----- Original Message ----- From: "Unclefred" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:04 AM Subject: [NYE] AOL > Folks, AOL is currently blacklisting Rootsweb, all list mail to > AOL/Compuserve list members is being rejected by AOL...:-( > > Regards, Fred, List Admin > > > ==== NYESSEX Mailing List ==== > Hi Listers, if u have any problems or ideas, > contact Listowner at: [email protected] > See our Essex County web page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyessex > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

-----Original Message----- From: Michael P. Pierce [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 7:57 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: {not a subscriber} Civil War medals of William Holden Saw this item on E-Bay and thought it would be a shame if a descendant of William Holden wasn't aware of it! It's item #2192620419 This link might get you to the right page: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2192620419&ssPageName=ADM E:B:SS:US:1 Here's a description of the items: Today we have a neat old set of medals presented to Lieutenant William Holden ,Portville NY. There is a silver cross engraved Lut. Holden 116 NY Co. G 19 A C.The second medal is a HAND MADE (NOT cast or stamped and shows great hand working) Gold (solid 10K possibly 14K gold,not plate or rolled / weighs 7.5 grams) medal with an eagle ,crossed cannons & swords with cannon balls and great detail, it is engraved on its back Post 85 GAR to Wm. Holden 1896.The 3rd medal must have been his wifes bronze 1883 Woman's Relief Corps Guard medal.Also included is a photocopy of the William Holden family bible marriage/birth/death records pages (sorry the actual bible was sold before i figured out i had the medals!!).I don't know the lieutenant's civil war service details,but with the info provided i'm sure they would be easy to research. Thought somebody out there might like to know. Michael P. Pierce e: [email protected]

It has come to my attention that members of this list are sending message to other members with hurtful intent. We are all on this list to help each other with related question on Historical and genealogical research in Oswego. Going out of your way to hurt others with not be tolerated. YOU will be removed from the list. This list is for Historical or genealogical questions not personal chit chat. NYOSWEGO LIST Administrator Bonita Shafer personal and private Commits should be email to [email protected] not back to the list.

Aaron: Thanks for the great idea. Dorothy

The original point that was trying to be conveyed was; from your e-mail "IN BOX" there is nothing that identifies the message coming from NYOSWEGO-L. It is ONLY after you open the message that you see the NYOSWEGO-L. As stated before by others, all other news groups I belong to have the group name in the subject line on the 'In Box' screen. Example: [Peterhead]WEBSTERS in 1861 Census [WI-Sheboy]TOECKES living in Random Lake [ABERDEEN]1871 marriages in Longside 1848 I think we all would like to see the following when we first open our e-mail program. [NYOSWEGO-L]John WEBSTER from Helmsdale, Sutherland, Scotland Thanks, Pat in Arizona ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buell, Michael" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: September 08, 2003 12:55 PM Subject: RE: Sorting list emails (was RE: VANT mailing list created) > Liz, > > It is the To: field. The technical answer is an email contains required > information. Each email has many fields but for this discussion we care > about From: and To:. List software like that used by > [email protected] will put the actual sender, in the case of this > email it would be my email, in the From: field and will replace > [email protected] into the To: field. Thats how you are able to just > reply to a list email and the email goes to the list and not the original > sender. > > It is slightly more technical than that but I have covered the essentials. > That was a very good catch though. I was very frustrated with the message > rules until I actually "looked" into the raw email message. Which contains > more information than Outlook or whatever actually shows you. > > Hope that helps > > -- > Mike Buell > Fairport, NY > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: liz Parmalee [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 3:34 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Sorting list emails (was RE: VANT mailing list created) > > > > > > Mike, It does not bother me whether or not I know where an > > e-mail comes > > from. If it has an genealogy query in the title, I figure it > > is pretty > > safe. > > I have one question about your instructions-- > > <message rule which takes any message sent to > > [email protected] and > > moves them to a folder named "Oswego List"> > > > > Do you mean from rather than to? I am a rookie and would > > like to know how > > the computer knows this if the message does not identify > > itself as such. > > Thanks for any help in this matter. > > Liz > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Buell, Michael" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 9:10 AM > > Subject: Sorting list emails (was RE: VANT mailing list created) > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have been following this thread. But, has anyone tried > > using features in > > > the email software to help identify list emails. > > > > > > Most email software has some way to identify, classify, > > highlight etc. an > > > email. For example I use MS outlook on this computer. I > > have set up a > > > message rule which takes any message sent to > > [email protected] and > > > moves them into a folder named "Oswego List". I could > > easily have made > > the > > > email line show up in my inbox in a different color or > > font. Outlook > > > express has a similar but different mechanism, which I use > > at home to sort > > > my wife and kids email from mine. > > > > > > I believe every other email program will have the same type > > of feature. > > > Just look into the help file for something like "message rules", > > "highlight" > > > or "classify". > > > > > > I just want to note that I'm not trying to admonish anyone. > > I am just > > > trying to help out. And besides by doing a little > > experimenting you might > > > end up with another tool to make your computer experience better. > > > > > > -- > > > Mike Buell > > > Fairport, NY > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:34 AM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: VANT mailing list created > > > > > > > > > > > > Anna writes: > > > > << I am new to this list and very confused by it as well. > > > > The messages that > > > > I get do not have the NYOSWEGO in the subject line. I use > > > > the the subject > > > > line to sort my messages, it makes it much easier to stay on > > > > many lists. At this > > > > point I am probably going to have to give up this list, due > > > > to the fact that > > > > it is too time consuming to go through the message and figure > > > > out where it > > > > came from. This is a great service and I am always happy to > > > > participate, it is > > > > just due to my other obligations that this is my > > > > consideration at this point. >> > > > > > > > > You might consider going to the digest format for this > > > > list rather than > > > > unsubscribing. > > > > > > > > The digests DO come with "NYOSWEGO-D Digest" in the > > > > subject line and in > > > > the email are the (generally) 1-10 emails of the day with a > > > > list of the topics > > > > in the digest first followed by the actual emails one after > > > > the other in > > > > order. It takes only a moment to read all the topics listed > > > > to see if you actually > > > > want to scroll down to read any of the messages. > > > > > > > > Blessings, > > > > Joanne (Virginia) > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > > > > New York GenExchange > > > > http://www.genexchange.com/state.cfm?state=ny > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > > > > genealogy records, go to: > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > > > Northern New York History and Genealogy > > > www.nnygenealogy.com > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > > genealogy records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > > Northern New York History and Genealogy > > www.nnygenealogy.com > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > > genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > New York GenExchange > http://www.genexchange.com/state.cfm?state=ny > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Mike, It does not bother me whether or not I know where an e-mail comes from. If it has an genealogy query in the title, I figure it is pretty safe. I have one question about your instructions-- <message rule which takes any message sent to [email protected] and moves them to a folder named "Oswego List"> Do you mean from rather than to? I am a rookie and would like to know how the computer knows this if the message does not identify itself as such. Thanks for any help in this matter. Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buell, Michael" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 9:10 AM Subject: Sorting list emails (was RE: VANT mailing list created) > Hello, > > I have been following this thread. But, has anyone tried using features in > the email software to help identify list emails. > > Most email software has some way to identify, classify, highlight etc. an > email. For example I use MS outlook on this computer. I have set up a > message rule which takes any message sent to [email protected] and > moves them into a folder named "Oswego List". I could easily have made the > email line show up in my inbox in a different color or font. Outlook > express has a similar but different mechanism, which I use at home to sort > my wife and kids email from mine. > > I believe every other email program will have the same type of feature. > Just look into the help file for something like "message rules", "highlight" > or "classify". > > I just want to note that I'm not trying to admonish anyone. I am just > trying to help out. And besides by doing a little experimenting you might > end up with another tool to make your computer experience better. > > -- > Mike Buell > Fairport, NY > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:34 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: VANT mailing list created > > > > > > Anna writes: > > << I am new to this list and very confused by it as well. > > The messages that > > I get do not have the NYOSWEGO in the subject line. I use > > the the subject > > line to sort my messages, it makes it much easier to stay on > > many lists. At this > > point I am probably going to have to give up this list, due > > to the fact that > > it is too time consuming to go through the message and figure > > out where it > > came from. This is a great service and I am always happy to > > participate, it is > > just due to my other obligations that this is my > > consideration at this point. >> > > > > You might consider going to the digest format for this > > list rather than > > unsubscribing. > > > > The digests DO come with "NYOSWEGO-D Digest" in the > > subject line and in > > the email are the (generally) 1-10 emails of the day with a > > list of the topics > > in the digest first followed by the actual emails one after > > the other in > > order. It takes only a moment to read all the topics listed > > to see if you actually > > want to scroll down to read any of the messages. > > > > Blessings, > > Joanne (Virginia) > > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > > New York GenExchange > > http://www.genexchange.com/state.cfm?state=ny > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > > genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > Northern New York History and Genealogy > www.nnygenealogy.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Sept 9, 2003 How do I unsubscribe to this continuous mailing? [email protected] >From: "Buell, Michael" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Sorting list emails (was RE: VANT mailing list created) >Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 08:10:53 -0500 > >Hello, > >I have been following this thread. But, has anyone tried using features in >the email software to help identify list emails. > >Most email software has some way to identify, classify, highlight etc. an >email. For example I use MS outlook on this computer. I have set up a >message rule which takes any message sent to [email protected] and >moves them into a folder named "Oswego List". I could easily have made the >email line show up in my inbox in a different color or font. Outlook >express has a similar but different mechanism, which I use at home to sort >my wife and kids email from mine. > >I believe every other email program will have the same type of feature. >Just look into the help file for something like "message rules", >"highlight" >or "classify". > >I just want to note that I'm not trying to admonish anyone. I am just >trying to help out. And besides by doing a little experimenting you might >end up with another tool to make your computer experience better. > >-- >Mike Buell >Fairport, NY > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:34 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: VANT mailing list created > > > > > > Anna writes: > > << I am new to this list and very confused by it as well. > > The messages that > > I get do not have the NYOSWEGO in the subject line. I use > > the the subject > > line to sort my messages, it makes it much easier to stay on > > many lists. At this > > point I am probably going to have to give up this list, due > > to the fact that > > it is too time consuming to go through the message and figure > > out where it > > came from. This is a great service and I am always happy to > > participate, it is > > just due to my other obligations that this is my > > consideration at this point. >> > > > > You might consider going to the digest format for this > > list rather than > > unsubscribing. > > > > The digests DO come with "NYOSWEGO-D Digest" in the > > subject line and in > > the email are the (generally) 1-10 emails of the day with a > > list of the topics > > in the digest first followed by the actual emails one after > > the other in > > order. It takes only a moment to read all the topics listed > > to see if you actually > > want to scroll down to read any of the messages. > > > > Blessings, > > Joanne (Virginia) > > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > > New York GenExchange > > http://www.genexchange.com/state.cfm?state=ny > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > > genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > >==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== >Northern New York History and Genealogy >www.nnygenealogy.com > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Try MSN Messenger 6.0 with integrated webcam functionality! http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_webcam

