This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iEB.2ACE/479.510.1.3 Message Board Post: Do you have any Melvin that married a Charles Greenberry Draper in Caroline Co? He was known as Green Draper. They had 8-9 children then she died- buried in Greensboro, MD. His second wife was Mary Etta (Wheeler) Buck.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iEB.2ACE/479.510.1.2 Message Board Post: Do you have any Melvin that married a Charles Greenberry Draper in Caroline Co? He was known as Green Draper. They had 8-9 children then she died- buried in Greensboro, MD. His second wife was Mary Etta (Wheeler) Buck.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Trice, Hignutt, Wright, Draper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iEB.2ACE/637 Message Board Post: To all of you who are looking for Hignutt's in MD. Go to internet- type in GENDEX- go to the surname area-type in Hignutt-go to John Hignutt and you can get all the Hignutts in the line as far back as you can go including all the different spellings and families that migrated west.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Poore Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/iEB.2ACE/286.1 Message Board Post: I'm looking for my father's parents! I was told my grandfathers name was Edward and my grandmothers name was Francis Carrigan! Can you help! Both were from around Cecil Co.,MD or New Castle Co., DE. My grandfather died around 1933-35. My grandmother supposed to have moved to lower PA.

I have a number of Denton Journal entries, but I had not seen this one before. The nice thing about these newspaper entries is the social picture they provide of the period and of my ancestors--much more interesting than simply adding names to the family tree. I want to collect as many of these as I can. Thank you for sending this one to me. Austin Barry

THE HIDDEN CLUES IN GUARDIANSHIP BONDS by Richard A. Pence richardpence@pipeline.com http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/ The researcher was becoming frustrated by her inability to discover the maiden name of her ancestor Mary, the wife of Anthony KELLER. "All I have been able to find out," she lamented on a surname mailing list, "is that Anthony's second wife made life so miserable for Mary's two boys that they were forced to go back to Ohio to live with their Uncle Bill." When someone asked how she was able to learn that, here is the story she told: Anthony's wife Mary died, leaving two small boys, Philip, age five, and George, age three. About a year later, in 1847, Anthony remarried to a woman named Sally and the following spring the family moved from Ohio to Indiana. Our researcher discovered that in February of 1850, Anthony's brother William, who remained in Ohio, had been made the guardian of Philip and George, "children of Anthony KELLER" (the word "orphans" had been crossed out and "children" inserted in the record). "That second wife actually drove them out of the house!," our researcher declared. When another family researcher pointed out that Philip and George were enumerated with their father and stepmother in Indiana in both 1850 and 1860, our researcher wrote this off by saying the boys were "probably just visiting" in the summer. We all know guardianship bonds are important genealogical sources. Often, in the case of the early death of a parent, they provide the only proof of the link from one generation to the next. Additionally, an understanding of the reason for such records can also help solve other knotty genealogical mysteries. One of the perplexing things for many researchers is that a family might exist without one of the parents for a considerable period -- even several years -- and then, suddenly, the names of the children appear in the guardianship bond book and they now have a court-appointed legal guardian. Why? Why the long delay? Why suddenly is there a need for a guardian for the orphans of a man or a woman who has been dead for a half dozen years? Was the surviving spouse just too busy to get around to doing a required legal chore? Or were the children actually being maltreated by the surviving parent? What is going on? An important thing to understand is that when a person was appointed the guardian of a minor child (generally any child under age 21), the reason is not to place the guardian in charge of rearing of the child. "Bound boys and girls" are the ones who are placed in the charge of others. Guardians have a different responsibility, that of protecting the material assets of their wards. Therein lies the answer to the question, "Why now?" What a guardianship bond silently tells us is that some recent event had triggered the need for a guardian. Some new event may mean the children are about to acquire some property. For example, one reason for the sudden need to have a guardian for the children might be that a widow has decided to remarry. Now it has become necessary to protect the children's property rights in their father's estate from the "clutches" of their new stepfather. So one of the first things you should do is check the marriage bonds for that time frame. If the widow did remarry, knowing who she married might enable you to track the family's later moves, for example. It gets better. Let us consider the case of "the unwanted stepchildren" who were "adopted by their Uncle Bill." Our researcher saw the record and thought of it in terms of an adoption proceeding, thus missing the real message in the record. The reason for a guardian surely had to be that some outside event had made it necessary. It is this triggering event that might have told our researcher how to solve the mystery of the maiden name of Anthony's wife Mary. For, you see, Philip and George were about to come into some money. Therefore, they needed a guardian to look after their interests. The family was way off in Indiana, so it was decided that Anthony's brother William back in Ohio was the one to look after things -- because he was where "the action" was. "The action" was this: Mary's father had died intestate (without a will). Since Mary's mother was already deceased, this meant that Mary and her siblings were each entitled to an equal share of the father's estate. Since Mary also was deceased, her two sons were, by law, each entitled to half of her share. So, while the guardianship record didn't actually say that Uncle William was going to be keeping track of how Mary's father's estate was being administered, it should have alerted our researcher to the fact that "Something recently happened to trigger this action." And what triggered the activity probably was not the "wicked stepmother." Once you have this clue, then it is time to start looking at the other county records for the "trigger" -- in particular, the contemporary estate records. You can now focus your search, making it relatively easy to discover that among the heirs of Alexander WILEY, who died in late 1849, is "Mary KELLER, deceased, leaving two sons in Indiana." There are still other clues in guardianship records and these, too, must be properly interpreted. Sometimes, for example, you will encounter a record that says, "George Jones, age 14, orphan of Samuel Jones, chose Adam Jones as his guardian." In most jurisdictions, once a child reached age 14, he or she had the legal right to choose his or her own guardian. Thus, in the absence of a specified age, a person who has chosen his or her own guardian can be presumed to be at least 14 years old. However, the words "age 14" in such a record may not mean that the child was age 14 at the time. What they often mean is that he or she is AT LEAST age 14 and thus is entitled to choose his or her own guardian. As you become more experienced, your eye will discover even more hidden messages in guardianship records. What, for instance, could be the reason one of the children in the family is not mentioned in any of the guardianship records? When the mother is made the guardian is it relevant when the record says "the orphans of her deceased husband" and DOES NOT say something like "her minor children"? Is there a story behind why the bond says "orphan and sole heir" rather than just "orphan"? (There sure can be!) The lesson is that even a supposedly brief and direct record such as a guardianship bond can contain within it the answer to a completely different puzzle. [Editor's Note: To find other articles by Richard Pence, click on the search option at http://www.petuniapress.com/ and use "Pence" (without the quotation marks) as the search term.] PERMISSION TO REPRINT articles from MISSING LINKS is granted unless stated otherwise, PROVIDED: (1) the reprint is not used for commercial purposes; and (2) the following notice appears at the end of the article: Previously published in MISSING LINKS, Vol. 7, No. 22, 2 June 2002 http://www.petuniapress.com and written by [author's name, e-mail address, and URL, if given].

