Hello John!! Good Morning!! What a nice surprise,to wake up this morning,and see your post. I must admit,my cousins and I are stuck,on our Laws. I have photo's dating back to early to middle 1800's and No 1st names. ( Its frustrating!). Anyway,here goes! I want to THANK YOU for your offer even if you don't find anything,but I'm keeping my fingers crossed! I'm <G>ing!!! The last line of LAWS we have information on are 3 LAWS children. We don't know if the father was killed in the Civil War, or died. The mother put the children in the care of friends or relatives. She went to England, with a man by the name of "DUKE",or title of "DUKE". She never returned!!?? This is the children information. The oldest child: Ida Beatrice LAWS -born: June 5, 1856 in Mississippi She married: George Washington DELAPP on March 7, 1872 in Carroll County,Mississippi. She Died: March 27, 1927 in Charleston,Ms. in Tallahatchie County.We don't know who she was taken care as a child? The next child: Benjamin Taylor LAWS: born: January 1860 in Mississippi, At age he is listed as living with a James and (wife) Ethilea BRYANT. This was in the 1870 Census of Carroll County,Ms. It says Benjamin was born in Mississippi. Benjamin married: March 29, 1883 in Carroll County,Ms. to a Della O. Bankston He Died: 1923 in Carroll County,Ms. The youngest child was Minnie Gustevious LAWS: born June 7, 1863 or 1864 depending on what your going by the death certificate,or tombstone. She was born in Ms. She was left with the Thomas and Sarah WADE family in the 1870 Census of Carroll County,Ms..Minnie was 6 years old. Minnie married: August 29, 1877 in Carroll County,Ms. to a Ira Warren BANKSTON She died: July 30, 1927 in Panola County,Ms. Your offer of help is greatly appreciated!! Nancy in Mississippi I'm still planning on joining your register as soon as I can!!

Hi Everyone, Good to see many more LAWS namers joining this list, You may or may not know of the LAWS FAMILY REGISTER here in Lincoln England, I as registrar have been running this one name study since 1984 we are registered with the Guild of One Name Studies Number 0674 confirmation of that can be found at their page www.one-name.org> we've 42 subscribers this year of whom 22 are online, We collect all references to the Surnames LAW, LAWE, LAWES, LAWS, LAWSE, MCLAW, MCLAWS Worldwide, there is a yearly registration fee roughly 20$us for five years, our database covers some 36,000 persons from the late 16th century to the present day. I am pleased to see an increasing number of online subscribers , subscribing to this list which whist free is part of rootsweb which needs support, drop me a line with your tree and where your stuck and I'll send you a start on what I've got on you & yours yo' all take care now John P LAWS Registrar LAWS FAMILY REGISTER Putting Flesh on the Bones of History [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Sharon: Saw you had subscribed to the Laws Rootweb. I know you will get a lot out of it. I joined about six months ago and have learned a lot of Genealogy since then. You are so nice to share your information every one will be glad you are on line with us. [email protected] << Start of Forwarded message via Prodigy Mail >> From: Mail Delivery Subs Subject: Returned mail: User unknown Date: 06/25 Time: 02:39 PM Return-Path: <MAILER-DAEMON> Received: from localhost (localhost) by clmout3.prodigy.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with internal id OAA17912; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 14:36:59 -0400 Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 14:36:59 -0400 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON> Message-Id: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status; boundary="OAA17912.898799819/clmout3.prodigy.com" Subject: Returned mail: User unknown Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure) This is a MIME-encapsulated message --OAA17912.898799819/clmout3.prodigy.com The original message was received at Thu, 25 Jun 1998 14:36:56 -0400 from mime4.prodigy.com [192.168.254.43] ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <[email protected]> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to rootsweb.com.: >>> RCPT To:<[email protected]> <<< 550 <[email protected]>... User unknown 550 <[email protected]>... User unknown --OAA17912.898799819/clmout3.prodigy.com Content-Type: message/delivery-status Reporting-MTA: dns; clmout3.prodigy.com Received-From-MTA: dns; mime4.prodigy.com Arrival-Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 14:36:56 -0400 Final-Recipient: rfc822; [email protected] Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Remote-MTA: DNS; rootsweb.com Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 <[email protected]>... User unknown Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 14:36:58 -0400 --OAA17912.898799819/clmout3.prodigy.com Content-Type: message/rfc822 Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from mime4.prodigy.com (mime4.prodigy.com [192.168.254. 43]) by clmout3.prodigy.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA36846 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 14:36:56 -0400 Received: (from [email protected]) by mime4.prodigy.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) id OAA07376 for [email protected]; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 14:37:35 -0400 Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Prodigy Internet GW(v0.9beta) - ae01dm04sc03 From: [email protected] (MR MERRIL LAW) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 14:37:35, -0500 To: [email protected] Subject: Welcome new member [email protected] Welcome Sharon. I know you will find more genesalogy on the Laws rootsweb. I got on here about six months ago and am doing well. And you are so nice to share your information too. It is people like you that makes Family History study so interesting. I THANK you for all the help you have been to me. [email protected] --OAA17912.898799819/clmout3.prodigy.com-- << End of Forwarded message >>

