Can anyone tell me what Hundred the parcel known as "Joiners Fancy" mentioned in a land record in 1773 would be located today in Washington then Frederick County MD? Would it be Sharpsburg or Antietam? And where is there a good map showing just the borders of the Hundreds?   Richard

Hi List, Is anyone researching the Brantner/Brandner clan of Washington Co? Willing to share. Thanks, Carolyn [TX] ____________________________________________________________ 51 Yr Old Woman Looks 25 Mom Publishes Free Wrinkle Secret That Has Angered Doctors! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f0385ca76b7511044e6st03vuc

Carolyn, I would guess you are from the Brantner group that left Wash Co and went through several states before ending up in TX. George Brantner (son of John Brantner) would have been your direct ancestor. you can contact me offline if you like - I've been researching Brantners for years. Lauren Brantner --- On Tue, 1/3/12, ostonesfun <[email protected]> wrote: > From: ostonesfun <[email protected]> > Subject: [MDWashin] Brantner/Brandner > To: "MD Washington" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012, 3:48 PM > Hi List, >   Is anyone researching the Brantner/Brandner clan of > Washington Co? Willing to share. >   Thanks, Carolyn [TX] > ____________________________________________________________ > 51 Yr Old Woman Looks 25 > Mom Publishes Free Wrinkle Secret That Has Angered > Doctors! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f0385ca76b7511044e6st03vuc > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Thought this link was useful and might be of interest to many here, so am forwarding it from another group. Best wishes to all for 2012. Sam ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tina Ellis This is an excellent site for Lutheran researchers: http://www.genealoger.com/lutheran/luth_archives_and_libraries.htm. -------------------------------

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Maria Sturtz married Phipip Shroyer -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 4:08 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Storts / Steorts / Sturtz / Stotz, was Triple Tax,Journals . ... Thanks! I will certainly try your suggestions. I have found the name spelled many ways. One connection I have thought possible is Johannes George STURTZ who is mentioned in the records of the Lower Bermudan Church near Gettysburg in the 1760s but have no further records of him. The Christian Stotz - Sturtz - Storts family of whom Rev. War Vet. John Jacob STORTS was descended is a well documented member but the ones I talked to seem to have "lost" Johannes George." Old family notes do state that the family did live near Gettysburg at one time, Linda In a message dated 12/5/2011 4:56:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Linda wrote: "My ancestor George Storts / Steorts / Sturtz / Stots / Stotz / Steortz / etc was born in 1769 near Hagerstown according to the 1850 census. His father, whose name may have been George or Frederick, was supposed to have come from Germany and fought in the Revolutionary War. Old family notes say the family lived near Gettysburg at an early date before two brothers went west over Braddock's old road. One brother went on West and my ancestor George Steorts bought land in 1817 near the Harrison / Lewis County line on Hacker's Creek on what is today Route 19. . . . [snip]. I have wondered if the father could have died in the Revolutionary War." The 1850 US Census for Lewis County, (West) Virginia states your George was born in "Md.", not in or near "Hagerstown." There are indeed occasional local 1850 enumerations that give a County of birth, but this is not one of them (Lewis was set off from Harrison and Randolph Counties in 1816). Back in August you said in a post to this list that you did not know where the item regarding Hagerstown came from. If you have discovered evidence that your George lived in or near Hagerstown, future queries and this list's readers would benefit by your sharing what that evidence is. Some Maryland records concerning the Revolutionary War have been published in the volumes of the Archives of Maryland, and have been scanned and posted to the MD Archives' internet site here: _http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/volumes.html_ (http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/volumes.html) Volumes 12 and 18 have these records. If you click on the link to a particular volume you can search it by surname. If you have not already checked the Penna. State Archives' military records card file index for the Revolutionary War, the gateway to it is here: _http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/_ (http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/) --click on the link at bottom of the page, then on the new page scroll down for the Revolutionary War link. The card file is arranged alphabetically and is pretty easy to navigate. Many items are from records that either no longer exist or are closed to public access, but a lot are extracted from the ~published~ volumes of the Pennsylvania Archives. In the latter case, there will be a citation, at lower right of the card, to Volume and Series of these published volumes, which can be found free at the Internet Archives as well as on the paid-subscription sites ancestry.com and fold3.com. None of these service or militia lists will give genealogical information, but they do often indicate places of residence. Even if they only add to your list of possible ancestors of your George, they will give you leads about where to look for possible estate and land records that might indicate who their living children were. Good hunting, Judy . ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN ********* ------------------------------- 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 ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN ********* ------------------------------- 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

