It is important to update your anti-virus software now, during this holiday season, as it is the time of the year that the "nasties" send out their virulent viruses. Be especially careful in opening any attachments. I've been assured that messages through Rootsweb mail lists, such as our HALLMAN list, are safe. Thank you Faith Hutchings Your List Hostess faith@verdenet.com

Michigan GENDIS listed the following HALLMAN deaths between 1867-1882. - ---------------------------------------------------------- Decendent's Name Date of Father's Last County Death Name of Death - ---------------------------------------------------------- HALLMAN, Agnes 4 Jul 1882 HALLMAN Wayne HALLMAN, Herman 10 Aug 1872 HALLMAN Wayne - ---------------------------------------------------------- Faith Hutchings Your List Hostess faith@verdenet.com

Drema Gail Hallman, 51, of Darien, Ga., formerly of Charmco and Rainelle, died Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1999, at her home. Born Feb. 28, 1948, in Charleston, she was the daughter of Margaret Withrow Tuck of Rainelle and the late John Withrow. Mrs. Hallman had made her home in Darien for the past seven years. She operated D & D Furniture in Darien and attended Darien Church of God. She was preceded in death by her first husband, William O. "Bill" Elliott; second husband, Dane Hallman; and an infant daughter, Sharon Kaye Elliott. Other survivors include a son, William Scott Elliott and wife Frances of Darien, Ga; a daughter, Sherry L. Beach and husband Russell of New Orleans, La.; three sisters, Jean Kaye Casto and husband Bobby of Palatka, Fla., Pamela Wagner and husband James of Salem, Va., and Janice Redden and husband Jack of Charmco; three grandchildren, Ashley Elliott, Nicholas Elliott and Ciara Beach; five stepchildren and 14 stepgrandchildren. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Smathers Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bennie Kenney officiating. Burial will follow in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville. HALLMAN, Anna M "Anne" (FENERTY); 57; West Rockhill PA; Intelligencer Record; 1999-11-30; mcs

Copied from another List. Faith FIRST FULL MOON TO OCCUR ON WINTER SOLSTICE > > >This year will be the first full moon to occur on the winter solstice, > > >Dec.22, commonly called the first day of winter. Since a full moon on > > >the > > >winter solstice occurred in conjunction with a lunar perigee (point in > > >the > > >moon's orbit that is closest to Earth) > > >The moon will appear about 14% larger than it does at apogee (the point > > >in > > >it's elliptical orbit that is farthest from the Earth) since the Earth > > >is > > >also several million miles closer to the sun at this time of the year > > >than > > >in the summer, sunlight striking the moon is about 7% stronger making it > > >brighter. Also, this will be the closest perigee of the Moon of the > > >year > > >since the moon's orbit is constantly deforming. > > >If the weather is clear and there is a snow cover where you live, it is > > >believed that even car headlights will be superfluous. On December > > >21st. > > >1866 the Lakota Sioux took advantage of this combination of occurrences > > >and > > >staged a devastating retaliatory ambush on soldiers in the Wyoming > > >Territory. > > >In laymen's terms it will be a super bright full moon, much more than > > >the >> >usual AND it hasn't happened this way for 133 years! Our ancestors 133 > > >years ago saw this. Our descendants 100 or so years from now will see > > >this > > >again. > > >Remember this will happen December 22, 1999.

Ancestry's Free Database for 10 Days is the URL below. I checked it out & found 9 Hallmans listed, most in the same family. Click on the address below & see if you recognize any of the names listed. Do it right away as it's only free for 10 days. Faith Hutchings Your List Hostess faith@verdenet.com RECORDS OF IMMIGRANTS TO CANADA, PART ONE (Update) Historically, Canada has been the destination for millions of immigrants from around the world seeking a better life in North America. Compiled from a variety of sources, this database is a collection of over 120,000 records between 1780 and 1906 relating to immigrants to Canada. This update adds the names of over 45,000 persons. Researchers will find the name of the immigrant and year and source of the original record. The entries in this database are not complete transcriptions of the original records; an e-mail link is provided at the bottom of each results page for those who would like to purchase a more detailed electronic transcript for a particular entry. This database can be immensely helpful for researchers with Canadian ancestors. We will periodically be adding more Canadian immigration data to our online library, so check back often. Bibliography: Anonymous. "Records of Immigrants to Canada." [Database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3795.htm ________________________________________________________

