I did not find a Susan Stanley age 5 in the 1870 census book or close to that age or even a Susan. Jerry

I was only able to get into "Mercer Co, MO History Chapter 1" all other pages were "This page cannot be seen at this time". Has anyone else had the same problems or did Ancestry.com take all that information for themselves? Joan Bell ----- Original Message ----- From: To: MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 7/12/01 11:22:54 AM Subject: [MOMERCER-L] QExpress for Mercer County, MO ( BOYLE STANLEY HARALEL? ) Surnames: BOYLE STANLEY HARALEL? Submitter: Wayne Boyle (wkboyle@toad.net ) Date: 12 Jul 2001 My GG Grandfather, Stephen Boyle, is burried at the Topsey Cemetery along with his first wife Mary Ann Wilkerson. His second wife is also burried in the cemetery. Her name was Susan Stanley and married Stephen in 1894 when she was 30 and he was 80. I know there were Stanley's in Mercer Co., but I don't know who she was related to. She may also have been married prior to Stephen. The only name I have is Haralel sp? Does anyone know anything about this womans family or other marriage? ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== List mail archives can be accessed at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ or at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl --- Joan Bell --- belljoan@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.

Surnames: BOYLE STANLEY HARALEL? Submitter: Wayne Boyle (wkboyle@toad.net) Date: 12 Jul 2001 My GG Grandfather, Stephen Boyle, is burried at the Topsey Cemetery along with his first wife Mary Ann Wilkerson. His second wife is also burried in the cemetery. Her name was Susan Stanley and married Stephen in 1894 when she was 30 and he was 80. I know there were Stanley's in Mercer Co., but I don't know who she was related to. She may also have been married prior to Stephen. The only name I have is Haralel sp? Does anyone know anything about this womans family or other marriage?

thanks, I will try it the way you mentioned, something has to be easier then the way I was doing it. Lena

Thank you Valorie. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valorie Zimmerman" <valoriez@zimres.net> To: <MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 10:02 PM Subject: Re: [MOMERCER-L] Re: FYI--OBITS, BIOS Pages > And Nancy, they just announced today that if you don't want to log in to > post, you don't need to. Of course, then your address won't be > "updateable" -- but now the choice is completely up to you. > > Best of luck, > > Valorie > > > "Nancy L. Hancock" wrote: > > > > Thank you Valorie. I will give this another try. Nancy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Valorie Zimmerman" <valoriez@zimres.net> > > To: <MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 1:29 AM > > Subject: [MOMERCER-L] Re: FYI--OBITS, BIOS Pages > > > > > "Nancy L. Hancock" wrote: > > > > > > > > I must have done something wrong, maybe. I went through the " boards" > > to > > > > research a surname and reached a window that told me I had to be a > > > > subscriber of ancestry.com to retrive the surname info. Has anyone else > > had > > > > this problem? How do I access through rootsweb so that I can research > > > > surnames, and retrive rootsweb info., without joining ancestry? Nancy > > > > > > The main page is here: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=main&r=rw > . > > > ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== > List mail archives can be accessed at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > or at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >

And Nancy, they just announced today that if you don't want to log in to post, you don't need to. Of course, then your address won't be "updateable" -- but now the choice is completely up to you. Best of luck, Valorie "Nancy L. Hancock" wrote: > > Thank you Valorie. I will give this another try. Nancy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valorie Zimmerman" <valoriez@zimres.net> > To: <MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 1:29 AM > Subject: [MOMERCER-L] Re: FYI--OBITS, BIOS Pages > > > "Nancy L. Hancock" wrote: > > > > > > I must have done something wrong, maybe. I went through the " boards" > to > > > research a surname and reached a window that told me I had to be a > > > subscriber of ancestry.com to retrive the surname info. Has anyone else > had > > > this problem? How do I access through rootsweb so that I can research > > > surnames, and retrive rootsweb info., without joining ancestry? Nancy > > > > The main page is here: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=main&r=rw .

