Good question Susan--I would like to know myself as the "founders" did not do it alone ! Cynthia susan d szewczyk wrote: > Hi folks, > I was wondering does anyone know if the Order of the founders and > Patriots of > America Lineage society has a sister group for women to join? > If so could I have an address to write to? > Thanks, > Sue > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PLEASE READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > Check the URL below for help with SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE > as well as other commands > http://www.genweb.net/maillistinstruc.shtml > Have Fun > Randall Haight > **************************** > FREE WEB SPACE FOR GENEALOGY AND HISTORY WEB PAGES > GO TO http://www.genweb.net > ***********************

This was sent to one of my lists. Very interesting.....I am removing some of the "garbage" -Lorna ---------- > From: Mary S. Creamer <GodivaM@westco.net> > To: HCPD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Fwd: Info Pass Along] > Date: Saturday, December 05, 1998 5:15 PM > > Cousins- > > This was sent to me by cousin Claude Shawbell in AZ. I suggest you > check it out. > > Mary > Though this quite interesting. Check this page on frudulent lineages done. > <A HREF="http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/fraud/fraud1.htm">ANJOU</A> > > ==== HCPD Mailing List ==== > Copyright 1998, the author and Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, write to HCPD-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com

Magdalena, Thanks for your information. If you, or anyone, is interested in seeing a picture of the Bound house, please visit http://users.intercomm.com/nvjack/fylbrigg/boundhse.htm. It was painted by Helen Philbrick in 1880. Nevada Jack -----Original Message----- From: Magdalena Gorrell Guimaraens <mgg@mail.telepac.pt> To: NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com <NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, December 06, 1998 3:17 PM Subject: New England Gazetteer >The first house >was aerected in 1635, by Nicholas Easton, and was called the >Bound-house

Hello all, I have just come across a copy of The New England Gazetteer containing descriptions of all the states, counties and towns in New England... by John Hayward, Boston, 1839. The descriptions in it are delightful and often, in the case of towns or counties, give most useful and interesting genealogical information. An example taken from Hampton, NH: «The Indian name of this town was Winnicumet; it was first settled in 1638 by emigrants from the cunty of Norfolk, England. The first house was aerected in 1635, by Nicholas Easton, and was called the Bound-house.... This town was formerly the scene of Indian depredations. On the 17th Aug. 1703, a party of Indians killed 5 persons in Hampton, among whom was a widow Mussey, celebrated as a preacher among the Friends. The Hon. Christopher Toppan died here in Feb., 1819, aged 84: he was a very useful and distinguished citizen.» I will, of course, offer to the NH page to do lookups, but post it here for anyone who is interested. Just e-mail me your request but please bear in mind that it is the holiday season and I lso have a very busy professional life. Answers may take a little; please be patient. Magdalena Gorrell Guimaraens mgg@mail.telepac.pt

