Hi, I am new to this list, as I have just located the town in NH, Milford, where my gggrandparents lived before moving to Lawrence, Essex, MA. John Gibb(s) committed suicide on 13 May 1878 in Lawrence. His death certificates states that he was born in Scotland, as do census records. His parents are listed as Alexander Gibbs and Kattie ---, both born in SCT. Census records indicate that John and Catharine had 10 children, only 5 still living in 1900. I have found 7 of them, would like to learn the names of the other 3, as well as the parents of John Gibbs (mother's maiden name) and Catharine McRobbie. Would also like to find marriage info and birthplace of John and Catharine. (I'm not asking a lot, am I?) Regards, Cathy Munroe Cocoa, FL Generation No. 1 1. JOHN GIBB(S) was born Abt. 1825 in SCT. He married CATHARINE MCROBBIE. Children of JOHN GIBBS and CATHARINE MCROBBIE are: i. JOHN DUNCAN GIBBS, b. April 1860, NH; d. 29 April 1929; m. EDITH TAYLOR, 22 April 1903, Lawrence, Essex, MA ii. CATHERINE GIBBS, b. Abt. 1861, NH. iii. AGNES GIBBS, b. Abt. 1863, NH. iv. ALEXANDER GIBBS, b. Abt. 1864, NH. v. JAMES BUNTING GIBBS, b. November 1865, MA; d. 06 April 1939, Lawrence, Essex, MA, USA; m. (1) MARTHA, 11 March 1896, Lawrence, Essex, MA, USA; m. (2) SOPHIA, Aft. 1907. vi. WILLIAM G. GIBBS, b. January 1870, MA; m. ANSONETTA BOYLE. vii. FRANK L. GIBBS, b. October 1875, MA.

I am seeking information [parents etc.] of RUTH SOPHIA WHITING said to have been born in Merrimack, NH on Oct. 27,1805. She married AMOS CARKIN June 2, 1833 in Dunstable, MA. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Sandy St. Martin sstmarti@freenet.columbus.oh.us

New Hampshire Society of Genealogists (NHSOG) and New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association (NHOGA) are pleased to announce the addition to NHSOG web site of the N.H. Old Graveyard Association database of N. H. burial sites. NHOGA has spent over twenty years compiling a comprehensive listing of all burial sites in New Hampshire. NHSOG is pleased to join in a cooperative effort to present this information as a research aid to genealogists. NHOGA Master Burial Site Listing attempts to list every known burial site in New Hampshire. Sites vary from large public cemeteries to abandoned rural graveyards containing only a single grave. The listing includes exact map coordinates for locating remote sites, but does not contain the names of the individuals buried there. Additional information about NHOGA and its activities can be obtained by sending mail to Doris Ashton, Corresponding Secretary, P. O. Box 225, Ossipee, NH 03864. See the Master Burial Site Listing at the N. H. Society of Genealogists web site: http://www.tiac.net/users/nhsog

I am interrest in tracking down reprints of any county history of Coos written in the 1800's? Does such a history exsist and where would I found it. Thanks for any help.

Hello List, I am looking for descendants of James Sweeney from Manchester, New Hampshire....b. in NY 18 Feb 1904...died Feb 1985 and Catherine Sweeney (I don't know what the relationship is between them...either sibling or spouse) b. 17 Mar 1904 in NY ... died 26 Sep 1996. Both are buried at Old Calvary Cemetery in Long Island City, New York. Would appreciate hearing of or from any descendants. Thanks, Joanie

I am llooking for any and all information on these two Hart's in Coo's Co from the late 1790's thru 1820's any help more than appreciated this line has made me Crazy. Any descendants of Samuel HartBorn1764 lived in jefferson. Help! I am so confused!is cousin

The following information was provided by Denise Cross (dcross@lnmta.bentley.edu), a professional librarian, to another mailing list. It's so useful that I thought you would enjoy having her suggestions. Denise has given me permission to share it with you. Denise Cross wrote: > Milk of Magnesia -a bit messy and a soak in liquid for that long could disintegrate an old clipping. (Note: The original posting had a suggestion about preserving clippings in an MOM soak.) There are 2 excellent spray products on the market. Bookkeeper and Wei To Sprays. University Products (800-628-1912) and Light Impressions carry them (www.lightimpressionsdirect.com). Just spray on and let dry. Lamination is ok...but it is actually a mixed bag. Your lamination film and adhesive MUST be free of anything that will contribute to yellowing. The item cannot "breathe" in this environment and if the chemicals present are destructive over time, the item will yellow badly. It won't crumble because of the support from the laminate, but it can get hard to read. I've seen some laminated newsprint stay relatively fresh and some turn brown. A better option (and the one archives use) is micro-encapsulation. Using sheets of mylar and acidfree/archival quality double sided adhesive, you sandwich the item between two sheets and seal all around the edge (leaving a tiny gap for "breathing"). Backing the document with a buffered sheet of lignin free paper or treating with a spray above will help arrest the deterioration. The item itself is not adheared in anyway, so the mylar can be cut open to remove it at a future date. The mylar lends great support to the paper as well. The mylar sheets come in many sizes, small sheets for cutting to preserve clippings to big enough to encapsulate broadsides. > Copying onto acid free, lignin free paper is the way to go for long term preservation of the info. Ellen's note: I have purchased acid-free album sheets, clear mylar protectors and archival glue from a catalog company called Exposures in Oshkosh, WI (1 800 572-5750). The glue is abt $7.95 per tube and it's a small tube. The glue is sort of rubbery and you can actually remove a photo to replace it or move, provided it isn't fragile. You would not be able to move a newspaper clipping, however. On another list, I believe someone also said acid free album sheets were available a Wal-Mart. Regards, Ellen Bisson