Lena-- I am sorry you are having problems with the new boards. I know it is frustrating, but I suppose we will all get used to them eventually. In the meantime, try this: Go to: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.stat es.missouri.counties.mercer&maxrows=25&dir=next A short distance down the screen is a drop down menu called "view message type". Click on the type you want to look at: obituaries, queries, etc., and you will be taken to a list of messages for that particular board. Then you have to go down the list to the one which looks interesting to you and click on that to view the message. It will not give you the author's email address, but I believe if you print it out, you will get it (haven't tried it yet). If you want to go to a different board, go back to the "view message type," and choose the board you want. You can hit your "back" button at any time to go to the previous screen. Hope this helps. Good luck. Barbra

I have tried within the last few days to use this "new" method, and find it frustrating. Just had to let you know that maybe some body else will find it easier. Lena

Thank you Valorie. I will give this another try. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valorie Zimmerman" <valoriez@zimres.net> To: <MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 1:29 AM Subject: [MOMERCER-L] Re: FYI--OBITS, BIOS Pages > "Nancy L. Hancock" wrote: > > > > I must have done something wrong, maybe. I went through the " boards" to > > research a surname and reached a window that told me I had to be a > > subscriber of ancestry.com to retrive the surname info. Has anyone else had > > this problem? How do I access through rootsweb so that I can research > > surnames, and retrive rootsweb info., without joining ancestry? Nancy > > The main page is here: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=main&r=rw > > You do NOT need to join anything, or even log in, to run a search or > read messages. And you don't have to join Ancestry to register/log in so > that you can post. And once you HAVE registered, if you click the > "Remember My Password" box, from then on all you need do is click on > your name to log in. Quick as a flash. > > They are still moving some of the locality boards into their final > logical positions, so occasionally the Find A Board won't work right. > The early days were a bit rocky, but I've found everything working > flawlessly lately. > > Valorie > > > ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== > List mail archives can be accessed at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > or at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >

"Nancy L. Hancock" wrote: > > I must have done something wrong, maybe. I went through the " boards" to > research a surname and reached a window that told me I had to be a > subscriber of ancestry.com to retrive the surname info. Has anyone else had > this problem? How do I access through rootsweb so that I can research > surnames, and retrive rootsweb info., without joining ancestry? Nancy The main page is here: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=main&r=rw You do NOT need to join anything, or even log in, to run a search or read messages. And you don't have to join Ancestry to register/log in so that you can post. And once you HAVE registered, if you click the "Remember My Password" box, from then on all you need do is click on your name to log in. Quick as a flash. They are still moving some of the locality boards into their final logical positions, so occasionally the Find A Board won't work right. The early days were a bit rocky, but I've found everything working flawlessly lately. Valorie

What's New With The Ancestry Message Boards Message from the Ancestry Home Office by Jake Gehring, Executive Producer Wow, what a week it has been. The messages have really been flying. In an effort to improve communication from Ancestry to you (and vice versa), I will be sending out a message every so often which addresses current issues on the Ancestry site. The Ancestry staff has received lots of questions since the merger of Ancestry.com and RootsWeb.com last summer, and I think there's a general need for our users to have regular information on Ancestry's efforts to provide valuable services to the genealogical community. I also want to make a few comments about our new message boards system which was launched last week. We're grateful for the excellent feedback many of you have provided. The feedback has been generally positive when addressing the value of the combined datasets and the increased search functionality. However, I also recognize that any significant change requires some getting used to and may create some temporary inconvenience and frustration. I would like to address some of the concerns we've heard from you, the users. By popular request, we will shortly add the ability for users to filter by message category within a message board (for queries, obituaries, deeds, etc.). For the benefit of the message board administrators, we are extending the board re-adoption deadline from July 15 to July 23. There is some confusion about Ancestry's position regarding the ownership of messages posted on the boards. Let me clarify by excerpting from the Acceptable Use Policy, which reads, "When you post messages to mailing lists, message boards, and other facilities at Ancestry, those posts remain your property under copyright law." The same is true for those using the message boards at Ancestry.com. In short, if you posted it, you own it. As far as the message boards or any other Ancestry features are concerned, if you're not happy, we're not happy. Please continue to give us your comments and concerns at the Suggestions Message Board or at http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help.cgi

I had had so many responses/questions, I decided to try again with an explanation: Originally, there was a separate "board" for each category - query, wills, Bible records, etc. Now they have been combined into a "suite" where all goes under the category of Mercer Co. (or whatever county). I did not administer the board for query, thus I will not be administering the suite of boards. However, the Mercer Co. Query Page on our website has never been part of GenConnect, and will remain on our website where you can access the page to read or post queries. Hopefully, QueryExpress (the system used on our query page) will survive. Again, here is the URL for the Mercer Co. board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.st ates.missouri.counties.mercer When you go to this site, you will see that all the queries, obits, wills, etc., are all batched together. You can, by going to "View Message Type" select the category you are looking for - queries, wills, Bible records, marriages, obits, etc., on the drop down menu. You can also sort them by date. Now - to read anything out there takes nothing on your part. But, if you want to post a query, or reply to one that's there, you need to log in. Those of you who have ancestry.com passwords and users name can use this one. If you don't have one, you can choose one. This is free - has NOTHING to do with their boards where you have to pay. You can also print out the messages. When you hit post (either as a reply or a new post), a screen will pop up asking you to log in. Enter (or create) a username and password, you will be acknowledged, and then able to make your post. You will have to hit the back key to get back to the screen you are one. NOTE: This has a time out feature so if you come back 15 minutes later, you'll have to log in again. When you make a post, you will be given a screen where you enter the subject line, then the area to type in. Below that is surnames. List all the surnames you mentioned in the post in this format: ...... every name on the same line, separated by a comma and a space. Then choose the category please. There is a drop down box where you can chose the category you wish this to go to. Then hit submit. Two shortcuts: If you visit the Mercer Co. page often, look at the top of the page and you will see a place where it says "Add Board to Favorites". It will automatically take that URL and put it on your list of favorites. When you come back to this board and want to spin off to another favorite site, click on "My Favorites" and all your bookmarked sites will be there and clickable. There is a line near the top that is yellow. The first word is Boards. Click on that line and walk through your selection. You can go to another county by following through the selections there. You can also change the "View MessageType" . All this will take some practice and getting used to. It is supposed to make things easier, which, of course, is a matter of opinion. Someone asked, "Did Ancestry.com buy out Rootsweb?", and the answer is "Yes!". I cannot predict what will happen in the future, but I fear we may expect many changes such as this to come. Hopefully, it will not come to having to pay for our information. In the meantime, I want to concentrate on our Mercer Co. website. Remember, you can still post your queries by going to the Query page on our site. I will try to answer your questions if I can, but please be patient--I don't know much about it, either. Will try to find out anything I can. Thanks for your support and understanding. Barbra Mercer Co. Coordinator

Hi Barbra-- This appears to me to be another case of the big guy just trying to get bigger :>)) I sent them a message and told them as much; their reply was that they were sorry I was having trouble navigating the website !! Nina

I must have done something wrong, maybe. I went through the " boards" to research a surname and reached a window that told me I had to be a subscriber of ancestry.com to retrive the surname info. Has anyone else had this problem? How do I access through rootsweb so that I can research surnames, and retrive rootsweb info., without joining ancestry? Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jcbarbra@cs.com> To: <MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 1:05 PM Subject: [MOMERCER-L] FYI--OBITS, BIOS Pages > Those of you who have in the past used the GenConnect Boards at Rootsweb on > the Mercer Co. website for Bios and Obits will be interested to know they no > longer exist. > > All the GenConnect boards (wills, deeds, Bible records, queries, etc.) have > been merged with Ancestry.com, specifically with the Message Boards of > Ancestry's > FamilyHistory.Com site. When you go to Rootsweb, the Queries GenConnect > Boards for every county and surname take you directly to the new Message > Boards. If you try to click to go to the Obituaries or Wills or the other > separate Boards, you are taken to a generic index page forcing you to locate > the county or surname. ALL those separate Boards were considered > 'categories of messages' and all the messages were merged into a single > message board along with all messages that had accumulated at > FamilyHistory.Com. > > Below is the URL for the Mercer Co. board: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.st > ates.missouri.counties.mercer > > Regarding the ownership of messages posted on the boards, excerpting from > Rootsweb's Acceptable Use Policy, "When you post messages to mailing > lists, message boards, and other facilities at RootsWeb, those posts remain > your property under copyright law." The same is true for those using the > message boards at Ancestry.com. In short, if you posted it, you own it. > > I hope this clarifies the situation a little. > > Barbra > Mercer County Coordinator > > > ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== > List mail archives can be accessed at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > or at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >

In a message dated 7/10/01 11:24:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, clanross5@hotmail.com writes: << are you saying that all messages posted in the previous Obits, Wills, Bible Records, etc have been merged into the new Queries section? >> No, the above boards, as well as the Queries board, have all been merged into the Message Board. When you go to Rootsweb, the Queries GenConnect Boards for every county and surname take you directly to the new Message Boards. If you try to click to go to the Obituaries or Wills or the other separate Boards, you are taken to a generic index page forcing you to locate the county or surname. When you make a post or when using the new advance search feature, you can specify a topic/category (and there are new categories available) to search only those messages, but there are no longer any separate boards. The other thing is that, in order to POST anything, you MUST be registered. Be certain you are registering for using the Boards and not subscribing to Ancestry. If they ask for your credit card number, you are filling out the wrong form to register to use the new Message Boards <grin>! Also, try to remember to actually LOG OUT when you leave as that process sends some blank cookies into your browser's RAM memory. I am working on starting manual pages for our website, in which anyone wishing to have a Bio or Obit posted, could send them directly to me, and I would post them manually. Hope all this is not too confusing. Barbra Mercer Co. Coordinator