Hi all Hallmans, In this day of virus alerts, virus hoaxes, etc., the URL below can keep you advised as to what is a hoax and what is real & should need arise, how to rid your computer of a virus. Thanks, Faith Hutchings Your List Hostess faith@verdenet.com o SYMANTEC ANTIVIRUS RESEARCH CENTER (pages available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Korean) <http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/>

Source: GC-Lexington County, SC Query Forum URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/SC/Lexington?read=541 Subject: Hallman book You, who are South Carolina Hallmans' (specifically Lexington County), may want to check the postings on the above Genconnect Board. Faith Hutchings

Another HALLMAN obit for us from Linda. HALLMAN, Mary Ellen (TRAMMELL); 75; Gentry AR; Mornews; 1999-11-11; pat

Excerpts from The Pennsylvania Germans. A Sketch of their History and Life, of the Mennonites, and of side lights from the Rosenberger Family By Jesse Leonard Rosenberger. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois Copyright 1923 by The University of Chicago Published November 1923 p 147 ...Daniel Rosenberger's son David married Ann Funk, a daughter of Christian Funk and granddaughter of Bishop Heinrich Funck. Christian Funk was a broad-minded, able Mennonite minister, who apparently took a more friendly attitude toward the American Revolution than some of his brethren thought that a Mennonite should take toward war, one of his contentions being that the war taxes imposed should be paid without any consideration of the use that was to be made of them. On account of the position that he took in some such matters, he was eventually expelled from the church, after which he organized a church that was composed of Mennonites who were in sympathy with his views. The first child born to David and Ann Funk Rosenberger they named "Christian." David Rosenberger died in 1821. The year has sometimes been stated to have been 1829, but his making his will on March 7, 1821, and its being proved on September 19, 1821, show that his death occurred between those dates in 1821. His wife, Ann Funk, had died a number of years previously, and he had afterward married for his second wife, Barbara, daughter of John Dettwiler. David Rosenberger left surviving him six children by his first wife, and four by the second. The provisions which he made in his will for his wife Barbara and for his ten children, treating the latter in effect as nearly alike as possible, were of essentially the same character as those made fifty years before by Daniel Rosenberger-for his wife and children. Nor did David Rosenberger forget the children of a deceased daughter-one by his first wife. By his will David Rosenberger gave his wife Barbara two beds and all that belonged to them; what were called her chest and her clothespress and their contents, the chest not to be opened, inspected, or inventoried; her kitchen drawer with all the furniture thereon and therein; a clock and case; a new walnut table; 4 chairs, 2 buckets; 2 tubs; 1 iron pot; a teakettle; a fire shovel and tongs; a big wheel; a spinning wheel, and a reel; a ten-plate stove; the choice of 2 cows, which were to be pastured for her; and yearly 10 bushels of rye, 6 bushels of wheat, 4 bushels of buckwheat, as much as she might desire for her use of apples and other fruit growing on the farm; 200 pounds of good fattened pork, and 100 pounds of beef. She was also to have, for the term of her natural life, the use of either the northeast or the southwest part of the dwellinghouse, whichever she might choose, with such use as she might need of the kitchen, cellar, springhouse, and bake-oven; and was to have the use of one-third of the garden, as well as was to have one-quarter of an acre of good ground sowed annually with flax seed, and was to have a sufficiency of good firewood, ready to cut and split, and delivered at her door. * Most of the personal property of David Rosenberger, according to the inventory which was filed on September 19,1821, was similar to that which his father had possessed, and included a razor, hone, and strap, appraised at fifty cents. His live stock consisted of 4 horses, 12 cows, 3 heifers, 21 sheep, and 15 hogs. He had, besides a wagon, a wagon body and cover, a sleigh, and sleds. Other things that perhaps should be noted were a lamp, 2 lanterns, slate, armchairs, rocking cradle, wood cards, cider mill, frying pans, earthen pots, dough troughs, crowbar, post chisel, gun valued at seventy-five cents, smoked meat, and a barrel with whiskey, those last two being appraised as being together worth one dollar. David Rosenberger, like his father Daniel, lived in Hatfield Township; but Christian Rosenberger, son of David Rosenberger, settled in that part of Providence Township that about 1805 was made Lower Providence