Kim, You need to do one of the most important things in genealogy research: Look at all Federal and State Census records for the places your families lived! Especially 1850-1920. In two more years, the 1930 census will be available. The 1890 census burned, but some of the data is available from other sources. Do not use just the Census index, read the actual census pages. Indexes are often wrong or missed people. Jay

Hi, ever wonder what country the majority of the peole came from in 1860? The country of origin of most immigrants in 1860? In 1860, most immigrants living in the United States came from Ireland. About 36 percent of foreign-born inhabitants emigrated from Ireland and about 30 percent came from German states From: Atlas of American Immigration http://www.albany.edu/~rws32/gog240/atlas.html Table showing ratio of nationalities http://www.albany.edu/~rws32/atlas/origins/or1860_ch1.gif Enjoy, Brenda Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore kingsley@aol.com http://members.aol.com/fiddlerben/gtindex.html surnames: Wolfgram, Kratochvil, Secor/Sicard, Jacques, Leguerre, Vallee and and

Hello Listers, I'm new to this list, but I was looking for information on my Great Grandfather Jerry PALMER b. May 10, 1883 in Traverse City. He died in Menasha, Wisconsin. Parents were Edward/Edwin (I have found documents to where he may have been listed one way or the other, but probably a type-o) PALMER and Lydia Jane IRISH who was previously married to Charles F. CASTER and had a daughter Eleanor b. May 20, 1870. Jerry always went by the name of Jerry, but I have found a record that lists a Jeremiah Weeks PALMER b. to a Mr. and Mrs. PALMER with the birth dates about the right time and listed as Traverse City. (I found that at the Mormon Church site) Jerry had a brother listed as Nathan S. PALMER b. July 1, 1885. I have been unable to find ANY information on Nathan other than him listed in the obituary for my G-Grandfather and when I found a connection to the family through the Irish line. Here is what I would like to find out if there is some kind soul out there willing to look the next time they go for records. Is Jeremiah Weeks Palmer's parents Edward/Edwin and Lydia Jane? Also Orinda Palmer is in the list of Palmers that married Irish. Orinda was born March 7, 1814 & died March 26, 1899. Her parents were Jeremiah and Hannah (Raynsford) PALMER. My question here is Is Edward/Edwin related to Orinda like a Aunt or great aunt? I have Edward/Edwin's parents as Harvey and Anna (BEEBE) Palmer & Harvey's parents are listed as Jeremiah and Hannah. I haven't seen a family list yet so I haven't said for sure that they are related even though I feel the evidence is right here in front of me. If anyone out there is willing to look up (Jerry & Edward/Edwin) those birth records for me I would really appreciate it. I have only found out a lot of this information in the last year and some of it after my father died in May so I can't tell him my progress anymore. I did find out that GGrandpa Jerry used to make wooden boats in Upper Michigan (Ontonagon County), and in Winnebago County Wisconsin. I don't know when he moved to Upper Michigan or if he made boats in Traverse City. After my father died and we went through some of his things we found old photographs that some other family members had given to him where my GGrandfather was actually building the boats. I was really excited because I had never seen a picture of Jerry a few years before he died or when he was a young man with his young wife. I am also curious to know just how far back the tradition for naming the children Jerry or Edwin goes back. There are at least four possible gens of Jerrys and I know of two gens for the Edwin/Edward name. Sincerely, Kim Pollard Drew, Ms.