Thats what she said, and it is true. I suspect that pretty soon you will have to pay to access this information Richard Ross wrote: > > Barbara, are you saying that all messages posted in the previous Obits, > Wills, Bible Records, etc have been merged into the new Queries section? > > Just need a clarification.... > > Richard Ross > Mercer County ALHN > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== > List mail archives can be accessed at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > or at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Those of you who have in the past used the GenConnect Boards at Rootsweb on the Mercer Co. website for Bios and Obits will be interested to know they no longer exist. All the GenConnect boards (wills, deeds, Bible records, queries, etc.) have been merged with Ancestry.com, specifically with the Message Boards of Ancestry's FamilyHistory.Com site. When you go to Rootsweb, the Queries GenConnect Boards for every county and surname take you directly to the new Message Boards. If you try to click to go to the Obituaries or Wills or the other separate Boards, you are taken to a generic index page forcing you to locate the county or surname. ALL those separate Boards were considered 'categories of messages' and all the messages were merged into a single message board along with all messages that had accumulated at FamilyHistory.Com. Below is the URL for the Mercer Co. board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.st ates.missouri.counties.mercer Regarding the ownership of messages posted on the boards, excerpting from Rootsweb's Acceptable Use Policy, "When you post messages to mailing lists, message boards, and other facilities at RootsWeb, those posts remain your property under copyright law." The same is true for those using the message boards at Ancestry.com. In short, if you posted it, you own it. I hope this clarifies the situation a little. Barbra Mercer County Coordinator

Barbara, are you saying that all messages posted in the previous Obits, Wills, Bible Records, etc have been merged into the new Queries section? Just need a clarification.... Richard Ross Mercer County ALHN _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

> National Mapping Information EUREKA SCHOOL , MISSOURI12 Feature records have been selected from GNIS. Click on the feature name for feature details and for links to mapping services. Feature Name St County Equivalent Name Type > > USGS 7.5' Map <A HREF="http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=744347">Eureka School (historical)</A> MO Audrain school 390949N 0914334W Laddonia <A HREF="http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=731943">Eureka School (historical)</A> MO Barry school UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Unknown <A HREF="http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=749858">Eureka School (historical)</A> MO Butler school 364536N 0903559W Stringtown <A HREF="http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=717657">Eureka School (historical)</A> MO Caldwell school 393247N 0935353W Cowgill <A HREF="http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=731712">Eureka School (historical)</A> MO Clark school 402403N 0914851W Medill <A HREF="http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=717658">Eureka School (historical)</A> MO Daviess school 394951N 0941111W Winston <A HREF="http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=717663">Eureka School (historical)</A> MO Harrison school 402337N 0940500W Brooklyn <A HREF="http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=745497">Eureka School (historical)</A> MO Johnson school 385438N 0933824W Knob Noster NW <A HREF="http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=734340">Eureka School (historical)</A> MO Lafayette school 385824N 0933047W Concordia <A HREF="http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=717659">Eureka School (historical)</A> MO Linn school 395129N 0932109W Meadville <A HREF="http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=744254">Eureka School (historical)</A> MO Pike school UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Unknown <A HREF="http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=717665">Eureka School (historical)</A> MO Worth school 402909N 0941533W Allendale <A HREF="http://www.doi.gov/">U.S. Department of the Interior</A> || <A HREF="http://www.usgs.gov/">U.S. Geological Survey</A> 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, USA URL: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form Maintainer: <A HREF="mailto:gnis_manager@usgs.gov">gnis_manager@usgs.gov</A> Last modified: November 1, 2000 <A HREF="http://www.usgs.gov/privacy.html">USGS Privacy Policy and Disclaimers</A>

Sorry, Mercer County does not have a Eureka School listed. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ila L. LaRue" <ilarue@midohio.net> To: <MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 8:40 AM Subject: [MOMERCER-L] Re: MOMERCER-D Digest V01 #93 > No, I haven't found Eureka school yet, and I have investigated Wyreka, but > find no connection that will help. When I researched at Columbia, Mo. > archives, I found a latitude-longitude marking for the school, but I gave it > to my son to look up on his GPA that he carries in his plane, but he lost > the paper, and now I am back at square one. Thank you for your interest. > If I ever find it, you will hear the whoop of joy wherever you are. > Ila > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <MOMERCER-D-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <MOMERCER-D@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 8:03 AM > Subject: MOMERCER-D Digest V01 #93 > > > > > ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== > List mail archives can be accessed at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > or at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >