Also PENTICOFF? has SCHMIDTT in its files and it would be fun to learn about your Schmidts.? Susi ************** Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

Marilyn, You are thinking right down my path :>). I think it would be awesome to do this in Old world history format. WHy or WHY does FTDNA label people from Germany German. Most people migrated from region before Germany was created 1880s' IT gives us a misnomer for research. I am hoping this winter to realign the regions family came from in the 1600's 1700,s and 1800s. It definitely was not Germany then. Some may be Germanic origin but most were not. :>) Few understand this. Susi ************** Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

There was a Kilgus, Rouse and Schmidt Family in KY that came from Germany. I know John Christian Kilgus and family came from PA after coming over from Germany to Louisville, KY. My step-father was Roger Schmidt Kilgus. I think some of them lived over the river in Indiana for a while. Somewhere I have some information. Isabelle Schmidt married Christian F Kilgus. Her parents were John Schmidt and Barbara Schneikert and his were- John Christian Kilgus and Barbera Voehringer --- Original Message ----- From: "ANITA SCHMIDT" <schmidt.a@verizon.net> To: <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Schmidt > This Schmidt family is not connected with Germanna. Heinrich Franz > Schmidt > was born 12 March 1871 in Gelnhausen, Hesse, Germany. He graduated from > the > University of Heidelberg as an Evangelisch Pfarrer. He came to Dixon, IL > after graduation and marriage (21 July 1896) to AnnaMartha Catherina > Kessler > of Verden am Aller, Hesse, Germany and came as a Lutheran missionary > pastor. > The family was in Gelnhausen from the 1600's. > > If anyone is connected to the Kessler or Schmidt families, I would like to > exchange information. When my son receives the Y-DNA results, I would > like > to compare with the Schmidts of the Germanna group as we do not know where > the Schmidts were before Gelnhausen. > > It is also not known where the Rausch/Rouse family originated in Germany. > > Anita (Rouse) Schmidt > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <gneolog@aol.com> > To: <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:34 AM > Subject: [GERMANNA] Schmidt > > >> >> >> >> >> Thank you. My son is doing the 48 markers for Schmidt. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Anita, Would this be the line of Hans Michael Schmidt/Smith. I descend >> from that line also and am collecting haplogroup results from all my >> ancestors. Not that I carry all of this DNA but it is interesting to me >> to >> see the various migration patterns. When you get the results, I'ld love >> to >> know what haplogroup. Our THOMA/THOMAS is E3b which is an unusal group >> for >> the majority of the THOMAS group. I suspect that we were probably >> something else in an earlier life that got changed along the way. E3b is >> predominant in the Middle East/Mediterranean area so we may even have >> been >> Jewish at some point in time. I had to smile thinking of this because >> that >> whole area was predominantly Jewish or Roman just a little over 2000 >> years >> ago with the Turks and others thrown into the mix. Anyway, I probably >> have >> my early history pretty mixed up -- so will stop before I dig the hole >> any >> deeper. TAke care. Marilyn >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GERMANNA_COLONIES-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 > GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you. My son is doing the 48 markers for Schmidt. Anita, Would this be the line of Hans Michael Schmidt/Smith. I descend from that line also and am collecting haplogroup results from all my ancestors. Not that I carry all of this DNA but it is interesting to me to see the various migration patterns. When you get the results, I'ld love to know what haplogroup. Our THOMA/THOMAS is E3b which is an unusal group for the majority of the THOMAS group. I suspect that we were probably something else in an earlier life that got changed along the way. E3b is predominant in the Middle East/Mediterranean area so we may even have been Jewish at some point in time. I had to smile thinking of this because that whole area was predominantly Jewish or Roman just a little over 2000 years ago with the Turks and others thrown into the mix. Anyway, I probably have my early history pretty mixed up -- so will stop before I dig the hole any deeper. TAke care. Marilyn

This Schmidt family is not connected with Germanna. Heinrich Franz Schmidt was born 12 March 1871 in Gelnhausen, Hesse, Germany. He graduated from the University of Heidelberg as an Evangelisch Pfarrer. He came to Dixon, IL after graduation and marriage (21 July 1896) to AnnaMartha Catherina Kessler of Verden am Aller, Hesse, Germany and came as a Lutheran missionary pastor. The family was in Gelnhausen from the 1600's. If anyone is connected to the Kessler or Schmidt families, I would like to exchange information. When my son receives the Y-DNA results, I would like to compare with the Schmidts of the Germanna group as we do not know where the Schmidts were before Gelnhausen. It is also not known where the Rausch/Rouse family originated in Germany. Anita (Rouse) Schmidt ----- Original Message ----- From: <gneolog@aol.com> To: <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:34 AM Subject: [GERMANNA] Schmidt > > > > > Thank you. My son is doing the 48 markers for Schmidt. > > > > > > > Anita, Would this be the line of Hans Michael Schmidt/Smith. I descend > from that line also and am collecting haplogroup results from all my > ancestors. Not that I carry all of this DNA but it is interesting to me to > see the various migration patterns. When you get the results, I'ld love to > know what haplogroup. Our THOMA/THOMAS is E3b which is an unusal group for > the majority of the THOMAS group. I suspect that we were probably > something else in an earlier life that got changed along the way. E3b is > predominant in the Middle East/Mediterranean area so we may even have been > Jewish at some point in time. I had to smile thinking of this because that > whole area was predominantly Jewish or Roman just a little over 2000 years > ago with the Turks and others thrown into the mix. Anyway, I probably have > my early history pretty mixed up -- so will stop before I dig the hole any > deeper. TAke care. Marilyn > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hardin Foster b. abt 1836 married 2nd Mary Perline Fields 5/8/1871 in Marshall Co., KY. They had a son William Henry/Hardin Foster my ggrandfather. Hardin's parents possibly are John G. & Sidney L. Foster also born in KY. I know nothing else about them. The Fosters, Fields, Paces & Beggs settled around the Marshall Co. area. Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Violet O. Guy" <vmguy@md.metrocast.net> To: "William and Julia Wallace" <wwallace@muskingum.edu>, "germanna colonies" <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:33:25 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Fauquier County 250th Anniversary, First Families of Fauquier Who are your Foster family of KY? Violet Moore Guy -----Original Message----- From: germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of William and Julia Wallace Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:46 PM To: germanna1714@yahoo.com; germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Fauquier County 250th Anniversary,First Families of Fauquier Thanks Marc, I am interested in this celebration. I'm currently in KY tracing my Holtzclaw, Martin, Collier,and Foster lines. Please keep us informed. I'm assuming that volunteers need to be on site. Julie ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > > The Germanna Foundation is in the process of establishing > a certificate program of First Families of Fauquier to > document the earliest familiies and to raise funds for > programs related to the 250th Anniversary of Fauquier > County next year. We anticipate receiving a manuscript on > the Germantown settlement (now in Faquier County, this is > where the 1st Colony removed to in 1719-1720) from Don > Tharpe in December 2008, which will be published as > Germanna Record 19 to coincide with many celebrations and > observances in Fauquier County in 2009. Volunteers for > this project would be welcome! > bill and julie wallace ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-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 GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you. My son is doing the 48 markers for Schmidt. Anita Schmidt ----- Original Message ----- From: <KiwisKeeper@aol.com> To: <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 10:11 AM Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Ancestry running half price special on DNA > Ancestry running half price special on DNA. Frances > _http://dna.ancestry.com/offer/worlddeluxesave50?o_iid=36311&o_lid=36311_ > (http://dna.ancestry.com/offer/worlddeluxesave50?o_iid=36311&o_lid=36311) > > > > **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for > FanHouse Fantasy Football today. > (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Has anyone ever seen a record of a Aquilla Thomas? -----Original Message----- From: germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gneolog@aol.com Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 8:21 PM To: germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com Subject: [GERMANNA] William Thomas Hi all, I am usually pretty wound up in Michael Thomas and his sons but wanted to introduce you to one of the sons of Hans(John) Wendel Thomas and his second wife -- William Madison Thomas.  I did not know of this connection until DNA testing proved the Rockingham Co. NC Thomas relationship.  Anyway, meet William Name: William Madison THOMAS  Sex: M  Birth: 20 JAN 1763 in Culpepper Co, VA  Marriage 1 Agnes Nancy CARUTHERS b: 1774 in North Carolina Married: 19 JAN 1792 in Elbert Co, GA Death: 27 NOV 1835 in Franklin Co, GA  Burial: Thomas Family Cemetery, Banks Co, GA  Military Service: Revolutionary War - North Carolina No. 6279, B.L. Wt. 26102-160-55  Note:  He was one of the first members of Hebron Presbyterian Church in Banks County, Georgia >From "Early Families of the North Carolina Counties of Rockingham and Stokes with Revolutionary Service" ... Compiled and Published by members of James Hunter Chapter National Society Daughters of American Revolution of Madison, North Carolina, 1977: As a resident of Guilford Co, NC, William Thomas stated in his application for pension on 3 Sept 1832, living at that time in Franklin Co, GA, that he served a tour of 3 months as a private in Aug 1777 under Capt. John Leak in the regiment of Col. James Martin; that in Aug 1778, he served 3 months as a private under the same officers. He was also entitled for a tour under Capt. Ralph Chapman and Col. Lytle but was taken sick and furloughed home. He served for 10 weeks under Capt. Richard Vernon in Oct 1781 and was engaged in routing out bands of Tories in the surrounding counties. William Thomas stated that he was born in Culpeper Co, VA . He moved to Elbert Co, GA in 1784 and to Franklin Co, GA in 1788. 1827 Georgia Land Lottery, Franklin County Residents Sec: 2 Dist: 5 Lot No.: 145 William Thomas -- R.S. (Revolutionary Soldier) Residence: Franklin County Capt. Dist.: Hudsons County of Draw: Muscogee County 18th Day's Drawing - 27th March 1830 Census, Franklin Co, GA, pg. 220 Males: 2 @ 15-20 1 @ 60-70 Females: 1 @ 15-20 2 @ 20-30 1 @ 40-50 Recorded 11 December 1835 Franklin County, Georgia I William Thomas of the County of Franklin and State of Georgia being of sound mind and memory, but knowing the certainty of death, that it is appointed once for all men to die, do make ordain and publish this my Last Will and Testament, revoking all former wills and making void the same - heretofore made by me; and first I direct my body to be decently buried, and my soul to them that gave it, and also all my just debts paid off. The 2nd item in my will is that my three youngest daughters be given a good horse or beast to be of the value of Eighty dollars, as soon after my decease as profitable. Also my will is that my three daughters, that is Sarah, Mary and Anny Thomas have two hundred dollars given to them to be equally divided after taking off twenty dollars from the two hundred and putting to the raising of the last horse; and also my will is that my three above named daughters be given two feather beds and furniture each. Thirdly, my will is that my son Madison H. Thomas have all that part of my land below the Creek that is Gun Creek on the South Side of the Grove (trees or River) joining Martin's land to his only proper use and benefit forever. Fourthly, my will is that my beloved wife Nancy Thomas have and keep in possession the balance of all my landed property, negroes, stock of every kind, household and kitchen furniture of every description, whatever, during her natural life and then and not till then my will is that everything of every description be sold and divided equally amongst all my children --- And I do hereby make and ordain my son Madison H. Thomas Executor and my beloved wife Nancy Thomas Executrix of this my last will and Testament -- In witness whereof, I William Thomas, the testor, have to this last will and Testament set my hand and seal this the thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty five. William Thomas (Seal) Signed Sealed and delivered in  the presence of us, who have subscribed in the presence  of each other: Gabriel Martin M.H. Thomas Sarah Thomas After his death, Agnes Thomas applied for a pension of the Revolutionary War service of her husband . She was living in Franklin Co, GA (Pension File #W-6279; B. L. Wt. 26102-160-55). In her application she submitted the family Bible records of their children -- birth dates and whom they married.  The Thomas Family Cemetery is located near Thomas' bridge Hwy 59, Banks County, Georgia. Note: William and his 3 brothers -- Joel, Jesse and Lewis along with his 1/2 brother Michael all served in the Rev. War for NC. Joel, Jesse, Lewis and William all served in Capt Vernon's company.  ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.7/1581 - Release Date: 7/30/2008 6:56 AM

Marc, Sounds good. I'm working on verifying the information on my Holtzclaw lines. I have been collecting information for 40+ years. My line is missing in George's data. A couple of years ago Susan Holsclaw organized and copied Holtzclaw data from several descendants, and filed a paper copy at the Foundation Library. It is in various formats. I know the information I gave her has some errors. I will be happy to share again when my data is more accurate. Count me in! Julie ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > I would imagine that we could all volunteer by helping Sgt > George and Cathi Clore Frost build a big database of the > Germanna families, and then have a volunteer email a scan > of a First Family of Fauquier applicant to a volunteer > on-line to key the new data into the Germanna Database. > If we have a number of projects like this that build on > one another -- First Families of Fauquier, First Five > Generations of the 1717 Colony, Germanna Revolutionary War > Veterans, Germanna in the Civil War -- we'd be buiding the > database methodically and sequentially, with the goal of > finding all descendants we can in the six years alloted to > us for the 300th Jubilee of Germanna in 2014. > > Marc Wheat > > > --- On Tue, 7/29/08, William and Julia Wallace > <wwallace@muskingum.edu> wrote: > > From: William and Julia Wallace <wwallace@muskingum.edu> > Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Fauquier County 250th Anniversary, > First Families of Fauquier To: germanna1714@yahoo.com, > germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, July 29, > 2008, 8:46 PM > > Thanks Marc, > I am interested in this celebration. > I'm currently in KY tracing my Holtzclaw, Martin, > Collier,and Foster lines. > Please keep us informed. I'm assuming that volunteers need > to be on site. > Julie > ----- O bill and julie wallace

Hello Germanna Cousins, I am a bit confused on the entry in the Germanna Families entry for Melchoir Brumbach. I have based my information on Melchoir's birth, marriage etc on the research of B. C. Holtzsclaw found in "Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia, 1714-1750." I agree that within Mr. Holtzsclaw's presentation of exactly who Melchoir descends from and the specific information on his date of birth and some discussion on the rational of whom he married I believe that he was fairly specific in his findings that Melchoir arrived in the Colonies as a batchelor - aged about 29 (b: cir 1685 in Musen) and was married to Mary Elizabeth Fischbach, the eldest daughter of Philipp and Elizabeth (Heimbach) Fischbach shortly after arrival at Germanna. (circa 1714/1715) Entries in the Germanna Families database on Rootsweb shows some contrary information...ie, Melchoir's date of birth specifically stated as 2 September 1695 and further reports that he and Mary Elizabeth Fischbach were married in 1513 in Bavaria prior to leaving on their long journey to Virginia. I would be most excited to find that new information has been found on this family, but would love to have some information on the source for this new information before changing my family history database. Melchoir and Elizabeth Fischbach are my only connections to the Germanna community, and seeing that Melchoir's line daughtered out. My line continues from Melchoir and Elizabeth's daughter Mary Catherine and her marriage to Christopher Wendel/Windel/Windle/Windell Looking for some saged advise from this learned list on reconciling this conflicting information. Best Regards Hope Carnicle

Recently when I was in Owen County I found in the McGibney Cemetery Record Susan Martin Lyons and William O'Banion 11 from Fauquir Co. VA and dying before 1812. They are in my family line and may be the parents of Bryant O'Banion Sr. and ? (not sure) So I am interested in the program. Two O'Banions married into the Cobb Family. From: "Peggy Smith" <plms2@embarqmail.com> To: "\"William and Julia Wallace\"wwallace" <wwallace@muskingum.edu>; "germanna colonies" <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:14 AM Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Fauquier County 250th Anniversary, First Families of Fauquier >I know this is germanna but just who is your Foster line in Kentucky. I >have been researching my Fosters in southwest Kentucky. Peggy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William and Julia Wallace" <wwallace@muskingum.edu> > To: germanna1714@yahoo.com, "germanna colonies" > <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:46:22 PM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago > Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Fauquier County 250th Anniversary, First Families > of Fauquier > > > Thanks Marc, > I am interested in this celebration. > I'm currently in KY tracing my Holtzclaw, Martin, > Collier,and Foster lines. > Please keep us informed. I'm assuming that volunteers need > to be on site. > Julie > ----- Original Message Follows ----- >> >> >> The Germanna Foundation is in the process of establishing >> a certificate program of First Families of Fauquier to >> document the earliest familiies and to raise funds for >> programs related to the 250th Anniversary of Fauquier >> County next year. We anticipate receiving a manuscript on >> the Germantown settlement (now in Faquier County, this is >> where the 1st Colony removed to in 1719-1720) from Don >> Tharpe in December 2008, which will be published as >> Germanna Record 19 to coincide with many celebrations and >> observances in Fauquier County in 2009. Volunteers for >> this project would be welcome! >> > > bill and julie wallace > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANNA_COLONIES-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 > GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Julie, I recently found some of my MARTIN family in Owensboro KY. Who are you researching? Debby -----Original Message----- From: germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of William and Julia Wallace Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:46 PM To: germanna1714@yahoo.com; germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Fauquier County 250th Anniversary, First Families of Fauquier Thanks Marc, I am interested in this celebration. I'm currently in KY tracing my Holtzclaw, Martin, Collier,and Foster lines. Please keep us informed. I'm assuming that volunteers need to be on site. Julie ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > > The Germanna Foundation is in the process of establishing > a certificate program of First Families of Fauquier to > document the earliest familiies and to raise funds for > programs related to the 250th Anniversary of Fauquier > County next year. We anticipate receiving a manuscript on > the Germantown settlement (now in Faquier County, this is > where the 1st Colony removed to in 1719-1720) from Don > Tharpe in December 2008, which will be published as > Germanna Record 19 to coincide with many celebrations and > observances in Fauquier County in 2009. Volunteers for > this project would be welcome! > bill and julie wallace ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Who are your Foster family of KY? Violet Moore Guy -----Original Message----- From: germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of William and Julia Wallace Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:46 PM To: germanna1714@yahoo.com; germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Fauquier County 250th Anniversary,First Families of Fauquier Thanks Marc, I am interested in this celebration. I'm currently in KY tracing my Holtzclaw, Martin, Collier,and Foster lines. Please keep us informed. I'm assuming that volunteers need to be on site. Julie ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > > The Germanna Foundation is in the process of establishing > a certificate program of First Families of Fauquier to > document the earliest familiies and to raise funds for > programs related to the 250th Anniversary of Fauquier > County next year. We anticipate receiving a manuscript on > the Germantown settlement (now in Faquier County, this is > where the 1st Colony removed to in 1719-1720) from Don > Tharpe in December 2008, which will be published as > Germanna Record 19 to coincide with many celebrations and > observances in Fauquier County in 2009. Volunteers for > this project would be welcome! > bill and julie wallace ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I know this is germanna but just who is your Foster line in Kentucky. I have been researching my Fosters in southwest Kentucky. Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "William and Julia Wallace" <wwallace@muskingum.edu> To: germanna1714@yahoo.com, "germanna colonies" <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:46:22 PM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Fauquier County 250th Anniversary, First Families of Fauquier Thanks Marc, I am interested in this celebration. I'm currently in KY tracing my Holtzclaw, Martin, Collier,and Foster lines. Please keep us informed. I'm assuming that volunteers need to be on site. Julie ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > > The Germanna Foundation is in the process of establishing > a certificate program of First Families of Fauquier to > document the earliest familiies and to raise funds for > programs related to the 250th Anniversary of Fauquier > County next year. We anticipate receiving a manuscript on > the Germantown settlement (now in Faquier County, this is > where the 1st Colony removed to in 1719-1720) from Don > Tharpe in December 2008, which will be published as > Germanna Record 19 to coincide with many celebrations and > observances in Fauquier County in 2009. Volunteers for > this project would be welcome! > bill and julie wallace ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Marc, I am interested in this celebration. I'm currently in KY tracing my Holtzclaw, Martin, Collier,and Foster lines. Please keep us informed. I'm assuming that volunteers need to be on site. Julie ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > > The Germanna Foundation is in the process of establishing > a certificate program of First Families of Fauquier to > document the earliest familiies and to raise funds for > programs related to the 250th Anniversary of Fauquier > County next year. We anticipate receiving a manuscript on > the Germantown settlement (now in Faquier County, this is > where the 1st Colony removed to in 1719-1720) from Don > Tharpe in December 2008, which will be published as > Germanna Record 19 to coincide with many celebrations and > observances in Fauquier County in 2009. Volunteers for > this project would be welcome! > bill and julie wallace

Just curious, what will the First Family of Faquier applications look like? Have they already been developed? Cathi

I would imagine that we could all volunteer by helping Sgt George and Cathi Clore Frost build a big database of the Germanna families, and then have a volunteer email a scan of a First Family of Fauquier applicant to a volunteer on-line to key the new data into the Germanna Database.  If we have a number of projects like this that build on one another -- First Families of Fauquier, First Five Generations of the 1717 Colony, Germanna Revolutionary War Veterans, Germanna in the Civil War -- we'd be buiding the database methodically and sequentially, with the goal of finding all descendants we can in the six years alloted to us for the 300th Jubilee of Germanna in 2014. Marc Wheat --- On Tue, 7/29/08, William and Julia Wallace <wwallace@muskingum.edu> wrote: From: William and Julia Wallace <wwallace@muskingum.edu> Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Fauquier County 250th Anniversary, First Families of Fauquier To: germanna1714@yahoo.com, germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 8:46 PM Thanks Marc, I am interested in this celebration. I'm currently in KY tracing my Holtzclaw, Martin, Collier,and Foster lines. Please keep us informed. I'm assuming that volunteers need to be on site. Julie ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > > The Germanna Foundation is in the process of establishing > a certificate program of First Families of Fauquier to > document the earliest familiies and to raise funds for > programs related to the 250th Anniversary of Fauquier > County next year. We anticipate receiving a manuscript on > the Germantown settlement (now in Faquier County, this is > where the 1st Colony removed to in 1719-1720) from Don > Tharpe in December 2008, which will be published as > Germanna Record 19 to coincide with many celebrations and > observances in Fauquier County in 2009. Volunteers for > this project would be welcome! > bill and julie wallace

My husband tested through Relative Genetics and they were bought by ancestry. I don't think familytreedna is connected with this company at all. Different companies test different markers which is a pain when you are trying to compare results BUT the price is good. Everyone else in the family tested with family tree. Sometimes to clarify a relationship you need to go to 67 markers so it would be good to make sure that whoever you test with -- offers everything that you would want - now or in the future.  All of this really does not pertain to Germanna per se -- except that it is a subject that all of us as family recorders need to be aware of -- to help us in research of our Germanna connections. Take care. Marilyn -----Original Message----- From: Corlee Morris <cmorris575@att.net> To: Germanna List <GERMANNA_COLONIES@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 1:50 pm Subject: [GERMANNA] Answers and Questions about ANCESTRY 1/2 PRICE DNA TESTING.

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