Does anyone on the list have copies of the histories of any of the Louisa County cemeteries that aren't already on line on the LCGS website?? Have you taken photos of any other cemeteries than we already have posted? If so I would like to have copies. Thank you for any assistance you may be able to provide for this project. Norma Jennings

To Norma; I am delighted you have shared the experiences of a soldier of the Civil War through his diary writings. My own gr.grandfather served in Company I, 8th. Regiment of the Iowa Calvary, enlisting at Davenport (Scott Co.) Iowa, 10 July 1863. His experiences could have been very similar. Thank you. Pat P. FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norma F. Jennings" <njennings@lisco.net> To: <IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 24, 1999 7:10 AM Subject: Mifflin Jennings Diaries > Merry Christmas! > > Family members and Civil War buffs alike have received a nice Christmas > gift this year from Kansas. > > Ron Smith, an Attorney in Kansas, and a great, great grandson of Mifflin > Jennings, has provided an electronic transcription of the Diaries of > Mifflin Jennings (1843-1922) During the Civil War for use on the Louisa > County Genealogical Society web site. Sixty pages of day by day > accounts of his experiences of the war and of news from home. An > original letter from his father Benjamin Jennings is included and > accounts of boys from home joining the fight. Benjamin mentions the > service to be preached for Mifflin's brother Elijah who had died from > the war. Knowing that Mifflin, too, was ill, Benjamin requested he have > a likeness taken of himself to send home in the event they lost him, > too. Benjamin Jennings who was a deacon in the church addressed > everyone as "brother" including his son according to his faith. > > It was a great privilege to have the opportunity to convert these for > use on the Internet. I hope you enjoy them even half as much as I did > in preparing them for you.. > > These diaries can be found at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialcgs/mifflinj.htm > > Norma Jennings > > > > ==== IALOUISA Mailing List ==== > SUPPORT ROOTSWEB! HELP KEEP GENEALOGY AFFORDABLE. SUBSCRIBE TODAY!! If you would like to help RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative > by becoming a member, sponsor, donor, or patron, please visit: > <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> > >

Merry Christmas! Family members and Civil War buffs alike have received a nice Christmas gift this year from Kansas. Ron Smith, an Attorney in Kansas, and a great, great grandson of Mifflin Jennings, has provided an electronic transcription of the Diaries of Mifflin Jennings (1843-1922) During the Civil War for use on the Louisa County Genealogical Society web site. Sixty pages of day by day accounts of his experiences of the war and of news from home. An original letter from his father Benjamin Jennings is included and accounts of boys from home joining the fight. Benjamin mentions the service to be preached for Mifflin's brother Elijah who had died from the war. Knowing that Mifflin, too, was ill, Benjamin requested he have a likeness taken of himself to send home in the event they lost him, too. Benjamin Jennings who was a deacon in the church addressed everyone as "brother" including his son according to his faith. It was a great privilege to have the opportunity to convert these for use on the Internet. I hope you enjoy them even half as much as I did in preparing them for you.. These diaries can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialcgs/mifflinj.htm Norma Jennings

Many of us have used the familysearch feature on the LDS site, but haven't used their mailing lists, and other features. If you are new and haven't used the LDS sites, here is a good place to start. http://www.familysearch.com/Browse/browse.asp

Just passing along some of Roberta's gems of knowledge during the holiday season. You may want to utilize these features while you can access them. Norma --------------- Subject: Ancestry.com - free access to all databases till 01/04/2000 Resent-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 05:09:36 -0800 (PST) Resent-From: FULTON-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 08:09:39 -0500 From: "Roberta (Fulton) Hirth" <hirth@frontiernet.net> To: FULTON-L@rootsweb.com Folks, I saw this post on the LDS-Genealogy-L list: "For those of you who don't already know, Ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com FamilyTreeMaker's GenealogyLibrary.com http://www.familytreemaker.com/_glc_/ Everton Publishers - "Records Available on Everton's On-Line Search" http://emh.everton.com/subscribers/magazine/main.html are all giving free access to their entire sites starting December 20, 1999. Ancestry's ends January 4, 2000 and FTM's is for a week and Everton ends 12/31/99." I was able to successfully use the ancestry.com free access using Internet Explorer browser (ancestry.com had a problem with my Netscape 4.5 browser). I have not been successful gaining access to the FamilyTreeMaker or Everton's. There is lots of information to explore on ancestry.com. I recommend checking it out. You have to register for a userid and password (appears no strings attached) and then access is granted. You can use the global search to search all databases. Or if you want a list of their databases, on the first page at the top select the SEARCH tab, then select ADVANCED SEARCH, scroll down and on the left look for List of All Databases and select VIEW A LIST. This is convoluted to find, but I wanted to get an overview of the type of databases they carry. Remember you can use your browser's Edit/Find function to quickly find database names on this list of databases. Roberta R. (Fulton) Hirth Harriman, New York 10926 FULTON web page at: http://www.frontiernet.net/~elisa96/hirth/fulton.htm

Folks, War of 1812 Database http://www.sierra.com/sierrahome/familytree/records/ This free database is provided by Sierra (makers of the software program Generations) and will be available for a limited period of time. The data listed may include the unit and company your relative served in, their commander, and state. Norma Jennings

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I'm delighted to hear that the cemeteries in Louisa County are being remembered! What was the purpose of the report you mention? I have a photo of the MEYERHOLZ monument which I assume would be near Letts but I don't know what cemetery they were buried in. (The photo is from the early 1900s.) How would I find this information? (By the way, I was really holding my breath, Keith and Connie, about the obits. you sent me. It must be the Christmas season: They arrived safely last *Thursday*!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!) Marianne Lindley Girten in Anchorage, Alaska >Here are the cemeteries in Louisa County that the pioneer cemetery >commission reported on last week to the county supervisors: > >Grandview Twp >Mount Hope (no stones) >Thompson >Morning Sun Twp >Concord >Columbus City Twp >Bretz >Tennessee >Sweet >Elm Grove Twp >Spring Run >Covenantor >Union Twp >Bethel >Boston >Foster ( a family takes care of this one) >Concord Twp has two pioneer cemeteries but the Twp trustees take care of >them: >Newell and Linn Grove >Oakland Twp.: Twp trustees take care of them or they are not maintained >There are no pioneer cemeteries in Marshall Twp that are being cared for by >the commission > >Connie Street >ckcasey@netins.net >325 Franklin Ave, Wapello, IA 52653-1515 > > > >==== IALOUISA Mailing List ==== >Don't forget to check out the web sites for southeastern Iowa families. >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialouisa >http://www.rootsweb.com/~iahenry >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jennings >

Here are the cemeteries in Louisa County that the pioneer cemetery commission reported on last week to the county supervisors: Grandview Twp Mount Hope (no stones) Thompson Morning Sun Twp Concord Columbus City Twp Bretz Tennessee Sweet Elm Grove Twp Spring Run Covenantor Union Twp Bethel Boston Foster ( a family takes care of this one) Concord Twp has two pioneer cemeteries but the Twp trustees take care of them: Newell and Linn Grove Oakland Twp.: Twp trustees take care of them or they are not maintained There are no pioneer cemeteries in Marshall Twp that are being cared for by the commission Connie Street ckcasey@netins.net 325 Franklin Ave, Wapello, IA 52653-1515

Subject: Trevor Fulton's Research on Fultons near Lisburn, Ireland now Online Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 16:53:05 -0500 From: "Roberta (Fulton) Hirth" <hirth@frontiernet.net> To: FULTON-L@rootsweb.com Folks, Trevor Fulton <Killultagh@aol.com> and Norma F. Jennings <njennings@lisco.net> have collaborated to make available online Trevor Fulton's research on the Fultons of Lisburn, Northern Ireland. The material is available at the URL: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jennings/manuscript/fultindx.htm and then select Introduction: - Trevor Fulton's Research in Ireland: and the other topics that follow. Many thanks to Trevor and Norma for sharing this wonderful information with us online. For additional information on the Lisburn Fultons, remember ROOTSWEB has now provided a menu-driven interface to search the archives of the discussion lists. It can be reached at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl For Name of List, specify fulton-l, and select the button Submit Query. Check the year 1997 or 1998 or 1999. For Query, specify Trevor, and Select the button Search. Some of these archived notes are from Hugh Casement in 1997, and others were in 1998 and 1999. For the Query, if you specify Lisburn instead of Trevor, you will get a broader list of archived notes. Enjoy all the material. Roberta R. (Fulton) Hirth Harriman, New York 10926 FULTON web page at: http://www.frontiernet.net/~elisa96/hirth/fulton.htm

Subject: [Fwd: Re: USGenNet Preliminary Rept of 2/12/2000] > > FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T ON THE ALHN LIST; just an FYI. This was > forwarded to me by > Debbie Axtman, newest member of the ALHN board. Thought you would all be > interested in > this one. > > >To the Board of Directors, American Local History Network, Inc. (ALHN) > > > >Please be advised that today, February 12, 2000, the undersigned Directors > >of the United States Genealogy Network, Inc. (USGenNet) were forced to > >remove for cause Jerry E. Dill, former USGenNet Treasurer, as a USGenNet > >director, based on the findings of a Preliminary (Incomplete) Report > >documenting adverse actions taken by Mr. Dill against both ALHN, Inc. and > >USGenNet, Inc., and their respective volunteers, members and > account-holders. > > > >Both Fred and I not only offer our apologies on behalf of USGenNet, for the > >adverse and retaliatory actions taken against ALHN and its volunteers > >during these past weeks, but also very much want you to know that we two > >truly did not understand the breadth and depth of the problem. > >Unfortunately (as we now know), we complied so well with USGenNet's policy > >of "no involvement in the internal business of other organizations," that > >we were both abysmally ignorant of what all had occurred, and more > >importantly what all had been stated - falsely - that multiplied the > >problems and conflicts. > > > >Our report is below, and once you've read it, we will be available to > >answer any questions you may have, and to assist you and your volunteers in > >any way that we can, particularly in regard to clarification of a number of > >still- outstanding issues. > > > >In the meantime, please know that ALHN was always qualified for USGenNet > >Safe-Site Services, that there was never a "grandfather clause," never any > >incorporation requirement, never any plan to charge fees to ALHN > >volunteers, and that neither Fred nor I *ever* considered a "takeover" of > >ALHN (USGenNet is a web-hosting service, not a project). > > > >We also authorize you to provide a copy of this letter and report to your > >volunteers/members should you deem it appropriate to do so. > > > >Again, our deepest apologies for the blight that has been placed on both > >our organizations, and our strongest assurances that USGenNet is willing to > >work together with ALHN however we can in order to save both our very > >worthwhile organizations so that all of us can return not only to where we > >once were, but far beyond. > > > >Sincerely, > > > >Carole Hammett, Secretary > >Fred Smoot, President > >United States Genealogy Network, Inc. > >http://USGenNet.Org/ > >Once again the Biggest Little Safe-Site Server on the Internet! > > > >==============

Subject: [Fwd: Re: USGenNet Preliminary Rept of 2/12/2000] > > FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T ON THE ALHN LIST; just an FYI. This was > forwarded to me by > Debbie Axtman, newest member of the ALHN board. Thought you would all be > interested in > this one. > > >To the Board of Directors, American Local History Network, Inc. (ALHN) > > > >Please be advised that today, February 12, 2000, the undersigned Directors > >of the United States Genealogy Network, Inc. (USGenNet) were forced to > >remove for cause Jerry E. Dill, former USGenNet Treasurer, as a USGenNet > >director, based on the findings of a Preliminary (Incomplete) Report > >documenting adverse actions taken by Mr. Dill against both ALHN, Inc. and > >USGenNet, Inc., and their respective volunteers, members and > account-holders. > > > >Both Fred and I not only offer our apologies on behalf of USGenNet, for the > >adverse and retaliatory actions taken against ALHN and its volunteers > >during these past weeks, but also very much want you to know that we two > >truly did not understand the breadth and depth of the problem. > >Unfortunately (as we now know), we complied so well with USGenNet's policy > >of "no involvement in the internal business of other organizations," that > >we were both abysmally ignorant of what all had occurred, and more > >importantly what all had been stated - falsely - that multiplied the > >problems and conflicts. > > > >Our report is below, and once you've read it, we will be available to > >answer any questions you may have, and to assist you and your volunteers in > >any way that we can, particularly in regard to clarification of a number of > >still- outstanding issues. > > > >In the meantime, please know that ALHN was always qualified for USGenNet > >Safe-Site Services, that there was never a "grandfather clause," never any > >incorporation requirement, never any plan to charge fees to ALHN > >volunteers, and that neither Fred nor I *ever* considered a "takeover" of > >ALHN (USGenNet is a web-hosting service, not a project). > > > >We also authorize you to provide a copy of this letter and report to your > >volunteers/members should you deem it appropriate to do so. > > > >Again, our deepest apologies for the blight that has been placed on both > >our organizations, and our strongest assurances that USGenNet is willing to > >work together with ALHN however we can in order to save both our very > >worthwhile organizations so that all of us can return not only to where we > >once were, but far beyond. > > > >Sincerely, > > > >Carole Hammett, Secretary > >Fred Smoot, President > >United States Genealogy Network, Inc. > >http://USGenNet.Org/ > >Once again the Biggest Little Safe-Site Server on the Internet! > > > >==============

