I've had lots of ideas thrown my way on this subject. From bigamy, poligamy, having the women committed and so on..... My husband said he wouldn't be surprised if his gr-grandfather wasn't a scoundrel! :-) I have looked and had others look for death records and divorce records and they were not found. Still searching though. It just seems unbelievable that he would or could handle marrying 3 women in 2 1/2 years! And according to marriage records, it is the same man (parents and occupation match up). The first wife was married on April 28, 1878. The second wife gave birth in Sept 1880 and he married the third wife on Jan 1 1881. It seems every time we do some more digging to find the answers we find more marriage records! The third wife is the mother of my husbands grandfather and his siblings. We had no record of any other marriages or children before I began to dig into his marriage records. Thanks for your suggestions. :-) Linda Whittaker Knott LilBitGal2@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/5868 England (Lincs, Notts, Dorset)WHITAKER,PINDER,PICKWORTH,KNOTT U.S.:WHITTAKER,LOVE,WEST,CHAPIN,MALOTT,COMSTOCK,ELLIS,FERGUSON KNOTT,GOODWIN,AVERY,CLARK,EVANS,MOCK,ROCHFORD,ALVEY ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Does anyone know if there were any epidemics (such as flu, measles, etc.) between the years of 1878 and 1881? I'm trying to figure out what would have happened to cause a man to marry 3 women between April 28, 1878 and Jan 1 1881. Of course, I suppose the first 2 could have been very fraile to begin with; possibly dieing in childbirth. I have not been able to find death records for these women (or divorce records). Any thoughts? :-) Linda Whittaker Knott LilBitGal2@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/5868 England (Lincs, Notts, Dorset)WHITAKER,PINDER,PICKWORTH,KNOTT U.S.:WHITTAKER,LOVE,WEST,CHAPIN,MALOTT,COMSTOCK,ELLIS,FERGUSON KNOTT,GOODWIN,AVERY,CLARK,EVANS,MOCK,ROCHFORD,ALVEY ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

I have a New web page through Familytreemaker online. About 85 per cent is accurate and taken from Census records, Death and Birth Certificates, Vital Records , and Family Histories which have been proven accurate. The other 15 percent is guess work or how I believe people are related but as of yet have not found documented proof. Only have information from talking to other cousins and various Miscellaneous Data. You will find many mistakes in this because I of course am human like everyone. I will welcome any comments or ideals you send my way. I am no where near finished with my research. I am still entering data. The Page will be updated constanly. http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/i/m/Gregory-A-Simmons/ODT1-0001.html My fathers side is listed as Descendants of John Simmons. My fathers line goes back about 5 to 7 generations to about the 1700's. My Mothers side which has not been added yet but should be soon contains many New England Families of New Hampshire and Mass.. I have her lines back for 14 generations to 1640's and some before 1640 and into England. Greg Simmons

