Hi Danny I looked at the Ash and Davis families and picked up a few names I did not have; thank you for this reference; you did a good job. I notice that you list only one child of Joseph Hammond and Susanna Ash. I have all of their children if you would like to have it. Let me know. Thanks again; I still question the parents of William and wife Jean? Wish we could find an actual record! Ethel On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 19:14:12 -0500 dmjenkins@iolinc.net (Jenkins, Daniel M) writes: > I don't know if you all know about http://www.webroots.org, but you > need to > check it out! > > Danny > --------------------------------------------------------- > Clarksburg WV > dmjenkins@iolinc.net > ---------------------- > God Bless America - Bless God America > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jenkinsconnections/ > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Thanks a LOT, Danny! Now I'll NEVER get to bed! I've already passed that on to several others. BTW - Mom (Mary Va. Sprouse) took her first steps on Friday. Today, she walked the length of the parallel bars SIX times! Thanks, everyone, for your prayers & positive thoughts. <Sharon>< "Jenkins, Daniel M" wrote: > I don't know if you all know about http://www.webroots.org, but you need to > check it out! > > Danny > --------------------------------------------------------- > Clarksburg WV > dmjenkins@iolinc.net > ---------------------- > God Bless America - Bless God America > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jenkinsconnections/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Yes, I have seen this. It is good! Betty

Irene, Who are you trying to find information on? I have FRIENDS in my line also. I'm willing to share whatever I have. Ethel "Our Roots Grow Deep and Our Tree Stands Tall" IDunlevy wrote: > > How or where did you find all the info for Ethel Swiger? > > I belong to the Friend Family Assoc. The Friends have been traced back to the 1600s in this country. Most believe they came from England. Some from Sweden. Nicholas friend lived in New Jersey with his family. The place he lived was called Swede's Delight. He also was referred to as Neals Laerson. > > Would appreciate any help you can give me. > > Irene Dunlevy > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Dear Irene, My research is confined mostly to Harrison & Doddridge Co WV and my information comes from published materials that I have purchased over the years. I lived in Arizona so don't have access to much information from eastern states any more. A lot of information can be found in records from the LDS (Mormon) church library on the internet. Don't know where Ethel got her information. Am waiting to hear more from her. Sorry I can't be of more help Charlotte ----- Original Message ----- From: IDunlevy To: HCGS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 4:53 PM Subject: [HCGS] CHARLOTTE FLEMING How or where did you find all the info for Ethel Swiger? I belong to the Friend Family Assoc. The Friends have been traced back to the 1600s in this country. Most believe they came from England. Some from Sweden. Nicholas friend lived in New Jersey with his family. The place he lived was called Swede's Delight. He also was referred to as Neals Laerson. Would appreciate any help you can give me. Irene Dunlevy ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Thank you for sharing this story. Not in my tree but I just loved it. Sherry

I have a direct line of Cavaliers about whom I can find very little. If anyone reading this message is working on a Cavalier line, please respond. Nanci K. nancik26301@yahoo.com --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games

How or where did you find all the info for Ethel Swiger? I belong to the Friend Family Assoc. The Friends have been traced back to the 1600s in this country. Most believe they came from England. Some from Sweden. Nicholas friend lived in New Jersey with his family. The place he lived was called Swede's Delight. He also was referred to as Neals Laerson. Would appreciate any help you can give me. Irene Dunlevy

For those researching the William Backus, Sr. b abt. 1750 and d in Harrison County abt 1814, m Mary ? I have found information that shows his parents as Peter Baccus/Backus and Sarah ? William, John and Father Peter all served in the American Revolution. I am willing to exchange information. Arden. "Our Roots Grow Deep and Our Tree Stands Tall"

