Hi! Adrianne, thanks for the Great Ideas and etiquette lessons. I just forget to remember not everyone is as detail specific as am I..I know I must just set folks on fire when am on the hunt and close to getting an answer I have been searching for I send info in rapid fire e-mails down to the hair color!!and the fact that I know they lived in a log home with dirt floor in York Co. Pa. 1801..I go on about still Missing and I am still searching for place he immigrated from to Pa. Daniel Duden he is no where to be found before the 1800 census and baptismal record of a daughter Anna Maria Duden..I mean NOWHERE...If I get a lead that a person or group of individuals "Might Have a CLUE" you can bet they get the full details of any thing I deem pertinent to the search at hand and lots of just in case info.necessary to assist the person in helping me locate....my illusive DD. If I recall the specific query it went something along the lines of your giving a persons name and a speculative statement as to whether or not this person and his followers were delving into FREE MASONRY...I certainly did not have any information that you were researching this person's name. and working on research of Freemasonry. I Now understand that this is a name you are researching and you are also researching Freemasonry. Thanks for the information, I know nothing about either the named individual or Freemasons. Thanks again for sharing "Your Hunting List" there are some very helpful ideas . Beverly in TX. --- [email protected] wrote: > I can see asking if they were free masons because > that might be another resource to try to research > for informatioin. I my self have set a list of > questions to ask myself in "HUNTING" those elusive > relatives or to find out more about where they may > have come from. > 1. what organizations did they join? Included in > this are churches, communinity and state wide > organizations. This would include free masons, to > see if there are any lists that are available and > because minutes of meetings might give me a clue as > to where they came from. Leave no stone unturned. > 2. The last known relative may have side lines that > know more but these lines are not connected yet. > Where can I search to find those side lines that I > have no information on: Census, church records, > public records, (births, wills, estate), journals, > state histories, community histories, family > histories. This would include free mason history if > I were a Smith to see where they came from, how they > deveolped and perhaps find a relative that was > written about. If they belonged to a church, this > would include the church history as in Texas several > of the Babtist church organizations were formed with > ministers coming in from other states as the area > became settled. It would be important to look that > up and to see if the minutes of the meetings or the > joining of that particular church can be traced back > to another church, such as Phil _____ came with > Pastor Black in 1868 and was the choir director. > Those items are fun and then if we have to we can > search pastor Black and wher! > e he came from. > 3. Never make fun or disparge someone's posting. > Yes, sometimes people post and it doesn't make sense > to us but surely we are able to refrain from judging > and commenting until we think about it. For > instance, I would like to ask if ANYONE came from > Copley Center OHIO in 1840 would they please contact > me. IT is a vague post but I am desparte and since > I can't find information through regular channels > and I have found a lot of information on that area > of OHIO I could share, I ask that my fellow posters > be patient with me and others that might be > desparate. Fact is if I found out that my line were > a Free mason I would be thrilled to have another > place to look. > 4. Thank those that look up information or post > miscellaneous information on every site. For > instance I have posted what I researched and names I > found that came from Copley Center, OHIO on this > website so that someone who had that name in their > line might get a clue and connect to me. This did > not happen and I am sure many wondered why I went to > the trouble to post the infomation here. Because > sometimes people don't know where Jack Brown came > from but recognize the name and date. Surely my > JONES family was not the only family that came from > Copley Center OHIO since it was near Kirtland OHIO. > My JONES line came in 1840's as the Mormans were > leaving. Perhaps you can help. I would be > grateful. > 5. Please practice some netiquette (manners). > Kindness and Patience is a virtue. For those of you > who want to explain your thoughts on a subject > rather than ask information, please go to a chat > room. Which I should go to but again, please be > patient with our readers, you never know where or > what informaiton will help you yourself. > Personally, I don't care who did what when,(back > then) but I do care who did what when when as I > research so that I might find a thread (which of > course I haven't) to lead me onward. > 6. This is for those who have been so patient to > read this message. I have a great need to find any > information on the JONES family in Hancock Co. Any > information may lead me back through a side line as > I feel many were related even though they may have > come from OHIO or KY or Iowa. I am willing to share > anything I recieve so if you want the information > kept private, please tell me so I do not overstep my > bounds. Any organizations with the name JONES, > SWIGERT/SWIGART, BROWN, EARNEST are important to me > and please email me privately. > Thank you > Adrianne > > > ==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== > Hancock County Coordinator: Shawnnee Bolt Ramey > Rock Island County Coordinator > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com