I have a real problem. First I could not find a Sarah PLACE,now I have recieved two seperate posts. One indicates that she was born in Lee,NH,4 Aug 1796 and died in Exeter, NH 22 July 1863 married 5 Feb 1827,in Exeter James WEEKS. It further states that she was married prior to this to a _______SHERIFF,no first name given. She would have been 30 when she married James,which makes a first marriage for her possible. Another indicates that she was born in Madbury,Strafford Co.,NH. Which ever is the case,it appears most likely that she was born in Madbury,at or before her marriage to _______SHERIFF she moved to Lee,she came from Lee before she married James WEEKS. Further,thanks to Glenn Campbell who has a WEEKS family Bible,it is shown that listed in this record is a Charles H.SHERIFF b.28 July 1821 in Exeter,NH. Since she did not marry James WEEKS until 1827. It would mean she was widowed before 1827 by death of ________SHERIFF,married say about 1816 prob at Exeter,but possibly at Lee. Children listed in the family Bible: by _________SHERIFF Charles H.SHERIFF b.28 July 1821 Exeter,NH by James WEEKS(1806-1888) Sarah E(lizabeth?)WEEKS b.4 Sept 1827 Exeter,NH William P(lace)WEEKS b.25 May 1829 Exeter,NH d.April 1911(aged 83) James WEEKS 3rd b.23 Feb 1831 Exeter,NH d.12 Oct 1909 Jeremiah S(heriff)WEEKS b.26 Mar 1833 Exeter,NH d.1863(war casualty) Carrie C(olcord)WEEKS b.5 Aug 1835 John W(illiam?)WEEKS b.29 Dec 1837 d.5 Aug 1911 Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks Brian C.Page pageb@ptd.net "We are all born insane,some of us just choose not to leave that state"--Samuel Beckett "If we weren't a little crazy,we would all go insane"--Dick Marcinko "Navy Spec Ops Team Researching: In Scotland:MacGEOCH,HUNTER,GREEN,MacCREA(CRAE,REA),RYECROFT. All early to mid 1800's Kirkudbright,Lochmaben and Dalbeattie In New York State:WALDRON/WALDROUN,HALSTEAD,MacGREGOR In Maine: RANLET/RANLETT/RANDLETT/RUNLET/RUNLETT/RUNDLETT;ROUNDY,BROOKS All late 1770's to mid 1800's In Vermont:WEEKS,WELLS,NELSON,MacGREGOR. All late 1700's to mid 1800's In New Hampshire: MacGREGOR,BROWN,PLACE,BUNTON,OTTERSON,BARKER early to mid 1700's In Massachusetts: FLINT,DAVIS,BARKER,VALENTINE,FORBES,WEEKS,ROUNDY,PLUMB,SAVORY George B.ZEISET family historian.

Still kicking that brick wall. Frank(lin?) Pierce, born New Hampshire Aug 1854, d. Hopedale, MA? before 1920 Father: Unknown, born New Hampshire Mother: Unknown, born Scotland Possible siblings: Robert, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Emma Can anyone help? Thanks, Barbara Hanscom Stuart

Hi, I gather several MCKEENs migrated over the generations from Argyll in Scotland to N Ireland, and then on to Nova Scotia (I know) and New Hampshire (I think). Does anyone know of descendants who remained in N Ireland? My Grandfather was a William McKeen, who married Isobella BARKLIE in about 1896. I have no knowledge of his ancestors, but guess he may be descended from the McKeens who lived in Ballymoney and Londonderry, N Ireland, in the late C17 and early C18. If anyone has any information about this, I would love to hear from you. Regards, -- John Foad -- John Foad

Sarah MARSTON, a twin, was born in North Hampton almost 201 years ago on 15 Dec 1797, the daughter of Thomas and Hannah (KNOWLES) MARSTON. She married a Benjamin TILTON in 1819. All this according to Marston, Nathan Washington, "The Marston Genealogy," pg. 287. Might this be the Benjamin TILTON who was born on 11 April 1798, the son of Sherburn and Ruth ( ____) TILTON III of Bridgewater, N.H. (from Jones, William Haslett, "William Tilton: His English Origins and Some American Descendants," (1997), pg.160, #1777)? Thanks. -- Dick Marston, Marston Manor: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/1638/

To my several cousins on this list: I've just completed a major remodelling of Marston Manor. The adjacent Ancestor and Marston Rooms have been made into one larger room, and many others have had their plaques added to the walls. I'm in the process of adding spouses and siblings in the related families and ancestral lines. The count is now at 8,409 and climbing. This phase of the project focused on the DRAKEs and the SANBORNs, but several other families were also included in this update. The vast plurality, if not the majority of these folks were from Rockingham county. However, as you know, or will see if you look, no attempt is made to stop at its borders. Admission is free. Click on the URL below. :-) -- Dick Marston, Marston Manor: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/1638/

