Helen, Both JP 's Justice of Peace

Gary, Not directly. I'm a descendent of The Roger Parke Jr line that eventually ended up in Westmoreland Cty, Pa. I'm not yet sure what Roger Jr's line did after the Coxe landgrab, but I believe that both Roger Jr and his son William died in Hunterdon or Mercer Counties. It was William's son Zebulon who shows up in Pa. and fought in the Revolution. Carly >From: "Gary Smith" <garymarian@comcast.net> >Reply-To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com >To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] NJ to Loudoun, VA >Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 09:32:18 -0800 > >Carly, > Are you a descendent of the John Parke family that left New Jersey in >1735 >after the Coxe landgrab? > ---Gary in Berkeley > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bill Henderson" <henders22@hotmail.com> >To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 7:36 AM >Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] NJ to Loudoun, VA > > > > My Parke line went from Hunterdon to Hampshire Cty, Va. > > Carly > > > > >From: Aaanard@aol.com > > >Reply-To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com > > >To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] NJ to Loudoun, VA > > >Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:53:00 EST > > > > > >_martyhiatt@starpower.net_ (mailto:martyhiatt@starpower.net) writes: > > > > > >1.) I am looking for surnames of families that moved from Hunterdon Co. >to > > >northern Virginia. > > > > > > SWICK, Tunis & Peter both came from Hunterdon. > > > Gloria in Arizona > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > > >Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > > > > >============================== > > >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > > >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > > This mail list is archived at: > > http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER > > > > ============================== > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > > New content added every business day. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > > > >==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== >This mail list is archived at: >http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors >at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >

Chris and Debbie~~ I'm sorry, but I don't have any Yawgers in my family after all. The other day someone sent me info that I had thought was a GREAT clue in breaking down my "brick wall", but it turned out not to be my family. Joan

>From: "Sandy Read" <sandra.read@verizon.net> >To: "J.F. Purcell" <jfpurcell@hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] NJ to Loudoun, VA >Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:21:25 -0600 > > >it was named in honor of a distant g-g-g-g-g-uncle named: Valentine > >Vernon > >Purcell. > >And thank you. Your response caused me to go digging through my >boolshelves >and I found, in "Legends of Loudoun Valley." Joseph V. Nichols, 1961 ... > >"On Jan. 28, 1822 Purcell's Store Post office was established and Valentine >V. Purcell was made postmaster. The name was changed to Purcellville July >9, 1852. It is probable that Valentine Purcell opened a general store here >as early as 1820 and the post office when first started was located in this >store building which was rented from Stacy Taylor who at that time owned >that part of the Kirkbride land. On March 8, 1830 Stacy Taylor and his >wife, Ruth, sold two acres to Valentine V. Purcell for $500. This land was >on the north side of the Great Road leading from Georgetown through >Leesburg >to Winchester and the store containing the post office was located on it. >After his death Valentine Purcell's son, Rodney, succeeded him and >continued >in business here int he same house until his death in 1895." > >Thank you for peaking my interest! > >Sandy >