Liz, It is the To: field. The technical answer is an email contains required information. Each email has many fields but for this discussion we care about From: and To:. List software like that used by [email protected] will put the actual sender, in the case of this email it would be my email, in the From: field and will replace [email protected] into the To: field. Thats how you are able to just reply to a list email and the email goes to the list and not the original sender. It is slightly more technical than that but I have covered the essentials. That was a very good catch though. I was very frustrated with the message rules until I actually "looked" into the raw email message. Which contains more information than Outlook or whatever actually shows you. Hope that helps -- Mike Buell Fairport, NY > -----Original Message----- > From: liz Parmalee [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 3:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Sorting list emails (was RE: VANT mailing list created) > > > Mike, It does not bother me whether or not I know where an > e-mail comes > from. If it has an genealogy query in the title, I figure it > is pretty > safe. > I have one question about your instructions-- > <message rule which takes any message sent to > [email protected] and > moves them to a folder named "Oswego List"> > > Do you mean from rather than to? I am a rookie and would > like to know how > the computer knows this if the message does not identify > itself as such. > Thanks for any help in this matter. > Liz > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Buell, Michael" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 9:10 AM > Subject: Sorting list emails (was RE: VANT mailing list created) > > > > Hello, > > > > I have been following this thread. But, has anyone tried > using features in > > the email software to help identify list emails. > > > > Most email software has some way to identify, classify, > highlight etc. an > > email. For example I use MS outlook on this computer. I > have set up a > > message rule which takes any message sent to > [email protected] and > > moves them into a folder named "Oswego List". I could > easily have made > the > > email line show up in my inbox in a different color or > font. Outlook > > express has a similar but different mechanism, which I use > at home to sort > > my wife and kids email from mine. > > > > I believe every other email program will have the same type > of feature. > > Just look into the help file for something like "message rules", > "highlight" > > or "classify". > > > > I just want to note that I'm not trying to admonish anyone. > I am just > > trying to help out. And besides by doing a little > experimenting you might > > end up with another tool to make your computer experience better. > > > > -- > > Mike Buell > > Fairport, NY > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:34 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: VANT mailing list created > > > > > > > > > Anna writes: > > > << I am new to this list and very confused by it as well. > > > The messages that > > > I get do not have the NYOSWEGO in the subject line. I use > > > the the subject > > > line to sort my messages, it makes it much easier to stay on > > > many lists. At this > > > point I am probably going to have to give up this list, due > > > to the fact that > > > it is too time consuming to go through the message and figure > > > out where it > > > came from. This is a great service and I am always happy to > > > participate, it is > > > just due to my other obligations that this is my > > > consideration at this point. >> > > > > > > You might consider going to the digest format for this > > > list rather than > > > unsubscribing. > > > > > > The digests DO come with "NYOSWEGO-D Digest" in the > > > subject line and in > > > the email are the (generally) 1-10 emails of the day with a > > > list of the topics > > > in the digest first followed by the actual emails one after > > > the other in > > > order. It takes only a moment to read all the topics listed > > > to see if you actually > > > want to scroll down to read any of the messages. > > > > > > Blessings, > > > Joanne (Virginia) > > > > > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > > > New York GenExchange > > > http://www.genexchange.com/state.cfm?state=ny > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > > > genealogy records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > > Northern New York History and Genealogy > > www.nnygenealogy.com > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > Northern New York History and Genealogy > www.nnygenealogy.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