Thanks! I will certainly try your suggestions. I have found the name spelled many ways. One connection I have thought possible is Johannes George STURTZ who is mentioned in the records of the Lower Bermudan Church near Gettysburg in the 1760s but have no further records of him. The Christian Stotz - Sturtz - Storts family of whom Rev. War Vet. John Jacob STORTS was descended is a well documented member but the ones I talked to seem to have "lost" Johannes George." Old family notes do state that the family did live near Gettysburg at one time, Linda In a message dated 12/5/2011 4:56:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Linda wrote: "My ancestor George Storts / Steorts / Sturtz / Stots / Stotz / Steortz / etc was born in 1769 near Hagerstown according to the 1850 census. His father, whose name may have been George or Frederick, was supposed to have come from Germany and fought in the Revolutionary War. Old family notes say the family lived near Gettysburg at an early date before two brothers went west over Braddock's old road. One brother went on West and my ancestor George Steorts bought land in 1817 near the Harrison / Lewis County line on Hacker's Creek on what is today Route 19. . . . [snip]. I have wondered if the father could have died in the Revolutionary War." The 1850 US Census for Lewis County, (West) Virginia states your George was born in "Md.", not in or near "Hagerstown." There are indeed occasional local 1850 enumerations that give a County of birth, but this is not one of them (Lewis was set off from Harrison and Randolph Counties in 1816). Back in August you said in a post to this list that you did not know where the item regarding Hagerstown came from. If you have discovered evidence that your George lived in or near Hagerstown, future queries and this list's readers would benefit by your sharing what that evidence is. Some Maryland records concerning the Revolutionary War have been published in the volumes of the Archives of Maryland, and have been scanned and posted to the MD Archives' internet site here: _http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/volumes.html_ (http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/volumes.html) Volumes 12 and 18 have these records. If you click on the link to a particular volume you can search it by surname. If you have not already checked the Penna. State Archives' military records card file index for the Revolutionary War, the gateway to it is here: _http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/_ (http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/) --click on the link at bottom of the page, then on the new page scroll down for the Revolutionary War link. The card file is arranged alphabetically and is pretty easy to navigate. Many items are from records that either no longer exist or are closed to public access, but a lot are extracted from the ~published~ volumes of the Pennsylvania Archives. In the latter case, there will be a citation, at lower right of the card, to Volume and Series of these published volumes, which can be found free at the Internet Archives as well as on the paid-subscription sites ancestry.com and fold3.com. None of these service or militia lists will give genealogical information, but they do often indicate places of residence. Even if they only add to your list of possible ancestors of your George, they will give you leads about where to look for possible estate and land records that might indicate who their living children were. Good hunting, Judy . ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN ********* ------------------------------- 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

Linda wrote: "My ancestor George Storts / Steorts / Sturtz / Stots / Stotz / Steortz / etc was born in 1769 near Hagerstown according to the 1850 census. His father, whose name may have been George or Frederick, was supposed to have come from Germany and fought in the Revolutionary War. Old family notes say the family lived near Gettysburg at an early date before two brothers went west over Braddock's old road. One brother went on West and my ancestor George Steorts bought land in 1817 near the Harrison / Lewis County line on Hacker's Creek on what is today Route 19. . . . [snip]. I have wondered if the father could have died in the Revolutionary War." The 1850 US Census for Lewis County, (West) Virginia states your George was born in "Md.", not in or near "Hagerstown." There are indeed occasional local 1850 enumerations that give a County of birth, but this is not one of them (Lewis was set off from Harrison and Randolph Counties in 1816). Back in August you said in a post to this list that you did not know where the item regarding Hagerstown came from. If you have discovered evidence that your George lived in or near Hagerstown, future queries and this list's readers would benefit by your sharing what that evidence is. Some Maryland records concerning the Revolutionary War have been published in the volumes of the Archives of Maryland, and have been scanned and posted to the MD Archives' internet site here: _http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/volumes.html_ (http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/volumes.html) Volumes 12 and 18 have these records. If you click on the link to a particular volume you can search it by surname. If you have not already checked the Penna. State Archives' military records card file index for the Revolutionary War, the gateway to it is here: _http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/_ (http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/) --click on the link at bottom of the page, then on the new page scroll down for the Revolutionary War link. The card file is arranged alphabetically and is pretty easy to navigate. Many items are from records that either no longer exist or are closed to public access, but a lot are extracted from the ~published~ volumes of the Pennsylvania Archives. In the latter case, there will be a citation, at lower right of the card, to Volume and Series of these published volumes, which can be found free at the Internet Archives as well as on the paid-subscription sites ancestry.com and fold3.com. None of these service or militia lists will give genealogical information, but they do often indicate places of residence. Even if they only add to your list of possible ancestors of your George, they will give you leads about where to look for possible estate and land records that might indicate who their living children were. Good hunting, Judy .