Hi Sherry, If your Joshua Blanchard is the same man that was married to Rhoda COLBY, then his wife had at least two cousins that also served at Piscataqua: Bob Colby ___________________________________________________________________________ "Captain John Calef's Company" On Great Island, November 5, 1775: Pvt's Nicholas COLBY and John COLBY. "Rolls of the Troops engaged in the Defense of Piscataqua Harbor, 1775." "Four Regiments of Minute Men.., Enlistment of several regiments of Militia." Colonel Joshua Wingate, Commander. "Troops stationed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to defend the harbor from attack." Source: State Papers of New Hampshire, Revolutionary War Rolls, Concord NH 1886. Nicholas COLBY, b. 12 Jul 1756, NH, d. 30 Mar 1838, NH. ______________________________________________________ *COLBY, John, b. abt. 1754, Candia, NH, d. 1780. "Colby, John, Candia, N.H. Private, Capt. Thomas Cogswell's (2s) co., Lieut. Col. Loammi Baldwin's (late Gerrish's) 38th Regt..; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775, enlisted April 24, 1775; service, 3 mos. 9 days; also, Col. Gerrish's Regt..; list dated Aug. 3, 1775, of men exempt from duty stationed at Chelsea and Brookline as returned by David Jones, surgeon; said Colby reported ill at Brookline of a complication of disorders; also, Capt. Cogswell's co., Lieut. Col. Baldwin's (late Gerrish's) Regt..,; company return dated Camp at Sewall's Point, Sept. 27, 1775; also, pay abstract for Sept., 1775, dated Sewall's Point; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp at Sewall's Point, Nov. 9, 1775" Source: "Mass. Soldiers and Sailors", p. 748 *According to "Abstracts of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol I" - "Buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, Bennington, Vermont." {I am not sure that this John Colby is the same John Colby that served at Piscataqua, however). ___________________________________________________________________________ "Ebenezer COLBY, (1761-1840), enlisted at sixteen for the defense of Piscataqua Harbor. He served as corporal in Capt. Ezra Currier's Company, Col. Abraham Drake's New Hampshire regiment, in Burgoyne campaign. He was born in Haverhill, Mass., and died in Sanbornton, NH" "Served as corporal in Capt. Robert Crawford's Company for the defense of Piscataqua Harbor. " Source: DAR Lineage book, page 101. (Mrs. Vashti Colby Goodhue., #16266). *************************************************************************** At 12:21 AM 2/3/99 -0800, you wrote: >NHHILLSB-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 11 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [NHHILLSB-L] Rev War Rations [Sherry L Gould <gould@iamnow.net>] >______________________________ >Hi All, > >I thought this may be of interest to other researchers. My >Rev Ancestor, Joshua Blanchard, Jr. from Hollis served >three months in the Cambridge campaign and returned without >documentation of injury only to die within the month. I >believe the following to be his probable cause of death. > > I have the following letter from NH State Archives: > >To the Honorable Court: The Counsel and Representatives of >the Colony of New Hampshire at Exeter in General Assemble >convened. > >Hall Jackson Surgeon to the Troops raised by said Colony >for the defence of America think himself in duty bound to >lay before the Honorable Court the following Particulars; >humbly hoping that some method may be taken to preserve the >health of our Soldiers in future or that some more >comfortable suport in care of sickness may be provided than >has hetherto been done. > >That the Troops stationed at Piscatiqua in proportion to >their number have been equaly if not more sickly then those >at Cambridge; owing to the following causes: It is well >known that animal substances of all kinds if exposed for >the shortest time in a degree of heat equal to the Blood >will tend so far to putrifaction as to be unfit for food, >and to be perfectly unwholsom, while vegatables (especially >those of the root kind) will remain unalterable for many >months if not years. For some reason our Soldiers have not >been supplied with a due proportion of vegetables, but have >in lieu there of, been served with a double allowance of >Beef: The clothing of many of the Soldiers are thin, being >destitute of Beding they lodge hard, and cold, perspiration >(the greater & out-let of the Body is obstructed. the Habit >soon becoms loaded with the juices of the animal Food, and >a fever of the inflammatory kind is the consequence, some >small evacuations, with a proper diluting diet, with the >{several words cut off} to promote perspiration would soon >remove the complaints, but the unhappy Soldier is destitute >of all these, the stagnated juices soon become putrid, and >a fever of a more fatal kind takes place, viz, what is >commonly called the Camp Jail, or malignat Fever, which are >all of one kind, according to the degree of putridity they >become more or less contagious and is communicated from one >to another untill a general Sickness takes place, which >often spreads into the country and sweeps off great numbers >of the Inhabitants. - Certainly this is a matter of the >highest concern to the community - For more that have been >Sick, I have borrowed, begged, and even hired Beding at an >extravagant price; for as many as I could, wilst others >have been obliged to linger out a month or six weeks >sickness, on a little straw, upon a hard Board, with only a >small worn-out Blanket to cover them - and to this the >dificulty of procuring Hospital - Stores, the Commisary >being destitute, a man every morning be furnished with a >few pence, with this he is to go from Shop to Shop, for >half a pound of Sugar, half a pint of oatmeal ??, and at >noon if lucky, he may procure the pateints a Breakfast, I >have drawn an order early in the morning on the commisary >for supplies for ten Sick Persons and their attendants, who >have been destitute of every article but water, I have late >in the evening found them in the same destitute condition - >The commisary was gone to Exeter - and nobody at home - >such treatment may be proper to Rufeans??, who thirsting >for human Blood, who for three pence a day, will go four >thousand miles to murder and enslave a generous free bound >People; But for Americans, our friends and Brothers, who >are venturing their lives for the defence of our Liberties >and all that is dear to us, such treatment is ungenerous, >and dishonorable. And no Gentleman of the Faculty, who has >his own honour, or the good of the Sick at heart, would >undertake for them, under such circumstances. At >Cambridge, even Sick Persons, has a Tow - cloth Sack filled >with straw which is shifted once or twice a week as >occasion requires, a pair of Tow - Cloth sheets, a Blanket >and rug as the weather renders it nessary a Commisary for >the Hospital is apointed who furnishes what is proper for >the Sick by whole - sale, at one half the price of what we >have been obliged to give by retail here. It is humbly >hoped that the Hoborable Court will take the matter into >consideration and act thereon as in the wisdom they shall >think proper. > > Hall Jackson >Portsmouth March 6th 1776 > >________ > >Sherry > > >