One correction to the listing of U.S. military engagements, from several eagle-eyed readers: Fort Necessity is in Pennsylvania, not Ohio; it is located in Farmington, PA, off National Road #40, abt 10 miles past Uniontown, PA. This is the final collection of data contributed to one of the other surname lists by Daniel H. Burrows. As before, Mr. Burrows has given permission for the information to be reprinted or re-published. Lots of surname origins here! And again, my apologies if you receive more than one copy of this glossary. > Accomptant Accountant > Almoner Giver of charity to the needy > Amanuensis Secretary or stenographer > Artificer A soldier mechanic who does repairs > Bailie Bailiff > Baxter Baker > Bluestocking Female writer > Boniface Keeper of an inn > Brazier One who works with brass > Brewster Beer manufacturer > Brightsmith Metal Worker > Burgonmaster Mayor > Caulker One who filled up cracks (in ships or windows) or seems to make them watertight by using tar or oakum-hemp fiber produced by taking old ropes apart > Chaisemaker Carriage maker > Chandler Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceries > Chiffonnier Wig maker > Clark Clerk > Clerk Clergyman, cleric > Clicker The servant of a salesman who stood at the door to invite customers; one who received the matter in the galley from the compositors and arranged it in due form ready for printing; one who makes eyelet holes in boots using a machine which clicked. > Cohen Priest > Collier Coal miner > Colporteur Peddler of books > Cooper One who makes or repairs vessels made of staves & hoops, such as casks, barrels, tubs, etc. > Cordwainer Shoemaker, originally any leather worker using leather from Cordova/Cordoba in Spain > Costermonger Peddler of fruits and vegetables > Crocker Potter > Crowner Coroner > Currier One who dresses the coat of a horse with a curry comb; one who tanned leather by incorporating oil or grease > Docker Stevedore, dock worker who loads and unloads cargo > Dowser One who finds water using a rod or witching stick > Draper A dealer in dry goods > Drayman One who drives a long strong cart without fixed sides for carrying heavy loads > Dresser A surgeon's assistant in a hospital > Drover One who drives cattle, sheep, etc. to market; a dealer in cattle > Duffer Peddler > Factor Agent, commission merchant; one who acts or transacts business for another; Scottish steward or bailiff of an estate > Farrier A blacksmith, one who shoes horses > Faulkner Falconer > Fell monger One who removes hair or wool from hides in preparation for leather making > Fletcher One who made bows and arrows > Fuller One who fulls cloth;one who shrinks and thickens woolen cloth by moistening, heating, and pressing; one who cleans and finishes cloth > Gaoler A keeper of the goal, a jailer > Glazier Window glassman > Hacker Maker of hoes > Hatcheler One who combed out or carded flax > Haymonger Dealer in hay > Hayward Keeper of fences > Higgler Itinerant peddler > Hillier Roof tiler > Hind A farm laborer > Hoslter A groom who took care of horses, often at an inn > Hooker Reaper > Hooper One who made hoops for casks and barrels > Huckster Sells small wares > Husbandman A farmer who cultivated the land > Jagger Fish peddler > Journeyman One who had served his apprenticeship and mastered his craft, not bound to serve a master, but hired by the day > Joyner/Joiner A skilled carpenter > Keeler Bargeman > Kempster Wool comber > Lardner Keeper of the cupboard > Lavender Washer woman > Lederer Leather maker > Leech Physician > Longshoreman Stevedore > Lormer Maker of horse gear > Malender Farmer > Maltster Brewer > Manciple A steward > Mason Bricklayer > Mintmaster One who issued local currency > Monger Seller of goods (ale, fish) > Muleskinner Teamster > Neatherder Herds cows > Ordinary Keeper Innkeeper with fixed prices > Pattern Maker A maker of a clog shod with an iron ring. A clog was a wooden pole with a pattern cut into the end > Peregrinator Itinerant wanderer > Peruker A wig maker > Pettifogger A shyster lawyer > Pigman Crockery dealer > Plumber One who applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained glass windows. > Porter Door keeper > Puddler Wrought iron worker > Quarrier Quarry worker > Rigger Hoist tackle worker > Ripper Seller of fish > Roper Maker of rope or nets > Saddler One who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other frnishings for horses > Sawbones Physician > Sawyer One who saws; carpenter > Schumacker Shoemaker > Scribler A minor or worthless author > Scrivener Professional or public copyist or writer; notary public > Scrutiner Election judge > Shrieve Sheriff > Slater Roofer > Slopseller Seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shop > Snobscat/Snob One who repaired shoes > Sorter Tailor > Spinster A woman who spins or an unmarried woman > Spurrer Maker of spurs > Squire Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace > Stuff gown Junior barrister > Stuff gownsman Junior barrister > Supercargo Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the commercial concerns of the ship > Tanner One who tans (cures) animal hides into leather > Tapley One who puts the tap in an ale cask > Tasker Reaper > Teamster One who drives a team for hauling > Thatcher Roofer > Tide waiter Customs inspector > Tinker An itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman > Tipstaff Policeman > Travers Toll bridge collection > Tucker Cleaner of cloth goods > Turner A person who turns wood on a lathe into spindles > Victualer A tavern keeper, or one who provides an army, navy, or ship with food supplies > Vulcan Blacksmith > Wagoner Teamster not for hire > Wainwright Wagon maker > Waiter Customs officer or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to collect duty on goods brought in > Waterman Boatman who plies for hire > Webster Operator of looms > Wharfinger Owner of a wharf > Wheelwright One who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages, etc. > Whitesmith Tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes or polishes the work > Whitewing Street sweeper > Whitster Bleach of cloth > Wright Workman, especially a construction worker > Yeoman Farmer who owns his own land Regards, Ellen Bisson mailto:thebissons@worldnet.att.net

Cindi's list has a site to reunite families with lost Bibles, etc. http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/ancestors/index.html It's a clickable site which includes a variety of "Ancestors' Treasures," including Bibles and photographs. Regards, Ellen Bisson mailto:thebissons@worldnet.att.net

