My 2nd great grandmother's obituary (Elizabeth Jane Simpson) mentions that her husband Samuel died from injuries received in the Franklin Mine 22 years prior to her death in Bloomington in 1905. It says she was buried beside her husband in the Bloomington graveyard. It also mentions that she was "a most consistent member" of the M.E. Church. A few questions please for anybody who may be familiar with the Bloomington area: Would the Bloomington graveyard have a more formal name now? Does the M.E. Church still exist? Does anyone have any info on the Franklin mine? Does it still exist, etc.? Thanks, Rick Simpson

:-) Oh, yes!! There seems to be at least three of them in the tri-boarder area, about the right time frame. Unfortunately, other than a Maryland Equity Court Case, I haven't found any other clues as to who he is. I will say most of my research has been on the Kemps, and I have done almost none on the Casteel. I believe Mary Kemp was born ca. 1814, Addison, but it could be a few years earlier. I've been juggling the last few children of her parents family, and I don't have enough information to definitively pin down the years of birth. A number of the children from this family moved west, and that maybe what happened here. Opps, thanks, yes it must be a few years earlier. Glen ---------------------- 12/29/2006, [email protected] writes: Oh, No! Another Thomas CASTEEL! Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Sent: 29, 2006 Subject: [MDGARRET] Casteel - Kemp > Does anyone recognize a Thomas Casteel, m. bef. 1826 to Mary Kemp, d/o > John > T. Kemp and Massy Kemp (maiden name) > > The marriage is based on an equity court case for her grandfather than > names > Mary, d/o Massy, m. to Thomas Casteel, and living outside the state of > MD. > > Sincerely, Glen Swartz

Does anyone recognize a Thomas Casteel, m. bef. 1826 to Mary Kemp, d/o John T. Kemp and Massy Kemp (maiden name) The marriage is based on an equity court case for her grandfather than names Mary, d/o Massy, m. to Thomas Casteel, and living outside the state of MD. Sincerely, Glen Swartz

Oh, No! Another Thomas CASTEEL! Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 3:55 PM Subject: [MDGARRET] Casteel - Kemp > Does anyone recognize a Thomas Casteel, m. bef. 1826 to Mary Kemp, d/o > John > T. Kemp and Massy Kemp (maiden name) > > The marriage is based on an equity court case for her grandfather than > names > Mary, d/o Massy, m. to Thomas Casteel, and living outside the state of > MD. > > Sincerely, > Glen Swartz > > ====================================== > Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the > web at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/index.html > ------------------------------------ > If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list > administrator, Sonny O'Haver, [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 message

hi everyone I am looking for some information on the Michael family of garrett county. I don't have a lot of information but this is what I do have. Unknown Michael married Mary Catherine Glatfelty b 1902 children: living female b 1924 living male b 1929 walter douglas michael b 19 nov 1931 - 28 dec 1996 married to Callie J b 25 mar 1931 - sep 2005 any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks, crystal __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Charles, you bet I will share my info. My Dad was 1. Harvey Elmer Biggs b 7-23-1901 Mineral Co, WVA 2. Elias Elmer 10-6-1860 4-18-1927 3. Jacob Moon 5-10-1834 11-20-1919 4.William* L. Biggs 4-10-1810 9-10-1850 5.Joseph * (Fannie Hebb) Biggs 17 Apr 1787 Virginia 9-27-1843 Maryland 6. William Born England ? died before 6-11-1806 Monongalia Co, VA I use Family Tree Maker and if you need more I will TRY to send you an attachment. It is so good to hear from you. Blessings Maryland Biggs Henning ________________________________________________________________________ FREE for 30 Days! - Holiday eCards from AmericanGreetings.com http://track.juno.com/s/lc?s=197335&u=http://www.americangreetings.com/index.pd?c=uol5637