sorry but at moment can't help will keep in touch

Please join me in welcoming some new folks to our list: [email protected] [email protected] If you haven't done so already, we hope you will introduce youselves and tell us about the family you are researching! Wanda Rabb (researching Rabb (NC/SC), Penix (NC), Bradshaw (VA>NC), (Gantt (NC), Nix, Robertson, Wilson, Conner, Harris (Rutherford Co.,NC), Laws(Yancey, Rutherford Co., NC), Edwards,Kelly (Yancey Co.,NC), Causby, Patton, Morrison, Sparks(Burke/McDowell Co., NC) Paxton (Union Co., NC >Lancaster, SC), Purviance (NC), Farris & Morris (York Co., SC) Lovelace, Hamrick, Green and McSwain (Cleveland Co., NC), Granger, Ledford, Black(Cleveland or Rutherford Co., NC), Towery (Cleveland or Lincoln Co., NC) Listmanager for CAUSBY-L, FARRIS-L, LAWS-L, NIX-L, PAXTON-L, PURVIANCE-L, RABB-L Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html

Hi everybody: I am researching the name LAW and in particular one Jane LAW whom we believe married John WINSPEAR, my gggf. John and Jane's children are listed in the IGI as christened at Glaisdale, Yorks. One child is Robert Law WINSPEAR, which suggests Jane's last name was LAW. John was chr. 1806 at Glaisdale, and Jane was most probably of Egton, chr. 1822. However, none of this is certain, as we haven't yet found a marriage record for John Winspear. If anyone is researching North Yorkshire, and has any information, I'd be delighted to hear fom you. Regards, Martin.

Dear All In response to the request to introduce myself - here are the details The surname LAWS/LAWES turned up in my husband's ancestry on the ANNETTS side of the family. All the records for this generation appear to be in the Amport, Hampshire area. Most of these records are from the IGI so I am aware that I really need to check the original records. Sarah LAWES married George ANNETTS on 13 May 1824 They had at least one child - Mary who was baptized on 2 Oct 1825 George then appears as the father of a number of children whose mother is Maria LAWS William baptized 9 Mar 1828 Thomas baptized 2 Aug 1832 John baptized 24 May 1835 Henry baptized 1 Oct 1837 Jane baptized 16 Mar 1840 Samuel baptized 6 Aug 1843 Edward George baptized 3 Aug 1845 Francis baptized 3 May 1849 These records raise at least a couple of queries (as usual):- 1. Were Sarah Lawes and Maria Laws related? 2. Presumably Sarah died and George remarried Although this is the female line, I would like to resolve this mystery. It does seem a shame that so much family history seems to be dedicated to researching the male line. After all there is a saying "It's a wise man who knows his father." If the above rings any bells with anyone I would be delighted to hear from them. Hope someone can help. Jennifer [email protected] Middlesex, England