I have had much luck over the years using the internet to try and find hitherto unconnected cousins with a particular surname by sending out letters to anyone with the intended last name after looking up the surname in superpages.com for an applicable town. For example, I recently sent about 24 letters to nearly all the Howards listed at superpages.com for the Fulton and Oswego localities in Oswego County, NY. I had my first response from a fifth cousin of mine (we grew up twenty years and all of seven miles apart) within 24 hours of sending out the letters. While I understand that this is not entirely different than something like telemarketing for relatives, I find that when I send a letter (as opposed to calling or emailing), people are excited to respond. I did the same for a more obtuse situation (the Evans family in Abergavenny, Wales), where everyone and their brother was an Evans. I had no confirmed "hits", but I had great connections made with people who actually weren't related or genealogists. One offer to do research by a non-related non-genealogist put me on a very productive path. Phone calls made to the residents of the house where my great-grandfather's family lived in the 1880s have enlightened me greatly about the house, the family, and Wales. I thought that I would post this technique here since I have never heard of its use before (perhaps it was more common before the days of the internet). Maybe others will have good luck with it! Aaron Howard son of David Thomas Howard, son of Donald Holbrook Howard, son of James Seth Howard, son of Samuel Preston Howard, son of Preston George Howard, son of Cyrus Howard, all who lived in Fulton, NY. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software

I have had much luck over the years using the internet to try and find hitherto unconnected cousins with a particular surname by sending out letters to anyone with the intended last name after looking up the surname in superpages.com for an applicable town. For example, I recently sent about 24 letters to nearly all the Howards listed at superpages.com for the Fulton and Oswego localities in Oswego County, NY. I had my first response from a fifth cousin of mine (we grew up twenty years and all of seven miles apart) within 24 hours of sending out the letters. While I understand that this is not entirely different than something like telemarketing for relatives, I find that when I send a letter (as opposed to calling or emailing), people are excited to respond. I did the same for a more obtuse situation (the Evans family in Abergavenny, Wales), where everyone and their brother was an Evans. I had no confirmed "hits", but I had great connections made with people who actually weren't related or genealogists. One offer to do research by a non-related non-genealogist put me on a very productive path. Phone calls made to the residents of the house where my great-grandfather's family lived in the 1880s have enlightened me greatly about the house, the family, and Wales. I thought that I would post this technique here since I have never heard of its use before (perhaps it was more common before the days of the internet). Maybe others will have good luck with it! Aaron Howard son of David Thomas Howard, son of Donald Holbrook Howard, son of James Seth Howard, son of Samuel Preston Howard, son of Preston George Howard, son of Cyrus Howard, all who lived in Fulton, NY. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software

