My book Maryland Marriages 1634-1777 by Barnes list under Prince Georges County, Queen Ann's Parish, Original Register, at HR. So I would imagine if no one responds that you could do a search at the on line Maryland State Archives.

I'd be grateful to know the general location in the county of Queen Anne's Parish about 1700 or so. Many thanks! Scott Swanson sswanson@butler.edu

>Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 >To: scroggjm@erols.com >From: avis matthews <avism@info.prge.lib.md.us> >Subject: Renowned Genealogist, Author to Speak at Oxon Hill Library > >Will you please forward this e-mail about Tony Burroughs to interested >parties on your e-mail list? >Please send to as many people as you like. >Thanks! -- Avis Matthews, Chief, Office of Programming & Public Relations, >County Library > >MEET THE AUTHOR > >Tony Burroughs >author of >Black Roots: >A Beginner's Guide to Tracing the African-American Family >(Simon & Schuster) > >Thursday, February 22 >7:00 p.m. > >Oxon Hill Branch Library >6200 Oxon Hill Road >Oxon Hill, MD 20745 > >ABOUT THE BOOK: >This comprehensive guide, the first of its kind, >addresses all the obstacles faced in tracing >African-American family histories and offers special >problem-solving techniques, as well as tips on >organizing records, interviewing family members, and >writing the history itself. Burroughs, an internationally >known expert on African-American genealogy, traced >his own family back seven generations. He has >received the National Genealogical Society's >Distinguished Service Award and is featured on the >PBS series "Ancestors." Note: Contact information and a map with the location of the library may be found at http://www.prge.lib.md.us/lib/oh.html

Va. Cemetery a Forgotten Footnote By BILL BASKERVILL .c The Associated Press DARVILLS, Va. (AP) - Willie Wynn's tombstone proclaims he is ``gone but not forgotten.'' That epitaph doesn't seem to apply to the tree- and weed-choked cemetery where Wynn and about 2,000 other blacks and a dozen American Indians were relocated during construction of Fort Pickett in 1942. The graveyard stands in stark contrast to a neat grassy field less than three miles away where about 1,000 whites were re-interred beside a picturesque country church. ``Something needs to be done,'' said Lt. Col. Tom Wilkinson, a public affairs officer for the Virginia Army National Guard, which took over operation of the post from the Army in 1997 but is not responsible for the cemetery's upkeep. Overrun by a tangle of small trees, weeds, briars, vines and scrub, the isolated black graveyard is virtually invisible from a rural road that parallels it a few yards away. Rusted metal markers and some tombstones are scattered through the maze of growth that is nearly impenetrable in some areas. Trees erupt through some graves; many graves have collapsed. ``I think it should be worked on and improved. It is historic,'' said Tyrone Coleman, president of the Dinwiddie County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The two cemeteries were created just outside the boundaries of Fort Pickett - named after Confederate Gen. George Pickett - so graves scattered about the post grounds would not be desecrated during military training. The black cemetery is 50 yards from a tank road and firing range that mark the eastern boundary of Fort Pickett, which sprawls over 41,000 acres in three counties 50 miles southwest of Richmond. Private citizens sold the land for the segregated cemeteries to civilian trustees as Fort Pickett was being built - $250 for eight acres for the black cemetery and $350 for nine acres for the white cemetery. Five trustees agreed to care for each new cemetery, all of whom are now dead. The deeds of sale, filed March 3, 1942, in Dinwiddie County Circuit Court, give the trustees authority to sell burial plots in unused sections of the cemeteries with proceeds to be used for upkeep. ``The trustees didn't do their job in either case,'' said Frank Moore, who grew up in Darvills about 1 1/2 miles from the black cemetery and has researched the history of both graveyards. Moore said the only reason the white cemetery has not deteriorated is that members of Butterwood United Methodist Church voluntarily maintain its grounds. Wilkinson said he has informed his superior officers about the decay of the black cemetery and said they expressed hope that restoring it can be a community effort once it is determined who now owns it. For visitors, the cemetery offers snapshots of history and often touching inscriptions. The homemade tombstone of Wynn, who died in 1930, is a concrete slab 2 feet high with a corroded metal insert that reads ``At Rest.'' Carved on the stone is an inscription from his family: ``We will meet you in the sweet bye and bye.'' On the Net: Fort Pickett: http://fort-pickett.net/reg-index.html African American Cemeteries Online: http://www.prairiebluff.com/aacemetery AP-NY-02-08-01 0116EST Copyright 2001 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.

Walter Pye, attorney for Charles Pye, leased to Richard Lewis of Charles County MD, the 104 acres tract "Maple Thicket" for the natural lives of Richard Lewis, his wife Jane, and his son John, on 11 June 1740 [Prince George's County MD land records]. I'd be grateful to any kind soul who can tell me when "Maple Thicket" passed back from the Lewis family to the Pye family. Many thanks for your help, and best wishes to you. Scott Swanson Department of History Butler University 4600 Sunset Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana 46208-3485 sswanson@butler.edu

List Readers, Am just getting back into genealogy hot and heavy after a prolonged case of "burn out". Yesterday I was going through an inch or so pile of stuff I took off the list a year or more ago and decided I just had to get back on this list. I hope Jeanne, Peggy in Michigan, Larry Drane, Carol Askey and some of you old timers are still around! A real puzzler surfaced that I need help with. In the inventory of William HARBIN/HARBEN's estate on 6/27/1733 his nearest of kin are listed as James Vilars Lode_____ and John Harben. Now John would have been his 22 year old son, but I'll be darned if I know who the other guy is, or what that name was. I think it unlikely that he is a brother or a son (could be but not from what I know about William so far), so who else would be considered nearest of kin? The oldest daughter would only have been 20. The other puzzling thing is the name Vilars. William apparently remarried between 1722 & 26 and his new wife Mary is said to have been a Villers, but I am inclined to think that was based on the fact that a son b in 1731 was named Edward Villers. But if that is so, why wouldn't they have used the name in kids between 1726 & 31? I haven't found any Villers in other records I have searched (and I have searched plenty!) Does anyone have any ideas? Has anyone come across a name beginning with LODE_____? I don't remember if probate records are kept at the county level or not, but if they are, could someone take a gander at it (Liber 17, folio 275 or Box 9, fldr 9) and see what they think the name was? Please, I can use all the help I can get. Joan Marie in Oregon

I recomend everyone follow the link below and read the article. It is very informative. Keith >From: "Jan" <nefret@frontiernet.net> >Old-To: <MDFREDER-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 07:07:46 -0500 > >Resent-Sender: MDFREDER-L-request@rootsweb.com > >After reading this entire article, it makes us wonder if this isn't the >reason some of have reached our "brick walls", especially when we use search >engines that have our names but they are off by a day or two or an initial. >FALSE MARKERS IN GENEALOGICAL DATA," by George G. Morgan >("Along Those Lines . . ." 2 February 2001) >George's recent article on "Bogus Genealogies" opened a big can of >worms. Find out what some people are including in their database >files that could lead you astray in your research. >http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/3324.asp > Shop online without a credit card http://www.rocketcash.com RocketCash, a NetZero subsidiary

I am looking for a grandfather + that is thought to be from the Prince George Area. His name is John Rooker, thought to be there in the 1750's. If anyone has any information on this fellow it sure would be appreciated. Thanks, Joy

Looking for any information on where to look for Marriage Bonds....or supplimental marriage records.....something other than just the name and date of the people getting married. Does such a reference book exsist? Books of Wills.....is there one indexed and published for PG Co.....time frame 1790-mid 1800's ? Also is there a History book specifically about the settlers etc of PG Co.? Thanks so much, N.J.Skinner White in MI.

