This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1VB.2ACE/11713 Message Board Post: Would someone be willing to visit the Milan Library to do some research for me. I am trying to research the Williams family that lived in Milan since the 1850's. I am interested in a Mary Pittinger/john Williams died sometime around 1890, he died 1919. Thank you in advance.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1VB.2ACE/846.934.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Greg, It has been a while since we last talked. I am interested in the document you mentioned about the correspondence of Andrew Vettel and Anna. I could not find your e-mail address, so I am posting a note instead. (yafuzzball@yahoo.com) Mike

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1VB.2ACE/11712 Message Board Post: the family Burton lived at southcroft field terrington st clement norfolk in 1881 and 1901 census william Burton b c1844 married martha children samuel, george, jane,lottie, william b 1873-1946, benjamin,robert, john and richard their son william moved to londo, hammersmith where he married charlotte stalker in 1899.i would like any info on this family thanks

Hi All, I already received help with this one, so don't worry about it. Apparently, AOL has finally burped out all my Rootsweb messages. Thanks! Shelly In a message dated 2/2/2006 6:33:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, SShock6038@aol.com writes: Hello, I'm looking for an obituary or news story for a mother and at least two of her children. I have Hazel Ellen Austin and children Cynthia and Robert. Death date for all three is August 18th 1956 in Vermilion Twp. It sounds as if it had to be an accident of some sort. Hazel was married to Mayhew E. Austin and they had at least one other child, Eugene. Thanks! Shelly Clipson-Shock Powhatan, Virginia

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1VB.2ACE/11430.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Ann, Start with me, then my mother, Marjorie Ann Krueger, her mother, Genevieve E McGookey, her mother, Mary Olive O'Rork and so forth. That's how I fit. I have tried over the years to locate anybody with knowledge of Barney McGookey ( Mary Olive's first husband) and he appeared out of thin air as far as I can tell. Even with soundex I cannot match McGookey to any Irish name I can find. Then I got to Frank Fenton O'Rork and behind him was Mary McGee and Matthew O'Rork. I surmised from the dates that Matthew had died at sea and I figured on a buriel at sea. What I could find also said Ontario (ON) so I assumed they came into Canada. I also have read that during the famine "miscellaneous" persons of Irish descent fled the country and I figure they were part of that and no records were kept. I sure would like to nail them down but I think you're right, it's a needle in a haystack. You would think that we could come up with some clue as to where they came from by ship manifest but I haven't found one yet. If we suppose that Keating came into the country with her and perhaps knew her from home, can we track his arrival here???? By the way, ancestry.com has it wrong. Mary Olive was married to Barney McGookey first and had 10 kids, then when he died she married Arthur Anderson. Ancestry.com shows her married to Anderson McGookey........ Where do the McCartney's fit in this?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1VB.2ACE/491.1 Message Board Post: My email is now jsharrett@chartertn.net. Thanks

I did't even notice that I was getting OHErie messages. Thanks! Shirley

It's funny, but all of a sudden, I am receiving the messages again. I had sent one a few days ago to the list, which never appeared. I checked the archives, and it is there.......which means it did go to the list, just not to me. At least I am not the only one having trouble. Thanks! Shelly In a message dated 1/31/2006 4:20:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, GWood42552@aol.com writes: If AOL were blocking, we wouldn't get our own messages would we? I haven't received anything much since Rootsweb went to the new server. Is that the problem?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1VB.2ACE/11711.1.1 Message Board Post: Brenda, Thank you so much! I know all the census info for Aloys Young you posted is for the right person, but I had not hafd a chance to look up the others yet. I really appreciate your help. I always hope that with so many children, someone related might also be searching, but no such luck yet. Thank you again. Can I help you with anything? Pat

Last week someone on one of the lists did suggest writing emails to aol...I have sent at least one each day from my 7 screen names to aol feedback for about 10 days. Many have been doing the same -- flooding aol's mailbox with requests to get our mail. All I got was form letters telling me to contact Rootsweb and tell them how to get the mail delivered -- I ignored that suggestion. Today is the first day I have received at least some mail. I have been checking the archives to see what I missed. I am glad to be back and hope it will be permanent. I was happy to see the lists arriving in my mailbox. Sharon in So. California