Groom Bride Year License No. Liber and Page No. CLEMENT, LOUIS HOPKINS, MARY A 1864 Liber 1, page 094 HOPKINS, EDWIN I COLE, JULIA A 1868 Liber 2, page 002 HOPKINS, SEDGWICK E BAYLITZ, MARY 1878 Liber 2, page 040 NEWMAN, GEORGE HOPKINS, ABBIE E 1880 Liber 2, page 047 MACKEY, FRANK E HOPKINS, ALLIE C 1885 Liber 2, page 078 RAMSEY, ADELBERG G HOPKINS, BERTHA L 1890 Liber 3, page 028 FLANSBERG, MANASSEH ESTELLA, HOPKINS 1890 Liber 3, page 029 BATEMAN, ARTHUR E HOPKINS, MARY 1899 Liber 3, page 136 REHBINE, F C A HOPKINS, EDITH H 1900 Liber 3, page 152 LEGGETT, HARRY R HOPKINS, ELSIE 1901 Liber 3, page 166 HOPKINS, EDWIN F ELLSWORTH, ELSIE P 1901 Liber 3, page 162 HOPKINS, JNO N SMITH, ALICE 1901 Liber 3, page 167 HOPKINS, CHARLIE M LANCASTER, MYRTLE A 1902 Liber 3, page 185 HOPKINS, FRANK J CARL, BELLE 1903 Liber 3, page 201 LEWIS, WILLIAM E HOPKINS, ETTA 1903 Liber 3, page 205 HOPKINS, EDWIN F LALONE, MARGARET M 1905 Liber 3, page 227 JOHNSON, WILLIAM F HOPKINS, FLORENCE A 1905 Liber 3, page 257 COLE, HIRAM J HOPKINS, ELLA V 1906 Liber 3, page 252 HOPKINS, WILLIAM RADCLIFFE, FLORA A 1909 Liber 3, page 310 MADDEN, ARTHUR E HOPKINS, NINA 1909 Liber 3, page 305 SMITH, GEORGE W HOPKINS, BELLE 1911 Liber 4, page 026 HOPKINS, WILLIAM A STEELE, ESTHER A 1912 Liber 4, page 032 RILEY, JAMES HOPKINS, ERMA N 1913 Liber 4, page 053 WALSH, THOMAS C HOPKINS, MATIE M 1914 Liber 4, page 075 OTIS, WALTER R HOPKINS, HELEN C 1915 Liber 4, page 081 HOPKINS, SEDGEWICK E DILL, MARY F 1917 Liber 4, page 123 HOPKINS, SEDGEWICK E SMUTH, MARY F 1917 Liber 4, page 123 MARION, JOHN H HOPKINS, NINA L 1920 Liber 4, page 154 HOPKINS, JAS C LONGWELL, GRACE 1921 Liber 4, page 163 HALLADAY, FRANK L HOPKINS, IDA 1921 Liber 4, page 170 HAYES, CLARENCE D HOPKINS, LONA M 1931 Liber 4, page 292 BOHN, GERALD HOPKINS, BEATRICE 1935 Liber 5, page 037 HOPKINS, CARL W LARSON, EDITH M 1936 Liber 5, page 040 MERCHANT, RUBY M HOPKINS, LOUISE M 1938 Liber 5, page 075 BROGHAMER, ANTON J HOPKINS, LORRAINE 1946 Liber 5, page 191 MURDICK, JEROME HOPKINS, CATHERINE 1946 Liber 5, page 187 HOPKINS, CALVIN C CARRIER, MARY M 1949 0152 JOHNSON, ROBERT G HOPKINS, JOANN S 1951 0023 ANKERSON, KENNETH T HOPKINS, MARY L 1953 0080 HOPKINS, ROBERT S LORDY, BEVERLY M 1955 0182 HOPKINS, EDWARD M SNOW, DORIS J 1956 0148 HOPKINS, ERNEST L SHELDON, WILMA L 1958 0157 ROCCO, DANNY H HOPKINS, BARBARA J 1960 0272 HOPKINS, EDWIN K BOYD, JANETTA A 1964 0275 HOPKINS, ROBERT B HARRIS, CYNTHIA A 1964 0318 HOPKINS, PHILIP OLSEN, JOANNE E 1966 0159 GALLUP, KENNETH D HOPKINS, SANDRA 1967 0021 HOPKINS, JAMES P WAGNER, HONEY L 1969 0253 HOPKINS, GERALD L FASEL, VICTORIA J 