Please join me in welcoming some new folks to our list: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] If you haven't done so already, we hope you will introduce yourselves and tell us about the family you are researching! Wanda Rabb (researching Rabb (NC/SC), Penix (NC), Bradshaw (VA>NC), (Gantt (NC), Nix, Robertson, Wilson, Conner, Harris (Rutherford Co.,NC), Laws(Yancey, Rutherford Co., NC), Edwards,Kelly (Yancey Co.,NC), Causby, Patton, Morrison, Sparks(Burke/McDowell Co., NC) Paxton (Union Co., NC >Lancaster, SC), Purviance (NC), Farris & Morris (York Co., SC) Lovelace, Hamrick, Green and McSwain (Cleveland Co., NC), Granger, Ledford, Black(Cleveland or Rutherford Co., NC), Towery (Cleveland or Lincoln Co., NC) Listmanager for CAUSBY-L, FARRIS-L, LAWS-L, NIX-L, PAXTON-L, PURVIANCE-L, RABB-L Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html

If there was ever a doubt that the Rootsweb team works hard to keep our surname lists going, this note should help everyone realize the type of problems they deal with so that we may enjoy the benefits of our mailing lists. It's sad that so much time and money has to be spent fighting off spam, but that seems to be the case. If any of you were around a couple of years ago, you will remember e-mail spammers attacking the Maiser system at Indiana University brought our lists to a complete halt. Fortunately, Rootsweb stepped in and took on the responsibility of housing our lists on their servers. I apologize for the length of this note, but I wanted to send the entire note so you can get a feel for what Rootsweb does for us. Thanks...........Wanda Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 19:48:05 -0700 From: Tim Pierce <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: SPAM REPORT: Boy, have we been busy. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii This was quite a day for the RootsWeb abuse team. [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] ================================================ This morning, our old friends in Bath, ID called us up and spammed the bejesus out of our machines with their bogus surname history scams. All of their posts came from a forged `doit.cc' domain, which I blocked as soon as I got word of what was happening... because of serious net lag this morning, however, that didn't happen until well after they'd achieved their goal. Something important to remember: the reason this spam wasn't refused outright doesn't have anything to do with its genealogical trappings. The simple reason that it got through to your lists was that the text and sender of the message didn't match anything that our spam filter recognized as spam. Now that I've added their forged domain to our `spamdomains' list, you shouldn't see anything more from them. CVBOX spam ========== Meanwhile, back at the ranch... this afternoon, a Portuguese spam outfit connected to rootsweb.com and spammed just about every list on our system. Three times each. Over about an hour, they pumped about 4,000 messages and 11MB into our list servers. Thankfully, they're using a well-known spamming software package that was readily caught by our filters, so none of your lists should have been bothered by this. Even as I started to write this message, they started to do it ALL OVER AGAIN. So we had to take more drastic measures, dropping the Internet routes to their systems and blocking any mail from their (forged) domain name. That should prevent them from even being able to connect to our machines. So if I'm a little scarce for a while, you have some idea of why. Getting copies of 4000 spams in your mailbox tends to slow you down a little. All of the RootsWeb Members, Sponsors and Donors out there should congratulate yourselves a little for this. The funds that you've contributed to improve RootsWeb's systems were directly responsible for our being able to implement spam filters like these. If it weren't for your support, RootsWeb's list servers would be a smoking pile of slag right now. Thanks for helping keep us running! Regards, Tim Pierce RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative system obfuscator and hack-of-all-trades

A very brief note to tell you that I received your email but am leaving the city (San Francisco) for a week and can't reply at this time. There are, as I recall, Elijahs in my line, i.e., descendants of John Laws on the eastern shore of Maryland. More later. Regards, rl