Might Theodate HOBBS who married Jeremiah BATCHELDER on 1 Mar 1739 be the daughter of Morris HOBBS III (Dow, History of Hampton, pg. 749, #VIII) who Dow says was born 31 July 1711 in (North?) Hampton, but who is not listed as having married? If so, she was named for her mother Theodate BATCHELDER (Pierce, pg. 121, #29). Pierce, who agrees on the birth date, doesn't say that she married either. -- Dick Marston, Marston Manor: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/1638/

Henrietta A. CLARK of Sandown was born probably about 1826-1830. She married George MARSTON, also of Sandown, and she died on 30 June 1861. Who were her parents? -- Dick Marston, Marston Manor: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/1638/

Dear Jon (Not a 'Dear John") Would you happen to have any information on the Swett line? My Great x4 Grandfather Josiah Simpson lived in Lincoln Co, Penobscot, ME, and there were a number of Simpson's that left Rockingham Co. area and went to ME. He is the son of Andrew Simpson and Agnes and Ayers and grandson of Andrew Simpson and Elizabeth Patten, from the Deerfield and Nottingham area. It is written in "The History of Deerfield, Nottingham and Northfield" Josiah married a "Miss Kitteridge" (Kittredge)and I later determined that this was a Catherine Kittredge. However, one family member says he was married to Bethia Swett. I know the Swett's are there, but I don't know what the real wife's name is! There is a young child, about the last they had, named Bethia. I have a feeling that this may be a second marriage. Josiah, and family, and his brother Robert, who married Lydia Longfellow, moved to Meigs Co, OH, in 1817, with nearly all of the children already born. There are SO many New Hampshire and ME people in Meigs Co, OH! I had no idea. I have just located a Swett family in Meigs County, OH, that lived in the same time period, that lived near Josiah and Robert. He may have married for a second time and Catherine may have been lost to the ages. It looks as though this is a Stephen Swett, but I am not quite sure as I cannot retrieve the info at this time. I believe that family came from the same area that Josiah, probably ME, maybe NH, perhaps MA, VT or CT. Because, I have seen a Stephen Swett name in some of those states. The Simpson's crawled all over New England! (There are two Simpson families-apparently not related?). Unfortunately, this Swett family pulled up stakes and went West to the Oregon Trail. They couldn't endure the hardships and every single one of them died on the trail. It was disease-associated deaths. You have many names on your your list that are in my Simpson line. Andrew and Elizabeth Patten Simpson arrived in Rockingham County about 1725. Elizabeth was killed by two Indians in 1747 and is buried in the Square at Nottingham along with two other men who were killed that day, Mr. Folsom and Mr. Beard. There is a plaque that commemorates their deaths in what is or was the Square at Nottingham. I am proud to have ancestors from New Hampshire. I always wished I could have someone from New England and now I do! And New Hampshire is just the best! And what a grand bunch of stoic pioneers! By the by, Meigs County has a Chester town and a Chester Tounship and other New England town names. I can understand why now. I hope you will consider assisting me,John. Anything you can offer will be terrific. Thank you. Eva Wallace Elkview, Kanawha, WV > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon686Jm@aol.com [mailto:Jon686Jm@aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 29, 1998 7:36 PM > To: NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Family History > > > Dick Marston; > Will this help, I just scanned the pages 224 & 225 from Brown Thurston's > book, THURSTON GENEALOGIES 2nd Edition (1892), put them on a > floppy and will > try to send them to you in this e-mail. > > 224 THURSTON GENEALOGIES. > > 3407 Lorenzo Swett,7 b. Oct. 16, 1815; a farmer in Poland, Me.; > m., April 2, > 1840, Sylvina Brown, b. April 29. 