Vol. II of Brumbaugh contains the "Oaths of Fidelity, March Court, 1778" for Harford and Prince George's County. Those for Harford County are in print format while those for Prince George's are facsimilies of the original records. I don't know where the rest of the counties would be - Washington was formed in 1776 I believe. Lauren Brantner --- On Mon, 12/5/11, Norman E. Donoghue, II <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Norman E. Donoghue, II <[email protected]> > Subject: [MDWashin] Triple Tax > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, December 5, 2011, 5:05 AM > This oath is different from the one > an immigrant took upon arrival in > Philadelphia. This was an oath renouncing allegiance to > King George III and > pledging allegiance to the MD government organizing itself > to oppose Great > Britain during the Revolution. Here's some general > information about the > Fidelity Oath found in the Archives of this very ListServe > a couple years > ago: > > "THE CENSUS OF 1778," > > by Ben Primer > > from the Archivists¹ Bulldog (Vol. 1, no. 9) This week's > series is the > so-called Census of 1778. This "census" was much less a > census of all > individuals living in the state than it was a means to > determine who had not > signed the Oaths of Fidelity. The law which demanded that > all free male > inhabitants take an oath or affirmation of fidelity to the > state (Chapter 20 > of the Acts of 1777) provided in Section 7 that the > constable of every > hundred prepare before March 1, 1778 (the deadline for > taking the oath) an > alphabetical list of all free male inhabitants over age > eighteen on that > date. The list should include those resident in the hundred > and not out of > state unless the individual was exempted from taking the > oath. The Governor > and Council were to make a list of all persons not taking > the oath by > comparing this "census" with the lists of those signing the > oath in order to > determine who would be subject to the treble tax specified > in the law. > Constables were given considerable incentive to prepare the > list since they > would receive a per diem wage for their efforts and would > be fined 200 > pounds for failure to create the list. The lists were to be > sent > both to the Governor and Council and to the county courts. > Surprisingly few > of these lists seem to have survived. Our (Census of 1778) > records are from > the county courts and thus may be found in COAGSER. We have > records from > hundreds in Caroline (found in Land Records, Liber A), > Charles and Queen > Anne's counties. > These are no more than alphabetical lists of names of free > males over 18 > unlike the Census of 1776 which covered all ages, races and > sexes. >    *  * > If you would not take the oath, and many did not take the > oath, the law > stipulated that your regular state tax on property would be > triple for life. > Triple tax for life! There were no exemptions like there > were for militia > service for Quakers, Mennonites, and Brethren (historic > peace churches) > during the Revolution. > The law was repealed about 2 years later, but there is some > written history > that says that the threat of it to the Quakers, Mennonites, > and Brethren was > that they could no longer live in Maryland and should move > farther west. But > I have yet to see any lists of those who were charged the > triple tax. The > G.M. Brumbaugh Md Records book (published about 1920) > contains I think some > lists of those who took the oath and avoided the tax. > > > NED D. > > > > > > > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

