On this thread, I see Winchester as the city listed here.  My great grandfather is Winchester Dane Lewis, from Athens, Morgan County, Ohio, leaving after Civil War service for the Union and becoming established in Texas, in Red River County.   I always wonder if his first name is an association of the family with a place.  His father was James Lewis. On Friday, May 15, 2015 2:03 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: Today's Topics:   1. Looking for "distant cousins?" Never give up on your search !       (LEWIS) (Ms Betty Fredericks)   2. Re: Looking for "distant cousins?" Never give up on your       search ! (LEWIS) (Allan & Lewis)   3. Re: Looking for "distant cousins?" Never give up on    your       search ! (Judy McGinnis) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 14:25:40 +0000 (UTC) From: Ms Betty Fredericks <[email protected]> Subject: [LEWIS] Looking for "distant cousins?" Never give up on your     search ! (LEWIS) To: MA List <[email protected]>,    Middlesex List     <[email protected]>,    "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID:     <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hello, How is everyone?????? I've been on the Lists for ~15 yrs., and have been researching my family-tree for a little over 20 yrs.????? My mother tried researching it -? pre-computer yrs., and I have some of her handwritten notes.??? So, I had a list of the 13 children of? John "Stanley" LEWIS and Mary Elizabeth (CORKILL) LEWIS - my great-grandparents.??? My father was only a toddler when he lost this set of grandparents, so he never knew them.?? He tried to keep in touch with this set of uncles & aunts.??? But, I'm the oldest of 6, and I don't remember that .we. visited them very often.??? Two of his aunts lived in Winchester, and we did see one of them occasionally.???? I took on the challenge of trying to find descendants of of these 13 siblings.??? And, I started posting queries ! Some of my queries go back to the year, 2000,? but, believe it or not,? both "distant cousins" and "step-cousins" -? find them -? or come across them !??? This just happened this week !???? It was not an easy task both learning about the 13 siblings when they were adults, and finding a descendant or 2.???? Some of the oldest, and some of the youngest were easier than the "middle children."??? Up to this year, I still had trouble finding a descendant of 2 sisters and 2 brothers.??? "Frank" and "Eddie" were the brothers, born 1885 and 1887.????? Mrs. Henrietta HUBER, b1889, and Mrs. Isabella PHELAN, b1890, were the sisters and I could find husband and childrens' names.?? But, never found a descendant --? until this week !????? I just received an e-mail from one member of the PHELAN family.???? :o) (By the way, I've also heard from descendants of Mary's 3 CORKILL siblings.?? Her 2 sisters were Julia, who remained in Truro, N.S., and Esther who came down to Nantucket.??? Their oldest brother went to British Columbia on his own in 1873.) I've posted about these families many times, so there is information in the archives of many Lists and Boards.????? Hope you're enjoying? SPRING ! Betty?????????????? (near Lowell, MA) (Reminder:??? "Stanley" and Mary were born in Liverpool, England, ~1860, and ended up at the Liverpool Sheltering Homes.?? As teens, they became part of the "UK's Children Migrant Scheme."??? They and Mary's siblings were sent to Halifax, NS.???? Stanley and Mary found each other and married in 1879.?? In 1881 they migrated to MA and settled in Stoneham.) ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 11:11:11 -0500 From: Allan & Lewis <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LEWIS] Looking for "distant cousins?" Never give up on     your    search ! (LEWIS) To: Ms Betty Fredericks <[email protected]>,    "[email protected]"     <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=us-ascii DEAR BETTY,     I TOO HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR MY LEWIS RELATIVES.  I GOT BACK TO 1790 IN MOORE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA AND HAVE RUN UP AGAINST A BRICK WALL.  NONE OF YOUR RELATIVES FIT INTO MY FAMILY TREE, I WISH THEY DID, BUT NO SUCH LUCK.  MY MOST DISTANT RELATIVE IS ROBERT LEWIS BORN 1790 IN MOORE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA AND HE MARRIED SARAH ANN CAGLE BORN SAME YEAR AND IN SAME COUNTY, A NEIGHBOR.  THEY ALONG WITH THEIR CHILDREN ENDED UP IN MARSHALL COUNTY ALABAMA ABOUT 1830.      THEIR CHILDREN WERE AS FOLLOWS..... LEONARD L. LEWIS BORN 1818 HENRY LEWIS BORN 1822 ROBERT LEWIS JUNIOW BORN 1832 MARGARET LEWIS BORN 1832 DAVID LEWIS BORN 1833 CATHERINE LEWIS BORN 1834 JANE HALE LEWIS BORN 1836 JOHN LEWIS BORN 1820 JACOB LEWIS BORN 1805 DAVID WESLEY BORN 1815     DON'T THINK ANY OF THIS WILL BE OF ANY USE TO YOU, I JOINED ANCESTRY .COM BUT SO FAR IT HAS NOT BEEN OF ANY HELP, BUT I AM STILL VERY NEW TO IT, SO MAYBE IT WILL IN THE FUTURE.  GOOD LUCK TO YOU IN YOUR SEARCH.                                    WILLIAM E. LEWIS Sent from my iPad On May 14, 2015, at 9:25, Ms Betty Fredericks via <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > How is everyone?      I've been on the Lists for ~15 yrs., and have been researching my family-tree for a little over 20 yrs.      My mother tried researching it -  pre-computer yrs., and I have some of her handwritten notes.    So, I had a list of the 13 children of  John "Stanley" LEWIS and Mary Elizabeth (CORKILL) LEWIS - my great-grandparents.    My father was only a toddler when he lost this set of grandparents, so he never knew them.  He tried to keep in touch with this set of uncles & aunts.    But, I'm the oldest of 6, and I don't remember that .we. visited them very often.    Two of his aunts lived in Winchester, and we did see one of them occasionally.    I took on the challenge of trying to find descendants of of these 13 siblings.    And, I started posting queries ! > Some of my queries go back to the year, 2000,  but, believe it or not,  both "distant cousins" and "step-cousins" -  find them -  or come across them !    This just happened this week !    It was not an easy task both learning about the 13 siblings when they were adults, and finding a descendant or 2.    Some of the oldest, and some of the youngest were easier than the "middle children."    Up to this year, I still had trouble finding a descendant of 2 sisters and 2 brothers.    "Frank" and "Eddie" were the brothers, born 1885 and 1887.      Mrs. Henrietta HUBER, b1889, and Mrs. Isabella PHELAN, b1890, were the sisters and I could find husband and childrens' names.  But, never found a descendant --  until this week !      I just received an e-mail from one member of the PHELAN family.    :o) > (By the way, I've also heard from descendants of Mary's 3 CORKILL siblings.  Her 2 sisters were Julia, who remained in Truro, N.S., and Esther who came down to Nantucket.    Their oldest brother went to British Columbia on his own in 1873.) > I've posted about these families many times, so there is information in the archives of many Lists and Boards.      > > Hope you're enjoying  SPRING ! > Betty              (near Lowell, MA) > > (Reminder:    "Stanley" and Mary were born in Liverpool, England, ~1860, and ended up at the Liverpool Sheltering Homes.  As teens, they became part of the "UK's Children Migrant Scheme."    They and Mary's siblings were sent to Halifax, NS.    Stanley and Mary found each other and married in 1879.  In 1881 they migrated to MA and settled in Stoneham.) > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 13:17:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Judy McGinnis <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LEWIS] Looking for "distant cousins?" Never give up on     your    search ! To: Allan & Lewis <[email protected]>, [email protected] Message-ID:     <[email protected]r.com>     Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi William and other newbies, Click on the Learning Center tab on Ancestry's home page. There are webinars you can watch and other things that will help you. Order an Ancestry.com DNA test. They have developed some great tools for connecting to other descendants of your ancestors and you don't need to be a scientist to understand them. I have proven the parentage of a family member who was taken in and never legally adopted with Ancestry DNA. My most recent DNA projects are helping to find relatives/ancestors of 2 boys whose fathers are not in the picture. Don't assume that the standard records/hints that come up in the little leaf hints are the only ones Ancestry has. Use the search, but don't get too precise on the search criteria. Check for State census records. Many states had their own census in between national censuses. (Iowa has multiple pages of information in the 1925 census. Ancestry only indexed the first page the person was on, but go the next page. It gives the names of the parents of the person, their ages, where they were born and married.) City directories and newspapers are great for finding people between censuses or after 1940. Don't rely on other people's trees or findagrave.com for anything except a clue. It often is correct, but you'll also find plenty of mistakes. If you copy incorrect information, you'll be headed in the wrong direction and helping to spread faulty information. I hope this helps. It is only a drop in the bucket of the possibilities on Ancestry and its affiliated websites. (No, I'm not an Ancestry employee!) Good luck! Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan & Lewis via" <[email protected]> To: "Ms Betty Fredericks" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 10:11:11 AM Subject: Re: [LEWIS] Looking for "distant cousins?" Never give up on your    search ! (LEWIS) DEAR BETTY,     ... I JOINED ANCESTRY .COM BUT SO FAR IT HAS NOT BEEN OF ANY HELP, BUT I AM STILL VERY NEW TO IT, SO MAYBE IT WILL IN THE FUTURE.  GOOD LUCK TO YOU IN YOUR SEARCH.                                    WILLIAM E. LEWIS ------------------------------ To contact the LEWIS list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the LEWIS mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. 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