BIG RAPIDS ONLY Mary Stickney (IBSSG)- "Don't breed or buy , while those in rescue die." Who was my Father: http://www.alltel.net/~ms81250/ Stickneys Toy Breed Rescue - Dogs are like children , They act like the people who raise them www.crar.org/crar/Adoptables.htm www.ratbonerescues.com , www.puppymillrescue.com , www.chihuahuarescue.com , www.bostonrescue.net , www.nopuppymills.com -----Original Message----- From: Mary Stickney [mailto:stickneys@alltel.net] Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 6:33 PM To: MI-GENEALOGY-L (MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com) Cc: 'mimecosta@rootsweb.com' Subject: 1920 Mecosta County Census transcription available Just email me in private , state you preferance of format, Excel , Dbf or txt file. (o o) ------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo------------ Mary Stickney (IBSSG)- "Don't breed or buy , while those in rescue die." Who was my Father: http://www.alltel.net/~ms81250/ Stickneys Toy Breed Rescue - Dogs are like children , They act like the people who raise them www.crar.org/crar/Adoptables.htm www.ratbonerescues.com , www.puppymillrescue.com www.chihuahuarescue.com , www.bostonrescue.net , www.nopuppymills.com

Just email me in private , state you preferance of format, Excel , Dbf or txt file. (o o) ------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo------------ Mary Stickney (IBSSG)- "Don't breed or buy , while those in rescue die." Who was my Father: http://www.alltel.net/~ms81250/ Stickneys Toy Breed Rescue - Dogs are like children , They act like the people who raise them www.crar.org/crar/Adoptables.htm www.ratbonerescues.com , www.puppymillrescue.com www.chihuahuarescue.com , www.bostonrescue.net , www.nopuppymills.com

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."

The Recapitulation of Local Events for 1872 from the Big Rapids Magnet has just been uploaded to the Newspaper Abstracts site. Stop in and take a look. Until I started typing these old pages - I never realized how really dangerous times were back then. Broken and mangled bones, amputations - we are so fortunate with all the safety procedures today. Hope you connect with a family member in the paper. http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/MI/index.html Jan Cortez Site Coordinator

Stop in and take a look at the new Colfax Township site that is linked to Mecosta County. Carol Baker has taken on the Colfax Township site and she has started with some 1890 Colfax Tax Rolls, with more to come. Nice Job Carol!!!!! You can access it from the Mecosta County site http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimecost/ Jan Cortez Mecosta County Coordinator

Just to let you know - Jan Ramos has finished the Hinton Cemetery and its now fully on the website. Stop in and take a look. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimecost/ Jan Mecosta County Coordinator Volunteer for the WI Census http://www.us-census.org/states/wisconsin/wisconsi.htm

For those of you interested in Mecosta County old news - Have just uploaded a Chronological Recapitulation of Local Events of 1871 from January to December in Mecosta County to the Michigan Newspaper Abstracts Page. http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/MI/index.html Stop by and take a look and if you have news to add to Mecosta County or any other Michigan County, from 1930 back, drop me a note. Jan Cortez Michigan Newspaper Abstracts Volunteer for the WI Census http://www.us-census.org/states/wisconsin/wisconsi.htm

Carole, I am forwarding your email to Jan Cortez. She is the coordinator for Mecosta County Website. She will know how to help you you. Kathy Camp ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Klemetson" <Rick@Klemetson.com> To: "Kathy Camp" <kathy@camps-computer.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 9:07 PM Subject: FW: {not a subscriber} Dear Kathy, I'm trying to locate my great aunt. Lucy Fenner (Her > > > -----Original Message----- > From: TwilightSue@webtv.net [mailto:TwilightSue@webtv.net] > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 11:37 AM > To: WOOLWORTH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: {not a subscriber} Dear Kathy, I'm trying to locate my great aunt. > Lucy Fenner (Her > > maiden name was Marsh) She was first married to Charles W. Clink, then > to a Fenner, she had two daughters, She was suppose to have been in > the Morley Nursing Home. "She had one son that was adopted by his > grandmother (Charles /Julia Marsh of Evart) The son LeRoy Marsh lived > in Manistee, Mi. Would you know, ho to find her or her obituary? Or > know someone that could find her, I live in West Branch, and I can't > hardly walk. Even if you can tell me where to look, or who to talk > with. Thanks Carole > > Lady CS > > >

Whoooppeeee!!!!! That's better! I couldn't imagine how she could possibly die 9 years before her marriage and 11 years before she gave birth to her son! Explains why I had no memory of her, she died 7 years before my birth! <bg> I sure remember my great-grandfather tho'. He was very tall (about 6'5") with beautiful snow white hair and the loveliest, piercing blue eyes. He would ride me around on his shoulders - so cool! His booming bass voice belied his slender frame and I adored him. Whew! I feel so much better, now that I know what her death year was. Now I can go about getting copies of their birth certificates, their marriage certificate, and both death certificates, and begin putting them on the tree with proper dates. May I ask a big favor? Do you know if the county clerk's office has an email address? I will need to know how much these copies will cost and how I go about getting them. I hope that isn't too inconvenient. I know, I'm an awful pest. Okay, I will try very hard to hold my horses on the Decker Cemetery listing. It won't be easy, but I'll probably be so busy with this avalanche of info I have on my Stafford family I may not get too worried for a bit. I swear I've gotten so much feedback to my inquiries that I have notebooks bulging with info. Today I got papers on several who were involved in Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War. Jiminy Christmas, cannot believe how busy these guys were! Settling communities, in politics, in wars, carrying on own businesses (doctors, lawyers, merchants, bankers, farmers - everyone but the Indian Chief!). Makes one wonder how they found the time and energy to have these big families! One lady had 15! My God, I'd have packed myself up and posted myself to the nearest nuthouse! lol Oh, and I also got a picture of this same Mary Eliza Anderson Dibell as a young girl in Jamestown, NY. She was beautiful. That was sent by a 'new' relative. This has been so ! much fun. Aggravating, frustrating, irritating, but educational and enlightening and just plain fun! Well, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for this information. You can't know how much this means to me. You are so sweet. Warmest regards, Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: Jan Cortez Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 9:16 PM To: BONNIE CONNELL Subject: Re: Cemeteries Okay stopped by the Pine Plains Cemtery when I went into town shopping and the I looked at the stone again. After using a piece of a twig and kind of scraping on it - it does say 1936. When I first looked at it again, I still was sure it was 1886. <g> Its such an old stone - made of cement and well weathered. Now let me see - that means my next task is Decker. I promise to make it the next one that I work on for Mecosta County. But, I am slow - so please have patience. <grin> Jan Volunteer for the WI Census http://www.us-census.org/states/wisconsin/wisconsi.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: BONNIE CONNELL To: BigRapidsInfo Cc: Jan Cortez Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 2:07 PM Subject: Re: Cemeteries Hi Jan, Thought I'd drop a line, and remind you that I'm still here! Now, don't mutter that, I'm really a nice person! <VBG> Just letting you know that I'm still anxiously awaiting for all your snow to disappear, no more so than you, huh? I'm still wondering about the mysterious date inscription on tombstone of Mary Anderson DIBELL at Pine Plains Cemetery. And, eager to find out when Decker Cemetery in Millbrook Twp. will finally get transcribed. Those two hold so many of my family members. I know, but it is so hard to be patient, especially when you want the info 5 minutes ago, at least! I did make a gigantic breakthrough in my tree. Got information on my elusive ancestors of the Dibell side. Lady wrote me and said she had them in her tree also, and told me my Stewart originated in Scotland, moved to Ireland, thence to US and met and married her husband in NY. He (Anderson) did NOT come from Ireland as I'd been told, but from England! Well, geez that cleared up a lot. Was able to find them through the 1880 census roll at my nearest LDS Family History Center and got scads of info. Made me very happy. Cannot believe how much mis-information we're given by family members with either faulty memories or using guesswork, etc. Did find that my Staffords did NOT live always in Mecosta Co, as I'd been given to understand. They lived in Chase (isn't that Lake Co.?), so assume (dangerous word) that my grand-mother and great-grandmother may be buried in one of the cemeteries there, not in BR as I'd guessed! Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we prac! tice to conceive!. Cute, huh? Oh, I'm just full of that kind of silliness! Am beginning to plump out my family tree so it doesn't look so sparse any more. Did discover my Stafford family clear back to 1066 to 1st Baron de Stafford who came with William the Conqueror to England, then chased his line back to 586. Yes, your eyes aren't deceiving you, that is actually 586! I was astounded as it is an unbroken line. Am in touch with Stafford relatives all over the country, in England, Ireland, Wales, etc. Wonderful! Am trying to sort out all these people now - what a job! Did get invitation from DAR to join them, as they found that I had umpteen relatives who'd fought in Revolutionary War, and am descended from at least 3 of the Mayflower passengers: Richard Warren, John and Richard Cooke, and William Brewster. Well, don't know why not, who else was around for them to marry, except Indians?!!!!Somehow I can't see these Puritans being anxious to do that! Well, I've yakked your ear off and had best get busy sorting out some more of these people. Take care. Hope snow melts soon. Warmest wishes, Bonnie Connell ----- Original Message ----- From: Jan Cortez Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 9:37 PM To: BONNIE CONNELL Subject: Re: [MIMECOST] Mecosta Updates ----- Original Message ----- From: BONNIE CONNELL Dear Jan, I have just gone through all your wonderful pages on the Web and, before anything else, I want to thank all of yhou for your time and effort at making it possible for me, and others, to 'look' at the things we can no longer go to visit in person. Glad you enjoyed the site..... I was born and raised in Big Rapids, and moved to PA at 15, back again for short time, then on to Lansing where I met and married my wonderful husband. After 27 years of marriage and 2 children later, wee lost him to cancer in May '89. So sorry to hear that, but great to know that you found something you enjoyed doing to help fill the loss. When our youngest daughter graduated in '90, she wanted me to move to FL with her and attend college with her, which we did. Yes, we graduated together (me with honors!) and here we are today. I have since retired, we are roommates once again and I have been busy working on my family tree for her. Reading through the Cemetery listings, I was confounded to find that the wife of Asa John Dibell, Mary (Eliza Anderson) has a death date of 1886. Guess this would be something that would be needed to be checked when the snow is gone. I really don't know at this point. The cemetery is very close to my home and something I can do in the spring. As she was born in 1866, this would make her 20 at death, and 11 years BEFORE my grandfather was born! Is there something I should know, is this date correct? I do know that Asa John was born in September 1863 in Ashtabula Co., OH, moved to NY, married and moved to Normel, Normel Co., IL where my grandfather was born, and then to MI. I remember my mother saying that he was married twice, I don't know to whom, when, for how long, nor what happened to her. My grandmother (father's mother) remembered her mothr-in-law VERY well (guess she was everyone's worst thought of mothers-in-law!), so who is this Mary at Pine Plains Cemetery? I'm also gratful that so many of the cemeteries are being listed as I have so many family and friends in them. Am eagerly awaiting Millbrook Twp.'s Decker Cemetery to be done, as the majority of them are there. Do you know when that will be finished? I do have the burial records of the Decker Cemetery - so it should be over the next year. We have quite a few to do, plus a 1905 directory. If I have several cemeteries at a time - the ones who help are given the option of which ones they want to type, as many are looking for their own relatives. Again, thank you for the listings - they've been invaluable in helping me with dates, first names, etc. I hope you can help me with my 'mystery'. Please remind me in the spring to be sure and go take a look - so we can get the info right. Kindest regards, Bonnie Ann Dibell Connell I can be contacted at: badibella@Hotmail.com or bconnell@cfl.rr.com. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: Jan Cortez Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 8:35 PM To: MIMECOST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MIMECOST] Mecosta Updates Have just uploaded the Aetna Township Cemetery, which is on the west side of the Village of Morley. This is a very large file that I have broken down into four pages. I hope that you are able to view them - they take awhile to load. If there are alot of problems - I'll divide all the pages again. Thanks to Wanda Hinojosa for all her typing, Monica Erickson for her help in setting up the file, which I have been playing with in my new Windows XP forever, and to the Mecosta County Genealogical Society for the transcription. Also please note that Jan Ramos is working on Hinton Township and that is online A-K. So stop in and take a look. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimecost/ Jan Cortez Mecosta County Coordinator ==== MIMECOST Mailing List ==== Visit Jans Digs to see how we are growing. http://www.jansdigs.com Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.comGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

Thomas O'Neill was (married to Sarah b-1841) in Big Rapids in 1913. It was at least her 3rd marriage. Her daughter Mary b-1866 was married to Tom's son William John O'Neill. Sarah is still there in 1919. I have checked the few cemeteries on line and do not find him. Any Mecosta researchers have access to the names buried there? Sarah Draggoo Fetters was my GGgrandmother who outlived 5 husbands. She only had children with Thomas Fetters. Other names after were McCue, O'Neill, Britton and Rhodes, maybe in that order. Would like to locate her grave. Thomas Fetters lived in Troy Township, Newaygo County, MI Thanks, Dan Fetters Surnames (Becky:) BURGESS, GRANSDEN, HAVENS, RAY, BISSETT, MCCUMBER /MACOMBER, POTTER, SMITH, TOMLIN, YOUNG (Dan:) CARGILL, DRAGOO, ERNST, FETTER (s), FEATHER, FORTMAN, KATTERMAN, KEESECKER, KNIGHT, LAYMAN, MONROE, MILLER, ST. JOHN, SLICE-SLISE, SWITZER, VETTER, WILLIAMS, Zeller NS>NB>MI PA, OH, MD>WV>IN>MI GERMANY, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, CANADA, AMERICA

Hi Jan, Thought I'd drop a line, and remind you that I'm still here! Now, don't mutter that, I'm really a nice person! <VBG> Just letting you know that I'm still anxiously awaiting for all your snow to disappear, no more so than you, huh? I'm still wondering about the mysterious date inscription on tombstone of Mary Anderson DIBELL at Pine Plains Cemetery. And, eager to find out when Decker Cemetery in Millbrook Twp. will finally get transcribed. Those two hold so many of my family members. I know, but it is so hard to be patient, especially when you want the info 5 minutes ago, at least! I did make a gigantic breakthrough in my tree. Got information on my elusive ancestors of the Dibell side. Lady wrote me and said she had them in her tree also, and told me my Stewart originated in Scotland, moved to Ireland, thence to US and met and married her husband in NY. He (Anderson) did NOT come from Ireland as I'd been told, but from England! Well, geez that cleared up a lot. Was able to find them through the 1880 census roll at my nearest LDS Family History Center and got scads of info. Made me very happy. Cannot believe how much mis-information we're given by family members with either faulty memories or using guesswork, etc. Did find that my Staffords did NOT live always in Mecosta Co, as I'd been given to understand. They lived in Chase (isn't that Lake Co.?), so assume (dangerous word) that my grand-mother and great-grandmother may be buried in one of the cemeteries there, not in BR as I'd guessed! Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we prac! tice to conceive!. Cute, huh? Oh, I'm just full of that kind of silliness! Am beginning to plump out my family tree so it doesn't look so sparse any more. Did discover my Stafford family clear back to 1066 to 1st Baron de Stafford who came with William the Conqueror to England, then chased his line back to 586. Yes, your eyes aren't deceiving you, that is actually 586! I was astounded as it is an unbroken line. Am in touch with Stafford relatives all over the country, in England, Ireland, Wales, etc. Wonderful! Am trying to sort out all these people now - what a job! Did get invitation from DAR to join them, as they found that I had umpteen relatives who'd fought in Revolutionary War, and am descended from at least 3 of the Mayflower passengers: Richard Warren, John and Richard Cooke, and William Brewster. Well, don't know why not, who else was around for them to marry, except Indians?!!!!Somehow I can't see these Puritans being anxious to do that! Well, I've yakked your ear off and had best get busy sorting out some more of these people. Take care. Hope snow melts soon. Warmest wishes, Bonnie Connell ----- Original Message ----- From: Jan Cortez Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 9:37 PM To: BONNIE CONNELL Subject: Re: [MIMECOST] Mecosta Updates ----- Original Message ----- From: BONNIE CONNELL Dear Jan, I have just gone through all your wonderful pages on the Web and, before anything else, I want to thank all of yhou for your time and effort at making it possible for me, and others, to 'look' at the things we can no longer go to visit in person. Glad you enjoyed the site..... I was born and raised in Big Rapids, and moved to PA at 15, back again for short time, then on to Lansing where I met and married my wonderful husband. After 27 years of marriage and 2 children later, wee lost him to cancer in May '89. So sorry to hear that, but great to know that you found something you enjoyed doing to help fill the loss. When our youngest daughter graduated in '90, she wanted me to move to FL with her and attend college with her, which we did. Yes, we graduated together (me with honors!) and here we are today. I have since retired, we are roommates once again and I have been busy working on my family tree for her. Reading through the Cemetery listings, I was confounded to find that the wife of Asa John Dibell, Mary (Eliza Anderson) has a death date of 1886. Guess this would be something that would be needed to be checked when the snow is gone. I really don't know at this point. The cemetery is very close to my home and something I can do in the spring. As she was born in 1866, this would make her 20 at death, and 11 years BEFORE my grandfather was born! Is there something I should know, is this date correct? I do know that Asa John was born in September 1863 in Ashtabula Co., OH, moved to NY, married and moved to Normel, Normel Co., IL where my grandfather was born, and then to MI. I remember my mother saying that he was married twice, I don't know to whom, when, for how long, nor what happened to her. My grandmother (father's mother) remembered her mothr-in-law VERY well (guess she was everyone's worst thought of mothers-in-law!), so who is this Mary at Pine Plains Cemetery? I'm also gratful that so many of the cemeteries are being listed as I have so many family and friends in them. Am eagerly awaiting Millbrook Twp.'s Decker Cemetery to be done, as the majority of them are there. Do you know when that will be finished? I do have the burial records of the Decker Cemetery - so it should be over the next year. We have quite a few to do, plus a 1905 directory. If I have several cemeteries at a time - the ones who help are given the option of which ones they want to type, as many are looking for their own relatives. Again, thank you for the listings - they've been invaluable in helping me with dates, first names, etc. I hope you can help me with my 'mystery'. Please remind me in the spring to be sure and go take a look - so we can get the info right. Kindest regards, Bonnie Ann Dibell Connell I can be contacted at: badibella@Hotmail.com or bconnell@cfl.rr.com. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: Jan Cortez Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 8:35 PM To: MIMECOST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MIMECOST] Mecosta Updates Have just uploaded the Aetna Township Cemetery, which is on the west side of the Village of Morley. This is a very large file that I have broken down into four pages. I hope that you are able to view them - they take awhile to load. If there are alot of problems - I'll divide all the pages again. Thanks to Wanda Hinojosa for all her typing, Monica Erickson for her help in setting up the file, which I have been playing with in my new Windows XP forever, and to the Mecosta County Genealogical Society for the transcription. Also please note that Jan Ramos is working on Hinton Township and that is online A-K. So stop in and take a look. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimecost/ Jan Cortez Mecosta County Coordinator ==== MIMECOST Mailing List ==== Visit Jans Digs to see how we are growing. http://www.jansdigs.com Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.comGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

fast-spreading e-mail worm, possibly from Japan, is encircling the globe and flooding e-mail servers with excessive messages. Fbound (w32.fbound.c@mm, also known as Zircon.C, DotJayPee, Fbound.b) is 12,288 bytes in length, and, unlike other recent worms, does not install itself on the infected machine but instead runs from memory. Mac and Linux users are not affected. Fbound is capable of sending large amounts of e-mail but does not damage or delete files on the infected computer. Because of the increasing reports of this worm around the world, Fbound currently ranks a 6 on the ZDNet Virus Meter. How it works Fbound arrives by e-mail with the subject line "Important." If the recipient's computer language is set to Japanese or if the recipient's e-mail address ends with .jp, the subject line is chosen from 16 Japanese-language subject lines contained within the worm. There is no body text associated with this worm. The attached file is named patch.exe. If the attached file is opened, Fbound locates the infected user's SMTP server and e-mail address. Then the virus loads itself into memory and sends copies of itself to addresses found in the Windows Address Book. Unlike many worms, Fbound doesn't install itself on an infected computer, nor does it add or change any registry files. Once the worm has been run, it will not run again. Because Fbound encodes all of its code into one line and does not comply with SMTP encoding, it may sometimes bounce e-mails it sends or arrive as a noninfectious e-mail. Code within Fbound contains the following message: "I-Worm.Japanize." Prevention Users of Microsoft Outlook 2002 and users of Outlook 2000 who have installed the Security Update should be safe from the attached EXE file in Fbound. Users who have not upgraded to Outlook 2002 or who have not installed the Security Update for Outlook 2000 should do so. In general, do not open e-mail attachments without first saving them to hard disk and scanning them with updated antivirus software. Contact your antivirus vendor to obtain the most current antivirus signature files that include Fbound. Removal Almost all of the antivirus software companies have updated their signature files to include this worm. This will stop the infection upon contact and in some cases will remove an active infection from your system. For more information, see Central Command, Computer Associates, F-Secure, Kaspersky (known here as Ziron.c),McAfee, Norman, Panda, Sophos, Symantec (known as Dotjaypee), and Trend Micro (known here as Fbound.b).

The Canadian National Archives is looking for input on making their holdings more accessible. They have posted a questionnaire @ http://accessible.archives.ca/01/11_e.html The ending date for this is March 1, 2002

I have a copy of the burials for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery - There aren't any Mulholland burials there, but there are Johnson's. JOHNSON, Patrick 1875 - 1976 JOHNSON, Bridget 1842 - 3 Nov 1906 JOHNSON, James 28 Oct 1835 - 3 May 1907 GAR JOHNSON, Elden K. 1913 - 1975 JOHNSON, Eulalia A. 1909 - **** If this Eulalia Johnson is who I think it is - she died a couple of years ago and I know some of her kids (they are adults). You might not be finding the death certificate because the death may not have occured in Mecosta county. Alot of people use the Grand Rapids Hospitals. A burial record could be obtained from the owners of the cemetery. I do believe its private. Contact Big Rapids township and they should be able to give you that info. On the mecosta county website - lookup the township page for BR Township - they ahve an email address and their physical address and phone number are listed. Actually I do know the phone by heart - 1-231-796-3603 Jan Mecosta County Coordinator ----- Original Message ----- From: <Gundoc3@aol.com> > would anyone know if this cemetary is recorded and where i could find the > information on the family of the MULHOLLANDS > bridget mulholland , had several children whom where buried in mt carmel > clarence, charles, frank or frances, arthur, patrick, ellen and bridget > mulholland johnson. was hoping there headstones may give a death date, and > possibley a age or birth record. > as well some one was so kind and look up my grandfathers head stone about a > year ago. James johnson. when i went to the county they have no record. is > there anywhere to access the actual burial records for that cemetary. thanks > in advance. any guidance where to start would be appreciated. cindi

would anyone know if this cemetary is recorded and where i could find the information on the family of the MULHOLLANDS bridget mulholland , had several children whom where buried in mt carmel clarence, charles, frank or frances, arthur, patrick, ellen and bridget mulholland johnson. was hoping there headstones may give a death date, and possibley a age or birth record. as well some one was so kind and look up my grandfathers head stone about a year ago. James johnson. when i went to the county they have no record. is there anywhere to access the actual burial records for that cemetary. thanks in advance. any guidance where to start would be appreciated. cindi

Have just uploaded the Aetna Township Cemetery, which is on the west side of the Village of Morley. This is a very large file that I have broken down into four pages. I hope that you are able to view them - they take awhile to load. If there are alot of problems - I'll divide all the pages again. Thanks to Wanda Hinojosa for all her typing, Monica Erickson for her help in setting up the file, which I have been playing with in my new Windows XP forever, and to the Mecosta County Genealogical Society for the transcription. Also please note that Jan Ramos is working on Hinton Township and that is online A-K. So stop in and take a look. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimecost/ Jan Cortez Mecosta County Coordinator

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I know we all want to do our genealogy - but I need to familiarize those new to the lists with what our policies are. Please have patience with me. Some of you know me as I have been the list administrator for several years. Others do not - as I have just taken over a couple of the lists in the last few months. My name is Jan Cortez and I have been doing genealogy websites and mailing lists for a couple of years now. I actually like to be very informal and not bother you in any way. As long as the lists are moving along and everyone is getting along - I'm happy - but there are some who wish to stick to topic. they are right - that is what the lists are for. The specific topic that they were started for. So here are the rules: 1. Topic needs to be genealogy and history specific to whichever county, state or country list that you are subbed to. If you feel the need to bring other things to the attention of the list - PLEASE clear them with me. 2. Please do not send virus warnings - unless they have been cleared with me. Many of them are hoaxes, getting people to delete needed files from their computers. Many members are new - and haven't experienced these types of mails yet. 3. Chain letters are not allowed. 4. No spamming, flaming, or swearing is allowed. Please try to always be considerate of others feeling. Treat others as you would want to be treated. Many people are newbies to the list and haven't been around forever like some of us. Try to remember back to when you first started and how awesome this all was. 5. Try not to have real lengthy discussions on the list - if you want to pursue the subject matter - try to take it off list. Its only being polite to those that are not interested in the thread. 6. ROLL CALLS will only be called by the List Administrator. I have quite a few lists and some are VERY large. Many going at the same time jam my mailbox big time. If I have become forgetful - send me a note and ask. 7. If you have a complaint against anyone who has posted to the list or their subject matter, please take that up with me - off list. If you don't have my email addy - send a simple note to the list asking for the List administrator to contact you. I will - as soon as I can. I do work though - so give me some time. 8. To unsubscribe to the list send a message to (X's being the name of your specific list) XXXXX-L-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe in the body of the message. Nothing else. To resub - you follow the same action only using subscribe in the body of the message. the same address using a "D" instead of an "L" if you are in digest form. 9. Problems adhering to these rules will result in a note from me to you personally - trying to resolve the matter. If after honest attempts have been made on both sides and the matter is not resolved - it may result in unsubbing you from the list. So lets try our best to get along. 10. Try to put surnames in the Subject line - and try to give time frames and areas. It really does help... 11. Best rule of them all - Enjoy the list - And post often it gets your message out. Jan Cortez List Administrator

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URGENT REQUEST!: Now that we are over the holidays, This years is our 350th Anniversary of the landing of the Swartwout family in North America. The name has many variations such as Swarthout, Swartout, Swartwood, Swathwood, Swarthwood etc. We need help in gather lines, pictures, articles, wills, what ever you have stashed in your attic. We would really appreciated it if you shared with us what you had, there a literally thousands of us here looking for our roots, looking for connections. For our 350th Anniversary we need to updated our list of folks out there that are descendants somewhere along the line of any of those variations. We also have a family newsletter that cost only $5.00 per year, a real bargain. Just send it your mailing address. Every day I get e-mail asking me for help. Up here in Canada, there were two brothers that had huge families, all the remains of their descendants are the female sides. All the male went back to the States. I'm am the maintainer of "The Updated Swartwout Chronicles" People submit their lines-ged-coms etc. and I just drop them into the data base. It is everyone's database. Each person is responsible for their own submissions. It is not copyrighted. Kathy kathyhoeldke@sympatico.ca ldyk@hotmail.ca