Where can I find a listing of the graves in Barnstable in the late 1600'? I am looking for a Henry Cobb and wife Sarah Hinckley Cobb. Louisville, KY

Betty, The feature you are asking about is one that is identical in the two versions, so has not changed. It was and still is up to the List Admin to set it one of the following two ways: 1. Require all replies to list posts to go to the list. 2. Give the person replying the option of sending a reply to the sender ("reply") or to the list ("reply all"). In both cases the exact name may vary on different software, but will be very similar to that mentioned. If you subscribe to a list that requires replies to go to the list, then it is set that way by the List Admin, and that Admin is not me because none of my lists are set that way because I prefer giving the option to the subscriber. Admittedly, for a period of time this list was set to require replies to the list because when it was first migrated, that was the default setting. Once I discovered that fact I changed it, and you will have the option from now on. I really strongly encourage folks to reply ON THE LIST to any list post sent that way, because you never know what detail or fragment of information might spark an interest in someone else and potentially lead to new information for both of you. That is part of the beauty of the mailing lists, you just never know what might come through your inbox that might help you. I hope this answers your question. I am putting this on the list to help others who might have the same question, but I apologize for the length. David List Admin [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Betty <[email protected]> Sent: Jul 19, 2006 6:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [BARNSTABLE CO MA] New "List" Format ! Hi David, snip> But, I only have time for one comment this morning ! One of the complaints for the new Mailman format is that it is no longer "clear" --- how we "respond to List." Do we still have the choice? Respond to sender vs. respond to List ? Betty (near Lowell, MA)

Hi David, I already experienced this new "beta" format a few weeks ago when one of the CA Lists changed over. And, I don't really like it ! But, I only have time for one comment this morning ! One of the complaints for the new Mailman format is that it is no longer "clear" --- how we "respond to List." Do we still have the choice? Respond to sender vs. respond to List ? Betty (near Lowell, MA)

OK, folks. FYI, we just got "migrated" a short while ago and are now operating on the new system called "Mailman." I have a few list options to set initially, which I need to learn how to do in some cases, but as I said yesterday we are all in a learning mode here. For most of you, you will see very little if any difference in how you do things, but I want to make you aware of one of them. Those of you who subscribe in only ONE mode, whether it is list or digest, should still be subscribed the same way with this system. However, one drawback of the new system is that you no longer can subscribe in both list and digest mode using the same address. Therefor, when the list migrated an hour or so ago you lost your digest subscription and are now subscribed in list mode only. If you still want to subscribe to both, then your only option is to do so using two different e-mail addresses. If you have any questions about this, please drop me a line. For the next few days, I will be in the process of setting some list options and learning how to use the new list controls, so if you do not get an immediate reply from me please be patient as I am learning too. David E. Cann [email protected] Admin of the Barnstable County, Massachusetts mailing list and message board on RootsWeb List Information: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/barnstable.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0EB.2ACE/464.1 Message Board Post: I am President of the Falmouth Genealogical Society. We Have a genealogical section in the Falmouth Public Library which does have Saturday hours. We have a full set of NEHGS and TAD but would be delighted to take the NY, RI, NH and ME items for our reference section. Thank You John Caspole [email protected] 509-477-5958

OK folks, this one will be a little more personal than the one I just sent on request of RootsWeb, which was written by them. I don't like "canned" letters, but this will give you something of an overview of what will happen. Briefly, here is the story. As some of you may know, RootsWeb is changing to a new e-mail system called "Mailman" that, once we get used to it, should be better than the old system they have used for a number of years now. I have offered to be one of the BETA testers for it, and I have chosen this list to use because it is one of my more active ones, and you folks generally work very well together and as a result, this list works pretty much as a list should. As a result, we will be part of the testing for the new system. Tomorrow or Wednesday, this list will migrate to the Mailman system on RootsWeb, which simply means the entire list will transfer to a new server along with a number of others. You as subscribers should not see any major changes, but there will be a few that are outlined in the message I just sent to you. Please contact me at any time, but keep in mind that I am also learning as well. If I do not know the answer to your question, I am being provided some tools during the testing process that should get an answer for you. Please read all information you have sent and will be sent during this test, and feel free to ask me if you do not understand something or need clarification. You will always receive a response as soon as I can reply, but please keep in mind I am a volunteer and do have "a real job" and family as well so please be patient. :~) I thank you for being a part of the test. . .even if you didn't know anything about it until it was dropped on your lap. David E. Cann [email protected] Admin of the Barnstable County, Massachusetts mailing list and message board on RootsWeb List Information: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/barnstable.html