1823, da. of Daniel and Polly > (Witham) Brown of New Gloucestcr, Me. They have: > 3408 Emmons Edward,8 b. Sept. 12, 1841; locomotive engineer > on G, T. R., > living in Gorham, N. H., d. Nov. 12, I876 ; m.,May 24, 1865, Mary > Gardner Merrill; she d. May 30, 1888 aged 45. They had: Edwin > Emmons,9 b. 1867 d. March 14. 1889; Minnie Signora,9 > b. 1877; d. > Feb. 15, 1887 > 3409 Charles Greenleaf,8 b July 4, 1846; watering streets in > Lowell,Mass > m., Nov. 23. 1866, Mary Eliza McCann; no children. > 3410 Freeman Lorenzo,8 b. Jan. 11, 1856; a farmer in Poland, > Me.; m Feb. > 4, 1876, Florence Mayberry, b. in Poland. Me.. Dec. 6, > 1860. They > had: Maybell Addie,9 b. Dec. 6, 1877; Charles Emmons,9 b. Aug. > 28, 1878; Walter Freeman.9 h. Sept. tS, t8S~ Clarence > Maurice,9 b. > Aug. 4. 888. > 3411±George Fickett,7 b. Aug. 13. 1817; m. 1st. Hannah Gorham Waterhouse; > 2d, Betsey Reed Libby. > 3412+Edward McLellan, b. Oct 9,1820; m. Flora Record. > 3413 Martha Fickett 7 b. Aug. 3,1822; m., 1845, PhilanderHaines,b.Sept28, > 1823; had charge of the belting in the Laconia mill. Biddeford, Me. > was instantly killed Aug. 14, 1877; she d. July 24, 1888. They had: > 3414 Georgia Anna (Haines). b. Sept. 2, 1849; d. Feb. 2, 1866. > 3415 Frank David (Haines), b. May 1, 1851 ; d. Sept. 14, 1866. > 3416 Mary Ella (Haines), b. Nov. 1. 1859. > 3417 Georgia Anna (Haines), b. June 2, 1869. > > > 1561 > > JAMES THURSTON 6 (Thomas,5 Abner,4 Abner,3 James,2 Daniel 1), > brother of the preceding, and son of Thomas and Lucy I Fenderson) > Thurston of Scarboro, Me. born there Dec. 19, 1787 ; married, > Sept. 4, 1808, by Rev. Asa Heath, SARAH MCKENNEY, born Sept. 5, > 1787. She died Nov. 9, 1857. He lived in Buxton, Scarboro, Cape > Elizabeth and Danville, Me.; an officer of the Methodist church in > Danville, now Auburn. died Oct. 3, 1860, aged 73. > > > > > > Children. > > 3418 Lucy,7 b. Jan. 20, 1810; m.,June 7,1835, William Peables > McKenney,a Car- > riage maker in Mankato, Minn. They had: > 3419 William Augustus MeKenney), b. in Brunswick, Me., June 28, 1836; > n.m. ; served in the 7th New York reg. in the war against > the rebel- > lion, and died in the army of the Potomac, May 25, 1865. > 3420 Lucy Jane McKenney), b. in Brunswick. Feb. 14, 1838; m., > June 7,1868, > Albee C. May, a mnfr. of flour barrels in Indianapolis.Ind. Have: > Grace L. (May), b. .Aug. 10, 1874; Gertrude (Mayl. b. > July 21, 1876. > 3421 Annie Maria (MeKenney), m., Jan. 31. 1857, Albert Reed of Danville, > Me., a merchant in; Kansas City, Mo. They have: Ida M. (Reed). b. > Aug. 18, 1862; Helen (Reed), b. Dec. 5, 1871. > 3422 Charles James (McKenney), b. in Brunswick, Sept. 3, 1843; served in > the war against the rebellion in 2d Minn.reg.,and died in > the army of > the Cumberland, Oct. 5, 1863. > 3423 Clara Chase (McKenney), m., June 11,1867; Billings > Plimpton Sibley of > Mankato, Minn., an organ tuner in Erie, Pa,, since in > Clinton, Canada > They have: Hattie May (Sibley). b. Dec. 8, 1868; James Thurston > (Sibley). b. March 12. 1872; Sadie (Sibleyl, b. May 8, 1877. > 3424 Ida Elizabeth (McKenney). b. in Portland, Me., June 18, > 1853; m., Dec. > 31, 1883, Samuel Jacob Bailer, b. near Pine > Grove.Pa.,May 11, 1858,a > Drygoods merchant in Kansas City, Mo. They have: Charles William > (Bailer). b. Nov. 29. 1887. > > > > POSTERITY OF DANIEL THURSTON. 225 > > 3425 Sarah Julia (McKenney), b. in Danville, Dec.2,1856; m., > Nov. 20, 1883, > Thomas Hillis Osborn, b. in Carpentersville, Ind., Oct. > 11, 1842, a > farmer in Farmington. Minn. They have: William Thurston (Os- > born), b. May 2,1885; Lucy Mary (Osborn), b. June 16, 1887. > 3426+Charles,7 b. Jan. 20, 1812; m. Catherine Talkington. > 3427+Moses Waterhouse,7 b. March 9, 1814; m. Eunice Hunnewell. > 3428+James,7 b. in Buxton, Me., March 12, 1816; m. Mrs. Clara > Anna (Chase) > Flint. > 3429 Merabah Ann,7 b.in Scarboro, April 4,1818; m.,Dec.8,1841, > Burton Fales > of Thomaston, Me.; d. June 12, 1848. They had: > 3430 Nathaniel (Fales), b. 1843; lives in California. > 3431 Sarah Ozetta (Fales) b 1845 m. April 22, 1863, William > H. Hardin of > Rockland. Me., and moved to