I am looking for any information on Harvey Ross Moody b. 18 Sept 1891 in Sutton NE Son of William E. Moody Thanks

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Hi Folks, Was looking through a book written about my ggf George E. Johnson, State Engineer of Nebraska and responsible for most early power/water plants in NE. He mentions another ancestor I'm most interested in finding if anyone has a connection to. It states that William HALFAKER was a manager of the King Drill Foundry in Nebraska City in 1895. William was the brother of my gggm Elizabeth Hurst Spriggs Halfaker and uncle of my ggm Nevada Ann Halfaker Johnson. I'm trying to locate any information on the Halfaker's in SE Nebraska and earlier in Fremont County, Iowa. Thanks !! Catherine Harper http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/4200

Karen, I would not use the word greed because I don't have the time, money or patience to do what Mary does. Mary is the unpaid "volunteer transcriber" who mentioned the word greed! Now, let's get the list back to genealogy. Please, Craig -=-=-=-=- OmahaMom@aol.com wrote: > Personally, I don't think motivation for needing some return on > the investment is greed at all. > Karen > Mary Mills wrote: > > Amen to that, Craig! To gain materially abroad from record searches is > inexcusable. > > Mary Mills wrote: > > OmahaMom: I am a volunteer transcriber and spend many hours reading minute print > to add to your records. I wish not to be paid, but I pay dues to the Gen > Societies I belong to. There seems to be a greed element here. >

Looking for information on the following: 1. Andrew S.2 Culp (Samuel1) was born May 01, 1842 in Maryland, and died February 16, 1902 in Nemaha County, Nebraska. He married Sarah Anne Mattix December 18, 1865 in Monticello, Indiana. Buried in Auburn, Nebraska. More About Sarah Anne Mattix: Burial: Highland Cemetary in Nebraska Children of Andrew Culp and Sarah Mattix are: + 2 i. Laura Jane3 Culp, born November 16, 1866 in Montecello Indiana; died in Oregon. + 3 ii. John G. Culp, born September 16, 1868 in OHio; died in Canada. + 4 iii. Samuel C. Culp, born June 22, 1872 in Marion county Ohio; died October 01, 1952 in York County, Nebraska. 5 iv. ? Mariah Culp, born September 11, 1874 in White County, Indiana. 6 v. William Andrew Culp, born October 14, 1879 in White County, Indiana; died December 29, 1962 in Calgary, Canada. + 7 vi. Frank Everett Culp, born March 17, 1883 in White County, Indiana; died December 24, 1963 Generation No. 2 2. Laura Jane3 Culp (Andrew S.2, Samuel1) was born November 16, 1866 in Montecello Indiana, and died in Oregon. Children of Laura Jane Culp are: 8 i. Effie4 ?. + 9 ii. Helen ?. 3. John G.3 Culp (Andrew S.2, Samuel1) was born September 16, 1868 in OHio, and died in Canada. Children of John G. Culp are: 10 i. ?4 Culp. 11 ii. ? Culp. 4. Samuel C.3 Culp (Andrew S.2, Samuel1) was born June 22, 1872 in Marion county Ohio, and died October 01, 1952 in York County, Nebraska. Child of Samuel C. Culp is: 12 i. Samuel4 Culp. 7. Frank Everett3 Culp (Andrew S.2, Samuel1) was born March 17, 1883 in White County, Indiana, and died December 24, 1963. He married Birtie Knox July 14, 1915 in Canyon, Texas, daughter of James Knox and Arneta Caler. Notes for Frank Everett Culp: Moved with his mother from Auburn, Nebraska to Happy, Texas in 1910. As always, any help would be greatly appreciated. Janet Jinkins Culp Amarillo, TX

Friends, Sorry for the re-post. I know that it came out in MIME format and many of you may have deleted it. I'd really like to find this person. Approx. 2 months ago someone - I believe from one of these lists - contacted me about the above line. I didn't have much to help you but did forward your message to another researcher. Now, both of us have lost your address. Please contact me again so we can all compare notes. Best Wishes, Liz

