuish.tripod.com/ships.htm Good luck! And feel free to pass the above URL on to other lists, if the list administrator doesnt mind. Kathy PS. My NY Genealogy links page is still located at http://khuish.tripod.com/newyork.htm

Hunting for something else and found this page. Didn't know it existed, but perhaps it will help others. http://userdb.rootsweb.com/regional.html - Jacquie (USA, California - "home" is Union Co., Ohio)

FYI: The Adams County (PA) Historical Society in Gettysburg, PA has a wealth of info on congressman John Rice. He was born and raised and served from Adams County, PA. Good hunting, Kay in PA looking for BICKLEY & HAYNES from Oswego County N.Y. -- Genealogy without documentation is mythology!

Oops, sorry, as someone suggested, I should have added a place nameL it was Malta, Saratoga County. And Rod Davis in the same issue, suggested something for me to follow up on. Thanks, all! Jean

Hi, don't know if anyone can help me. My mother was born in Washington DC and adopted in Mineola, Nassau County. The adoption became final on February 3, 1032. Don't know if this is true, but I'm told that adoption records weren't sealed until 1936 and that her records might be available to look at or get a copy of. We already have what we believe was the birth mothers name and my mothers birth name. I'd like to verify this. All my life she's never been interested at all about this but now she would just like to know more. She doesn't want to meet anyone, but since she is not very healthy, all of a sudden she wants to know anything she can find out. She asked me to try to help. I've tried to figure out the adoption agency, the lawyers used, or anything. I'm hopeing that if I can get a copy of the court record this might answer some of these questions. Does anyone know how I would go about this? Since I don't live nearby, is anyone available to do a lookup? I'd be happy to pay for any copies you could get. If anyone thinks they can help me, please email me at [email protected] Thanks in advance for everyones assistance. joanne [email protected]

Hello, Someone on the MA List was just asking about "Washington Village." Out of curiousity, I put that into a search at www.google.com and I found this web site .. which offers a short description of the town of Washington, MA. It looks like there is quite a bit of information about "The Berkshires" here: http://www.berkshireweb.com/themap/index.html You don't see the Berkshire Mountains mentioned very often on the Lists, but it probably has "a history." .... Just went to look.. found these: http://www.pittsfieldweb.com/history/ http://www.berkshireweb.com/themap/greatbarrington/history/ http://www.berkshireweb.com/themap/stockbridge/history/ http://www.lenox.org/history.html http://www.villagebeautiful.com/history/ http://home.att.net/~Local_History/MA-Berkshire-Co.htm Note: There is both a Washington, MA, and a Mount Washington, MA. See below: http://www.virtualcities.com/ons/ma/x/as/maxb0a35.htm and .... visiting the mountains... in general .... http://www.mtn-guide.com/sumovu.cfm/ma101.htm Have fun ... Betty (near Lowell, MA)

RLCMA = perhaps Round Lake Camp Meeting Association -- Round Lake being in Saratoga County, NY. See: http://www.roundlakevillage.org/records.php -- Regards, Rod Dav4is / P.O. Box 118 / Hyde Park, NY 12538 / USA Genealogy, et Cetera: http://dav4is.8m.com 298 ancestral & collateral families, mostly 17th-19th century New England & European roots, total population: 67,172 Annex: http://www.gencircles.com/users/dav4is/

I would like info on all BOWNEs in 1930 directories thanks Audrey Bowne Seattle [email protected]

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http://www.sampubco.com/ free access, free to browse through. links have been updated to list new additional transcribed wills that are in Rootsweb Message Boards and USGenWeb Archives for New York. If you haven't done yours, transcribe and share! W. David Samuelsen SAMPUBCO

I would like to welcome those of you new to this site and tell you there are some really great folks who are willing to help just for the asking. I, myself do Volunteer research at Andersonville Civil War Prison in Andersonville Georgia. Any research I do is absolutely at NO cost and I am willing to do what I can. My sources are the following....... There are 2 online databases to do lookups.....One by name...one by Company and Regiment. I also have a copy of the Dorence Atwater Death list which has the names and grave numbers of some 13000 graves with only 460 marked as " UNKNOWN " This along with a CD I have which contains 34,000 names of the 45,000 who were imprisoned there which helps me find prisoner records because of misspellings of the names or alternate names. I visit the prison site every couple of weeks and have access to the onsite databases as well as the physical files. I would like to let you know of another service I offer which is to take photos of graves for a small fee. .I also wish to thank the patience of those regular subscribers for my frequent postings. If there is anything I can do in helping your research at Andersonville, please just ask. Kevin Local Andersonville Volunteer / National Park Service Volunteer Hammer the Americans hard enough and you forge the best weapon in the world. --- Captain Simeon Ecuyer ...in a letter written to Colonel Bouquet during the siege of Fort Pitt Please visit my website dedicated to those Americans who were imprisoned and died in captivity while in the service to our country http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/index.html AOL USERS go to http://hometown.aol.com/andersonvillecw/

I was searching the 1880 Census CDs, and found Geo. W. BALDWIN whose occupation was Bookkeeper, with the initials R.L.C.M.A. after it. I presume this is the name of a business?? Can anyone help? TIA Jean Chapman Snow

Hello again: Thank you SO much to everyone who responded to my question about laborers. I've concluded now that I've learned that my g-g-grandfather was a laborer, that doesn't mean much. Does anyone have access to the 1889 and 1890 Kings/Queens/Manhattan Directory? If so, could you please lookup the surname PINTER in it? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Josh Brown _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

Hello: This might seem like a stupid question, but what exactly did laborers do? My g-g-grandfather's occupation on the 1920 census was laborer, and I was wondering exactly what that ment. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Josh Brown _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

Calling all Rice Family researchers. I just want to let youknow about the Rice Family Books available through a new website <A HREF="http://www.ricefamilybooks.com/"> http://www.ricefamilybooks.com</A>.They’re full of information on all of the Rice families in America.  – Sue

Thanks for the help. I have written Bev personally but wanted to thank the list also. Judy [email protected]

Hello, Richmond Co. is Staten Island. Don't have my map handy this AM. Actually I don't seem to have anything handy this AM. Anyway if I had my map handy I would look up Long Island for you. I keep a road atlas by the computer, usually. Pat of NYS

Dear List: All of you have been most kind in pointing me to google.com and the correct section(s) of the State of New York. http://www.nysegov.com/map-NY.cfm...... although I don't see Richmond Co. listed....... and the areas of Staten Island & Long Island. http://www.webscope.com/li/facts.html - http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/si/html/map.html - I was trying to find the distance between my ancestors' BISHOP families of Richmond Co. and Nassau Co. Again I thank you all. Jacquie [email protected] wrote: >In a message dated 3/31/02 11:17:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: > ><< Subj: BISHOP-KRAFT > Date: 3/31/02 11:17:22 PM Eastern Standard Time > From: [email protected] (Jacqueline Baral) > To: [email protected] > > Dear List: > > I received a Canadian ancestor's Florida obit that mentions he had a > sister, Margaret (Bishop) Kraft living in Franklin Square in 1974. > Where is Franklin Square, NY? > > Thank you. > Jacquie in California > >> > >Dear Jacquie, > >Franklin Square is located on Long Island in Nassau County. It is wedged >between Elmont on the West, West Hempstead on the East, Valley Stream to the >South and Floral Park to the North. > >GripMason >

In a message dated 4/1/02 4:46:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << Subj: BISHOP - KRAFT in NY Date: 4/1/02 4:46:33 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (Jacqueline Baral) To: [email protected] Dear List: Let me try a resend - the address is coming back as not recognized................ Many THANKS to everyone who replied to my query of the location of Franklin Square, NY. (Nassau County - Long Island) Question: Is Long Island split into 2 counties? On another list I was told that Long Island was Richmond Co. Everyone has been most kind. Jacquie (California - but, "home" is Union Co., Oh >> Dear Jacquie, To be exact, Long Island is divided into four counties, two of which are boroughs of greater New York City, namely Kings County (Brooklyn) and Queens County, plus Nassau County and Suffolk County. Richmond County consists of Staten Island, which is another of the five boroughs of greater NYC. GripMason

In a message dated 3/31/02 11:17:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << Subj: BISHOP-KRAFT Date: 3/31/02 11:17:22 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (Jacqueline Baral) To: [email protected] Dear List: I received a Canadian ancestor's Florida obit that mentions he had a sister, Margaret (Bishop) Kraft living in Franklin Square in 1974. Where is Franklin Square, NY? Thank you. Jacquie in California >> Dear Jacquie, Franklin Square is located on Long Island in Nassau County. It is wedged between Elmont on the West, West Hempstead on the East, Valley Stream to the South and Floral Park to the North. GripMason