I have updated my family tree website. It contains information on families AL (counties: Elmore, Tallapoosa, Cleburne, Randolph, and Marshall), GA, SC, NC, VA, and England. The major surnames are Wigley, Hanson, White, Trammell, Harris, Lisles, and Price (among others). Visit http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7708/familytree/familytree.html Sincerely, Amy Brown

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Hello, For those with an interest, the Missouri Digital Library has several new additions including: A Late Account of Missouri - 1817 1917 Motor Vehicle Code A Souvenir of Hannibal Public Schools of St. Louis Resources, Industries & People of Ripley County Scenes of Macon County The library may be viewed at: http://members.xoom.com/mogeneal/digitallib/modigital.htm Thank you for looking!

Connect With Surnames is a surname registry that has over 1500 researchers and over 500 genealogy websites listed under 10000+ surnames. You can submit your surnames (up to 10, please), view the listings, join your website to the webring, become a volunteer to verify the accuracy of current listings, and so much more. Visit http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7708 Sincerely, Amy Brown Connect With Surnames Webmistress http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7708

Our research note for June features resources about poorhouses in Minnesota. For example, did you know that the first one was established by Ramsey County in 1854, during Territorial Days? (Minnesota became a state in 1858.) That and other Minnesota research helps can be found at http://www.parkbooks.com/Html/research.html Check it out! Mary Mary Bakeman Park Genealogical Books, publishers of MN Genealogical Journal e-mail mbakeman@parkbooks.com WWW http://www.parkbooks.com/

The RootsWeb's Essex Mass. It has connections to MAEssex-L, to the Essex County USGenWeb page (with all its town pages) and to the Essex Wills page, among others. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Try the link to the updated on-line Guide to Essex County (and MA) Research ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You may go to the RootsWeb Essex page: http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/MA/Essex/ and click on "County Web Sites" OR Go directly to the page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maessex/ Another service brought to you by the genealogists in Essex County, Mass.

Hi, Just wanted to let those of you researching Bklyn & Long Island roots about our new web site. We have a list of Farmers in 1889 (nearly completed), directories of different towns in LI (1868 &1892), some dressmakers in 1895 Bklyn & registered voters of Bath Beach & Bensonhurst in Bklyn (partially completed) -1890. There is a beginner's pages full of useful links as well. We are just in process of creating a new genealogy tool for LI ...... Locating Bklyn & LI records hidden away in small libraries & archives of Long Island. Please help us add to this collection !!! Hoping you find this site useful, www.rootsweb.com/~nygglshp AOL Link <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygglshp">Genealogy Group of Longwood Society for Historic Preservation</A> Kathy Then

Hi, I have a new Surname links page. Stop by and list your surname specific web sites instantly. Or see what's new. Maybe you will make a connection! http://www.bravenet.com/freelink/show.php?usernum=1876583366 Brenda

With the advent of handheld and palm devices, the genealogist has the potential power to enhanse and organize the way they record their research. Instead of lugging and entire filing cabnet to libraries and historical societies for refrencing one's work. A genealogist now can put their genealogy in their pocket, make updates then sinc up their new findings when they return home. This e-groups mailing list was created to converse and share information with others who are interested in doing genealogy on a handheld or palm device. What devices and software are they using to better their genealogical research. What is disliked and what is liked about software and hardware. I've begun to add links relating to this newsgoups topics. Please checkout Links section of the egroups website at http://www.egroups.com/group/genpalm Although e-goups has a survey feature with the groups I've set up a survey to take if you wish regarding handheld and palm devices and the software. A summary of the survey will be made available to the group after June 23rd which is the end of the survey. The survey is located at: http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?MA7C3798G48DEHJ1MHMF7DJE Sincerely, David Newman, Moderator genpalm Mailing List

Please visit Our Wilmoth Genealogy web site. It is dedicated to our lineage of Ezekiel Wilmoth. We are currently researching more information to add to our site. We have a Wilmoth Family Message Board that will allow you to add your queries and read other queries that people have left. We also have a Family Chat Room where you can join other Wilmoth's and discuss your lineages. We hope our site will be of help to you. Thank you, Lois & Angie The address of our site is: http://www.channel21.com/members/wilmoth or click on the below link to go directly there: <A HREF="http://www.channel21.com/members/Wilmoth/index.asp">Our Wilmoth Genealogy</A>

We are always adding new items to our collection of Books and CDs. Recently added: Ould Newbury: Historical and Biographical Sketches, John J Currier, 1896 Both the Table of Contents and images of the index are on line at: http://www.essexbooks.com/newbury Bob ||||||||||||||||||||||~~~~~~~~~~ ESSEX BOOKS ~~~~~~~~~|||||||||||||||||||||| "Essex County's Bookstore on the Web" Visit us and place your secure order on-line at: http://www.essexbooks.com mailto:essxbook@citrus.infi.net Phone (CC) Orders: 11 AM - 4 PM EST - Mon-Fri (352) 527-2270 Fax 24 hrs. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