California. > 3432 Mary (Fales), b. 1847; m., lived and died in Rockland. > 3433 Everline,7 b.Nov.20,1820; m., Aug. 28,1844,William > Stinchfleld Marston, > b. April13,1819,son of David and Dorcas Ellery > (Littlefield)Marston of > North Yarmouth, Me., a mechanic in Danvihle. Me., Adrian, > Wis., Owa. > tonna. Minn., till his wife died Nov. 8, 1882, when he > moved to West > Pownal, Me. He enlisted 1862 as L.M.sgt. 1st Minn. > cavalry, and served > thro the war, and frontier Indian war. They had: > 3434 Kate (Marston), b.in Danville, June 29, 1845; m., June > 19,1868, Jacob > Berg, a farmer in Mentor, Minn.,and soldier thro the war > against the > rebellion. They have: Florence Anna (Berg), b. June 25,1868; m., > Jan. 1, 1886, Frank Hays,a farmer in Mentor. and has > Alice (Hays),b. > 1887; Charles Marston (Berg), b. in Aurora, Minn.. Nov. > 9, 1871; Ada > Jane (Berg), b. do., May 22.1873; Harold (Berg), > b.do.,Oct.26, 1878; > Estelle (Berg), b. Sept. 20, 1883. > 3435 Cyrus Crafts (Marston), b.in Danville,Oct.24,1847; a > farmer in McRae, > Dakota,served in Brackett’s battalion under Gen.Sully > three years in > Ivar with the Indians; m., Dec. 12, 1888, Nelly McVicker. > 3436 Mary (Marston), b. in Danville. Dec. 12, 1849; m., > Jan.1,1872, George > B. Hallock, a fanner and mechanic in Groton, South > Dakota, and have > Ethelyn (Hallock), b. in Aurora, Minn., May 1, 1873. > 3437 Evlyn (Marston), b. in Danville, July 12, 1852; in June > 30,1874, Den. > nison J. Woodard, a salesman in La Crosse. Wis., and have Edith > Irene (Woodard), b. m. Adrian, Wis.. May 8. 1875; Josephine Elsie > (Woodard), b. 1884, d. June 4, 1888. > 3438 Howard Abbott (Marston), b. in Danville, Dec. 24, 1834, a > farmer in > Mentor, Minn. > 3439 Willie Melville(Marston),b.in Danville.April 1,1857; > farmer in Mentor > 3440 Dora Frances (Marston), b. in Garden City, Minn., June > 18, 1861; m., > March 8, 1879, John W. Haynes, a mason in New > Gloucester, Me., and > have Grace Everline (Haynes), b. in Nashville, Minn., > Feb. 1, 1880; > Mary Thurston (Haynes),b. do., Aug. 2,1881; Bertie Emory > (Haynes), > b. in Adrian, Wis.,June 15,1883.d.June 19,1889; Carl > Cyrus (Haynes), > b. do., Aug.18,1884; Frank Ray (Haynes), b. in New > Gloucester, .Aug. > 24, 1888. > 3441 Mary Edgecomb,7 b.in Scarboro,Me., April 20,1823; m.,in > Danville,Me., > Dec. 31, 1851, Charles Robinson Whitney, b.Jan.16,1820, > son ofHaynes > and Jane (Robinson) Whitney of Thomaston, Me; he is a > mnfr. of lime > in Rockland, Me.: alderman and Baptist. They have: > 3442 Mary Frances (Whitney),b. July 11,1833; m., > Nov.16,1875,Thomas S. > Rich of Chelsea, Mass., a com. mer. in Boston. They > have: Charles > Henry (Rich), b. in Rockland, Me., Sept. 17,1876; > Herbert Thurston > (Rich), b.in Chelsea,Mass.,Aug.,1878;Lottie Everline > (Rich), b.in > Cambridge. Mass., March 25, 1881; Susie Hinks (Rich), > b. in Cam- > bridge. June. 1883. > 3443 Lizzie Ella (Whitneyl, b. Dec. 19,1856; m.,June 26,1882, > William A. > Brooks,a salesman in Boston,Mass.; she d.in Portland, > Me., May 30, > 1887. They had: Thomas D. (Brooks), b. in Melrose, Mass., Sept. > 30, 1883; Austin Whitney (Brooks), b. in Portland. May > 25, 1887. > 3444 Francis,7 b.April 9,1826;captain in the East India > trade;d.at sea 1869. > > Hope this can help. As far as a list of names in the book, > Brown indexed > 10,520 names of THURSTON's and their children over 2 yrs old and > 17,976 other > names in this compilation . Of course the THURSTONs who did not > answer the > questionairs, like my G and GGGrandfathers, are not in the book, > but luckly > one of my GGGAunts or uncles did include their brothers and I was > able to make > the connection. > > Anson J. Thurston, Jr. > > > ==== NHROCKIN Mailing List ==== > Send messages to the list to the "To" address found above in THIS message. > To send commands (subscribe/unsubscribe), insert -request between > the L (or D) and the @ in the address. Send only the command. > The trouble with doing something right the first time is that > nobody appreciates how difficult it was. > **************** > >

