And the brand new downtown Akron Summit County Public Library is amazing. The genealogy collection there is very, very good. Art Grady --- "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Nickole: > > Sometimes you can do genealogy of our mountain > people almost as well in > Akron as in the mountains - as I did in Mogadore. I > was surprised how > many Prestonians lived within a couple of blocks. > > Janice > > > In a message dated 9/5/2006 6:22:55 PM Eastern > Daylight Time, [email protected] > > writes: > > > > I need to take a trip back and stay a month or > two--so many things to see. > > I > > never lived in the area of our ancestors--grew up > in Akron, OH. I loved the > > farm country, the animals and even the smells. > Some of the cousins just > > don't > > understand what all the fuss is about--some think > computers are evil, but > > when I arrive with photo calendars, totes and > T-shirts with our ancestors > > screen printed on them (created by my computer), > it's a whole new ballgame. > > :o) > > > > > > I live near Akron,OH now. I grew up in Northern VA > and moved to OH in Feb > > 1994. Imagine my surprise when I started doing > research and found > > out my great > > Aunt lived in Akron!! Sadly I started doing > research about 2 years too late. > > She had 4 children and only 1 Grandchild. All but > the Grandchild is > > deceased.(and he's elderly) > > > > Nickole > > > > > > ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > > If you need help with this list, make sure to > email the list > > administrator, Sonny O'Haver, > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > If you need help with this list, make sure to email > the list administrator, Sonny O'Haver, > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Pat, the application they sent me was for Nancy Fern Hafer DeVore. This application was processed in 2002 and was approved. If you are looking for something more, you could call or write the DAR and request a copy of Margaret Cupler's application. I'm not sure if they will send a specific application, but it doesn't hurt to try. The address is: www.DAR.org. I believe Margaret's national number is 498-909. The cost is minimal, just $10 for each application. The ladies I have dealt with there have been most helpful. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 6:28 PM Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Info. on Casper Durst, please. > > > Sandy, Sorry to bother you again on the same subject but I am wondering > if > the DAR application that you mentioned with birth of 1736 d. 1810 have > Casper Durst as an accepted patriot? Who was on the application as the > person > wanting to join the DAR? Thanks so much. Patricia Durst Shaffer > > > ====================================== > 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 >

Sandy, Sorry to bother you again on the same subject but I am wondering if the DAR application that you mentioned with birth of 1736 d. 1810 have Casper Durst as an accepted patriot? Who was on the application as the person wanting to join the DAR? Thanks so much. Patricia Durst Shaffer

Would you have any more info on the parents of Jean Robertson? I have an Elizabeth Robertson, dau. of David Robertson and Jean Gordon, B. Oct. 1853 in Lonaconing and married William Muir in 1874 in Lonaconing. I suspect Jean and Elizabeth may be sisters? Thanks, John Keyes

Thanks, that is very insightful and encouraging. Nancy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 3:07 AM Subject: [MDGARRET] Bounce Problems Hi there, Well, the one address ([email protected]) was wrong because of the "-", but right now we're in a grace period where either [email protected] OR [email protected] should work. I would bet you dimes to donuts the basic problem has to do with your AOL address and/or the recent "migration" of the list to the new mailing system. Many of the problems are way too complicated to explain here but AOL users seem to be having more then their share. Rootsweb is currently trying to switch over nearly 29,000 lists to a new up-dated mailing system and they are swamped with problems to sort out every time a new batch of lists roll over. . Originally Rootsweb thought this switch would only take a little over a week to wrap up...that was several weeks ago. They now think it will take another week or two to finish the last of the lists and even longer to get all the wrinkles ironed out. List Admins were given a 22 page tutorial to wade through to prepare them for this migration (which should tell you something) there are new settings that they must now figure out with plus more list chores to do. . [BTW...The number of lists being put up for adoption has really increased since the migration began so I think we should applaud Sonny for sticking with us!] . I'm sure that Sonny is feverishly trying to fine tune things at his end and is working with Rootsweb to get things fine tuned for the list at their end. I think the best thing that we as list members can do during the coming weeks is to report any problems we have getting or sending posts to Sonny and then be VERY patient. . Remember...this too shall pass! Bye for now, Kathleen ------------------------------- 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 ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.