Austin, I thought this might interest you if you haven't seen it already: Denton Journal, Saturday Morning, 31 July 1926: Vol. 80, No. 41, pg. 5 Dr. and Mrs J. C. MADARA and Mr and Mrs. Fred FLOUNDERS motored to McDaniel Sunday and were entertained at the home of Mrs. MADARA's father, Mr. J. M. BARRY.

Thank you Sandy and Neil for your help. Barbara

Hello All: I am not sure of the dates that it was in operation, but Poplar Hill in Salisbury was a TB Sanitorium. Hope this finds all well <<<Neil>>> www.familytreebookshop.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Willis" <williss@mfi.net> To: <MDCAROLI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 5:58 AM Subject: Re: [MDCAROLI] T.B. Sanitarium > Hello Barbara: > > I am sure that this was not the only Sanatorium, but look here to see some > pictures and an article about the place my grandfather went from Easton, Md. > It is located in Sabillasville, Frederick County, Maryland. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mdwillis/WillisSrhtm/LRWTB.htm > > Good luck with your search. > > Sandy > williss@mfi.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <BarbT10447@aol.com> > To: <MDCAROLI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 5:23 AM > Subject: [MDCAROLI] T.B. Sanitarium > > > > Hi, Does anyone know where a person from this county might have gone in > the > > 1920's or 30's for T.B. treatment? The only clue I have is They went to > the > > mountains to a sanitarium for treatment. Thanks, Barbara > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hello Barbara: I am sure that this was not the only Sanatorium, but look here to see some pictures and an article about the place my grandfather went from Easton, Md. It is located in Sabillasville, Frederick County, Maryland. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mdwillis/WillisSrhtm/LRWTB.htm Good luck with your search. Sandy williss@mfi.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <BarbT10447@aol.com> To: <MDCAROLI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 5:23 AM Subject: [MDCAROLI] T.B. Sanitarium > Hi, Does anyone know where a person from this county might have gone in the > 1920's or 30's for T.B. treatment? The only clue I have is They went to the > mountains to a sanitarium for treatment. Thanks, Barbara > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iEB.2ACE/545.554 Message Board Post: Hi do you have any info on Ann Bright m to William Bright 1700's Caroline Co. In will of James White, Ann is said to be his sister-in-law. There was a White's church and grave yard on the Whiteleyburg Rd across state line in Delaware. The church is gone but a few head stones remain. My great grand-father George Bright used to go to this church sometimes. I am doing research on Bright family from Caroline Co. Md.