This is the last of the three general data msgs. I must correct my error: the information came from Mr. DANIEL (not George) H. Burrows through another list, and note again that the original posting indicated the information could be forwarded or re-published without permission. Many items on this Glossary of Terms are obvious and well known; others are less familiar. Again, please accept my apologies if you receive duplicate msgs. > ABSTRACT - Summary of important points of a given text, especially deeds and wills. > ACRE - See measurements. > ADMINISTRATION (of estate) - The collection, management and distribution of an estate by proper legal process. > ADMINISTRATOR (of estate) - Person appointed to manage or divide the > estate of a deceased person. > ADMINISTRATRIX - A female administrator. > AFFIDAVIT - A statement in writing, sworn to before proper authority. > ALIEN - Foreigner. > AMERICAN REVOLUTION - U.S. war for independence from Great Britain 1775 - 1783. > ANCESTOR - A person from whom you are descended; a forefather. > ANTE - Latin prefix meaning before, such as in ante-bellum South, "The > South before the war" > APPRENTICE - One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement or by any means to serve another person for a certain time, with a view of learning an art or trade. > APPURTENANCE - That which belongs to something else such as a building, orchard, right of way, etc. > ARCHIVES - Records of a government, organization, institution; the place where records are stored. > ATTEST - To affirm; to certify by signature or oath. > BANNS - Public announcement of intended marriage. > BENEFICIARY - One who receives benefit of trust or property. > BEQUEATH - To give personal property to a person in a will. Noun -- > bequest. > BOND - Written, signed, witnessed agreement requiring payment of a > specified amount of money on or before a given date. > BOUNTY LAND WARRANT - A right to obtain land, specific number of acres of unallocated public land, granted for military service. > CENSUS - Official enumeration, listing or counting of citizens. > CERTIFIED COPY - A copy made and attested to by officers having charge of the original and authorized to give copies. > CHAIN - See measurements. > CHATTEL - Personal property which can include animate as well as > inanimate properties. > CHRISTEN - To receive or initiate into the visible church by baptism; to name at baptism; to give a name to. > CIRCA - About, near, or approximate -- usually referring to a date. > CIVIL WAR - War between the States; war between North and South, 1861 - 65. > CODICIL - Addition to a will. > COLLATERAL ANCESTOR - Belong to the same ancestral stock but not in > direct line of descent; opposed to lineal such as aunts, uncles & > cousins. > COMMON ANCESTOR - Ancestor shared by any two people. > CONFEDERATE - Pertaining to the Southern states which seceded from the > U.S. in 1860 - 1, their government and their citizens. > CONSANGUINITY - Blood relationship. > CONSORT - Usually, a wife whose husband is living > CONVEYANCE - See deed. > COUSIN - Relative descended from a common ancestor, but not a brother or sister. > DAUGHTER-IN-LAW - Wife of one's son. > DECEASED - Dead. > DECEDENT - A deceased person. > DECLARATION OF INTENTION - First paper, sworn to and filed in court, by an alien stating that he wants to be come a citizen. > DEED - A document by which title in real property is transferred from one party to another. > DEPOSITION - A testifying or testimony taken down in writing under oath of affirmation in reply to interrogatories, before a competent officer to replace to oral testimony of a witness. > DEVISE - Gift of real property by will. > DEVISEE - One to whom real property (land) is given in a will. > DEVISOR - One who gives real property in a will. > DISSENTER - One who did not belong to the established church, especially the Church of England in the American colonies. > DISTRICT LAND OFFICE PLAT BOOK - Books or rather maps which show the > location of the land patentee. > DISTRICT LAND OFFICE TRACT BOOK - Books which list individual entries by range and township. > DOUBLE DATING - A system of double dating used in England and America > from 1582-1752 because it was not clear as to whether the year commenced January 1 or March 25 > DOWER - Legal right or share which a wife acquired by marriage in the > real estate of her husband, allotted to her after his death for her > lifetime. > EMIGRANT - One leaving a country and moving to another. > ENUMERATION - Listing or counting , such as a census. > EPITAPH - An inscription on or at a tomb or grave in memory of the one > buried there. > ESCHEAT - The reversion of property to the state when there are no > qualified heirs. > ESTATE - All property and debts belonging to a person. > ET AL - Latin for "and others". > ET UX - Latin for "and wife". > ET UXOR - And his wife. Sometimes written simply Et Ux. > EXECUTOR - One appointed in a will to carry out its provisions. Female = Executrix > FATHER-IN-LAW - Father of one's spouse. > FEE - An estate of inheritance in land, being either fee simple or fee > tail. An estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the > performing of certain services. > FEE SIMPLE - An absolute ownership without restriction. > FEE TAIL - An estate of inheritance limited to lineal descendant heirs of a person to whom it was granted. > FRANKLIN, STATE OF - An area once known but never officially recognized and was under consideration from 1784 - 1788 from the western part of North Carolina. > FRATERNITY - Group of men (or women) sharing a common purpose or > interest. > FREE HOLD - An estate in fee simple, in fee tail, or for life. > FRIEND - Member of the Religious Society of Friends; a Quaker. > FURLONG - See measurements. > GAZETTEER - A geographical dictionary; a book giving names and > descriptions of places usually in alphabetical order. > GENEALOGY - Study of family history and descent. > GENTLEMAN - A man well born. > GIVEN NAME - Name given to a person at birth or baptism, one's first and middle names. > GLEBE - Land belonging to a parish church. > GRANTEE - One who buys property or receives a grant. > GRANTOR - One who sells property or makes a grant. > GREAT-AUNT - Sister of one's grandparent > GREAT-UNCLE - Brother of one's grandparent. > GUARDIAN - Person appointed to care for and manage property of a minor > orphan or an adult incompetent of managing his own affairs. > HALF BROTHER/HALF SISTER - Child by another marriage of one's mother or father; the relationship of two people who have only one parent in common. > HEIRS - Those entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit > property from another. > HOLOGRAPHIC WILL - One written entirely in the testator's own > handwriting. > HOMESTEAD ACT - Law passed by Congress in 1862 allowing a head of a > family to obtain title to 160 acres of public land after clearing and > improving it for 5 years. > HUGUENOT - A French Protestant in the 16th and 17th centuries. One of the reformed or calvinistic communion who were driven by the thousands into exile in England, Holland, Germany and America. > ILLEGITIMATE - Born to a mother who was not married to the child's > father. > IMMIGRANT - One moving into a country from another. > INDENTURE - Today it means a contract in 2 or more copies. Originally > made in 2 parts by cutting or tearing a single sheet across the middle in a jagged line so the two parts may later be matched. > INDENTURED SERVANT - One who bound himself into service of another person for a specified number of years, often in return for transportation to this country. > INFANT - Any person not of full age; a minor. > INSTANT - Of or pertaining to the current month. (Abbreviated inst.) > INTESTATE - One who dies without a will or dying without a will. > INVENTORY - An account, catalog or schedule, made by an executor or > administrator of all the goods and chattels and sometimes of the real > estate of a deceased person. > ISSUE - Offspring; children; lineal