Susan: Please accept my sincere condolences on the loss of your mother. I wanted to wait until you returned home before replying to your letter. Apparently the source book that I have in regards to the Parke family contained some errors. I would be very interested in knowing the spouse and children's names for Roger PARKE, Jr. Also the parents names if you know them for: Sarah PARKE who m. Thomas SCHOOLEY Grace PARKE who m. Jacob STOUT Kesiah PARKE who m. James LARISON. Thanks for any help you can give. Arline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan J Gall" <galls@juno.com> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 12:51 AM Subject: [NJHUNTER] Dr. Roger Parke line > > Dr. Roger Parke b. abt. 1648 & wife Ann Pattison had 3 known children > only - John Parke, Roger Parke Jr. & daughter Anne. These children (I'm > away from home at the moment and away from my records) are all born in > the 1670s/80s time frame. By 1711 Ann Pattison was probably well past > child rearing age. I believe, if memory serves me that William Parke who > married Sarah Jewell was the daughter of Roger Jr. & wife unknown. > I am the lineage leader of the Dr. Roger Parke line for the Parke > Society and can send you the information on this line once I am home from > my mother's funeral this week. I am actually coincidentally in Hunterdon > Co., NJ at the moment although I live in NC now. I grew up here and > lived near Hopewell and know it well. I've done research here in the > area and at the NJ Archives and also have the records of the Parke > Society which is comprised of years of documented research which I'm > happy to share with anyone interested. > > Susan J. Balde Gall > > On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:11:33 -0500 "Arline Sarver" > <arlinesarver@earthlink.net> writes: >> Carly: >> >> I have William PARKE in my database, but he is listed as the son >> of Dr. Roger PARKE, not his grandson. >> >> William PARKE, b. May 1711, son of Dr. Roger PARKE, Sr. and Ann >> PATTISON. >> He m. Sarah JEWELL b. 20 May 1720, father William JEWELL, mother >> Penelope >> STOUT. They were married about 1738. >> >> Their children are: >> Penelope PARKE b. 28 Oct 1738 >> Elizabeth PARKE b. 28 Oct 1738 (twins) >> Rachel PARKE b. 30 Nov 1740 >> Benjamin PARKE b. 8 Jan 1743 >> William PARKE, Lt. b. 25 Sep 1746 >> Sarah PARKE b. 25 Jan 1749 >> Naomi PARKE b. 20 May 1751 >> Ann PARKE b. 20 May 1754 >> Zebulon PARKE b. 25 Jan 1757 >> John PARKE b. 31 Dec 1759 >> Margaret PARKE b. 17 Dec 1762. >> >> Arline >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bill Henderson" <henders22@hotmail.com> >> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 8:54 PM >> Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER]Dr. Roger Parke >> >> >> > Susan, >> > Do you happen to have, in your descendents of Dr. Roger Parke, any >> >> > reference to his grandson William who married a Sarah Jewell in >> Hunterdon >> > about 1738? >> > Thank you, >> > Carly >> > >> >>From: galls@juno.com >> >>Reply-To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com >> >>To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com >> >>Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Records of Old Hunterdon Co. 1701-1838 by >> Phyllis >> >>B.D'Autrechy >> >>Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 20:46:34 -0500 >> >> >> >>Hi Dale, >> >> >> >> Yes we've been in touch many times before actually....we are >> cousins >> >>through all of these lines and your site has been helpful to me in >> the >> >>past when I was just learning about my families. I didn't realize >> until >> >>now that you lived "way up north" in Saskatchewan Canada however!! >> Cool >> >>- literally!! more like brrrrrr... >> >>I'm in the sunny but also cold lately, south - >> >> I don't really have too many "open ends" on these particular >> >>lines...although I've been interested in finding out what happened >> to >> >>Bartholomew Anderson when he and my ancestor John Parke and his >> brother >> >>in law- (brother of my Sarah Smith) Thomas Smith all fled Hopewell >> for >> >>Frederick Co. area of VA in 1735 after the infamous "Coxe >> >>incident".....Bart is not my ancestor but is part of the family. >> I'm the >> >>lineage leader for the Dr. Roger Parke line of the Parke Society >> and have >> >>been zeroing in on John Parke I & II's days in what became >> Hampshire Co. >> >>VA then WV since not as much is known about that time. My Parke >> line >> >>then went south to the Jersey Settlement where others of the Smith >> and >> >>Anderson lines wound up as well. >> >> Maybe now you remember me??? >> >> >> >>Your cousin X3 (at least) - Susan >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== >> Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in >> the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >> >> > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

Does anyone know the first names of these two Hunterdon Justices of the Peace, and perhaps narrow down their territory a bit? Thanks in advance, Helen

