Nancy, Thanks for the ancestry tip. I will look for it. I am thinking about signing up for a trial at Footnote. I noticed they just added VT records and I would like to verify the mother of my gr grandmother Angie Hickok Adams. I got Angie's death certificate this week from CO--actually got 4 (grandmo, both gr grandmos and gr grandfa Adams). There were mistakes on several compared to other sources. Also last week got all the property records from Webster CO. clerk's office re homesteaders first deeds and who they eventually sold to. Webster Co. (where Red Cloud is) wins the prize for helpfulness. I have sent to the museum director there copies of my NARA papers on gr grandfather. She says her records show someone else homesteaded the land he bought from the govt.in 1874-1889. It is possible that the original "homesteader" was a previous squatter. At any rate my gr grandparents and grmo fit the def of original NE "pioneer." And there is no question that my gr gr grandmother Phebe Skelton Martin was an original homesteader as well as 2 of her sons, I also just found another son listed as a hh on the 1877 school census and got a wonderful newspaper account of a life on Phebe's homestead by a granddau who wont there to live after her mother (another dau of Phebe) died in IL. In additional to paying for these death certificates I have shelled out $20 for 2 rolls of microfilm from the NE Hist. Soc.: 1. I am gambling that grmo's birth may have been in the Red Cloud paper that the museum director could not read due to poor quality (she is also checking some of the local churches) 2. I also hope to find the source for an article about my Dad's family and horses almost drowning on a flooded street in Hebron. (You know about those newspaper clippings that family save without noting the date and paper!) The Hebron museum found one for me re grandparents' marriage in 1899 in the original Hebron Journal but could not find the one on the near drowning. I am gambling that the museum did not have all the issues or were not as thorough as I will be in searching and that it is the same Journal (typeface of the 2 articles is the same.) I have narrowed the date down to 1903-1905, possibly 1907 as there were 2 children (one had to be Dad who was b 1903), by 1905 there were 3 children, and by Dec 907 they were in CO. Each reel covers 2 yrs and luckily it was 1903-1905. This hobby is getting expensive but I figure since I am not spending money on gas to drive to Nebraska.... How I rattle on, Marjorie p.s. yes, it is so much nicer outside now but it is so dry I can not dig so I am attacking weeds with herbicide and clippers (the later is what I call taming our wilderness.) Also doing some watering, insect control, and cutting back of faded growth. Playing in the dirt is more fun! (As a child I was a dedicated mudpie maker and sand castle builder.) I take it you are going to watch the debate tomorrow night. I think McCain has to show up. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Freda Daniel" <ftdan2@sbcglobal.net> To: "Lower-Delmarva-Roots" <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 11:45 AM Subject: [LDR] Noble-Mills I connect to the Noble family through Sarah Mills. She m Benjamin Bailey. Sarah was the d/o William Mills and Hannah Noble. They were all of Somerset Co., MD. Hannah was b 10 Apr 1686 to William & Jennet (There was a discussion on the spelling of this name a few days ago. I have found Jennet/Jenet/Janet) Hannah was the d/o William & Jennet. He does not name her in his will but names Jonathan and Jonathan names his brother-in-law, William Mills. Some say William was the s/o John & Esther Aydolott. and John was the s/o James. This needs more work. I have more on the Mills family. I will get to the Short-Wingate later. Freda Daniel, CG *************************************** 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