descendants of a common ancestor. > LATE - Recently deceased. > LEASE - An agreement which creates a landlord - tenant situation. > LEGACY - Property or money left to someone in a will > LEGISLATURE - Lawmaking branch of state or national government; elected group of lawmakers. > LIEN - A claim against property as security for payment of a debt. > LINEAGE - Ancestry; direct descent from a specific ancestor. > LINEAL - Consisting of or being in as direct line of ancestry or > descendants; descended in a direct line. > LINK - See measurements. > LIS PENDENS - Pending court action; usually applies to land title claims. > LODGE - A chapter or meeting hall of a fraternal organization. > LOYALIST - Tory, an American colonist who supported the British side > during the American Revolution. MAIDEN NAME - A girl's last name or surname before she marries. > MANUSCRIPT - A composition written with the hand as an ancient book or an un-printed modern book or music. > MARRIAGE BOND - A financial guarantee that no impediment to the marriage existed, furnished by the intended bridegroom or by his friends. > MATERNAL - Related through one's mother, such as a Maternal grandmother being the mother's mother. > MEASUREMENTS - Link - 7.92 inches; Chain - 100 Links or 66 feet; > Furlong - 1000 Links or 660 feet; Rod - 5 1/2 yds or 16 1/2 ft (also > called a perch or pole); Rood - From 5 1/2 yards to 8 yards, depending on locality; Acre - 43,560 square ft or 160 square rods. > MESSUAGE - A dwelling house. > METES & BOUNDS - Property described by natural boundaries, such as 3 > notches in a white oak tree, etc. > MICROFICHE - Sheet of microfilm with greatly reduced images of pages of documents. > MICROFILM - Reproduction of documents on film at reduced size. > MIGRANT - Person who moves from place to place, usually in search of work. MIGRATE - To move from one country or state or region to another. (Noun : migration) > MILITIA - Citizens of a state who are not part of the national military forces but who can be called into military service in an emergency; a citizen army, apart from the regular military forces. > MINOR - One who is under legal age; not yet a legal adult. > MISTER - In early times, a title of respect given only to those who held important civil officer or who were of gentle blood. > MOIETY - A half; an indefinite portion > MORTALITY - Death; death rate. > MORTALITY SCHEDULES - Enumeration of persons who died during the year > prior to June 1 of 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 in each state of the United States, conducted by the bureau of census. > MORTGAGE - A conditional transfer of title to real property as security for payment of a debt. > MOTHER-IN-LAW - Mother of one's spouse. > NAMESAKE - Person named after another person. > NECROLOGY - Listing or record of persons who have died recently > NEE - Used to identify a woman's maiden name; born with the surname > of. > NEPHEW - Son of one's brother or sister. > NIECE - Daughter of one's brother or sister. > NONCUPATIVE WILL - One declared or dictated by the testator, usually for persons in last sickness, sudden illness, or military. > ORPHAN - Child whose parents are dead; sometimes, a child who has lost > one parent by death. > ORPHAN'S COURT - Orphans being recognized as wards of the states, > provisions were made for them in special courts. > PASSENGER LIST - A ships list of passengers, usually referring to those ships arriving in the US from Europe. > PATENT - Grant of land from a government to an individual. > PATERNAL - Related to one's father. Paternal grandmother is the father's mother. > PATRIOT - One who loves his country and supports its interests. > PEDIGREE - Family tree; ancestry. > PENSION - Money paid regularly to an individual, especially by a > government as reward for military service during wartime or upon > retirement from government service. > PENSIONER - One who receives a pension. > PERCH - See measurements. > POLE - See measurements. > POLL - List or record of persons, especially for taxing or voting. > POST - Latin prefix meaning after, as in post-war economy. > POSTERITY - Descendants; those who come after. > POWER OF ATTORNEY - When a person in unable to act for himself, he > appoints another to act in his behalf. > PRE - Latin prefix meaning before, as in pre-war military build-up. > PRE-EMOTION RIGHTS - Right given by the federal government to citizens to buy a quarter section of land or less. > PROBATE - Having to do with wills and the administration of estates. > PROGENITOR - A direct ancestor. > PROGENY - Descendants of a common ancestor; issue. > PROVED WILL - A will established as genuine by probate court. > PROVOST - A person appointed to superintend, or preside over something. > PROXIMO - In the following month, in the month after the present one. > PUBLIC DOMAIN - Land owned by the government. > QUAKER - Member of the Religious Society of Friends. > QUITCLAIM - A deed conveying the interest of the party at that time. > RECTOR - A clergyman; the ruler or governor of a country. > RELICT - Widow; surviving spouse when one has died, husband or wife. > REPUBLIC - Government in which supreme authority lies with the people or their elected representatives. > REVOLUTIONARY WAR - U.S. war for independence from Great Britain 1775 - 1783. > ROD - See measurements. > ROOD - See measurements. > SHAKER - Member of a religious group formed in 1747 which practiced > communal living and celibacy. > SIBLING - Person having one or both parents in common with another; a > brother or sister. > SIC - Latin meaning thus; copied exactly as the original reads. Often > suggests a mistake or surprise in the original. > SON-IN-LAW - Husband of one's daughter. > SPINSTER - A woman still unmarried; or one who spins. > SPONSOR - A bondsman; surety. > SPOUSE - Husband or wife. > STATUTE - Law. > STEP-BROTHER / STEP-SISTER - Child of one's step-father or step-mother. > STEP-CHILD - Child of one's husband or wife from a previous marriage. > STEP-FATHER - Husband of one's mother by a later marriage. > STEP-MOTHER - Wife of one's father by a later marriage. > SURNAME - Family name or last name. > TERRITORY - Area of land owned by the united States, not a state, but > having its own legislature and governor. > TESTAMENTARY - Pertaining to a will. > TESTATE - A person who dies leaving a valid will. > TESTATOR - A person who makes a valid will before his death. > TITHABLE - Taxable. > TITHE - Formerly, money due as a tax for support of the clergy or church. > TORY - Loyalist; one who supported the British side in the American > Revolution. > TOWNSHIP - A division of U.S. public land that contained 36 sections, or 36 square miles. Also a subdivision of the county in many Northeastern and Midwestern states of the U.S. > TRADITION - The handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, > genealogies, etc. from generation to generation, especially by word of > mouth. > TRANSCRIBE - To make a copy in writing. > ULTIMO - In the month before this one. > UNION - The United States; also the North during the Civil War, the > states which did not secede. > VERBATIM - Word for word; in the same words, verbally. > VITAL RECORDS - Records of birth, death, marriage or divorce. > VITAL STATISTICS - Data dealing with birth, death, marriage or divorce. > WAR BETWEEN THE STATES - U.S. Civil War, 1861 - 1865. > WARD - Chiefly the division of a city for election purposes. > WILL - Document declaring how a person wants his property divided after his death. > WITNESS - One who is present at a transaction, such as a sale of land or signing of a will, who can testify or affirm that it actually took place. > WPA HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY - A program undertaken by the US Government 1935 - 1936 in which inventories were compiled of historical material. > YEOMAN - A servant, an attendant or subordinate official in a royal > household; a subordinate of a sheriff; an independent farmer. Regards, Ellen Bisson

This is the second of two msgs providing general data originally posted to another list by George H. Burrows, with the instruction that it could be forwarded or re-published without permission. Please don't hold me responsible for the accuracy of these dates. I am not a military expert, but feel the dates and events would be useful for a background file. If you have corrections, or additions, please post to the list. And again, please accept my apologies if you receive duplicate postings. WAR DATES AREA > > French-Spanish 1565-67 Florida > English-French 1613-1629 Canada > Anglo-French 1629 St.Lawrence Riv. > Pequot War 1636-37 New England > ??? 1640-45 New Netherland > Iroquois 1642-53 New Eng.; Acadia > Anglo-Dutch July 1653 New Netherland > Bacon's Rebellion 1675-76 Virginia > King Philip's 1675-76 New England > War In North 1676-78 Maine > Culpepper's Reb'n 1677-80 Carolinas > Leisler's Rebellion 1688-91 New England > Revolution in MD 1689 Maryland > Glorious Revolution 1689 New England > King Willliam's War 1689-97 Canada > Queen Anne's 1702-13 New England > Tuscarora 1711-12 Virginia > Jenkin's Ear 1739-42 Florida > King George's 1740 GA & VA > Louisbourg 1745 New England > Fort Necessity 1754 Ohio > Anglo-French 1755-58 Canada > French & Indian 1754-63 New Eng;VA > Siege of Quebec 1759 Canada > American Revolution 1775-83 USA > Wyoming Valley 1782-87 Pennsylvania > Shay's Rebellion 12/1786-1/1787 Massachusetts > Whiskey Insurrection 1794 Pennsylvania > Northwestern Indian 1790-95 Ohio > War with France 1798-1800 Naval > War with Tripoli(Naval) 1801-05 North Coast Africa > Burr's Insurrection 1806-1807 South Mississippi Valley > Chesapeake (Naval) 1807 Virginia > Northwestern Indian 1811 Indiana > Florida Seminole Indian 1812 FL (GA Volunteers) > War of 1812 1812-15 General > Peoria Indian 1813 Illinois > Creek Indian 1813-14 South > Lafitte's Pirates 1814 Local > Barbary Pirates 1815 North Coast Africa > Seminole Indian 1817-18 FL & GA > Lafitte's Pirates 1821 Galveston > Arickaree Indian 1823 Missouri Riv; Dakota Terr > Fever River Indian 1827 Illinois > Winnebago Indian 1827 Wisonsin > Sac & Fox Indian 1831 Illinois > Black Hawk 1832 Illinois & Wisconsin > Toledo 1835-36 Ohio & Michagan > Texan 1835-36 Texas > Indian Stream 1835-36 New Hampshire > Creek Indian 1836-37 Georgia & Alabama > Florida (Seminole) 1835-42 FL, GA, & AL > Sabine / Southwestern 1836-37 Louisiana Indian > Cherokee 1836-38 --- > Osage Indian 1837 Missouri > Heatherly Distrubance 1836 Missouri > Mormon 1838 Missouri > Aroostook 1839 Maine > Dorr's Rebellion 1842 Rhode Island > Mormon 1844 Illinois > Mexican 1846-1848 Mexico > Cayuse Indian 1847-48 Oregon > TX & NM Indian 1849-55 --- > California Indian 1851-52 --- > Utah Indian 1850-53 --- > Rogue River Indian 1851, 1853, 1856 Oregon > Oregon Indian 1854 Oregon > Nicaraguan 1854-58 Naval > Kansas Troubles 1854-59 Kansas > Yakima Indian 1855 Local > Klamath & Salmon 1855 Oregon & Idaho River Indian > Florida Indian 1855-58 Florida > John Brown's Raid 1859 VA > War of Rebellion 1860-65 General > Cheyenne 1861-64 Local > Sioux 1862-63 Minnesota > Indian Campaign 1865-68 OR, ID, CA > Fenian Invasion of 1866 From New England > Canada > Indian Campaign 1867-69 KS, CO & Ind. Terr. > Modac Indian 1872-73 Oregon > Apaches 1873 Arizona > Indian Campaigns 1874-75 KS, CO, TX, NM, & Indian Territory > Cheyenne & Sioux 1876-77 Dakota > Nez Perce 1877 Idaho > Bannock 1878 ID, Washington Terr. > & Wyoming Terr. > White Riv. (Ute Ind.) 1879 Utah & Colorado > Cheyenne 1878-79 Dakota & Montana > Spanish-American 1898-99 Cuba > Philippine Insur'tion 1899-1902 Philippine Islands > Regards, Ellen Bisson

This list of medical ailments--which may help decipher death certificates or hosp records--was posted on another list, with instructions that it could be re-published or forwarded without permission. The original poster was Daniel H. Burrows, but the source was not identified. Please accept my apologies if you receive duplicate postings. > Ablepsy - Blindness > Ague - Malarial Fever > American plague - Yellow fever > Anasarca - Generalized massive edema > Aphonia - Laryngitis > Aphtha - The infant disease "thrush" > Apoplexy - Paralysis due to stroke > Asphycsia/Asphicsia - Cyanotic and lack of oxygen > Atrophy - Wasting away or diminishing in size. > Bad Blood - Syphilis > Bilious fever - Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or elevated temperature and bile emesis > Biliousness - Jaundice associated with liver disease > Black plague or death - Bubonic plague > Black fever - Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin lesions and high mortality rate > Black pox - Black Small pox > Black vomit - Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers or yellow fever > Blackwater fever - Dark urine associated with high temperature > Bladder in throat - Diphtheria (Seen on death certificates) > Blood poisoning - Bacterial infection; septicemia > Bloody flux - Bloody stools > Bloody sweat - Sweating sickness > Bone shave - Sciatica > Brain fever - Meningitis > Breakbone - Dengue fever > Bright's disease - Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneys > Bronze John - Yellow fever > Bule - Boil, tumor or swelling > Cachexy - Malnutrition > Cacogastric - Upset stomach > Cacospysy - Irregular pulse > Caduceus - Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy > Camp fever - Typhus; aka Camp diarrhea > Canine madness - Rabies, hydrophobia > Canker - Ulceration of mouth or lips or herpes simplex > Catalepsy - Seizures / trances > Catarrhal - Nose and throat discharge from cold or allergy > Cerebritis - Inflammation of cerebrum or lead poisoning > Chilblain - Swelling of extremities caused by exposure to cold > Child bed fever - Infection following birth of a child > Chin cough - Whooping cough > Chlorosis - Iron deficiency anemia > Cholera - Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughing > Cholera morbus - Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, elevated temperature, etc. Could be appendicitis > Cholecystitus - Inflammation of the gall bladder > Cholelithiasis - Gall stones > Chorea - Disease characterized by convulsions, contortions and dancing > Cold plague - Ague which is characterized by chills > Colic - An abdominal pain and cramping > Congestive chills - Malaria > Consumption - Tuberculosis > Congestion - Any collection of fluid in an organ, like the lungs > Congestive chills - Malaria with diarrhea > Congestive fever - Malaria > Corruption - Infection > Coryza - A cold > Costiveness - Constipation > Cramp colic - Appendicitis > Crop sickness - Overextended stomach > Croup - Laryngitis, diphtheria, or strep throat > Cyanosis - Dark skin color from lack of oxygen in blood > Cynanche - Diseases of throat > Cystitis - Inflammation of the bladder > Day fever - Fever lasting one day; sweating sickness > Debility - Lack of movement or staying in bed > Decrepitude - Feebleness due to old age > Delirium tremens - Hallucinations due to alcoholism > Dengue - Infectious fever endemic to East Africa > Dentition - Cutting of teeth > Deplumation - Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss > Diary fever - A fever that lasts one day > Diptheria - Contagious disease of the throat > Distemper - Usually animal disease with malaise, discharge from nose and throat, anorexia > Dock fever - Yellow fever > Dropsy - Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease > Dropsy of the Brain - Encephalitis > Dry Bellyache - Lead poisoning > Dyscrasy - An abnormal body condition > Dysentery - Inflammation of colon with frequent passage of mucous and blood > Dysorexy - Reduced appetite > Dyspepsia - Indigestion and heartburn. Heart attack symptoms > Dysury - Difficulty in urination > Eclampsy - Symptoms of epilepsy, convulsions during labor > Ecstasy - A form of catalepsy characterized by loss of reason > Edema - Nephrosis; swelling of tissues > Edema of lungs - Congestive heart failure, a form of dropsy > Eel thing - Erysipelas > Elephantiasis - A form of leprosy > Encephalitis - Swelling of brain; aka sleeping sickness > Enteric fever - Typhoid fever > Enterocolitis - Inflammation of the intestines > Enteritis - Inflations of the bowels > Epitaxis - Nose bleed > Erysipelas - Contagious skin disease, due to Streptococci with vesicular and bulbous lesions > Extravasted blood - Rupture of a blood vessel > Falling sickness - Epilepsy > Fatty Liver - Cirrhosis of liver > Fits - Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activity > Flux - An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or diarrhea > Flux of humour - Circulation > French pox - Syphilis > Gathering - A collection of pus > Glandular fever - Mononucleosis > Great pox - Syphilis > Green fever / sickness - Anemia > Grippe/grip - Influenza like symptoms > Grocer's itch - Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour > Heart sickness - Condition caused by loss of salt from body > Heat stroke - Body temperature elevates because of surrounding environment temperature and body does not perspire to reduce temperature. Coma and death result if not reversed > Hectical complaint - Recurrent fever > Hematemesis - Vomiting blood > Hematuria - Bloody urine > Hemiplegy - Paralysis of one side of body > Hip gout - Osteomylitis > Horrors - Delirium tremens > Hydrocephalus - Enlarged head, water on the brain > Hydropericardium - Heart dropsy > Hydrophobia - Rabies > Hydrothroax - Dropsy in chest > Hypertrophic - Enlargement of organ, like the heart > Impetigo - Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules > Inanition - Physical condition resulting from lack of food > Infantile paralysis - Polio > Intestinal colic - Abdominal pain due to improper diet > Jail fever - Typhus > Jaundice - Condition caused by blockage of intestines > King's evil - Tuberculosis of neck and lymph glands > Kruchhusten - Whooping cough > Lagrippe - Influenza > Lockjaw - Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles of the neck and jaw. Untreated, it is fatal in 8 days Long sickness - Tuberculosis > Lues disease - Syphilis > Lues venera - Venereal disease > Lumbago - Back pain > Lung fever - Pneumonia > Lung sickness - Tuberculosis > Lying in - Time of delivery of infant > Malignant sore throat - Diphtheria > Mania - Insanity > Marasmus - Progressive wasting away of body, like malnutrition > Membranous Croup - Diphtheria > Meningitis - Inflations of brain or spinal cord > Metritis - Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge > Miasma - Poisonous vapors thought to infect the air > Milk fever - Disease from drinking contaminated milk, like undulant fever or brucellosis > Milk leg - Post partum thrombophlebitis > Milk sickness - Disease from milk of cattle which had eaten poisonous weeds > Mormal - Gangrene > Morphew - Scurvy blisters on the body > Mortification - Gangrene of necrotic tissue > Myelitis - Inflammation of the spine > Myocarditis - Inflammation of heart muscles > Necrosis - Mortification of bones or tissue > Nephrosis - Kidney degeneration > Nepritis - Inflammation of kidneys > Nervous prostration - Extreme exhaustion from inability to control physical and mental activities > Neuralgia - Described as discomfort, such as "Headache" was neuralgia in head > Nostalgia - Homesickness > Palsy - Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlled muscles. It was listed as "Cause of death" > Paroxysm - Convulsion > Pemphigus - Skin disease of watery blisters > Pericarditis - Inflammation of heart > Peripneumonia - Inflammation of lungs > Peritonotis - Inflammation of abdominal area > Petechial Fever - Fever characterized by skin spotting > Puerperal exhaustion - Death due to child birth > Phthiriasis - Lice infestation > Phthisis - Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis > Plague - An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high fatality rate > Pleurisy - Any pain in the chest area with each breath > Podagra - Gout > Poliomyelitis - PolioPotter's asthma - Fibroid pthisis > Pott's disease - Tuberculosis of spine > Puerperal exhaustion - Death due to childbirth > Puerperal fever - Elevated temperature after giving birth to an infant > Puking fever - Milk sickness > Putrid fever - Diphtheria. > Quinsy - Tonsillitis. > Remitting fever - Malaria > Rheumatism - Any disorder associated with pain in joints > Rickets - Disease of skeletal system > Rose cold - Hay fever or nasal symptoms of an allergy > Rotanny fever - (Child's disease) ??? > Rubeola - German measles > Sanguineous crust - Scab > Scarlatina - Scarlet fever > Scarlet fever - A disease characterized by red rash > Scarlet rash - Roseola > Sciatica - Rheumatism in the hips > Scirrhus - Cancerous tumors > Scotomy - Dizziness, nausea and dimness of sight > Scrivener's palsy - Writer's cramp > Screws - Rheumatism > Scrofula - Tuberculosis of neck lymph glands. Progresses slowly with > abscesses and pistulas develop. Young person's disease > Scrumpox - Skin disease, impetigo > Scurvy - Lack of vitamin C. Symptoms of weakness, spongy gums > and hemorrhages under skin > Septicemia - Blood poisoning > Shakes - Delirium tremens > Shaking - Chills, ague > Shingles - Viral disease with skin blisters > Ship fever - Typhus > Siriasis - Inflammation of the brain due to sun exposure > Sloes - Milk sickness > Small pox - Contagious disease with fever and blisters > Softening of brain - Result of stroke or hemorrhage in the brain, with an end result of the tissue softening in that area > Sore throat distemper - Diphtheria or quinsy > Spanish influenza - Epidemic influenza > Spasms - Sudden involuntary contraction of muscle or group of muscles, like a convulsion > Spina bifida - Deformity of spine > Spotted fever - Either typhus or meningitis > Sprue - Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders and sore throat > St. Anthony's fire - Also erysipelas, but named so because of affected skin areas are bright red in appearance > St. Vitas dance - Ceaseless occurrence of rapid complex jerking movements performed involuntarily > Stomatitis - Inflammation of the mouth > Stranger's fever - Yellow fever > Strangery - Rupture > Sudor anglicus - Sweating sickness > Summer complaint - Diarrhea, usually in infants caused by spoiled milk > Sunstroke - Uncontrolled elevation of body temperature due to environment heat. Lack of sodium in the body is a predisposing cause > Swamp sickness - Could be malaria, typhoid or encephalitis > Sweating sickness - Infectious and fatal disease common to UK in 15th century > Tetanus - Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache and dizziness > Thrombosis - Blood clot inside blood vessel > Thrush - Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth, lips and > throat > Tick fever - Rocky mountain spotted fever > Toxemia of pregnancy - Eclampsia > Trench mouth - Painful ulcers found along gum line, Caused by poor > nutrition and poor hygiene > Tussis convulsiva - Whooping cough > Typhus - Infectious fever characterized high fever, headache, and > dizziness > Variola - Smallpox > Venesection - Bleeding > Viper's dance - St. Vitus Dance > Water on brain - Enlarged head > White swelling - Tuberculosis of the bone > Winter fever - Pneumonia > Womb fever - Infection of the uterus. > Worm fit - Convulsions associated with teething, worms, elevated temperature or diarrhea > Yellowjacket - Yellow fever. Stay well. Regards, Ellen Bisson