----- Original Message ----- From: Evelyn Cataldi To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] MICHAEL family NJ to Loudoun, VA Alana: Please Email me off-list. I have some information on some MICHAELs from Pahaquarry, N.J. and will be happy to send it to you. Sorry, forgot to send address: evelyn15@cox.net Evelyn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Alana Bauman To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 10:32 AM Subject: [NJHUNTER] MICHAEL family NJ to Loudoun, VA I have found this conversation very interesting. I have a MICHAEL family that moved from Loudoun Co., VA to Allegany Co., MD in ther 1780's. They were from NJ before that, but I have not found where. Does anyone know an early MICHAEL family in NJ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Alana: Please Email me off-list. I have some information on some MICHAELs from Pahaquarry, N.J. and will be happy to send it to you. Evelyn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Alana Bauman To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 10:32 AM Subject: [NJHUNTER] MICHAEL family NJ to Loudoun, VA I have found this conversation very interesting. I have a MICHAEL family that moved from Loudoun Co., VA to Allegany Co., MD in ther 1780's. They were from NJ before that, but I have not found where. Does anyone know an early MICHAEL family in NJ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In a message dated 2/25/2005 9:11:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, fishgenes@sbcglobal.net writes: John YAWGER Abt. 4/1768 - 2/1/1847 married Mary EVERITT Any idea of dates for Mary? I'm researching the Everitts of Hunterdon & Sussex. thanks! :) Joanne switch@aol.com

Hi! My husband also descends from Yawgers in Hunterdon County. Our Yawger line goes back to a Philippe Heinrich Yawger who immigrated from Cobentz, Germany, sometime around 1755. He died in 1786 in New Jersey. His children were Henry, John, William, Philip, Jr., and Peter. Philip, Jr. is my husband's 6th great grandfather. Do your Yawgers fit anywhere into this family? Our major focus is on Philip Jr. and his daughter Catherine, who married a Thomas Jobs, but we have tons of information on the Yawger family. To date, we have 132 Yawgers in our family history. Please contact us! Chris and Debbie Jobes jobes@voicenet.com -----Original Message----- From: fish fisher [mailto:fishgenes@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 12:11 AM To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Doolittle question--YAWGER family I descend from YAWGER's from Hunterdon County. Elizabeth YAWGER 3/12/1839 - 12/29/1914 married Wilson LEIGH 3/8/1862 Henry I YAWGER abt 8/28/1808 -10/10/1889 married Elizabeth NEWELL 10/15/1828 John YAWGER Abt. 4/1768 - 2/1/1847 married Mary EVERITT I have additional info on others as well. Which YAWGER's are you interested in? ADechel990@aol.com wrote: Does anyone know what church "DOOLITTLE" pastored? Also, do any of you have info on the YAWGER family? Thanks, Joan ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== This mail list is archived at: http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

I am hoping you can help me. Some years ago I was told that a son of Jabob Everitt (Ebert) was born 15 bJUL 1766. The record of baptism was said to be found in a church (Presbyterian???) The church was in Alexandria(?spelling) near Flemington. I have moved a number of times since I received the message and can no longer find it. I would very much like to confirm this source also was the mother named-were there sponsers, is the church still active etc. I would appreciate any help you may give. William G. Everett..weve652170@aol.com

My Parke line went from Hunterdon to Hampshire Cty, Va. Carly >From: Aaanard@aol.com >Reply-To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com >To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] NJ to Loudoun, VA >Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:53:00 EST > >_martyhiatt@starpower.net_ (mailto:martyhiatt@starpower.net) writes: > >1.) I am looking for surnames of families that moved from Hunterdon Co. to >northern Virginia. > > SWICK, Tunis & Peter both came from Hunterdon. > Gloria in Arizona > > > > >==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== >Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >

This is the link I use: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/pafiles.htm Some New Jersey wills are posted in the rootsweb archives.This is the link I use for that: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl If you put "nj" into the search line, you can search each year of the new jersey archives for the names you are looking for. The year is just for when the posting was made. 2002 is fairly good. There are some good will abstracts in these archives, and the connection between New Jersey and PA can be very close between families, so it is useful to check both. --Susan

Carly, Are you a descendent of the John Parke family that left New Jersey in 1735 after the Coxe landgrab? ---Gary in Berkeley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Henderson" <henders22@hotmail.com> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 7:36 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] NJ to Loudoun, VA > My Parke line went from Hunterdon to Hampshire Cty, Va. > Carly > > >From: Aaanard@aol.com > >Reply-To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com > >To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] NJ to Loudoun, VA > >Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:53:00 EST > > > >_martyhiatt@starpower.net_ (mailto:martyhiatt@starpower.net) writes: > > > >1.) I am looking for surnames of families that moved from Hunterdon Co. to > >northern Virginia. > > > > SWICK, Tunis & Peter both came from Hunterdon. > > Gloria in Arizona > > > > > > > > > >==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > >Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > > >============================== > >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > This mail list is archived at: > http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

John: There are great will abstracts online at the PA GENweb archives. You can search by county or the whole state. It is excellent. It is online. If you can't find it let me know and I'll send you a link. --Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "john newman" <johnfnewman@yahoo.com> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 8:23 PM Subject: [NJHUNTER] help with PA research > I know this is off-topic, but I can't seem to get the info I am looking for by doing web searches. > > I am at a brick wall with my own surname The only thing that I know is that my grandfather's father was born in Pennsylvania and his parents were William and Mary (or Ellen). No town, no county known. I can't find any good leads from the census either. This info (the state of PA) was gather from birth and death records of my grandfather's siblings and parents. I am hoping that my grandfather's grandparents left a will. > > What I want to know is: > > (1) does PA have a calendar or index of Wills like NJ? If so, what dates would such a book cover? > > (2) What years can you review Wills in PA at the state archives? > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

Thanks for asking Sandra. My family of four toured Purcellville with an older cousin in 1996. While the town was officially incorporated in 1908 (date of my Father's birth), it was named in honor of a distant g-g-g-g-g-uncle named: Valentine Vernon Purcell. He was the postmaster and storekeeper who established it in 1822. In 1852 the post office name was changed to Purcellville. According to a brochure from the Purcellville Preservation Association (founded 1985) (membership: 703-338-5380 or 338-5445)... Purcellville grew into a bustling village with the coming of the Washington & Ohio RR (later Washington & Old Dominion) in 1874, and within three decades the village's commerce surpassed that of neighboring Hamilton and Round Hill. Purcellville was now the trading center of the Loudoun Valley, a rich patchwork of farms lying between the Catoctin Mountains and Blue Ridge. Virginia's General Assembly incorporated the town in 1908. Two disastrous fires in 1914 proved a long-term blessing, for loans from the local bank rebuilt the downtown in brick and block -- the downtown you see today. The area was originally inhabited by the Souix and Iroquois tribes in the 10,000 years prior to European settlers coming into the area in 1740. Sandy, if you would like a fax of the brochure, I'd be glad to send one to you. Let me know. Where do you live now? Kind regards, JF Purcell >From: "Sandy Read" <sandra.read@verizon.net> >To: <jfpurcell@hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] NJ to Loudoun, VA >Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 23:24:35 -0600 > > >The Purcell Family moved from Hunterdon County to Loudon >County VA. > >Out of curiosity ... Was the town of Purcellville in Loudoun named for this >family? Honestly don't remember the history of the town but graduated high >school there many, many years ago, > >Sandy >

I descend from YAWGER's from Hunterdon County. Elizabeth YAWGER 3/12/1839 - 12/29/1914 married Wilson LEIGH 3/8/1862 Henry I YAWGER abt 8/28/1808 -10/10/1889 married Elizabeth NEWELL 10/15/1828 John YAWGER Abt. 4/1768 - 2/1/1847 married Mary EVERITT I have additional info on others as well. Which YAWGER's are you interested in? ADechel990@aol.com wrote: Does anyone know what church "DOOLITTLE" pastored? Also, do any of you have info on the YAWGER family? Thanks, Joan ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

In the "Sussex County, New Jersey, Marriages" by Howard E . Case. On 17 Nov 1835, a Susan Michaels from Pahaquarry married Bowdewine VanAuken. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alana Bauman" <sbauman@netnitco.net> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 10:32 AM Subject: [NJHUNTER] MICHAEL family NJ to Loudoun, VA >I have found this conversation very interesting. I have a MICHAEL family >that moved from Loudoun Co., VA to Allegany Co., MD in ther 1780's. They >were from NJ before that, but I have not found where. Does anyone know an >early MICHAEL family in NJ? Thanks. > > Alana > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Thank-you, Gary. This sounds so much like my research! Debbie Jobes Eighty-Four, PA Researching the following names in Hunterdon County-Jobs, Yawger, Kuhl, Hommer, Staad, -----Original Message----- From: Gary Smith [mailto:garymarian@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 6:37 PM To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NJHUNTER] The Thirteen Commandments of Family History The following was forwarded to my Family site, so I'm passing it on for the good humor of it: 1. Thou shalt name your male children; James, John, Joseph, Josiah, Abel, Richard, Thomas, William. 2. Thou shalt name your female children; Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Maria, Sarah, Ida, Virginia, May. 3. Thou shalt leave NO trace of your female children. 4. Thou shalt, after naming your children from the above lists, call them by strange nicknames such as; Ike, Eli, Polly, Sukey, --making them difficult to trace. 5. Thou shalt NOT use any middle names on any legal documents or census reports, and, only when necessary, you may use only initials on legal documents. 6. Thou shalt learn to sign all documents illegibly so that your surname can be spelled, or misspelled, in various ways; Hicks, Hix, Hixe, Hucks, Kicks, or Robertson, Robinson, Roberson, Robuson, Robson, Dobson. 7. Thou shalt, after no more than 3 generations, make sure that all family records are lost, misplaced, burned in a court house fire, or buried so that NO future trace of them can be found. 8. Thou shalt propagate misleading legends, rumors, and innuendo regarding your place of origination; (A) you may have come from; England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales . . . or Iran. (B) You may have American Indian ancestry of the ___ tribe . . . (C) You may have descended from one of three brothers who came over from ____. 9. Thou shalt leave NO cemetery records, or headstones with legible names. 10. Thou shalt leave NO family Bibles with records of birth, marriages or deaths. 11. Thou shalt ALWAYS flip thy name around. If born John Albert, thou must make all the rest of the records in the name of Albert, AJ, JA, AL, Bert, Bart or Alfred. 12. Thou must also flip thy parents names when making references to them, although "Unknown" or a blank line is an acceptable alternative. 13. Thou shalt name at least 5 generations of males and dozens of their cousins with identical names in order to totally confuse researchers. Cheers, Gary in Berkeley ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== This mail list is archived at: http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

The following was forwarded to my Family site, so I'm passing it on for the good humor of it: 1. Thou shalt name your male children; James, John, Joseph, Josiah, Abel, Richard, Thomas, William. 2. Thou shalt name your female children; Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Maria, Sarah, Ida, Virginia, May. 3. Thou shalt leave NO trace of your female children. 4. Thou shalt, after naming your children from the above lists, call them by strange nicknames such as; Ike, Eli, Polly, Sukey, --making them difficult to trace. 5. Thou shalt NOT use any middle names on any legal documents or census reports, and, only when necessary, you may use only initials on legal documents. 6. Thou shalt learn to sign all documents illegibly so that your surname can be spelled, or misspelled, in various ways; Hicks, Hix, Hixe, Hucks, Kicks, or Robertson, Robinson, Roberson, Robuson, Robson, Dobson. 7. Thou shalt, after no more than 3 generations, make sure that all family records are lost, misplaced, burned in a court house fire, or buried so that NO future trace of them can be found. 8. Thou shalt propagate misleading legends, rumors, and innuendo regarding your place of origination; (A) you may have come from; England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales . . . or Iran. (B) You may have American Indian ancestry of the ___ tribe . . . (C) You may have descended from one of three brothers who came over from ____. 9. Thou shalt leave NO cemetery records, or headstones with legible names. 10. Thou shalt leave NO family Bibles with records of birth, marriages or deaths. 11. Thou shalt ALWAYS flip thy name around. If born John Albert, thou must make all the rest of the records in the name of Albert, AJ, JA, AL, Bert, Bart or Alfred. 12. Thou must also flip thy parents names when making references to them, although "Unknown" or a blank line is an acceptable alternative. 13. Thou shalt name at least 5 generations of males and dozens of their cousins with identical names in order to totally confuse researchers. Cheers, Gary in Berkeley