what church would this be?  I'm sure that members of this website would be delighted if you would post your info. --- On Sun, 10/12/08, Kari Farnell <klaf@dmv.com> wrote: From: Kari Farnell <klaf@dmv.com> Subject: [LDR] information from church To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 4:58 PM We have recently found some old records in our church building. I intend to post a listing of the marriages and baptisms for which we have found records. What is the best way to go about this. I have "transcribed" about two pages worth so far. Should I just send these two pages in a post to this address since I don't have a website that people can view? Thanks, Kari Andrew Farnell researching Andrew, Lomax, Appel, Fischbach *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Does anyone know the origin of Brinkley's District in old Somerset County? Where did the name come from?   Thanks, Fred

I have been working on the Col. John Wise Sr. & Hannah Scarburgh family and question whether the following is correct.  Is it possible that a generation is missing or the wrong birth dates are being given for the children?  I have been comparing the information that I found in the Miles Files. The dates differ from what I have from other researchers including that which Robert Cooper Moor sent to GHOTES. Some other sources agree with the Miles files.  John "Johannes" Wise the Younger was born in circa 1658. His son, Joseph, was born circa 1732. That means that the father was about 74 years old at the time his son was born.    Drummond is born at about the same time (c. 1700) as the marriage of John "Johannes" and Frances Parker. The next child, George Wise, is born 18 years (circa 1718) later.? One researcher gave the birth date for Ezekiel as 1685, Dorman and the Miles files gives it as circa 1728, Joseph 1689 vs. 1732, Drummond 1692 vs. c. 1700, etc.   John "Johannes" Wise II married Fnu Parker.   Is it possible that generations are being mixed up?   Eva (Mrs. Dana West Ruben)

I may have mentioned this on this list before: While, as far as I know, the records from the Sound Church are accurate as to people and dates, they are not all marriages that took place in the Sound Church. Some marriages at other Methodist Churches in the area are included , probably as a result of a list from a minister who, over time, served Sound as well as other churches in the area. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly Wilson" <perigal20@yahoo.com> To: <LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 11:19 AM Subject: [LDR] Del. Marriages I just read the message telling about going to the archives in Del. to look up marriage records. If the card catalog says return, it means the minister who married the couple "returned" a list of those he had married over a period of time. Orphans court records means you need to request the orphan court record and it will probably make reference to the woman and say "married to" or "wife of" , Wills are the same way, often mentioning a daughter followed by "wife of". Sound Church in Williamsville, Sussex County, Baltimore Hundred has marriage records on line, I believe it is on rootsweb. Bible records can either be in a file you must request or in the published volumes that are on the shelves in the Archives. hope this is helpful. beverly *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I just read the message telling about going to the archives in Del. to look up marriage records. If the card catalog says return, it means the minister who married the couple "returned" a list of those he had married over a period of time. Orphans court records means you need to request the  orphan court record and it will probably make reference to the woman and say "married to" or "wife of" , Wills are the same way, often mentioning a daughter followed by "wife of". Sound Church in Williamsville, Sussex County, Baltimore Hundred has marriage records on line, I believe it is on rootsweb. Bible records can either be in a file you must request or in the published volumes that are on the shelves in the Archives. hope this is helpful. beverly

Hi, Nancy! Is there any information to share from the meeting on Oct. 4? Thanks! Nancy Wyndham **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001)

Is there any info available from the Archives presentation in DE? Thanks, Bob K in PHX, AZ A QA Co MD KNOTTS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy M. Lyons" <nancyml@comcast.net> To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [LDR] Reminder about the National Archives Presentation attheDelaware P... > Good question, I'll check in the morning when I get there. If there are > some > available, email me Monday and I'll see how we get it to you. Do you live > in > Delaware? > Nancy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Nan1012wynd@aol.com> > To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 4:38 PM > Subject: Re: [LDR] Reminder about the National Archives Presentation at > theDelaware P... > > > Nancy, > > I would love to make it, but I'm tied up with a wedding. Will there be > any > publication available of his presentation? > > Nancy Wyndham > > > > **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your > destination. > Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! > (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Rt. 113 is a good general border of the Nanticoke River drainage. Small creeks and ditches even cross some parts of 113 around the Redden area. The "Two Guys Site" (7S-F-68) excavated by Del. Dept. of Transportation contractors when the road was made a dual highway is a great example of the drainage area expansiveness. It is right off of route 113 where the creek that at one time did flow to the Nanticoke had dried up over the years but was a part of the drainage. Now, there is only an upland wetlands area associated with that site. A particularly interesting site, as through examining the pollen fossils they have determined that the pre-historic peoples used horticultural techniques to improve the food resources in this part of the Nanticoke Drainage Area. Information on this site as well as others is available on-line through the Delaware Department of Transportation and complete reports are also available in bound paperback copies and frequently available at your local library.