Hi, Looking for descendants of following family reported living in Amherst NH USA in 1895. Rufus WOODS, b.c. 1833, in Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, Canada; m. 1860, in Nova Scotia; Charlotte GAETZ, b.c. 1833, d. 1874, age 42, in Wallace, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia. Family appears living in Wallace in 1871 and 1881 censii, but not in 1891 and later. Rufus is reported living in Amherst, New Hampshire, USA by 1895 Children: i. Isabella Ballentine, b.c. 1862, in ___. ii. Lauretta (Laurie), b.c. 1865, in ___. iii. Walter, b.c. 1868, in ___. iv. William (?Herbert?), b.c. 1869, in ___. v. Sarah Ann, b. 27 Aug. 1870, in Wallace, bapt. St. Mathew’s Presbyterian Church Wallace vi. Maimie (Minnie Louisa, Annie Louisa), b. 26 Sept. 1872, in Wallace, bapt. St. Mathew’s Presbyterian Church Wallace Jorge Woods, in Canberra, Australia

Hi -- Looking for information on my granddaughters' ancestor, Jacob Smith -- History of Oxford, Mass., by George F. Daniels [Oxford 1892], page 696: "Jacob, of Deering, N.H., m. 1 Aug. 1791, Ruth, dau. of John Larned, owned from 1791 to 1793 the Lyman Wetherell farm, H. 68, removed from town. . . Children: Polly T., b. 26 Jan., 1792; Miriam, b. 21 July, 1794." His wife, Ruth Larned was b. 7 Aug 1769, and was killed at or near Oxford, Mass. 1798. She was daughter of John Larned and Miriam Smith. Her paternal grandparents were Isaac Larned and Sarah How. Harman Clark P.O. Box 311, Sheffield, VT 05866 hclark@plainfield.bypass.com

I'm seeking the parents of Elizabeth McClary/McLeary born abt. 1750 who married Matthew Gibson born 1748 of Weare, NH. They lived in Francetown, NH. I know the names of two of their children, and I'm also looking for the rest of them. Here is the descendent tree: Descendants of Matthew Gibson* 1 Matthew Gibson* b: Abt. 1748 in Weare, Hillsborough, NH .. +Elizabeth McClary* b: Abt. 1750 in NH .. 2 Mary (Polly) Gibson* b: December 30, 1774 in Francetown, Hillsborough Co. NH ...... +Zaccheus Dustin* b: January 1755 ...... 3 Janey McCollom Dustin b: June 13, 1798 in Newbury, Orange Co. VT ...... 3 Rachel Dustin b: March 19, 1800 in VT .......... +Hilmer B. Kent b: Unknown ...... 3 Nancy Dow Dustin b: September 17, 1802 in Newbury, Orange Co. VT ...... 3 Eliza McClary/McLeary Dustin* b: May 25, 1806 in Newbury, VT .......... +Israel Nicholas Ostrander* b: July 23, 1800 in Plattsburg, Clinton, N.Y. ...... 3 Zaccheus Dustin b: July 11, 1807 in Newbury, Orange Co. VT ...... 3 Thomas Gibson Dustin b: September 04, 1810 in Newbury, Orange Co. VT ...... 3 Mary Ann Dustin b: May 26, 1814 in Newbury, Orange Co. VT ...... 3 Margaret (Peggy) Dustin b: July 22, 1817 in Newbury, Orange Co. VT .......... +Harrison Bluim b: Unknown ...... 3 Jane Dustin b: November 1819 .......... +Jason Paine b: Unknown .. 2 Rachel Gibson b: 1781 in Francetown, Hillsborough Co. NH ...... +William Gibson b: Unknown Thanks for any information. Susan -- Susan C. Johanson Springfield, VA http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/j/o/h/Susan-C-Johanson/ ....I prefer digging in the past to digging in the yard....

Nestled within the USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project site is a sub-site from David McCallister which contains data from the Association for Gravestone Studies. Mr. McCallister has suggestions for photographing tombstones, cleaning them, reading and understanding symbols, inscriptions, etc. Very useful data. http://www.oklahoma.net/~davidm/grave.htm Please accept my apologies if you receive duplicate msgs. Regards, Ellen Bisson mailto:thebissons@worldnet.att.net

-----Original Message----- From: Carole Milliken <milliken@tiac.net> To: NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com <NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 9:54 PM Subject: [NH] N.H. Society of Genealogists Fall Meeting - Sept. 26 > >Please join us on September 26: > >New Hampshire Society of Genealogists will hold its Fall meeting in >Concord, NH on Saturday, September 26 at the Holiday Inn. Featured >speaker at the meeting will be Dean Crawford Smith. Dean Smith has >been one of the primary supporters of the Great Migration Study >Project and is currently Vice President of New England Historic >Genealogical Society. Dean has researched and authored (with Melinde >Lutz Sanborn) three books on his family genealogy: The Ancestry of >Samuel Blanchard Ordway [1990], The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell >[1993], and The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton [1996]. The Angell book >has been the recipient of several awards which have recognized its >excellence among genealogy publications. Dean will be speaking to the >society regarding his experience researching and publishing his family >history: "Compiling a Multi-Family Genealogy". > >Details on the meeting may be found at our web site: >http://www.tiac.net/users/nhsog or send mail to milliken@tiac.net > > >==== NHROCKIN Mailing List ==== >For RootsWeb Mailing Lists Archives, go to: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >Rockingham County GenWeb site: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/1706/ >New Hampshire GenWeb site: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5275/nh.htm >**************** ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________ Fred Kunchick GSCS[SW] USN Retired Pennsauken NJ kunchick@bellatlantic.net Editor of The Northern KIMBALL On-Line Newsletter Member: NEHGS Camden County (NJ) Historical Society Lo/Lathrop Family Association Kimball Family Association Towne Family Association Home Page: URL: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/7158/index.html Coos County, NH USGenWeb CC. URL: http://members.aol.com/fredkunch/coos.htm Hillsboro County, NH USGenWeb CC. URL: http://members.aol.com/fredkun1/hillsboro.htm Nantucket County, MA USGenWeb CC. URL: http://members.aol.com/fredkunc/nantuckt.htm Suffolk County, MA. USGenWeb CC. URL :http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/5551/ Andover, MA USGenWeb Coordinator URL: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/6351/index.htm ICQ# 2000494 ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________

Please join us on September 26: New Hampshire Society of Genealogists will hold its Fall meeting in Concord, NH on Saturday, September 26 at the Holiday Inn. Featured speaker at the meeting will be Dean Crawford Smith. Dean Smith has been one of the primary supporters of the Great Migration Study Project and is currently Vice President of New England Historic Genealogical Society. Dean has researched and authored (with Melinde Lutz Sanborn) three books on his family genealogy: The Ancestry of Samuel Blanchard Ordway [1990], The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell [1993], and The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton [1996]. The Angell book has been the recipient of several awards which have recognized its excellence among genealogy publications. Dean will be speaking to the society regarding his experience researching and publishing his family history: "Compiling a Multi-Family Genealogy". Details on the meeting may be found at our web site: http://www.tiac.net/users/nhsog or send mail to milliken@tiac.net

One of the posters to a North Carolina mailing list offered such excellent suggestions to help in our searching that I asked for her permission to share them with my other subscription lists. Becky Sullins (beulah@airnet.net) graciously agreed. I would only add two of my own: 1) Backup your bookmarks and Email addresses regularly to a disk; and 2) keep a file with printouts of your mailing list subscriptions. Please accept my apologies if you receive duplicate copies of this msg. Becky's advice follows: IDEA#1. I keep two composition notebooks. The smaller ones with the black and white cardboard covers. One for my husband's line and one for mine. Each page contains an outline of one surname. I keep this by my computer so that I can look up information quickly without having to dig in my files. I arrange names alphabetically and when I obtain a new surname I add it to the end. About once a year I copy it to another book, arranging the new names in their alphabetical place. I allow about three lines for each individual. One page holds about 12 generations front and back. IDEA #2 A mini-recorder is wonderful to carry to courthouses, libraries and cemeteries. One hour with a mini-recorder equals about 10 hours of writing. I have dictated all of the households of one surname from the Alabama Federal Census (not index) in one afternoon, (about 200 families) I have also dictated a whole large cemetery in a few hours. I bring the tape home and type it out on the computer in the comfort of my home. While dictating you should speak clearly and not to fast, (speaking slowly isn't necessary). Spell out any names that are questionable and make distinction in how a name is spelled (i.e. Katherine vs Catherine). This works especially well in cemeteries as you can note where a grave is located in the cemetery or what section of the cemetery you are working on, as well as notes about headstones. IDEA #3 Ever thought about taking all those old photographs of your ancestors, framing them and making a family tree of pictures on your wall? Or have a carpenter cut out the form of a tree from painted plywood. Order name tags for ancestors from a trophy company. Mount the tree to your wall and place the name tags in correct descending order along the tree. IDEA #4 Keep two computer files. One for information you have proven with facts and data and one that contains information other researchers have given you. IDEA #5 a two drawer filing cabinet works great for storing files. I use the paper folders with pockets on the inside covers. These fit perfectly inside the drawer, and the pockets hold new information until I can sort it out and put it in the folder. I label each folder both on the front and the side and arrange them alphabetically. If your files are too large for this method, you can use a bookshelf that has shelves tall enough for the files. IDEA # 6- I ordered mailing labels with my name and address and phone number on them. I stick one to the front of each family folder. That way if I ever forget and leave it in a courthouse or library it can be returned to me and won't wind up in that bin where they put lost family files. IDEA # 7 I keep a wire basket beside my computer. After I print genealogy information out I place it in this basket until I have time to sort it and put it in the family files. This has saved a lot of lost information. Becky closed with this thought: Do you have any Genealogy ideas that may help others? Maybe a way to sort out all those papers? Don't keep them a secret.... share! Regards, Ellen

My 3rd great-grandfather Daniel Clark is listed on the New Boston tax rolls as Lt. in 1810, and Capt. from 1811 through 1815. He disappears in 1816. Does anyone know where I might find military rolls for this time period? He may have moved to Canada some time after 1816, and most likely died there. Thanks, Gail