OK, thanks, I will. Nancy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected]hlink.net; [email protected] Sent: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 9:03 AM Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Bounce Problems As I posted before I would surely check AOL. I would notify them that you messages are bouncing. It wouldn't take much for them to fix it. ====================================== 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 ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.

Thought this was interesting . . . some little known facts. I thought the dollar bill was older. When they were designing this currency, 1776 was on their mind. I know the penny has been around forever, at least in the 1800's. Must have depended on the metal available at the time. I have a penny made from pewter in the 1940s when copper was in short supply. Nickel must have been one of the most plentiful. History of the one dollar bill Take out a one dollar bill, and look at it. The one dollar bill you're looking at first came off the presses in 1957 in its present design. This so-called paper money is in fact a cotton and linen blend, with red and blue minute silk fibers running through it. It is actually material. We've all washed it without it falling apart. A special blend of ink is used, the contents we will never know. It is overprinted with symbols and then it is starched to make it water resistant and pressed to give it that nice crisp look. If you look on the front of the bill, you will see the United States Treasury Seal. On the top you will see the scales for a balanced budget. In the center you have a carpenter's square, a tool used for an even cut. Underneath is the Key to the United States Treasury. That's all pretty easy to figure out, but what is on the back of that dollar bill is something we should all know. If you turn the bill over, you will see two circles. Both circles, together, comprise the Great Seal of the United States. The First Continental Congress requested that Benjamin Franklin and a group of men come up with a Seal. It took them four years to accomplish this task and another two years to get it approved. If you look at the left-hand circle, you will see a Pyramid. Notice the face is lighted, and the western side is dark. This country was just beginning. We had not begun to explore the West or decided what we could do for Western Civilization. The Pyramid is un-capped, again signifying that we were not even close to being finished. Inside the capstone you have the all-seeing eye, an ancient symbol for divinity. It was Franklin's belief that one man couldn't do it alone, but a group of men, with the help of God, could do anything. "IN GOD WE TRUST" is on this currency. The Latin above the pyramid, ANNUIT COEPTIS, means, "God has favored our undertaking." The Latin below the pyramid, NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM, means, "a new order has begun." At the base of the pyramid is the Roman Numeral for 1776. If you look at the right-hand circle, and check it carefully, you will learn that it is on every National Cemetery in the United States. It is also on the Parade of Flags Walkway at the Bushnell, Florida National Cemetery, and is the centerpiece of most hero's monuments. Slightly modified, it is the seal of the President of the United States, and it is always visible whenever he speaks, yet very few people know what the symbols mean. The Bald Eagle was selected as a symbol for victory for two reasons: First, he is not afraid of a storm; he is strong, and he is smart enough to soar above it. Secondly, he wears no material crown. We had just broken from the King of England. Also, notice the shield is unsupported. This country can now stand on its own. At the top of that shield you have a white bar signifying congress, a unifying factor. We were coming together as one nation. In the Eagle's beak you will read, "E PLURIBUS UNUM", meaning, "one nation from many people". Above the Eagle, you have thirteen stars, representing the thirteen original colonies, and any clouds of misunderstanding rolling away. Again, we were coming together as one. Notice what the Eagle holds in his talons. He holds an olive branch and arrows. This country wants peace, but we will never be afraid to fight to preserve peace. The Eagle always wants to face the olive branch, but in time of war, his gaze turns toward the arrows They say that the number 13 is an unlucky number. This is almost a worldwide belief. You will usually never see a room numbered 13, or any hotels or motels with a 13th floor. But think about this: 13 original colonies, 13 signers of the Declaration of Independence, 13 stripes on our flag, 13 steps on the Pyramid, 13 letters in the Latin above, 13 letters in "E Pluribus Unum", 13 stars above the Eagle, 13 bars on that shield, 13 leaves on the olive branch, 13 fruits, and if you look closely, 13 arrows. And, for minorities: the 13th Amendment. I always ask people, "Why don't you know this?" Your children don't know this, and their history teachers don't know this. Too many veterans have given up too much to ever let the meaning fade. Many veterans remember coming home to an America that didn't care. Too many veterans never came home at all.