I'm looking for any family information on the Webster families in Prince Georges Co.MD found on the 1790 and 1800 census there: Webster, James Webster, L. Philip.......1790 Webster,Philip Webster, Richard Webster, William........1800 Trying to find a family that has a daughter or young woman by the name of Christian or possibly Christina in it.....believed to have married a Thomas BALDWIN 23 July 1790 in that county. The BALDWIN family had ties in Anne Arundel Co.MD....he being the son of James BALDWIN b. 1750 and Sarah RAWLINGS. Someone passed on information to me that she was the daughter of a David WEBSTER & Agens DEUAR who were married 20 Oct 1752 Wemyss, Fife, Scotland....and that she had a sister Janet Anges.....that the family was living in this county in Upper Marlborough. So if anyone could help me out with this I would appreciate it. I could find NO David listed there, so maybe he went by another name possibly? Thanks so much, N.J.Skinner White in MI.

I got these Group sheet from Ebay if anyone connects to the following let me know . John Redman (IV) Born : 1716 Place Prince George's County MD Married : ca 1745 Died : January 1777 Place : Prince George's County MD Father : John Redman (111) Mother : Rebecca Wife : Sarah King Born : ca 1726 Father : Francis King Mother Margaret Spring Children : 1) John Born : 1746 Place St Mary;s Co MD Marriage : Chloe Wynn 2) William Born : 1748 - Place St Mary's Co . MD 3) Benjamin 3 Aug 1750 Place : Prince Geo MD Married : Anne Wynn 4) Francis Born (bpt) 19 July 1752 - Pr Geo Co Md 5) Joseph Born : 6 June 1755 - Place Prince Geo Co .MD 6) Charles Born : 24 May 1757 Place Prince Geo Co. MD 7) Jesey King Born : 31 Oct 1760 Place : Prince Geo Co. Md 8) Lewey Born : 12 Aug 1763 Place : Prince Geo Co. Md

Looking for any information on any Shuttleworth's or Schmitt's in Prince Georges County, MD during the 1700's. Thanks. Gloria Shuttleworth gloria21351@aol.com Researching: Shuttleworth

The KINNICK Project has its roots in Charles Co, MD. http://www.geocities.com/coonrapidsiowa/kinnick.html Seek information on any Kinnick or Kennick reference prior to 1850, and especially prior to 1775. Also seeking to confirm or disconfirm references including Kimmick, Kenrick, Kennett for 17th and 18th Century written documents. Of the known two family branches, one moved to North Carolina in about 1792 and the other to Ohio shortly after 1820. Some family members apparently stayed behind, but few references. Seek more.

If someone could help me out on this one I would appreciate it. Looking for what district I could find family members on the 1920 Federal Census who lived: "in Murkirk MD - on Sandy Springs Road, just west of the B&O RR tracks" I know it is in Prince George's County. Any idea what district? Thank you. Peggy peggy0155@mediaone.net

Does anyone have any information on the Small family of Prince George's County? My grandfather was Sylvester Arthur Small. He was supposed to have been born in Upper Marlboro. His parents were George Robert Small and Mahatabell Penney. George was a conductor on the railroad in Pennsylvania and for a while my grandfather also lived in Philadelphia and worked in a butcher shop. Mahatabell is supposed to have help lay out the first race track in Baltimore. She is also supposed to somehow be related to the J. C. Penney family, but I don't know if this is true. My grandfather had two brothers, Robert Henry (Harry) and Will. Will died as a young man of TB and Harry lived well into his 90's. Mahatabell died at the age of 29 of TB. Any information anyone may have would be appreciated. Thank you, Monica Mullikin "ef oona ent know weh oona da gwine, Oona should kno weh oona come from." Translation: "If you don't know where you are going, You should know where you came from."

Because some spoilers are flaming me with porno mail and AOL won't investigate them, I am changing screen names. Please write to me at msbaldwin43@aol.com Thanks friends Sue

Hi I'm new to this list & interested in the following families ERHARDT, LUSKEY, LANHAM, RIGHTER VARRONE RADTKE, GERIS, ZEMKE Thanks Earlene

Like many Lewis researchers in Virginia and Maryland, I have been trying for some years to find the parents of a Lewis ancestor, in my case Thomas Lewis of Difficult Run, Fairfax and Loudoun County VA, who married Mary Moss, daughter of John and Frances (-----) Moss. (There were several Thomas Lewises of Difficult Run; mine is the least prominent amongst them.) He was still alive 7 June 1788 when he deeded land and personal property to his sons William Lewis, Daniel Lewis, and Levi Lewis. It appears from circumstantial evidence that my Thomas Lewis belongs to the Lewis family of Prince George's County MD. The progenitor of the Lewis family of Prince George's County MD, Thomas Lewis, whose will was proven 5 June 1696 Prince George's County MD, had three sons: Richard Lewis, presumably the Richard Lewis whose will was proven 1719 Chowan County NC, John Lewis whose will was proven 20 April 1711, and Thomas Lewis about whom much less is known. Thomas Lewis Jr has therefore long been a catch basin for the hopes of those seeking a father for unconnected Lewises along either side of the Potomac. In "Pioneer Lewis Families" Michael Cook assigned Thomas Lewis the Younger four sons: 1. Thomas Lewis; married Elizabeth Thomas 2. John Lewis of Prince George's County MA; estate account 1748 Prince George's County MD; married Winifred Thomas 3. Richard Lewis; [frequently said to have married Susanna Stonestreet although he did not] 4. Jonathan Lewis of Prince George's County MD; estate inventory 13 February 1724 Prince George's County MD]; married Mary ----- A deed has surfaced showing that none of those sons belongs to Thomas Lewis Jr. The deed, dated 11 March 1755, is from his daughter Elizabeth and her husband Joseph Fry, at that time of Fairfax County VA, to William Robins of Prince George's County MD in which they conveyed to Robins Elizabeth's interest in Battersea [Prince George's County MD Liber NN, f.352]. (I am indebted to William Neal Hurley Jr for the reference.) The deed states that Elizabeth's father Thomas Lewis was the son of Thomas Lewis who left him part of Battersea in his will; that her father was the brother of John Lewis and died after John; that her father died intestate without male issue; that he left four daughters: Mary, Elizabeth, Anne, and Catherine. That deed leaves the above four men--Thomas, John, Richard, and Jonathan--as free agents. Given current research, can anyone connect those four men to their proper father? Does anyone have hard evidence about them? Does anyone have a hypothesis about the parents of my Thomas Lewis of Difficult Run? Many thanks for your help, and best wishes to you. Scott Swanson Department of History Butler University 4600 Sunset Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana 46208-3485 sswanson@butler.edu

How hard is it to get a death certificate inMaryland??? My wife`s aunt Martha Lee (nee Turney) died in Laurel. Yours Ross Talbott McClain

Thomas Hodge Green b 22 Aug 1920 Wayside, Jones County, Georgia, d Spring Creek, Wakulla County, Florida 20 Jan 2001, age 80 years. Not only were Thomas' ancestors in every major U.S. war - American Revolution, War of 1812 (Capehart), Spanish American War, WWI, but Thomas was a hero of WWII. While a Chief Petty Officer on the battleship USS Mississippi before and during WWII, he fought in the Atlantic and most of the Pacific battles. He experienced every type battle anyone could experience, including at least one hit by a kamikaze(?) plane. The first ancestor I have been able to come up with so far is William Green, signer of the Second Virginia Charter in 1609 and arrived in Virginia 1612, barely escaping the 'massacre if 1823'. His gr gr gr grandfather Georg Peter Zoellner (Zellner) , as an Ansbach soldier ranked private, fought with the British in the Am-Rev, then deserted and continued to live in the U.S. Sincerely submitted, Thomas' sister Betty Green Polombo Thomas' surnames are: Zellner, Nichols, Capehart, Holmes, Edge, Hodge, Hodges, Green, Woodall, Bryant, Funderburk, Bradley, Powell, May, Hawkins, Street, Drury, Gunn, Watts, and more. Betty P