1969 0287 HOPKINS, ALAN L SCHOPIERAY, EILEEN A 1972 0293 HOPKINS, STEPHEN L DENNIS, CATHY L 1972 0363 HOPKINS, ROBERT S EGELER, CYNTHIA S 1975 0223 HOPKINS, ALAN L SAVAGE, RUTH D 1976 0554 STEPHENSON, THOMAS C HOPKINS, DEBRA A 1980 0377 PHILLIPS, EDWARD W HOPKINS, TONYA L 1981 0267 HECK, CHARLS R HOPKINS, EILEEN A 1981 0342 RATHKE, RICHARD B HOPKINS, JANE S 1983 0337 MCMANUS, JOSEPH A HOPKINS, MELANIE S 1983 0360 HOPKINS, GERALD L BLANKENSHIP, MARY A 1986 0448 BENTON, WILLIAM T HOPKINS, RUTH D 1989 0609 COOK, THOMAS L HOPKINS, TRACY L 1991 0487 WALTERS, JEFF J HOPKINS, VICTORIA J 1992 0654 HOPKINS, DARWIN L LARKIN, DONNA M 1994 0071 LORENZ, DANNY M HOPKINS, MEREDITH L 1997 0593 MCCLEARY, STEVEN C HOPKINS, LISA L 1999 0346 HOPKINS, JAMES F OROZCO, ANA M 1999 0440 Name (Last, First Middle Extension) Date of Death Liber and Page Number HOPKINS, EDWIN J 00-00-1870 Liber 1, page 008 HOPKINS, UNKNOWN 00-00-1871 Liber 1, page 009 HOPKINS, SARAH 00-00-1873 Liber 1, page 016 HOPKINS, UNKNOWN 00-00-1878 Liber 1, page 029 HOPKINS, UNKNOWN 00-00-1892 Liber 1, page 103 HOPKINS, MARY G 00-00-1894 Liber 1, page 121 HOPKINS, ROSALIE A 00-00-1899 Liber 1, page 179 HOPKINS, EDWIN 00-00-1902 Liber 1, page 219 HOPKINS, ELSIE 00-00-1902 Liber 1, page 219 HOPKINS, INFANT 00-00-1905 Liber 2, page 036 HOPKINS, JUNE A 00-00-1909 Liber 2, page 100 HOPKINS, MARY 00-00-1909 Liber 2, page 098 HOPKINS, WILLIAM 00-00-1912 Liber 2, page 162 HOPKINS, WILLIAM 00-00-1912 Liber 2, page 162 HOPKINS, NATHANIEL 00-00-1917 Liber 3, page 029 HOPKINS, ELIZABETH D 00-00-1920 Liber 3, page 085 HOPKINS, PETRONELLA 00-00-1922 Liber 3, page 116 HOPKINS, MARIAN L 00-00-1923 Liber 3, page 146 HOPKINS, LYLE E 00-00-1926 Liber 3, page 193 HOPKINS, ALONZO F 00-00-1927 Liber 3, page 226 HOPKINS, SEDWICK E 00-00-1932 Liber 3, page 335 HOPKINS, ALICE 10-09-1939 HOPKINS, JOHN 05-18-1945 HOPKINS, JAMES C 09-13-1945 HOPKINS, PHILIP J 10-24-1947 HOPKINS, RICHARD S 08-29-1951 HOPKINS, FURN 03-25-1955 HOPKINS, LAWRENCE C 03-19-1956 HOPKINS, WILLETT A 07-19-1957 HOPKINS, HOWARD T 06-11-1962 HOPKINS, JAMES T 10-07-1965 HOPKINS, RHODA M 12-12-1973 HOPKINS, CHRISTINE M 10-29-1974 HOPKINS, GRACE M 02-16-1981 HOPKINS, CARL W 06-23-1981 HOPKINS, AMY L 07-01-1981 HOPKINS, JAMES H 09-12-1985 HOPKINS, PANSY M 09-25-1988 HOPKINS, DORIS E 05-18-1991 HOPKINS, HARRIET 08-11-1991 HOPKINS, JOANNE E 01-30-1996 HOPKINS, WARD C 08-28-1996 HOPKINS, JAMES A 01-07-2000 Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore kingsley@aol.com http://members.aol.com/fiddlerben/gtindex.html surnames: Wolfgram, Kratochvil, Secor/Sicard, Jacques, Leguerre, Vallee and and