Hi All, I thought this may be of interest to other researchers. My Rev Ancestor, Joshua Blanchard, Jr. from Hollis served three months in the Cambridge campaign and returned without documentation of injury only to die within the month. I believe the following to be his probable cause of death. I have the following letter from NH State Archives: To the Honorable Court: The Counsel and Representatives of the Colony of New Hampshire at Exeter in General Assemble convened. Hall Jackson Surgeon to the Troops raised by said Colony for the defence of America think himself in duty bound to lay before the Honorable Court the following Particulars; humbly hoping that some method may be taken to preserve the health of our Soldiers in future or that some more comfortable suport in care of sickness may be provided than has hetherto been done. That the Troops stationed at Piscatiqua in proportion to their number have been equaly if not more sickly then those at Cambridge; owing to the following causes: It is well known that animal substances of all kinds if exposed for the shortest time in a degree of heat equal to the Blood will tend so far to putrifaction as to be unfit for food, and to be perfectly unwholsom, while vegatables (especially those of the root kind) will remain unalterable for many months if not years. For some reason our Soldiers have not been supplied with a due proportion of vegetables, but have in lieu there of, been served with a double allowance of Beef: The clothing of many of the Soldiers are thin, being destitute of Beding they lodge hard, and cold, perspiration (the greater & out-let of the Body is obstructed. the Habit soon becoms loaded with the juices of the animal Food, and a fever of the inflammatory kind is the consequence, some small evacuations, with a proper diluting diet, with the {several words cut off} to promote perspiration would soon remove the complaints, but the unhappy Soldier is destitute of all these, the stagnated juices soon become putrid, and a fever of a more fatal kind takes place, viz, what is commonly called the Camp Jail, or malignat Fever, which are all of one kind, according to the degree of putridity they become more or less contagious and is communicated from one to another untill a general Sickness takes place, which often spreads into the country and sweeps off great numbers of the Inhabitants. - Certainly this is a matter of the highest concern to the community - For more that have been Sick, I have borrowed, begged, and even hired Beding at an extravagant price; for as many as I could, wilst others have been obliged to linger out a month or six weeks sickness, on a little straw, upon a hard Board, with only a small worn-out Blanket to cover them - and to this the dificulty of procuring Hospital - Stores, the Commisary being destitute, a man every morning be furnished with a few pence, with this he is to go from Shop to Shop, for half a pound of Sugar, half a pint of oatmeal ??, and at noon if lucky, he may procure the pateints a Breakfast, I have drawn an order early in the morning on the commisary for supplies for ten Sick Persons and their attendants, who have been destitute of every article but water, I have late in the evening found them in the same destitute condition - The commisary was gone to Exeter - and nobody at home - such treatment may be proper to Rufeans??, who thirsting for human Blood, who for three pence a day, will go four thousand miles to murder and enslave a generous free bound People; But for Americans, our friends and Brothers, who are venturing their lives for the defence of our Liberties and all that is dear to us, such treatment is ungenerous, and dishonorable. And no Gentleman of the Faculty, who has his own honour, or the good of the Sick at heart, would undertake for them, under such circumstances. At Cambridge, even Sick Persons, has a Tow - cloth Sack filled with straw which is shifted once or twice a week as occasion requires, a pair of Tow - Cloth sheets, a Blanket and rug as the weather renders it nessary a Commisary for the Hospital is apointed who furnishes what is proper for the Sick by whole - sale, at one half the price of what we have been obliged to give by retail here. It is humbly hoped that the Hoborable Court will take the matter into consideration and act thereon as in the wisdom they shall think proper. Hall Jackson Portsmouth March 6th 1776 ________ Sherry