Dear MABARNST subscribers, RootsWeb is preparing to migrate all mailing lists to a new and updated list management system. This list has been included in the initial tests of the new software. When the list has been migrated, there will be some changes but most have to do with the list administration tools. For list subscribers, the changeover should be smooth. However there is one significant change you should be aware of. The new management system treats both the digest ("-D") and regular delivery ("-L") lists as a single list with two delivery options- digest or regular. This means that the "-L" or "-D" is dropped from the list name within the system so the list becomes MABARNST (NO "L"). This sounds like a big change, but it actually won't affect the way the list functions that much. Below is a list of the ways this change may affect you: - You can choose to drop the "-L" in the list email address when sending messages to the list. That means messages sent to [email protected] will be sent directly to the list. Sending your message to [email protected] will also continue to work. - You can unsubscribe from the regular delivery or digest by sending your "unsubscribe" message to a single email: [email protected] - You can use either [email protected] or [email protected] to subscribe to the regular list delivery. To subscribe to the list digest, continue to send your "subscribe" email to [email protected] - If you are subbed to this list in either mail or digest mode, your subscription will automatically transfer to the new system. If you are subbed in BOTH mail and digest modes with the same email address, you will be subbed ONLY to regular delivery after the transfer. If you would like to continue to receive both the regular and digest versions of the list, you will need to subscribe with two different email addresses. Other changes you might notice include: - Changes to the layout, volume and issue numbers of the digests. - New "welcome" and "goodbye" and other messages. - New message footers. - The "from" email will be different (no "-L") so some messages may be sent to your "junk" folder. Please report anything unusual or confusing that you find during this testing period to me at [email protected] Thanks, David E. Cann [email protected] Admin of the Barnstable County, Massachusetts mailing list and message board on RootsWeb List Information: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/barnstable.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0EB.2ACE/465.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks much for this great info. I will check this out and work on it. I'm gathering info for a trip to the area for visiting town halls, cemeteries etc and very much appreciate your info. I'm off to work on this and will post back when I either prove or disprove this for my research in case others see this at a later date and it may help them. I got a good laugh out of "died Nov 18 1880 and then again Nov 18 1881" - reminds me of an old Monty Python skit:) I think it was the Piranah brothers one:) What a family tree that would be! Again thanks much for the great info.

I am looking for some kind of proof from a record that Samuel Cobb, b 12 Oct. 1654 in Barnstable, MA, married 20 Dec. 1680 to Elizabeth Taylor in Barnstable and died 27 Dec. 1727. Elizabeth died 4 May, 1721. Know nothing about Elizabeth's parents. Their son, Henry Cobb was born 17 Feb. 1687, married 31 July 1731 to a Jemina Morse, b 9 Apr. 1706 in Sherborn, MA. Second marriage for Henry? On another side of the family I am related to the Morse from Swansea, MA. (William Morse and Mary Eddy) Jemina Morse was the daughter of a Noah Morse(Sherborn, MA) and Mary Johnson. In Swansea I found some records that were certified by the town clerk. If anyone could help me I would appreciate. Louisville, KY

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0EB.2ACE/465.1 Message Board Post: The Sandwich VR (Kardell & Lovell, NEHGS, 1996) list a death on April 13, 1864 for a Cornelius Fisher (page 1147). His age at death is given as 56 y, 9m, 9d. If this is accurate I believe the date for his birth calculates as 4 July 1807. If you are using the census as a source for the birth year of 1808, bear in mind that the 1860 census was taken in June and for that year the age was as of the census day. As your Cornelius was in Sandwich in 1860 this seems likely to be the right one, but you'd have to prove it. The parents given for this Cornelius are David and Sylvia. David is said to be born in Sandwich and Sylvia in Falmouth, however in another record a Peter Fisher, apparently a sibling of Cornelius, has Sylvia as born in Sandwich. Both are death records for children of Sylvia, so the informant in each case may have had little actual knowledge. There is a death listed for Sylvia (p. 1559) June 12, 1857 age 81 and for a David May 1 1850 age 76. (page 1558) David is also listed in the deaths recorded by the Methodist Society of Sandwich (p. 1496) . I tried the NEHGS MA VR to 1910 database and did not find David or Sylvia. The Falmouth VR did not have their marriage. The Sandwich VR has nothing on the birth of David or anything about who Sylvia was. There was a Peter, son of David and Sylvia in the Sandwich VR [Who, if the VR is to be believed, died Nov 18 1880 and then again Nov 18 1881.] and when I checked the NEHGS database I found the mother's name was listed as Sophia, not Sylvia. I have seen in other instances that the Sandwich record keepers had problems with the name Zylphia as well, sometimes making it Sylvia, etc. David and Sylvia are buried at the Forestdale Cemetery in Sandwich, assuming they are the right David and Sylvia. I'm beginning to think you might have as good luck going there and asking them as you would looking at the VR.

Could this be his death record? This is from the Sandwich VRs to 1885, ed. Kardell & Lovell. p. 1147. Entry #95, Apr 13 1864, Cornelius Fisher, married, age 56y 9m 9d, Consumption, res Sandwich, born Sandwich, died Sandwich, father David b. Sandwich, mother Sylvia b. Falmouth. I can only say I *suspect* he may be the Cornelius found in Charlestown. Have you found them in the 1840 census yet? David's son looks like he's still in the household in Sandwich in the 1830 census (dated 1 Jun 1830). If he is related to the Sandwich bunch, then beware of the last name, it will change from Fish to Fisher and back again, from one entry to the next! It seems that the further away from the Cape they got, the more likely the name changed to Fisher. Did his wife die shortly after the 1860 census? If so, that would have given him fair reason to return "home" to Sandwich. Do you have her death record yet? Any idea where she's buried? And if this is a Cape Cod branch, then I suspect her maiden name might be ELLIS, not ELLS, as you have written, a common name on the Cape. If you can tell me more about her, perhaps I can give you some more clues. Cheers! Bobbie Hall Chicago (a Fish descendant 3 times over) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 8:16 PM Subject: [Barnstable Co MA] Cornelius Fisher (1808) Mass > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0EB.2ACE/465 > > Message Board Post: > > Looking for more info on Cornelius Fisher B 1808 in Mass, Married > Elizabeth Ells on 12/12/1830 in Charlestown Mass. > Found lots of Cornelius Fisher's born in the Wrentham Mass area in the > 1600 and 1700's but cannot connect them to this guy. Also have him and > Elizabeth and family in the 1850 and 1860 Census (which mad my ancestor > Walter H. Fisher) but need birthplace/date/parents for him. > Thanks > > > ==== MABARNST Mailing List ==== > Want to post to this list from work or elsewhere? Send a note to the List > Administrator, give him the e-mail address you want to add, and ask him to > add you to the "Accept List." You will then be able to post from that > address without having to subscribe a second time. > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0EB.2ACE/465 Message Board Post: Looking for more info on Cornelius Fisher B 1808 in Mass, Married Elizabeth Ells on 12/12/1830 in Charlestown Mass. Found lots of Cornelius Fisher's born in the Wrentham Mass area in the 1600 and 1700's but cannot connect them to this guy. Also have him and Elizabeth and family in the 1850 and 1860 Census (which mad my ancestor Walter H. Fisher) but need birthplace/date/parents for him. Thanks

Sturges Library in Barnstable. Rev. John Lothrope's home town. http://www.njarchives.org/links/marriagedb1867.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0EB.2ACE/464 Message Board Post: I have several years of genealogical journals (NEHGS, TAG, CT, NY, MI, & more) which I would like to donate to a library on Cape Cod. Can anyone give me some recommendations? Preferably the library would have weekend hours. Thanks for any advice you can give.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chase, Bostwick, Hope, Hamblin, Kingsley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0EB.2ACE/461.3 Message Board Post: Thankful's first husband was Benjamin Bacon of Barnstable. Her maiden name was Downs (Downes). Timothy Hope, Sr was her second husband. I have more info on her family too if interested.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chase, Bostwick, Hope, Hamblin, Kingsley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0EB.2ACE/461.2 Message Board Post: I am related to Timothy Hope, Jr born 1772 who moved & later died in Cayuga County, NY thought his dauhter Thankful. Thankful's Lucinda was 3rd great grandother. I am willing to share information with you about this family. You can email me at the above email address for more. I do have a question where did you find the birth year for Timothy Hope, Sr, ca 1730? I have looked everywhere for info on him with no luck other than the Rev War listing. If you have a source for this birth could you please let me know where you found it. I live in Omaha, Nebraska Thanks, Amy Dempsey

I want to thank everyone for their help with my W.S. problem. I have sent your responses to Mary and she has printed them. She is in the process of moving, we all know how that goes. When she gets settled so she can work with what you all sent she will let me know if she finds the answer and I will let you know. You have sent a treasure trove of info, lots of sources and great offers to help her look. Thank you all and God Bless Char

This is a guess, but probability would be Washington state to distinguish it from Washington, D.C. >From: "LEE CHARLOTTE BEYER" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Barnstable Co MA] What is "born in W. S." mean? >Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 20:30:38 -0600 > >I am hoping someone could help me help a fellow genealogy searcher. I have >copied the email she sent me. Hopefully someone knows what W.S. stands >for, if not any suggestions? > >I was wondering if you could help me with a problem on my husband's side. >His grandmother, according to the census takers, was born in W.S. I >thought maybe Wisconsin, but no. Do you have any idea of what W.S. >could be? >Thanks. > >Char >[email protected] > > > >==== MABARNST Mailing List ==== >To visit the Barnstable message board, go to the RootsWeb message board >home page at: >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/script/main/rw >and click on "U.S. States," then "Massachusetts," "Counties" and then >"Barnstable." Postings to the board will also appear on this mailing list, >giving you "two for one" exposure to your post. > _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jennings Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0EB.2ACE/463.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you, all of who have responded. I figured there wasn't such a place. But I had to try knowing that people who research Massachusetts should know. Thank you again, Shirley.