CONKLIN, PAUL 00-00-1895 Liber 1, page 133 CONKLIN, ELVA O 00-00-1899 Liber 1, page 181 CONKLIN, SELAH M 00-00-1915 Liber 2, page 215 CONKLIN, WESLEY 00-00-1917 Liber 3, page 024 CONKLIN, MINNIE B 04-12-1940 CONKLIN, FANNY R 08-04-1944 CONKLIN, FRANCIS A 06-20-1946 CONKLIN, SHERMAN L 11-04-1948 CONKLIN, MARK 08-05-1949 CONKLIN, THOMAS 11-06-1950 CONKLIN, BERYL H 01-10-1956 CONKLIN, NELLIE 01-04-1958 CONKLIN, CHARLES T 02-03-1960 CONKLIN, MARY E 05-23-1963 CONKLIN, LYDA A 12-15-1969 CONKLIN, ROBERT L SR 01-29-1972 CONKLIN, KENNETH L 07-12-1973 CONKLIN, CAROL J 09-23-1987 CONKLIN, GEORGE H 04-11-1989 Marriages::::::::::::::: Groom Bride Year License No. Liber and Page No. CONKLIN, JOSEPH A PRATT, ORPHA A 1865 Liber 1, page 071 CONKLIN, MARTIN FULLER, MARY I 1865 Liber 1, page 080 PRATT, STEPHEN A CONKLIN, ANGELINE 1865 Liber 1, page 071 JOHNSON, ELIJAH CONKLIN, MARTHA E 1865 Liber 1, page 080 CONKLIN, JEREMIAH FULLER, MELISSA 1866 Liber 1, page 080 WADDLE, GEORGE CONKLING, MINNIE 1888 Liber 3, page 007 LUPLOW, JOSEPH CONKLIN, LUCY 1895 Liber 3, page 088 CONKLIN, MARK L ROGERS, FANNIE 1898 Liber 3, page 119 CONKLIN, CLAUDE J RICHARDSON, EVA 1900 Liber 3, page 154 CONKLIN, ALBERT L CORBITT, MARTHA S 1901 Liber 3, page 159 CONKLIN, ROY G SCOFIELD, MABEL L 1905 Liber 3, page 237 STOREY, BEN CONKLIN, MIRIAM A 1909 Liber 3, page 310 CONKLIN, THOMAS J FIERRAND, MAGGIE M 1911 Liber 4, page 027 CONKLIN, ORVILLE C GRONLAND, HILDA R 1914 Liber 4, page 067 LOGIE, WILLIAM H CONKLIN, MARGARET 1916 Liber 4, page 097 WILLIAMS, CARL B CONKLIN, BELLE 1917 Liber 4, page 124 CONKLIN, IRWIN D BARNES, IDA M 1917 Liber 4, page 120 GAUTHIER, VICTOR F CONKLIN, ELSIE L 1917 Liber 4, page 112 NORTON, FRANK CONKLIN, IDA 1921 Liber 4, page 165 EDGELL, GEORGE H CONKLIN, ELSIE 1921 Liber 4, page 171 TAYLOR, NORMAN P CONKLIN, LEIGH D 1962 0283 BEYER, GARY J CONKLIN, PAMELA S 1969 0021 CONKLIN, ROBERT L FASEL, SUSAN M 1972 0521 LAKE, KENNETH M CONKLIN, DEBORAH L 1974 0238 HENSCHELL, LYNN L CONKLIN, SUSAN M 1974 0364 CONKLIN, ROBERT L BISHOP, NANCY R 1975 0196 HALSTEAD, KENNETH D CONKLIN, VIRGINIA M 1975 0216 RICHEY, DAVID J CONKLIN, KAY L 1977 0068 CONKLIN, RODNEY V SIMS, RUTH 1978 0269 CONKLIN, RODNEY V SIMS, RUTH 1978 0403 WALKER, THOMAS E CONKLIN, KATHLEEN L 1982 0001 CONKLIN, DANIEL F LAROCQUE, DEBRA A 1984 0074 SIGSBEY, PATRICK E CONKLIN, MARILYN L 1989 0165 CONKLIN, STEPHEN G MOWREY, CATHERINE M 1990 0383 KOLARIK, THOMAS M CONKLIN, BETHANY J 1991 0640 CONKLIN, JOHN J WISNIEWSKI, PATRICIA L 1995 0268 Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore kingsley@aol.com http://members.aol.com/fiddlerben/gtindex.html surnames: Wolfgram, Kratochvil, Secor/Sicard, Jacques, Leguerre, Vallee and and