Township. Christian Rosenberger has been described as having been particularly well off for a Pennsylvania-German farmer of his day. He apparently did not make any will. The inventory of which was made in November, 1824, of his personal property included these valuations: ... Christian Rosenberger married an Elizabeth Kraut, by whom he had eight children, the second one being born in 1797, and named Jacob. Jacob Rosenberger was a Mennonite, but in a record of marriages solemnized by Reverend George Wack, of the Reformed church, as published in the Perkiomen Region, Past and Present (II, 115), there is this entry of 1820: "December 12. Jacob Rosenberger and Maria Dettwiler." Jacob Rosenberger died on April 11, 1831. The inventory of his personal property, which referred to him as "late of Worcester Township," showed little that was different from anything that his father had; but it included, with other things:... To Jacob Rosenberger and his wife eight children were born, seven of whom lived to comparatively old age, and one of whom was Jesse Rosenberger, who was born on May 1, 1827. Jesse Rosenberger soon after he became of age set out for what was then known as the "West," and settled for a while in Stark County, Ohio, probably at Alliance, in order to follow his trade as shoemaker, although he afterward became a farmer and a nurseryman. On June 2, 1850, he married Esther Him, whose home was then a few miles from Alliance-in Columbian County, Ohio-but who was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, on July 16, 1833. Both of them early joined the Baptist church, and he at one time did some preaching. She died at Maiden Rock, Wisconsin, on December 12, 1871. He subsequently married again. He died at Iola, Kansas, on March 20, 1909. The parents of Esther Heim were Leonhard Heim (as he signed his name, in German) and his first wife--whose maiden name was Mary Snyder--whom he married about 1831 in Pennsylvania, whence in 1840 they moved to Ohio. Mrs. Heim died some time prior to 1847. Mr. Heim's death is recorded in the West Township Cemetery--formerly often called the "Heim Cemetery"--at Moultrie, in Columbiana County, Ohio, on a tombstone which bears the inscription: "Leonard Heim, Died May 7, 1853, Aged 44 ys. 2ms. 16ds.: Leonhard or Leonard Heim (by some persons spelled "Hime") learned the trade of blacksmith, but after his marriage he became a farmer...* Jacob, son of Christian, was married under the name of "Rosenberger," but at some time thereafter he changed his name to "Jacob Rosenberry," and some of his children continued to use the name "Rosenberry,: while his son Jesse retained the name of "Rosenberger"---Jesse Rosenberger. Important information about names and dates of birth and death is also frequently supplied by tombstones. For example, there are seven or eight Mennonite cemeteries in Montgomery and Bucks counties in which a number of Rosenbergers have been buried, and in most cases the name on the tombstones is spelled "Rosenberger," while the few variations in spelling the name are of such a nature as a whole as not to detract from the belief that "Rosenberger" is the original and what may be termed the proper spelling of the name. A small number of the inscriptions are in German. But while it is supposed that Heinrich Rosenberger was buried in the Mennonite cemetery at Franconia, and that Daniel Rosenberger and his son David were buried in the cemetery of the Mennonite church at Line Lexington, in Bucks County, across the county line from where they lived in Hatfield Township, there are no tombstones to show it or to tell anything else about them. The early graves in both of those cemeteries were either unmarked or marked simply with rough pieces of common stone-generally red shale-on a few of which at one time or another names, or more frequently only initials, and sometimes dates, were scratched, as it might have been done, with a nail. Christian Rosenberger, it has been stated, was born about 1773, and died in 1821. Both of those dates, however, are evidently erroneous, for in the Mennonite cemetery of what is called the Worcester or Methacton congregation, about a mile north of what is known as Fairview Village, there is a tombstone that was erected, as the somewhat weather-worn inscription says: "In memory of Christian Rosenberger, who departed this life November 5th, 1824, in the 53rd year of his age." His son Jacob was buried in this same cemetery, as is shown by a tombstone inscribed: "In memory of Jacob Rosenberry, who departed this life April 11th, 1831, aged 33 years, 6 months & 22 days." Yet, as bearing on the spelling of the family name, it is significant that another tombstone, by the side of that one, reads "In memory of Susanah Rosenberger, who departed this life May 29th, 1835, aged 13 years, 4 months & 23 days." (Happy Thanksgiving)