Theresa, I don't have any information on the John Flint you mention. However, just to keep things interesting, there is a certifocate for headrights in Accomack County, VA dated 17 Feb. 1674/5... Certificate is this day granted to Mrs. Tabitha Brown for rights for transportation of 42 persons into this colony whose names are underwritten viz: Among the 42 names is the name of Jon Flint. Also, In the book "Early Settlers of Maryland" by Skordas, there is a listing for a Tobias Flint (transported 1659) and a Richard Flint (transported 1668). Happy Hunting! Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy Steeper" <tsteep@msn.com> To: <LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:47 PM Subject: [LDR] John Flint of Worcester Co. Maryland I'm throwing this puzzle out, hoping someone has suggestions: The earliest ancestor in one line I am researching is a John Flint, b. 1700-1706 birthplace uncertain, d. about 1770 in Worcester County MD. This man founded a line of Flints who in subsequent generations moved to the midwestern US. Here's the fun part: I have located a John Flint, age 23 in 1722, who was convicted of a crime in Hornsey, Middlesex, England, spent 6 months in Newgate prison, and was transported on ship Jonathan to the US and arrived Annapolis July 1724. I am currently stymied in trying to tie these two stories together to see if this is one and the same man. Can anyone give me advice? I assume most convicts were indentured upon arrival, but I do not know if there would be records to see where convict John Flint ended up. Any leads are most appreciated. Theresa Steeper *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm throwing this puzzle out, hoping someone has suggestions: The earliest ancestor in one line I am researching is a John Flint, b. 1700-1706 birthplace uncertain, d. about 1770 in Worcester County MD. This man founded a line of Flints who in subsequent generations moved to the midwestern US. Here's the fun part: I have located a John Flint, age 23 in 1722, who was convicted of a crime in Hornsey, Middlesex, England, spent 6 months in Newgate prison, and was transported on ship Jonathan to the US and arrived Annapolis July 1724. I am currently stymied in trying to tie these two stories together to see if this is one and the same man. Can anyone give me advice? I assume most convicts were indentured upon arrival, but I do not know if there would be records to see where convict John Flint ended up. Any leads are most appreciated. Theresa Steeper

Hi Carol, In your Griffith line, do you have a James GRIFFITH who married Elizabeth DEHORTY? 09 Sept 1828? I know Elizabeth's family had land near? the MD/DE border near Whitleysburg. Mary Researching: DEHORTY/DEHORITY, MAUZY, HUFFMAN, DOUGLAS/?DOBROVALSKAS, MOORE, BEAULIEU, LANDRY *********************************************** From: "CarolS Jones" <grannyjo2@verizon.net> Subject: [LDR] Nanticoke River Branches To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <FC0A22D3ADA34250BEDF514ED263ADAD@carol9b919829b> Content-Type: text/plain;?? charset="iso-8859-1" In my attempts to locate the Willeys and the Griffiths I keep finding different names and locations for the Nanticoke River. My latest find is a Sussex? orphan court document that sets off the dower lands for Sarah Griffith widow of Charles Griffith and it shows a drawing of the land bordering on the "N. E. fork of the Nanticoke called Miry Branch"? I believe it is probably north of Bridgeville? perhaps between Greenwood and the Kent- Sussex border but I have combed the DataMIL map and can't find it.? Is it on anyone's radar ??? My second question is about the Nanticoke, in Delaware it appears north of Bridgeville all the way to the Kent - Sussex border? as "Nanticoke River" but below that closer to Seaford that continuous? body of water has no name -? then it reappears as the Nanticoke near the Md. border ........Why ???

Great information and I found it on the map but I don't think that is the correct branch .....because it flows into the Indian River therefore is not a branch of the Nanticoke as the record clearly states .....although that is very interesting what with Wileys Pond being included I guess I need more information Thanks for your help Carol -------------------------------------------------- From: <Bluelightning75@aol.com> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 4:52 PM To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [LDR] Nanticoke River Branches > Using a modern book of maps for Sussex County, I find two places with the > name of Mirey Branch. > > 1. Between Millsboro and Georgetown - coming off a north point of > Millsboro > Pond and running north west across Rt 113 crossing Piney Grove Rd and then > just north of Piney Grove and Providence Church. > 2. North East of Laurel - Elliott Pond Branch connects Chipman Pond and > Wileys Pond. About midway between these two ponds is the connection to > Mirey > Branch. It then runs north across County Seat Highway (Rt 9) and over > Mirey > Branch Road, Running parallel to Fire Tower Road. > > > > > > In a message dated 10/6/2008 9:53:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > grannyjo2@verizon.net writes: > > In my attempts to locate the Willeys and the Griffiths I keep finding > different names and locations for the Nanticoke River. > > My latest find is a Sussex orphan court document that sets off the dower > lands for Sarah Griffith widow of Charles Griffith and it shows a drawing > of > the land bordering on the "N. E. fork of the Nanticoke called Miry > Branch" I > believe it is probably north of Bridgeville perhaps between Greenwood > and > the Kent- Sussex border but I have combed the DataMIL map and can't find > it. > Is it on anyone's radar ??? > > My second question is about the Nanticoke, in Delaware it appears north > of > Bridgeville all the way to the Kent - Sussex border as "Nanticoke River" > but > below that closer to Seaford that continuous body of water has no name - > then it reappears as the Nanticoke near the Md. border ........Why ??? > > Carol > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > > > > **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your > destination. > Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! > (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Yes, a Benjamin Hudson. Also how and where could I get a copy of the book? Thanks Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "JTB4987" <jtb4987@verizon.net> To: "Elaine" <elainef8@verizon.net>; <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [LDR] (no subject) > Elaine, > > Yes. There are approximately 128 Hudson's in the book. Are you looking > for > anyone in particular? > > Jolene > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elaine" <elainef8@verizon.net> > To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 8:18 PM > Subject: [LDR] (no subject) > > >> Do you have any listings for Hudson in your cemetery records of worcester >> county, md? >> Thanks >> Elaine >> *************************************** >> QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? >> Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: >> http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.7.5/1705 - Release Date: 10/3/2008 > 8:18 AM > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes, a Benjamin Hudson. Thanks Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "JTB4987" <jtb4987@verizon.net> To: "Elaine" <elainef8@verizon.net>; <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [LDR] (no subject) > Elaine, > > Yes. There are approximately 128 Hudson's in the book. Are you looking > for > anyone in particular? > > Jolene > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elaine" <elainef8@verizon.net> > To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 8:18 PM > Subject: [LDR] (no subject) > > >> Do you have any listings for Hudson in your cemetery records of worcester >> county, md? >> Thanks >> Elaine >> *************************************** >> QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? >> Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: >> http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.7.5/1705 - Release Date: 10/3/2008 > 8:18 AM > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Using a modern book of maps for Sussex County, I find two places with the name of Mirey Branch. 1. Between Millsboro and Georgetown - coming off a north point of Millsboro Pond and running north west across Rt 113 crossing Piney Grove Rd and then just north of Piney Grove and Providence Church. 2. North East of Laurel - Elliott Pond Branch connects Chipman Pond and Wileys Pond. About midway between these two ponds is the connection to Mirey Branch. It then runs north across County Seat Highway (Rt 9) and over Mirey Branch Road, Running parallel to Fire Tower Road. In a message dated 10/6/2008 9:53:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, grannyjo2@verizon.net writes: In my attempts to locate the Willeys and the Griffiths I keep finding different names and locations for the Nanticoke River. My latest find is a Sussex orphan court document that sets off the dower lands for Sarah Griffith widow of Charles Griffith and it shows a drawing of the land bordering on the "N. E. fork of the Nanticoke called Miry Branch" I believe it is probably north of Bridgeville perhaps between Greenwood and the Kent- Sussex border but I have combed the DataMIL map and can't find it. Is it on anyone's radar ??? My second question is about the Nanticoke, in Delaware it appears north of Bridgeville all the way to the Kent - Sussex border as "Nanticoke River" but below that closer to Seaford that continuous body of water has no name - then it reappears as the Nanticoke near the Md. border ........Why ??? Carol *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001)

Jack, You input was very interesting and I am sure that everyone will be pleased with knowing how they obtain some of their records. I am going to the Delaware Archives on Friday and hope to find some additional information on my family. Regards, Michelle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grampy" <grampy@tampabay.rr.com> To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [LDR] Delaware Records > Jean, > > Your assumptions are mostly correct. The archives built their card files > from the data that they have available. If someone gives them a family > bible, they note the relevant marriage, birth and death records and make up > cards for them. If they review a land record and it mentions that John > Smith had a daughter named Nora Jones (names just made up for an example) > then a marraige record is set up on a card indicating that Norah Jones > married ___ Jones and that it was before the date of the record. They note > on the card where the record that the info was contained in is stored. If > requested, they can then bring out the record so you can review it. It is a > good idea to check the original record, because as in all things, people > sometimes make mistakes. It provides a shortcut in researching names because > it points you to relevant records. Unfortunately, it is best viewed (in my > opinion) in person because of the possible variations in spelling etc. > Also, I don't know if all of the records that the archives has have been > added into the card file. > THey have marraige, birth and death cards and they also have land record > cards and names mentioned in genealogy books in the archives. > > Jack > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jean Johnson" <jeanjo@gmail.com> > To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 11:40 AM > Subject: Re: [LDR] Delaware Records > > > I was just at the Delaware Public Archives Saturday ( my first visit) and > looked at their marriage records card file index. The section I was > searching was marked "after 1850." The cards had county, reference #, name > of groom, name of bride, date of marriage, and source. I saw reference > numbers of an orphans court proceeding which indicated there had been or > was a marriage, (the one I saw had ante 1873 as the date of marriage, > (meaning before 1873 when the orphans court proceeding occurred). On other > cards I saw references to volumes of marriage records and licenses. One > source said Bible notation and there was a reference number given. I don't > know what to think of the reference number but I assume there were either > microfilm or original records of the Bible notation at the Archives. Most of > those that claimed a volume number as a reference, gave "return" as a > source. In Maryland return means something similar to certificate; I am > familiar with return of a birth in Md records. Unfortunately I didn't have > time to actually follow-up on the reference numbers and see the orphans > court proceeding, the Bible notation, or look at any of the marriage returns > found in volumes. I guess that will mean another moderately lengthy trip for > me. Maybe I will wait for the next conference. > Jean > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Michelle Burris Kenerly < > bluejeans@ec.rr.com> wrote: > > > Elizabeth, > > About the date of birth and death records, there are always > > exceptions. I have a certified copy of my gg grandmother Mary Ann (Sorden) > > STUART'S death certificate. She died April 19, 1893 in Sussex Co., DE. It > > wasn't as complete as the current ones are, but listed her as a widow and > > died from diabetes. So it always pays to check with the hopes that one may > > be lucky. > > Regards, > > Michelle > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <EMSCRS@aol.com> > > To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 1:52 PM > > Subject: Re: [LDR] Delaware Records > > > > > > > Delaware did not begin keeping birth or death records until 1915. As > > > to > > > marriage license records, they are hard to find and incomplete and so > > > far > > as I > > > am aware only available online through Ancestry or Genealogy.com. > > > > > > Elizabeth > > > > > > > > > > > > **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your > > destination. > > > Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! > > > (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) > > > *************************************** > > > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > > > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > > > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > *************************************** > > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jean, Your assumptions are mostly correct. The archives built their card files from the data that they have available. If someone gives them a family bible, they note the relevant marriage, birth and death records and make up cards for them. If they review a land record and it mentions that John Smith had a daughter named Nora Jones (names just made up for an example) then a marraige record is set up on a card indicating that Norah Jones married ___ Jones and that it was before the date of the record. They note on the card where the record that the info was contained in is stored. If requested, they can then bring out the record so you can review it. It is a good idea to check the original record, because as in all things, people sometimes make mistakes. It provides a shortcut in researching names because it points you to relevant records. Unfortunately, it is best viewed (in my opinion) in person because of the possible variations in spelling etc. Also, I don't know if all of the records that the archives has have been added into the card file. THey have marraige, birth and death cards and they also have land record cards and names mentioned in genealogy books in the archives. Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Johnson" <jeanjo@gmail.com> To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [LDR] Delaware Records I was just at the Delaware Public Archives Saturday ( my first visit) and looked at their marriage records card file index. The section I was searching was marked "after 1850." The cards had county, reference #, name of groom, name of bride, date of marriage, and source. I saw reference numbers of an orphans court proceeding which indicated there had been or was a marriage, (the one I saw had ante 1873 as the date of marriage, (meaning before 1873 when the orphans court proceeding occurred). On other cards I saw references to volumes of marriage records and licenses. One source said Bible notation and there was a reference number given. I don't know what to think of the reference number but I assume there were either microfilm or original records of the Bible notation at the Archives. Most of those that claimed a volume number as a reference, gave "return" as a source. In Maryland return means something similar to certificate; I am familiar with return of a birth in Md records. Unfortunately I didn't have time to actually follow-up on the reference numbers and see the orphans court proceeding, the Bible notation, or look at any of the marriage returns found in volumes. I guess that will mean another moderately lengthy trip for me. Maybe I will wait for the next conference. Jean On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Michelle Burris Kenerly < bluejeans@ec.rr.com> wrote: > Elizabeth, > About the date of birth and death records, there are always > exceptions. I have a certified copy of my gg grandmother Mary Ann (Sorden) > STUART'S death certificate. She died April 19, 1893 in Sussex Co., DE. It > wasn't as complete as the current ones are, but listed her as a widow and > died from diabetes. So it always pays to check with the hopes that one may > be lucky. > Regards, > Michelle > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <EMSCRS@aol.com> > To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 1:52 PM > Subject: Re: [LDR] Delaware Records > > > > Delaware did not begin keeping birth or death records until 1915. As > > to > > marriage license records, they are hard to find and incomplete and so > > far > as I > > am aware only available online through Ancestry or Genealogy.com. > > > > Elizabeth > > > > > > > > **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your > destination. > > Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. 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I was just at the Delaware Public Archives Saturday ( my first visit) and looked at their marriage records card file index. The section I was searching was marked "after 1850." The cards had county, reference #, name of groom, name of bride, date of marriage, and source. I saw reference numbers of an orphans court proceeding which indicated there had been or was a marriage, (the one I saw had ante 1873 as the date of marriage, (meaning before 1873 when the orphans court proceeding occurred). On other cards I saw references to volumes of marriage records and licenses. One source said Bible notation and there was a reference number given. I don't know what to think of the reference number but I assume there were either microfilm or original records of the Bible notation at the Archives. Most of those that claimed a volume number as a reference, gave "return" as a source. In Maryland return means something similar to certificate; I am familiar with return of a birth in Md records. Unfortunately I didn't have time to actually follow-up on the reference numbers and see the orphans court proceeding, the Bible notation, or look at any of the marriage returns found in volumes. I guess that will mean another moderately lengthy trip for me. Maybe I will wait for the next conference. Jean On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Michelle Burris Kenerly < bluejeans@ec.rr.com> wrote: > Elizabeth, > About the date of birth and death records, there are always > exceptions. I have a certified copy of my gg grandmother Mary Ann (Sorden) > STUART'S death certificate. She died April 19, 1893 in Sussex Co., DE. It > wasn't as complete as the current ones are, but listed her as a widow and > died from diabetes. So it always pays to check with the hopes that one may > be lucky. > Regards, > Michelle > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <EMSCRS@aol.com> > To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 1:52 PM > Subject: Re: [LDR] Delaware Records > > > > Delaware did not begin keeping birth or death records until 1915. As to > > marriage license records, they are hard to find and incomplete and so far > as I > > am aware only available online through Ancestry or Genealogy.com. > > > > Elizabeth > > > > > > > > **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your > destination. > > Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! > > (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) > > *************************************** > > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

In my attempts to locate the Willeys and the Griffiths I keep finding different names and locations for the Nanticoke River. My latest find is a Sussex orphan court document that sets off the dower lands for Sarah Griffith widow of Charles Griffith and it shows a drawing of the land bordering on the "N. E. fork of the Nanticoke called Miry Branch" I believe it is probably north of Bridgeville perhaps between Greenwood and the Kent- Sussex border but I have combed the DataMIL map and can't find it. Is it on anyone's radar ??? My second question is about the Nanticoke, in Delaware it appears north of Bridgeville all the way to the Kent - Sussex border as "Nanticoke River" but below that closer to Seaford that continuous body of water has no name - then it reappears as the Nanticoke near the Md. border ........Why ??? Carol

Elizabeth, About the date of birth and death records, there are always exceptions. I have a certified copy of my gg grandmother Mary Ann (Sorden) STUART'S death certificate. She died April 19, 1893 in Sussex Co., DE. It wasn't as complete as the current ones are, but listed her as a widow and died from diabetes. So it always pays to check with the hopes that one may be lucky. Regards, Michelle ----- Original Message ----- From: <EMSCRS@aol.com> To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [LDR] Delaware Records > Delaware did not begin keeping birth or death records until 1915. As to > marriage license records, they are hard to find and incomplete and so far as I > am aware only available online through Ancestry or Genealogy.com. > > Elizabeth > > > > **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. > Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! > (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message