Dear List Members, I received the following announcement on the KS-Family-Group-Sheets Mailing List and thought it would be of interest to many of you. Kathleen Burnett List Mom "I'm happy to announce a new Special Project, the Kansas Family Group Sheet (FGS) project. It's my privilege to be managing it, and I hope to be very busy adding family group sheets submitted by all of you. The URL for the page is http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/kansas/ . I think you'll find the page easy to read and use, but if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. The USFGS home page ( http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/) links to all the states. I hope you'll take advantage of this new project. Those of us who have been working to bring it to Kansas are very excited about its possibilities. Any family group that lived in Kansas, even for a short time, can be posted. THE ONLY PERSONS WHO CANNOT BE POSTED ARE THOSE WHO ARE LIVING. Each family group sheet provides space for basic information about father, mother, and children; so if you only know about one family unit, you know enough to put the information up. If you know more, you can add more family group sheets: the father's parents and siblings, the mother's parents and siblings, the children's spouses and children, and on and on. If you've traced the family into other states, you can post your group sheet in those states as well as Kansas. But just one family sheet in one state can be enough to make new and exciting connections. We've prepared the pages and forms, added search engines and links, and now it's in your hands. Send in your family group sheets. One a day, one a week, whatever works for you. Tell your fellow researchers about the site. Talk about it at your next genealogical society meeting. Mention it in your emails. The more people hear about the site, the more contributions we're likely to get; and the more contributions we receive, the more valuable the project is going to be. I'll be waiting for your family to turn up in my mailbox! Charles Barnum, KS FGS manager" I started my genealogy research in Kansas about 40 years ago.

Hello, I'm happy to announce a new Special Project, the Kansas Family Group Sheet (FGS) project. It's my privilege to be managing it, and I hope to be very busy adding family group sheets submitted by all of you. The URL for the page is http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/kansas/ . I think you'll find the page easy to read and use, but if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. The USFGS home page (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/) links to all the states. I hope you'll take advantage of this new project. Those of us who have been working to bring it to Kansas are very excited about its possibilities. Any family group that lived in Kansas, even for a short time, can be posted. THE ONLY PERSONS WHO CANNOT BE POSTED ARE THOSE WHO ARE LIVING. Each family group sheet provides space for basic information about father, mother, and children; so if you only know about one family unit, you know enough to put the information up. If you know more, you can add more family group sheets: the father's parents and siblings, the mother's parents and siblings, the children's spouses and children, and on and on. If you've traced the family into other states, you can post your group sheet in those states as well as Kansas. But just one family sheet in one state can be enough to make new and exciting connections. We've prepared the pages and forms, added search engines and links, and now it's in your hands. Send in your family group sheets. One a day, one a week, whatever works for you. Tell your fellow researchers about the site. Talk about it at your next genealogical society meeting. Mention it in your emails. The more people hear about the site, the more contributions we're likely to get; and the more contributions we receive, the more valuable the project is going to be. I'll be waiting for your family to turn up in my mailbox! Charles Barnum, KS FGS manager I started my genealogy research in Kansas about 40 years ago.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eastlick Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wl.2ADE/71 Message Board Post: My grandmother said that her grandfather was a builder in Clay Center, KS. She believes that his name was on some of the buildings in the area. His name was Mahlon Eastlick. Any ideas where to find this information? Thanks, Erin

Dear List Members, If you were effected by the Comcast buy out, then you need to read this, if not delete it. Just this evening, I have receive over 100 requests for me to change e-mail address to a Comcast address. Many of these requests mention multiple lists of which the sender needs their e-mail address changed. It will take me a good week or so to get through them all. My suggestion is; If you still have the ability to unsubscribe go to PASSWORD Central at http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ type in your old e-mail address, and follow the directions. You will receive an e-mail from which you can unsubscribe. If you can't do this, then you will just need to re-subscribe with your new address and let the old one bounce off. To re-subscribe this go to John Fuller's mailing list site http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html or remember you can subscribe and or unsubscribe by sending only the word UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE to XXXXXX-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM or XXXXXX-D-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM if you are on the Digest List. Naturally change the XXXXXX to the name of the list. If all else fails, contact me, but be understanding if it takes me a while to get to you. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/40.4.1 Message Board Post: I was hoping I could help you more but there are no Goffins at all and only one Robert and its not yours. I am very sorry. My book is very old so you may try Riley Co. Genealogical Society, 908 Kearney, Manhattan, Kansas, 66502 Dan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nelson, Lingren...... Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wl.2ADE/64.1.1 Message Board Post: D.Lingren,I have recently sent an e-mail to yor address responding to your answer. Hope you get it. Will appreciate your kind offer of information on /Svan & Britta's children. Thanks. Jess........

For those of you who are visiting the cemeteries and graves of your loved ones, your ancestors this weekend and have a few extra flowers, think of placing them on one of the lonely graves which are never visited. Or, if you are living in an area where you have no one, think of visiting a cemetery and placing flowers by one of these lonely graves. I live in Logan Utah and tomorrow I will be visiting several local cemeteries and will be placing flowers on graves. Over the past years I have adopted these graves, these people and I hope that someone out there is doing the same for my loved ones. This is the day to remember those who came before us, who forged the paths that we now walk. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lingren Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wl.2ADE/64.1 Message Board Post: I have information on Svan & Brita's children. If you still need the information e-mail me at rohring@sunny-net.ne.jp

Dickinson Co. Ks Marriage Records ALDEN, Agnes GOFFIN, Alfred E. Marriage Date: 12-24-1902

<A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/Census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_8776208_0&frompage=99"> From Familysearch, the 1880 Clay Co., Union Twp. census: A. R GOFFIN</A>   Self   M   Male   W   40   ENGL   Farmer   ENGL   ENGL  <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/Census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_8776208_1&frompage=99">Sarah A GOFFIN</A>   Wife   M   Female   W   42   ENGL   Keeps House   ENGL   ENGL  <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/Census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_8776208_2&frompage=99">Alfred E GOFFIN</A>   Son   S   Male   W   12   ENGL   Labors   ENGL   ENGL  <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/Census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_8776208_3&frompage=99">Sarah E GOFFIN</A>   Dau   S   Female   W   5   KS      ENGL   ENGL  <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/Census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_8776208_4&frompage=99">Mary J GOFFIN</A>   Dau   S   Female   W   3   KS      ENGL   ENGL 

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Alfred Robert and Sarah Moles Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/40.4 Message Board Post: My ancestors, Alfred Robert and Sarah Goffin left Norfolk, Eng. to settle and homestead in around Wakefield in the 1870's. I believe they were still alive in 1913 or so, but would like any info I could get about them. I heard that they were burnt out and had to save themselves and cattle in a pond. they had other hardships also. I believe ther was a son who later went to Topeka and at least a daughter. I have found Alfred in Davis County, Junction Township in the 1870 census, but no more. I have asked many times regarding them and have never found anything out. I would appreciate any info about them. Thank you so much for the offer. Faith Rawlin-Wilson

Dear List Members, It is that time of year when some of you will be leaving on Vacations. You might want to consider unsubscribing from the list while you are gone and then resubscribing when you return. The easiest way to do this is by using Password Central. http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ Follow the instructions and you will receive a e-mail list of all Rootsweb Mailing Lists you belong to. You can unsubscribe using this e-mail. Save it and you then have a list of mailing lists you want to re-subscribe to. When you return, you can check the Archives for this list at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Just type in the name of the list and you can check the messages for the dates you were gone. The following was shared with me and I think it is one of the best Maps I have seen showing the growth and history of the United States. http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html I appreciate each of you and know that it is because of you our list is the success it is. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MOONEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wl.2ADE/70 Message Board Post: ISO any info on Oscar, Martha, or their son Robert for the time they lived in Clay Center, Kansas. Am hoping someone who lives there would perhaps be able to check the city directories to find the first and last dates their names were listed, and an address where they resided. Oscar was my grandfather's brother who visited my grandfather quite often when I was a child in St. Joe. MO. I do not know when he died, where he was buried, or the whereabouts of his son, who may still be alive. . Maybe there are grandchildren? jancoy@rainbowtel.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Royal Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wl.2ADE/69 Message Board Post: I am looking for Raymond Carl Royal who married Meldarose Juanita Denny in Clay Center in 1942. Was told he may have Indian blood. This is all I know. Any help would be a start.

Could someone please give me information on locations of Cemetaries in Clay County? Thanks

The page below does not give exact locations, but does state the nearest town. <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~kscemete/clay/clay.html">http://www.rootsweb.com/~kscemete/clay/clay.html</A> Sheryl

I found the Souvenir book from my grandmother's class of 1911. Thought I'd share. She graduated from high school in 1917, so this must be gramar/elementary school. Souvenir 1911 Mulberry School District No. 34 Bloom Township, Clay County, Kans. ~~~~~ Elsie Siemers, Teacher ~~~~~ PUPILS Lilly Affolter Lester Affolter John Gaston Edna Gaston Margaret Gaston Harry Hughes Clara Hughes Katherine Hughes Roy Huth Elmer Huth Mable Germann Howard Germann Eva Sanvain Johnnnie Sanvain Lyla Stoneback Bernice Stoneback Eva Otott Leo Otott Lucy Otott Lawerence Otott Roman Otott Mae Surprenant Alda Dandurand Malina Sanvain Josephine Dandurand R. J. Gaston, Clerk F. H. Schuler, Director Edw. A. Germann, Treasurer

The second annual reunion for Fielder, Gano, Singleton, Honts, Brazzle families will be held on June 14, 2003 at the 1st National Bank (community room) in Washington, Kansas. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All relatives of these and related families are welcome to attend. Potluck dinner at 12noon. Please bring a covered dish and your own table service. You are encouraged to bring family pictures and genealogical research for the group to see. For more information please contact: Karen Pickett karepickett@hotmail.com Researching my Cain, Brazzel, Boettcher, Schild, Brandt families http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brandt/index.html _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

The American History and Genealogy Project (AHGP) has a new site, "Ghost Towns in the USA". The National site is located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaghstwn/GhostTownUSA.html/ Doris Robbins is the Web Host. If you would like to host a state for the site, please contact Doris at demwr@netzero.net Kathleen Burnett List Mom

> This is sure to be of interest to many of you. Kathleen Burnett List Mom > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kscomanc/ww2_dole_institute.html > > Dole Institute seeks photos of Kansas World War II veterans for Memory Wall > Press release, April 25, 2003: > > Contact: Richard Norton Smith, Dole Institute of Politics, (785) 749-3911. > LAWRENCE -- The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is seeking photos of > Kansas World War II veterans to include in a permanent 35-foot "Memory > Wall" to > be installed in its new building at the University of Kansas. > The wall will stand beside a soaring stained glass American flag and two > 10-foot beams from the World Trade Center that will anchor the south end of > the > institute, slated to be dedicated this summer. > "From the beginning, Senator Dole has expressed a wish that the institute > which > bears his name and houses his papers commemorate many other lives of service, > including but by no means limited to, his World War II contemporaries," said > Dole Institute Director Richard Norton Smith. "The wall will be a vast montage > of faces -- ideally of men and women in uniform -- who served our country in > foreign lands." > Pictures can be black and white or color, and of any size. Please keep the > frame. Send pictures, or those of family members and friends, along with > identifying information about the veteran pictured, to 704 W. 12th St., > Lawrence, KS 66044. Scanned photos may be sent via e-mail, preferably in JPG > format and as attachments, to lpritchard@ku.edu > "Each veteran will become part of a permanent fraternity, seen by thousands of > visitors, scholars and schoolchildren," Smith said. > The institute urges that photos be sent by May 15 so an initial wall can be > completed for the institute's July 20 through 22 dedication events. > Former presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, former New York City Mayor > Rudolph Giuliani, George McGovern, Jack Kemp and other dignitaries will > headline a three-day dedication celebration in Lawrence. The events will > include a re-created USO-style show and a special tribute to America's > Medal of > Honor recipients. For more information call: 785-749-3958 or visit > www.doleinstitute.org. > The Dole Institute, established at KU in 1997 to honor the former Senate > majority leader and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, is designed to > encourage student participation and citizen involvement in public service. The > institute will house Dole's papers, the world's largest collection associated > with a congressional leader.