re: parent company of FTM has included tracking software in Version 9 which keeps track of everything you do on the internet and sends a log of your surfing habits to Mattel every time you log on. I have Family Tree Maker Version 9 as well as the Zone Alarm firewall system. With Zone Alarm it requires my permission for an application on my PC to access the Internet, and I believe FTW has never asked. Think this is baloney. http://www.zonelabs.com

I have a collection of 35 electronic census spreadsheets that I am happy to share with anyone who wants to download a free copy. I created them so that I could get rid of the mountain of census data forum cluttering my desk. The spreadsheets will allow you to electronically organize and archive your extracted census records. The collection includes the federal census (1790-1920), special schedules including slave and veterans, and spreadsheets for the state censuses of Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York and Wisconsin. I also have spreadsheets for Canada, England, Ireland, and Scotland. I created them with MS Excel 97 and they require Excel 97 or 2000 to use them. I have a website at http://www.censustools.com where you can see screenshots of all of the spreadsheets, read about them in more detail, and of course download whatever you need. Gary Happiness is helping a stranger find their roots. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1

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And one more......I will leave this subject alone now......Floyd "B. McCulloch" wrote: > Hey, > Not a disgruntled customer. > FTM has been known to use DSSAgent in prior versions. > http://genforum.genealogy.com/using/ and there is a thread > going on FTM v9 Spyware and there is a fix to the > creation of the aqueduct.txt. > I run Lavasoft Ad-Aware program and it nails > FTM everytime I use it. I really should change back > to PAF. > > Betty - NYS > > > This seems like a "disgruntled customer" e-mail rather than a warning. > > > > It always comes from "a friend" or "another list" and carries some dire > > warning about a specific product. > > > > There is no way of verifying the validity of these claims. The original > > sender could just be waging a vendetta against the manufacturers of FTM. > > > > If you own any piece of software, there are usually at least two or three > > mailing lists about that software you can join. > > > > Please don't forward unsubstantiated messages like this to every list you > > belong to. This is how mass hysteria starts. > > > > Joy Fisher [email protected] > > UCLA

More thoughts.....Floyd Carolyn Golowka wrote: > Thought you should know - > > I have FTM version 8 installed. And guess what - it has aqueduct.dll as > well. I do not think this is as the writer of this warning states. It is a > dynaminc link list and those do indeed have instructions that run sometimes > macros that make other things work. But, the only time that it would be > used is through FTM and not through any other software. No other software > has access to the .dll. So, if this is true, which is may or may not be, > ask the manufacturer. My thought is that they do not do as the writer > states. But, you never know. I wouldn't be surprised if it causes 'mass > mailings' to Mattel and causes all sorts of problems over a falsehood. How > many times have you read about these things being completely incorrect? Are > you going to be sucked in too? Think about it. > > Carolyn Golowka > ALGenWeb Archives File Manger > ALGenWeb Tombstone Project Manager > ALGenWeb Lowndes County Coordinator

FYI.......Floyd [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > This came from one of my lists. If you use FTM read and head! > > FAMILY TREE MAKER, VERSION 9: A WARNING > > It has come to my attention that Family Tree Maker may be up to no good > with the latest version (9) of their genealogy program. Since I don't > use FTM with any degree of proficiency (I use PAF), I'm passing along > this warning by way of copy and paste. Those of you who use FTM will > want to read this carefully: > > "Mattel, the parent company of FTM has included tracking software in > Version 9 which keeps track of everything you do on the internet and > sends a log of your surfing habits to Mattel every time you log on. The > log file is called "aqueduct" and can be found in the root directory of > your C drive. I have deleted the file and gone back to version 8. > > "I discovered {this] quite by accident. In an unrelated attempt to fix > one of my screwups on my hardrive, I discovered the file called > "aqueduct" and opened it as I didn't know what it was. I discovered that > it was a log of all my surfing habits and I now know, it covered the > period from when I installed the FTM 9 upgrade to the date I discovered > it and deleted it. I didn't realize it was a FTM by product until I > tried to open FTM (after deleting aqueduct) and I got an error message > saying "Aqueduct" was missing -- it seems that without the file, FTM > version 9 will not run at all. Since I detest tracking software of any > kind, I uninstalled FTM version 9 and reinstalled FTM version 8. Note: > You will have to open and rename your database backup copy as any > database file that you opened and stored in version 9 will be useless." > > ++++++ End of Forwarded Text ++++++ > > Tigger, Warrington > > Aloha > Joe > With interests in the following names: TATTERSALL, TOMLINSON, VEEVERS, > HOLDEN, BOOTHMAN and ODDIE. All in the Lancashire area. > Do not open Any attachments with this as I DID NOT send them.

Good news for Buffalo County researchers-- Buffalo County NEGenWeb Project has a new book on-line -- well, rather, it's an old book, but just now available on-line. Through the generosity of Kearney City Library, Volume I of Samuel Clay Basset's _Buffalo County Nebraska and Its People_ publishing in 1916, is now on-line, complete with illustrations. There's also an added Every Surname Index. Besides relating the history of the settlement, organization, progress and achievement of the county, including stories of the grasshopper invasions of the 1870's, Easter blizzard of 1874, etc., it contains a list of all the settlers who filed homestead or pre-emption claims prior to 1880. Bassett also listed many various clubs, lodges, churches and other organization, with their charter members, first officers, and current (1915) officers and/or members. It includes over 2300 surnames. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nebuffal/bassett/ Volume II, which is biographical, is in production. Enjoy!! Mona [email protected] List Mom - [email protected] Host - Buffalo Co., NEGenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nebuffal Our Family - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monajo/ ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

The Lancaster County, NEGenWebsite has had some additions and more is coming. The 1909 University of Nebraska lists of graduates for the Colleges of Law, Literature, Arts & Science, and the Teacher's College are now available to view. I hope these lists will be helpful to many of you. Many thanks to Suzanna Davenport who has provided this information. Coming soon will be the booklet on the Lincoln Women's Club of 1897-1898. I am currently transcribing this and will hopefully have it all ready and online sometime after Thanksgiving. In the meantime, please have a Happy Thanksgiving and may you all stay safe for the holiday if you must travel. The links to the new pages can be found by going to the Lancaster County Resources page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancresources.html Take care ~ Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html Harrison Roots & Branches http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html Listowner of: Rootsweb mail lists : NELANCAS-L, NEDIXON-L, NESAUNDE-L, BRICE-L, BLUNT-L, WEITZEL-L & MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L My Rootsweb Mail Lists Jump Page with the links to the home pages for all the lists I administer is: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lists.html

Looking for information on M. A. Lehr (Marvin Allen Lehr) who owned & operated a business in 1889 in Schaller, IA. Later he moved his family to Boone, NE in the 1900 census. Somewhere before 1915 he moved to Omaha, NE. Marvin divorced Rose Luvilla Francisco Lehr and she married John Martin. Looking for any information on the family. Lucian Lehr married Mary F. Goedecke whose parents were Armee and molly Reid Goedecke. They had a daughter named Marilou Lehr. Cecil Marvin Lehr married Mable (don't know maiden name). They had a daughter named Gladys Rose Lehr who married Cliford or Clifton Smith. Hazel Alice Lehr married Karl Percy Reese and they had a son named Jack Reese. Gladys Lehr married Ralph Lewis Pennington and they had 3 children: Phylis Pennington Moss, Jane Pennington Harrison, Robert Stanley Pennington (died 29 Dec 1944 in Battle of the Bulge, buried in Luxembourg, Beligum. Oprah Lehr died at birth or shortly after in Schaller, IA around 1885. Also looking for info on other family members: Frank Smith, Addie M. Smith, Ray C. Smith, Llyond Smith, Harry B. Smith all born in Schaller, IA in 1880 time frame. Mary Jane Lehr was living with them and Amy Fuller in the 1900 Schaller, IA census. Not sure if they moved to Omaha, NE. Trying to find out if these Smith's were related to Clifford or Clifton Smith that married Gladys Rose Lehr probably around 1913 to 1925. They purchased the burial plot for Cecil Lehr who died 9 Sep 1941 and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Elks Division, Omaha, NE. I know that Cecil Lehr was a member of Omaha's Post 1 American Legion. Can I get records from them anywhere? Gladys Lehr Smith died in Ft Lauderdale, FL (died 11/22/1973 Boward Co FL) and is buried there. Can anyone tell me if there are any Elks records available? Cecil was also a Printer 1st Class, United States Navy, Pacific Fleet. Can anyone tell me how I might get these records? Looking for any information on the family of Henry Lehr Sr. (died 1952) and his wife Elsie Lehr (died 1946). They are also buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, NE. Trying to find their children. Understand they had a daughter with the last name Pendleton . At a brick wall. Thank you and have a great day! Sandy in VA