Hello, I have been following this thread. But, has anyone tried using features in the email software to help identify list emails. Most email software has some way to identify, classify, highlight etc. an email. For example I use MS outlook on this computer. I have set up a message rule which takes any message sent to [email protected] and moves them into a folder named "Oswego List". I could easily have made the email line show up in my inbox in a different color or font. Outlook express has a similar but different mechanism, which I use at home to sort my wife and kids email from mine. I believe every other email program will have the same type of feature. Just look into the help file for something like "message rules", "highlight" or "classify". I just want to note that I'm not trying to admonish anyone. I am just trying to help out. And besides by doing a little experimenting you might end up with another tool to make your computer experience better. -- Mike Buell Fairport, NY > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:34 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: VANT mailing list created > > > Anna writes: > << I am new to this list and very confused by it as well. > The messages that > I get do not have the NYOSWEGO in the subject line. I use > the the subject > line to sort my messages, it makes it much easier to stay on > many lists. At this > point I am probably going to have to give up this list, due > to the fact that > it is too time consuming to go through the message and figure > out where it > came from. This is a great service and I am always happy to > participate, it is > just due to my other obligations that this is my > consideration at this point. >> > > You might consider going to the digest format for this > list rather than > unsubscribing. > > The digests DO come with "NYOSWEGO-D Digest" in the > subject line and in > the email are the (generally) 1-10 emails of the day with a > list of the topics > in the digest first followed by the actual emails one after > the other in > order. It takes only a moment to read all the topics listed > to see if you actually > want to scroll down to read any of the messages. > > Blessings, > Joanne (Virginia) > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > New York GenExchange > http://www.genexchange.com/state.cfm?state=ny > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Anna writes: << I am new to this list and very confused by it as well. The messages that I get do not have the NYOSWEGO in the subject line. I use the the subject line to sort my messages, it makes it much easier to stay on many lists. At this point I am probably going to have to give up this list, due to the fact that it is too time consuming to go through the message and figure out where it came from. This is a great service and I am always happy to participate, it is just due to my other obligations that this is my consideration at this point. >> You might consider going to the digest format for this list rather than unsubscribing. The digests DO come with "NYOSWEGO-D Digest" in the subject line and in the email are the (generally) 1-10 emails of the day with a list of the topics in the digest first followed by the actual emails one after the other in order. It takes only a moment to read all the topics listed to see if you actually want to scroll down to read any of the messages. Blessings, Joanne (Virginia)

