Got this off another list and thought it might be of interest to someone. Margie R. Pearce URL: www.angelfire.com/la/ancestors -----Original Message----- From: Alice Hills <afhills@uky.campuscw.net> To: PADUTCHgenONLY-L@rootsweb.com <PADUTCHgenONLY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 4:10 PM Subject: [PADUTCHgenONLY-L] DIETRICH AND BOYER COUSINS IN PENNSYLVANIA >Hello, may I introduce myself? I'm new to the list but had a successful >"roots" trip to Adams County in 1995, thanks to advance help from Sheryl >Snyder of the Adams Co. Historical Society office and to Harold Ditzler in >Biglerville. Because a fraction of Jacob Dietrich's farm was in the Manor >of Maske, the ACHS was able to send maps locating it on today's roads. >Translated and published church records were critical to findiing the >church and beautifully maintained cemetery. > >(JOHANN) NICHOLAUS DIETRICH (1727 Riesweiler, Simmern Dist., Pfalz - 1813, >Adams Co, PA) is my immigrant ancestor, buried at Benders Church Cemetery, >Butler Twp. Found him on the Tax Lists in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co, as a >weaver. He married ANNA MARGARETA SHAFFER, 1752, Lancaster Co. > >Their children (a work in progress, may not be in order) >l. JACOB(1753-180l Straban Twp) m Margaretha (My Line) >2. BALTZER (1755-1838 Muskingum Co, OH) m. Sara Elizabeth STRICKLER >3. NICHOLAS m. Anna Maria (no children) >4. WILLIAM (1762-1848) >5. MARTIN (b by 1765) m Susanna WERTZ >6. MICHAEL (b1768 -1843) m Sophia SPANGLER >7. GERTRUDE? m. Andreas/Andrew ZIEGLER >8. MARIA MAGDALENA m. G. SCHWENGEL/SWINGLE >9. Unknown daughter m. EYSTER/OYSTER/EISTER >10 JOHN >11.MARGARETHA > >JACOB DIETRICH (1753-1801) m. Margaretha (unknown). Their children: >l. MARGARET "PEGGY" (b. 1783) m JOSEPH HENDRICKS >2. PETER (b. ca 1784) >3. MARY "POLLY" m. PHILIP NUNAMAKER/NUMABERGER >4. ELIZABETH "BETSY" (b. 1786) m. ABNER COX >5. MARIA GERTHDRAUT "GERTRUDE" (b 1789) m. MICHAEL BOWER/BOWERS/BAUER >6. SUSANA "SUSAN" (B 1791) m. MICHAEL SHEETZ/SHITZ >7. MARIA CHRISTINA "CATHERINE MARY" (b. 1794) m. WILLIAM SKINNER >8. CHRISTIANA "died young" >9. JOHANN NICOLAS JACOB "JOHN JACOB NICHOLAS" (b 1799--moved to >Fredericksburg, Wayne Co., OH-- d 1888 Defiance, OH); m. 1823 ELIZABETH >BOYER (My Line). Americanized the surname spelling to DEATRICK. > >My Mother always told us that it was the custom of her grandfather, John J. >N. Deatrick (above) to eat a dozen eggs on Easter Morning! Could this >traditionl story help connect me to Dietrich/Deatrick and Boyer cousins? > >Alice F. Hills >Lexington, KY > >______________________________

I have one -- ONE -- yearbook for Concordia Teachers' College, River Forest, Illinois, 1963. Again, this is the ONLY year I have a yearbook for. It is indexed. I will have this book for only TWO MORE WEEKS because I am going to deposit it at the Iroquois County Genealogical Society, Watseka, Illinois, because so many people in that county or who have family connections to that county are pictured in the book (yours truly, included) As a point of reference, persons who attended CTC River Forest in 1963 would now be between 52 and 58 years of age. Faculty and staff are, of course, another matter entirely. The book is indexed and I will be happy to scan photographs. DEADLINE: for lookups in the index, April 8; for scans, April 3 for the request. -- Loretta Iroquois County ILGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~iliroquo/ Ford County ILGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilford/ Iroquois County Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilicgs/

>Has anyone been able to get on and if so what is the correct url? > As far as I can determine, the site is not open to the public yet. It is still being tested. Tim Singleton, tsingleton@iclub.org 105 Nancy Drive Richmond, KY 40475-8613 USGenWeb Coordinator Adams Co., Indiana - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams/ Randolph Co., Indiana - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/

