I just joined also. Here is one of my Unsolved Mysteries (part *is* "solved", but just thought I'd share in case anyone had further info). I hope this is not a non-mystery that doesn't qualify for listing on here, but since there were no posts, maybe this will amuse someone! Alice MARTIN, stepmother of Damaris BISHOP (who m. my ancestor, William SUTTON in 1666, Eastham MA), apparently murdered one of her daughters by a previous marriage to a George CLARK, by whom she had two daughters, Martha and Abigail. Alice apparently murdered Martha (b. 1644) on 22 Jul 1648 while Martha was in bed, and then was found wandering around looking for her daughter, didn't remember killing her! I have copies of those court records of her trial at home, if anyone is interested. Alice was the first person to be hung in Plymouth Colony for her crime. Further Alice MARTIN mystery: >From someone on the SUTTON e-mail List, in 1998, I received this: >I have recently been reviewing my notes on Damaris [Bishop}and William Sutton >and I thought that I would post some notes I received some years ago when I >was looking for the parents of Alice MARTIN mother of Damaris BISHOP. Someone >had told me she was probably the daughter of Christopher Martin of the >"Mayflower" but I have never found anything to verify this and these letters >also mention that nothing is known of this connection between Alice and >Christopher Martin. Has anyone found any proof to the contrary? sincerely, >Wendy Schmutz > >"Boston Public Library, 19th Sept 1991, >I have enclosed a photocopy of notes I made over twenty years ago on the Alice >Bishop case and, in addition, a photocopy from Eugene A. Stratton's Plymouth >Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691 which gives additional information. >These notes include all the court records on the case and a reference to >Richard Bishop in 1649. I know nothing of the parents of Alice [Martin] >[Clark] Bishop. She is of no known relationship to Christopher Martin. signed >Edwin Sanford, Coordinator of Social Sciences" > >"Old Colony Historical Society, Taunton, MA . June 13, 1991 >Please find copies of the court records concerning Alice Bishop's murder >trial. According to all of our standard genealogical sources, Alice Martin's >parentage is unknown. signed, Lisa Compton, Director" > My connection to all this: Damaris BISHOP married my ancestor William SUTTON. Francesca Sutton Austin Tx

Thanks Carol. It must just be a lean time for mysteries:) Ruth >You are definitely still on the list. I just joined about a week ago and >have not seen any posts either. >Carol >Daw Haul ar Fryn >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ruth Miller" <ruth@bushtraks.com> >To: <GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 1:13 AM >Subject: Just checking ... > > >> Hi myst-listers! >> >> I had server probs a couple of weeks ago and some of my mail bounced. I >> think this must have led to me being thrown off the list because by last >> weekend I realised I'd had no Unsolved Mysteries for a few weeks ... so I >> resubscribed. >> >> However there still has been no mail from this list since Sunday (Saturday >> for most of you). Is it just quiet, or am I missing out? >> >> I can't wait to find out what the current mysteries are! >> >> >> Wondering ... >> >> Ruth

You are definitely still on the list. I just joined about a week ago and have not seen any posts either. Carol Daw Haul ar Fryn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Miller" <ruth@bushtraks.com> To: <GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 1:13 AM Subject: Just checking ... > Hi myst-listers! > > I had server probs a couple of weeks ago and some of my mail bounced. I > think this must have led to me being thrown off the list because by last > weekend I realised I'd had no Unsolved Mysteries for a few weeks ... so I > resubscribed. > > However there still has been no mail from this list since Sunday (Saturday > for most of you). Is it just quiet, or am I missing out? > > I can't wait to find out what the current mysteries are! > > > Wondering ... > > Ruth > > > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== > Please consider becoming a Rootsweb contributor. > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.177 / Virus Database: 86 - Release Date: 8/8/00

Hi myst-listers! I had server probs a couple of weeks ago and some of my mail bounced. I think this must have led to me being thrown off the list because by last weekend I realised I'd had no Unsolved Mysteries for a few weeks ... so I resubscribed. However there still has been no mail from this list since Sunday (Saturday for most of you). Is it just quiet, or am I missing out? I can't wait to find out what the current mysteries are! Wondering ... Ruth

Hi, We have kin in Tattnall Co GA and WV looking for facts on this Doctor. He disappeared from WV around 1846. A Doctor Martin D. Mooney was on the 1850 Tattnall Co. GA. census. I would really like to know what happened to Amelia Jones Mooney and children left in WV after 1845. Any info would be greatly received and shared. Betty Mooney Smith

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Susan --WebTV-Mail-21332-113 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-10.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.44) by storefull-116.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Thu, 24 Aug 2000 14:12:57 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by mailsorter-101-10.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-f/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id OAA12750; Thu, 24 Aug 2000 14:12:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e7OL1Zs00357; Thu, 24 Aug 2000 14:01:35 -0700 Resent-Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 14:01:35 -0700 X-Original-Sender: BuckyHeyer@webtv.net Thu Aug 24 14:01:35 2000 X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAsAhRMPfNYCbSD1RCF8qSFFa6JXQANuAIUIB8RlERyaq93DmBJBscSZq0Wxlw= From: BuckyHeyer@webtv.net (Raymond Heyer) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:01:37 -0500 (CDT) Old-To: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Getting records - Lee Reese Message-ID: <23209-39A58D31-362@storefull-111.iap.bryant.webtv.net> In-Reply-To: diamond6468@mindspring.com's message of Sat, 24 Jun 2000 19:36:38 -0400 Content-Disposition: Inline Old-Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed; Boundary=WebTV-Mail-27640-161 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Resent-Message-ID: <_S21nD.A.WF.v0Yp5@lists6.rootsweb.com> To: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/2336 X-Loop: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L-request@rootsweb.com --WebTV-Mail-27640-161 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit I have my father's SSapplication, but have been unable to find a birth certificate. Am I understanding you correctly, that he had to have a birth certificate when he applied for his SS#? Thank you , Susan --WebTV-Mail-27640-161 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-9.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.43) by storefull-118.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sat, 24 Jun 2000 17:41:57 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by mailsorter-101-9.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-f/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id RAA10595; Sat, 24 Jun 2000 17:41:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e5P0WP309524; Sat, 24 Jun 2000 17:32:25 -0700 Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 17:32:25 -0700 X-Original-Sender: diamond6468@mindspring.com Sat Jun 24 17:32:25 2000 From: diamond6468@mindspring.com Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20000624193638.00825e20@pop.mindspring.com> X-Sender: diamond6468@pop.mindspring.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 19:36:38 -0400 Old-To: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Getting records - Lee Reese In-Reply-To: <01BFDDF5.06085A80@cx978976-c.chnd1.az.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Resent-Message-ID: <YXT5AD.A.nUC.ZMVV5@lists6.rootsweb.com> To: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/2030 X-Loop: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L-request@rootsweb.com If you got this off SSDI, there is a place to check "send for records" or something to that effect, it is a letter to SS to obtain his original application for a SS#, on it will tell his parents, his residence, his age, lots of stuff - think it cost $7.00 - once you got his parents names and you have where he died, send to the State of his birth for a copy of his death cert, it will say where he was born, you can then send for his birth cert (although they may not of had them back then) but there will be an amended one he had to have to get his SS# - if you don't know where to send for his DC, let me know, also if you have the county/city in Ohio, I can give you the name of the funeral home, although it will be on the death cert and you can write them and they will have copies of his obits and probably some other stuff. after the word residense, that number is the zip code of the residence. delilah At 15:58 6/24/00 -0700, you wrote: >Hi, >I recently received the following information and was wondering how to go about getting birth record, death record, obit, etc for this person. Does anyone have any suggestions to help me move along in my search? >Lee REESE >SSN 275-20-9296 >Residence: 15243 Carnegie, Allegheny, PA >Born 4 Feb 1894 >Died 15 Jun 1969 Issued: OH (Before 1951) > >Thanks for your help, >Julie > >-- >Julie Reese Bookser >jrbookse@home.com >http://members.home.com/jrbookse > > >==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== >Please consider becoming a Rootsweb contributor. > >============================== >Get a MASTERCARD with NO Credit Check or Up Front >Cash Security Deposit and GUARANTEED* Approval! >NO Interest Rate! http://www.dollarsonthenet.com/cgi-bin/track/1631/19 > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== Please consider becoming a Rootsweb contributor. ============================== Get a MASTERCARD with NO Credit Check or Up Front Cash Security Deposit and GUARANTEED* Approval! 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Have a site for all doctors in United states- will check this listing for you. Not sure of date (start till 20000.) Lady Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: "betty mooney smith" <redgate35@clds.net> To: <GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 9:25 AM Subject: Martin D. Mooney > Hi, > We have kin in Tattnall Co GA and WV looking for facts on this Doctor. He disappeared from WV around 1846. > A Doctor Martin D. Mooney was on the 1850 Tattnall Co. GA. census. I would really like to know what happened to Amelia Jones Mooney and children left in WV after 1845. Any info would be greatly received and shared. > Betty Mooney Smith > > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== > Please consider becoming a Rootsweb contributor. > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >

Taking a break. See you in a few weeks! Liz

Oh yea... I have, to this point found nothing. Not even a marriage lic. I checked the counties surrounding Fayette...too...but that was when I initially started this project. I guess I could recheck.. Searching for Thomas K. Springer (aka Harry K. Springer). My mother and her sisters remember him visiting in about 1940. He was with his second wife, and two or three children. His four granddaughters are still alive...when I ask them about him, I get four different responses....I keep checking. County by county. I even wrote to the US Steel Co. in Gary, Indiana (Opened about 1908-09, searching for old employment records). A lady there who is also interested in genealogy forwarded the information to the union in Indiana Harbor, Indiana (where my grandmother was born)... I am trying diligently and creatively to solve this.... Adrienne Thanks for the tip, Adrienne -----Original Message----- From: gayle <gayle1@wheatstate.com> To: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com <GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 4:42 AM Subject: Re: Leaner Leroy >I assume you have checked the divorce records in the counties where the >girls were born, the counties where both grandfather and grandmothers >parents were residing? > >Have you checked the paternal grandparents probate records to determine if >they mentioned this son who conveniently disappeared? I have found that >children are sometimes never told what happened to a disappearing father, >yet their mother really knew...especially in the time frame you are >searching. > >Good luck in the CA records. > >g2 > > > > > >==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== >Please consider becoming a Rootsweb contributor. > >============================== >Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >

Diana, Thank you so very much!! Deb

I assume you have checked the divorce records in the counties where the girls were born, the counties where both grandfather and grandmothers parents were residing? Have you checked the paternal grandparents probate records to determine if they mentioned this son who conveniently disappeared? I have found that children are sometimes never told what happened to a disappearing father, yet their mother really knew...especially in the time frame you are searching. Good luck in the CA records. g2

Deb, I'm going to my FHC on Wednesday and I'll see if they have this info. If not, I have a friend who live in Merced and I may be able to enlist his help. Diana, San Diego Looking for Roderick Lidgate

Need help trying to find info on Marshall Watkins b. 3/13/1884 in Va. Left home at 13. Doesn't show up in census since that census burned. Any ideas? Thanks, Alicia

Hi, I listed my story a long time ago but will do so again because I just found something that may or not pertain to my GGrandfather. Leander Leroy (Lareau) married my GGrandmother Mary L. Therrien in Manville, RI some time in the 1800's. They moved back to Shrewsbury, MA at some point. Had 3 daughters, Flora (1893), Mae (or Mary unknown when she was born), and Pearl (1898), my Grandmother. Leander and Mary had an argument, Leander left and was never heard from again. No one ever heard from him again from what I understand. I have pictures of my grandmother, her sister's and Mom with Leander's parents at their farm in Shrewsbury. I know that Mary re-married a man with the surname Scott but I don't know when. I'm also not sure if she divorced Leander. I was searching on ancestry.com today and found this: Search Results Search Terms: LEANDER (5), LEROY (164) Database: Merced County, California Deaths, 1852-1999 Combined Matches: 1 Surname Given Name Book # Page Date Range Cameron Leander Leroy 22 186 03/1957-12/1958 It seems odd that the given name shows my GGrandfathers name. Maybe he changed his last name? Does anyone have access to the Merced, CA death records? Thanks, Deb Purcell Glendale, AZ

Laura, please publish. Bubbles from Robin Hood Country. ----- Original Message ----- From: laura <catgirl71@mediaone.net> To: <GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 3:37 AM Subject: Re: family mystery Please help : To anyone who is curious about the mystery I posted when I subscribed I am : planning to post the whole story with all the details that I can as soon as : I check with my family and make sure all my facts are correct. I appreciate : everyone who has sent me e-mails with kind words trying to help me out. : Thank you. Laura : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: <Ucorn123@aol.com> : To: <GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com> : Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 10:16 PM : Subject: Re: family mystery Please help : : : > Would love to help, but need info. I know its not easy . : > : > UCORN123@aol.com : > : > : > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== : > Please consider becoming a Rootsweb contributor. : > : > ============================== : > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. : > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ : > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. : > : : : ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== : Please consider becoming a Rootsweb contributor. : : ============================== : Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. : RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: : http://pml.rootsweb.com/ : :

In what state??? At 09:30 PM 8/26/00 EDT, you wrote: >Searching for Robb, Gardner, Anderson >Westmoreland County and surrounding areas. >Thanks, susan sun77372aol.com > > >==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== >Please consider becoming a Rootsweb contributor. > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > >

PENNSYLVANIA NEW YORK ALSO FOR DOTSON, BELVA SMITH FOR PIKE KENTUCKY

Gill researchers: Have you checked out this site? http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi?search There are over 100 Gill connections posted in the past month for the US. If you want to narrow your search, just input United States for the country and then pick a state after it has given you all the US Gill postings. Another site: http://rsl.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/rslsql.cgi Gill queries: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/g/i/GILL/queries Searching by state: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm Good luck, Jo-Ann Stephens Bahai@netusa1.net

Searching for Robb, Gardner, Anderson Westmoreland County and surrounding areas. Thanks, susan sun77372aol.com

Georgia Gill, I tried to find your home page by the link you had in your post, but it said it couldn't be found. Can you tell me how I can find it? Sounds interesting. Portia Haynes