Here are the Conklins in the Cuddeback Family Genealogy, the whole of which is online at RootsWeb and at www.cuddebackfamily.org. 1. Richard CONKLIN (b.Abt 1780-Minisink,Orange County,NY d.Abt 1860) sp: Hester CUDDEBACK (b.26 Dec 1784 d.Abt 1853) |-2. Louisa CONKLIN | sp: Husband HARMON |-2. Esther CONKLIN (b.Abt 1811 d.Abt 1882) | sp: Henry HUNSIKER (b.Abt 1808 d.Abt 1877) | |-3. Barton Conklin HUNSIKER (b.Abt 1830 d.Abt 1908) | | sp: Mary Elizabeth STRONG (b.Abt 1838 m.Abt 1861 d.Abt 1913) | | +-4. Ida Mary HUNSIKER | | sp: Wellington Howard OSTRANDER | |-3. Merton HUNSIKER (b.Abt 1835) | +-3. Louisa HUNSIKER (b.Abt 1845 d.Abt 1894) |-2. Jane CONKLIN | sp: James SLOVER | |-3. Horace SLOVER | | sp: Wife WARD | |-3. Morris SLOVER | | sp: Jane COX | |-3. Newell SLOVER | | sp: Wife GARLOCK | |-3. Ward SLOVER | +-3. Hester SLOVER | sp: Henry HUNZIGER | |-4. Barton HUNZIGER | | sp: Wife GREEN | |-4. Martin HUNZIGER | +-4. Louisa HUNZIGER | sp: Arthur HUNT |-2. Emaline CONKLIN | sp: Cornelius ADRIANCE | |-3. John ADRIANCE | | sp: Rosanna POST | +-3. Carrie ADRIANCE | sp: Warren BIRCH |-2. Caroline CONKLIN | sp: W BRINKERHOFF | |-3. Sarah BRINKERHOFF | | sp: John DURYEA | |-3. George BRINKERHOFF | | sp: Sarah MARION | +-3. Vera BRINKERHOFF | sp: Byron VANDERBILT |-2. John CONKLIN | sp: Wife UNKNOWNSURNAME | |-3. Maria CONKLING | |-3. Martin CONKLING | |-3. Jane CONKLING | | sp: George VAN DYNE | |-3. Amanda CONKLING | |-3. Della CONKLING | +-3. Barton CONKLING | sp: Wife LEFEVER +-2. Egbert CONKLIN