Hello, In response to the query: Seeking parents,siblings & descendants of Elijah LAWS d 1770 Orange County, Va, md Rachel CANADY or KENADAY d Mercer County, Ky I don't have a whole lot of information but am glad to share what I have and would welcome any corrections or additions. I am a descendant of Elijah LAWS thru his son (1) John LAWS, b 1757 d 27 February 1840, Brownsville, Licking Co, Ohio, md Elizabeth "Betsy" CUNDIFF Other known children of Elijah LAWS and Rachel CANADY: (2) Jeremiah LAWS b 1760 VA d circa Oct 1845 Perryville, KY (from stroke) md Francis DURHAM on 24 Nov 1787 Lincoln Co, KY md 2nd Suzanna BAILEY on 27 Aug 1805 Lincoln Co, KY (3) Thomas LAWS b ? d 1828 KY md Jane KENTON 1798 (4) Shandrach LAWS b ? d 1798 KY (Killed by Indians) (5) Rachel LAWS (6) Mason LAWS b & d ?, md Unknown UNDERWOOD (7) William LAWS John LAWS & Elizabeth "Betty" CUNDIFF had 6 known children: (1) William LAWS bn 21 July 1784 Fauquier Co, VA (?) md 23 May 1863 OH, md Sarah ROBINSON 1810 md 2nd Mary Jane KENDALL 1829. (2) Shadrach LAWS (my line) bn 6 Sept 1787 Fauquier Co, VA d 7 July 1854 Paris, Fauquier Co, VA, md Frances "Fanny" WHITE on 20 Dec 1810 Fauquier Co, VA (3) Nancy LAWS bn 19 June 1805, Fauquier Co, VA md James FEAGAN 19 June 1805 Fauquier Co, VA (4) Tamsen ? LAWS (female) md Unknown BROWN (5) Mary Elizabaeth LAWS md Vincent WHITE 15 March 1813, Fauquier Co, VA (6) Samuel LAWS bn 16 Aug 1791 Fauquier Co, VA md Mary "Polly" RECTOR 26 Nov 1812, Fauquier Co, VA John LAWS served in the Revolutionary War. Enlisted August 1, 1776 in 11th Virginia Regt. Records show he was age 60 in 1818, married to Margaret, children Sally age 4, in 1820, John 18 months. He moved from Virginia to Licking Co, Ohio in 1829 to be with his family, Ref Va S.41754. Rept by State D.A.R. Ohio D.A.R. Revolutionary Soldiers Rosters, Volumes I & II, 1929-1938, page 212. I descend thur John's son Shadrach LAWS & Frances "Fanny" WHITE, their son Edmond A. LAWS bn 1818 d ??? md Elizabeth Marshall ADAMS, dau of Thomas Marshall ADAMS & Frances "Fanny" JETT on 27 Sept 1841. They lived in Paris, Fauquier Co, VA. Edmond LAWS was listed as a merchant & drover in different census records. Need death dates for Edmond & Elizabeth. Their daughter, Susan Ida LAWS bn Sept 1857 Paris, Fauquier Co, VA md Thomas Howard JACKSON on 15 August 1877 in Fauquier Co, VA. They moved to Grafton Taylor Co, WVA in 1884. My grandfather, (their son) Curtis Glanville JACKSON was 2 yrs old when they made the move over the mountains. Would appreciate any help with this family. I would especially love to make a connection with any cousins out there!! Thank you, Cheryl Jackson Malone

how can I access the database? [email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > LAWS-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 101 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [LAWS-L] Laws, Elijah ["Donald P. Goodman" <donald.goodma] > #2 [LAWS-L] LAWS FAMILY REGISTER [John LAWS <[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from LAWS-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [LAWS-L] Laws, Elijah > Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 15:53:40 -0500 > From: "Donald P. Goodman" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Seeking parents, siblings & descendants of Elijah Laws d 1770 Orange > County Va. M > Rachel Canady or Kenaday d 1790 Mercer County Ky. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [LAWS-L] LAWS FAMILY REGISTER > Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 09:42:51 -0400 > From: John LAWS <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Hi Folks > > We are back-- the database is up and running though whether I can rely on > Compuserve as a ISP remains to be seen, it may well be that we will have to > change ISP > > try me at > > [email protected] > or > 106222,[email protected] > or > [email protected] > or > write me at > > John P LAWS > Registrar > LAWS FAMILY REGISTER > 12 Syston Grove > Lincoln LN5 8TJ > England > > Putting Flesh on the Bones of History

Hi Folks We are back-- the database is up and running though whether I can rely on Compuserve as a ISP remains to be seen, it may well be that we will have to change ISP try me at [email protected] or 106222,[email protected] or [email protected] or write me at John P LAWS Registrar LAWS FAMILY REGISTER 12 Syston Grove Lincoln LN5 8TJ England Putting Flesh on the Bones of History

Seeking parents, siblings & descendants of Elijah Laws d 1770 Orange County Va. M Rachel Canady or Kenaday d 1790 Mercer County Ky.