Has anyone been able to get on and if so what is the correct url? Thanks, Louie

There is an index ledger at the County Clerk's Office in the Court House. The actual records of divorces (and other old records) are kept in the basement of the Sheriff's Office. You can go down there & look through them whenever the office is open. Trina - which ones did you need? I might have them! -- Judy Hudson GENEALOGY: The 'Real Theory Of Relativity'. Sturgis, Mi. mailto:jlhudson@voyager.net web page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/u/d/Judith-L-Hudson/

Divorce records should be in the County Clerk's office. I've not researched them in Adams Co., but I have seen them in the Noble County Clerk's office. I don't have information about accessibility or copying, but you can call the office and check before you make the trip. Adams County Court House North Second Street Decatur, IN 46733 219-724-2600 Hours: 8:00 - 4:30 M-F Tim Singleton, tsingleton@iclub.org 105 Nancy Drive Richmond, KY 40475-8613 USGenWeb Coordinator Adams Co., Indiana - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams/ Randolph Co., Indiana - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/

To Anyone Interested - There is a new web ring for Indiana researchers. To join, you must have a web page that would be of interest to Indiana researchers: surnames and/or information about ancestors who lived in Indiana; online databases; histories, etc. To subscribe, go here: Indiana Ancestry Web Ring http://www.geocities.com/~prairiecreek/indiana.html Ring Manager kimh@cwnet.com

Hi Tom, You can: get them at the Decatur library or get them on loan from the Indiana Historical Society (317) 232-1882 (I have been getting the Decatur papers here at my library). They will send up to 5 reels at a time. They have the Berne Witness Sept 1910-Aug 1912, Feb 1942-Sept 1974. Anything else will possibly be in the Decatur papers since they have a section in them on Berne news. Leslie

Where can I go to find old divorce records in Decatur? I am told that the family I am researching have many on file and I am curious to view them. Is there a place where I can look them up and make copies. I assume at the courthouse or hall of records? Trina

My Great Grandmother died in 1888 northeast of Berne. I assume that her obit appeared in a Berne newspaper. Where should one begin to look for said obit? Are old Berne newspapers on film at the Berne library, or is Decatur a more likely place to find it? Thanks, Tom Tom Robison Ossian, Indiana tcrobi@adamswells.com "There are three things which are real: God, human folly and laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension. So we must do what we can with the third." John F. Kennedy

-----Original Message----- From: David Perkins <David-Perkins@worldnet.att.net> To: MSTIPPAH-L@rootsweb.com <MSTIPPAH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 6:47 AM Subject: [MSTIPPAH-L] More LDS Website info >I picked this up from another list, and thought some might find it of >interest. I did as instructed in the message below, and did find a >March 4th press release concerning the LDS site. > >David > > >Hello Fellow Researchers, > >I have been bombarded with questions on the Family Search Website and > would >like to pass on to you the information I received when I spoke to an >"Official" Church >spokesperson at Family Search. > >He advised me of the following: > >The OFFICIAL LDS Church website is http://www.lds.org > >Go to Media Resources and click on "News Update". > >The church is posting updates as they come in as to the state of the >family >search. > >Within 3 or 4 minutes of the NEWS UPDATE ANNOUNCING the FAMILY SEARCH >is online. They will post it THERE! SO Keep checking. Should be a >couple of >days. > >It will be a MASSIVE SITE. They are prepared to test this site using >anyone >who wishes to go to it and use it. THERE WILL BE NO PASSWORD TO > ACCESS IT. > >The rumor about the password was incorrect. When the site was put up >it was >restricted to a few....about 100 people who designed it and are >putting the >finishing touches on it, someone there LEAKED, YES LEAKED, (AN >EMPLOYEE) and >that is why some of you got in. When the masses bombarded the site >it crashed >cause it was not finished. They have now given each worker an >INDIVIDUAL >PASSWORD, >SOOOOO IF it gets leaked again they will know who did it. It has >been >postponed >being put online a few days because of the crash. > >There are now about 12 popular stories going around about Family >Search. I >ASSURE YOU MINE CAME FROM A CHURCH SPOKESMAN. > >IF you pass information about the site on to others please just send >them this >message I have sent you. The whole message. > >Now please remember this. > >1. Go to LDS.org >2. Find Media Resources >3. Check News Updates > >That will inform you when it is going online. Please notify everyone >you know >who will be interested. > >I hope this helps you all. You have my permission to pass this note >on >to any Genealogy Lists you wish. Again, Please pass the whole note >not >just sections of it or we will have more rumors. > >Thanks, >Karen Gaughan in Pa. Pahendrsht@aol.com > >______________________________

