This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hFB.2ACE/151.1.1 Message Board Post: Betsy Exner was my 3rd ggrandmother. Born ca 1800 in Ny. Married to Jonathan Dolbee. Don't really have very much information on her. Cannot find too much on the Exners I would like to know more about your Exners. As you said. the name is not very common. Thanks for responding to my post Barb

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Exner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hFB.2ACE/151.1 Message Board Post: Saw you posting and was wondering who Betsy Exner was. My line in Henry Exner in Delhi Twp. Ingham Co. MI. I don't very often see the Exner name.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hFB.2ACE/995 Message Board Post: I am looking for info on Floyd Fountain married to Olive Ola Wixon. They lived in Ingham Co. I don't know if they were born there or moved there. They had at least one daughter, Eva May Bell Fountain. Thanks for any help. Stacee

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hFB.2ACE/994 Message Board Post: I am looking for info on Fredrick Ayers, married to Marjorie Parker. They lived in Ingham Co. I don't know if they moved there or were born there. They had at least on son, Wayne Marshall Ayers. Thanks for any help. Stacee

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: King, Hoyt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hFB.2ACE/993 Message Board Post: Seeking information about Hiram King b abt 1839 in 1860 Inghan County census (would like marriage & death dates) married Frances Hoyt they had Children: Addie & Frank Any help is appreciated Diana W King [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hFB.2ACE/53.1 Message Board Post: I emailed you awhile back,but hadn't heard back from you. So checking to see if you're still there. I have an Eddie Leon Carter, born in Michigan in Aug 1901 also. Would like to compare notes. Please email me - [email protected] Thanks, Amy