>From the Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL: Saturday June 6,1998 LAWS,Dorothy,51, of PompanoBeach,FL died June4,1998. L.C. Poitier Funeral Home.

>From the Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL: Friday May29,1998 LAWS-Clifford"DUKE",71,Of Ft.Lauderdale,FL died May27,1998.T.M. RalphFuneral Home Sawgrass/Weston.

I have found that my Joseph Laws was NOT related directly to this family. He came from Europe at age 14 with his brother and sister. I got this info from my great grandmother. Joseph was her father-in-law. The family below was in the US way too long. But I have some additional info if anyone is interested in this line. In a message dated 98-06-11 18:33:34 EDT, you write: << Date: 98-06-11 18:33:34 EDT From: [email protected] (Martha Cummings) Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] Brian, did you Alice (Matilda) Laws m S.M. Taylor? ---------- > From: EngineerBL <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LAWS-L] Descendants of John Laws > Date: Sunday, May 10, 1998 12:02 PM > > I am looking for more info on the following tree. I hope to link this tree to > my tree. The Alice Laws at the end of this tree is about the right age to be > the sister of my 2nd great-grandfather Joseph A. Laws (b. aprox. 1860's, d. 28 > Nov. 1919) of Cincinnati m. Philomena Walderbusch. If you have any > information on this line please let me know. > Thanks > > Brian Laws > > Descendants of John Laws > > 1 John Laws - 1697 b in South of England > +Katherine Betts > 2 Robert Laws 1678 - 1745 > +Catherine Panter > 3 William Laws 1712 - 1754 > +Rebecca > 4 Thomas Laws 1753 - 1807 > +Amelia Cropper 1760 - > 5 [1] James Laws 1790 - 1861 > +Rebeccah > *2nd Wife of [1] James Laws: > +Rachel Spahr 1787 - 1827 > 6 James Hedding Laws 1826 - 1883 > +Sarah Amelia Langdon 1833 - 1896 > 7 Alice Laws 1862 - b in Cincinnati, Ohio > > >>

Brian, did you Alice (Matilda) Laws m S.M. Taylor? ---------- > From: EngineerBL <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LAWS-L] Descendants of John Laws > Date: Sunday, May 10, 1998 12:02 PM > > I am looking for more info on the following tree. I hope to link this tree to > my tree. The Alice Laws at the end of this tree is about the right age to be > the sister of my 2nd great-grandfather Joseph A. Laws (b. aprox. 1860's, d. 28 > Nov. 1919) of Cincinnati m. Philomena Walderbusch. If you have any > information on this line please let me know. > Thanks > > Brian Laws > > Descendants of John Laws > > 1 John Laws - 1697 b in South of England > +Katherine Betts > 2 Robert Laws 1678 - 1745 > +Catherine Panter > 3 William Laws 1712 - 1754 > +Rebecca > 4 Thomas Laws 1753 - 1807 > +Amelia Cropper 1760 - > 5 [1] James Laws 1790 - 1861 > +Rebeccah > *2nd Wife of [1] James Laws: > +Rachel Spahr 1787 - 1827 > 6 James Hedding Laws 1826 - 1883 > +Sarah Amelia Langdon 1833 - 1896 > 7 Alice Laws 1862 - b in Cincinnati, Ohio > > > ==== LAWS Mailing List ==== > Reminder: If you change e-mail addresses, unsubscribe from the old one and subscribe again with the new one.