I have a Thomas Conklin who was bn @ 1800 who lived in Owego, Tioga Co NY. His daughter, Caroline married Ira Puffer Jr. They are my foreaunt and uncle. Thomas' wife was named Hannah. June

My Conklins came from Ny John Conklin was born Ny 1800, he moved to Jefferson Co Pa before 1837(His wife Hannah was born Pa 1817, moved to Crawford Co Pa abt 1850s left there 1865, one stop in Ohio, was in Allagan Co 1870. Children all born in Pa, except last child, were Sarah J Conklin(my line), Charles Conklin bn 1841, Isaac Conklin bn 1843, Hannah Conklin bn 1845, George Conklin bn 1847, Henrietta Conklin bn 1850, Squire Conklin bn 1854, John Conklin bn 1857, Thomas Conklin Bn 1858, Alexander Conklin bn 1859, and Charlotte Conklin bn Ohio 1862. Thanks Dennis Bradley

Hello Conklin searcher, I don't have information on this family but would be willing to get local info if you need it from Traverse City. Joyce in TC

Where did your Conklin's come from, and what years are you looking at? June

Am researching the CONKLIN family in Van Buren, Allegan, Grand Traverse, Osceola Counties in Michigan. Thanks Dennis Bradley

--part1_c2.54d5da3.27863c79_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Marilyn RIce maize22@aol.com --part1_c2.54d5da3.27863c79_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <PAUNION-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yc05.mx.aol.com (rly-yc05.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.37]) by air-yc01.mail.aol.com (v77.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 04 Jan 2001 02:02:05 -0500 Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by rly-yc05.mx.aol.com (v77.27) with ESMTP; Thu, 04 Jan 2001 02:01:45 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f0470j225563; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 23:00:45 -0800 Resent-Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 23:00:45 -0800 X-Original-Sender: susygenealogy@yahoo.com Wed Jan 3 23:00:45 2001 Message-ID: <20010104070123.213.qmail@web906.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 23:01:23 -0800 (PST) From: Sue Renkert <susygenealogy@yahoo.com> Old-To: "CENTRE COUNTY PA LIST" <PACENTRE-l@rootsweb.com>, "UNION COUNTY PA List" <PAUNION-l@rootsweb.com>, "FIES LIST" <FIES-l@rootsweb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [PAUNION] The Census Taker Resent-Message-ID: <mIek2.A.8OG.d-BV6@lists6.rootsweb.com> To: PAUNION-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: PAUNION-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <PAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/618 X-Loop: PAUNION-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: PAUNION-L-request@rootsweb.com X-Mailer: Unknown The Census Taker's Home! (from the Sunday Afternoon Rocking series) Well, I'm surely glad to be home, that I am. I tell you another day like this one and I am good mind just to fill them papers out on memory and be done with it. Here, put these socks over there next to the fire to dry out, will you? Got down yonder this mornin and everyone in Household 451 through 486 was gone. Some big shindig going on down there. Good thing the folks in 441 could tell me who they all was. Here, reckon you could go over some of the writin on this here page? Got smeared a bit in the rain. I think you can cipher most of it out. Then them folks down in the holler got suspicious over a census. Said, and derned if they had a point, what difference did it make who they was? Was them guvment folks up in Warshington going to come down here to say howdy do? So they finally let me write down they last name and first initial, but I think they wuz havin a bit of fun with me when they listed who lived in the house. Saw some winkin goin on and I believe I got the same house a youngins in two or three places. It been a day, woman. Honey, git that paper out of Johnny's mouth,will ya? I worked all day on that thing, and no call to let him go chewin it up. Went up the river a piece and tried to get that done fore it come a downpour, but run into trouble there too. Ole Man Jenkins curr dog run me off and I tell you, ain't no call to get eat up over such a thing as this. They ort to be a limit what a man does for his country. Was lucky man down the road mostly knew Jenkins was nigh on sixty years old and was living there with his woman and five youngins from his first marriage plus a passel from the second. We give em good Christian names. Best be doin something bout this pen. It give out on me halfway through. See you havin trouble too. Johnny! Hand that here, boy! And I tell you I would ruther fight grandpap's British than mess with that feller out on the ridge. He got out his shotgun soon as he seen me comin and I went t'other direction. Had Jones tell me about him instead, and he didn't rightly know the feller's first name, said they called him "Squirrel", and it was ok just to put that cause wasn't nobody around here claimin him no how, and they for sure didn't want the guvment knowin there was any relationship. That coffee done? Then got over to Smiths, and ole Hoss was in a nervous fit so wasn't no getting information there. His woman havin another youngin and he looked like he could run right through me when I went to askin how many youngins he had now. Hightailed it out of there, and Miz Hart helped me straighten that household out. Think we got most of the names straight, and as he has had a youngin a year for the last ten, ages purty close too. Now look what Johnny went and done! I tell you, next time this come around I ain't gonna be no where in sight. Farmin a heap easier, and I figger there folks round here what can read and write and cipher and ain't no good fer nothing else we can spare for this foolishness. Pass me another tater, will you? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/ --part1_c2.54d5da3.27863c79_boundary--