This oath is different from the one an immigrant took upon arrival in Philadelphia. This was an oath renouncing allegiance to King George III and pledging allegiance to the MD government organizing itself to oppose Great Britain during the Revolution. Here's some general information about the Fidelity Oath found in the Archives of this very ListServe a couple years ago: "THE CENSUS OF 1778," by Ben Primer from the Archivists¹ Bulldog (Vol. 1, no. 9) This week's series is the so-called Census of 1778. This "census" was much less a census of all individuals living in the state than it was a means to determine who had not signed the Oaths of Fidelity. The law which demanded that all free male inhabitants take an oath or affirmation of fidelity to the state (Chapter 20 of the Acts of 1777) provided in Section 7 that the constable of every hundred prepare before March 1, 1778 (the deadline for taking the oath) an alphabetical list of all free male inhabitants over age eighteen on that date. The list should include those resident in the hundred and not out of state unless the individual was exempted from taking the oath. The Governor and Council were to make a list of all persons not taking the oath by comparing this "census" with the lists of those signing the oath in order to determine who would be subject to the treble tax specified in the law. Constables were given considerable incentive to prepare the list since they would receive a per diem wage for their efforts and would be fined 200 pounds for failure to create the list. The lists were to be sent both to the Governor and Council and to the county courts. Surprisingly few of these lists seem to have survived. Our (Census of 1778) records are from the county courts and thus may be found in COAGSER. We have records from hundreds in Caroline (found in Land Records, Liber A), Charles and Queen Anne's counties. These are no more than alphabetical lists of names of free males over 18 unlike the Census of 1776 which covered all ages, races and sexes. * * If you would not take the oath, and many did not take the oath, the law stipulated that your regular state tax on property would be triple for life. Triple tax for life! There were no exemptions like there were for militia service for Quakers, Mennonites, and Brethren (historic peace churches) during the Revolution. The law was repealed about 2 years later, but there is some written history that says that the threat of it to the Quakers, Mennonites, and Brethren was that they could no longer live in Maryland and should move farther west. But I have yet to see any lists of those who were charged the triple tax. The G.M. Brumbaugh Md Records book (published about 1920) contains I think some lists of those who took the oath and avoided the tax. NED D.

Linda: I have the S A R disc and checked all the spelling variations and didn't find any listing for George Storts or any variation of same, however i did find a John Jacob Storts born 1763 died 1852, he was in Maryland service, and is buried in Ohio, There was also a John Jacob Stortz born 1766 died 1850 also buruied in the same cemnetery in Ohio, he is listed at Pennsylvania service. Thes sound like the same man. . Giordon Crooks ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Triple Tax, Journals,Day books of Germans in Hagerstown area > This information could solve a long standing brick wall for me so would > appreciate it if I could receive any information that is found. > > My ancestor George Storts / Steorts / Sturtz / Stots / Stotz / Steortz / > etc was born in 1769 near Hagerstown according to the 1850 census. His > father, whose name may have been George or Frederick, was supposed to > have come > from Germany and fought in the Revolutionary War. Old family notes say > the > family lived near Gettysburg at an early date before two brothers went > west over Braddock's old road. One brother went on West and my ancestor > George > Steorts bought land in 1817 near the Harrison / Lewis County line on > Hacker's Creek on what is today Route 19. > > He would have been middle aged in 1817 and may have been married before > with a family but I have never been able to find one. He married a > neighboring widow Eunice Bailey Stalnaker in 1827 when he was 58 and she > was 36 with > five children. They had six more children together. > > I have wondered if the father could have died in the Revolutionary War. > > Linda Steorts Kaufman > [email protected] > > > In a message dated 12/3/2011 11:01:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Has anyone ever seen a list of those (mostly Quakers, Mennonites, and > Brethren) who were charged or paid the triple tax as a result of the oath > of > allegiance law that said if you don't take the oath nor the affirmation, > you > have to pay the triple tax for life? The law was apparently in force > between > about April 1777 until it was repealed a year or two later. > > I think I once saw the list of those who actually took the oath in 1778, > but > I forget where I saw it and it was not a long list. > > Also, is anyone aware of any diaries, journals, day books, account books > for > any of the Germans in Hagerstown area for the period between 1750 to > 1800? > Or even memoirs for Germans who may have written such later in the 2 or 3 > decades after 1800? > > I ask this in the context of writing a book about a German immigrant who > arrived Frederick Co in 1753 and died with a wife and 7 children in 1799. > > Ned D. > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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