HELP KEEP OUR RECORDS AVAILABLE FOR ALL TO USE IN THE FUTURE! > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > To: undisclosed-recipients:; <undisclosed-recipients:;> > Date: Monday, June 08, 1998 5:41 PM > Subject: Ancestry Daily News, 8 June 1998 > >Ancestry Daily News > >"A Daily Dose of Genealogy" > >www.ancestry.com > >8 June 1998 > >============================================ > > > >LETTERS TO NARA AND > >SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS > > > >Many of you may have read something about the possible closing > >and/or consolidation of the Regional branches of the National > >Archives and Records Administration, including the Editor's Note > >from the March/April issue of Ancestry Magazine, written by > >Loretto Dennis Szucs - http://www.ancestry.com/archives.htm. > > > >Below you will find copies of letters to John Carlin, the > >Archivist of the United States, from Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato > >(R-NY), New York State Governor George E. Pataki, and Attorney > >General for the State of New York, Dennis C. Vacco, expressing > >their concern over this situation. > > > >According to Brian Andersson, an immigration research specialist > >from New York, "These letters are testimony to the impact that > >the documentation of their families' histories have had on them. > >Genealogy is no longer a hobby. It has become a common ground > >where everyone, from the guy on the streets, to our nation's > >highest leaders, can connect with the people in their pasts. We > >have all begun to understand that our heritage is a great tool > >for better interactions among people, because we all have a > >family story that is intertwined with our nation's heritage." > >Local access to these documents is as important as access to the > >Declaration of Independence. It is our combined families that are > >responsible for the Declaration of Independence. Our families > >have given life and meaning to the words contained therein. > > > >The advent of the computer age has brought about many > >advancements in genealogy. It makes it easier for us to locate > >and communicate with cousins and long lost family members easily > >and quickly. We can locate sources of information and even find > >some information online, but we will never live to see all the > >information that we need to complete our family histories > >available online. > > > >Also, we cannot lose sight of the value of being able to touch > >and see the actual documents that admitted our ancestors to this > >country, committed them to military service in the defense of > >this country, or granted them land upon which to raise their > >families. In the signatures carried on these documents, we see > >our ancestors signing themselves forever into the history and > >heritage of this nation. > >__________________________________________________ > > > >May 14, 1998 > > > >Dear Mr. Carlin: > > > >I write today out of concern about a possible closure or > >downsizing of the National Archives facility in New York City. > >While I understand that the NARA must plan ahead for the much > >needed space for ever larger amounts of records that will become > >available in the coming years, I cannot see the need to close > >such an important facility. > > > >Owing to the fact that the facility had been moved at great cost > >only six years earlier from Bayonne, New Jersey, a NARA facility > >in New York City is vital to the region for continuity and > >exposure. With Ellis Island and the other various historical, not > >to mention various richly educational institutions, the NARA is > >necessary for New York. Access to the vast collection of > >documents in New York City is a much appreciated and much used > >asset for New Yorkers. To lose such an asset would be a blow to > >New York, its people, and its educational base. > > > >Plans that I have been told about would make records accessible > >by overnight mail and by computer, were the facility to be moved. > >While admirable, this arrangement would not suffice. Personal and > >immediate access to the documents for researchers is what should > >be the case for New York. I urge you in the strongest of terms to > >forgo any plans to move the New York NARA facility to Kansas, or > >anywhere else. The NARA belongs in New York and it should stay > >there. > > > >Sincerely, > > > >Alfonse M. D'Amato > >United States Senator > > > > > >April 7, 1998 > > > >Dear Mr. Carlin: > > > >I am writing in response to published reports that indicate the > >National Archives is considering closing its New York City Branch > >Office. > > > >The facility at Varick Street serves a large number of people and > >is suitably located for continued increases in usage. The branch > >office is an important resource for many New Yorkers-and, indeed, > >for individuals throughout the region-who have sought to trace > >their ancestry. > > > >New York was the gateway for millions of immigrants who came