Added today to the Lancaster County, NE WWI Honor Roll - WWI Veterans index pg. 11 with 48 more biographies & photos. You can view these and all earlier pages by going to either the Lancaster County Resources page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancresources.html and clicking on the Veterans Index button or go directly to: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/honor/ww1vetsindex.html More will be added as time allows. Take care ~ Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html Harrison Roots & Branches http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html Listowner of: Rootsweb mail lists : NELANCAS-L, NEDIXON-L, NESAUNDE-L, BRICE-L, BLUNT-L, WEITZEL-L & MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L

The Lancaster County, NE Family Group Sheets page has been updated. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/familygr/familygr.html Take care ~ Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html Harrison Roots & Branches http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html Listowner of: Rootsweb mail lists : NELANCAS-L, NEDIXON-L, NESAUNDE-L, BRICE-L, BLUNT-L, WEITZEL-L & MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L

The NEGENWeb Cedar Co., NE surname page has been revised to include space for locations and dates. If you have a posting on this page and would like additional information added, you can send it to Twila at this page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~necedar/surname.html Also, thanks to Pete Peterson and with the permission of Editor Rob Dump, there have been MANY more obituaries from the Cedar County News posted at this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~necedar2/ These include obits for out-of-county or out-of-state persons who had Cedar Co. connections. Happy hunting! Kristi

Plattsmouth Journal, May 22, 1919 RICKENBACHER RECEIVES OVATION IN OMAHA DOWNING GERMANS EASY TASK FOR FAMOUS AUTOMOBILE RACER. TELLS OF ARIAL WARFARE Ace of Aces, Who Fought Many Air Battles in War, Details Experience Last Night. From Tuesday�s Daily. Last night at this municipal auditorium in Omaha, Captain Eddie Rickenbacher, American �ace of aces� and flying hero, thrilled an audience with some of his experiences in France. �Rick� proved himself a good public speaker, as well as he has proved himself a good airman. He paid glowing tributes to some of the American airmen who were his friends. �People often ask me what are a man�s feelings when he is up in the air engaged in a flight with an enemy plane,� said Eddie. �I didn�t have any feeling that I can recall except the sensation that this machine before me was an instrument of the enemy and that it was necessary to destroy it or else it would destroy me. It was only after I had come down to earth again that the realization came to me that I had seen pumping bullets into a living, breathing human being like myself, and then I hated war more than ever.� �I was given the first Spad flown by an American officer at the front. This was at the Chateau Thierry front and I felt I was about the last word in flying men. While I was making a flight in that plane one day with Capt. Norman Hall, I had an experience which I shall never forget. We encountered a squadron of 12 Hun planes. I attacked the rear one and sent it down in flames. I then zoomed up, but found that all the rest of the Hun airmen had discovered me and that I was the target of all of them. There was only one thing to do. I plunged in a vertical dive and did 12,000 feet in the twinkling of an eye. One of my eardrums burst as a result of the sudden change of atmospheric pressure.� �The bravest sight I ever saw I witnessed on the Verdun front. Our squadron with several others was ordered out to a great attack, it was the biggest �dog fight� I ever witnessed. We call them �dog fights� when many planes are engaged. In this instance there were probably 70 planes fighting. They were plunging and zooming and crashing to earth and the air was streaked with incendiary bullets.� �Lt. Wilbur White, one of our men suddenly saw the Hun leader attacking the rear man of the squadron, an inexperienced boy who had no chance with the seasoned Boche. Without a moment�s hesitation, Lt. White plunged toward the Hun. The planes locked together and crashed to earth. The lieutenant had given his life for his friend.� --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals.