At their home. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Hartigan To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 9:46 AM Subject: Re: ALFORD OR ALFRED, Cyrus L. Ah, Yes but where were they counted, at home or away? Jim Hartigan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 9:24 AM Subject: RE: ALFORD OR ALFRED, Cyrus L. > Boatmen are definitely included on the 1850 and 1860 censuses. I have > collected several on my lines. > > Happy hunting, > Virginia > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gordon J. Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 7:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: ALFORD OR ALFRED, Cyrus L. > > I'm looking for a marriage record for Cyrus (Lafayette) Alford or Alfred > > to a Melvina, maiden name unknown, 22 Sept. 1851 in Oswego, NY. They > had a son, Cyrus Jr. in 1852. Does anyone know if boatmen were > overlooked in the Federal Censuses? I think Cyrus may have been one. > Are there any other records of Oswego that I can check OnLine?? Thanks > for your help! > > johnson > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > Northern New York History and Genealogy > www.nnygenealogy.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > Northern New York History and Genealogy > www.nnygenealogy.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== Northern New York History and Genealogy www.nnygenealogy.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Thank you Mark, for the support. Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Kirch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 7:36 AM Subject: Re: VANT mailing list created > It doesn't on my computer ,either! Like the last email from Lauren didn't > tell me it was from this list. > Now because i knew we were discussing Vant Mailing list I knew. But > sometimes they just come through with a subject that isnt identifiable as > coming from this list. > :-) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lauren" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 7:27 AM > Subject: RE: VANT mailing list created > > > > WoW that's interesting! ... let me see if I understand what you said --- > > 'you don't know when a message is from a list member? > > 'All' of the messages I receive come to me in a group packet with the > address > > indicating it is from the list. > > This isn't the way you receive your list messages? > > Notice the 'headings' below... they tell me that the e-mail is from a list > > member. Don't your messages come to you with these headings? > > --Orig Message--From: liz Parmalee [mailto:[email protected] > Friday, > > September 05, 2003 2:38 PM > > To: [email protected] Re: VANT mailing list created > > The confusion, I think, stems from the fact that when you get a message > from > > the Oswego list, it does not identify itself as such, at least it doesn't > on my > > computer. > > Liz > > -- Original Message --- From: "Lauren" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected] Friday, September 05, 2003 9:36 AM RE: > VANT > > mailing list created > > > you are a member of the NYOswego mailing list right? Well Jerry wrote a > > message > > > 'to the list' (which means everybody on the list will get a copy) he > wanted to > > > let people interested in the VANT surname know that a new list for that > name > > > 'now' exists if they wish to sign up. Now do you understand? I don't > > understand > > > your confusion. > > > > > > --Orig Message----- From: Marilyn Bess [mailto:[email protected] Wed Sept 3 > 2003 > > 6:39p > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: VANT mailing list created > > > > Yes. just what is this ,ailing list and how did you get my address to > invite > > me to sign up. > > > ----- Original Message -----> From: "Ken Everard" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected] Wednesday, September 03, 2003 8:12 AM > > > Subject: Re: VANT mailing list created > > >> > What is a VANT mailing list? > > >> > Ken > > > > My request has been granted and Rootsweb has started VANT mailing > list. > > > You are all invited to sign up by sending a BLANK message to > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > put "subscribe" n the subject line. > > > > > Jerry Hale Deltona, FL > > > >> ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > > > > New York GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/state.cfm?state=ny > > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > > New York GenExchange > > http://www.genexchange.com/state.cfm?state=ny > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > New York GenExchange > http://www.genexchange.com/state.cfm?state=ny > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

This is a setting the mail list moderator can make and it is fairly simple. I did it for the St. Lawrence mail list. I've come close to deleting some Oswego mail because there is no standard id for it. I don't know who the moderator is for Oswego but if he or she starts at rootsweb.com, then 'message boards' then 'board administrators' there are directions. Russ Sprague Kensington, Maryland -----Original Message----- From: Jacqueline Munch [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 11:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Subject line for NYOSWEGO mailing list This is the only mailing list I'm on that does not identify itself in the subject. I've always wondered why. I have ppprobably deleted many of them not even knowing they were from the Oswego list, since I don't like to open unknown messages. Whoever is responsible for this list should take some action to get that identification in the subject line as a courtesy to all of us. Jacquie ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== New York GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/state.cfm?state=ny ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

--=======BDB68DF======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-16682300; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit This is part of the setup that the list manager makes on Rootsweb. It is not dependent on one's email program or browser. I manage a bunch of lists and I do include the list name in the subject line, so people don't have to open each message to see the headers. However, I use an email program that does not automatically preview each message, so it's important to me to be able to tell the message's origin from the subject line alone. People who preview each message can tell more easily where it's from without needing the list name in the subject. It's a personal preference, and no matter how the list manager sets the options on Rootsweb, somebody is going to complain. Liz Wallis AYRES, AYERS, AYER, FARRINGTON >Some thoughts - >I wonder if one's own 'software', and or browser plays a role here. We >recently loaded an updated version of Netscape, and its formating is quite >different from our older one. Glad to learn the D-list and L-list can >appear different, to others. I was first on the L-list, and found that ON >MY screen I received all of the past conversation (string) on the D-list, >and felt better informed, so I switched. > >Are the lists managers really responsible for this? > >johnson > > >==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== >Northern New York History and Genealogy >www.nnygenealogy.com > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/03 --=======BDB68DF======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-16682300 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/03 --=======BDB68DF=======--

