there are several John davenports in the SS death index if you have the approx birth date and or age from the census i would be glad to look. Meg NEBRRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > NEBRRoots-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 202 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [NEBRRoots-L] John A Davenport fam [Earl Pantier <epantier@bellatlanti] > #2 [NEBRRoots-L] Mary Craig Sims -IL, [MusicaXina@aol.com] > #3 [NEBRRoots-L] LDS FHC-Salt Lake Ci [Chris Tinney <vctinney@dcn.davis.c] > #4 [NEBRRoots-L] Families of John Sch [Mary White <mwhite@creston.heartla] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from NEBRRoots-D, send a message to > > NEBRRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] John A Davenport family > Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 20:17:59 +0000 > From: Earl Pantier <epantier@bellatlantic.net> > To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello All > I'm looking for information on the family or decendents of John A > Davenport, I believe his wife was Catherine). The last information I > have is from the 1920 Nebraska census. Any help would be appreciated. > Earl > epantier@bellatlantic.net > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] Mary Craig Sims -IL, MO, NE, ID > Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 03:36:22 EDT > From: MusicaXina@aol.com > To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com > > This is my first attempt to post, so hope I am doing it right! > > My great-great-grandmother was Mary Craig. She married John Sims in 1860 > somewhere in Illinois, possibly in Elgin. (John Sims was born in 1833 in > Champaign County, Ohio. His sister, Sarah Sims, married a man named Anstine > to become Sarah Anstine We have no other information on her.) > > Mary Craig and John Sims had six children: > > JOHN FRANKLIN "FRANK" SIMS, born 1870, Scotland County, MO; died 1920, Nampa > ID - Married Ida Matilda Rydell, c 1891 in Holdrege NE. > > IVA MAY SIMS - married a man named SILVER - they were living in Seattle, WA > in 1942 > > GEORGE SIMS - Photos only > > NANCY SIMS - Photos only > > EMILY "EMMA" SIMS (married MILTON SCHAEFFER or SHAEFFER) - photos only > > MINNIE SIMS - Photos only > > Family records are sketchy regarding Mary Craig's family. Her father may have > been named Richard Craig (if so, we have a picture of him taken in Elgin, > Illinois by Thomas & Danley photographers when he was quite an old man). She > had a brother, who may have also been named Richard, and whom we have a > picture of when he was a child. Her brother (Richard Jr.?) was in the Civil > War along with her husband, John Sims. > > Family tradition has it that both Richard Craig Jr. and John Sims fought in > the Union Army and were in Andersonville prison. My g-g-grandfather, John > Sims. developed palsy as a result of the experience and was never the same. > Apparently, Mary's brother survived Ansersonville also, but died later in the > war. > > After the war Mary Craig and John Sims received a 300 acre land grant in > Holdrege, NE, where my grandmother, Lula May Sims, was born in 1898. They sold > the acreage due to hardship and moved to Idaho in 1903. > > I'd love to hear from anyone who might be a long-lost "cousin" .... > > Chris in San Rafael, CA > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] LDS FHC-Salt Lake City vs Interlibrary Loan Services 38 million items back to A.D. 1100. > Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 05:47:09 -0700 > From: Chris Tinney <vctinney@dcn.davis.ca.us> > To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com > > For What It Is Worth Department: > > If you go to: > DOCUMENTATION AND PUBLICATIONS at: > http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/sources.htm > you will note a section called: > > University level user-friendly resources: UC Systemwide sample > See: LIBRARIES for access and overview information. > > Within this section is: > FIRSTSEARCH > OCLC databases and catalog > > The WorldCat section of this site has > current connections to over 17,000 OCLC > libraries worldwide and over 38,000,000 > [38 million items]. A brief study of the record > database indicates that approximately 25%-50% > or more of the non-circulating book collection, as > well as many of the microform collections, > in the SLC LDC FHC, is in this OCLC system. > If you can access FIRSTSEARCH from a > local resouce center and use Interlibrary loan > facilities, you will find you may make a > tremendous savings in time, talent, means > and effective effort in your research projects. > Additionally, there are many rare and more > expensive scholarly resources that can be > obtained via this route that are NOT in the > SLC LDS Library. If you set up a rotating > request schedule, you may be able to have > a constant flow of Interlibrary Loan books > arriving at your local library as you advance order. > In the case of the UC Davis Shields Library, all > patrons within the library have free access to the > system. The local Davis Branch of the Yolo County > Library System allows free Interlibrary Loan service > for four(4) books/microforms at a time, unless there > is a fee charged by the sending institution. Thus, in > this case, a massive and free worldwide extension of > the genealogical research process. Since the loan > system obtains records from any depository site that > will offer a book/microform for transport, there is a good > possibility that you will be able to find what you want > delivered locally. This can be, for example, from > Princeton University Library [NJ], Seattle, Washington, > or somewhere in the State of Virginia, all in the same > shipment. The highly restricted LDS Library system > is greatly complimented by the active use of this > parallel resouce by genealogists and family historians. > > Respectfully yours, > Tom Tinney, Sr. > Listed in: Who's Who In The West, 1998/1999 > Who's Who In Genealogy and Heraldry, > [both editions] > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] Families of John Schofield > Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 15:22:44 -0700 > From: Mary White <mwhite@creston.heartland.net> > To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com > > I am in search of Families of John Schofield, that stayed around > Trenton, Neb. > John Schofield migrated to around Trenton , Neb,in the 1880's. He owned > a ranch just West of Massacre Monument Canyon East of Trenton, Neb. He > was buried at the Trenton , Neb. the cem. was moved and I was told the > Methodist church sits on part of the land. > Lucy Ann Schofield married James Lyon Sept. 20,1880 and > Ellen Mary or Mary Ellen Schofield married Oscar Burd or Byrd > Sept.27,1881. > Would like to find out how John Died. > and other family members of the two daughters. Any census lists or > death notices. > Would appreciate any info. > Mary White > mwhite@creston.heartland.net