Klez: Don't Believe 'From' Line By Michelle Delio 2:00 a.m. April 30, 2002 PDT Some Internet users have recently received an e-mail message from a dead friend. Others have been subscribed to obscure mailing lists. Some have lost their Internet access after being accused of spamming, and still others have received e-mailed pornography from a priest. They're actually experiencing some of the stranger side effects of the Klez computer virus. These ersatz e-mails containing the virus are creating Klez-provoked arguments and accusations that are now spreading as fast as the worm itself. The latest variant of the Klez virus started spreading 10 days ago. The virus e-mails itself from infected machines using a bogus "From" address randomly plucked from all e-mail addresses stored on an infected computer's hard drive or network. Recipients of the virus-laden e-mails, not understanding that the "From" information is virtually always phony -- or even that they have received a virus -- have been clogging networks with angry and confused e-mails that are causing a great deal of cyber-havoc. People signing up for newsletters and mailing lists that they never subscribed to has been a major source of frustration for both users and the list owners. If Klez happens to send an e-mail "from" a user to an e-mail list's automatic subscribe address, the list software assumes the e-mail is a valid subscription request and begins sending mail to the user. A mailing list for fans of the Grammy Award-winning Steely Dan band has posted an explanation directed to those who were subscribed to the list by the virus. "We are not infected with the Klez virus. We don't know if you are infected with the Klez virus. You may be. But even if you are not, someone out there who is infected has both your address and our address on their computer ... and therein lies the problem," the explanation reads, in part. Even when users understand the source of newsletter-generated e-mails, the amount of mail some lists generate is causing problems. "Last week I suddenly started getting hundreds of e-mails, daily, with information about raising tropical fish, purchasing cosmetics and staying in youth hostels," Victor Montez, a sales rep for a publishing firm, said. "I do not keep fish, wear makeup or travel rough." Montez now understands the e-mails came from Klez-subscribed news lists. But he said that since his free e-mail account only stores a certain amount of messages, he's lost access to the account twice this week. He believes he's also lost a significant amount of business-related e-mails. "If this keeps up, I may end up having to stay in hostels and I'll have plenty of free time to devote to raising fish," he said. In some cases, it almost seems as if Klez is specifically targeting particularly vulnerable e-mail addresses onto which it can piggyback. E-mails containing an invitation to view what purports to be an attachment with pornographic images appears at first glance to have been sent out by Catholic parishes in New York and Maryland. The attachment actually contains the Klez virus, and tracing information indicates the e-mails were actually sent from an Internet service located in the United Arab Emirates. "While we would obviously never choose to have our churches' names affiliated with such material, this is a particularly difficult time to have e-mail with obscene references -- which appear to have been sent by church staff -- circulating," an archdiocese spokeswoman said, referring to the worldwide sex abuse scandal. Other newsletter owners are also suffering. Some say their Internet service providers have accused them of spamming non-members. Many ISPs cut service when they receive a certain amount of spam complaints. "I was reported to my ISP over a dozen times this week for spamming," said Keith Carlone, the manager of an e-mail newsletter for classic car enthusiasts. "My ISP threatened to pull my account after the third complaint and we went down shortly afterwards. It took four days to sort the problem out." Andrew Fiber, maintainer of a Jewish folk music mailing list, said that the list has been inundated with messages about widely off-topic subjects, so much so that Fiber wondered if most of his members had suddenly gone "meshuga (a little crazy)." But then Fiber began getting the complaints. "All of a sudden we had e-mails coming in from around the world, with people yelling we had sent them Klez," Fiber said. "The thing is that 'Klezmer' is a type of traditional folk music which we often discuss on the list and sometimes refer to as Klez. So I thought people were protesting about our folk music. It was very confusing for a while." Some users have even reported receiving spooky e-mails from deceased friends. "I belonged to a tattoo artists' list that closed down a few years ago. Last week, I began getting e-mails from the list. Even weirder, I got eight e-mails with subject lines that read 'SOS' and 'Eager to See You' from a list member who died last year. It totally creeped me out," said "Bear" Montego. Klez e-mails' subject lines are randomly chosen from a pre-programmed list of about 120 possibilities, including "Let's be friends," "Japanese lass' sexy pictures," "Meeting Notice," "Hi Honey" and "SOS." Klez also sends fake "returned" or "undeliverable" e-mails, advising the supposed sender that their original, refused e-mail is contained in the attachment. Clicking on the attachment triggers the virus. The virus can launch automatically when users click to preview or read e-mails bearing Klez on systems that have not been patched for a year-old vulnerability in Internet Explorer, Outlook and Outlook Express. Klez only affects PCs running Microsoft's Windows operating system. As of Monday afternoon, Klez's spread seems to have slowed, but antiviral experts warn that the worm will be around for a while. "Anytime you have a virus that is not easily identifiable visually, it tends to linger," Rod Fewster, Australian representative for antiviral application NOD32, said. "SirCam and Klez both vary the subject lines of the e-mails they send, which makes it hard for the average user to spot."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ANDERSON Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hFB.2ACE/992 Message Board Post: Source: THE MANSFIELD HERALD (Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio): 06 February 1890, Vol. 40, No. 12 Rev. E.C. Anderson, aged 70, died at Lansing.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BROWN, BRUCE, SAGER, SMITH, WEST, WHITE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hFB.2ACE/991 Message Board Post: THE STATE JOURNAL, Lansing, Mich., Sun., Apr. 27, 1975, Pg. B2, Col. 1, Obit. 4 BROWN, MELVIN J., 63, of 109 Meech rd., Dansville, died Saturday. Services 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Bell-Dunn Chapel, Mason. Pg. B2, Col. 5, Obit. 2 BROWN, MELVIN J. 109 Meech Rd. Dansville Mr. BROWN, age 63, died Sat., Apr. 26 at a Mason hospital after a short illness. He was born July 24, 1911 in Kalamo, Mich. He was employed by the Wolverine Engineering Co. of Mason for 27 years, retiring in 1973. Survivors include his wife, Ruth G. BROWN of Dansville; 3 sons, Melvin D. BROWN of Mason, Donald J. BROWN of Dansville and PHCS Clarence E. BRUCE U.S.N. of China Lake, Calif.; 2 daughters, Mrs. Floyd (Beverly) SAGER of Kalamazoo and Mrs. Donald (Wynema) WEST of Dansville; 1 brother, A.C. BROWN of Charlotte; 2 sisters, Mrs. Retha SMITH of Charlotte and Mrs. Nina WHITE of Charlotte. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Ball-Dunn Chapel, Gorsline-Runciman Co., Mason. Interment in Maple Grove Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Swarthout, Rice, Treat Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hFB.2ACE/990 Message Board Post: Here's a post on two Swarthouts who moved from Washtenaw Co to Ingham Co (Dansville village and Bunker Hill twp) to Clinton Co: I have extensive Michigan records, including land records, on a Nathaniel Swarthout b 1807-1810 in NY, d after 1863, last seen in MI. He married 1) unknown and 2) Lucinda Treat, whose first husband was William Rice. Lucinda is the dau of Ashbel Treat and Sarah Bell of the Throopville, Cayuga Co, NY Treats (big family, well documented). Nathaniel was probably the son of Jacob Swarthout (b abt 1780, probably died before 1860 in NY) and Sally (b 1778-1790, died after 1860 in MI), with whom he was living in Mentz in 1850. In 1860, Nathaniel is in Sylvan, Washtenaw Co, MI and his mother is with him but his father is not. Between 1862 and 1863, Nathaniel and Lucinda bought and sold land in neighboring Ingham Co and then moved to Ovid, Clinton Co, MI which is where I've always known Lucinda's son Alfred Smith Rice to be living. What's interesting is, Nathaniel and Lucinda exchanged land several times with a Jonathan Swarthout, wife Caroline, who also moved to Ovid, Clinton Co, MI to what I believe is a neighboring plot to Nathaniel's. I need to check the Clinton Co records in July. I know (from family records) that Lucinda died Jan 6 1864. But I do not have a death date for Nathaniel, and I've no idea who Jonathan is. I typed up a huge file of source records and conclusions supporting all this, let me know if you'd like to see a copy of it. I'd love to find out how Nathaniel and Jonathan fit into the NY Swarthouts. Also, when they moved to Ovid, they moved next door to Elkanah Swarthout (Oct 1816 -30 Apr 1875), whose daughter married Nathaniel's step-son. Elkanah's parents are listed as Jacob and Sarah Swarthout on his death certificate. Elkanah may have had a brother William who moved with him from Huron, Wayne Co, NY to Ovid, Clinton Co, MI. Any information you can provide on all of this would be greatly appreciated!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BURGESS, MONGAR, STRAYER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hFB.2ACE/989 Message Board Post: THE STATE JOURNAL, Lansing - East Lansing, Mich., Mon., Aug. 18, 1958, Pg. 7, Col. 3, Obit. 4 Mrs. Rose Frances BURGESS Mrs. Rose Frances BURGESS, 73, 4516 S. Cedar st., died Monday at a local hospital following a stroke several days ago. She was hospitalized Aug. 10. Mrs. BURGESS was born Jan. 19, 1885, in Lapeer county, and had been a resident of Lansing for 35 years. Surviving are the husband, Philo; three daughters, Mrs. Betty M. MONGAR of Pewamo, Mrs. Katherine R. STRAYER and Miss Florence Lucille BURGESS, both of Lansing; two stepsons, Philo and Albert, both of Lansing, and 17 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from the Gorsline-Runciman funeral home at 1 p.m. Wednesday with interment at Lakeside cemetery, Lake Odessa.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Newell, Dryer, Dyer, Warner, Ware, Moon, Christopher, Livermore,Fraser, Feier, Wheeler, Gunson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hFB.2ACE/988 Message Board Post: Looking for additional family ties for the Aaron Newell, and Polly Tidd Newell families, Children probably all born in Eaton, Madison Co., NY 1804- 1822. Aaron, b. 1774, and Polly (Mary),b 1792, are from Hopkinton, Middlesex, MA, where they were married in 1804. Aaron, 1818 married Lauinda Cordelia Moore WI and removed to Decorah IA (My line). Also a Moon family tie here. DB Moon's brother Robert Moon Betsy, b 1815, married William Allen Dryer NY and removed to Lansing, Ingham Co., MI Mary, b. 1822, married John H. Clements, Ingham Co., MI John T. (tidd?), b. 1823, married Keziah Dyer, Livingston MI I have a girl and a boy from 1820 census with no names. Families aligned with the Dryer family,Warner, Ware, Moon, Christopher, Livermore, Johnson, Feier, Wheeler, Gunson, Fraser. and those mentioned above. Jack