I can receive all the emails from the list. I am unable to send emails to the list. ( I always check my spam folder regularly. You 'd be surprised what you find there sometimes.) Possibly you were addressing another person's problems with your suggestions. Thanks anyway, Nancy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:35 PM Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Bounce Problems + AOL AOL users (and anyone else with a "problem" ISP) have to check their spam folders and click THIS IS NOT SPAM to train their email to accept the new Rootsweb email. RW has worked with AOL, after stopping the list migration in midstream because of all the bouncing, to get them to accept the new system and things should be okay now. I manage several lists and none of my AOL folks have bounced off during this process so I'm hoping that's a good sign. But, really train your email to understand this is emial you want - check that spam folder. Kathi Jones-Hudson MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/maryland/maryland.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ====================================== 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 ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.

John Matthew STARK and Jean ROBERTSON STARK are the parents of my great grandfather George Edward STARK and are also parents of Henry Marshall STARK. This is the information I have on their family: (Note: I do have more information on whom the children of John and Jean married as well as the ancestry of John Matthew STARK) 1. JOHN MATTHEW6 STARK (GEORG MICHAEL5 STARCK, JOHANN(4) MARTIN4, JOHANN(1) MATTHIAS3 STARK, JOHANN(2) MICHAEL2 STARCK, MATTHIAS1) was born March 29, 1845 in Maryland, and died April 10, 1923 in Eckhart, Allegany, Maryland. He married JEAN ROBERTSON July 04, 1867 in Allegany, Maryland, daughter of DAVID ROBERTSON and JEAN GORDON. She was born November 07, 1849 in British America/Nova Scotia/Canada, and died March 15, 1920 in Eckhart, Allegany, Maryland. More About JOHN MATTHEW STARK: Burial: April 15, 1923, Eckhart Mines Cemetery, Allegany, Maryland Occupation: Coal Miner More About JEAN ROBERTSON: Burial: Abt. March 20, 1920, Eckhart Mines Cemetery, Allegany, Maryland More About JOHN STARK and JEAN ROBERTSON: Marriage 1: July 04, 1867, Allegany, Maryland Marriage 2: Bet. 1870 - 1877, Possibly Allegany or Garrett County, MD Children of JOHN STARK and JEAN ROBERTSON are: 2. i. GEORGE EDWARD7 STARK, b. July 1868, Maryland. ii. JOHN STARK, b. February 1870; d. Bet. 1870 - 1880, Possibly Stark Township, Brown County, Minnesota. 3. iii. JOHN MATTHEW STARK, b. October 15, 1872, Maryland; d. Abt. 1963, Maryland. iv. WILLIAM H. STARK, b. April 18, 1874, Maryland; d. 1948. More About WILLIAM H. STARK: Burial: Eckhart Mines Cemetery, Allegany, Maryland 4. v. JEAN GORDON STARK, b. November 1875, Maryland; d. Abt. 1946. 5. vi. CATHARINE STARK, b. Abt. 1878, Maryland; d. Bet. 1900 - 1910. 6. vii. ANNA STARK, b. February 1880, Maryland; d. Bet. 1910 - 1923. viii. MINNIE H. STARK, b. March 1880, Maryland; d. Bet. 1900 - 1923. ix. ELIZABETH STARK, b. May 1882, Maryland; d. Bet. 1900 - 1923. 7. x. DAVID STARK, b. April 1884, Maryland; d. 1960. 8. xi. JOSEPH STARK, b. June 12, 1887, Maryland; d. Aft. 1930. 9. xii. HENRY MARSHALL STARK, b. June 10, 1889, Maryland; d. April 16, 1986. 10. xiii. CHARLES STARK, b. May 15, 1890, Maryland; d. June 26, 1962. 11. xiv. MARY STARK, b. May 1892, Maryland; d. March 19, 1980, Frostburg Community Hospital, Frostburg, Maryland. In a message dated 9/10/2006 7:36:09 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Tom, I don't know who the parents of Henry Marshall Stark were, but Robyn said he was a brother of her great grandfather, George Edward Stark Sr. Perhaps Robyn can tell us about the parents. Phyllis

