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Duncan -- I have a letter from a Thomas Glenday among my things. I will dig it out, transcribe and post it this weekend. The dates are approximately right. My Thomas' parents were Peter Glenday and Ann Lindsay. If you haven't already read the letter from Peter Glenday on my site, you might look at it: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~schmblss/home/Letters/Lindsay-Glenday/1817-12 -25.html He mentions his son, Thomas. I don't know much about the Glenday boys, but they seem to have done a lot of gallivanting around, and several of them wrote letters to their sister, Ann, my g-g-g grandmother. Susan D. Chambless listowner for the CHAMBLESS, GAUSS, GLENDAY, BORDEN, DURFEE, SANDERSON & JOHNS surname lists, now at RootsWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com - please join us! Check it out: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~schmblss I'm posting a lot of old family letters & papers centered around the Charles Henry Gauss family of St. Charles, MO. Surnames are: Gauss, Johns, Fawcett, Glenday, Durfee, Lindsay, plus, of course, the people they knew. ----- Original Message ----- From: D.N. Glenday <dglenday@iname.com> To: <GLENDAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 3:36 AM Subject: [GLENDAY] Hit A Brick Wall ... Need Help! (GLENDAY) > Help! > > I'm relatively new at this, though I have managed to go quite a long > way unassisted. But I have hit a brick wall with a THOMAS > GLENDAY, my g.g.g.grandfather : > > Born 1794, married Margaret Brown 1817, died at sea 1851, had 7 > children (David, Alexander, Elizabeth, Thomas, Janet, Robert, and > Margaret). > > have no idea who his parents were, and am not certain how to > progress to the next generation. My sources have included the > LDS records, some tombstone records (kind courtesy of some of > the subscribers to this mailing list), a few other Internet sources, > and records still held by my family. > > Any help will be greatly appreciated! > > > ======================== > Duncan N. Glenday > dglenday@iname.com > Voice Mail : > (888) 392-4832 > Extension 301-296-4539 > Fax > (419) 818-0032 > ======================== > > > ==== GLENDAY Mailing List ==== > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > Messages to this list are archived. > To look at the archives, go to: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > You will be asked to create an account. This is for our protection, > limiting access to known users and not allowing access to miners for > email address, etc. > Susan D. Chambless > columbine@ninenet.com > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >

Help! I'm relatively new at this, though I have managed to go quite a long way unassisted. But I have hit a brick wall with a THOMAS GLENDAY, my g.g.g.grandfather : Born 1794, married Margaret Brown 1817, died at sea 1851, had 7 children (David, Alexander, Elizabeth, Thomas, Janet, Robert, and Margaret). have no idea who his parents were, and am not certain how to progress to the next generation. My sources have included the LDS records, some tombstone records (kind courtesy of some of the subscribers to this mailing list), a few other Internet sources, and records still held by my family. Any help will be greatly appreciated! ======================== Duncan N. Glenday dglenday@iname.com Voice Mail : (888) 392-4832 Extension 301-296-4539 Fax (419) 818-0032 ========================

Hello all. Nice to see more activity on this list (yes, Susan, I got your mail via the list OK). I'm afraid I'm too busy to contribute much right now, but will definitely be back as soon as time permits (sorry David I haven't been in touch again - I haven't forgotten you and enjoyed your recent contribution). Over many years I have collected quite a lot of miscellaneous Glenday data which needs sorting out. My own branch were in Sleaford, Lincolnshire by late 18th century; before that I'm stuck - would love to find the origins of George Glenday, born 1771/72 (place unknown), who became miller and baker in Sleaford. All for now, Angela Downs-Rigaut, Triel-sur-Seine, France Angela Downs a.downs@ceses.org __________________ http://www.ceses.org Centre Europeen SIDA 14 rue du Val d'Osne, 94410 Saint-Maurice, France tel: +33 1 4179 6813 fax: +33 1 4179 6802

Greetings Duncan and others on this list: Thank you for posting the Glenday family information. I confess to not having had much interest in family history up till now. I'm fairly ignorant even about my immediate family, but aware of how quickly memories can become blurred and traces lost I'm in New Zealand. My grandfather immigrated here, settled in Timaru in the South Island. I don't remember my grandfather's (or grandmother's) name, but they had four sons, all of whom died relatively young. Two were killed in WW2. The sons, and their children are: Lindsay --> Jennie (Los Angeles) Archibald --> April (Auckland, NZ) & David (Napier, NZ) Doug --> Neil (Auckland, NZ) youngest son (don't know his name; killed in war) Such scant information is of little help, I know. My brother, David (who was on this mailing list, but doesn't have email now) knows more than me. I'll send him your message and see what he can fill in. Meanwhile, I hope you get lots more responses. Regards, April Glenday

Duncan, I enjoyed your great information. I think Peter Glenday possibly may have been from Perthshire. When he returned to Scotland in 1823, he went to Blairgowrie. James Glenday who came to Missouri was married to Charlotte Kettray. He died pretty young, and my great great grandfather, John Jay Johns looked after Charlotte. She was his wife, Jane Amanda Durfees great aunt. This is also a test to see if the Glenday list gets it. Susan D. Chambless listowner for the CHAMBLESS, GAUSS, GLENDAY, BORDEN, DURFEE, SANDERSON & JOHNS surname lists, now at RootsWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com - please join us! Check it out: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~schmblss I'm posting a lot of old family letters & papers centered around the Charles Henry Gauss family of St. Charles, MO. Surnames are: Gauss, Johns, Fawcett, Glenday, Durfee, Lindsay, plus, of course, the people they knew. ----- Original Message ----- From: D.N. Glenday <dglenday@iname.com> To: <GLENDAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 1:43 AM Subject: [GLENDAY] Some Glenday Family Information > All, > > I am researching the Angus-originated family of