Does anyone out there know how long it usually takes to get a reply from the Records Office in Concord? I sent a letter on Dec.15, 1998(and a check) requesting copies of death or divorce records during a 3 year period on Julia Kezer and have as yet heard nothing. I got my bank statement yesterday and the check was not in there, so at least they haven't cashed it and forgotten me. :-) Just curious if it usually takes this long as I haven't ordered paperwork from Concord before. :-) Linda Whittaker Knott LilBitGal2@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/5868 England (Lincs, Notts, Dorset)WHITAKER,PINDER,PICKWORTH,KNOTT U.S.:WHITTAKER,LOVE,WEST,CHAPIN,MALOTT,COMSTOCK,ELLIS,FERGUSON KNOTT,GOODWIN,AVERY,CLARK,EVANS,MOCK,ROCHFORD,ALVEY ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Can someone tell me if the Northwood Nursing Home in Manchester is still in existence or whether it has a different name. I know it existed in 1965, but can't locate a phone/address on the Internet Yellow Pages. Thanks. Carol F. Kroeger - Moline, IL

G'Day Ruth Thanks for replying to me. I can't place any of your Davis names, but other than Clement's children I have very little to work with as yet. I'll file them and hope that they tie in later. Clement Davis was born 1 Sept 1795 not only did the Gremlins get onto my computer when I typed the year in my original message but I forgot that in the USA you use a different way of writing dates than we do in Australia. Regards Peter -----Original Message----- From: Ruth Anderson <r.anderson@snet.net> To: NHHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com <NHHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, 11 January 1999 9:14 Subject: [NHHILLSB-L] Re: NHHILLSB-D Digest V99 #6 >G'day, Peter! >I have a Jacob Davis, Aug. 6, 1812 - July 22, 1891 >wife Mary J. Pinkham, 1816 - 1892 >son: Lewis Davis, 1844 - 1932 >his wife Charlotte A. Holmes 1854 - 1901 >Charles Davis, son of Lewis & Charlotte, no date >and wife Effie Ewen no dates > >also another cemetery plot with the following families: > >Joseph P. Davis 1842 - 1904 >wife Ellen A. Holmes, 1845 - 1928 >Arthur Davis 1872 - 1932 >Magetta B. Davis, 1877 1948 > >These families are buried in Meadows Cemetery, Jefferson, NH where a lot >of Portsmouth NH people traveled to and settled down. > >I hope this helps. > >Ruth Anderson > >-- >~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >R & R COMMUNICATIONS Dick & Ruth Anderson http://www.r-rcomm.com >Public Relations~Press Kits~Web Design~Press Releases~Proposal Packets, >etc. >NASCAR Busch North Series Editor > http://www.speedworld.net/bgnn/ >NASCAR Contributing Editor > Pontiac Enthusiast Magazine >Genealogy Pages > http://members.tripod.com/~PMD40/Gene.html > > > >==== NHHILLSB Mailing List ==== >Don't forget to post your Hillsboro Co. NH queries at USGenWeb Hillsboro Co. NH Project Page. >http://members.aol.com/fredkun1/hillsboro.htm >Hillsboro County, NH USGenWeb County Coordinator > > > > > > > > >

G'day, Peter! I have a Jacob Davis, Aug. 6, 1812 - July 22, 1891 wife Mary J. Pinkham, 1816 - 1892 son: Lewis Davis, 1844 - 1932 his wife Charlotte A. Holmes 1854 - 1901 Charles Davis, son of Lewis & Charlotte, no date and wife Effie Ewen no dates also another cemetery plot with the following families: Joseph P. Davis 1842 - 1904 wife Ellen A. Holmes, 1845 - 1928 Arthur Davis 1872 - 1932 Magetta B. Davis, 1877 1948 These families are buried in Meadows Cemetery, Jefferson, NH where a lot of Portsmouth NH people traveled to and settled down. I hope this helps. Ruth Anderson -- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ R & R COMMUNICATIONS Dick & Ruth Anderson http://www.r-rcomm.com Public Relations~Press Kits~Web Design~Press Releases~Proposal Packets, etc. NASCAR Busch North Series Editor > http://www.speedworld.net/bgnn/ NASCAR Contributing Editor > Pontiac Enthusiast Magazine Genealogy Pages > http://members.tripod.com/~PMD40/Gene.html

Hello Everyone, I am trying to rent some census films for 1850 Manchester, Hillsborough County. The people I am interested in are on page 060 (James FRENCH and Andrew G. TUCKER). The catalog I have lists 3 microfilm rolls for Hillsborough Co. without saying what is included in each roll. Could someone tell me which roll to order--432, 433, or 434? Thanks very much for your help. Kathy Karn