Please unsubscribe me from this list. Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 4:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Melungeon I know a fellow from Greenup County, KY, who is Melungeon. Met another who worked at Western Kentucky Unviersity who was a Black Melungeon. They used to have annual reunions in Wise, WV. A professor at a university there seemed to be the guiding force. Now you have everything I remember! Bettie -----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >Sent: Sep 8, 2006 5:46 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: MDGARRET Digest, Vol 1, Issue 2 > > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Dorothy J. Dixon (James Upp) > 2. Melungeon (Ann Lock) > 3. Re: Melungeon (Nicholas Sturm) > 4. Re: Melungeon (Ann Lock) > 5. Re: Melungeon ([email protected]) > 6. Enlow, Long & Grace (carol vivier) > 7. County formation dates- Garrett's first officials (Pat Thompson) > 8. Re: County formation dates- Garrett's first officials > (Pat Thompson) > 9. Emanuel Custer info. ([email protected]) > 10. Re: Emanuel Custer info. ([email protected]) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 11:35:41 -0400 >From: "James Upp" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Dorothy J. Dixon >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: > <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >Well, back in July I was searching for the parents of Dorothy J. Dixon of >Garrett County. Thanks to Betty at the Rockwood Historical Society in >Somerset County, Pennsylvania, she was able to find Dorothy's obituary, >which had the names of his parents. So now the search can continue for >James Dixon and Mary Turney. > >If these names ring a bell with anyone, let me know. I'm going to start >doing some research on my own and see what I find. I already found one Mary >Turney that may be the one I'm looking for. > >Thanks to all of you that helped out earlier! > >James > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:07:39 +0000 >From: "Ann Lock" <[email protected]> >Subject: [MDGARRET] Melungeon >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > >Good Afternoon List, > >Does anyone know of any families in this area that may be connected to >Melugeon's? Or any area for that matter. > >Thank you. > >Ann > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 14:48:53 -0400 >From: "Nicholas Sturm" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Melungeon >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > >Are you using "Melugeon" to refer to the colony in Tennessee whose member >seem to become very upset when the term is applied to any other >mixed-group, or to the Maryland colony to which the term has been applied, >or as used in one web-site where the term applies to all US mixed-groups? >The distinct will affect any attempt at a response. Thank you for >clarification. > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Ann Lock <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Date: 9/7/2006 2:07:39 PM >> Subject: [MDGARRET] Melungeon >> >> Good Afternoon List, >> >> Does anyone know of any families in this area that may be connected to >> Melugeon's? Or any area for that matter. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Ann >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:05:07 +0000 >From: "Ann Lock" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Melungeon >To: [email protected], [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > >I'm interested in the Maryland colony. > >Thank you for the reply, > >Ann > > >>From: "Nicholas Sturm" <[email protected]> >>Reply-To: [email protected], [email protected] >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Melungeon >>Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 14:48:53 -0400 >> >>Are you using "Melugeon" to refer to the colony in Tennessee whose member >>seem to become very upset when the term is applied to any other >>mixed-group, or to the Maryland colony to which the term has been applied, >>or as used in one web-site where the term applies to all US mixed-groups? >>The distinct will affect any attempt at a response. Thank you for >>clarification. >> >> >> > [Original Message] >> > From: Ann Lock <[email protected]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Date: 9/7/2006 2:07:39 PM >> > Subject: [MDGARRET] Melungeon >> > >> > Good Afternoon List, >> > >> > Does anyone know of any families in this area that may be connected to >> > Melugeon's? Or any area for that matter. >> > >> > Thank you. >> > >> > Ann >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > 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 >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>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 > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 18:28:43 EDT >From: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Melungeon >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" > > >Ann, > >Maybe some of the sites below would hold some answers. Found these and many >more when I "googled" Surname of Melungeon. The first site also referenced >the surname of Harvey. One site is giving a free trial. Good luck with this. > >Lois > > >_http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/Melungeon/2002-03_ >(http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/Melungeon/2002-03) > >_http://www.kygs.org/backissu.htm_ (http://www.kygs.org/backissu.htm) - The >Kentucky Genealogical Society, Bluegrass Roots Back Issues > >_surname Index - ME | OneGreatFamily.com_ >(http://aolsearcht.aol.com/aol/redir?src=websearch&requestId=7878493d66 ae0bc8&clickedItemRank=1&userQuery=Surname >+of+Melugeon&clickedItemURN=http://www.onegreatfamily.com/Surname/index ME.htm& >title=surname+Index+-+ME+|+OneGreatFamily.com&clickedItemPageRanking=1& clicked >ItemPage=1) >OneGreatFamily surname Index - ME ... MEDRAS ? MELUGEON ? MESCHENES ? MEDRAT >? MELUGIN ? MESCHER ? MEDRAZ ? MELUI ? MESCHEWITZ >..._http://www.onegreatfamily.com/Surname/indexME.htm_ >(http://www.onegreatfamily.com/Surname/indexME.htm) > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 6 >Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 18:50:34 -0700 >From: "carol vivier" <[email protected]> >Subject: [MDGARRET] Enlow, Long & Grace >To: "Garrett list" <[email protected]>, "Allegany" > <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >I was just in Garrett County a week ago. I was in an antique shop that is >located near the Cassleman Inn that is in the old St. Paul's church. I >always look through old pictures for ones that have names on the back and >purchase them to find the families they belong to so they will be back where >they belong so to say. I didn't have the time I wanted to have a good look >but the lady in the shop said she had lots of post cards that had the name >Enlow on them. We couldn't find them in the time I had to look but I >thought I would mention it so someone who has the time and interest in those >can go back to the shop. They don't cost much and most photo's are just >fifty cents to a dollar that's why I do this I think a dollar or two is well >spent to make someone's day. > >I found on this trip > >Dot Grace - post card photo no other info might be taken in the early 20's > >Tom Long - picture taken in Cumberland man may be of mixed race not sure >date is earlier than the 20's I think. > >Please contact me if you would like these lost souls. If I receive more >than one reply I will scan copies other wise I will send the original. I >will wait a week and see what happens. > >Please reply to [email protected] with a "snail mail" address incase >you are the lucky winner of the original:) > >I hope these folks have family out there. > >Carol > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 7 >Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 09:40:19 -0400 >From: "Pat Thompson" <[email protected]> >Subject: [MDGARRET] County formation dates- Garrett's first officials >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >I found this in the Glades Star, Vol. 1, No. 34. (I have only included dates >and names; not the entire article) > > > > > >Maryland: County formation dates. > > > >Prince George's County..organized in 1696 > > > >Frederick County..organized in 1748 > > > >Washington County..organized in 1776 > > > >Allegany County..organized in 1789 > > > >Garrett County..organized in 1872 > > > >Dec. 14, 1872, Gov. Whyte issued proclamation declaring the territory named >in the enabling Act "constituted as a new county to be called Garrett >County." > > > >First session of the Circuit Court in the new county was convened May 19, >1873, in the dining room of the Glades Hotel. Judges William Moffet and >George A. Pearre presided. > > > >First Grand Jury: Jonas Wass, D. A. Friend, Elisha Umble, Henry Myers, >Robert E. Lee, Isaac Spiker, S. J. Livengood, Adam Garringer, Christian J. >Beachy, Silas Fitzwater, Frederick Englehardt, W. E. George, Charles >Warnick, Charles Bill, Israel Garlitz, E. Falkenstine, J. F. Frantz, John >Friend of N., Josiah Boucher, Patrick Hamill, John Frantz of Joseph, Thomas >Cuppett, John C. Dunham. > > > >First Petit Jury > >James Poland, Norman Bernard, Wm. Sharpless, John G. Riley, P. M. Stemple, >George Ruckles, J. F. Robinson, W. C. Broadwater, John Edgar, Sr., Samuel >Beachy, John Tice, Nelson Irwin, Wm. B. Stanton, W. W. Ashby, Amos W. >Friend, Clark DeBerry, Stephen W. Friend, Emanuel Custer, Robert Green, >Joseph Mart, A. C. Hamill, George Roth, Elijah Friend of J. > > > >The Orphans Court > >First session held Feb. 11, 1873. Judges: D. Harrison Friend, William >Harvey, Joseph DeWitt. > > > >First Courthouse built 1877. > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 8 >Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 17:31:42 -0400 >From: "Pat Thompson" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] County formation dates- Garrett's first > officials >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >The Orphans' Court is not about orphanages; this might help (found on-line). >It deals with matters of estates. > >Maryland's first constitution, adopted in November of 1776, authorized a >Register of Wills to oversee probate in each county. The following Spring, >the General Assembly formally established the Orphans' Court as the >mechanism for probate administration, with the Register of Wills as the >Court's Chief Clerk. > > >Today, the Orphans' Court hears all matters involving decedents' estates >which are contested and supervises all of those estates which are probated >judicially. It approves accounts, awards of personal representative's >commissions, and attorney's fees in all estates. The Court also has >concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court in the guardianships of >minors and their property. All matters involving the validity of wills and >the transfer of property in which legal questions and disputes occur are >resolved by the Orphans' Court. > >There are three judges who sit on the Orphans' Court in Baltimore City and >in each of the counties, with the exception of Harford County and Montgomery >County, where circuit court judges sit as judges of the Orphans' Court. > >---- > >As to Custer's last stand helping with genealogy, the only thing I can add >is George Armstrong Custer was the 2nd cousin of Emanuel Custer III. >Emanuel's wife was Rebecca Friend, d/o Jonathan and Elizabeth Kinsie Friend, >of Garrett County, MD (according to my files). > > > > _____ > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 5:18 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] County formation dates- Garrett's first officials > > > >Great information Patty, thanks so much. I think the dates when the counties >were formed tells us some things -- a big help. I never was much on >Geography and American History until I got into genealogy. I do recall a lot >of references to "territories." I want to also get into Custer's last stand >to see how that may have any relevance to the history connected to the >Native American