Thought this might be of interest to you. Margie R. Pearce URL: www.angelfire.com/la/ancestors -----Original Message----- From: Charley Burgess <cgburges@flash.net> To: READ-L@rootsweb.com <READ-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 10:02 PM Subject: [READ-L] The Buffalo Barracks >This was posted on my East Texas Roots list. There are a couple of >Reed/Reid listed. > >Pat > > >To All Whom It May Concern: > >The purpose of this message is to inform all genealogists & researchers >who subscribe to TEXAS Rootsweb Lists, of a very important web site that > >now has a searchable database of over 1,650 U.S. Regular Army soldiers >who once served at the short-lived Buffalo Barracks, between 1835 and >1846. >Many of these soldiers had fought in the Indian Wars in Florida and also > >the >War with Mexican, and then the Civil War. It is without doubt that some >of >the >descendants of these men are most likely in every county of the great >state >of Texas. > >IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT: The 1840 Census of Buffalo, NY lists Colonel >James M. Bankhead, of Virginia, and a total 'quantity' of 671 >individuals, >ranging in age from 1 to 60, as being under his command and/or >responsibility. >Unfortunately, the census does not list each of these barracks residents > >by name....only by 'quantity.' (ie. 426 males 20-30 yrs, or 34 females >20-30 yrs) > >HOWEVER, The Buffalo Barracks Historical Web Site has turned most of the > >'quantities' into actual names. The list of these officers and soldiers >(and some >of their wifes and dependants...see the Barracks Notebook section) >are available, free of any charge. > >The URL for this outstanding web site is: > >[ http://www.buffalonet.org/army ] > >There, you will discover the "Descriptive & Historical Register Data of >Enlisted Soldiers in the U.S. Army," for those who served at this >federal military post on the Niagara Frontier. Also available is a >wealth >of rare and interesting information pertaining to the Buffalo Barracks >and it's unique historic value. I encourage everyone to take the time >to visit this site. > >Perhaps you have an ancestor who once served there? > >Enjoy your visit, > >Cliff Williams >104740.372@compuserve.com >buffalobarracks@hotbot.com > >______________________________

Justine, Camp meetings were religious revival services sponsored by one or more churches. Usually a large tent was set up for the meetings, since no one church would be big enough to handle the crowds. As a bare minimum there would be a preaching service every evening and the meetings would last for at least a week. If the turnout was great enough to warrant it, the services would often be extended to two or more weeks. I don't know about the social side of it but, anytime you have a large group of people meeting together every evening, I would imagine that there may have people sharing the evening meal at least. Camp meeting was, also, a popular place to take your date for the evening. Obviously, this was not a winter event. Norman Runyon JMiller585@aol.com wrote: > Can someone tell me what a campmeeting in the 1860s or later were about? I > have heard they were both a religious and social function, is this correct? > Thank you, > Justine Miller > > ==== INADAMS Mailing List ====

Thought some of you might enjoy this. -----Original Message----- From: Melissa McCoy-Bell <mbell@netten.net> To: MSTIPPAH-L@rootsweb.com <MSTIPPAH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, March 12, 1999 10:34 AM Subject: [MSTIPPAH-L] Great link >Hi everyone, >Someone sent this link to the Carroll County list and I thought ya'll >might appreciate it too. It's a beginner's guide to the U. S. Census >and it was created by the TNGenWeb assistant state coordinator. >http://www.tngenweb.org/cntylinks/tutorial.html > >My favorite link on the page is; >US Census Taker, sometimes known as "Sum Peepl Cant Spel." I think we >can all relate to that. > >Enjoy, >Melissa >

Can someone tell me what a campmeeting in the 1860s or later were about? I have heard they were both a religious and social function, is this correct? Thank you, Justine Miller

-----Original Message----- From: Ken Boonie <kab9@apollo.vicon.net> To: PAHUNTIN-L@rootsweb.com <PAHUNTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, March 06, 1999 9:17 PM Subject: [Fwd: LDS Website] >I receieved this from a friend in Salt Lake City who has worked for the >LDS church in their Family History department for many years. I think >this will clear up any ideas that are out there. > >Bruce > > >CHURCH GENEALOGY WEBSITE BEING PREPARED >See http://www.msnbc.com/news/246411.asp > <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/246411.asp">Link</a> > >Many Gems subscribers wrote to us about this article - a report called >"Genealogy bounty coming to Web." According to the report, "Much to the >delight of genealogists, the Mormons are preparing to make some of their >vast holdings of family records available on the World Wide Web for the >first time next month, if not sooner." The new website will be found at >http://www.familysearch.org and is set for release in April; a test >period >in March may be restricted to a small group of selected testers who will >be given a password. There is lots of good information in the article >about the Church's focus on genealogy. > >See http://newsnet.byu.edu/noframes/show_story.cfm?number=9543 > <a >href="http://newsnet.byu.edu/noframes/show_story.cfm?number=9543">Link</a> > >The BYU newspaper reports that the trial period will be held sometime in >March or April, with a formal launch date of "early summer." > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > >--------------2860BD1D6E74A5AB95FAAA1F-- >

-----Original Message----- From: Ken Sartin <ksartin@ibx.net> To: MSTIPPAH-L@rootsweb.com <MSTIPPAH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, March 06, 1999 3:51 PM Subject: [MSTIPPAH-L] WARNING ! Census Microfim >I am posting this to warn others about problems with Census Microfilm >Expeditors . > >I was lured to order several microfilm copies from this company with >"guarantees" of "speedy delivery" and "low price" . > >My order was placed in October of 1998 and as of this posting I have not >received the order or a refund after numerous contacts with Steven Jensen at >this firm . In his occasional replies he repeatedly gave false information >to me as to the status of the order and cashed the check when mentioned >stopping payment on it ( dumb on my part ) .I have copies of all documents >and correspondences for those interested . > >Complaints have been filed with the Better Business Bureau and the United >States Postal Inspectors , they have informed me that even they can't order >this company to give a refund , but may seek criminal charges . I guess >small claims court is next . > >If you are seeking genealogy resources......consider my experiences with >this "Firm". > >Thank you , >Kenneth Sartin >

Hello to all I just wanted to pass the following along to all that are on AOL; Cyndi Howell, who does Cyndi's Internet Web Sites (http://www.cyndislist.com) will be speaking in the Genealogy Forum. Those who have access to AOL can go to keyword and type ROOTS, which will take them to the Genealogy Forum, once there they need to click on the Feature button for Cyndi Howell at the time of the event. Which will be Sunday March 7th at 9pm EST. You can pass this along to your county mailing lists if you like........john peterson

Hi Everyone, Many of you have visited or used the Query "Board" for Adams Co. that I have set up using the GenConnect system. I've now added three new "Boards" for your research help...Wills, Deeds and Obituaries. They look and operate much like the query boards, EXCEPT that they are read-only. To post your material please send it to me and I will post it under your name. To assist me in that process, here are some guidelines: 1. Send the material you want to have posted to me in an email message or attachment (I can convert most types of word processor files). Be aware that special formatting, like tabs or columns will not appear correctly when posted. In your message include your name and email address, along with a list of surnames relevant to the post (one surname per line, please), like the following: Tim Singleton tsingleton@iclub.org SINGLETON MANN KIESS WARNER MCCONNEHEY Here would be the text of the deed, will, etc. 2. In regard to obituaries, I cannot post verbatim transcripts of obits that fall under copyright protection, unless you can provide express, written permission to do so from the copyright holder. In general, anything published after 1924 (75 years ago) should be considered to have copyright protection. Anything prior to that date is generally OK. If you have an obituary that is copyrighted, you can still abstract the factual information for posting to the board...facts cannot be copyrighted, but their presentation (in the form of an obit) can. Thus, you can extract the individuals name, birth date and place, death date and place, family members and relationships etc. and send that information. Deeds and wills are public documents and are not protected. As always, if you're not sure, please ask. 3. Be sure to fully identify the source of the document in as much detail as possible (e.g. "Decatur Daily Democrat, Saturday, March 2, 1907, p. 2, col. 3" or "Adams Co. Law Enforcement Center, Estate of Joseph Mann, Box 178, File 192, Filed January 28, 1878"). 4. Be patient. I'll get the material posted as soon as I can, but there may be delays due to my job and other obligations. If you don't see it posted within a week, send me another email message (not a repeat of the posting) to make sure I got your original message. 5. Have fun and good luck in your research! Tim Singleton, tsingleton@iclub.org 105 Nancy Drive Richmond, KY 40475-8613 USGenWeb Coordinator Adams Co., Indiana - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams/ Randolph Co., Indiana - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/

Hello. Looking for information and the children of my g-uncle Kilburn. Kilburn was born to Joseph and Barbara FEASEL Hudson ca 1847 in Indiana. Married Rebecca HOUCK January 5, 1872 probably in Adams County. Kilburn then married Victoria PAGE October 7, 1883 also probably in Adams County. Victoria may have died around 1890 or 1900. Kilburn passed on June 4, 1901 and is burried at the Adams County Poor Farm Cemetery. Any info greatly appreciated. Trina