In a message dated 1/4/01 11:50:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, nheydt@monmouth.com writes: << nheydt@monmouth.com (Nancy O. Heydt) Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:WIMONROE-L@rootsweb.com">WIMONROE-L@rootsweb.com </A> To: WIMONROE-L@rootsweb.com Happy New Year to all -- My great grandparents were settled in Sparta about 1857 with their four children and had five more in Sparta. Those children married: Zack MARTIN; John B. CHANDLER; Edward STITT and Philip SAYLOR. I'd particularly like to know something about these men. Also - one of the OSTER sons was Lewis Graves Oster. I saw two Lewis Graves in the Sparta history...does anyone know anything about Lewis GRAVES? Nancy, Neptune, NJ >> Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore kingsley@aol.com http://members.aol.com/fiddlerben/gtindex.html surnames: Wolfgram, Kratochvil, Secor/Sicard, Jacques, Leguerre, Vallee and and

Hi everyone, FROM A FELLOW GENEALOGIST.. LET'S PULL TOGETHER AND HELP HER WIN.. She has already won 2 rounds and going for the final win~! I'm sorry to have to do this, but I need to reach a lot of people today so I'm mass mailing this message. Your email addresses have been BCC'd so nobody will know your email addy .... My site, Bower Family Homestead, at <bowercommunity.com/homestead> has entered the third (and thank goodness, final) phase of a site fight. It started at midnight this morning and will run until Saturday. Although there are a total of 13 sites in the fight, we're only directly competing against three others. Voting for ourselves is tomorrow, December 6th. These votes consist of half the Homestead's score. Taking the top number of votes will garner us 10 points. The judges take on the rest of the final score. To the point of this message ~~ will you visit my site today and vote? Will you encourage your friends, coworkers and relatives to do the same? This voting is critical to since these votes consist of half the Homestead's score. Taking the top number of votes will garner us 10 points. The judges' ratings in seven scoring areas take on the rest of the final total. Bringing in the full 10 points will save our final score if the judges hit us too badly on one or more of those areas. It's the final score that will determine our placement in the standings. Here are the voting guidelines I've been given. You'll want to read all of them to make sure your vote gets counted: 1.) **IMPORTANT ~~ IMPORTANT ** _Please_ DO NOT cast any votes until Wednesday 12:01 a.m. U.S. EST. Voting stops at 11:59 U.S. EST. Anything before or after those hours WILL NOT COUNT. 2.) On the voting page you'll fill out a short form. Below that form is a counter. You'll need the counter number (that shows below the form) when completing the form. Also, one of the site fight owners had an emergency in his family this past weekend. He hasn't returned home yet (as of this message) so the voting page may not be updated with this competition's sites. Don't be concerned if you don't see the Bower Family Homestead listed on the page. YOU WILL HAVE TO WRITE IN THE VOTE... the webowner is still out of town... Go ahead and place your vote for the Bower Family Homestead current counter number showing on the page and your full email address. The promoters will still get it. 3.) You can vote from any server, so if you also use a web-based email [Hotmail, Netscape, etc.] please be sure to vote for the Homestead from that email addy as well -- even the ones you use at work [if you can, that is]. Please be sure to hit REFRESH (or reset) to get a new counter number for each screen name or your votes will not count. 4.) AOL users can only vote one time per screen name [I have no reason why; that's just what the rules say]. 5.) The voting page is at <http://members.aol.com/whopbof2/vote.html>. I've set a banner up at the Homestead's front page just in case any surfers want to vote for us or you want to spring to the WHOPBOF voting page from there. 6.) There is an alternative way to vote in case the submit button does not work when voting. You'll find instructions near the bottom of the vote page to how to do this should you get errors when trying to submit a vote. 7.) Please get your friends, relatives and coworkers who have email addresses to vote for us as well! If they have multiple email addresses, they can vote multiple times as long as they remember to REFRESH THE PAGE to get a new counter number. I'll be online all day today if any of you have any questions. This voting business is important (though not quite as important as the vote in Florida, mind you! :) ) or I wouldn't be bothering you. Colleen Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore kingsley@aol.com http://members.aol.com/fiddlerben/gtindex.html surnames: Wolfgram, Kratochvil, Secor/Sicard, Jacques, Leguerre, Vallee and and Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore kingsley@aol.com http://members.aol.com/fiddlerben/gtindex.html surnames: Wolfgram, Kratochvil, Secor/Sicard, Jacques, Leguerre, Vallee and and