Maryland, I'll e-mail you, Charles [email protected] wrote: > Charles, you bet I will share my info. > My Dad was > 1. Harvey Elmer Biggs b 7-23-1901 Mineral Co, WVA > 2. Elias Elmer 10-6-1860 4-18-1927 > 3. Jacob Moon 5-10-1834 11-20-1919 > 4.William* L. Biggs 4-10-1810 9-10-1850 > 5.Joseph * (Fannie Hebb) Biggs 17 Apr 1787 Virginia 9-27-1843 Maryland > 6. William Born England ? died before 6-11-1806 Monongalia Co, VA > I use Family Tree Maker and if you need more I will TRY to send you an attachment. > It is so good to hear from you. Blessings Maryland Biggs Henning > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > FREE for 30 Days! - Holiday eCards from AmericanGreetings.com > http://track.juno.com/s/lc?s=197335&u=http://www.americangreetings.com/index.pd?c=uol5637 > ====================================== > Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/index.html > ------------------------------------ > If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Sonny O'Haver, [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 message > > > >

Hi Maryland, Is your Fannie Hebb related to William Hebb b.c. 1750, who came into Preston Co. area with Peter Carrico?? A New Year filled with good health, joy and hope is my wish for you! Carolyn imarylandjunocom wrote: >Charles, you bet I will share my info. >My Dad was >1. Harvey Elmer Biggs b 7-23-1901 Mineral Co, WVA >2. Elias Elmer 10-6-1860 4-18-1927 >3. Jacob Moon 5-10-1834 11-20-1919 >4.William* L. Biggs 4-10-1810 9-10-1850 >5.Joseph * (Fannie Hebb) Biggs 17 Apr 1787 Virginia 9-27-1843 Maryland >6. William Born England ? died before 6-11-1806 Monongalia Co, VA >I use Family Tree Maker and if you need more I will TRY to send you an attachment. >It is so good to hear from you. Blessings Maryland Biggs Henning > > > > >

Tom, I would like to share info with you on the Charles Wesley Stark family. He married Emma Arthelia Sharpless who comes down from the my Sharpless and Harvey family. Charles Tom Kemp wrote: > I saw your posting about the Charles Wesley Stark family of Garrett County, > MD on the Ancestry site. I have more complete information about this family > that I can share with you. > > Tom > > Thomas Jay Kemp > [email protected] > ====================================== > Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/index.html > ------------------------------------ > If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Sonny O'Haver, [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 message > > > >

I saw your posting about the Charles Wesley Stark family of Garrett County, MD on the Ancestry site. I have more complete information about this family that I can share with you. Tom Thomas Jay Kemp [email protected]

Hi Maryland in Georgia, is the family below is what you are looking for? If it is, would you share info? I have a lot more on this family Charles Descendants of Joseph Biggs Generation No. 1 1. Joseph1 Biggs was born April 17, 1787. He married Fannie Smith Hebb. She was born April 17, 1809, and died September 27, 1843 in Ryan's Glade, Allegany Co, MD. Notes for Joseph Biggs: Owned land in Mt. Lake Park and Gormonia. More About Joseph Biggs: Occupation: 1828, Justice of the Peace, Garrett Co., MD Residence: Ryans Glade, Allegany Co., now Garrett Co., MD Children of Joseph Biggs and Fannie Hebb are: 2 i. William L.2 Biggs, born in VA. He married Catherine Lipscomb; born in VA. 3 ii. Margaret Smith Biggs. 4 iii. Elizabeth Biggs. 5 iv. Odelia Biggs. 6 v. Ambrose Biggs. 7 vi. Joseph Biggs. 8 vii. unnamed Biggs. 9 viii. Middleton Biggs, born Abt. 1812. He married (1) Elizabeth; born Abt. 1816. He married (2) Sarah Jane Harnick July 09, 1874 in Garrett Co., MD. Marriage Notes for Middleton Biggs and Sarah Harnick: Biggs, Middleton S., 63, GarCo., W - 7/9/1874 - Harmick, Sarah Jane, 25, GarCo., S More About Middleton Biggs and Sarah Harnick: Marriage: July 09, 1874, Garrett Co., MD 10 ix. Upton F. Biggs, born Abt. 1816. He married Nancy Wilson. ************************** [email protected] wrote: > I am seeking information concerning JOSEPH BIGGS born 4-17-1787 married FANNIE SMITH HEBB 4-17-1809 Mononglia co VA died 9-27-1843 Ryan's Glade, Allegany Co, MD. I understand that his grave is still visible. Thanks for any ideas. Maryland in Georgia > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > FREE for 30 Days! - Holiday eCards from AmericanGreetings.com > http://track.juno.com/s/lc?s=197335&u=http://www.americangreetings.com/index.pd?c=uol5637 > ====================================== > Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/index.html > ------------------------------------ > If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Sonny O'Haver, [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 message > > > >