OmahaMom, > Be part of the solution, rather > than just griping about potential problems. There are records we're working > on in an effort to make them accessible that haven't been available. Should > everything be donated: travel time, search time, copies, everything? Should > those away from the home town gain everything, and nothing be put back in to > keep the wellsprings functioning? > Karen > Mary Mills said it better than I could. She is an unpaid volunteer, AND supports several Genealogical Societies with her dues. This is where they get the money to obtain information, and rent space. I only asked questions on if the information obtained from the funeral home was paid for and if the families were notified before this information became public. One person replied saying that their funeral homes " aren't supposed to share the records with anyone - not even family." Another person replied; "to get information like that from the state you have to state that you are a direct descendent of the person involved and sign an affidavit stating so." This is how it is at the locations that I try and verify my information. I tried an experiment to see if I needed to contact funeral homes to find the ancestors of a friend of mine who hadn't started his genealogy. We got on ancestry.com, used the SSDI and located all four of his grandparents. I agree we were lucky, but it proves there are alternate sources in the public domain. I agree that we need more volunteers putting the information into digital format that can be searched, the job would be more difficult to find that one elusive person. I am glad a nominal fee is charged for providing this information from the Genealogical Societies! The only volunteers I know have never received money except for replacement of the materials they used. (Their time and gas is offered free.) My retired aunt has volunteered to transcribe people and dates from back issues of her local newspapers. Not just the obituaries, but all articles. This must be the most work for genealogical information there is. Thank you for everyone who does this. She has already finished the local cemeteries. Without the WEB I would be worse off! I have found E-mail addresses for several of my relatives. And a few with E-mail addresses from people who still insist that we must be related, if we only dig just a little harder. Several of my relatives are ACTIVE genealogists. They published over four books with Group Sheets. And this does not count my aunt's Group Sheets. Almost all of this research was done without computers. My biggest problem has been in verifying this information. Which is where the NE list server comes in. My WEB site has been up for over three years, and now has about 6,000 names. Obviously this includes cousins upto three times removed. Several of the dates are in the early 1600's. > I am wondering if you are a researcher and if not, why are you on the roots > list serve? > > M. Cardella > Our Genealogical Society had it's first meeting after our summer break just last Saturday. I'm on this list server because my great grandfather John Calvin WATKINS died while working on the railroad around Smithfield, Gosper Co., NE. All three of his children were born at Smithfield. Currently, I have just changed genealogy programs by purchasing the (10) CD Deluxe FTM program. So I have been using my 6,000 name GEDCOM file to find possible matches. Craig Watkins

Hate to cast a damper on things, but a good many societies run on a shoestring budget so that they can be inexpensive enough to have people join them. (And yes, I know a lot of them that have very expensive dues.) Having assisted on the board of one of the local societies, I know the number of projects that have to be bypassed because there isn't funds or volunteers to tackle them. I know that most of the smaller societies aren't rolling in dough, and their publishing projects are not major money-makers because of the expense of publishing. Personally, I don't think motivation for needing some return on the investment is greed at all. Greed implies big returns on an investment, many societies would "make" more money putting it into a savings account if greed were solely the motivation. Karen

FYI :{) >Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:54:17 -0500 >From: Hans <hans01@airmail.net> >Subject: [GERMAN-KINGDOMS-L] Germans in the Mexican War, 1846-48 >To: GERMAN-KINGDOMS-L@rootsweb.com > >I am looking for descendants of any people regarding the following. >If you live in CO, NM, AZ, CA, OR, WA, UT, NV, NE, KS, MO, IL - >elsewhere, of course, >please check your files, there must be hundreds and hundreds of >descendants out there in cyberland: > >In 1846, Col. Stephen Watts Kearny was commissioned to invade and annex >the Mexican territory of what now comprises the states of New Mexico, >Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Wyoming, Colorado. His >army became known as the Army of the West. >Part of the army, fewer than 1600 men, was a battalion consisting >entirely of first and second generation Germans, under the command of >Captain Fischer, all of them from the St. Louis, Southern Illinois and >Missouri area. Many of them did not speak English, so the official >language of that battalion was German. >If you find a connection, the U.S. Army records will probably contain a >lot of information for you! > >I am looking for any and all information regarding this battalion, with >regards to what became of them, whether there might be pictures, >diaries, letters etc which might have survived the ravages of the last >150 years. If there is sufficient information, we might translate and >publish some of it, provided you grant permission. >Since we know the descendants of Genl. Kearny, and if the same >genealogical mathematics hold true, some of you reading this should be >the (great-)great-grandchild of a member of the famous German Battalion. > >Also, check whether g-grampa or his widow/children filed to get bounty >land, 160 acres of free land for every participant. > >Interested? Write! > >Here is something to put a smile on your face: > >=91December 25. (1846) - As to day is Christmas, we endeavored to make ou= >r >time pass as pleasantly as possible. During the day Captain Fischer=92s >company of Germans paraded in the plaza; they were in excellent >discipline and excellent order, and have worthily been >dignified by the soubriquet of the "star company." They are regarded >with pride by all Americans and with awe by the Mexicans.=92 (Abert, in >Emory:512) >Report of Lieut. J. W. Abert, p. [417]-548. In: Emory, Lt. William >Hemley, 1811-1887, United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers. >Notes of a military reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, >to San Diego, in California, including part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, >and Gila rivers. By W. H. Emory. Made in 1846-7, with the advanced guard >of the "Army of the "West" ... Washington, Wendell and Van Benthuysen, >1848. F786.U571 >U.S. 30th Cong., 1st sess. [House] Ex. doc. no. 41 >Ex. doc. 7, 30th Cong., 1st sess. (reprinted, Albuquerque, U of NM P, >1951.) F864 U62 > >hans. > > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Karen, Amen, very well put! Barb