history we've been discussing. > > > >I especially noticed the date of the establishment of the orphan court >(1873-- about 56 years after the Bittinger children were born). I'd like to >know more about the history of the orphanages. > > > >I'm going to put this information right in the front of my Bittinger Book >where I can put my hands on it quickly. > > > >Lois Hetrick Stewart > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 9 >Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 18:47:37 EDT >From: [email protected] >Subject: [MDGARRET] Emanuel Custer info. >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > >First allow me to say how impressed I am with the Garret Co. folks and how >much interest they show and share about their ancestors. The message on >George A.Custer being a second cousin of Emanuel Custer III reminded me that >some time ago I did some research attempting to figure out the Custer-Durst >relationship of Garrett Co. For anyone interested this is what I found on >Emanuel Custer, father of George A. Custer. In 1850 he was living in Harrison Co., > Ohio, age 43 yrs., born in Md., wife was Mariah, age 42, in their home was >George A., 10 yrs.; Nevin, 7; Thomas, 5, and Boston, who was 1 yr.old, all >the children were born in Ohio. Also in this home was David Kirkpatrick, age 26 >and John Kirkpatrick, age 17 yrs. both born in Ohio. ( they were the sons of >Mariah who was married first to Israel Kirkpatrick). On June 13, 1870, >Monroe Co., Mich. First Ward, #354, is Emanuel Custer, age 63, born in Md. >blacksmith, Mariah, 62 born in Pa. Boston is 21 yrs.old and Margaret is 17 years >old, both born in Ohio. In this same home was George A. Custer, age 28 yrs.old, >Capt. in U.S. Army, under his name is Elizabeth, 26 yrs.old born in Mich. >and Ensura, age 11 yrs.old. ( if she is the daughter of George A. Custer he >would have fathered her at the age of 17 yrs.) Then on June 1, 1880 ( after the >Battle of the Little Big Horn of 1876) Emanuel Custer is listed as retired, >age 73, Maria, 73 yrs., and in their home is Maggie Calhoun, age 28 yrs.old. >Maggie was their daughter Margaret who was married to Lt. James Calhoun, he >too lost his life her brother, George A. Custer died. Who was the father >of the Emanuel Custer married to Rebecca Friend? Also in the Family Data on >Ancestry.Com I found the following: George A. Custer was married on Feb. 9, >1864 to Elizabeth Bacon ( no doubt the Elizabeth, age 26, on the 1870 census) >and he married secondly to a Monaseetah on 27 Nov. 1868. Who was Monaseetha >and where was she in 1870, she was not on the census? I find reference to many >of the Durst-Custer families as being cousins to Gen. George A. Custer but >still have not figured it all out. > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 10 >Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:47:06 -0500 (CDT) >From: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Emanuel Custer info. >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: > <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >From: [email protected] >Date: 2006/09/08 Fri PM 05:47:37 CDT >To: [email protected] >Subject: [MDGARRET] Emanuel Custer info. > >Do you have a copy of "The Custer and Related Families of Allegany and Garrett Counties, Maryland" by Franklin D. Bishop? It has 206 pages including index and 16 pages of pictures. > > > >First allow me to say how impressed I am with the Garret Co. folks and how >much interest they show and share about their ancestors. The message on >George A.Custer being a second cousin of Emanuel Custer III reminded me that >some time ago I did some research attempting to figure out the Custer-Durst >relationship of Garrett Co. For anyone interested this is what I found on >Emanuel Custer, father of George A. Custer. In 1850 he was living in Harrison Co., > Ohio, age 43 yrs., born in Md., wife was Mariah, age 42, in their home was >George A., 10 yrs.; Nevin, 7; Thomas, 5, and Boston, who was 1 yr.old, all >the children were born in Ohio. Also in this home was David Kirkpatrick, age 26 >and John Kirkpatrick, age 17 yrs. both born in Ohio. ( they were the sons of >Mariah who was married first to Israel Kirkpatrick). On June 13, 1870, >Monroe Co., Mich. First Ward, #354, is Emanuel Custer, age 63, born in Md. >blacksmith, Mariah, 62 born in Pa. Boston is 21 yrs.old and Margaret is 17 years >old, both born in Ohio. In this same home was George A. Custer, age 28 yrs.old, >Capt. in U.S. Army, under his name is Elizabeth, 26 yrs.old born in Mich. >and Ensura, age 11 yrs.old. ( if she is the daughter of George A. Custer he >would have fathered her at the age of 17 yrs.) Then on June 1, 1880 ( after the >Battle of the Little Big Horn of 1876) Emanuel Custer is listed as retired, >age 73, Maria, 73 yrs., and in their home is Maggie Calhoun, age 28 yrs.old. >Maggie was their daughter Margaret who was married to Lt. James Calhoun, he >too lost his life her brother, George A. Custer died. Who was the father >of the Emanuel Custer married to Rebecca Friend? Also in the Family Data on >Ancestry.Com I found the following: George A. Custer was married on Feb. 9, >1864 to Elizabeth Bacon ( no doubt the Elizabeth, age 26, on the 1870 census) >and he married secondly to a Monaseetah on 27 Nov. 1868. Who was Monaseetha >and where was she in 1870, she was not on the census? I find reference to many >of the Durst-Custer families as being cousins to Gen. George A. Custer but >still have not figured it all out. > > > >------------------------------- >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 > > > >------------------------------ > >To contact the MDGARRET list administrator, send an email to >[email protected] > >To post a message to the MDGARRET mailing list, send an email to [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 >email with no additional text. > > >End of MDGARRET Digest, Vol 1, Issue 2 >************************************** Bettie ------------------------------- 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

Tom, I don't know who the parents of Henry Marshall Stark were, but Robyn said he was a brother of her great grandfather, George Edward Stark Sr. Perhaps Robyn can tell us about the parents. Phyllis

Thanks Kathi for taking time to answer my question. I have spent the evening unsuccessfully trying to change a color in a map. Apparently I don't know enough about layers. As far as I know, my program is the complete one. It is Adobe Photoshop 7.0. Will send an email to you directly with some details. Alice > In Photoshop after selecting the area you want to > change, go to Layer, New Adjustment Layer, > Hue/Saturation. >

Thanks. I found the 1930 census you mentioned. Do you have his father's name? I can't place him in my records. Many thanks, Tom On 9/10/06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Robyn, > Henry Stark is my uncle through his marriage to Clara Snyder. > > Here is what I have: > Henry Marshall Stark born June 14, 1889 > died April 16, 1986(Buried in > Frostburg > Memorial Park. > + Clara Mae Snyder born August 14, 1890 > died April 27, 1986 > > They were married May 29, 1911 > > They have three living children. > 1 daughter who is 90 years old > 1 daughter who is 83 years old > 1 son who is 77 years old > > If you have a 1930 census for Allegany Co. You will find this family > living > in Eckhart Mines, Md. > > Henry worked at the Frostburg State Teachers College(now Frostburg > University) as a custodian until he retired. > He had a great memory. He told us about a silver mine that he could > locate > in Garrett Co. Also he told us of some Indian Grounds in Garrett Co. > > Not a whole lot of information, but I hope it helps. > Phyllis > ====================================== > 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 Robyn, Henry Stark is my uncle through his marriage to Clara Snyder. Here is what I have: Henry Marshall Stark born June 14, 1889 died April 16, 1986(Buried in Frostburg Memorial Park. + Clara Mae Snyder born August 14, 1890 died April 27, 1986 They were married May 29, 1911 They have three living children. 1 daughter who is 90 years old 1 daughter who is 83 years old 1 son who is 77 years old If you have a 1930 census for Allegany Co. You will find this family living in Eckhart Mines, Md. Henry worked at the Frostburg State Teachers College(now Frostburg University) as a custodian until he retired. He had a great memory. He told us about a silver mine that he could locate in Garrett Co. Also he told us of some Indian Grounds in Garrett Co. Not a whole lot of information, but I hope it helps. Phyllis