This information could solve a long standing brick wall for me so would appreciate it if I could receive any information that is found. My ancestor George Storts / Steorts / Sturtz / Stots / Stotz / Steortz / etc was born in 1769 near Hagerstown according to the 1850 census. His father, whose name may have been George or Frederick, was supposed to have come from Germany and fought in the Revolutionary War. Old family notes say the family lived near Gettysburg at an early date before two brothers went west over Braddock's old road. One brother went on West and my ancestor George Steorts bought land in 1817 near the Harrison / Lewis County line on Hacker's Creek on what is today Route 19. He would have been middle aged in 1817 and may have been married before with a family but I have never been able to find one. He married a neighboring widow Eunice Bailey Stalnaker in 1827 when he was 58 and she was 36 with five children. They had six more children together. I have wondered if the father could have died in the Revolutionary War. Linda Steorts Kaufman [email protected] In a message dated 12/3/2011 11:01:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Has anyone ever seen a list of those (mostly Quakers, Mennonites, and Brethren) who were charged or paid the triple tax as a result of the oath of allegiance law that said if you don't take the oath nor the affirmation, you have to pay the triple tax for life? The law was apparently in force between about April 1777 until it was repealed a year or two later. I think I once saw the list of those who actually took the oath in 1778, but I forget where I saw it and it was not a long list. Also, is anyone aware of any diaries, journals, day books, account books for any of the Germans in Hagerstown area for the period between 1750 to 1800? Or even memoirs for Germans who may have written such later in the 2 or 3 decades after 1800? I ask this in the context of writing a book about a German immigrant who arrived Frederick Co in 1753 and died with a wife and 7 children in 1799. Ned D. ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN ********* ------------------------------- 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

Norman: I have never heard anything like this. I do know that all foreigners were required to take a oath of Allegiance before being allowed to leave the incoming ship.In all of the cases I have seen, the Lord Luientant Governor acted as agent for the Crown and received the petitions from the ships owners or agents and signed them on behalf of the Crown. There was a fee as I recall. but it was fairly small. I do not know of any incident where by a County such as Washington collected any fees., it was All done at the port of arrival. However having said that, we have the Hessan soldiers who were of course german and thus foreigners, what you are talking about could have been deserters who signed up to fight the Crown and paid a fee for documentation of some sort. I have a book on the subject of German immigrants and will take a look at it and see if anything of this nature is mentioned. Gordon Crooks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman E. Donoghue, II" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 10:51 AM Subject: [MDWashin] Triple Tax, Journals,Day books of Germans in Hagerstown area > Has anyone ever seen a list of those (mostly Quakers, Mennonites, and > Brethren) who were charged or paid the triple tax as a result of the oath > of > allegiance law that said if you don't take the oath nor the affirmation, > you > have to pay the triple tax for life? The law was apparently in force > between > about April 1777 until it was repealed a year or two later. > > I think I once saw the list of those who actually took the oath in 1778, > but > I forget where I saw it and it was not a long list. > > Also, is anyone aware of any diaries, journals, day books, account books > for > any of the Germans in Hagerstown area for the period between 1750 to 1800? > Or even memoirs for Germans who may have written such later in the 2 or 3 > decades after 1800? > > I ask this in the context of writing a book about a German immigrant who > arrived Frederick Co in 1753 and died with a wife and 7 children in 1799. > > Ned D. > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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

Jim:   Thanks for the land record reference.  It is strange but I've tried repeatedly to bring that record up with no success.  That has happened ever since I got a new computer, but just with those early years.   Richard

Has anyone ever seen a list of those (mostly Quakers, Mennonites, and Brethren) who were charged or paid the triple tax as a result of the oath of allegiance law that said if you don't take the oath nor the affirmation, you have to pay the triple tax for life? The law was apparently in force between about April 1777 until it was repealed a year or two later. I think I once saw the list of those who actually took the oath in 1778, but I forget where I saw it and it was not a long list. Also, is anyone aware of any diaries, journals, day books, account books for any of the Germans in Hagerstown area for the period between 1750 to 1800? Or even memoirs for Germans who may have written such later in the 2 or 3 decades after 1800? I ask this in the context of writing a book about a German immigrant who arrived Frederick Co in 1753 and died with a wife and 7 children in 1799. Ned D.

I might add that this is Md. Archives he is telling you about, they also have a help desk, so if you get lost or whatever you can ask the help desk on line to help you out, they are very good at it. Gordon Crooks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bartholomew" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 9:08 AM Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Land Records not accessible > Marilee, > > Here is the link www.mdlandrec.net > > Persons whom have not used the site before will need to fill out the > on-site > application for a password. It is free and the site, once you log in, is > also free. One word of caution : If you do not have some form of broadband > internet connection, using it will be a slooooow process. The files are > necessarily large to permit readability, printing, etc. and a dial-up > connection will quickly become frustrating. > > Jim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marilee Cunningham > Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 8:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MDWashin] Land Records not accessible > > Would you please send me the link for the land records? Thanks! > Marilee >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 10:49:47 -0500 >> From: "Jim Bartholomew" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Land record not accessible on-line for early >> parcels >> To: "Richard Allen" <[email protected]>, >> <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >> Richard, >> >> I was able to bring up the Deed you mentioned. Jacob Good's wife is >> listed >> as Barbara in the section of the deed where her dowry rights are given >> over. >> >> Please note that from time to time, some of the land records are taken >> off-line (per state order, I think) to make sure the quality of the >> documents is being maintained. At least this is what I was told a couple >> of >> years ago. You could have been trying to access it when they took it off >> line. The length of time off-line varies. I've run into some that lasted >> as >> long as a month. >> >> Jim >> > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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

Marilee, Here is the link www.mdlandrec.net Persons whom have not used the site before will need to fill out the on-site application for a password. It is free and the site, once you log in, is also free. One word of caution : If you do not have some form of broadband internet connection, using it will be a slooooow process. The files are necessarily large to permit readability, printing, etc. and a dial-up connection will quickly become frustrating. Jim -----Original Message----- From: Marilee Cunningham Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 8:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MDWashin] Land Records not accessible Would you please send me the link for the land records? Thanks! Marilee > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 10:49:47 -0500 > From: "Jim Bartholomew" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Land record not accessible on-line for early > parcels > To: "Richard Allen" <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Richard, > > I was able to bring up the Deed you mentioned. Jacob Good's wife is listed > as Barbara in the section of the deed where her dowry rights are given > over. > > Please note that from time to time, some of the land records are taken > off-line (per state order, I think) to make sure the quality of the > documents is being maintained. At least this is what I was told a couple > of > years ago. You could have been trying to access it when they took it off > line. The length of time off-line varies. I've run into some that lasted > as > long as a month. > > Jim > ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN ********* ------------------------------- 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

Would you please send me the link for the land records? Thanks! Marilee > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 10:49:47 -0500 > From: "Jim Bartholomew" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Land record not accessible on-line for early > parcels > To: "Richard Allen" <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Richard, > > I was able to bring up the Deed you mentioned. Jacob Good's wife is listed > as Barbara in the section of the deed where her dowry rights are given over. > > Please note that from time to time, some of the land records are taken > off-line (per state order, I think) to make sure the quality of the > documents is being maintained. At least this is what I was told a couple of > years ago. You could have been trying to access it when they took it off > line. The length of time off-line varies. I've run into some that lasted as > long as a month. > > Jim >

Richard, I was able to bring up the Deed you mentioned. Jacob Good's wife is listed as Barbara in the section of the deed where her dowry rights are given over. Please note that from time to time, some of the land records are taken off-line (per state order, I think) to make sure the quality of the documents is being maintained. At least this is what I was told a couple of years ago. You could have been trying to access it when they took it off line. The length of time off-line varies. I've run into some that lasted as long as a month. Jim -----Original Message----- From: Richard Allen Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 9:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MDWashin] Land record not accessible on-line for early parcels I need to find the first name of the wife of the Jacob Good who sold a parcel in 1787 to Joseph Miller. This is, per the index, in Volume E p. 619. I could not bring up this document on-line as it said the images for the older land records were not available. Richard ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN ********* ------------------------------- 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