To the question about the marker.? No it is not placed on the grave site. Because of the difference of opinions as the the year, etc. it was postponed but at the last Durst Reunion, first Sat. of August, in Salisbury, Som.Co., Pa. the group decided to fill out the,papers and have a marker placed on the site. I am in charge of the project and will be contacting the Newman Funeral Home in Garrett Co./Som.Co. to have it delivered there. It is my understanding that it needs to be delivered to a business as opposed to a personal address.? Last year I spoke to Mr. Newman and was was willing to do that for us. So now I need to contact him to sign the papers. Will be doing that this month.? Thanks for the interest, we are open to any suggestions and opinions.? Patricia Durst Shaffer , pdshaffer@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: bez4@aol.com To: mdgarret@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, Aug 30, 2009 7:55 am Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] MDGARRET Digest, Vol 4, Issue 131 Thanks, Hartmans. I have used your information before, and I appreciate the link. Re: Durst, I've had Ross Durst papers, deeds, wills, etc.??but I've still been confused as to father of Christian "Cristly" Durst. Any thoughts on that?? Did Hans Caspar Durst's grave get a marker? Beverly Railey Robinson -----Original Message----- From: mdgarret-request@rootsweb.com To: mdgarret@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, Aug 30, 2009 3:00 am Subject: MDGARRET Digest, Vol 4, Issue 131 Today's Topics: 1. Re: MDGARRET Digest, Vol 4, Issue 130 (FamilyHart) 2. McKenzie Quest Project (Maria Brower) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:20:20 -0600 From: FamilyHart <familyhart@aol.com> Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] MDGARRET Digest, Vol 4, Issue 130 To: mdgarret@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <61ee9f50.4210.4eb3.bb64.2da3ffad3e64@aol.com> Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii For Durst/Hoover, please see: http://midatlantic.rootsweb.ancestry.com/database/d0106/g0000010.htm#I593514 You would be a distant cousin of ours. Thanks! Don & Jeanine Hartman FamilyHart http://familyhart.info twitter-@familyhart Rootsweb List Admins for: Pennsylvania, PADutchGenONLY, Penna-Dutch, PAYork, PA-York-Gen, MD-Fred-Gen, MDWashin, Burket, Dierdorff, Gotshall, Glattfelder, Hartman, Kohr, Kaufman, Shirk, Sturm USGENWEB CCs for: Adams Co., PA; Franklin Co., PA: Lancaster Co., PA; York Co., PA; Frederick Co., MD; Washington Co., MD Any genealogical information sent to FamilyHart grants permission to use that information for any genealogical purposes by FamilyHart. In a message dated 08/29/09 01:03:32 Mountain Daylight Time, mdgarret-request@rootsweb.com writes: Seeking other researchers. My paternal great grandmother, Sarah Hoover, daughter of Carlisle (Cale)?Hoover and Rosanna Durst, married William J. Raley.? Their son was known as Charles Mahlon Railey, but was?named Mahlon J. Raley. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:38:53 -0700 From: Maria Brower <mbrower@nccn.net> Subject: [MDGARRET] McKenzie Quest Project To: MDGARRET@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20090830023853.4385E1E883A@nccn10.nccn.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Can anyone that was involved with the McKenzie Quest Project, those of us who had early ancestors from Allegany and Garrett counties tell me if the project went defunct? It was going strong around 1989-99 and just beyond. We all sent our f amily information to one person as a clearing-house and point-person. I've tried to find something doing an Internet search but had no success. I sure would like to get this going again. We had hoped that by pooling our family information and sources we could overcome our brickwalls. Maria E. Brower, CA ------------------------------ To contact the MDGARRET list administrator, send an email to MDGARRET-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the MDGARRET mailing list, send an email to MDGARRET@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDGARRET-request@rootsweb.com 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 4, Issue 131 **************************************** ====================================== Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdgarret/ ------------------------------------ If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Sonny O'Haver, mdgarret-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDGARRET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Today's issue (Sept 1, 2009) of the Cumberland Times-News carries a long article about brushes with the law involving my G-uncle Leroy Wilt in 1942. The article is entitled "No Jail Could Hold Garrett County Man." It was written by Times-News columnist James Rada, Jr. The article goes into some detail about Leroy's arrest and escape from Allegany County authorities in January 1942, and his rearrest and escape from a Garrett County prison the next month. Over 60 years later, Leroy's scrapes with the law and his irrepressible personality remain today topics of tradition in the vicinity of Jennings and Bittinger. Today's article does fill in some details forgotten in tradition. While Rada's article is interesting and gives a glimpse of a bygone era, Rada does not offer a rationale why the article should appear in today's newspaper. I find it a curious, but not unwelcome, surprise, as it causes me to reflect back on my G-uncle Leroy. In both appearance and demeanor, Leroy bore a striking resemblance to the always cheerful, devil-may-care characters portrayed by movie actor Errol Flynn. Years after the events reported by Rada, Leroy married a stunningly beautiful local girl 17 years his junior. By all apparances and accounts, theirs was a happy union. They stayed in close contact with Leroy's numerous siblings and their families. They wouldn't dream of missing the Bittinger Picnic. Three children blessed the marriage, which lasted over 40 years until Leroy passed away 3/28/1993. His widow and children survive. Walt Warnick