Hi Ethel, Am very interested in your new information. William Backus, SR b 28 Aug 1758 probably in West Moreland Co, PA, is my 4th great grandfather, through his daughter Nancy who married Jacob Swiger. I do not have his parents and am very interested. I have the following information on a William Backus that I think might be the ancestor of our William but have not been able to make the connection: William Backus I information on this family obtained from http://members.tripod.com/ntgen/bw/bkus_index.html June 2000 Origins Everett F. Bingham, in NEHGR 142:253-254, says: "William Backhouse (sic) was listed as an apprentice to William Nutt of Grimesthorpe, near Sheffield, [Yorkshire] had been given his freedom in 1627, and in 1631 was admitted to membership in the Sheffield Culters Company. This placed him as a member of that company at the same time as Thomas Bingham, Sr., husband of Anna (Fenton), and father of Thomas Bingham, Jr. (the immigrant ancestor of Binghams in America.)" Births for the five children of William Backus who immigrated to America are listed in the Sheffield, Yorkshire parish registers, burials of two more children who died young in England, and the burial of his wife, Elizabeth (last name unknown) in 1643. There can be little doubt this William Backhouse is the William Backus of Saybrook, Conn because he used a unique "trademark" for his signature, which was a W directly over a B, likely used to "sign" his cutlery products. This same mark is found on papers he signed in England as well as on his will, in Connecticut. Additionally, the names of the children recorded in the parish register match the names of the children of the American William Backus. These facts, coupled with the man in Norwich referred to his cutlery tools in his will leaves no doubt that the person referred to in the three locations and records are the same man. The Immigrant William Backus, English immigrant was a cutler. He settled in Saybrook, Conn, as a widower with grown children, by 1659. He was on the list of the original 35 settlers who paid Uncas, the Mohegan chief, 70 pounds, for the nine square mile parcel of ground to become Norwich, Connecticut. Born: "Probably about 1606" (NEHGR 142:254, 1988), Note that 18 years before youngest child's birth would be 1610. Immigrated: By 1659, ship unknown (The William Backhouse immigrant of 1637 either died soon after arrival, or if that immigrant was William, returned to England soon after. The 1637 immigrant was likely a different man. There is no record in America after 1637 of a William Backus until the reference to our William Backus in Saybrook in 1659 (Bingham genealogy say 1657.). The later kids of our William Backus were born in England after 1637.) Arrived as a widower, kids in 1659 would have been 19-31 years of age. Spouses: 1) Elizabeth (last name unknown), md by 1628, she was born by 1610, buried at Sheffield, Yorkshire, England February 9, 1643, age about 33. Seven children, two died young. 2) Mary (Fenton) Bingham, widow of Thomas Bingham, Sr. and mother of Thomas Binghams, Jr, American immigrant in 1659 in Saybrook, Conn.Late-life marriage, he was probably in his mid-fifties. No children. She died May, 1670, in Norwich. Occupation: Cutler, worker with steel, probably especially knives. Work records for the Sheffield Company have been found in England, and he referred to his cutlery tools in his will. Founder of Norwich, Conn: The Backuses were founders of Norwich. William, Jr., Stephen and step-son Thomas Bingham are all listed as founders of Norwich in most lists that are made of that prestigious group. William, Sr acceded the "official honors", of being a first time land owner to his younger son Stephen. Died: Probably shortly before June, 1664, when the inventory of his estate was taken, at Norwich, Conn, age about 60. Estate: He left a will, dated Jun 12, 1661, inventory taken June 7, 1664. (New London Probate, 1646-1666, 143-4). All of his children are! named, corresponding with the baptism records in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, some 30 years earlier.First Settler of Connecticut, CT in 1660: NEHGR, Vol. 1, 1847, Pg. 314-317, Article by .. author of article not shown. The names of both Stephen Backus and William Backus appears on list of the first 35 settlers. The name, William Backus, also appears in a partial list in the land patent from the Colony of Connecticut. The list appearing in the NEGHR shows that William was still living at 1700 and Stephen was not. This probably means the name in the list in the patent is the dad, and the names in the list of early settlers are of his two sons, William, Jr. and Stephen, who came to Norwich with him. What do you think? Charlotte ----- Original Message ----- From: Ethel Swiger To: HCGS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 2:57 PM Subject: [HCGS] WILLIAM BACKUS For those researching the William Backus, Sr. b abt. 1750 and d in Harrison County abt 1814, m Mary ? I have found information that shows his parents as Peter Baccus/Backus and Sarah ? William, John and Father Peter all served in the American Revolution. I am willing to exchange information. Arden. "Our Roots Grow Deep and Our Tree Stands Tall" ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Many thanks to all of the ones that offered and have looked up the 1850 census from Virginia for me. It certainly is greatly appreciated. We do have helpful members on this HCGS members only list. Thanks also to Danny Jenkins for the website he sent. I just looked at it but didn't do any research in it yet, but will probably this evening. Ruby

I don't know if you all know about http://www.webroots.org, but you need to check it out! Danny --------------------------------------------------------- Clarksburg WV dmjenkins@iolinc.net ---------------------- God Bless America - Bless God America http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jenkinsconnections/

Ruby - I have the set of 1850 Va census CDs and would be glad to look up names for you. Kathryn Kyle Hall >Kimcarlee@AOL.com<

Does anyone on the list have the 1850 census for Albemarle, Nelson, Chesterfield and Loudon Counties of Virginia? If so please send me an e-mail if you would be willing to look something up for me. The census not the index. Thanks, Ruby

This is great, Thank you for sharing it. Sherry

I received this from another list and thought you might enjoy it as much as I did. Does this describe any of you?? Ethel ============================================================================ THE WORM'S EYE VIEW: EASY DUZ IT by Beth Maltbie Uyehara <A HREF="mailto:BUYE@aol.com">BUYE@aol.com</A> Hi. My name is Beth M. U., and I'm a geneaholic. My story's not a pretty one. I am sharing it here in the hope that it may help others avoid my pitiful fate. If you, too, are addicted to genealogy, I want you to know that you are not alone. There are thousands of us worldwide struggling in the daily battle against this cunning, baffling and powerful addiction. There was something "different" about me from the get-go. Looking back, the signs were there for all to see. Even as a child, when relatives threw old Daguerreotypes in the trash, I would fish around among the coffee grounds and egg shells and pull them out. When old letters or diaries were discovered in musty trunks, I stayed up all night reading them. Obits, report cards, discharge papers, photos of unknown people: I hoarded them all. I didn't care what kind of document it was, or who it concerned -- if it was remotely connected to "family," I had to have it. I'm making no excuses. I had a good upbringing. Genealogy certainly doesn't run in my family -- I come from a long line of people who could take their ancestors or leave them alone. Yes, there were rumors of an aunt on my father's side who "did a little research on weekends," but she covered her tracks well, and I have never been able to prove for certain that she was a geneaholic. Aside from that one suspect, my relatives were all what we call "social genealogists." For them, a colorful forebear or two were good for party conversations, to be chuckled over at family gatherings, and that was it. Not me. Right from the beginning, I was out of control. I could never stop with just one or two ancestors. Every ancestor I found triggered an insatiable craving in me for two more, and four more after that, and eight more after that. I could not stop once I got started. Eventually, genealogy took over my life. Bouts of compulsive research would leave me babbling incoherently, slumped exhausted, sometimes barely conscious, at a microfilm reader in some darkened room, surrounded by other addicts satisfying their own shameful cravings for genealogical kicks. Many are the times I've been thrown out of a library at closing time, kicking and screaming, begging for just five minutes more, just "one more ancestor for the road." It was humiliating. As the years went by, things went from bad to worse. It was an endless downward spiral. I found myself sneaking from library to library in distant parts of town, even in other cities and states, searching for the ultimate high -- that mysterious immigrant ancestor, whose identity would make everything fall into place. I hit bottom one hot August day in a cemetery in a far-off state. How I got there doesn't matter. Let's just say that after much research, I had located the grave of an ancestor who -- according to family legend -- had died in some kind of accident. As I stared at the weathered, old tombstone, wondering how I could find out how he had died, the thought occurred to me: "I could dig him up and see." Immediately, I recoiled, aghast. "Eeeeeuuuuuuu," I cried, "yuk! That's gross." That's when I knew I needed help. Since that moment of clarity, I've joined numerous genealogy support groups where we offer each other strength and hope, along with research tips and potluck dinners. And I have finally admitted, to myself and to other human beings, that I am powerless over genealogy and my research has become unmanageable. It may be too late for me. But, science has found that young family historians -- those who are, as yet, only potential geneaholics -- can sometimes stop in time. Answer these questions to see if you are in the early stages of addiction. * Home: Has genealogical paperwork taken over any room in your house? * Friends: Is genealogy interfering with your social life? Do people edge away from you at parties when you burst into tears over the 1890 U. S. census? * Family: Do your relatives' eyes glaze over when you explain your latest research? Do you find dead people more fun than live ones? * Work: Is genealogy interfering with your job? How many hours of each workday do you spend on the Internet, or checking your RootsWeb e-mails? * Marriage: Has your spouse ever asked you, "Aren't you done yet? How far back are you planning to go?" * Health: Are you starting to show the physical and mental signs of geneaholic deterioration, such as red-rimmed eyes, a loss of interest in current events, a shortened attention span for non-ancestral topics, excessive viewing of the History Channel? If you answered yes to even one of these questions, you are on the road to genealogical addiction. You must not research even one more ancestor! You must stop NOW, before it's too late! When you feel an overwhelming urge to research, repeat the following until the urge goes away: "My mother found me in a cabbage patch. My mother found me in a cabbage patch. My mother found me in a cabbage patch." Good luck and God help you. PERMISSION TO REPRINT articles from MISSING LINKS is granted unless stated otherwise, PROVIDED: (1) the reprint is not used for commercial purposes; and (2) this notice appears at the end of the reprint: Previously published in MISSING LINKS: Vol. 7, No. 7, 17 February 2002, and written [or submitted] by [name, e-mail address, and URL, if given]. <AHREF="http://www.petuniapress.com/">http://www.petuniapress.com/</A>

Hi, Thank you for sharing with me. I love this book. I have a few tidbits on the "Daughter of the Elm" story and I will put on here to share with you soon. Thank you again, Sherry

To put your mind at ease, Sherry, it might help to know the narrator & producer of the audio tape - Ross Ballard II - has a Masters Degree in English, ("with honors") and presently teaches at Johns Hopkins University! He is also a member of the Audio Publishers Association. He's done several other WV heritage tapes. For those who want to know more about Ross Ballard II, you can read his impressive biography at www.newrivergorge.com/RRBio.htm. This link is under his picture at his website, but it is very hard to see because of the light color of the print. I would enjoy reading any other the trivia involving "Daughter of the Elm". Thanks for sharing what you know, Sherry. How fun! Keep it comin' ! For those who don't know - "Daugher of the Elm" was a scandalous book in its time, based on real life characters from the Shinnston area of Harrison County. At one time the book was banned (I heard) because it involved families who were in public service. Best regards, <Sharon><

Sharon, I must have missed a lot.....computer was down.... would love to know more about "Daughter of the Elm" is it available again.... joann bramhall@earthlink.net wrote: > To put your mind at ease, Sherry, it might help to know the narrator & producer > of the audio tape - Ross Ballard II - has a Masters Degree in English, ("with > honors") and presently teaches at Johns Hopkins University! He is also a member > of the Audio Publishers Association. He's done several other WV heritage tapes. > > For those who want to know more about Ross Ballard II, you can read his > impressive biography at www.newrivergorge.com/RRBio.htm. This link is under > his picture at his website, but it is very hard to see because of the light > color of the print. > > I would enjoy reading any other the trivia involving "Daughter of the Elm". > Thanks for sharing what you know, Sherry. How fun! Keep it comin' ! > > For those who don't know - "Daugher of the Elm" was a scandalous book in its > time, based on real life characters from the Shinnston area of Harrison County. > At one time the book was banned (I heard) because it involved families who were > in public service. > > Best regards, > <Sharon>< > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Sorry I spelled the name wrong for the owner of the book. It is a Joseph Arcuri. I had to go and look it up to be sure. Perhaps some of you know him and his book store. Sherry