-------------- My original post: Can anyone tell me where I can look at the Maine censuses for 1800 through 1840? I live in Concord, NH. What are my options? Is there any place in NH? -------------- I got LOTS of replies to the above post and I thank all those who sent me suggestions. Other people have asked me what I found out, so I thought I'd post a summary for the reference of those who live in NH and want to look at Maine censuses. I checked with the NH state library and they have NH censuses only, although they do have indexes for other states, including Maine. Ditto for the New Hampshire Historical Society (NHHS) library. Other suggestions were: LDS church on Clinton Street (must order the tapes, $3.50 each gives you access to them for about a month, then they're shipped back to Salt Lake City) National Archives in Waltham, MA (or Pittsfield) Maine Historical Society, in Portland Maine State Archives, also in Portland Boston Public Library New England Historical Genealogical Society, in Boston Evidently there is nothing on line except for scattered counties and even that is only for 1790. Several libraries -- including the NHHS -- have the INDEXES to the censuses, so you can at least narrow your search down to county and page before you decide where to go for the actual census -- or which ones to order. -- _~o _ o -\<, -\<, (_) /---- / (_) tandem@mediaone.net Dick & Barbara Lemieux Concord, NH

Can anyone tell me where I can look at the Maine censuses for 1800 through 1840? I live in Concord, NH. What are my options? Is there any place in NH? Thanks . . . . -- _~o _ o -\<, -\<, (_) /---- / (_) tandem@mediaone.net Dick & Barbara Lemieux Concord, NH