We don't pay anyone for this but there is a Pioneer Cemetery Commission that does some work...The main volunteer seems to only want to work where he wants to work, and the commission members won't stand up to him. If there is family member of a person in a cemetery who wants to donate money, he's more apt to get interested. He has spent a lot of personal time and money on the project and has been able to get grants and donations, but I get very frustrated with his attitude!! Do you have a particular cemetery in mind?? Connie Street ckcasey@netins.net 325 Franklin Ave, Wapello, IA 52653-1515 >This was on the Hill list of Rootsweb and I found it very interesting. Can >Louisa County afford to hire such a person? Just click on the site to go to >the story. > >Angela Hill Schulz

This was on the Hill list of Rootsweb and I found it very interesting. Can Louisa County afford to hire such a person? Just click on the site to go to the story. Angela Hill Schulz -----Original Message----- From: Jay <jthill@inreach.com> To: HILL-L@rootsweb.com <HILL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, December 19, 1999 1:27 AM Subject: [HILL-L] Restoring Old Cemeteries >Resurrecting cemeteries >Fayette county man locates and restores graves of Indiana's early citizens > >http://starnews.com/extra/features/99/dec/1207st_cemetery.html > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ >I got this from another list I was on. Wish all states had one of these. > >Happy Holidays, >Jay > > > > >==== HILL Mailing List ==== >Questions about this list? Feel free to contact >the listowner for help at: ><gbh333@aol.com > >

Bill: I am just getting some information on the Francis and Elizabeth Hill family descendants, but I don't have very much yet on those in the 1900's, only those previous to that. Some of the names you mentioned are Family names, but I have been connecting those born mostly in the 1800's. My mother was born in 1896. I just got a book from a cousin in IA, and it is possible she follows through farther. When I find time, I'll check to see if you have a match with her, but if you don't hear soon after the Holidays will you please contact me again, as a reminder. Thank you for your response, Good Luck, and Happy Holidays to you. Bj

Diann: Thanks for your additional info on the Hill family I am following closely. I am a descendant of Samuel, and am anxious to hear anything about him. Also anything of the rest of the family. Have you had any luck with their residences before moving to IA? I am struggling with those places. Thanks for what you offered. A Hill cousin, Bj Larson of MT.

I believe that my great-grandfather, Jesse Justus Hill is buried in Oakland-Carpenter Cemetery. His wife, Sarah Long Hill may also be buried there with her infant daughter. Sarah and daughter died on Sept 1, 1860 and Jesse Justus Hill died in February of 1864. Jesse left three orphaned children who were cared for by their uncles, Samuel, Gideon and Israel Hill. One of the children, Howard A. Hill, was my great-grandfather and is buried here in Redmond, Oregon. Howard went with one of the uncles, Aenos Clark Hill to Clay Center, Kansas where he met and married my great-grandmother, Sarah Craig. Howard and Sarah had twelve children. Jesse Justus' father was Francis Hill and his mother was Elizabeth Truss Hill. Both Francis and Elizabeth are buried at the Oakland-Carpenter cemetery. My great-grandfather was born in Fredonia. Perhaps Jesse Justus was buried there. Keep up the good work, happy holidays from the Northwest. Diann Gentis Redmond, Oregon Diann Gentis

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Dear Vicki & Dana: Thank you for this info and your efforts in helping others. The two names I am looking for in Fredonia Cemetery are Elizabeth (Jane) Rodgers or (Rogers) and Adelia A. James. Jane died in 1884, Adelia in 1919. Thanks again. Verna May The choices we make determine the lives we live. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawayne/index.htm Dana Teel wrote: > > While looking for a family member, I discovered that the 1930 WPA and the 1990 Cemetery Books had some errors and omissions. Some of the cemeteries haven't been properly cared for and the markers are gone, I thought it would be a good idea to find the missing people and help others who are searching for family. > > Another person is working on updating the cemetery book, so we coordinated our efforts and will (hopefully) have a better accounting of the burials plots and missing people. Occasionally, we find a family burial plot, and some names, then it will say how many unmarked graves on the lot. There is no way for me to know who is buried there. > > If anyone has a name and they can not seem to find any information on the person, please e-mail us and we will check our records. > > Vicki & Dana Teel > > ==== IALOUISA Mailing List ==== > Mailing Lists: > mailto:IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com > mailto:IAHENRY-L@rootweb.com --

Please be advised that you may get a no match found for a week using the search engines on the new Louisa County Genealogical Society website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialcgs/index.html It takes a site a period of time to completely index a website with a lot of data on it which is true of this page, but it will be a viable search engine in a few days. Norma