Glenday. > > I have asked several people for general Glenday family information, > but received no replies. Perhaps not much information is known? > > My small amount of research to date shows the following. I hope > you find it useful, and if you have additional - or different - > information, I would very much like to hear it! > > Thanks, > > Duncan Glenday > > ============================================== > > AGE > > The earliest record of the name was in 1569, when a William > Glendy (note the spelling) obtained a decree against the earl of > Crawfurd. > > > SOURCE OF NAME > > The name originally derived from a valley (i.e. a Scottish glen, or a > Gaelic gleann) called the "Glen of Dye", sometimes spelled the > "Glen of Dee" or "Glendee", in what used to be called County > Angus. As was common in medieval times, the residents took the > name of the place they lived or owned land. There is still a strong > representation of the Glendei and Glenday family names in Angus > today. > > There is also a place called "Glenday" in Angus, Scotland. ( My > parents were there many years ago - I am still trying to find it on a > map.) > > > FAMILY GEOGRAPHY > > Glendee is in County Angus. Branches of Glenday seem to have > grown in Forfar (the county seat of Angus), Dundee (my branch of > the family), Airlie and Kirriemuir. > > In the 17th century some of the Glendays settled in Northern > Ireland and Norther England, and several spelling variants of the > name emerged. > > Two separate branches of the family emmigrated to South Africa in > the late-1800s, but like so many other anglo saxons living in South > Africa, many of them are now emmigrating from that country and > settling in America or Australia. > > In the 18th and 19th centuries, Glendays settled in Australia, > America, Canada and New Zealand. A John Glendy (note the > spelling) came to Baltimore in 1799, a James Glenday came to > Missouri in 1829, and Peter (Patrick?) Glenday lived temporarily in > Missouri around 1817. > > > CLAN > > Glenday is a sept of the clan Graham of Montrose. This is > information that has been passed down through many generations > of my family. Seems there was a Peter Glenday (or Glendy?) in the > house of the Earl of Montrose. I have searched for official > confirmation, and the closest I have come is confirmation that > "Glenny" is a sept of this clan. I will keep searching. > > > TARTAN > > Because of the 'sept' relationship we have with clan Graham, the > Glendays wear the tartan of Graham of Montrose. > > OTHER SPELLINGS > > Glendye, Glendee, Glendy, Glendei, Glendey, Glenny, Glandee, > etc. > > > > HERALDRY ETC. > > The family crest and the motto seem to have evolved, and there are > an ancient and a modern version : > > Ancient (Reference : Burke's general armory) : > > Blazon of arms : > > Argent, a cross between 4 bees, sable, crest lion issuant, gules > > I.e. a white badge, a black cross, and a bee in each quadrant > > The crest (i.e. on top of the shield) has a red lion, issuant. > (A charge represented as issuing from another charge. When an > animal is represented as issuant only the upper half is depicted.) > > White : peace and sincerity - white was sometimes shown as silver > > Cross : faith > > Bees : industry > > Black : constancy > > Red : courage > > Motto : > > PRO REGE ET GREGE : (For king and people) > > The modern version is a joining of 2 blazons of arms, and > consequently, a very complex design. > (Reference : Heraldic Promotions, Surrey, England) > > Blazon of arms : > > Per pale, dexter, fesse gules, 3 bees, sable on argent 2 and 1, and > sinister 3 stars, 1 azure on or, 1 or on azure chevron, under arms > and 1 bee sable and 2 wings dexter or, sinister azure. > > Also described as : > > Argent a fesse gules, 3 bees, sable impaling: chevron or and azure > in chief 2 stars azure in base 1 star or under arms, and 1 bee sable > and 2 wings dexter or, sinister azure. > > Per pale : Split into halves - because this was a joining of the > ancient Glenday arms, (described above) and another family's > arms. Not sure which family this was. > > Impaled By : Also means split in 2 halves > > Dexter : means right hand side - as you HOLD the shield. I.e. the > left side as you view it. So imagine the shield split in half > longitudinally, with the left side decorated with a modified version of > the ancient Glenday arms, (described above) as follows : > > Silver background, divided by a red bar, with 2 black bees side-by- > side in the top half, and one in the bottom half. As with the ancient > shield, the silver background was often shown as white. > > Sinister : means left hand side - as you HOLD the shield. I.e. the > right side as you view it. So the right half of the shield is decorated > as follows : > > Divided horizontally by a chevron (a peaked line - like this: / \ ). > > The top half is gold (often shown as yellow), with 2 blue stars, side- > by-side. > > The bottom half is blue, with 1 gold star (often shown as yellow) > > On top of the shield (I.e. the crest) is the helmet portion of a suit of > armor . This is called "arms", and denotes scottish peerage. Above > this is another black bee, and a gold wing on the left (as you view > it), and a black wing on the right (as you view it). > > Motto : > > ALTE PETE (Alte = high, Pete = seek, go, strive; rough translation > therefore is Reach High) > > > > Hope you find this useful, > > Duncan Glenday > > > ==== GLENDAY Mailing List ==== > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > Messages to this list are archived. > To look at the archives, go to: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > You will be asked to create an account. 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All, I am researching the Angus-originated family of Glenday. I have asked several people for general Glenday family information, but received no replies. Perhaps not much information is known? My small amount of research to date shows the following. I hope you find it useful, and if you have additional - or different - information, I would very much like to hear it! Thanks, Duncan Glenday ============================================== AGE The earliest record of the name was in 1569, when a William Glendy (note the spelling) obtained a decree against the earl of Crawfurd. SOURCE OF NAME The name originally derived from a valley (i.e. a Scottish glen, or a Gaelic gleann) called the "Glen of Dye", sometimes spelled the "Glen of Dee" or "Glendee", in what used to be called County Angus. As was common in medieval times, the residents took the name of the place they lived or owned land. There is still a strong representation of the Glendei and Glenday family names in Angus today. There is also a place called "Glenday" in Angus, Scotland. ( My parents were there many years ago - I am still trying to find it on a map.) FAMILY GEOGRAPHY Glendee is in County Angus. Branches of Glenday seem to have grown in Forfar (the county seat of Angus), Dundee (my branch of the family), Airlie and Kirriemuir. In the 17th century some of the Glendays settled in Northern Ireland and Norther England, and several spelling variants of the name emerged. Two separate branches of the family emmigrated to South Africa in the late-1800s, but like so many other anglo saxons living in South Africa, many of them are now emmigrating from that country and settling in America or Australia. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Glendays settled in Australia, America, Canada and New Zealand. A John Glendy (note the spelling) came to Baltimore in 1799, a James Glenday came to Missouri in 1829, and Peter (Patrick?) Glenday lived temporarily in Missouri around 1817. CLAN Glenday is a sept of the clan Graham of Montrose. This is information that has been passed down through many generations of my family. Seems there was a Peter Glenday (or Glendy?) in the house of the Earl of Montrose. I have searched for official confirmation, and the closest I have come is confirmation that "Glenny" is a sept of this clan. I will keep searching. TARTAN Because of the 'sept' relationship we have with clan Graham, the Glendays wear the tartan of Graham of Montrose. OTHER SPELLINGS Glendye, Glendee, Glendy, Glendei, Glendey, Glenny, Glandee, etc. HERALDRY ETC. The family crest and the motto seem to have evolved, and there are an ancient and a modern version : Ancient (Reference : Burke's general armory) : Blazon of arms : Argent, a cross between 4 bees, sable, crest lion issuant, gules I.e. a white badge, a black cross, and a bee in each quadrant The crest (i.e. on top of the shield) has a red lion, issuant. (A charge represented as issuing from another charge. When an animal is represented as issuant only the upper half is depicted.) White : peace and sincerity - white was sometimes shown as silver Cross : faith Bees : industry Black : constancy Red : courage Motto : PRO REGE ET GREGE : (For king and people) The modern version is a joining of 2 blazons of arms, and consequently, a very complex design. (Reference : Heraldic Promotions, Surrey, England) Blazon of arms : Per pale, dexter, fesse gules, 3 bees, sable on argent 2 and 1, and sinister 3 stars, 1 azure on or, 1 or on azure chevron, under arms and 1 bee sable and 2 wings dexter or, sinister azure. Also described as : Argent a fesse gules, 3 bees, sable impaling: chevron or and azure in chief 2 stars azure in base 1 star or under arms, and 1 bee sable and 2 wings dexter or, sinister azure. Per pale : Split into halves - because this was a joining of the ancient Glenday arms, (described above) and another family's arms. Not sure which family this was. Impaled By : Also means split in 2 halves Dexter : means right hand side - as you HOLD the shield. I.e. the left side as you view it. So imagine the shield split in half longitudinally, with the left side decorated with a modified version of the ancient Glenday arms, (described above) as follows : Silver background, divided by a red bar, with 2 black bees side-by- side in the top half, and one in the bottom half. As with the ancient shield, the silver background was often shown as white. Sinister : means left hand side - as you HOLD the shield. I.e. the right side as you view it. So the right half of the shield is decorated as follows : Divided horizontally by a chevron (a peaked line - like this: / \ ). The top half is gold (often shown as yellow), with 2 blue stars, side- by-side. The bottom half is blue, with 1 gold star (often shown as yellow) On top of the shield (I.e. the crest) is the helmet portion of a suit of armor . This is called "arms", and denotes scottish peerage. Above this is another black bee, and a gold wing on the left (as you view it), and a black wing on the right (as you view it). Motto : ALTE PETE (Alte = high, Pete = seek, go, strive; rough translation therefore is Reach High) Hope you find this useful, Duncan Glenday

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> http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews/10_13_99.htm#3 > > > by Roseann Hogan, Ph.D. > > > "So, there's an index to these marriage records, huh?" Was I > prepared for my first genealogical research trip to the archives, or what? > Twenty years of > genealogical research have taught me a great deal-about myself, > history, perseverance, organization, the temperaments of public servants, > and, not > incidentally, how to better manage long-term research projects. In > this article, I will outline half of my Top Ten Tips that I've learned over > the past two decades > (the other half will follow in my next column), and I hope the tips > will be helpful to others. Extending the logic here is not flattering-my > twenty years translate into > only ten maxims? I must be a slow learner. > > 1. DOCUMENTATION > Most important, no matter how tedious this seems document all > research efforts thoroughly. If there were ten commandants of research, the > first nine would be > document, document, document. All researchers know this worn-out > piece of advice and feel appropriately guilty when they don't heed it. But > what I'd like to > stress is that it is as important to document sources you check in > which you did not find relevant information as it is to document those in > which you did. In > summary, all efforts should be recorded, including what I call "null > findings." Think about it: do you really want to spend precious research > time looking through > records where you have (a) already searched, and (b) found nothing > at all the first time? This would put you in the position of re-examining > your least productive > sources. > > So, how do you document all this work? The research calendar is the > best way, of course. Use one of the commercially available forms, or make > one of your > own that you will actually use. I have made up my own form which > works well. It shows the date and place of research in one corner, as well > as columns for > numbers and location information that would allow me to easily > relocate the document should I need to look at it again. This information > includes the call > numbers, microfilm numbers, original courthouse location box > numbers, etc. I prepare this form before I arrive at the library, while I am > reviewing my notes, and > once I arrive at the archives, with my priorities in my hand, I > simply add the call numbers, and I'm on my way to the film readers. > > For individual document locations, be sure to indicate the page or > frame number, even if the pages are not numbered. I always include some > notes to myself > about where I found a record, even if it is only a hurried "this was > about halfway to the end of the film" kind of note. Some machines have tick > marks showing the > depth of the film at certain points; these can be used as rough > indicators. Indicating the condition of the records-whether they are legible > or not-helps you recall > later how the records looked, as well as helping you evaluate > whether that record really did say such-and-such if the film was not clear. > > What I didn't realize when I started out was that genealogy is never > done, and research is a repetitive process. One must record what names are > searched. > Now, we all know that we should check variant spellings of the names > searched. But I find it is important for me to record not only spellings > checked, but also > what surnames and given names I checked, and how much I knew about > the family at the time I did the research. I sometimes wish, when looking at > research > done a year or more ago, that I had attached to my research calendar > the family chart or group sheet as I knew it at the time. > > The bottom line here is not to trust anything to memory, thinking > you'll remember; you won't. I promise. And besides, other researchers will > follow you who will > need to know what was done before. > > 2. DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE, SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH STRATEGY > Organize your work, perhaps using the chronological tool discussed > in an earlier column [see "The Chronology: Keeping it All Together," > Ancestry, March/April > 1997, p. 22]. Then use a scientific and systematic approach to > tackle what needs to be done, including approaching new research problems > and eliminating > dead ends and puzzles. > > For each research problem, list the possible sources-primary and > secondary-that might be helpful. Cast your net widely. Then use this > inventory to develop your > strategy. What would be the most likely record to solve your > problem? I limit my first research attempts to the easy-to-search records, > then move progressively > through the harder-to-use documents and documents that are less > relevant. The multitude of publications available, combined with our natural > curiosity, makes it > easy to become sidetracked at the library, so a listing of my > research plan each day is essential for me-it keeps me on my task and > confident that I am using my > time well. > > When I have searched the basic records and have not satisfied my > need to know or have found nothing, I take a step back. I build a narrative > based on what I > know and don't know about the family. I identify and develop > hypotheses about relationships and families, then set my research priorities > to prove or disprove > my ideas. I find I am more motivated and focused in my research if I > have a good idea of who I am looking for. Of course I'm not always right, > and I work hard to > maintain my objectivity, but it gives me a goal and an organized > plan of action. Let me reiterate here-possibly the worst thing any of us do > is to neglect the null > findings when evaluating what has been done already and what needs > to be done. > > As far as organization is concerned, I have developed a reference > notebook for each of the major libraries I use. In it I include numbers of > works I frequently use > and notes on what I searched in the past, in addition to my research > calendar. This saves an enormous amount of time. > > 3. SYNTHESIZE AND INTEGRATE FINDINGS > Once you arrive home, write down any ideas that occur to you and > store the information in a single place. The place can be a simple family > form/group sheet or > a computer program. I use the aforementioned chronology, which > includes documented events as well as hypothesized dates, with complete > documentation of > my results. I find my best work is done as soon as possible after I > leave the library. > > Making myself summarize the findings for the day or for each source > checked forces me into an analytical frame of mind. I like to think about > the research in at > least two modes: the data-collection mode at the library, and the > analytical mode afterwards. When my family politely asks, "Well, did you > find anything today?" I > usually say I don't know yet. And unless I made an astonishing > finding or found an entirely new family, that's exactly true. You must take > time to take the facts and > turn them into information. > > 4. QUESTION AUTHORITY AND TRUST NO ONE > This is an old rule and certainly not one I originated. But it is > important to keep in mind. Never make assumptions in determining your > research strategy. We all > know we cannot accept family stories uncritically, although they are > wonderful hypotheses about the family. We view them as helpful, albeit > sometimes > unreliable, clues. Read as much history and local history as you > can. Don't depend on genealogical books, or on folk tales from the family. > Don't even assume > that official documents are accurate. Here are some examples from my > personal experience. > > It was not until I was working on an African American family in > central Kentucky that I realized there were indeed many, not just a few, > black marriages recorded > in the early 1800s. This was something that I thought did not happen > due to the legal status of African Americans at the time. So now, whenever I > use these > records, I chuckle to myself, wondering how many white families have > erroneously included these black names in their histories. Of course, the > equally > unfortunate possibility is that these families indeed have black > heritage that they do not realize they have. > > A friend of mine encountered a death certificate in some research he > was doing (see above). The document indicated the parents of the deceased, > including > the mother's maiden name, listed as Mary Field. Great, he thought, I > have the parents' names now, right? Wrong. The father's name was correct; > the mother's > name was correct in part, but he read it wrong. It turns out the > name listed was only her surname; the mother's actual name was Elizabeth > Merryfield. How did > this get resolved? My friend started reading about the area and > noticed the surname Merryfield. When he pursued this line, he found what he > was looking for. > > 5. PUT YOUR FAMILY IN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT > Another important lesson, especially in difficult-to-solve problems, > is to learn about the family's background. Learn everything you can and > search for as many > documents as you think exist, for verification of information you > have already found, or for different perspectives. > > A mistake I see genealogists making is not thinking about the entire > family when conducting research. For example, one researcher dolefully told > me that his > ancestor died before 1911, when Kentucky's civil registration had > begun, so he would not be able to identify this ancestor's parents. "And," > he went on, > "great-aunt Bessie doesn't remember..." > > I interrupted him at this point. "You mean he had a sister with > children? The female line is just as related to the parents as the male > line." He hurriedly got up and > beat a path to the vital records, where he found the evidence that > he had sought for so long. > > The social context and attitude can also influence what appears in > the official records. For example, my great-grandfather's death certificate > says he was > married at the time of his death. Not so. He and his wife were > divorced in the 1920s, but because my Aunt Fanny was a strict Catholic, she > didn't recognize the > civil divorce and reported him as married. > > In the second part of this series, I will discuss the remaining five > tips: > > 6. Make Each Document Work for You > 7. Citizenship, or, The Golden Rule > 8. Take a Multifaceted Approach to Genealogy > 9. Never Stop Learning > 10. The Virtue of Tenacity, or, The Truth is Out There > > > 6. MAKE EACH DOCUMENT WORK FOR YOU. It is critically important that each > document be examined closely. Record all details on a document, every > scratching, regardless of whether they make sense or have any significance > at this point in your research. In her article in the March/April 1998 > issue of Ancestry, Elizabeth Shown Mills indicates that there is often no > single document that proves parentage. The researcher must build a case > with reliable information from a variety of clues found in a multitude of > sources and documents. A fact that makes no sense now may turn out to be a > vital clue later. > > For example, a letter in a collection of papers collected in the 1920s by a > local attorney indicated that a member of my Irish family came to Kentucky > in the 1860s. This confirmed what I had discovered thus far. However, the > writer went on to note that this family moved to Indiana for a time on an > "airline contract." This made no sense to me, but I copied everything down, > thinking that it was an interesting phrase. I wondered what this Irish > immigrant family had had to do with airplanes. They were stone masons, and, > like so many other Irish folk, worked on roads and on the railroads. It was > not until years later that I discovered there was a railroad short line in > Indiana, on which my great-grandfather had been the foreman. This line was > called the Air Line, because the new structure was supposed to be such a > smooth ride that it would be "like riding on air." > > The other way for a researcher to make documents work is to view each one > as a clue, a link to another set of documents. Source documents should > multiply like rabbits. Here's another example: A death certificate of my > great-grandfather indicated that there was an inquest at the time of his > death, since he had been struck by a >

Sorry about this - it seems that many of my previous postings have not gone through. Please bear with me while I conduct a few tests... ======================== Duncan N. Glenday dglenday@iname.com Voice Mail : (888) 392-4832 Extension 301-296-4539 Fax (419) 818-0032 ========================

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Would anyone be interesting in starting a joint Glenday (and variants) genealogy? I would be willing to do the work and host it on my web site. I haven't got loads of time, but we are a small group. -- S -- Susan D. Chambless listowner for the CHAMBLESS, GAUSS, GLENDAY, BORDEN, DURFEE, BORDEN & SANDERSON surname lists, now at RootsWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com - please join us! Check it out: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~schmblss I'm posting a lot of old family letters & papers centered around the Charles Henry Gauss family of St. Charles, MO. Surnames are: Gauss, Johns, Fawcett, Glenday, Durfee, Lindsay, plus, of course, the people they knew.

I have been researching the history of the GLENDAY family for several years. I have conducted this research using the Internet, personal contacts, the LDS archives, the usenet, listservers, an old family tree that was maintained by a now-deceased family member, and several other sources. My database comprises over 600 people so far, although most of these are from the last few generations. I have managed to go back to 6 generations of Glendays (or 7 generations including my children). To date, my records include one of the two branches of the Glenday family which emmigrated to South Africa. When I have verified some of my assumptions, I will be glad to share the information with you. HERE'S WHERE I NEED YOUR HELP : I would very much like to find links to the Glenday families which emmigrated (principally, I believe, to America, South Africa, New Zealand and Ireland), and I am anxious to establish contact with those Glendays who are still in Scotland or England. Please could you let me have any genealogical information you have, however obscure it may seem. Ideally, I need full names, parents, children, spouse(s), dates and places of birth and death, and any significant lifetime achievements. Your contact details are entirely optional, but please distribute this request among your family members. Thanks in advance, P.S. - There is a GLENDAY listserver ... send an email to mailto:GLENDAY-L-request@rootsweb.com and enter the single word SUBSCRIBE as the body of the message. There are also ANGUS and PERTHSHIRE lists.

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------11CB5892323DE99D793AAE06 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FYI --------------11CB5892323DE99D793AAE06 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by sparrow.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA12099; Thu, 12 Aug 1999 20:44:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA26573; Thu, 12 Aug 1999 20:43:47 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 20:43:47 -0700 (PDT) From: cainestown@webtv.net X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAtAhUAwJ0AQhWjCVZeGYvBhKtiFCCkXlUCFD6OByjAIUQH1evoLuRkkKUIk+i4 Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 19:53:55 -0700 (PDT) Old-To: ARCONWAY-L@rootsweb.com, BASS-L@rootsweb.com, B530-L@rootsweb.com, query@Burnett-web.com, GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com, GLENN-L@rootsweb.com, HIATT-L@rootsweb.com, HOBBS-L@rootsweb.com, KYBOURBO-L@rootsweb.com, McCULLOUGH-L@rootsweb.com, RATLIFF-L@rootsweb.com, ROLFE-L@rootsweb.com, SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com, SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com, TARRANT-L@rootsweb.com, TOWNSEND-L@rootsweb.com, WHEELER-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <3838-37B388C3-3285@postoffice-153.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Subject: [GLENN] ARTICLES IN FAMILY TREE NEWSPAPER Resent-Message-ID: <J5YdU.A.1eG.yR5s3@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: GLENN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: GLENN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <GLENN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/316 X-Loop: GLENN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: GLENN-L-request@rootsweb.com X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 USING THE AVERAGES If you are at a dead-end trying to trace early pre-1850 ancestors, here are a few clues that may lead to finding that elusive documentation. Generally, there are three generations per century. The average age for men to marry was about 24-seldom before age 20. The average age for women to marry was 20-seldom before age 16. First marriages were usually between couples near the same age. Women usually outlived their husbands, but older widowers frequently married much younger women who had never been married. Births usually occurred at two year intervals. Frequently the first child was born a year after the marriage. Child bearing generally ended about age 45. Men usually married women from their neighborhood, but if a "non-local" woman shows up, check the man's former home. Often men returned to their former residence to find a wife. Families and neighbors usually migrated from their old homes together, and women rarely traveled alone. If you can't find an older parent, chances are he/she "went West" with a son or daughter and son-in-law. If you find an ancestor with a "virtue" name (Patience, Hope, Charity, etc.) consider a New England heritage. Children were often named for grandparents, both male and female. Thought this was interesting LaVeta "...Peace and blessins' manifest--with every lesson learned....."~Erykah Badu, JaBorn Jamal~ --------------11CB5892323DE99D793AAE06--

VIRGINIANS AND THEIR LAND by Barbara Vines Little <blittle@ns.gemlink.com> [Barbara Vines Little, M.Ed (University of Virginia), has published three volumes of Virginia court records and edited others for publication. She is past-president of the Virginia Genealogical Society <http://www.vgs.org/>, editor of the quarterly MAGAZINE OF VIRGINIA GENEALOGY, and editor of the bi- monthly "Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter," in Vol. XXV, No. 2 (April 1999) of which "Virginians and Their Land" first appeared. It is reprinted here with the author's permission.] Virginia's early land records are one of the few surviving colonial record groups. They are also one of the most misunderstood. While there are a number of sources of information on the land grant system, the best overall source of information is a small book reviewed in the last issue of this newsletter , VIRGINIA LAND GRANTS: A STUDY IN CONVEYANCING IN RELATION TO COLONIAL POLITICS by Fairfax Harrison. First printed in 1925, Harrison intended the book to be a comparison of Virginia's two land grant systems -- the Northern Neck Proprietary and the Royal patents. However, it is also a history of the systems, and in developing the history of the evolvement of the two systems. Harrison provides the reader with the information needed to understand the conditions under which individuals (our ancestors) obtained land grants and discusses the additional information that can be gleaned from the records. Harrison begins with a history of land granting under the Virginia Company and then speaks to one of the more common misunderstandings of the land grant system -- the researcher who identifies an ancestor as having been "given" a grant of land by King George. Grants were issued for "charter importation rights," treasury rights or military service. Harrison notes that importation rights were used primarily in the seventeenth century and treasury rights in the eighteenth, but that all three continued to the end of the colonial period. Many researchers are unaware that importation rights were still used in the eighteenth century, yet a survey of the patents abstracted in volume six of CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS shows a number of entries for importation rights. The history of each of the rights is treated in detail so that the reader can follow the evolvement of each and hopefully will learn to look for the information that defines the type of right under which the grant was obtained. Not only should the researcher pay attention to the type of right used to obtain land, but to where the land was located. Was it in an area that was already well populated, one that was just developing or an area that was on the frontier and free of taxes for the next seven years? Other questions should look at the size of the grant in relation to others in the area, the counties of residence of adjacent landowners and whether the grants were primarily by land speculators or people moving into the area for settlement. Politics played an important roll in the land grant system and the researcher needs to be aware of this. In no other single place can one get a better introduction to the politics of the land grant system than in Harrison's VIRGINIA LAND GRANTS. Although Fairfax Harrison has the most comprehensive explanation of the land grant system, there are a number of other sources of information. The 18-page introduction to Daphne Gentry's VIRGINIA LAND OFFICE INVENTORY, revised and enlarged by John S. Salmon and republished by the Library [of Virginia] in 1981, but currently out-of-print, provides an overview of the Virginia land grant system and includes information on the major land grants issued to Beverley and Borden and later grants to the Greenbrier and Loyal land companies. The land office inventory itself provides useful information on the paperwork generated by the system. The introductions to the first three volumes of CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS (abstracted by Nell Marion Nugent) each provide additional information. The introductions to the remaining four volumes of the colonial patent abstracts (Dennis Hudgins, editor) provide additional information. These were written by Daphne Gentry, Robert Young Clay, and John Hemphill II, all of whom have studied the subject in depth. The abstracts themselves provide additional information in regard to the system and the politics surrounding it. Further information on settlement patterns can be gleaned by studying county and regional patent maps created for various counties throughout Virginia. Among those available are Fairfax, Loudoun, Orange, Westmoreland, Greensville, Goochland. Two of the previous are Northern Neck Proprietary counties. The two major record groups of the papers of the Northern Neck Proprietary have been abstracted and published. The Northern Neck survey and warrants (which do not survive for the colonial patents -- they were burned annually) were abstracted by Peggy Shomo Joyner and published in a five-volume series. The grants were abstracted by Gertrude E. Gray in four volumes. . . In addition to these references, students of the land grant system need to look at the various bounty warrant compilations, the lodged and caveated surveys abstracted in the MAGAZINE OF VIRGINIA GENEALOGY as well as the abstracts of the preemption warrants. A familiarity with the various aspects of the land grant system in Virginia provides the student of colonial history with the information necessary to understand the driving forces behind settlement patterns in Virginia and will in many cases help the researcher find the origins of his frontier ancestors. A BIBLIOGRAPHY Gentry, Daphne S. comp., rev. by John S. Salmon. VIRGINIA LAND OFFICE INVENTORY, Third Edition. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library and Archives, 1988. Harrison, Fairfax. VIRGINIA LAND GRANTS: A SURVEY OF CONVEYANCING IN RELATION TO COLONIAL POLITICS. 1925; reprint, Westminster, Md: Willow Bend Books, 1998. Vernon, Robert. "How Land Was Granted in Colonial Virginia," CENTRAL VIRGINIA HERITAGE. vol. 12 (winter 1994) pp.1-11. Contains a list of extant county survey books. Hughes, Sarah F. SURVEYORS AND STATESMEN: LAND MEASURING IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA, Richmond, Va.: Virginia Surveyors Foundation and Virginia Association of Surveyors, 1979. Robinson, W. Stitt, Jr. MOTHER EARTH: LAND GRANTS IN VIRGINIA, 1607-1699 Williamsburg, Va.: n.p., 1957. COMMONWEALTH LAND RECORDS Bushman, Katherine G. "Minutes of the Commission Appointed to Settle Claims to Unpatented Lands on the Western Waters of Virginia, January-April 1780." AUGUSTA HISTORICAL BULLETIN. 13(1977)1:37-57, 2:26-42. Nugent, Nell Marion. CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS, 1623-1732. 3 vols. 1934-79; reprint, Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library and Archives, 1992. Hudgins, Dennis. CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS: ABSTRACTS OF VIRGINIA LAND PATENTS AND GRANTS, 1732-1776. 4 vols. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1994-9. "Inquisitions on Escheated Land," VIRGINIA GENEALOGIST. 19(1975): 128-136, 179-184, 255-260; 20(1976):21-28, 109-116, 169-176, 258-262; 21(1977):28-35. MacDonald, Edgar. "Defective Surveys 1761-1799" MAGAZINE OF VIRGINIA GENEALOGY. 30(1992):318-323. MacDonald, Edgar. "Copies of Grants Not Called For," MAGAZINE OF VIRGINIA GENEALOGY. 30(1992):131-136. Slatten, Richard. "Lodged Land Surveys: A Series," MAGAZINE OF VIRGINIA GENEALOGY. 26(1988):179-194, 273-283; 27(1989):44-51, 114-119, 206-215, 282-289; 28(1990):37-47. Slatten, Richard and Edgar MacDonald. "Caveated Land Surveys" MAGAZINE OF VIRGINIA GENEALOGY, 28(1990):159-164, 281-6; 29(1991):72-6. Slatten, Richard. "Caveated Surveys Settled in the General Court, 1782-1788." MAGAZINE OF VIRGINIA GENEALOGY. 28(1990):17-26. Slatten, Richard. "Interpreting Headrights in Colonial-Virginia Patents: Uses and Abuses," NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY. 75(1987):169-79. NORTHERN NECK LAND RECORDS Nugent, Nell Marion. SUPPLEMENT, NORTHERN NECK GRANTS, NO. 1, 1690-1692. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library and Archives, 1980. Joyner, Peggy Shomo. ABSTRACTS OF VIRGINIA'S NORTHERN NECK WARRANTS & SURVEYS. 5 vols. U.S.A.:, n.p. 1985-95. Gray, Gertrude Entz. VIRGINIA NORTHERN NECK LAND GRANTS 1694-1862. 4 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1987-93. PERMISSION TO REPRINT articles from MISSING LINKS is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, PROVIDED: (1) the reprint is used for non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) a copy of this notice appears at the end of the article: Written by <author's name, e-mail address, and URL, if given>. Previously published by Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG, Missing Links: RootsWeb's Genealogy Journal, Vol. 4, No. 26, 23 June 1999. Please visit the MISSING LINKS Web page at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~mlnews/index.htm>. -- Susan D. Chambless listowner for the CHAMBLESS, GAUSS, GLENDAY, BORDEN, DURFEE, BORDEN & SANDERSON surname lists, now at RootsWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com - please join us! Check it out: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~schmblss I'm posting a lot of old family letters & papers centered around the Charles Henry Gauss family of St. Charles, MO. Surnames are: Gauss, Johns, Fawcett, Glenday, Durfee, Lindsay, plus, of course, the people they knew.

WELDING LINKS: THE GATEWAY THAT CHANGED CANADA by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG <myravg@prodigy.net> <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gormleym/> For several decades an unpretentious immigration shed at Pier 21 on the Halifax, Nova Scotia waterfront greeted a steady stream of ocean liners. Through its portals came prospective Canadians from every part of the world. This was the door to Canada -- counterpart to America's Ellis Island. On Canada Day -- July 1 -- the Pier 21 Society reopens a restored Pier 21 as an interactive visitor center commemorating Canada's immigrant population and experience. It is estimated that one in five Canadians can trace some relationship to Pier 21. For here is where more than one million immigrants, many of them war brides, refugees and children, first set foot on Canadian soil. Additionally, nearly a half a million Canadian troops headed off to World War II from here. Pier 21 opened in 1928 as a complex of buildings connected by an overhead ramp to Halifax's railway station. It contained Immigration Services, Customs, Health and Welfare, Agriculture, the Red Cross, a waiting room, dining room, canteen, nursery, hospital, detention center, kitchen, dormitories and a promenade overlooking the harbor. From 1928 to 1971, this was the main gateway to Canada and for more than 1.5 million immigrants, including wartime refugees, children evacuated from Britain during World War II, 50,000 war brides, and thousands of postwar arrivals from war-torn and famine-ridden countries, the oblong structure symbolized the start of a new life. During World War II, Pier 21 also became involved in the embarkation of troops bound for the European theater, the control of merchant seamen, the reception of prisoners of war, the processing of hospitalized servicemen, arrivals of VIPs, such as Winston Churchill, and the scene of the returning servicemen. The restored Pier 21 is the result of work by a group of historically minded citizens, led by Ruth Goldbloom, now the society's president. Through an exclusive and innovative partnership with Pier 21, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) television crews are filming immigrants in every part of Canada, telling their stories, in their own words, of coming into Canada. "As a country, we are the sum of our individual experiences and having Canada's national public broadcaster as our exclusive broadcast partner ensures that these stories are heard by the widest possible audience," Goldbloom said. The society was created to revitalize Pier 21 as a permanent testament designed to celebrate the profound contributions of immigrant Canadians. It is hoped that Pier 21 will do for Canada what Ellis Island has done for the United States -- be a national and international center whose purpose is to extol the Canadian immigration experience. The restored Pier 21 will be home to a heritage center that recreates the immigrant experience through innovative exhibits, evocative soundscapes, and interactive technology. It will recapture the essential dimensions of that experience as felt by children and adults: the difficult journey from home to the unknown; the anticipation of life in a new land, mingled with fond remembrance of the old; the anxiety and discomfort of arrival; the journey to new beginnings; and the ultimate impact of the new arrivals on the face of Canada. The site will spur the development of a historic Canadian immigration database enabling descendants of Pier 21 immigrants to trace their origins within Canada, while guiding others in tracing their roots. Stories of some who came through Pier 21, information about opening day activities, the society's search for certain artifacts or memorabilia for display as well as a list of ships that have arrived and/or departed from Pier 21 can be found at the Pier 21 Society's home page on the Web at: <http://www.pier21.ns.ca/>. Also read: STORIES OF PIER 21 <http://pier21.ns.ca/stories.html> -- a compilation of stories written by individuals who arrived or departed through Pier 21, and stories of organizations that volunteered there. o IMMIGRANTS <http://pier21.ns.ca/storyi.html> o GUEST CHILDREN <http://pier21.ns.ca/storyg.html> o REFUGEES <http://pier21.ns.ca/storyr.html> o VOLUNTEERS <http://pier21.ns.ca/storyv.html> o WAR BRIDES <http://pier21.ns.ca/storyw.html> o WORLD WAR II <http://pier21.ns.ca/storyw1.html> SHIPS OF PIER 21 <http://pier21.ns.ca/ships.html> (with many pictures) THE SOBEY WALL OF HONOUR <http://www.pier21.ns.ca/wallofhonour/index.html> PIER 21: THE PLACE WHERE WE BECAME CANADIANS <http://pier21.ns.ca/newman.html> PERMISSION TO REPRINT articles from MISSING LINKS is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, PROVIDED: (1) the reprint is used for non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) a copy of this notice appears at the end of the article: Written by <author's name, e-mail address, and URL, if given>. Previously published by Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG, Missing Links: RootsWeb's Genealogy Journal, Vol. 4, No. 26, 23 June 1999. Please visit the MISSING LINKS Web page at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~mlnews/index.htm>. -- Susan D. Chambless listowner for the CHAMBLESS, GAUSS, GLENDAY, BORDEN, DURFEE, BORDEN & SANDERSON surname lists, now at RootsWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com - please join us! Check it out: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~schmblss I'm posting a lot of old family letters & papers centered around the Charles Henry Gauss family of St. Charles, MO. Surnames are: Gauss, Johns, Fawcett, Glenday, Durfee, Lindsay, plus, of course, the people they knew.

Hello, Alan, I think my Peter Glenday came either from Forfar or from the Blairgowrie or Rattray in Perthshire. Actually, all of these places are pretty close together. What I know so far is on my web site. I am not doing much genealogy at the moment. Most of what I am doing is family history, precisely publishing the plethora of information left by my mother's aunts (the Collectors). There is a Glenday mail list, although it not particularly active, but it would be a good place to post questions. If you have not already joined, send an email to mailto:GLENDAY-L-request@rootsweb.com and put the single word "subscribe" (no quotes) as the entire body of the message. There are also ANGUS and PERTHSHIRE lists. You may already know about these. If so, please forgive me. The book: A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, Bryan and Rose, 1876, also has the following: GLENDY.-- John and William Glendy, of Scotland, came to America at an early date, and in 1796 John was a Presbyterian minister in the city of Philadelphia. William was married twice, his second wife being Anna Robinson, of Augusta county, Va. They had -- John, David, Samuel, Thomas, William, Jr., Robert, and Mary. Samuel married Mary Shields, and settled in Callaway county, Mo., in 1829. Thomas married Ellen Shields, and settled in that county the same year. Samuel is a politician, and very few persons can out-talk him. LitleGTO@aol.com wrote: > Hello Susan > > Hi my name is Alan, and I am researching the surname Glenday, and noticed > that you have a Peter Glenday, that came fron Scotland, I am trying to find > anything that I can, I have a Agnes Glenday born abt 1864, and the only info > I have that is documented it that she is burried in the Young family grave in > Scotland, I beleive that she Married William Young in Forfar, Angus, Scotland > probally anround 1844, and her parents beleived to be George Glenday and Ann > Lyall, does any of this ring a bell??? thank you,, Alan Young -- Susan D. Chambless listowner for the CHAMBLESS, GAUSS, GLENDAY, BORDEN, DURFEE, BORDEN & SANDERSON surname lists, now at RootsWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com - please join us! Check it out: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~schmblss I'm posting a lot of old family letters & papers centered around the Charles Henry Gauss family of St. Charles, MO. Surnames are: Gauss, Johns, Fawcett, Glenday, Durfee, Lindsay, plus, of course, the people they knew.