Hi, Does anyone know where a person from this county might have gone in the 1920's or 30's for T.B. treatment? The only clue I have is They went to the mountains to a sanitarium for treatment. Thanks, Barbara

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iEB.2ACE/631.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Cree & Crystal, I, too, have received email for other people. It's always "ptodd@_____" but not my ISP. I usually forward them to the correct individual but have never got a "Thank you." Parker

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CREE/ MARTIN/ MADARA/ MARSHALL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iEB.2ACE/631.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Crystal. . . I'm fascinated! Have gone back over everything I posted and each time my correct email address seems to be used: creemarshall@comcast.net Fascinated that we have almost identical email addresses although your address does not include the marshall. It's not as though the name 'Cree' is as common as Smith or Jones etc. Really odd! Are you from the Cree family? I've used Cree as a first name for 50 years. Anyway, hope I'm not missing anything good and hope you don't mind using your delete button. Carolyn Cree (Martin) Marshall

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iEB.2ACE/631.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Somehow I am getting messages in my email telling me there are replies to my post on this board. I did not place a post on this message board. For example, this is what I found in my email box this morning: A reply has been posted to your message, "Re: Dr. Jacob C. Madara, Ridgely, Maryland" on "20 May 2002 12:44 PM GMT". Board : Boards > Localities > North America > United States > States > Maryland > Counties > Caroline Subject : Re: Dr. Jacob C. Madara, Ridgely, Maryland Author : Margaret Murphy Date : 24 May 2002 7:10 PM GMT http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iEB.2ACE/631.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Thank you. A reply has been posted to your message, "Re: Dr. Jacob C. Madara, Ridgely, Maryland" on "25 May 2002 11:51 AM GMT". Board : Boards > Localities > North America > United States > States > Maryland > Counties > Caroline Subject : Re: Dr. Jacob C. Madara, Ridgely, Maryland Author : Cree Marshall Date : 25 May 2002 1:35 PM GMT http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iEB.2ACE/631.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1 Thank you. My email address is "Cree@comcast.net" so I think your email information on RootsWeb may be incorrect. Since we both go by "Cree" most likely it is just the domain name that has been messed up. You may want to go into your account information on here and just check that they don't have it mixed up. I am not upset I just thought I would let you know so you could correct it and not miss any replies to your messages on here. Thanks, Crystal

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MADARA Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iEB.2ACE/631.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Crystal. . . don't quite understand what your message (May 25th) means. If I have done something wrong, I'm sorry but not sure how to correct the problem. Cree

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iEB.2ACE/631.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: I think the original poster of this message accidentaly noted my email address under her information. Cree Marshall, your reply notifications are coming to my email address- Cree@comcast.net.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RINGGOLD/ MADARA/ MARTIN/ FRIES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iEB.2ACE/631.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: BINGO! All I'd ever heard my aunt call Mary was "Maryfries" as though it was one name. The other thing I vaguely remembered was that Mary married a doctor and had five children maybe all girls. I also thought one was adopted, but could be wrong about that. I have a cousin who attended a wedding of one of the daughters probably in the 1950's. The only thing he remembered was that the daughters were quite beautiful and he was sorry they were his cousins as he was "looking" for a wife at that time. Mystery now solved thanks to you. I thought the 1910 census had Roger listed as a 'barber'. Maybe I looked on the wrong line.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iEB.2ACE/631.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I believe Roger was a car salesman - at least that's what the 1920 census lists his occupation as. Don't know about the barber though. Mary Fries Ringgold married Jesse Showalter Fifer, who was a physician in Ridgely until the late 1940's. He had a small hospital where he did minor surgery and maternity services in what was called the Ridgely House ; my sister was born there in 1942. In the late 1940's, they moved to Frederick, Maryland. Sorry can't tell you much else - I was born in 1948 and my Father was in the military so we travelled around and didn't resettle in the area until 1960. By that time, a lot of the folks had passed on or moved away.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MADARA / MARTIN / RINGGOLD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iEB.2ACE/631.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Obits and census arrived today. What a help! Filled in at least a dozen blank spaces but caused more questions. Could you tell me more about Roger Ringgold. Was he a barber at one time then a car salesman? I'm also very interested in his daughter Mary. I have a feeling I may have met Mary about 60 years ago. Do you have her married name? Did she have about five children? I know you said Roger was a 'distant' cousin, but I'm hoping not too distant. Anyway, thank you so much for all the help you have already given me. Cree