Excerpts from The Pennsylvania Germans. A Sketch of their History and Life, of the Mennonites, and of side lights from the Rosenberger Family By Jesse Leonard Rosenberger. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois Copyright 1923 by The University of Chicago Published November 1923 Chapter VIII p150 The inventory that was filed on October 9, 1771, of the personal property left by Daniel Rosenberger placed a valuation of L14 9s, on his wearing apparel; and one of L2 2s 6d, on his books. Significantly, too, it listed razors and a hone. Of cash, there was a little over L28; and in bonds, bills, and book accounts over L561. Some of the articles which the widow took under the will were appraised as follows: Her chest and what was in it, L21 16s. 3d.; her bed with its furniture, L9 10s.; all the pewter, L3 4s. 3d.; a teakettle, 16s.; 2 iron pots and 1 "lead" (a large pot or caldron such as was originally made of lead), 14s.; a cow, L6. By the consent of all the children, the widow also received articles not mentioned in the will to the value of L18 16s. Among other household goods inventoried there were a clock and case, which were appraised at L7 10s.; and a pipe stove, which was valued at L4. There were also 2 tables, 13 chairs, delftware, earthenware, tinware, knives and forks, glasses, a plain chest, a chest with drawers, a dresser, 2 large clothespresses, several beds, or bedsteads and bedding ("one bedstead and bedding in the old house"), bed-cases, sheets, pillows, pillow-cases, table cloths, hand towels, several lots of woolen cloths, hand towels, several lots of woolen cloth, blue linings, woolen yarn, linen tape, thread, hemp, tow, flax, and wool. Of household utensils there were pot racks, fire tongs, iron pots, a copper kettle, a bake-plate and "lazy bag," pans, ladles, funnels, sieves, candlesticks, a steelyard, a coffee-mill, and a conch shell which had probably been made into a dinner-horn. One big wheel and two little wheels, for spinning, were also mentioned. (Three more paragraphs on provisions) This somewhat lengthy summary of items from this inventory is given here for the purpose of throwing such light as it may on the lives of Pennsylvania-German farmers in the year 1771, by showing what things one of the well-to-do one then had, and leaving it to be inferred from omissions in the list what things now counted necessaries were not then enjoyed.

The Pennsylvania Germans. A Sketch of their History and Life, of the Mennonites, and of side lights from the Rosenberger Family By Jesse Leonard Rosenberger. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois Copyright 1923 by The University of Chicago Published November 1923 Chapter II Hardships Left and Encountered According to tradition, Heinrich Rosenberger came from Zweibrucken, in the Palatinate. It may be conjectured that he came prior to 1727, because, while he might have come through some other port, he probably came through that of Philadelphia, and, beginning in that year, records were kept of the arrivals at the port of Philadelphia, and his name does not appear in any of the lists. Why he came, as also why many other Germans came, can best be explained by referring to certain historical events. A consideration of theses will also aid to a better understanding of the general type of the Pennsylvania Germans. (Then follows a history of Thirty Years war, the passage to America, pioneer life, etc.) Chapter IV General Life and Changes ...A good example of one of those old stone framehouses was the one which took the place of Heinrich Rosenberger's log house. By whom that stone house was built, and when, was not left in doubt, because, following a custom among many of the Pennsylvania Germans, a date-stone or tablet-one that in this case read: "Johannes M. Schwerdle, 1809:-was placed near the apex of one of the gables of the house. This Schwerdle, while yet in his minority, came as a redemptioner, in September, 1772. Upon his arrival, his passage was paid by Heinrich Rosenberger (son of the pioneer), after which Schwerdle repaid the said Rosenberger with three years of service. Subsequently Schwerdle married one of the daughters of that Heinrich Rosenberger, junior, and later acquired, through the will of his father-in-law and by purchase, the Rosenberger farm, on which he built that stone house.... (more pioneer life) Chapter VIII Gleanings From Old Records ...Heinrich Rosenberger apparently did not make any will, but, on January 19, 1745, for a stated consideration of L200, conveyed his farm of 159 acres to his son Heinrich. The making of that conveyance is the last thing actually known about Heinrich Rosenberger, the pioneer, and it may fairly be presumed it was near the close of his life, although there have been some assumptions that he lived many years beyond 1745. Those assumptions and some others concerning him may possibly be explained by a confusion of identity due to his son having the same name-Heinrich Rosenberger-and in time attracting some attention as a Mennonite minister at Franconia. That Heinrich Rosenberger, senior, had any other child than his son Heinrich is not shown by any public record. Still it has been assumed that he had four sons: Heinrich Rosenberger; Daniel Rosenberger, who in 1740 purchased land for a farm in Hatfield Township; John Rosenberger, who about 1749 or 1750 bought land in that township; and Benjamin Rosenberger, who in 1739 settled in the township. Where these last three settled was about 6 miles southeast of Heinrich Rosenberger's farm, in another township. When or where any one of them was born is not now known. Nor is the name of any on e of them to be found in the records kept of arrivals at the port of Philadelphia after 1727. That they may have been nephews of Heinrich Rosenberger, if they were not his sons, appears possible, as mere conjecture. That Daniel and John were brothers is the best attested point of relationship. All were Mennonites.* Daniel Rosenberger must have been a thrifty farmer, for to the 159 acres of land which he purchased in 1740 he was able to add 200 acres in 1769. He made his will on August 15, 1771, and died prior to September 23, 1771, since on the latter date the will was probated in the register's office in Philadelphia, as what is now Montgomery County was a part of Philadelphia County until in 1784. The will was written in German, although the wills of the Pennsylvania Germans were generally prepared by men who could understand directions given in Pennsylvania German and write from them wills in English. Because this will was in German, there was filed with it a translation in English, which, it was affirmed, was a true on "from the original Dutch." The provisions which Daniel Rosenberger made in his will for his wife now appear quaint, but they were not of an exceptional character. He said, as it was translated: I give to my loving wife Fronica [perhaps originally "Veronica," but spelled "Fronica: because pronounced much like that], for her own, our bedding and bedstand, with what is belonging to it, her chest with all the linen cloth, our pewter ware, two pots, and one cow. Likewise I give to my loving wife for her yearly maintenance, the new stove room, kitchen and cellar, what she has use for, firewood to the house, 8 bushels of rye, 5 bushels of wheat , 3 bushels of buckwheat, a fat hog of one hundred wight, apples as much as she useth, all which to be yearly during the time she remains my widow. I also give to my loving wife two hundred pounds money for her maintenance, to use as much as she hath need of , while she remains my widow, and the remainder to come to my heirs. Then, in order to make an equitable distribution among his four children-David, Isaac, Ann, and Mary-of the remainder of his estate, and to have his sons get the land, he made the provisions for his wife a charge against 200 acres of land on a part of which were the farm buildings, and devised that land to this son David, upon whom he specifically enjoined the duty of carrying out those provisions and of feeding and pasturing like his own his mother's cow, in addition to which he provided that David should pay L800 in installments for the land, less an allowance of L100 for time that David had been with his father. The remaining 159 acres of land were devised to Isaac, who was to pay L700 in instalments for it. The total amount derived for the land and from all debts and charges against the estate, to be divided equally among the four children; but to make it easier for David and Isaac, the share of each was to be computed and deducted from what he was required to pay for his land.