For those of you who have not been there, the New Hamshire Society of Genealogists has a web site with the locations of nearly all of the cemeteries in NH. The site is a cooperative project between NHSOG and the New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association. The URL is: http://www.tiac.net/users/nhsog/ NHOGA graveyard locations are given in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates. This is another coordinate system that most GPS receivers understand. The site has links to other pages that explain these coordinates. The UTM system was recommended to NHOGA by the New Hampshire State Archealogist's office as their preferred method of identifying historical burial sites. Also, the UTM system is the system used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on all of their maps. This system is much easier to use than Latitude and Longitude when working with the USGS maps. If you are going to be locating graveyards, especially in New Hampshire, the UTM cordinates are the best bet. Clark Bagnall -----Original Message----- From: Leslie Hiatt [SMTP:lmhlionheart@mindspring.com] Sent: 23 November 1998 14:10 PM To: NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Locating and noting for future reference old cemetaries: information Hi I copied this off of the Page list and thought that it might be of interest.... Leslie I have a Magellan GPS 2000 XL Satellite Navigator. There are many GPS units (receivers) available from $100 up to whatever you wish to pay. Even the cheapest units are capable of telling you the latitude and longitude accurately enough to find any geographical location if known. They are small, portable, almost pocket size, and operate on internal batteries or 12 volts from your car cig. lighter socket. I use DeLorme Street Atlas USA mapping program to save my locations on a map which I can print out & send a copy to other people if needed. You don't need a mapping program to use the GPS unit. You can just write down the location for future reference if you don't have the program. The mapping program will let you simply find any Lat./ Long. coordinates in the United States of any location you want. If someone gave me coordinates of a cemetery that was out in the woods on a farm in Kentucky, I could go right to it. I have been using my GPS unit and saving this info. for some time now, hoping some other people would start doing the same. I will be happy to answer any questions about this because I want to locate a number of cemeteries yet that seem to be lost! A number of electronics stores such as Radio Shack carry some of these units. Also, some sporting goods stores, since they are good for hikers and hunters to find their way back. I bought mine from K-Mart in the sporting goods section. If you get coordinates on any cemeteries in Madison Co., Kentucky or Pike Co., Illinois, send them to me! Don Fox DonFox@cybertrails.com ______________________________ To answer some of the questions about GPS units, read on. 1. The accuracy at present is about 100 meters (which is a little more than 300 feet for you non-metric people). That accuracy will get you real close to a location you are looking for with no problem. 2. My main interest in using this method is to give people a way to find abandoned cemeteries which are not now on present day maps and believe me, there are a lot of them! I am not concerned about major cemeteries so much because they are on most maps. Old topographic maps show a number of abandoned cemeteries but no-where near all of them. 3. It is important to know that two methods of recording positions are commonly used here in the US. One uses Degrees, Minutes and Seconds, written as: 30 deg., 45 min., 30 seconds but the other uses a fractional notation such as: 30 deg., 45.5 minutes which is the same as the location above. A location in Denver, Colorado would be written as: 39 deg. 45.00 N & 105 deg. 00.00 W. Be sure to put a decimal point in if you are using the decimal system or it can be very confusing! 4. I am presently using DeLorme Street Atlas USA, version 6.0. With it, I can put a lat/lon flag on any location and it stores that info. for future reference. You can place any name or words on the map along with the location. I can then print out a map, which shows the flag on it for other people's use, or for me to use if I don't have my notebook computer with me. 5. At the present time, I do not have access to any cemetery records here at my home. Don Fox DonFox@cybertrails.com