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BECKLEY, COON, REICHMAN, WARDWELL Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hFB.2ACE/987 Message Board Post: THE STATE JOURNAL, Lansing - East Lansing, Mich., Wed., May 7, 1969, Pg. A2, Col. 1, Obit. 6 Edna M. COON Mrs. Edna M. COON, 88, of 2409 Devonshire, died today in a local hospital. Mrs. COON had been a resident of Lansing for 50 years. Surviving are a son, Wayan of Grand Ledge; two daughters, Mrs. Ivah REICHMAN, and Mrs. Euah BECKLEY, both of Lansing; 18 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren and a brother, R.A. WARDWELL of Lansing. Services will be Friday at 1 p.m. in the Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Home with burial in Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery at Owosso.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BECKLEY, COON, FREET, MOORE, REICHMANN, SMITH, WARDWELL Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hFB.2ACE/986 Message Board Post: THE STATE JOURNAL, Lansing, Mich., Mon., July 28, 1941, Pg. 8, Col. 6, Obit. 5 Oren L. COON Oren L. COON, 64, died at the home, 131 Louis street, East Lansing, Monday morning after a three months illness. He was born in Meridian township and had lived in Lansing and vicinity for the past 25 years. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Edna [WARDWELL] COON; and two sons, Wayne COON of East Lansing and Hershel COON of Detroit; two daughters, Mrs. Harvey BECKLEY of Lansing and Mrs. Karl REICHMANN of Flint; two brothers, Charles COON of Mason and Robert COON of Pensac[o]la, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. Lillian FREET of Perry, Mrs. May SMITH and Mrs. Alseda MOORE of Lansing; and 11 grandchildren. The body was removed to the Robinson-Barbier funeral home where funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment will be in Hillcrest cemetery, Owosso.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CRONK Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hFB.2ACE/985 Message Board Post: LANSING STATE JOURNAL, Lansing, Mich., Tues., Aug. 8, 1989, Pg. 2B, Col. 9, Obit. 2 CRONK, KENNETH R. Lansing Age 77, died suddenly Sunday, August 6, 1989 at a Munising hospital. Born September 14, 1911 in Vermontville; he lived most of his life in the Lansing area. He is survived by his wife, Jean E. of Lansing; 1 son, Fred Robert CRONK of Arizona. No services will be held.

I am searching for information about the Orris Cranson family. He purchased land in Onondaga in 1836, appears in the 1840 & 1850 census records, and was one of the early settlers. I believe Orris died around 1858. Also, his father Jonathan Cranson, age 85, was living with the family in 1850, and probably died soon thereafter. Orris was 59 in 1850, wife Betsey (45), children: Sylvester (19), Darwin (21), Austin (17), Caroline (16). Does anyone have access to cemetery records for Onondaga? Any information about the Cranson family would be welcome.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: VANDERFORD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hFB.2ACE/984 Message Board Post: Seeking info re George Washington, in Ingham Cty in 1849-50. Also brothers (?) Caleb and Napoleon Bonaparte. Any nfo would be helpful. I have a LOT on Napoleon (my great grandfather), but little on the others.

My interest is in the family of Obadiah Adams, who came to Ingham County in 1844. He and his wife Catherine bought land in and around Leslie. Obadiah died here in 1856. His wife subsequently married George Cadwell of Jackson, MI. Nothing is known about her subsequently. Most of Obadiah and Catherine's children settled in Montcalm County, MI. I would appreciate hearing from anyone having knowledge of this family. Tom Hooker Orlando

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hungerford, Nutting, Fillmore, Stevens Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hFB.2ACE/855.1 Message Board Post: I have many Hungerfords of Henderson, Jefferson, NY and many moved to Michigan along with relations of Nuttings, Stevens and Fillmores. These must be related although I do not have Morgan or brother, Lewis in my files. What are their parent's names? I will be happy to share all I have with you. Sincerely, Shelly Trumble Heal

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kaiser, Ramsdell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hFB.2ACE/983 Message Board Post: I am trying to locate any information regarding my Great-grandmother, Pearl Elsie Kaiser. I have been told that she was born 18 Dec 1884, in North Leslie, to James Kaiser and Mary Ramsdell, but I have been unable to locate any info on her other than her death record. No one in the family can provide any further info. My grandmother's house caught fire about ten years ago and she lost many of the family documents. Any info or suggestions on where to start would be greatly appreciated. I see that North Leslie does not have a website. Thank you in advance!!