DIdn't want to add to all this stuff coming in today, but I have AOL, and when I look up my Read listing, the first colum says TYPE - when it is from someone coming through the Oswego Mailing list, there is a symbol of an orange looking packing - that let's me know, regardless of the topic, that it is from Someone writing through the NYOSWEGO network. ALso, I have signed up to recieve the individual emails, plus the List. Perhaps people should recheck and see what they signed up to receive?? I enjoy reading all the comments, and keep looking for someone who is looking for any of my relatives - many thanks for reading, Carole Case Murphy way down in state of Texas...

We are getting a good education from this conversation. I think that's good. johnson

I am new to this list and very confused by it as well. The messages that I get do not have the NYOSWEGO in the subject line. I use the the subject line to sort my messages, it makes it much easier to stay on many lists. At this point I am probably going to have to give up this list, due to the fact that it is too time consuming to go through the message and figure out where it came from. This is a great service and I am always happy to participate, it is just due to my other obligations that this is my consideration at this point. Thanks Anna in Maryland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lauren" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 7:27 AM Subject: RE: VANT mailing list created > WoW that's interesting! ... let me see if I understand what you said --- > 'you don't know when a message is from a list member? > 'All' of the messages I receive come to me in a group packet with the address > indicating it is from the list. > This isn't the way you receive your list messages? > Notice the 'headings' below... they tell me that the e-mail is from a list > member. Don't your messages come to you with these headings? > --Orig Message--From: liz Parmalee [mailto:[email protected] Friday, > September 05, 2003 2:38 PM > To: [email protected] Re: VANT mailing list created > The confusion, I think, stems from the fact that when you get a message from > the Oswego list, it does not identify itself as such, at least it doesn't on my > computer. > Liz > -- Original Message --- From: "Lauren" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected] Friday, September 05, 2003 9:36 AM RE: VANT > mailing list created > > you are a member of the NYOswego mailing list right? Well Jerry wrote a > message > > 'to the list' (which means everybody on the list will get a copy) he wanted to > > let people interested in the VANT surname know that a new list for that name > > 'now' exists if they wish to sign up. Now do you understand? I don't > understand > > your confusion. > > > > --Orig Message----- From: Marilyn Bess [mailto:[email protected] Wed Sept 3 2003 > 6:39p > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: VANT mailing list created > > > Yes. just what is this ,ailing list and how did you get my address to invite > me to sign up. > > ----- Original Message -----> From: "Ken Everard" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected] Wednesday, September 03, 2003 8:12 AM > > Subject: Re: VANT mailing list created > >> > What is a VANT mailing list? > >> > Ken > > > My request has been granted and Rootsweb has started VANT mailing list. > > You are all invited to sign up by sending a BLANK message to > > > > [email protected] > > > > put "subscribe" n the subject line. > > > > Jerry Hale Deltona, FL > > >> ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > > > New York GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/state.cfm?state=ny > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > New York GenExchange > http://www.genexchange.com/state.cfm?state=ny > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Ah, Yes but where were they counted, at home or away? Jim Hartigan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 9:24 AM Subject: RE: ALFORD OR ALFRED, Cyrus L. > Boatmen are definitely included on the 1850 and 1860 censuses. I have > collected several on my lines. > > Happy hunting, > Virginia > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gordon J. Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 7:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: ALFORD OR ALFRED, Cyrus L. > > I'm looking for a marriage record for Cyrus (Lafayette) Alford or Alfred > > to a Melvina, maiden name unknown, 22 Sept. 1851 in Oswego, NY. They > had a son, Cyrus Jr. in 1852. Does anyone know if boatmen were > overlooked in the Federal Censuses? I think Cyrus may have been one. > Are there any other records of Oswego that I can check OnLine?? Thanks > for your help! > > johnson > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > Northern New York History and Genealogy > www.nnygenealogy.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > Northern New York History and Genealogy > www.nnygenealogy.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >