One more item: In all of this mess, you might have been unsubscribed from a list by the system. I suggest you go to Password Central http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ and type in your e-mail address and ask for a list of mailing list you are subscribed to. You will receive it in just a few moments. This way, you can see if you have been unsubscribed from a list you do not want to be removed from. I can see this is going to be a long night. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

There has been a major problem with certain lists on Rootsweb since last Friday. I am not sure how this list is going to be effected by the crashed server at Rootsweb, you were not one directly effected. The server is up and running again and I have a favor to ask each of you. If you begin receiving a large amount of messages that have backed up in the system since last Friday. Please be understanding, USE YOUR DELETE KEY, yelling and screaming will not stop it. I am holding on for dear life. I will have messages coming to me from 171 mailing lists hitting me all at once along with bouncing messages and messages from those of you asking for help. Together we will get through this and look back on this day as the "Day of the Rootsweb Flood", and laugh. If you have asked to be unsubscribed, that request was most likely never received. Please understand that even if I unsubscribe you now, I cannot stop what you are going to receive. If the lists do not look the same, meaning the headers are gone. I will bo back and take care of that when this flood is over. Good luck and I look forward to getting back to normal when the sun is again shinning. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Dear List Members: The GenConnect Boards for Decatur Co., KS are up for adoption. If you are interested go to http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/USA/adoptable/Ks.html and follow the instructions. GenConnect Boards are easy to take care of and will take very little of your time. Researchers post their own data on them. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Please forgive. My system went crazy and it sent out duplications of each message to several of the mailing lists. I am almost afraid to send out an apology and have it just do the same thing again. :( I sat here and watched it happened and did not know what to do to stop it. Talk about feeling out of control. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

As you can see, the lists are getting busier now that the holidays are over. Just a few suggestions to make them smoother. If you see a posting come across the list asking to be unsubscribed or asking for help in any area that I deal with, know that I am taking care of it behind the scenes and you don't need to worry about it. If you post a query, try to put the surname in the subject line in CAPS and add dates if possible. Just keep in mind, we do have list members who delete the postings by only reading what is in the subject line, and never reading the body of the message. If you have a problem with a posting, meaning you think it should not have been posted. Please do not send your remarks to the entire list. Let me know your concerns and I will take care of it if I have not already. If you need me, to help you in anyway, you can reach me at [email protected] I thank each of you for your continued support of this list and your willingness to help one another. I continually am in awe of the generosity of genealogical researchers. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

As you can see, the lists are getting busier now that the holidays are over. Just a few suggestions to make them smoother. If you see a posting come across the list asking to be unsubscribed or asking for help in any area that I deal with, know that I am taking care of it behind the scenes and you don't need to worry about it. If you post a query, try to put the surname in the subject line in CAPS and add dates if possible. Just keep in mind, we do have list members who delete the postings by only reading what is in the subject line, and never reading the body of the message. If you have a problem with a posting, meaning you think it should not have been posted. Please do not send your remarks to the entire list. Let me know your concerns and I will take care of it if I have not already. If you need me, to help you in anyway, you can reach me at [email protected] I thank each of you for your continued support of this list and your willingness to help one another. I continually am in awe of the generosity of genealogical researchers. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Dear List Members: The year 2000 is almost over and it is time again for your Quarterly Report as to the membership of the Decatur Co., KS Mailing List. The KSDECATU list is a newer list for me, so this is the first Quarterly Report you will have received. The KSDECATU Mailing List has 18 members, 17 of these are subscribed to the Regular List and 1 to the Digest List. If you would like to visit the archived messages you may go to http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and type in KSDECATU. From there you can search by keyword. There is a great Rootsweb site you can go to if you want to find out what Rootsweb lists you are a member of or need to unsubscribe from a list, just follow the instructions. http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ I want to thank each of you for continuing to help make this list the success it is. I also want to thank you for your support of me and your willingness to follow the list rules. Just a reminder as to the rules of this list so that it is better for each of us. Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact me at [email protected] Also the calling for Roll Call is not allow by members of this list. If you feel the need for a Roll Call contact me and we will schedule one with a beginning time and ending time. I wish for each of you a success in the year 2001 with your most difficult genealogical mystery. Kathleen Burnett List Mom [email protected]

The KS-CEMETERIES Volunteer and Cemetery Inventory Webpage is ready to be unveiled. Tammie Chada did a wonderful job for us and I thank her. http://www.rootsweb.com/~kscemete/kscem.htm If you want us to post a Kansas Cemetery which has been indexed and is on the internet - send the following to [email protected] Name of Cemetery Township it is located in County Web address Information such as if it is yours or if you just ran across it. ______________________________ If you would like to Volunteer to do lookups in Cemetery Books that you own, send the following to [email protected] Your Name Your E-mail address Name of Book Cemetery or Area it covers in Kansas ________________________________________ If you are willing to go to cemeteries and inventory or take pictures send the following to [email protected]: Your Name Your e-mail address The area you will cover _________________________________________ If you have an inventory of a cemetery that you have completed and would like to share it with us contact [email protected] and let me know what form it is in so we can make arrangements to add it to the KS-Cemeteries website. _________________________________________ If you know of a lone grave - please take down the information, take a picture if possible and send it to [email protected] ________________________________________ If you can think of anything we have not thought of, please send your suggestions to [email protected] _________________________________________ Kathleen Burnett List Mom The AR, MO and OK Cemetery sites http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/mocem.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/okcem.htm

Dear List Members, It is that time of year again when we suddenly will have an influx of new online genealogy enthusiasts with their holiday gift computers that are usually newer and faster than what many of the rest of us have. For a great many of them, it will be their first time online. Some of them will make mistakes and some may (will) unintentionally do things and write things that may be irritating to us and against what we have set up as our list rules. Please take this into consideration in advance and be helpful to them. If things get out of hand, know that I am behind the scenes taking care of the problems. Just remember, one of these new members might hold the clue you have been searching for. Let us not discourage them before they have a chance to learn how this works. I would like also to take this time to wish each of you and yours a wonderful and safe Holiday Season. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Dear List Members, I am going to leave in the morning, November 15th, for 5 days. I will be attending a Manager's Retreat for my company and will be home this coming Sunday evening. I have way to many lists to find List sitters for them, so I need to ask a favor from each of you. If anything happens on your list which is out of line and against our list rules, not matter what, PLEASE let it pass and just delete it. Know that each evening I will be checking on things from my hotel room and will take care of any problem that happened during the day. I know sometimes it is hard to not say something, but it would help me a great deal if you would just let the offense pass. One more item, if you are needing me to help you unsubscribe, be understanding if I don't respond as quickly as I try to. I will only be near the computer in the evenings in my hotel room. Sending the message more than once to the entire list will not help. I appreciate each of you and all that you do to help my life as your List Mom to run as smoothly as it does. See you on Sunday. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Dear List Members, I have started a new mailing list called KS-GhostTowns. It is a mailing list for anyone who just wants to discuss, help locate and share information regarding ghost towns of Kansas. To subscribe to this list send the word subscribe to [email protected] or [email protected] for the digest form. When when you get your Welcome Message you can then send your query to [email protected] I look forward to helping this list grow and become another tool for those researching in Kansas. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Hi, New to the list. I am looking for info on my Grandmother Maude E. Miles, b-6-22-1888 in KS? d-12-18-1982 in Boulder, Boulder, CO. Her parents were Mathew Jackson Miles b-8-10-1865, d-7-13-1916, Violet E. Conley, b-11-02-1869, d-5-15-1945. Maude was married to James Fletcher Springer on 1-6-1907 in Red Willow County, NE. Granddad Springer was b-10-13-1879 in Ashland, Cass, NE, d-3-4-1955 in Boulder, Boulder, CO. Thanks so much, Jim Plummer

Dear List Members: I have started a new mailing list called KS-ROLLCALL. It is a mailing list for anyone who just wants to post surnames and dates in hopes of connecting with others researching the same surnames in Kansas. To subscribe to this list, send the word subscribe to [email protected] or [email protected] for the digest form. I look forward to helping this list grow and become another tool for those researching in Kansas. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Would you like to see the growth in the United States between 1650 and 1983? This is a great visual. http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Animation/us.gif Just a reminder. If you would like to know what lists you are on or would like help in unsubscribing go to Rootswebs Password Central, type in your e-mail address and then check "What list(s) am I on? (for subscribers)" Go to the bottom of the page and send. You will receive in a few moments a complete list of all Mailing list you are on and you can unsubscribe from it. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Hello all: I'm looking for Jesse Locy, possibly born February 18, 1860 Wife was Elizabeth Barnett born April 17, 1860 died April 18, 1944 Supposedly both are buried at Jennings Cemetery Would like to know the dates of birth and death from cemetery. I need parents of both. Hope someone out there can help.! Diane

Looking for Samuel McCluster family found in Decatur County in 1900. Adopted daughter Jennie Oates had been living with them, but was married by the time of the census. Trying to find anyone who knows anything about them. Death dates so I can find an obituary -- anything. Thanks. Jerilyn Jerilyn Lappin Koskan Cook Co., Illinois [email protected] FTM user BREWER-Daniel Belmont, OH, Northumberland, Indiana and Jefferson, PA DAVIS/DAVIDSON-Marium/Mary b1803 Bucks, PA Mother Rachel Greene DUSATKO-Barbara, Anton late 1800s Butler, NE DYE-William, David, Daniel in Monroe, OH early 1800s. FISHER-Joseph, b abt 1805 OH, last Morgan, OH 1850. Wife Judith Lappin. Children John, Knight, Elizabeth, Thomas, Hannah, Mary, Rachel, Ruth GRAY-Ogden b 1850 Morgan, OH, d Fulton, IL. Children - Ogden, Lafayette, Mary A., Cornelius, Elizabeth, Rachel GREENE-Rachel, b abt 1770, Bucks, PA HANNA-Archibald, d 1793 Westmoreland, PA Children Hugh, William, Hannah, Mary (wed Robert Williams) KIRK-Elizabeth, Quaker, daughter Joseph Kirk/Judith Knight, wed Robert Lappin abt 1790. Chester & Fayette, PA Belmont, OH KOSKAN-Vaclav, b 1850s Czechoslovakia d Butler, NE LAPPIN-PA and OH late 1700s/1800s LEAK/LEEK-MD & Eastern, OH in late 1700s and 1800s MITCHELL-Thomas Mitchell, b 1770s Greene, PA -d Monroe, OH. Daughter Maria wed William Dye. MONROE-Nicholas Monroe, b PA, died Belmont, OH early 1850s. Children Curtis, William, John, Samuel, Mary (Hendershot), Eleanor (Maring), Rebecca (Murphy), Miller, George, Richard. MONTGOMERY-Daniel, d 1842 Vinton, OH Family to Wayne, IL Wife Alice Lappin, Children William, Mariah, John, Elizabeth, Rachel, Letticia, Ruth, Euphemia OATES-Sarah Elizabeth born Lewis, WV, adopted Samuel McCluster - to Decatur, KS Parents supposedly Elizabeth Puffenbarger/Benjamin Oates SLUSHER-Frederick, b PA, lived Monroe, OH, d Wayne, IL SMITH-Aaron 1755/Anna Foster Bucks, PA Children John, Amos, Hannah, Samuel, Charles, Mary STARBUCKS-John and Ann Lappin of Belmont, OH STARKEY - b 1810 PA, wed Belmont, OH TODD - Wm. & Rachel Lappin, d late 1800s Morgan, OH WADSWORTH-Alcinda, Martha, Wm., Rachel, Emily, Ruth b Belmont, OH

To those who posted your Kansas surnames I thank you. To those who have not there is one more day of our Roll Call left. If you are interested, I would like to invite you to join the KS-CEMETERIES Mailing List. Just send the word subscribe to [email protected] The KS-Cemeteries Mailing List is a mailing list for anyone interested in locating, and preserving historical information about, Kansas cemeteries. We welcome queries and postings regarding location of graves, cemeteries which have been indexed both on the internet and in other written forms, cemetery research, and the care of tombstones. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Mary Ann I have no connection with any of the names you posted, though I have heard my father (now deceased) speak many times of some of those named, especially Oscar Peterson & Erick Johnson. I have a copy of the Decatur Co. book that was published some time back, maybe 20 years ago. I would be glad to check for any names you would like. It may take a few days as I still have relatives left over from Thanksgiving. Keith Johnston

ZACHRISSON, Per & Eva 1900 JOHNSON, Erick & Christina 1894> PETERSON, Oscar Theodore & Anna 1887> HOKENSON, John & Mary c1900 SABIN, Ole & Alice 1935> Any connections? Mary Ann Bolton Mililani, HI

Dear List Members: Let us take the next few days and have a Roll Call for your Surnames. Please place "Roll Call" in the Subject line along with the county your surnames were from. It also would help if you added dates along with your surnames. Kathleen Burnett List Mom