to > >America in search of a new life. It is the first place that most > >people would think of to start tracing their roots, and it just > >makes sense for there to be a branch office of the National > >Archives in New York City, considering the very special and > >central role it played as the port of entry for the preponderance > >of our immigrants, including my grandparents. > > > >I urge you to reject any proposal to close the New York City > >Branch Office. Such an action would deprive the people of New > >York, and the Northeast of a valuable and important resource. As > >a former Governor, I know that you can appreciate and understand > >my concerns. > > > >Your consideration is appreciated, and I look forward to hearing > >from your office on the future of the New York City Branch > >Office. > > > >With best regards. > > > >Very truly yours, > >George E. Pataki > >Governor, State of New York > > > > > >May 1, 1998 > > > >Dear Governor Carlin: > > > >It has come to my attention that plans may be underway to close > >down the New York City Branch of the National Archives located at > >201 Varick Street, New York, N.Y. I write to you today to express > >my support to keep the New York City Branch of the National > >Archives in operation. > > > >Given New York City's rich history as the gateway to America for > >millions of immigrants, it is crucial that the records be kept in > >New York. I have had such occasion to use this valuable resource > >on a professional and personal level. > > > >New York City's branch of the National Archives served as a > >tremendous asset to New York State in the case of New York vs. > >New Jersey, currently pending before the United States Supreme > >Court. Without the Archives' accessibility, research for this > >case - to prove New York's right to Ellis Island - would have > >taken much longer and delayed the proceedings. > > > >On a personal basis, I have used the Archives to search my own > >family's journey to the United States. I feel that this task > >would have been costly and more time consuming if the documents > >necessary to research such information were located exclusively > >in Washington, D.C. > > > >While technology is an integral part of our society, and posting > >the documents on the Internet would expand their availability, it > >is also true that transferring the documents to microfilm > >diminishes their quality. We should make every effort to preserve > >our history, which is embodied in the content of the documents as > >well as the physical documents themselves. By closing the New > >York City branch of the Archives, we lose that piece of history > >which is so uniquely New York's. > > > >I respectfully urge you to reconsider any plans to close the New > >York City Branch of the National Archives. > > > >Sincerely, > > > >Dennis C. Vacco > >New York State > >Attorney General > > > >************************************************** > > > >More information about the "Strategic Directions for the > >National Archives and Records Administration" can be found at: > >http://www.nara.gov/nara/vision/strategic_directions.html > > > >The archivist is asking for feedback "to develop a space plan > >that meets our customers' needs for ready access to essential > >evidence." One of the means of gathering this feedback will be > >public meetings. The first was held on 3 June 1998 at NARA's > >Northeast Region (Boston) and was chaired by Diane LeBlanc, > >NARA's Regional Administrator and a member of the Space Team. Mr. > >Carlin did not attend. Ancestry columnist, Dick Eastman, who > >attended the meeting, has a full report available in his > >newsletter at: > >http://www.ancestry.com/columns/eastman/eastJune08-98.htm > > > >The meetings present a unique opportunity to present our views in > >a forum that may influence the decisions that Mr. Carlin will > >make. If you cannot attend the meetings in person, your voice can > >still be heard by snail-mail, e-mail, or by phoning or faxing > >your government representatives. > > > >(If you are not sure how to contact your congressional > >representative, a good place for information is "Roll Call's Hill > >Directory" at: http://congress.nw.dc.us/rollcall/.) > > > >The following schedule of upcoming meetings can also be found at: > > http://www.nara.gov/nara/spceplan.html > > > >Fort Worth, Texas > >June 10, 1998, 7 - 9 p.m. CDT > >David Tandy Lecture Hall > >Ft. Worth Public Library, > >300 Taylor Street > >Fort Worth, TX 76102 > >FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 817-334-5515 > >or e-mail [email protected] > > > >Pittsfield, Massachusetts June 11, 1998, 7 - 9 p.m. EDT > >National Archives and Records Administration > >Northeast Region (Pittsfield) > >10 Conte Drive > >Pittsfield, MA 01201-8230 > >FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 781-647-8745 > >or e-mail [email protected] > > > >San Francisco, California > >June 16, 1998, 7 - 9 p.m. PDT > >National Archives and Records