Hi, I was walking around the Edgewood Cemetery in Pottstown, PA today looking for someone's grave that I didn't find. I did find the following Hallman's: Ida B. Hallman 7/26/1869 - 9/5/1932 Joseph Hallman 8/22/1857 - 2/14/1924 Harry Hallman 4/20/1888 - 10/13/1918 Lydia Hallman 11/26/1932 - 2/27/1914 Alva L. Hallman 1890 - 1960 Mary E. Hallman 1892 - 1977 W. Horace Hallman 5/9/1861 - 4/25/1924 Catherine E. Hallman 1/19/1864 - 9/13/1818 Hope this information helps someone. Doris

Philadelphia Inquirer March 24 1891 HALLMAN - On the 19th inst., Margaret A., widow of the late William A. Hallman, in the 64th year of her age. The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, in Plymouth township, on Tuesday morning, the 24th inst., at 10 o'clock. Carriages will meet the 8.15 train from Ninth and Green, and the 8.35 train from Broad Street Station, at Conshohocken. Funeral services and interment at Barren Hill.

Hi Hallmans! Does anyone have FTM, CD # 322? Would you mind doing a look-up for me? It is the 1900 census of Massachusetts. If so please let me know. Many thanks in advance! Linda

H. Theodore was my grandfathers' brother. He was an extremely talented artist. He will be missed. Clark Hallman -----Original Message----- From: Faith Hutchings <faith@verdenet.com> To: HALLMAN-L@rootsweb.com <HALLMAN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, November 15, 1999 9:58 AM Subject: Hallman Obituaries >Linda sent me the obituaries listed below. I believe Edie has a copy of the >entire obituary for Theodore HALLMAN, if you want all the information on >his obituary. > >Faith > >> HALLMAN, H Theodore Sr "Ted"; 95; Souderton PA; Intelligencer Record; >1999-10-22; mcs >> HOLLMAN, Gordon "Jerry"; 80; Melrose MA; The Daily Review (CA); >1999-10-21; sadie >> > > >

Linda sent me the obituaries listed below. I believe Edie has a copy of the entire obituary for Theodore HALLMAN, if you want all the information on his obituary. Faith > HALLMAN, H Theodore Sr "Ted"; 95; Souderton PA; Intelligencer Record; 1999-10-22; mcs > HOLLMAN, Gordon "Jerry"; 80; Melrose MA; The Daily Review (CA); 1999-10-21; sadie >

Eagles Byte's NY INDEX AND BIBLIOGRAPHY http://home.eznet.net/~dminor/NYNY.html Eagles Byte's Historical Research Home Page http://home.eznet.net/~dminor/index.html Hi, all, Here's a mixed bag of historical information, not really genealogy, but interesting anyway! Faith

Dear Faith, Thanks! I will keep my eye out for this one!!! Linda Faith Hutchings wrote: > Hi, all, > > I'm hoping Rootsweb will let this go through as I want you to go > to this address below & read about it. Just so you are prepared > in the unlikely event you are targeted by this *worm.* > > Faith Hutchings > Your List Hostess > faith@verdenet.com > > I heard about this worm on the news this morning, and Computerworld is a > reliable source. This worm is real, but doesn't look like a major > threat at this time. For more info, you can check Symantec's site: > > http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.bubbleboy.html

This was announced on the Brethren and the Menno-roots lists. Announcing: 53kMO Project -- 53,000 MENNONITE OBITUARIES from the Herald of Truth (1864-1905), Gospel Witness (1906-1907), and Gospel Herald (1908-1998); weekly newspapers of the Mennonite Church in North America and elswhere. This is a project "under development" and very much in need of volunteer transcribers. Approximately one percent of the 53k obituaries are now online. If your ancestoral lines go back into the Amish, Amish-Mennonite, or Mennonite Church (MC), then there may be something here for you. More information in the website. Contact Don Kauffman (dkauffma@telusvelocity.net) for more information. - ------------------------------------------------ 53kMO Project. Check it out at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mennobit/ - ------------------------------------------------

Hi, all, I'm hoping Rootsweb will let this go through as I want you to go to this address below & read about it. Just so you are prepared in the unlikely event you are targeted by this *worm.* Faith Hutchings Your List Hostess faith@verdenet.com I heard about this worm on the news this morning, and Computerworld is a reliable source. This worm is real, but doesn't look like a major threat at this time. For more info, you can check Symantec's site: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.bubbleboy.html