I am looking for any and all information as to my G Grandfather Nathanial Evans. Our family bible lists quite a bit of information. Nathanial Evans B 7-10-1822 Newfield, Rockingham Co,NH D 3-15-1886 Married 2-24-1845 Elenor Dunlap B 1-3-1827 Riverside, or Waterborough(Vaselborough), York Co.,Maine D 11-7-1893 vaselborough,Maine I have found referance in a 1850 census with nathanial and Elenor and four of their children living in Salisbury, Essex Co.,Mass i would appretiate any and all help. Thank you

Hi I copied this off of the Page list and thought that it might be of interest.... Leslie I have a Magellan GPS 2000 XL Satellite Navigator. There are many GPS units (receivers) available from $100 up to whatever you wish to pay. Even the cheapest units are capable of telling you the latitude and longitude accurately enough to find any geographical location if known. They are small, portable, almost pocket size, and operate on internal batteries or 12 volts from your car cig. lighter socket. I use DeLorme Street Atlas USA mapping program to save my locations on a map which I can print out & send a copy to other people if needed. You don't need a mapping program to use the GPS unit. You can just write down the location for future reference if you don't have the program. The mapping program will let you simply find any Lat./ Long. coordinates in the United States of any location you want. If someone gave me coordinates of a cemetery that was out in the woods on a farm in Kentucky, I could go right to it. I have been using my GPS unit and saving this info. for some time now, hoping some other people would start doing the same. I will be happy to answer any questions about this because I want to locate a number of cemeteries yet that seem to be lost! A number of electronics stores such as Radio Shack carry some of these units. Also, some sporting goods stores, since they are good for hikers and hunters to find their way back. I bought mine from K-Mart in the sporting goods section. If you get coordinates on any cemeteries in Madison Co., Kentucky or Pike Co., Illinois, send them to me! Don Fox DonFox@cybertrails.com ______________________________ To answer some of the questions about GPS units, read on. 1. The accuracy at present is about 100 meters (which is a little more than 300 feet for you non-metric people). That accuracy will get you real close to a location you are looking for with no problem. 2. My main interest in using this method is to give people a way to find abandoned cemeteries which are not now on present day maps and believe me, there are a lot of them! I am not concerned about major cemeteries so much because they are on most maps. Old topographic maps show a number of abandoned cemeteries but no-where near all of them. 3. It is important to know that two methods of recording positions are commonly used here in the US. One uses Degrees, Minutes and Seconds, written as: 30 deg., 45 min., 30 seconds but the other uses a fractional notation such as: 30 deg., 45.5 minutes which is the same as the location above. A location in Denver, Colorado would be written as: 39 deg. 45.00 N & 105 deg. 00.00 W. Be sure to put a decimal point in if you are using the decimal system or it can be very confusing! 4. I am presently using DeLorme Street Atlas USA, version 6.0. With it, I can put a lat/lon flag on any location and it stores that info. for future reference. You can place any name or words on the map along with the location. I can then print out a map, which shows the flag on it for other people's use, or for me to use if I don't have my notebook computer with me. 5. At the present time, I do not have access to any cemetery records here at my home. Don Fox DonFox@cybertrails.com

Hi -- I sent the list a new website for Mass-NH-Maine at the University of NH, Durham and someone kindly notified me they had difficulty getting to the site and I rechecked the URL and realized what I did:[left out the // after the http] http://wwwsc.library.unh.edu/specoll/ It should work this time Cynthia

I am looking for any and all info for my G Grandfather Nathanial Evans B 7-10-1822 Newfield, Rockingham Co,NH D 3-15-1886 Married 2-24-1845 Elenor Dunlap B 1-3-1827 Riverside, or Waterborough(Vaselborough), York Co,MAine D 11-7-1893 Vaselborough,Maine

Here is a great website I have found for those looking for Me and NH [as well as Mass ancestors who migrated to Me and NH]: It has reference and list of old books that are available for research[books cannot be loaned out-you will have to go to the UNH library to research them. It is located at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. Http:wwwsc.library.unh.edu/specoll/ When you get to the home page--click on Special Collections and then click on Genealogy. Cynthia