Administration > >Pacific Region (San Francisco) > >1000 Commodore Drive > >San Bruno, CA > >FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 650-876-9249 > >or e-mail [email protected] > > > >Seattle, Washington > >June 17, 1998, 10 a.m. - noon and 7 - 9 p.m. PDT > >National Archives and Records Administration > >Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle) > >6125 Sand Point Way, NE > >Seattle, WA 98115-7999 > >FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 206-526-6501 > >or e-mail [email protected] > > > >Los Angeles, California > >June 23, 1998, 7 - 9 p.m. PDT > >Norman P. Murray > >Community and Senior Center > >24932 Veterans Way > >Mission Viejo, CA 92692 > >FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 949-360-2618 > >or e-mail [email protected] > > > >Chicago, Illinois > >June 24, 1998, 5 - 7 p.m. CDT > >National Archives and Records Administration > >Great Lakes Region (Chicago) > >7358 South Pulaski Road > >Chicago, IL 60629-5898 > >FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 773-581-7816 > >or e-mail [email protected] > > > >Denver, Colorado > >June 30, 1998, 2 - 4 p.m. MDT > >National Archives and Records Administration > >Rocky Mountain Region > >Denver Federal Center, Building 48 > >Denver, CO 80225 > >FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 303-236-0801 > >or e-mail [email protected] > > > >Philadelphia, Pennsylvania > > July 9, 1998, TBA > >National Archives and Records Administration > >Mid Atlantic Region (Center City Philadelphia) > >900 Market Street > >Philadelphia, PA 19107-4292 > >FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 215-671-9027 > >or e-mail [email protected] > > > >Atlanta, Georgia > >July 30, 1998, 7 - 9 p.m. EDT > >National Archives and Records Administration > >Southeast Region > >1557 St. Joseph Avenue > >East Point, GA 30344-2593 > >FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 404-763-7477 > >or e-mail [email protected] > > > >New York, New York > >August 6, 1998, 7 - 9 p.m. EDT > >National Archives and Records Administration > >Northeast Region (New York City) > >201 Varick Street > >New York, NY 10014-4811 > >FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 781-647-8745 > >or e-mail [email protected] > > > >Kansas City, Missouri > >August 10, 1998, TBA > >National Archives and Records Administration > >Central Plains Region (Lee's Summit) > >200 Space Center Drive > >Lee's Summit, MO 64064 > >FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 816-926-6920 > >or e-mail [email protected] > > > >Anchorage, Alaska > >August 1998, TBA > >National Archives and Records Administration > >Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage) > >654 West Third Avenue > >Anchorage, Alaska 99501-2145 > >FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 907-271-2443 > >or e-mail [email protected] > > > >St. Louis, Missouri > >August 17, 1998, 4 - 6 p.m. CDT > >National Archives and Records Administration > >National Personnel Records Center > >9700 Page Avenue > >St. Louis, MO 63132-5100 > >FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 314-538-4005 > >or e-mail [email protected] > > > >============================================ > >HEADLINES FROM EASTMAN'S ONLINE GENEALOGY NEWSLETTER > > > >8 June 1998 > > > >-On the Road Again > >-More on NARA Space Planning > >-More on the 1851 British Census CD-ROM > >-More on the Ellis Island History Advisory Committee > >-Genealogy Home Pages Invite Rip-Offs? > >-Are You A "Trash Genealogist?" > >-Upcoming Events > >-Home Pages Highlighted > > > >To read this week's newsletter, go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/columns/eastman/eastJune08-98.htm > > > >============================================ > > > >Best Regards, > >Juliana Smith, Editor, Ancestry Daily News > >Please feel free to circulate this newsletter to other genealogy > >enthusiasts! 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Arizona Star Tucson, AZ June 7, 1998 LAWS, Lyle L., LCDR, USN, ret., 76, of Tucson, died Wednesday, June 3, 1998. Dad, my greatest accomplishments can be traced directly to your influence in my life. Without your support and love I would not have my education, I would have not been able to provide for my son, and I would not be the person I am today. Thank you,Dad, for my past, my present, and my future... I owe you so much to you! I love you with all my heart. Love, Deanna. Beloved father of Kenneth L. Laws of Los Angeles, CA and Deanna L. Laws of Santa Cruz, CA; loving grandfather of Trevor L. Laws of Santa Cruz; beloved brother of Elmer Laws of Tucson and Virginia Simmons of Sun City, AZ. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Melissa L. Pettigrew. Mr. Laws had been a active member of the National Model Railroad Association. Services will be private. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1636 N. Swan Rd., Tucson, AZ 85712. Arrangements by HEATHER MORTUARY, a certified after-care provider.