I received this message from Susan today and it's true, I did receive the shockwave message but deleted it without opening it. My sister wasn't so lucky and it messed-up her computer at work. If you receive it, don't open it!! Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan To: Nancy and Bill Holland Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 9:09 AM if you got a shockwave email from me don't open it. it's a virus. it came to me this morning and i don't know but i suspect it was sent to all the people on my mailing list.

Is anyone interested in helping to create an Ingalls data base and photo site on MyFamily.com? Or do you have one that already exists and is suitable for "all Ingalls"? I am a member of a few of their sites, and it can be quite useful. I have quite a lot of general Ingalls data in gedcom format that could be added. If you would like to participate, let me know so I can add your E-Mail address. They try to make a profit from selling birthday gifts, etc., so they would like to have your birth date. It is not necessary, and does create more mail! Check my "to" distribution list, and if you know someone who might like to join, please forward this message to them. Jay jay_ingalls@pipeline.com

Looking on information on the Benjamin Bembeneck, wife Matilda Fritz and Peter Fritz (dod 1939) wife, Josephine Bembeneck (dob 3-13-1868 dod 10-27-1950)Families of the Hannah, Kingsley area. Benjamin is my husbands Great-Grandfather and Josephine was Benjamin's sister. Looking for all information. Have some. Marilyn RIce maize22@aol.com

Gotland Radio is sending two reporters Dec.3 to do a report about Gotland, Sweden immigrants to Michigan and their descendants. Their tentative route is Grand Rapids, Manistee, Traverse City, Escanaba. They have some contacts already. Does anyone know of where any Gotland people settled in Grand Traverse County Michigan ? Gotland Radio is not commercial radio, but like our NPR. Please contact David Larson in Salt Lake City, my Email address = dlars@juno.com

Not up to speed on what your'e looking for in benzie co., but if need help I know a lot of folks there, I'll be glad to do what I can. Bonnpat@a0l.com

I'm so greatful for people like you. I don't know that I have any ancestors in Benzie Co. but I'll be able to check and see thanks to you. Just thought I'd let you know you are appreciated. I'm just trying to learn how to use these "contraptions" and I've been trying for quite a few years. Just a slow learner especially doing it on my own. Peg in OH