I'm still to track my elusive US ancestors so I'm having another try at finding a fellow researcher. Clement M DAVIS b.1-9-1995 in Portsmouth, NH, married Sarah STEVENS b.5-3-1798 on 12-7-1817 in Lee,NH. They had ten children, the sixth was Henry Burley DAVIS who emigrated to Australia during the days of the Victorian gold rush. Any takers? Regards Peter Coffee Camp Australia

Hi listmembers, I have been watching this list since the beginning but this is the first time I have done a message. I am looking for a marriage between EPHRAIM FRENCH and ABIAH about 1794, this was a second marriage for Ephraim. His first wife was Hannah Malendy (she died 1793). Ephraim lived in Amherst, NH before and after his marriage to Abiah but I can't find a marriage record. Perhaps the marriage took place in a different county because of her family? Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated. Shirley Drake

A mail list has been established for research into the name SEAVEY and its variations, SEAVY/SEVY/ZEVIE. To join, please visit the following web site and follow the simple instructions. The list will be activated on 1/8/98. http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/SEAVEY -- _~o _ o -\<, -\<, (_) /---- / (_) tandem@mediaone.net Dick & Barbara Lemieux Concord, NH

Does anyone on this list have access to the Nashua, NH Index to Marriage Records for 1835-50. I am looking for: AYLING, Isaac & CHANDLER, Harriet AYLING, Henry A. & IRELAND, Martha H. Both were marriage in the period 1835-1850, but not sure where. They were born in Boston, MA, but the marriage records on microfilm at the NEHGS library in Boston did not list their marriage. Their grandfather was Adjutant Gen. of NH during that time period and resided in Nashua and Concord. Therefore, I thought it possible they were married at his home as were some of his other grandchildren. Thank you for your help. Carol Kroeger - Moline, IL Carol F. Kroeger - Moline, IL

Hi Everyone, I have updated Ann's Hollis, New Hampshire History & Genealogy. It includes a picture of an OLD WEST Dunstable map for those researching ancestors in the colonial (pre 1750) era. It also includes the 1790 census for the town, biographical sketches of some early settlers, research resources, queries, lookups and more. http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/HollisNH.htm Suggestions for improvements &/or additional resources or links are welcome. Happy climbing, --Ann -Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional Genealogist -Researching at The Allen County Public Library http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/Resume.htm ACPL Resources http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/genealogy.html +Local Catholic Church History and Genealogy Research Guide and Directory http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/CatholicRecords-index.htm Indiana Local History http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/IN_History.htm Massachusetts Local History http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/MA_History.htm New Hampshire Local History http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/NH_History.htm Minnesota Local History http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/MN_History.htm Vermont Local History http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/VT_History.htm McRoden-Mensch Family Home Page http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/ County Coordinator for Codington County, SD SDGENWEB http://www.rootsweb.com/~sdcoding/ Digital Library Archive Manager for Hillsborough County, NH Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nh/hillsbor.htm Ann's Temple, NH Genealogy & History http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/Temple-NH.htm Ann's Hollis, NH Genealogy & History http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/HollisNH.htm

Greetings to all, As we enter 1999 may we all have success in our family search. I have created many web pages covering my family and related information and hope that some of my information may help in your search. (More specific information below) I update some part of my pages almost daily. All my pages are linked from my main page, <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/SueG476/index.html">Sue's Genealogy Garden in New England</A> Hope to see you in the garden. Sue Gardner Leominster, MA <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/SueG476/index.html">Sue's Genealogy Garden in New England</A> http://members.aol.com/SueG476/index.html <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Gardner.html">The Unofficial Home Page of John Gardner/Garnet of Hingham, MA</A> http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Gardner.html <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Project.html">Pierce Surname Project - New England/New York </A> - Has link to world wide Pierce Project http://members.aol.com/SueG476/PierceMA.html <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Gardner2.html">Gardner Surname - Vital Records of Massachusetts</A> - http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Gardner2.html <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Leominster.html">History & Genealogy of Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts</A> - http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Leominster.html My 2 main lines are: GARDNER/GARNET and PIERCE/PERS of Massachusetts. plus have information on all my other Massachusetts names, a lot of early ones - some of them - BALDWIN, BASSETT, BATES, BEAL, BISBEE, COOK (not Mayflower), FISKE, HAYWARD, HOLBROOK, PARKER, PRESCOTT, PROCTOR, SPRAGUE, THAYER and more. Mayflower - BREWSTER, SAMSON/SAMPSON, WARREN CAHILL of Ireland, Boston, MA and San Francisco, CA. - Update - I have made a connection with my CA Cahills, 3rd cousin I never knew French Canadian lines back to France - CHOQUETTE, ROUISSE & more Scottish lines of Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland and other locations - YOSTON, NAPIER (MCNABNEY), DIAMOND - I searched Scottish Origins yesterday and had some success and am awaiting the documents I ordered. Nova Scotia and early German lines, Lunenburg & Mill Village. CROUSE, FRANSOU, HENRITCY/HEINRICKE, PENTZ, REINHARDT, WEINACHT, WILD Information on Massachusetts and Hollis, NH

I'm not sure what this has to do with Hillsborough Co., but profit isn't necessarily a bad thing. Most of the people who live and work in HillsCo are employed by for-profit enterprises. Your friend seems to be confusing everything from income vs. venture capital to non-profit vs. free. Adding exaggerations like 85% of genealogy related data being controlled by Mattel doesn't help her case either. What about the Mormons? What about all the local, county, state, and federal governments? I'd be surprised if they controlled 8.5% of the data. It might not even be 0.85%. We may be on the verge of a terrible state of affairs in online genealogy, but it's certainly not supported by her diatribe. I think the RootsWeb initiative is good, but if she wants everyone to pay RootsWeb instead of paying someone else, she needs to be more convincing. Of course, since we're all using primary records to support and document our research, these online services are only good for hints at best anyway, right? Tom P.S. When I checked the RootsWeb subscription URL listed below, the page contained a nice little ad for Ultimate Family Tree saying that they were a RootsWeb corporate sponsor, so it's not quite as cut and dried as "us" vs. "them". -----Original Message----- From: Linda Knott [SMTP:lilbitgal2@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, January 02, 1999 8:07 AM To: NHHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NHHILLSB-L] RE:PAID-FOR Genealogy I received this earlier but wanted to read it thoroughly before sharing it with the Lists. For a year now, I have been watching this develop and have warned all my friends. Seems that the things I was concerned about are moving along at at fast pace. Well, lets support rootsweb, and then, come what may, we always can share what we each have and slow down monopoly profits! Janice GenMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com ----------------------------------------------------------- From: JYoung6180@aol.com Reply-to: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com As we enter this New Year of 1999 I am a bit concerned about the future of genealogical research on the Internet as we now know it. I am concerned that we could be falling on hard times when it comes to the sharing and FREE exchange of data including our mailing lists, GenConnect Boards, US and World GenWeb and the Archives for these projects, IIGS, and many other projects run largely by volunteers. The developments over the past few months and years in which Banner Blue AND Parsons were swallowed up by Broderbund, and then Broderbund was swallowed up once again by The Learning Company, who also gobbled up Palladium Interactive (producers of Ultimate Family Tree); and The Learning Company just now being taken over by Mattel--all serve to put us in the very bad situation in which approximately 85% of the genealogy-related programs and data are falling into the hands of of this one huge company. In addition Ancestry (another for- profit business) just sold 30% of their company to CMG (a venture capital company) for $10,000,000. This is money on top of the $60/year they get from "tens of thousands of subscribers" (from the Wall Street Journal). The venture capitalists will be expecting a large return for their investment--which will be paid for by us genealogists. All of this puts both Ancestry and Mattel in a very powerful position of being able to buy datasets of information (thus acquiring exclusive rights to those datasets) and sell them at inflated prices to the public who believe this is the only way things can be done. This move is already well under way. The more people paying top dollar for the information either through subscription, or the purchase of CDs, the more money the powerful for-profit companies will have to again purchase the rights to additional records and books. The longterm goal of the many volunteer workers, and of RootsWeb which hosts many of the projects, is to provide free access to genealogical information. I know it has the folks at RootsWeb VERY troubled right now that they do not have the resources to stop this avalanche of vital records and publications being purchased and removed from FREE public access for all time. In order to stop the flow of this information into the hands of the large companies it would be necessary for RootsWeb to purchase them and then offer them for free access to all of us on their Web space. They would like very much to accomplish this before it is forever too late to do so. While the access to the information is FREE, it is far from FREE acquiring the rights to the information in the first place. All of the mergers and acquisitions of the past year or so create a very serious threat to the continuance of genealogical research on the Internet as we now know it and as most of us believe it should be in the future. We are no longer playing on a level playing field. I think everyone needs to give this matter serious thought as we start the New Year. Everyone needs to decide what they want the future of Internet genealogy to be and then support what they feel is the correctapproach. We need to examine our goals and what we would LIKE to see for the future of Internet genealogy. Do we want to see a future where all genealogical source materials must be bought and paid top dollar for, or would we rather see the information put online at non-subscription Web sites so that future genealogists can access them freely? It may already be too late with the recent mergers and acquisitions creating such large powerful companies with deep pockets that are very difficult to match on a dollar for dollar basis. I think everyone doing genealogical research on the Internet needs to consider whether they would like to support the efforts of RootsWeb with a small contribution of $12 (more would be even better) or whether they would like to see the world of the future of genealogy dominated by the large for-profit companies who can sell the same data (and hold exclusive rights to it) at whatever the market will support. Some serious food for thought for the coming New Year! I will now get off my soapbox and promise not to be so "preachy" again very soon, but I feel this matter is an important one to us all and today seemed the appropriate time to discuss it with all of you. Happy New Year! Joan M. Young, Administrator Geiger GenConnect Boards Queries: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Geiger Bible Records: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/GeigerBibl Bios: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/GeigerBios Deeds: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/GeigerDeed Obits: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/GeigerObits Pensions: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/GeigerPens Wills: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/GeigerWill Visit The Geiger Connection Webpage: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ List Moderator, GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com Editor, The Kiger Kounter newsletter HELP MAINTAIN FREE ACCESS TO GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET IN 1999 BY SUPPORTING ROOTSWEB: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html/ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ==== NHHILLSB Mailing List ==== If you can books or CD's in your home library on Hillsboro Co. towns or famlies, please Volunteer to be listed on the Hillsboro Co. 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I received this earlier but wanted to read it thoroughly before sharing it with the Lists. For a year now, I have been watching this develop and have warned all my friends. Seems that the things I was concerned about are moving along at at fast pace. Well, lets support rootsweb, and then, come what may, we always can share what we each have and slow down monopoly profits! Janice GenMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com ----------------------------------------------------------- From: JYoung6180@aol.com Reply-to: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com As we enter this New Year of 1999 I am a bit concerned about the future of genealogical research on the Internet as we now know it. I am concerned that we could be falling on hard times when it comes to the sharing and FREE exchange of data including our mailing lists, GenConnect Boards, US and World GenWeb and the Archives for these projects, IIGS, and many other projects run largely by volunteers. The developments over the past few months and years in which Banner Blue AND Parsons were swallowed up by Broderbund, and then Broderbund was swallowed up once again by The Learning Company, who also gobbled up Palladium Interactive (producers of Ultimate Family Tree); and The Learning Company just now being taken over by Mattel--all serve to put us in the very bad situation in which approximately 85% of the genealogy-related programs and data are falling into the hands of of this one huge company. In addition Ancestry (another for- profit business) just sold 30% of their company to CMG (a venture capital company) for $10,000,000. This is money on top of the $60/year they get from "tens of thousands of subscribers" (from the Wall Street Journal). The venture capitalists will be expecting a large return for their investment--which will be paid for by us genealogists. All of this puts both Ancestry and Mattel in a very powerful position of being able to buy datasets of information (thus acquiring exclusive rights to those datasets) and sell them at inflated prices to the public who believe this is the only way things can be done. This move is already well under way. The more people paying top dollar for the information either through subscription, or the purchase of CDs, the more money the powerful for-profit companies will have to again purchase the rights to additional records and books. The longterm goal of the many volunteer workers, and of RootsWeb which hosts many of the projects, is to provide free access to genealogical information. I know it has the folks at RootsWeb VERY troubled right now that they do not have the resources to stop this avalanche of vital records and publications being purchased and removed from FREE public access for all time. In order to stop the flow of this information into the hands of the large companies it would be necessary for RootsWeb to purchase them and then offer them for free access to all of us on their Web space. They would like very much to accomplish this before it is forever too late to do so. While the access to the information is FREE, it is far from FREE acquiring the rights to the information in the first place. All of the mergers and acquisitions of the past year or so create a very serious threat to the continuance of genealogical research on the Internet as we now know it and as most of us believe it should be in the future. We are no longer playing on a level playing field. I think everyone needs to give this matter serious thought as we start the New Year. Everyone needs to decide what they want the future of Internet genealogy to be and then support what they feel is the correct approach. We need to examine our goals and what we would LIKE to see for the future of Internet genealogy. Do we want to see a future where all genealogical source materials must be bought and paid top dollar for, or would we rather see the information put online at non-subscription Web sites so that future genealogists can access them freely? It may already be too late with the recent mergers and acquisitions creating such large powerful companies with deep pockets that are very difficult to match on a dollar for dollar basis. I think everyone doing genealogical research on the Internet needs to consider whether they would like to support the efforts of RootsWeb with a small contribution of $12 (more would be even better) or whether they would like to see the world of the future of genealogy dominated by the large for-profit companies who can sell the same data (and hold exclusive rights to it) at whatever the market will support. Some serious food for thought for the coming New Year! I will now get off my soapbox and promise not to be so "preachy" again very soon, but I feel this matter is an important one to us all and today seemed the appropriate time to discuss it with all of you. Happy New Year! Joan M. Young, Administrator Geiger GenConnect Boards Queries: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Geiger Bible Records: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/GeigerBibl Bios: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/GeigerBios Deeds: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/GeigerDeed Obits: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/GeigerObits Pensions: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/GeigerPens Wills: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/GeigerWill Visit The Geiger Connection Webpage: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ List Moderator, GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com Editor, The Kiger Kounter newsletter HELP MAINTAIN FREE ACCESS TO GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET IN 1999 BY SUPPORTING ROOTSWEB: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to- subscribe.html/ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

IS ANYONE RESEARCHING ANY OF THE BELOW FISH LINES......... Nathan FISH was born on 2 Oct 1694. Patience SHATTUCK was born on 18 Feb 1709. Children of Nathan FISH and Patience SHATTUCK were: 2 i. Sarah FISH was born on 6 Feb 1731. 3 ii. Elizabeth FISH was born on 21 Aug 1733. 4 iii. Jonathan FISH. (HAVE MORE INFO.....) Primary interest line...... 5 iv. David FISH was born on 27 Apr 1741. 6 v. Eleazer FISH. (HAVE MORE INFO.....) 7 vi. Patience FISH was born on 28 Aug 1747. She died on 15 Oct 1747. 8 vii. Nathan FISH was born on 20 Oct 1749. 9 viii. Simeon FISH. (HAVE MORE INFO.....) -- PLEASE VISIT THE WELCH FAMILY ASSEMBLY WEB PAGE BY CLICKING ON the"ORGANIZATION"..http..address ABOVE \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) +------------------oOOo- (_) --oOOo-----------------+ |W*elch,W*ittwer,M*auchly,Z*immerman,S*tone,Z*eigler | |R*yf,A*mstutz,L*ewis,H*ardee,T*yson,S*chochli,W*eber| |Z*urfluh,S*pychiger,M*osser,A*mstutz,N*euenschwander| |N*ussbaum,S*hitz,H*enry,M*osteller,A*bel,M*ay,F*ish | |M*allory,M*etzger,M*organ,T*immons,B*rooks,L*eichti | |F*ields,C*herry,M*oore,R*ouse,McG*owan,M*oye,C*orey | +-----------------------------Oooo.------------------+ I'm ( ) Richard Welch .oooO ) / tree@oasistech.com TAMPA ( ) (_/ \ ( Searchin' \_) sig.txt

I am researching the Tuttle family from Jefferson, NH. Benjamin TUTTLE b.May 23, 1822, Mar. Betsy LOVEJOY b. 1823 prob. in No. Conway NH, on Jan 15, 1843. Who were Betsy Lovejoy's parents? Were there siblings also? Somehow, she might be related to the Samuel Willey family who died in the White Mt. slide in 1826. What is this connection? Samuel's wife was Polly Lovejoy, was she a sister to Betsy? Thanks, Ruth Anderson -- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ R & R COMMUNICATIONS Dick & Ruth Anderson http://www.r-rcomm.com Public Relations~Press Kits~Web Design~Press Releases~Proposal Packets, etc. NASCAR Busch North Series Editor > http://www.speedworld.net/bgnn/ NASCAR Contributing Editor > Pontiac Enthusiast Magazine Genealogy Pages > http://members.tripod.com/~PMD40/Gene.html