Hello Rock, Yes, George Adam RAUSER, Sr., is the one to whom I traced back the local family in Knoxville, TN. I really have nothing to share other than what I have found on the Internet, Census Records, Marriage Records, etc. The surname of the original RÄUSER immigrant has been found in so many variations that it's a wonder that anyone can trace their ancestry back to him. Talked to my mother in Sweetwater, TN, last week and her new neighbor is a RACER! Going to talk with those neighbors and see if they are of RÄUSER descent. Sarge At 9/30/2011 03:45 PM Friday, Rock Racer wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >George, > >I'm curious about your comments "I've been working on a REASOR family here >in Knoxville, TN, trying to tie them in to the Germanna >RÄUSER/RAISER/RAZOR/RASER/REASOR/etc. and .......(BTW, I finally was able to >connect the Knoxville, TN, REASOR families back to Culpeper Co. and to >RÄUSER.)". > >George Adam Rauser was my 5th ggrandfather and lived for about 30 years in >Culpeper County. I'm wondering if >he is the "Culpeper Rauser" that you found related to the REASOR >line?? My RACER/RASOR tree is found at >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rockracer1&id=I0603 >. If you're willing to share, I'll add to my tree and personal store of >knowledge as well. > >Best regards, > >E. L. "Rock" Racer > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "George W. Durman" <GermannaResearch@comcast.net> >To: <germans-va@rootsweb.com>; <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 2:29 AM >Subject: Re: [GERMANS-VA] Creating new Citations on ancestry tree > > > >Craig, welcome to the real world of Ancestry. The programmers who set up >this "shared database" thing had their heads so far up their anuses it's >surprising ANYTHING in our original databases gets transferred over. > >Source citations end up somewhere in the "shared databases", sometimes in >Notes, sometimes when you click "Notes", sometimes when you click "Facts and >Sources", and sometimes when you click "Comments". > >No, I don't know the trick to enter a source citation and be able to use it >again for other people. > >As to the original "NOTES", I'll use the Notes I entered for myself in my >database. When I go to myself in the "shared database", I can click on >"View Notes" and see "most" of what I originally entered. I then can click >on "Facts and Sources" and I see several "Unsourced Citations". I can click >on one of those "Unsourced Citations" and then see what I originally had in >my database for that event. > >I "think" there are several more places where our Notes and Source Citations >show up in the Ancestry Shared Database, but, like you, the avenue to get to >them is so convoluted I can't remember how to get to all of them. > >One word of caution about those who have been "invited" and those who have >"Responded". If the "invitees" log on and use a different email address, >user name, and nickname, the "invitee" list will still have them as "Has not >responded to invite". > >I've been working on a REASOR family here in Knoxville, TN, trying to tie >them in to the Germanna RÄUSER/RAISER/RAZOR/RASER/REASOR/etc. and have >become so frustrated that I thought of just committing suicide and saying to >Hell with Ancestry. The way Ancestry has set up their "shared databases" >for editing should be a lesson to programmers on "what not to do". (BTW, I >finally was able to connect the Knoxville, TN, REASOR families back to >Culpeper Co. and to RÄUSER.) > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >GERMANS-VA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >******** >Hear Bill Barker from Colonial Williamsburg speak on Thomas Jefferson and slavery at Graves Mountain Lodge, Madison County, Virginia October 1, 2011. For information contact: www.germannacolonies.org > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANS-VA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT*********** Germanna Database at Ancestry: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/28427876/recent?o_iid=41125&o_lid=41125&o_sch=Web+Property My Germanna Database at Rootsweb: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=germanna My Germanna Website at Rootsweb: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/index.html