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1VB.2ACE/11711.1 Message Board Post: Not sure about a tie in, but here's what I've found..... 1880 Ohio, Ottowa, Carroll District 64 Young, Elias head 44 Farmer Ger Ger Ger Magdalena wife 42 Keeping house Ger Ger Ger Rosa dau 19 at home NY Ger Ger Edward son 18 laborer NY Ger Ger Mary dau 16 at home NY Ger Ger Theadore son 12 laborer OH Ger Ger Anthony son 11 laborer OH Ger Ger Annie dau 10 at home OH Ger Ger Frankie dau 8 OH Ger Ger Christina dau 7 OH Ger Ger Francis son 6 OH Ger Ger Rasona dau 4 OH Ger Ger Lucy dau 1 OH Ger Ger 1900 Ohio, Erie, Sandusky District 46 Young, Aloys May 1836 64 married 41 years Fr Fr Fr grocer Immigrated 1837 lived in US 62 years Magdalena May 1839 61 married 41 years 14 children born 9 living Fr Fr Fr Immigrated 1857 lived in US 49 years Edward son Dec 1861 38 NY Fr Fr Mary dau July 1864 35 NY Fr Fr Frances dau July 1874 25 OH Fr Fr stenographer Lucy dau Mar 1879 21 OH Fr Fr Howard, Theodore boarder Dec 1878 OH OH OH bookkeeper 1910 Ohio, Erie, 3-wd Sandusky District 63 Young, Alois head 73 married 45 years Ger grocer retail Magdalena wife 70 married 45 years Ger Edward son 40 OH Laborer railroad Mary dau 35 OH Francisca dau 29 OH stenographer railroad 1910 Ohio, Ottowa, Port Clinton 3-Precinct District 170 Smith, Anthony J 45 married 17 years OH Ger Ger meat cutter meat market Anna M 41 married 17 years OH Ger Ger Lillian R 16 OH OH OH Elsie H 15 OH OHOH Lawrence E 11 OH OH OH Leuciell F 9 OH OHOH Francis M 5 OH OH OH Leonard J 2 OH OH OH 1910 Ohio, Erie, 3-wd Sandusky District 61 West Park St. Pietchman, Joseph 30 married 6 years MO OH OH salesman hardware Lucy 31 married 6 years 2 children born 2 living OH Ger Ger Dorothy P 3 OH MO OH ???? (female) 2 OH MO OH 1910 New York, Erie, 9-wd Buffalo District 80 Fisher, George V 45 Married 28 years NY Ger Ger pipe fitter railroad Christina 45 married 28 years NY Ger Ger Margaret 17 NY NY NY Glazer pottery works Christina 14 NY NY NY Frank 12 NY NY NY Bertha 11 NY NY NY William 8 NY NY NY Edward 4 NY NY NY Not sure which sister married I.T. Potts. Couldn't find them in the census. I hope some of this helps... Brenda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: O'Rork, Keating, McCartney Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1VB.2ACE/11430.1.2.1 Message Board Post: As far as I know, no one had found anything that would confirm when the O'Rorks arrived in the US. Frank O'Rork (son of Mary McGee and Matthew) provides a variety of dates in his Civil War pension papers, 1840 and 1842 being the most common. I recently confirmed that Frank's older brother Thomas was living in Cincinnati in 1921. I want to try to track him down to see if I can find anything there. The story is that Matthew O'Rork died on board the ship and was buried at sea. Mary either met Bernard Keating on the ship or, there is speculation that they came from the same town in Ireland. In any case they married and had their first child, Mary, by 1852 and can be found in the 1860 Ohio census for Erie county. Bernard died before 1870. I have not been able to locate either Bernard or Mary in any records before 1860 but Frank's pension papers indicate that the family was living near Sandusky Ohio by the time he was 5. I talked to a professional genealogist who specializes in Ireland and was told that unless we at least knew the county in Ireland, preferrably the parish, it would be next to impossible to find the family there. Are you also researching McCartney? That family is connected to the O'Rorks in several generations. How are you connected? Keep in touch Ann

Sandusky Star-News, Tuesday, August 21, 1956, page 1 TRIPLE FUNERAL SERVICE SET AT BERLIN HEIGHTS ~ Two Children Recovered From Bay Waters Triple funeral services for Mrs Hazel Austin, 31, and her children, Cynthia 14 and Robert 12 will beheld at 10am Wednesday in the Hinman Fuenral Home, Berlin Heights, DR Harold Fildey, Oberlin, is to officiate, Burial of the three Sandusky Bay downing victims will be in Riverside Cemetery, Berlin Heights. Friends may call this evening at the fuenral home after 7 o'clock. Former residents of Berlin Heights, the Austin family moved to a home on Patten Tract Road just north of the Erie County line near North Monroeville about seven years ago. The mother was a member of the North Monroeville Congregational Church while the daughter was in the Girl Scouts. The children attended school at Monroeville. It was learned today that the surviving son, Eugene 15, had attended the Erie County Junior Fair here and reported he was too tired to join the other memebers of his family for the fishing trip on Saturday. The father, Mayhew, 40, swam to a range light after the 17-foot speedboat was swamped during the wind and electrical storm. Surviving Mrs Austin besides her husband, are the son, Eugene at home, her parents Mr & Mrs Floyd Smith, rural Berlin Heights, and several brothers and sisters. The three bodies were revocered from Sandusky Bay Monday afternoon. The body of Cynthia was removed off the Hinde & Dauch Paper Co dock, foot of Jackson St, at approximately 12:43 pm. At 2:43pm the Coast Guard removed the body of Mrs Austin from near the Lower Lake Coal loading docks. At 4:12pm the body of Robert was taken from the waters off Union Chain & Mfg Co at the horseshoe. -- Erie County Chapter,OGS. Dues $10 per year. Meetings ~ 3rd Monday of March, April, May, Sept, Oct & Nov Place ~ Zion Lutheran Church, Columbus Ave Sandusky OH at 7pm Erie County Chapter, OGS; POBox 1301; Sandusky OH 44871-1301 --