I am seeking information concerning JOSEPH BIGGS born 4-17-1787 married FANNIE SMITH HEBB 4-17-1809 Mononglia co VA died 9-27-1843 Ryan's Glade, Allegany Co, MD. I understand that his grave is still visible. Thanks for any ideas. Maryland in Georgia ________________________________________________________________________ FREE for 30 Days! - Holiday eCards from AmericanGreetings.com http://track.juno.com/s/lc?s=197335&u=http://www.americangreetings.com/index.pd?c=uol5637

Nancy, Did you mean to send this to me or to the [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) ? Lois Hetrick Stewart In a message dated 12/23/2006 3:59:22 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, Nec1102 writes: Any information on Veit Yerger or perhaps Veit Jurger? or perhaps a Mauger listed? Thanks very much. Nancy Mauger

Carolyn, Thank you for the Diets information. It is possible that this is my Christian, but I will need to further research. Lee Fasnacht Carolyn Shupe <[email protected]> wrote: Not knowing your dates and locality for your Christian Dietz, I am sending Rev. War note that I have. Carolyn http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/washington/military/must756-760.txt Military: Post Rev War: Muster Rolls and Papers relating to the County of Washington. Pa. Archives, 1-Vol. II-6th Series, pp. 756-760. CAPTAIN HOWELL'S COMPANY. Captain. Abner Howell. Christian Diets ============================================== ---and just for fun??? ---a list of poss. spellings taken from soundex. Deitz 99 x x Dietzs 99 Detz 96 x Deytz 95 Diets 95 Daetz 95 Daitz 95 Deatz 95 Deetz 95 Diet 93 x x x x Dietes 91 Deits 90 Diete 89 Diett 89 x x x x Dietze 89 Datz 88 Deit 87 x x Deets 85 Daytz 85 Deats 85 x Diette 85 x Dets 85 Deitze 85 Deite 84 x Dietzi 84 Deitt 84 Deietz 83 Det 83 x Detez 82 Detts 82 x Deet 82 x x Deates 82 x x Deat 82 x Daet 82 D'et 82 Daite 81 Dietx 81 Diety 81 x Dieth 81 x Dieta 81 Dietse 80 Dates 80 x x x x Deitte 80 Deight 80 x Deght 79 x Deett 79 x Deitas 79 Deate 79 x D'ete 79 Dait 79 x x Dettes 79 Dett 79 x x Deitos 79 Dete 79 Dietl 78 x Dietje 77 Dietey 77 x Dietta 77 Detzi 77 Dats 77 x Daytes 77 x Deatte 76 D'ette 76 Date 76 x x x Deita 76 Deity 76 x Deette 76 Dette 76 x Deith 76 x Deito 76 Ditez 76 Detas 75 Detis 75 Datts 75 ====================================== Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/index.html ------------------------------------ If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Sonny O'Haver, [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 message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

I do post all (well almost all) of my research on the internet. Usually once, maybe twice a year someone will contact me with a question. Haven't had anyone make a correction yet. So, I guess nothing is upsetting anyone. However publishing it in a book would accomplish the same thing as posting it on the internet. The only problem with a printed work is you can't go back out and correct it and reissue it. I've found a number of my records reposted in the files of others, but I really don't care. At least my version is getting out there. It doesn't do much good to hoard the information I find - and I do a good bit of datamining if you include copying a lot of families from published genealogies. Still, I invariably go out and verify those records too. Just because it's been printed by a publisher, doesn't make it true. That said, I stick to Rootsweb.com. While they are owned by Ancestry.com, the files you post with Rootsweb.com remain your own. Oh, to the dataminers and GEDCOM reposters I really couldn't careless about them. 95% of it is just a pile of rubbish. But, you have control over how much they can download. I will not allow anyone to download my GEDCOM, while many people do allow it. That is where the majority of the reposters get their information. Since I don't allow GEDCOMs, they are going to have to go in and copy one individual at a time. The LDS records were actually the forerunners of Ancestry.com. I still visit them occasionally for leads. Glen

Hi Connie: I know it gets frustrating, but having calmed down a bit, I'm sure if I were to put my stuff out on the internet, someone would find something in my data that would upset them also. Mostly what frustrates me is that it's not as easy as I thought it should be to contact someone with a family tree on Ancestry.com to correct errors. I've been enlightened a bit by Genie Ragan regarding their practices, and will have to check out their policies before I do any more moaning about them. Seems like there may be practical reasons for the way they operate. Have a great Christmas, and regarding your message regarding your son being Mormon.....I guess sometimes we all yearn for the "good old days", but at least today you'll not be ostracized for a family member being a Mormon. Sam ----- Original Message ----- From: "cbeachy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] LDS Church > Sam's message below reminds me of my Hamilton DNA test results. > I got a message from the Hamilton in charge of this, noting that there were > 5 Hamilton men who were very closely connected to my cousin, Earl Hamilton. > He also sent the names and email addresses. I responded to all 5 of them, > including my Hamilton line. Got only 3 replies and all three sent me their > genealogy, all of it being created from an LDS Ancestral File that I'd once > been interested in until I found more date on my Hamiltons and heard from a > fellow in California that the LDS file was his and he'd been trying to have > it removed since it had so many mistakes. > > I sent this message off to the 3 responders and have since not heard a thing > from any of them. I'm hoping they're busy verifying all of the research I > did on Jonathan Hamilton. > > Connie > > > >> What you say applies to any family trees you find on the internet, whether > it's LDS, rootsweb, or whatever. There are a >> lot of people out there who "datamine"; don't do any actual research, just > gather whatever they can find from others on >> the internet and call the result their own creation. >> > > > ====================================== > Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/index.html > ------------------------------------ > If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Sonny O'Haver, [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 message >

I have enjoyed the messages among all of you and thank you for info on the Friend/Ramsey families. MERRY CHRISTMAS From SOUTH CAROLINA Bob

Sam's message below reminds me of my Hamilton DNA test results. I got a message from the Hamilton in charge of this, noting that there were 5 Hamilton men who were very closely connected to my cousin, Earl Hamilton. He also sent the names and email addresses. I responded to all 5 of them, including my Hamilton line. Got only 3 replies and all three sent me their genealogy, all of it being created from an LDS Ancestral File that I'd once been interested in until I found more date on my Hamiltons and heard from a fellow in California that the LDS file was his and he'd been trying to have it removed since it had so many mistakes. I sent this message off to the 3 responders and have since not heard a thing from any of them. I'm hoping they're busy verifying all of the research I did on Jonathan Hamilton. Connie > What you say applies to any family trees you find on the internet, whether it's LDS, rootsweb, or whatever. There are a > lot of people out there who "datamine"; don't do any actual research, just gather whatever they can find from others on > the internet and call the result their own creation. >

In a message dated 12/19/2006 7:43:06 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Typically, one film can hold records from several different churches, all of it in the old German script, so sometimes it can take a while. Hi Sam, The two pages I have are typed in German -- I can almost speak it now. ;o) They are 8.5" x 14" long and the typing is fairly easy to read. Looks like it was darkened a bit and enlarged. The other document I received was 11x17 typed in German but was not easy to make readable but we were fortunate to get a translation. Cost was about $15 a page and can be arranged online. If anyone is interested, here's is the translator I used: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Lois

After reading all of the notes about research and how difficult it is to get some records, it reminds me of how valuable this site has been for me. Online cousins have sent me land records, death certificates, lists of marriage license applications. So many wonderful pieces of genealogy, I can't begin to name them all. If it wasn't for this site, I'd be nowhere in my search for my Hetricks. Lois