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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------7CC7353E57C66F5EACA8DDAA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am particularly interested in mother's maiden name. I am trying to connect Fenton with TILFORD, DWYER,KANE THANKS! -- // Netscape User Preferences // This is a generated file! Do not edit. user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "{BROWSER_HOMEPAGE}"); user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override", false); user_pref("browser.window_rect", "0,0,632,480"); user_pref("custtoolbar.personal_toolbar_folder", "Personal Toolbar Folder"); user_pref("editor.author", "{USER_FIRSTNAME} {USER_LASTNAME}"); user_pref("ldapList.version", 1); user_pref("ldap_1.directory1.filename", "abook.nab"); user_pref("ldap_1.directory2.filename", "X12UI78B.nab"); user_pref("ldap_1.directory3.filename", "X10DVC9I.nab"); user_pref("ldap_1.directory3.searchBase", "c=US"); user_pref("ldap_1.directory4.filename", "X0K9I5VV.nab"); user_pref("ldap_1.directory5.filename", "XVJ16K52.nab"); user_pref("ldap_1.directory6.filename", "XUU6FR60.nab"); user_pref("ldap_1.end_of_directories", "12252800"); user_pref("mail.identity.useremail", "{USERNAME}@{DOMAIN}"); user_pref("mail.identity.username", "{USER_FIRSTNAME} {USER_LASTNAME}"); user_pref("mail.pop_name", "{USERNAME}"); user_pref("network.hosts.nntp_server", "{NEWS_SERVER}"); user_pref("network.hosts.pop_server", "{IN_MAILSERVER}"); user_pref("network.hosts.smtp_server", "{OUT_MAILSERVER}"); user_pref("news.show_pretty_names", true); user_pref("taskbar.floating", false); user_pref("taskbar.x", 634); user_pref("taskbar.y", 8); --------------7CC7353E57C66F5EACA8DDAA Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from lists7.rootsweb.com ([63.92.80.56]) by emu (EarthLink SMTP Server) with ESMTP id tuqrjh.5oe.37tiu8v Sat, 10 Nov 2001 10:14:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from [email protected]) by lists7.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id fAAICnu04249; Sat, 10 Nov 2001 11:12:49 -0700 Resent-Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 11:12:49 -0700 X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Sat Nov 10 11:12:46 2001 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 10:06:24 -0800 From: Kirby Harris-Gonzalez <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: [email protected], "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [FENTON] FENTON SIBLINGS Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/155 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Can some kind person help me! Looking for birth information on the following FENTON siblings - only info I have is from 1910 NEVADA Census - where these siblings lived - in Lovelock,, NV in 1910 FENTON, Mary A - dob. 1886 - NEBRASKA - parents born in Ireland FENTON, Roger - dob 1890 - NEVADA - parents born in Ireland FENTON, Margaret E - dob 1893 - NEVADA - parents born in Ireland ANY clues would be so greatly appreciated! Kirby Harris-Gonzalez e-mail: [email protected] Fallbrook, CA near San Diego -- // Netscape User Preferences // This is a generated file! Do not edit. user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "{BROWSER_HOMEPAGE}"); user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override", false); user_pref("browser.window_rect", "0,0,632,480"); user_pref("custtoolbar.personal_toolbar_folder", "Personal Toolbar Folder"); user_pref("editor.author", "{USER_FIRSTNAME} {USER_LASTNAME}"); user_pref("ldapList.version", 1); user_pref("ldap_1.directory1.filename", "abook.nab"); user_pref("ldap_1.directory2.filename", "X12UI78B.nab"); user_pref("ldap_1.directory3.filename", "X10DVC9I.nab"); user_pref("ldap_1.directory3.searchBase", "c=US"); user_pref("ldap_1.directory4.filename", "X0K9I5VV.nab"); user_pref("ldap_1.directory5.filename", "XVJ16K52.nab"); user_pref("ldap_1.directory6.filename", "XUU6FR60.nab"); user_pref("ldap_1.end_of_directories", "12252800"); user_pref("mail.identity.useremail", "{USERNAME}@{DOMAIN}"); user_pref("mail.identity.username", "{USER_FIRSTNAME} {USER_LASTNAME}"); user_pref("mail.pop_name", "{USERNAME}"); user_pref("network.hosts.nntp_server", "{NEWS_SERVER}"); user_pref("network.hosts.pop_server", "{IN_MAILSERVER}"); user_pref("network.hosts.smtp_server", "{OUT_MAILSERVER}"); user_pref("news.show_pretty_names", true); user_pref("taskbar.floating", false); user_pref("taskbar.x", 634); user_pref("taskbar.y", 8); ==== FENTON Mailing List ==== ============================== Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp --------------7CC7353E57C66F5EACA8DDAA--

No sure what city & state you were searching in. Can you tell me that and then I can send more exact names and time periods. Thank You. Sandy Isaac & Ester Lehr (1833 - 1865) Schyulkill, PA, Wayne, OH, Bureau, IL. James Winkler, Ester Wade Winkler, Lucinda Boydston Winkler, Mary Jane Winkler Lehr , Fanny & Lawrence Winkler, Marvin Lehr, Mary A. Lehr (1830-1850) Wayne, Medina, Summit, Arkon, OH. Mary Jane Lehr & Isaac Lehr, Marvin Lehr (or M.A.) Mary A. (Adeline Adda, or Addie) Lehr, Elvira, Elimra or Elnora Lehr, Alice Lehr, Frank Lehr, Laura Rawson Lehr, Merinda & Robinson Rawson (1856 - 1880) Bureau, Il area. Marvin Lehr, Rose Francisco Lehr, Lucian Lehr, Cecil Lehr, Hazel Lehr, Gladys Lehr, Oprah Lehr, Dm Smith, Addie Smith, Harry Smith, Ray Smith Lloyd Smith, Amy Fuller, Frank & Laura Lehr, Imogene Lehr, Grace Lehr (1875-1920) Schaller, Iowa. Marvin Lehr, Rose Francisco Lehr, Lucian Lehr, Cecil Lehr, Hazel Lehr, Gladys Lehr (1900) Boone Co, NE. Marvin Lehr, Rose Francisco Lehr Martin, Lucian & Mary Goedecke Lehr, Cecil & Mabel Lehr, Hazel Lehr Reese, Calvos, Holms, Nathan, Gladys Lehr Pennington, Richards, Jane Pennington Harrison, Phyliss Pennington Moss, Robert Stanley Pennington, Henry Lehr, Elsie Lehr (1912-1952) Omaha, NE. Frank & Laura Lehr, Imogene Lehr Eichenberger, Grace Lehr Drum Cantin (1935-1965) San Francisco, CA , San Mateo, CA and Salinas, CA Hazel Lehr Reese Calvos Holms Nathan (1935 - 1983) San Franicsco, CA and Vallejo, CA. Thank You, Sandy in VA

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Hi Norma: I have the 1983 Saunders County History book which lists Clyde Smith and his father John "Al" Ellison Smith, his grandfather Col. John Johnson and the Rager family. If you don't have this book and want me to type up this column, please let me know. Judy Martin Wurtsboro, NY > Does anyone have information for this family? >

New to list. Researching in Clay County, John Wolford m. Sarah Wilks in Indiana. After the Civil War, they moved to Clay County. I have more to share.... Anyone taken their lines back through Wolfords? Regards, Diane Researching: Appley, Asbury, Barnum, Bauder/Bader, Bowling, Briggs, Burton, Carr, Clark, Dyer, Ecker, Finch, Flannery, Fox, Grim, Hardendorf, Harman, Hawk, Hayes, Henkle/Hinkle, Keith, Marcy, Pier, Sawyer, Summerfield, Schenk, Shepard, Slocum, Strong, Teter, Tinkham, Thompson/Thomson, Walker, Whitlam, Wilks, Wolford, Wood, Woolever. http://www.treelines.com http://www.lineage.net Useful sites: http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ (Hints for starting) http://communities.msn.com/AGenealogyExperience (A Genealogy Experience)

Does anyone have information for this family? obit in part: John SMITH 1863-1951 The Ashland Gazette, Ashland, Saunders County, Nebraska, Thursday, April 19. 1951 pg.1 col. 5 Death Friday of Aged Resident; Funeral Sunday John Ellsworth Smith was born January 10, 1863 at Johnstown, PA, the son of Manuel and Elizabeth Rager Smith and passed away Friday, April 13, 1951 at the age of 88 yrs. three months and three days. His death occurred at the home of his son, Clyde Smith, where he had lived the past eight years. He had been a resident of this community most of his life. When he was four years old he came to Nebraska with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs Charles Rager. They had made the long trip by river boat, then a slow but reliable means of transportation. Mr. Smith grew to manhood in the Murdock vicinity. On June 7, 1882 he was united in marriage at Murdock to Lucinda Johnson, a resident of Ashland. They lived at South Bend for two years and then moved to Ashland where he spent his remaining years. To this union were born two sons and one daughter. He was preceded in death by his wife; one son, John and his daughter, Grace. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were privilaged to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary which was observed June 7, 1932. John, who was better known as Al, was widely known for his talent as an oldtime fiddler and had won prizes at a number of contests. He had been in failing health for some time and was bedfast the last five weeks. He is survived by his son, Clyde; a half-brother, Frank Campbell, Wellsville, Ohio; his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Grace Smith; eight grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. There are also several nieces and nephews and a host of friends who will miss his presence among them.