AOL users (and anyone else with a "problem" ISP) have to check their spam folders and click THIS IS NOT SPAM to train their email to accept the new Rootsweb email. RW has worked with AOL, after stopping the list migration in midstream because of all the bouncing, to get them to accept the new system and things should be okay now. I manage several lists and none of my AOL folks have bounced off during this process so I'm hoping that's a good sign. But, really train your email to understand this is emial you want - check that spam folder. Kathi Jones-Hudson MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/maryland/maryland.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

As I posted before I would surely check AOL. I would notify them that you messages are bouncing. It wouldn't take much for them to fix it.

Hi there, Well, the one address ([email protected]) was wrong because of the "-", but right now we're in a grace period where either [email protected] OR [email protected] should work. I would bet you dimes to donuts the basic problem has to do with your AOL address and/or the recent "migration" of the list to the new mailing system. Many of the problems are way too complicated to explain here but AOL users seem to be having more then their share. Rootsweb is currently trying to switch over nearly 29,000 lists to a new up-dated mailing system and they are swamped with problems to sort out every time a new batch of lists roll over. . Originally Rootsweb thought this switch would only take a little over a week to wrap up...that was several weeks ago. They now think it will take another week or two to finish the last of the lists and even longer to get all the wrinkles ironed out. List Admins were given a 22 page tutorial to wade through to prepare them for this migration (which should tell you something) there are new settings that they must now figure out with plus more list chores to do. . [BTW...The number of lists being put up for adoption has really increased since the migration began so I think we should applaud Sonny for sticking with us!] . I'm sure that Sonny is feverishly trying to fine tune things at his end and is working with Rootsweb to get things fine tuned for the list at their end. I think the best thing that we as list members can do during the coming weeks is to report any problems we have getting or sending posts to Sonny and then be VERY patient. . Remember...this too shall pass! Bye for now, Kathleen

I will contact AOL. I am wondering if they did something when changed to a free system. My home page and email page changed also and not for the better. I actually have Road Runner with AOL through Time Warner cable, but wanted to keep my old AOL email address. Thanks so much for your suggestion. Computers can be so frustrating for an old lady! Nancy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Melungeon I see the trouble right away.....aol that happens a lot. My brother had aol and he had my address and sent email for three years all of a sudden they came back undeliverable. I checked with my ISP and they said it was aol. They fixed the problem. ------------------------------- 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 ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.

I tried it both ways, with and without the L, but no luck. Thanks for your suggestion! Nancy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Melungeon I think it's because you have an "L" in the address. I think when they went to the new system, they removed the "L". I really don't think it has anything to do with AOL. Hope this helps. Faye [email protected] EarthLink Revolves Around You. ------------------------------- 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 ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.