DODDRIDGE COUNTY HISTORY Submitted by: N. L. Kotowski Doddridge County was created by an act of the Virginia General Assembly on February 4, 1845 from parts of Harrison, Lewis, Tyler, and Ri[t]chie counties. It was named in honor of Philip Doddridge (1772-1832), a famous statesman who traveled widely throughout the current site of West Virginia. It is not known if he ever set foot on what is now the county bearing his name. Philip Doddridge was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania on May 17, 1772, the second son of John and Mary (Willis) Doddridge. He applied himself to the study of law and settled down in Wellsburg, Virginia. Renowned for his debating skills, he quickly established himself as one of the best attorneys in Virginia. He served in the Virginia General Assembly in 1815-1816, 1822-1823, and 1828-1829. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1829 and served there until his death on November 19, 1832. James Caldwell was the first known landowner in Doddridge County. He acquired the title to 20,000 acres of land in the county and patented the current site of West Union around 1787. He later sold the land to Nathan, Joseph and William Davis in 1807. The Davis family moved to West Union that year. It is said that the town's name was suggested by Nathan Davis. At that time, the town was located just across from Middle Island Creek from Lewisport, a small settlement of about six families. Lewisport was attempting to change its name to Union. Mathan Davis then suggested that their town, located just west of Union, be called West Union. The Davis family sold most of their land, about 16,000 acres, to Lewis Maxwell, a Virginia congressman, for 23 cents per acre in 1808, 1809 or 1810. Among the first settlers to arrive in the new town were John Smith, Jacob Riley, Joseph Jeffrey and Matthew Neeley. John Chaney, who starting [sic] doing business in 1820, was the first merchant in the town. At about the same time, a post office was established in the town and appeared on the Virginia maps of the day as Lewisport, in honor [of] Lewis Maxwell. On April 17, 1845, the first meeting of the county court was held at Nathan and Jane Davis' home. West Union, the county seat, was incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly on March 14, 1850 and by the West Virginia legislature in 1881. Joseph H. Diss DeBar, noted artist, linguist, and the designer of the Great Seal and Coat of Arms of West Virginia, resided in Doddridge County. Source: County Commissioners' Association of West Virginia "Early History of West Virginia Counties" Reprinted with permission of Robert Dilger. --- WVGenExchange - http://www.genexchange.org/wv WVCounties available for adoption: http://www.genexchange.org/counties.cfm?state=wv Boone ~ Brooke ~ Calhoun ~ Gilmer ~ Grant ~ Greenbrier ~ Hampshire ~ Hancock ~ Hardy ~ Hardy ~ Jackson ~ Lewis ~ Logan ~ Marshall ~ Mason ~ Mercer ~ Mineral ~ Mingo ~ Monongalia ~ Morgan ~ Nicholas ~ Ohio ~Pendleton ~ Preston ~ Raleigh ~ Randolph ~ Ritchie ~ Roane ~ Summers ~ Taylor ~ Tucker ~ Wayne ~ Webster ~ Wirt ~ Wood

Biography of Edward Wilkerson BUSHYHEAD Submitted by: Lilette Weatherspoon CAGenExchange - http://www.genexchange.org/ca/ Edward Wilkerson Bushyhead left his position at the Newspaper in Cherokee Nation and came to California in 1850 to search for his fortune in gold. Bushyhead was a survivor of the Trail of Tears when he marched to Oklahoma Indian Territory from Tennessee when he was a boy, and was the brother to Cherokee Principal Chief, Dennis Bushyhead. In the 1860 California census he is listed as a 25 year old miner born in Louisiana who could read and write English. Living in the Mountain Ranch district of Calaveras County, he owned real estate valued at $1,000. Mining gold was not Bushyhead's chosen profession. Prior to arriving in California he was an apprentice under the editor, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, William P. Ross on the Cherokee Advocate, the first Native American newspaper west of the Mississippi. By 1867 Bushyhead and his partner William Jefferson "Jeff" Gatewood had taken over the San Andreas Register. Gatewood was a lawyer whose father had been an associate of Abraham Lincoln during the president's early years. He joined the rush for gold in 1849, and served as district attorney in Calaveras County. He is best known for a duel he fought there in 1859 in which the county coroner, a Virginian and violent Southern sympathizer, was killed. A printer who learned his trade in the Mother Lode printshop working for Bushyhead and Gatewood was Jose Narcisco Briseno from Chile. By the end of the Civil War the gold rush had also ended. The newspaper publishers could see that growth was to the south. San Diego's first newspaper - The San Diego Herald - founded in 1850, lasted nine years before the owner relocated and changed the paper to the San Bernardino Herald. This left San Diego without a newspaper. At this time, San Diego County was immense, ranging west to east form the Pacific Ocean to the Colorado River and north to south from about the center of what is now Orange County to the border with Mexico, covering about 6,000 square miles. Among San Diego's business leaders was a merchant named Philip Crosthwaite whose half-sister lived in San Andreas and was married to William Jefferson Gatewood. Crosthwaite would visit his sister and also convince Gatewood to move the Register to San Diego. Gatewood made the trip by stagecoach while Bushyhead came from San Francisco via coastal steamer with the newspaper's equipment. And what was to be the San Diego Register became the San Diego Union. Although no one knows exactly why the name changed to the Union, one therory is that Bushyhead and Gatewood were fervent supporters of the Union cause during the Civil War, and had supported the Democratic Party of the time. A third founder in the newspaper was Jose Narcisco Briseno who was listed as publisher on the first edition. Although Bushyhead was a partner in the newspaper for 5 years, until 1873, and Gatewood was a partner for only six months, it is Gatewood who is considered "best known" of the founders, and his name is still listed on The Union-Tribune's editorial page as founder. Bushyhead became one of the oldest and most respected citizens of San Diego. He was a member of the Pioneer Society of San Diego County in 1872. When he sold his interest in The San Diego Union in 1873, he returned to the Cherokee Nation for the first time since arriving in California. He married Helen C Nicholas in 1876 at the Lick House in San Francisco. He served as a San Diego County Deputy Sheriff for 7 years, and was described as a large-hearted, whole-souled gentleman. He was elected San Diego Sheriff in 1882. As Sheriff, traveled by steamer to deliver prisoners to San Quentin, collected city tax and license fees, and peacefully quelled local tribal conflicts. When he died March 5, 1907 his body was sent to Indian Territory for burial. Source: San Diego Union Tribune Newspaper Articles, various years You can find other biographies online at the CAGenExchange! The GenExchange is made up of volunteers, working hard to bring free genealogical data to the internet and we can use your help! To visit any CA county, go to: http://www.genexchange.org/counties.cfm?state=ca The following counties are currently available for adoption. 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This is surely a wonderful site! I agree that we should all have such great resources at hand. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Bakeman <mbakeman@parkbooks.com> To: <NEW-GEN-URL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 6:10 AM Subject: [NEW-GEN-URL-L] Waseca County, MN > Got Waseca County connections? Check out the new Waseca County Historical > Society site at > > http://www.historical.waseca.mn.us > > Their search routine looks at artifacts, cemetery listings, probate, > newspaper indexes, etc., etc. > > We should all have such great resources at hand! > > Mary > Mary Bakeman > Park Genealogical Books, publishers of MN Genealogical Journal > e-mail mbakeman@parkbooks.com > WWW http://www.parkbooks.com/ > > > ==== NEW-GEN-URL Mailing List ==== > NEW-GEN-URL LIST is made possible by ROOTSWEB.COM. > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > >

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Historical Account "State Hood " Submitted by: Christine Goff COGenExchange - http://www.genexchange.org/co/ The first bill for Colorado's statehood was introduced in Congress in 1864, but it died when Colorado voters rejected the proposed state constitution. Subsequent efforts at statehood were lost in the fight between President Andrew Johnson and Republicans in the U.S. Congress over how the defeated Southern states should be treated after the Civil War. Johnson vetoed statehood, partly because the territory's population was too small. Congress did approve a Colorado statehood bill on March 3, 1875. A state convention at Denver adopted a proposed state constitution on March 14, 1876, and on July 1 the voters approved it by a three-to-one margin. Colorado became the 38th state to join the Union on August 1, 1876, and John L. Routt, the last territorial governor, was elected the first governor of the state of Colorado Source: The Birth of Colorado: A Civil War Perspective and Rocky Mountain West: Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana, 1859-1915 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CO Counties Available for Adoption: - http://www.genexchange.org/counties.cfm?state=co Alamosa ~ Arapahoe ~ Archuleta ~ Baca ~ Bent ~ Boulder ~ Chaffee ~ Cheyenne ~ Clear Creek ~ Conejos ~ Costilla ~ Crowley ~ Custer ~ Delta ~ Denver ~ Dolores ~ Douglas ~ Eagle ~ El Paso ~ Elbert ~ Fremont ~ Garfield ~ Gilpin ~ Grand ~ Gunnison ~ Hinsdale ~ Huerfano ~ Jackson ~ Jefferson ~ Kiowa ~ Kit Carson ~ La Plata ~ Lake ~ Larimer ~ Las Animas ~ Lincoln ~ Logan ~ Mesa ~ Mineral ~ Moffatt ~ Montezuma ~ Montrose ~ Morgan ~ Otero ~ Ouray ~ Park ~ Phillips ~ Pitkin ~ Prowers ~ Rio Blanco ~ Rio Grande ~ Routt ~ Saguache ~ San Juan ~ San Miguel ~ Sedgwick ~ Summit ~ Washington ~ Weld ~ Yuma ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joanne Abby - National Coordinator GenExchange - http://www.genexchange.org/ USGenExchange - http://www.genexchange.org/us.cfm COGenExchange - http://www.genexchange.org/co/

Hi, Have you visited my site - Freebies for Genealogists? I have all kinds of free stuff listed. Genealogy charts, forms, searches, software, gedcom viewer, soundex help, and some fun stuff. Stop by and take a peek. URL is: http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/freebies.htm As seen in G100 Genealogy Sites: http://www.irigen.com/cgi-melvindesign/g100/topsites.cgi?ID=174 Happy Searchin' Brenda