Greetings, I'm trying to find any information I can on an Oliver Perry Harper and his wife Pricilla Jane Duncan/Dungan. I have a piece of paper that says Oliver Harper died July 18, 1877 in Cedar Rapids, Boone County, NB. Also: "It is claimed Oliver Perry Harper made the first entry ever made in Cedar Valley and who located on the quarter north east of the power plant, now known as Hadley's Island. Mr. Harper, who was drowned a few years later in the Cedar River near his sod house, is known, accordingly, as the first postmaster of Cedar Valley". I have just received an 1870 Census from Saunders County, NB that shows he and his wife, Prisilla, were living there. What to do????? I also have found information that after Oliver Perry Harper died Pricilla Jane Harper married a George Washington Buker on November 24, 1879 in Cedar Rapids, Boone Co., NB. (He was the son of S.P. Buker and Evaline Allan?) They had a son George Washington Buker, Jr. b. May 24, 1880. Of course now that I also have the county as Saunders, I have no idea where to look. Does any of this sounds familiar to anyone??? Any help would be more than appreciated. Sincerely, Jan James ljjames@inreach.com

When I went to our local funeral home to ask about access to their records for research purposes, they said that they aren't supposed to share the records with anyone - not even family. So, different funeral homes must have their own policies. Have gotten several neat poems from you great folks in the past. I am compiling a journal of my beloved Grandmother's family history and her life story to give to my brother's new twin girls in Texas for Christmas since they will never know Grandma. Does anyone have a poem about ones ancestors watching over us from above or something like that? Anything you have would be greatly appreciated and would tie the meaning and purpose of my journal together perfectly. Thanks!! Peggy Ebel

OmahaMom: I am a volunteer transcriber and spend many hours reading minute print to add to your records. I wish not to be paid, but I pay dues to the Gen Societies I belong to. There seems to be a greed element here. OmahaMom@aol.com wrote: > There's a lot of ways to look at this thing. > > Personally, I see nothing wrong with Genealogical Societies putting out > information at a reasonable price so that others can benefit from its > availability. (Not everything is available from the Family History Centers.) > Most Societies, being non-profit in nature, recycle any "profits" into > projects that will further research. (Our Society here in Omaha is working to > put all of the released federal censuses into the public library, for > example.) If it were done on the basis of paying a reasonable wage to the > volunteers, plus all the other costs of running a business, there would be far > less genealogical material made available to people so readily. You can > imagine if funeral directors were inundated with people inquiring about their > ancestors, they'd soon stop being so generous with their information, and of > necessity, begin to charge for their time and materials. > Many records aren't available on the 'net (somebody had to put them there, > and that took time, effort, and cash from someone). Not everybody has 'net > access...or is interested in obtaining it. (Who are we to question their > decision?) The more that Societies put out, the more accessible information > comes to people. Yes, at some point, families went to the funeral home in > grief, made their selections, created the records. But sometimes those > records are the only trace we're going to find of someone during certain > periods. If you live halfway across the country from where someone you loved > died, you may have no idea where to start looking for the information when > there is no death certificate from the time period. (Talk about price > gouging--what about the prices some states & counties are asking for birth, > death and marriage certificate copies 100 or more years old?) > Additionally, remember that many times costs are incurred by volunteers. > If I go to our library to do lookups, I have to drive, or take a bus. If I > drive, I have to pay parking. There are also copy and postage costs. As an > RN, I get paid a very good salary--when I do lookups, I don't charge for my > time--but with the nursing shortage in our city right now, I could be working > and making far more than I'd charge to do people's lookups. Yes, if they want > copies, I do charge a small fee for each copy--less than the ones advertised > in such places as the Genealogical Helper--but anything gained gets turned > into more microfilms for the library--so everybody benefits, not just myself. > Other volunteers do the same thing. > So let's all help Societies make more records more available to all of us. > Join your local one and volunteer. Join one from where your ancestors > started, and be a long-distance volunteer. Be part of the solution, rather > than just griping about potential problems. There are records we're working > on in an effort to make them accessible that haven't been available. Should > everything be donated: travel time, search time, copies, everything? Should > those away from the home town gain everything, and nothing be put back in to > keep the wellsprings functioning? > Pretty soon the volunteer sources burn out. If we're concerned about the > costs of purchasing materials and are afraid that some far away society is > going to get rich on the volumes we buy, purchase them, use them, and donate > them to the nearest library that has genealogical resources...it might cut > down on their sales--but the work would be made available to others. > > Karen

Amen to that, Craig! To gain materially abroad from record searches is inexcusable. Craig Watkins wrote: > Jo Boom, > > > Wouldn't this be a great idea for all Cities, Counties and States? > > Yes the idea is great to provide 100 year old information to relatives! I > hope this does not sound cynical. How much does your Genealogical Society > pay to use records the grieving families paid to record? How did you get > permission from all the families to provide private personal information? > I'm sure their "right to privacy" prevents the sale of "recently recorded > records" without the families permission. Has your Society had any law > suits over selling these records a second time? > > Craig Watkins > > > Our Genealogical Society has got permission, a few years ago, to copy, > > print, and sell the funeral home records in our town. > > The Society copies the records, then goes to the courthouse to see if > > there is any more information there that can be added, If there happens > > to be a discrepancy, we use the original record from the funeral home. > > These are called "Funeral Home" books "not" death records. If the > > funeral home gets a call for information the inquirer is directed to the > > society. This saves the Funeral Director time, and also helps our > > society financially. If anything ever happens to the funeral home, the > > records are saved, several times over!!!! These old records are > > sometimes invaluable. May be some > > of the other societies might try this, to preserve the information. Our > > society is very grateful to both of our Funeral Directors.

Jo Boom, > Wouldn't this be a great idea for all Cities, Counties and States? Yes the idea is great to provide 100 year old information to relatives! I hope this does not sound cynical. How much does your Genealogical Society pay to use records the grieving families paid to record? How did you get permission from all the families to provide private personal information? I'm sure their "right to privacy" prevents the sale of "recently recorded records" without the families permission. Has your Society had any law suits over selling these records a second time? Craig Watkins > Our Genealogical Society has got permission, a few years ago, to copy, > print, and sell the funeral home records in our town. > The Society copies the records, then goes to the courthouse to see if > there is any more information there that can be added, If there happens > to be a discrepancy, we use the original record from the funeral home. > These are called "Funeral Home" books "not" death records. If the > funeral home gets a call for information the inquirer is directed to the > society. This saves the Funeral Director time, and also helps our > society financially. If anything ever happens to the funeral home, the > records are saved, several times over!!!! These old records are > sometimes invaluable. May be some > of the other societies might try this, to preserve the information. Our > society is very grateful to both of our Funeral Directors.

Craig - You DO sound cynical. I think you have the wrong idea. I believe the information is being made available for people who are seriously researching their ancestors and it is a short cut. Otherwise they would be contacting the funeral home directly. Also - death records are public record so the right to privacy thing does not exist. I believe Genealogical Societies are not for profit organzations and I don't believe any money they receive is going for anything but to maintain valuable historical information. I am sure the society must rent a space to keep records, pay phone bills, etc. and it is very difficult to get people to "volunteer" their time so that those people interested in history and researching the past have more possibilities for success. I am wondering if you are a researcher and if not, why are you on the roots list serve? M. Cardella At 06:41 AM 9/29/1998 -0700, you wrote: >Jo Boom, > >> Wouldn't this be a great idea for all Cities, Counties and States? > >Yes the idea is great to provide 100 year old information to relatives! I >hope this does not sound cynical. How much does your Genealogical Society >pay to use records the grieving families paid to record? How did you get >permission from all the families to provide private personal information? >I'm sure their "right to privacy" prevents the sale of "recently recorded >records" without the families permission. Has your Society had any law >suits over selling these records a second time? > >Craig Watkins > >> Our Genealogical Society has got permission, a few years ago, to copy, >> print, and sell the funeral home records in our town. >> The Society copies the records, then goes to the courthouse to see if >> there is any more information there that can be added, If there happens >> to be a discrepancy, we use the original record from the funeral home. >> These are called "Funeral Home" books "not" death records. If the >> funeral home gets a call for information the inquirer is directed to the >> society. This saves the Funeral Director time, and also helps our >> society financially. If anything ever happens to the funeral home, the >> records are saved, several times over!!!! These old records are >> sometimes invaluable. May be some >> of the other societies might try this, to preserve the information. Our >> society is very grateful to both of our Funeral Directors. > >

There's a lot of ways to look at this thing. Personally, I see nothing wrong with Genealogical Societies putting out information at a reasonable price so that others can benefit from its availability. (Not everything is available from the Family History Centers.) Most Societies, being non-profit in nature, recycle any "profits" into projects that will further research. (Our Society here in Omaha is working to put all of the released federal censuses into the public library, for example.) If it were done on the basis of paying a reasonable wage to the volunteers, plus all the other costs of running a business, there would be far less genealogical material made available to people so readily. You can imagine if funeral directors were inundated with people inquiring about their ancestors, they'd soon stop being so generous with their information, and of necessity, begin to charge for their time and materials. Many records aren't available on the 'net (somebody had to put them there, and that took time, effort, and cash from someone). Not everybody has 'net access...or is interested in obtaining it. (Who are we to question their decision?) The more that Societies put out, the more accessible information comes to people. Yes, at some point, families went to the funeral home in grief, made their selections, created the records. But sometimes those records are the only trace we're going to find of someone during certain periods. If you live halfway across the country from where someone you loved died, you may have no idea where to start looking for the information when there is no death certificate from the time period. (Talk about price gouging--what about the prices some states & counties are asking for birth, death and marriage certificate copies 100 or more years old?) Additionally, remember that many times costs are incurred by volunteers. If I go to our library to do lookups, I have to drive, or take a bus. If I drive, I have to pay parking. There are also copy and postage costs. As an RN, I get paid a very good salary--when I do lookups, I don't charge for my time--but with the nursing shortage in our city right now, I could be working and making far more than I'd charge to do people's lookups. Yes, if they want copies, I do charge a small fee for each copy--less than the ones advertised in such places as the Genealogical Helper--but anything gained gets turned into more microfilms for the library--so everybody benefits, not just myself. Other volunteers do the same thing. So let's all help Societies make more records more available to all of us. Join your local one and volunteer. Join one from where your ancestors started, and be a long-distance volunteer. Be part of the solution, rather than just griping about potential problems. There are records we're working on in an effort to make them accessible that haven't been available. Should everything be donated: travel time, search time, copies, everything? Should those away from the home town gain everything, and nothing be put back in to keep the wellsprings functioning? Pretty soon the volunteer sources burn out. If we're concerned about the costs of purchasing materials and are afraid that some far away society is going to get rich on the volumes we buy, purchase them, use them, and donate them to the nearest library that has genealogical resources...it might cut down on their sales--but the work would be made available to others. Karen

Our historical society did something similar, but they put the book in the local library. Mike

Hi Listers, The residents of the former London Township in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada, are researching the history of that township, now part of the Municipality of Middlesex Centre, Ontario. This book, scheduled for publication within two years, will include the histories of schools, churches and hamlets as well as profiles and genealogies of families who have lived in, or are presently living in, the former London Township. The London Township history book committee is also, interested in hearing from anyone with stories or historical information about the township's past. We realize that many former residents of the township have moved on to other communities. This is one way that we are trying to reach out to contact them. We hope that present and former township residents will respond so that they can contribute their part of the township history. If you have information or questions for the committee please email me at the address below. Victor W. Sifton vsifton@gtn.net

Wouldn't this be a great idea for all Cities, Counties and States? Our Genealogical Society has got permission, a few years ago, to copy, print, and sell the funeral home records in our town. The Society copies the records, then goes to the courthouse to see if there is any more information there that can be added, If there happens to be a discrepancy, we use the original record from the funeral home. These are called "Funeral Home" books "not" death records. If the funeral home gets a call for information the inquirer is directed to the society. This saves the Funeral Director time, and also helps our society financially. If anything ever happens to the funeral home, the records are saved, several times over!!!! These old records are sometimes invaluable. May be some of the other societies might try this, to preserve the information. Our society is very grateful to both of our Funeral Directors. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com