Hi friends and Happy 4th, Does anyone know what a "Farrier's" job would have been in the middle 1700's? Thanks for sharing and caring, Judith

Hi Marcia Collins, I am trying to get in touch with you, to see if your Moore family in Ark is kin to my ggrandfather's family. I don't know much about him. His Name Isaac Florida Moore born 12-12-1961, died 3-4-1931 in Ft Worth, Tex. I think he had brothers name Austin, Cain, Zack and Lovie,  If you can help please contact me. Thanks    Patsy Wagner

I am helping a friend search for his family roots and he has discovered that his father was a part of the "Michigan Mafia." This father was involved in a bank robbery where a police officer was subsequently killed and the father served time in prison. Now my friend wants to find out all he can about this incident and possibly get records from the prison (he wants any inf. that will help him understand who his father REALLY was). We are not sure of the date but it was somewhere around 1935-1940. Can someone tell me where to begin searching for any info?? I am in Alabama, so not a lot of resources for MI. How would I go about finding the newspaper articles,etc.? Any assistance appreciated. Anna alangley@hiwaay.net

I am going to share some info on the young lady I am searching for on the off chance someone may know her. My friend Rosanne Kuraitis gave birth to her only child during her senior year of high school on August 4, 1970, at Wesson Woman's Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts.  She named her Angela Christine Kuraitis. She was given up for adoption through the Catholic Family Services Agency in Hartford, Connecticut soon after.  She has never seen nor heard from her again.  The agency will only put a note in her file that Rosanne is searching and at this point it is up to Angela, or whatever her name is, to come forward and check her file. She would be 28 next month and Rosanne does not want to intrude into her life but wants to just meet her and to see if she has red hair and if there are any grandchildren.  Rosanne is 44 now and won't be having anymore children.  She is also in contact with the biological father whose name is Bob (his last name escapes me right now).  I have known Rosanne since 1964 and she is a wonderful caring, loving individual.  She is loyal and faithful and wants only to know Angela is OK. Anyone with info can contact me through my e-mail address as Rosanne is not online.  Thank you. Marcia in TN

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who answered my query into genealogy software.  Your info has been very helpful.  I'm evaluating each response and hope to narrow it down to 3, from which I'll make my decision.  Thanks a bunch. Gayle

Hi all, could anyone give me the names of some good computers. I want to go buy one but do not know what to buy. I don't want to buy an IBM, but i do want one that is compatable wit IBM. Nor do i want to buy a HEWLETT PACKARD because they are going out of business of making computers, they are just going to make printers now. And i don't want a compaq because you can't upgrade them very much, so please give me your sugestions, I could use all i could get.  Thanks.                                                J.C.                                                         

When I try to go to any of your forms I get a message that I need something to handle "pdf" files and asks me it I want to establish one.  How do I do it? Lynn

Georgianne:  Great information you posted.  I would like to say one thing though in records to the records being reconstructed after the fire.  This is not always the case.  It is done if the person who is alive has their copies of the documents.  If they don't then they cann't reconstruct.  My uncle is losing out on 3 years of his pension as he did not safeguard his DD214 and his records were destroyed inthe fire. He served 27 years and is being paid for 24.  Since his records were destroyed in the fire and he lost his last DD214 he cann't prove the extra 3 years. Another reason to make sure us veterans file our DD214 with the county courthouse and place in safe deposit box! George gebasden@worldnet.att.net <http://www.basden.com/>http://www.basden.com ---------- > From: Georgianne Bowmanby way of Genealogy Records Service <info@genrecords.com> <ggbowman@email.msn.com> > To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Veterans > Date: Saturday, July 04, 1998 2:50 PM > > For anyone searching veterans, am quoting from GENEALOGY TODAY of > June 1998.  Please note the closing paragraphs for pensioners. > "MILITARY RECORDS: > Military records are an excellent source of genealogical and historical > information. The United States have been at least eleven major wars, > numerous > Indian wars and two conflicts since colonial times. There are two major > categories of these records that the family researcher will want to > research. > The first is the service record which usually contains enlistment records, > orders, reports and commendations and muster rolls. The other records is the > pension application files which usually contain affidavits made by the > veteran > and his neighbors, friends, relatives, etc. to prove his claim; the dates of > his service; his date and place of birth; date and place of marriage his > heirs > and their birth dates and places; and possibly information from his family > Bible. > For Colonial War information, the records include rosters, rolls and lists. > Most of these records have been published and can be found in genealogical > and > historical libraries across the United States. > For Revolutionary information, the records include rosters, rolls, > correspondence and field reports, dates of enlistment, state from which he > served, sometimes his physical description and date and place of birth. Some > of the original service records were destroyed by fire, but those remaining > are on file at the National Archives and are indexed. These records are also > available at your local Family History Center. > Service records for the War of 1812, Indian Wars and the Mexican War have > been > indexed and microfilmed and available at the National Archives or your local > Family History Center. > For Civil War information, (Union Army Records), a soldier enlisted near his > home. To get his service record you need to know the state he served or > unit. > Write to the National Archives, Washington, DC to get NATF Form 80, > (Military > service and pension records prior to World War I, including the > Revolutionary > War, War of 1812, Civil War, and Spanish-American War); fill it out and send > it in, they will send you copies of his service record. You can send an > email > to get the NATF form: inquire@arch2.nara.gov. Please put your mailing > address, > not your email address. Since the Confederacy dissolved after the war, no > central governmental agency provided pensions for service or disability to > the > Confederate soldier, but some former Confederate states authorized pensions > to > veterans and their widows. Some of these pension filed have been microfilmed > by the Genealogical Society of Utah. Others are in the possession of various > state archives or government custodians. > For World War I & 2 information, write to National Personnel Records Center, > 9700 Page Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63132 and request Form 180, fill it out and a > copy of the service record/pension application records will be sent to you. > These service records for soldiers who have served within the last seventy- > five years are restricted to immediate family member. In 1973 a fire broke > out > at the above National Personnel Records Center and destroyed millions of > records. The center has since reconstructed the records of living military > personnel who needed the date for pensions and other benefits. > Records pertaining to the service of merchant marines are on file with the > United States Coast Guard, Washington, DC 20590. Records of discharged, > deceased and retired merchant marines are in the custody of the National > Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records, 9700 Page Boulevard, > St. > Louis, MO 63132. Records of officers and active or reserve personnel prior > to > 1929 are in the custody of the Commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard, > Washington, DC 20590. > Burial records for soldiers who were buried in one of the many national and > other federally administered cemeteries since 1861 are in the custody of the > Cemetery Service, National Cemetery System, Veterans Administration, 810 > Vermont Avenue, Washington, DC 20420. > A list of soldiers that were missing in action is found in the National > Archives under the Records of American Battle Commission, Record Group 117. > Records of Federal Veterans' homes are in the National Archives in Record > Group 15 and Record Group 231." > Hope this info helps someone. > Georgianne > ggbowman@msn.com > > > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== > Are you having trouble unsubscribing to the list? You can subscribe and unsubscribe to the lists we own from our web page at: > <http://www.genrecords.com/>http://www.genrecords.com > > > > > > > > > > > > >

You may want to list the documents on a 'lost & found' site <http://members.tripod.com/~ancestors_found/index.html>http://members.tripo d.com/~ancestors_found/index.html <http://www.teleport.com/~jimren>http://www.teleport.com/~jimren/ or check on Cyndi's List for more possible sites. <http://www.cyndislist.com/photos.htm>http://www.CyndisList.com/photos.htm DPowell (by way of Genealogy Records Service ) wrote: > > Hi Everyone: > > I found some papers in a steamer trunk that was bought at an auction. > The papers belonged to a James R. Campbell, who lived in Philadelphia, > PA.  His wife's name appears to be Margaret.  There is also a personal > letter written to Mr. and Mrs. Cambpell, in 1968.  There are just a few > receipts and also a receipt from what appears to be their church for > their contributions during the year of 1966. > > If this couple are your relatives, or you know who they belong to, could > you please e-mail me?  I would love to see them returned to someone in > the family. > > Thanks for your help! > > Donna > > -- > You only live once.  But if you work it right, once is enough. > > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== > To contact the GenTips list owner, use converse@alltel.net

It has been pointed out I did not give the complete address for ancestry.com. Here it is: <<http://www.ancestry.com/>http://www.ancestry.com> When the home page comes up, there are several boxes; put in an ancesters name and see what you might come up with. There are some searches that are usually in the "by subscription only" that are open this weekend only. Just click on the items under the search results. Sorry about that. Ken Coolidge

I've noticed a lot of people asking questions re: private cemeteries:  What about the National Cemeteries, what kind of information is available through them? Is there anything regarding their military history?  I have several family members buried in the Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in St. Paul, Minnesota. Thank You, Sandy Researching: GRANGER, ARCHEY, DRIVER, LANG, ENGLES, OTIS, ENGER, DEVITO, CAPRA, CURELLA, ZAPPA, YEKALDO, SCHULLO

Hi Everyone: I found some papers in a steamer trunk that was bought at an auction. The papers belonged to a James R. Campbell, who lived in Philadelphia, PA.  His wife's name appears to be Margaret.  There is also a personal letter written to Mr. and Mrs. Cambpell, in 1968.  There are just a few receipts and also a receipt from what appears to be their church for their contributions during the year of 1966. If this couple are your relatives, or you know who they belong to, could you please e-mail me?  I would love to see them returned to someone in the family. Thanks for your help! Donna -- You only live once.  But if you work it right, once is enough.

For anyone searching veterans, am quoting from GENEALOGY TODAY of June 1998.  Please note the closing paragraphs for pensioners. "MILITARY RECORDS: Military records are an excellent source of genealogical and historical information. The United States have been at least eleven major wars, numerous Indian wars and two conflicts since colonial times. There are two major categories of these records that the family researcher will want to research. The first is the service record which usually contains enlistment records, orders, reports and commendations and muster rolls. The other records is the pension application files which usually contain affidavits made by the veteran and his neighbors, friends, relatives, etc. to prove his claim; the dates of his service; his date and place of birth; date and place of marriage his heirs and their birth dates and places; and possibly information from his family Bible. For Colonial War information, the records include rosters, rolls and lists. Most of these records have been published and can be found in genealogical and historical libraries across the United States. For Revolutionary information, the records include rosters, rolls, correspondence and field reports, dates of enlistment, state from which he served, sometimes his physical description and date and place of birth. Some of the original service records were destroyed by fire, but those remaining are on file at the National Archives and are indexed. These records are also available at your local Family History Center. Service records for the War of 1812, Indian Wars and the Mexican War have been indexed and microfilmed and available at the National Archives or your local Family History Center. For Civil War information, (Union Army Records), a soldier enlisted near his home. To get his service record you need to know the state he served or unit. Write to the National Archives, Washington, DC to get NATF Form 80, (Military service and pension records prior to World War I, including the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, and Spanish-American War); fill it out and send it in, they will send you copies of his service record. You can send an email to get the NATF form: inquire@arch2.nara.gov. Please put your mailing address, not your email address. Since the Confederacy dissolved after the war, no central governmental agency provided pensions for service or disability to the Confederate soldier, but some former Confederate states authorized pensions to veterans and their widows. Some of these pension filed have been microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah. Others are in the possession of various state archives or government custodians. For World War I & 2 information, write to National Personnel Records Center, 9700 Page Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63132 and request Form 180, fill it out and a copy of the service record/pension application records will be sent to you. These service records for soldiers who have served within the last seventy- five years are restricted to immediate family member. In 1973 a fire broke out at the above National Personnel Records Center and destroyed millions of records. The center has since reconstructed the records of living military personnel who needed the date for pensions and other benefits. Records pertaining to the service of merchant marines are on file with the United States Coast Guard, Washington, DC 20590. Records of discharged, deceased and retired merchant marines are in the custody of the National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records, 9700 Page Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63132. Records of officers and active or reserve personnel prior to 1929 are in the custody of the Commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard, Washington, DC 20590. Burial records for soldiers who were buried in one of the many national and other federally administered cemeteries since 1861 are in the custody of the Cemetery Service, National Cemetery System, Veterans Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue, Washington, DC 20420. A list of soldiers that were missing in action is found in the National Archives under the Records of American Battle Commission, Record Group 117. Records of Federal Veterans' homes are in the National Archives in Record Group 15 and Record Group 231." Hope this info helps someone. Georgianne ggbowman@msn.com

Bravo for you Marcia in Tn in regard to the posting of "silly little notes". I agree with you, sometimes the only ones that appear to make sense are George Basden and George Morgan. Some people need to get a life. I think they sit at their computer most of the day and throw silly one liners out to get attention. The constant whining of "Why haven't I gotten any mail today" or "Wasn't that a great reply, etc" should be directed to the person privately. Why jam up the list with all this nonsense. Get to the point folks. If you must chat, do it behind the scenes. I have learned a lot from this list, but the dumb little one liners don't belong here. If you were on another list (i.e.Research) you would have been thrown off by Sgt. George who runs the list. He is great, cuts you right down when you run a thread too long and tells you if you keep it up, he will unsubscribe you. He insists you answer 'behind the scenes' unless it is something the list can benefit from. Come on folks, love you all, but shape up. The recent bit about the need of an atlas was kindergarden stuff. Happy holiday from smoke filled Florida Edna Behr

Try Alt-0169 (don't forget the 0). ©  That works if you're using Times New Roman. I don't know how it will look in this digest form of the list. Beverly missbev@theshop.net >Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 04:03:12 EDT >From: JHUGH1118@aol.com >To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <7acd7af1.359de1c1@aol.com> >Subject: Re: Copyright >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >Hi Vera, > >Please share the "little symbol" with the rest of the list. > >Thanks for sharing, > >Judith >

My great grandfather was a captain in the Civil War in the Sourh.  He lived in Nashville TN.  after marrying my great grandmother.  I wrote to the pension of civil war veterans and they said they had no record.  I found an article in my great grandmother's scrapebook about his murder and they used he name as Captain Bartholamew Scanlan.  Do you know anyother way of tracking him down. He also was in prison for bigimy in Nashville.  Would that be another way to track him down.  If you can suggest any avenue to take I would appreciate you help.  I am at the end of my rope.  He just seems to have just appeared and came from nowhere.  He abadoned his first family and joined the Northern army. They followed him and they died of exhaustion on their arrival.  I don't know where they came from.  I'm not sure when he came from Ireland or if he had any other family.  Help!!!!   Ida McDevitt

okay now most all public libraries have public access to the  web and there are free mail sites  there are also coffee shops with access, My kids email even out on a date sometimes. It is easy enough for all the kids to access these days it just take a little thought which we need to encourage   Paula Pat2066@aol.com wrote: > You're never too old to be adopted.  Wish all my kids were online.  The only > one that is, lives the closest to me.  Pat in N. Texas > > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== > Family Workings: <http://www.familyworkings.com/>http://www.familyworkings.com > > A site to help researchers break through those brickwalls.  Lots of links, > subcatagorized, ancestor queries, tips, and cemetary research.  Looking for > research donations of: Cemetaries, obits, volunteer researchers, and > anything else that may be of interest to other researchers.  Submit links, > ancestor queries and tips. Check it out

After 21 years of searching I found my great- grandfather and great-great-grandfather yesterday, in land deeds posted on the internet. All of my other research had been at FHC LDS and at the historical society, in cemeteries, etc. So never give up has become very real for me. I am the last in the male line. :) Don Watson <http://web.nstar.net/~dwat6911>http://web.nstar.net/~dwat6911 <http://web.nstar.net/~dwat6911/6911rgm.htm>http://web.nstar.net/~dwat6911/ 6911rgm.htm <http://web.nstar.net/~dwat6911/hiswill.htm>http://web.nstar.net/~dwat6911/ hiswill.htm -----Original Message----- From: JHUGH1118@aol.com <JHUGH1118@aol.com> To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com <GenTips-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, 04 July, 1998 3:35 AM Subject: Re: LAST LIVING DESCENDENT >Hi Rusty, > >I'm an only child, my mother, father and all other's have passed away

Do your German research from the Table of Links and Resources at <http://web.nstar.net/~dwat6911>http://web.nstar.net/~dwat6911, where you will find surname newsgroups, surname mailing lists, name frequency generator, town locators, historical maps, and more! :) Don -----Original Message----- From: Sonya C. Caudle <kcaudle@clas.net> To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com <GenTips-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, 04 July, 1998 12:15 AM Subject: Re: German Immigrant Question >Hey, you are lucky!  You have more information on your ggrandfather than I >do on my ggggrandfather or my gggrandfather!  All I know is that Joseph >Bongard - my ggggrandfather -  was a priest somewhere in Germany and >immigrated to the US sometime around 1870 or so!  I do know that there is a >family story that he left the priesthood because he found out that the >monastary he was associated with was burning the fetuses from abortions >performed on nuns that had become pregnant by some of the other priests >there.  (Remember: this is ONLY a family passed down story and could be >totally false!)   I do know that he married Alvinia Meise from Quincy, >Illinois once he was over here and they went on to have 1 son and 3 >daughters - one of whom is my greatgrandmother who married George "Jack" >Enslow who seems to be an alien from outer space as I cannot seem to connect >him to any family here on earth!  And I have been trying to since I was >first interested in genealogy around the age of 18! > >Any suggestions here? > >Sonya >-----Original Message----- >From: by way of Genealogy Records Service <info@genrecords.com> ><ALauten374@aol.com> >To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com <GenTips-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Friday, July 03, 1998 3:54 PM >Subject: German Immigrant Question > > >> >>I could use some advice.Can anyone give me some help on finding where my >>GGgrandfather came from in Germany. I have a copy of is intent to become a >>citizen and a copy of his naturilazition papers.The date he said he came to >>USA was 1 May 1869,from Germany. I have rented several films from the FHC >and >>haven't had any luck finding his name. I have looked in all the books >listing >>Germans to America,the books about Bremen departures,etc.I got the forms to >>look up passenger lists from NARA,but htey have no listings for the year >1869. >>Thank You. >> >> >>==== GenTips Mailing List ==== >>Are you having trouble unsubscribing to the list? You can subscribe and >unsubscribe to the lists we own from our web page at: >><http://www.genrecords.com/>http://www.genrecords.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >==== GenTips Mailing List ==== >To contact the GenTips list owner, use converse@alltel.net > > > >

Hi - found all of the above last names in several different counties in Indiana. Any connection? Ruth in Mooresville, NC  e-mail:RLugowski@aol.com