Shelly, you asked...snip>looking for an obituary or news story for Hazel Ellen Austin and children Cynthia and Robert. Death date for all three is August 18th 1956 in Vermilion Twp. >snip Here is the first of two articles. Sandusky Star-News Aug 20, 1956 page 1 col 5: SEEK BODIES OF MOTHER, 2 CHILDREN - Mayhew Austin, 40, survives tragedy on Bay during storm. BULLETIN ~ Sandusky firemen recovered the body of Cynthia Austin, 14, from Sandusky Bay off the Hinde & Dauch dock, foot of Jackson St, early Monday afternoon. Charles Chamberlain, 521 Pearl St notified police that he saw the body off the municipal dock. Identification was made by the girl's father, Mayhew Austin. Austin, his son, Eugene and a brother, Mark Austin, Vincennes, Indiana had been on a Coast Guard boat searching for the bodies. The body was removed to the Charles J Andres Sons' Funeral Home and will be taken to the Hinman Funeral Home at Berlin Heights. Only the father and a 15 year old son of a rural North Monroeville family of five survived today following a Sandusky Bay Tragedy during the Saturday afternoon storm. Mayhew Austin, 40, was discharged from Providence Hospital Monday following severe shock after he was rescued from a range light which he succeeded in reaching after his 17 foot speedboat, "Tonda" was swamped during the storm. One son, Eugene, 15, remained at home Saturday while the other members of the family went on the boat trip. Drowned in Sandusky Bay are: Mrs Hazel Austin, 31, wife of Mayhew; Cynthia Austin, 14, and Robert Austin, 12. Members of the Cedar Point Coast Guard continued dragging operations Monday after obtaining more definite information from Austin as to where the capsizing of the boat occurred. Until today it was impossible to question the man, an employee of Apex Electric Mfg Co Sandusky, because of severe shock. The Coast Guard quoted Austin as saying that the party was near Johnson's Island when the storm appeared headed this way. They failed to don life jackets and headed for the Lower Lake Coal loading docks. While enroute the boat caught by the brunt of the storm, upset and all were thrown into the water. Austin told the Coast Guard that he found one of the children's jackets floating and hung on to it and which probably saved his life. He said the wind hit and the boat was swamped. The Coast Guard stressed the fact that had the family donned life jackets there is a possibility all might have been saved since the station immediately sent out a patrol throughout the Sandusky Bay area. The boat sank. According to Patrolman Harry Vail of the Sandusky police department, Austin is reported to have swam approximately one half hour and clung to the first range light in the bay from the coal laoding docks. L G Warner and A W McLeod of the Cedar Point Coast Guard removed Austin from the range light and brought him to Sandusky where he was taken to Providence Hospital by Frey ambulance. The Austin family lived on Patten Tract Road north of North Monroeville. Sandusky police received the call from the Coast Guard at 6:06pm Saturday to meet the boat bringing Austin to the mainland. -- Erie County Chapter,OGS. Dues $10 per year. Meetings ~ 3rd Monday of March, April, May, Sept, Oct & Nov Place ~ Zion Lutheran Church, Columbus Ave Sandusky OH at 7pm Erie County Chapter, OGS; POBox 1301; Sandusky OH 44871-1301 --

When all else fails, read the mail from roots web. It seems that AOL is indeed blocking our mail. sorry

If AOL were blocking, we wouldn't get our own messages would we? I haven't received anything much since Rootsweb went to the new server. Is that the problem?

In a message dated 1/31/2006 1:05:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, SShock6038@aol.com writes: Testing I think it has something to do with AOL.. I am not getting messages either. I plan to contact AOL JOAN

Testing I haven't seen my messages or anyone else's appear in a long time. Thanks for putting up with me, Shelly

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McGee, O'Rork Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1VB.2ACE/11430.1.2 Message Board Post: Ann, I am working on the O'Rorks and Mary McGee. Do you know the year of arrival for them???? I would appreciate any help you can give me! Thanks, Marge

Hello, I'm looking for an obituary or news story for a mother and at least two of her children. I have Hazel Ellen Austin and children Cynthia and Robert. Death date for all three is August 18th 1956 in Vermilion Twp. It sounds as if it had to be an accident of some sort. Hazel was married to Mayhew E. Austin and they had at least one other child, Eugene. Thanks! Shelly Clipson-Shock Powhatan, Virginia