I have recently discovered some Shoemaker (Shumacher) ancestors and the reports claim they died in Highland county. I wish to visit cemeteries of Highland county and check for the graves of these folks. Is there a cemetery directory of Highland county online? With the rapid land development of the 20th century, could there be location changes of 18th and 19th century burial sites on record? any help is truly appreciated and will make the trip(s) there more efficient. Leon L Wood III

FYI... If you notice a delay or no access at all of any of RootsWeb's offerings, this will explain why. If parts of this message do not make any sense, don't feel bad, it's computer/network jargon. I just wanted those of you who have contributed to RootsWeb, to see the outcome of your funding. Later...Nancy Listowner/Caretaker <nancy@email.nmmi.cc.nm.us> or <nancy@yogi.nmmi.cc.nm.us> or <siders@lookingglass.net> >X-POP3-Rcpt: siders@ponyx >Resent-Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 13:09:33 -0800 (PST) >To: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com >cc: archives-l@rootsweb.com, "Dr. Brian Leverich" <leverich@rootsweb.com> >Reply-to: "Dr. Brian Leverich" <leverich@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Downtime for Server Upgrades >Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 13:06:21 -0800 >From: Brian Leverich <leverich@rootsweb.com> >Resent-From: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <listowners-announce@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/31 >X-Loop: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: listowners-announce-request@rootsweb.com > > > >Hi all - > >As many of you know, yesterday RootsWeb moved our main Web server >onto a new pair of load-balanced T1 connections to The Net's core >mesh, so we now have a total of 4 T1s' worth of outbound bandwidth. > >That should last us awhile. > >The next upgrade we plan is to double the memory in the main list >server (lists.rootsweb.com) to 512 MB of DRAM. To accomplish that, >we'll need to take the box entirely offline for 2-3 hours and there >may be some brief downs after that while we tune things up. > >The downs will occur during the next 48 hours, and possibly as early >as this afternoon if all goes well. > >After the main memory in the list server is upgraded, the next box >we'll be upgrading is the search engine server. The new search >engine server will have a gigabyte of DRAM and 45 GB of very high- >speed RAID-5 disk storage. > >When the search engine upgrades are complete, we'll reindex the list >archives, reindex the USGenWeb archives, give Marc Nozell all the >space he'll ever need for the list archiver (:, and set up scheduled >reindexing so the list and USGenWeb Archives searches stay fairly >close to current. > >As always, I'd like to express RootsWeb's appreciation for your >support. With a gigabyte of memory costing $3,500 and a RAID-5 >array costing $7,500, we couldn't be doing all this without the >support of RootsWeb's Members, Sponsors, and Donors. Cheers, B. > > >-- >Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L >RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ >P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com >

If you are interested in contributing to RootsWeb, you may find more information about it at the address at the bottom of Brian's message. >>>>====++++<<<<&&&&>>>>++++==== ====++++<<<<&&&&>>>>++++====<<<< >X-POP3-Rcpt: siders@ponyx >Resent-Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 21:32:33 -0800 (PST) >To: archives-l@rootsweb.com, rootsweb-help@rootsweb.com, > listowners-announce@rootsweb.com >cc: GENCMP-L@rootsweb.com, ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com, > "Dr. Brian Leverich" <leverich@rootsweb.com> >Reply-to: "Dr. Brian Leverich" <leverich@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Growing Pains ... >Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 20:49:33 -0800 >From: Brian Leverich <leverich@rootsweb.com> >Resent-From: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <listowners-announce@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/29 >X-Loop: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: listowners-announce-request@rootsweb.com > > > >Maybe it's all those new computers Santa left our genealogical >brethren, but the load on RootsWeb's servers and Internet >connections has increased dramatically in the last week. > >This is causing some problems, but we will fix them as soon as >humanly possible. > >The most obvious problem is that the Web/FTP server is maxing the T1 >pipe it uses, which has forced us to limit the number of FTP >connections we accept during peak hours. Users wishing to access >the USGenWeb Archives should use the Search Engine server, which is >on our second T1 and still has available bandwidth. (I've installed >a pointer to the search engine on the "too many users" FTP message.) > >The second obvious problem is that the lists.rootsweb.com server is >being overloaded, and we're experiencing latencies that are beyond >the 1-10 minute level that we routinely provide. > >The third problem is that we've run out of disk space for use by >Marc Nozell's mailing HTML list archiver and the search engine >server that supports the mail archives and USGenWeb Archives. >(That is, we've filled up more than 17 gigabytes on those servers!) > >Here's what we're doing to bring RootsWeb back to the best possible >performance. > >First, we're acquiring more bandwidth. As a short-term solution, >we've been talking with the sysadmins at three sites with DS3 pipes >(a DS3 is equal to 30 T1s or about 1500 standard 28.8 modems) and we >will probably be colocating the Web server at one of their NOCs very >soon. As a long-term solution, we have Pacific Bell doing the >engineering studies on bringing a DS3 up here to RootsWeb's main NOC. > >Second, we're beefing up our servers. Tomorrow morning we'll be >ordering the memory to double lists.rootsweb.com's size up to 512 >MB, which should solve the mailing list latency problem. We're also >beginning to use RAID-5 disk arrays of the fastest available SCSI >drives in our servers, which should increase the speed of their I/O >subsystems by a factor of 6 to 8. The disk upgrades will give us >plenty of room for expanding support for mailing list archives and >the USGenWeb Archives. > >And we're upgrading virtually all our servers in other ways. > >The upshot is that we expect to be able to continue providing >unlimited, fast, and reliable support for the genealogical >community. There may be a few growing pains because we were >surprised by the size of the sudden after-Christmas growth in >demand, but we'll add capacity as fast as humanly possible. > >As always, I'd like to thank the Members, Sponsors, and Donors who >support RootsWeb. If it weren't for the continuing contributions >being made by our users, there is no chance that we could continue >to grow to meet the expanding needs of the genealogical community. > >Cheers, B. > > >-- >Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L >RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ >P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com >

Yo, Everyone! The following message is from Brian Leverich, Co-Moderator of RootsWeb after an incident where a Listowner collected fees from subscribers of his lists for himself. This policy was decided upon after several days of discussion by Listowners. I wholeheartedly support the policy. The only funds that should be solicited should be to support RootsWeb. In a separate message, I will be sharing with you the latest hardware that has been purchased by RootsWeb to support our genealogical efforts. I hope you will consider assisting RootsWeb at this time especially if you have never contributed. It is not required but RootsWeb exists through individual sponsorships of genealogists just like us. BTW, if you are a subscriber to a RootsWeb list where requests for money (other than for RootsWeb) or for unreasonable amounts of private demographic information, unsubscribe. If there are no subscribers, the listowner should get the message. Keep rootin'! %;^) Later...Nancy Nancy Cluff Siders Roswell, NM <siders@lookingglass.net> or nancy@email.nmmi.cc.nm.us> or <nancy@yogi.nmmi.cc.nm.us> Listowner/Caretaker of : SACKETT-L <http://www.nmmi.cc.nm.us/~nancy/sackett> COUNTRYMAN-L <http://www.nmmi.cc.nm.us/~nancy/countryman> OHHIGHLA-L (Highland County, Ohio) http://www.accessone.com/~ge/HighlandCounty/ >>>>====++++<<<<&&&&>>>>++++==== ====++++<<<<&&&&>>>>++++====<<<< >X-POP3-Rcpt: siders@ponyx >Resent-Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 22:47:41 -0800 (PST) >To: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com >cc: "Dr. Brian Leverich" <leverich@rootsweb.com> >Reply-to: "Dr. Brian Leverich" <leverich@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Policy: RootsWeb Lists Are Free! >Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 22:21:52 -0800 >From: Brian Leverich <leverich@rootsweb.com> >Resent-From: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <listowners-announce@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/30 >X-Loop: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: listowners-announce-request@rootsweb.com > > > >Hi all - > >Hundreds of listowners and users have now given us input on the >issues of whether listowners should be able to charge money or >request personal information as a prerequisite for participating in >a list, and Karen and I are now convinced that extreme behavior by >some listowners could affect the whole listowner and user community >by discouraging users from participating in any of our lists. > >Hence we'd like to formally announce policy that: > > RootsWeb Lists Are Free! > >Users should be able to subscribe to lists without being required to >pay money and without being required to provide personal information. > >While we are willing to let bygones be bygones, future violations >may result in a listowner being asked to relocate their lists to >another server. > > >IMPORTANT NOTES > >The foregoing policy does not apply to the few lists, for example >the HCPD-L list for the Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants >organization, that exist specifically for the members of an >established organization. Explicit permission must be obtained from >Karen or Brian for lists that want to operate in this paying- >members-only fashion. > >The foregoing policy does not prevent listowners from being able to >ask list subscribers to voluntarily provide contact information and >such. The point is that subscribers may not be *required* to >provide that information: explain why you need the information and >that providing the information is VOLUNTARY, then be tolerant of the >folks who choose not to provide it. > >The foregoing policy does not prevent listowners or subscribers from >soliciting voluntary contributions for family associations or other >causes, so long as the purpose of the fund-raising is specified and >the subscribers are told that participation is completely voluntary. >With regards to purpose of the fund-raising, listowners must *never* >give the impression they are fund-raising for RootsWeb or for the >physical support of the list unless the funds are intended for >RootsWeb. > > >A PLEA FOR SENSIBILITY > >Please do not ask me or Karen to provide a detailed exegesis of this >policy: just use your common sense and, if a particular situation >seems unclear, bring it to the "listowners" list and ask our peers >for their thoughts. > > >Let's keep our subscribers happy and participation in our lists >growing. Cheers, B. > > >-- >Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L >RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ >P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com >

Does anyone know the location of Hart Cemetery in Highland Co.? Or is it still in existence? My g.father's first wife is buried there. Julia(Naylor)Reeves. mdoles@bright.net

Happy Holidays! Programming chores due to Year 2000 at work, ISP problems at home and Christmas preparations has kept me from contributing little to this list. If you have not tried the new RootsWeb Archives and Search Engine utilities at... http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/lists/ and http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl John Robertson, a fellow listowner has provided a web site where he gives help on learning how to use the Search Engine for the Archives at RootsWeb. Check out his web page and find out how easy it is use RootsWeb's Search Engine for the Archives. His URL is: http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm A few lists (ROOTS-L and some of the gatewayed lists) are accessed instead through http://searches.rootsweb.com Also, Karen informed the listowners that the credit card page is now up for those who wish to contribute to RootsWeb. Look for a link near the bottom of: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html You might think about giving RootsWeb a present for Christmas for all the work they do for us. The archive development has forced them to purchase several more servers to facilitate it. Wishing you and yours a successful new year in your endeavors to find the missing links and don't we all have them! Keep rootin'! Later...Nancy Nancy Cluff Siders Roswell, NM <siders@lookingglass.net> or nancy@email.nmmi.cc.nm.us> or <nancy@yogi.nmmi.cc.nm.us> Listowner/Caretaker of : SACKETT-L <http://www.nmmi.cc.nm.us/~nancy/sackett> COUNTRYMAN-L <http://www.nmmi.cc.nm.us/~nancy/countryman> OHHIGHLA-L (Highland County, Ohio) http://www.accessone.com/~ge/HighlandCounty/

If you have answered a post that I placed on these lists in the last 7 days please email me back. I seem to have lost all of my Favorite Places and all the mail I have stored in my File Cabinet that I was preparing to print this weekend. I am sorry for any inconvience this may cause. Thank you for all you time and help. Have a Happy Holiday and Joyous New Year!!! ========================================================== Surnames researching BIGHAM, CANFIELD, CURTIS, DUVALL, DYE, EVANS, KELTNER, LINVILLE, MYER, PEMBERTON, PEPPER, WINGARD, WITHERSPOON. Melanie Pendleton 327 S. Spring Indep., Mo 64050 MPendle102@aol.com

Looking for George & Rachael (SNYDER) MYER George b. 31, Aug. 1818, Ohio d. 7, Apr. 1904, Mo Rachael (SNYDER) b. 29, Nov. 1822, Ohio d. 21, Feb. 1919, Mo m'd 10, Feb. 1842, Highland Co., OH Anyone with info. please contact me at: Melanie Pendleton 327 S. Spring Indep., Mo 64050 MPendle102@aol.com ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== Visit the Highland County, Ohio Genealogy Hotspot - a part of the US GenWeb/ Ohio GenWeb Project at: http://www.accessone.com/~ge/HighlandCounty/

Greetings! If you have not tried the new RootsWeb Archives and Search Engine utilities at... http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/lists/ and http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl You should check it out sometime! You may discover some of your other surnames' archived as well. To make the archives work as intended, if you respond to someone's previous message, you should reference it exactly. For example, if you were to respond to the list concerning this message, you would put "RE: RootsWeb Archives" in the subject line. When viewing the archives, the threads will then be easily accessible as well. Consider your "SUBJECT" line carefully. Try to be as specific as possible. John Robertson, a fellow listowner has provided a web site where he gives help on learning how to use the Search Engine for the Archives at RootsWeb. Check out his web page and find out how easy it is use RootsWeb's Search Engine for the Archives. His URL is: http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm Enjoy and keep rootin'! Later...Nancy Nancy Cluff Siders Roswell, NM <siders@lookingglass.net> or nancy@email.nmmi.cc.nm.us> or <nancy@yogi.nmmi.cc.nm.us> Listowner/Caretaker -- Lists' Home Pages SACKETT-L <http://www.nmmi.cc.nm.us/~nancy/sackett> COUNTRYMAN-L <http://www.nmmi.cc.nm.us/~nancy/countryman> OHHIGHLA-L (Highland Co., Ohio) <http://www.accessone.com/~ge/HighlandCounty/> Nancy Cluff Siders Originally from Highland Co., OH 704 Sunrise Road Now in Sunny, New Mexico! &:^) Roswell, NM 88201 eMail: nancy@yogi.nmmi.cc.nm.us Home: (505)624-2341 siders@lookingglass.net ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== To Subscribe to the digest, OHHIGHLA-D, address your email to: ohhighla-d-request@rootsweb.com and type: SUBSCRIBE. Remember to unsubscribe yourself from ohhighla-l or you will get multiple copies!

I'm proud to say I voted for Cyndi's List and she won! In case you don't subscribe to Eastman's Newsletter, I wanted you to be aware of the following. Enjoy! Nancy ...Just back from spending T-Day in Utah with our 6 month old grandson... :) >================================================================ > > - Announcing "The Best Genealogy Site On The World Wide Web" > >Two weeks ago I announced a "readers choice award" to be awarded >by the readers of this newsletter. The award would be for the >"Best Genealogy Site on the World Wide Web." Votes have been >pouring in by e-mail ever since. Today I am proud to announce the >results. > >According to the readers of this newsletter, the Best Genealogy >Site on the World Wide Web is: > > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet > located at > http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/sites.htm > >Cyndi Howells maintains a gigantic list of other genealogy sites >on the Internet. She also recently wrote a book on using the >Internet for genealogy, which was described in the October 11, >1997 edition of this newsletter. Cyndi's list contains more than >25,000 entries, all sorted and catalogued into 84 major >categories. Several of those major categories are further >subdivided into smaller classifications. This is a major effort >that obviously has required hundreds and hundreds of hours of >work. > >Why did this one site collect 27% of all votes cast? Here are a >few quotes from the e-mail votes: > > "I consider this the best site for genealogy, because of the > great number of links which can take you just about anywhere > you want to go." - Faye Guthrie in Australia > > "Cyndi's List is the first choice for anyone looking for > ANYTHING pertaining to genealogy. But the best thing is how > she has kept things easy to find on such a huge site! It is > the best organized of ANY site I have ever gone to for > anything!" - Malinda Rimes > > "One stop shopping, so to speak. I could never bookmark this > many sites...my browser would go bonkers." - Barry Crocker, > Vacaville, CA > > "There is no other genealogy web site that does so much, is > maintained so well, and provides one-stop shopping for > everything genealogical." - Jerry Kliot > > "This site is so amazing! A researcher could use this site > only and be directed to literally everything of value > available on the Internet. The daily e-mail of updates also > motivates one to return to the site frequently. How Cyndi has > the time to maintain a site of this magnitude is mind > boggling!" - Michele Hassell > > "Not only is it the most comprehensive and up-to-date > directory of genealogy related sites, Cyndi Howells has found > creative ways to keep one personally in touch about updates in > your areas of interest, and developments on the site itself. > All who use this marvelous resource are in her debt." - > Wilfred Allan, British Columbia > > And my favorite nomination of all: "If I were alone on a > desert island with a solar-powered laptop, and I was able to > access just ONE website for the rest of my life............I'd > choose CYNDI'S LIST." - Anne Lurie, Vermont > >Cyndi Howells obviously has done a great job with her site. It is >with great pleasure that I confer the title of "Readers' Choice >Award for Best Genealogy Site on the World Wide Web" to Cyndi's >List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet located at >http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/sites.htm > > >================================================================ > > - Honorable Mentions > >I found it interesting that quite a few sites were mentioned time >and time again in the voting for "Best Genealogy Site." The >following sites each gathered more than 5% of the votes. They are >listed in descending order by the number of votes received: > > http://www.jewishgen.org - JewishGen: The Home of Jewish > Genealogy > > http://www.rootsweb.com - RootsWeb Genealogical Data > Cooperative > > http://www.familytreemaker.com - Family Tree Maker by > Broderbund > > http://www.ancestry.com - Ancestry, Inc. > > >================================================================ ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== To join the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative, learn more at: http://www.rootsweb.com/

FYI... Our list's previous messages MAY eventually be accessible on the Web . The Listowner Listserv has been heated with discussions of the pros and cons of new archival methods. I have held back from telling any of my lists about Web access due to the fact there hadn't been any clear stability in the directions they were discussing until recently. December 1st is supposed to be their deadline to have it all set up, so perhaps we will start seeing some results pretty soon. There will be two methods: 1) Search the Archive of Messages for Selected Mailing Lists. You may view an example of this at http://searches.rootsweb.com/example.html. None of the lists I maintain exist at this location yet. But you are welcomed to explore what Karen has out there right now. Eventually (perhaps maybe) we will have the archive from Maiser there also. You can do single word searches or combinations using 'boolean operators'. Examples of these are: enter: family & crest if you want to locate all posts to a particular list that have both words, family <and> crest; enter Lyon | ship if you want posts with the word Lyon <or> the word ship; etc. 2) Another method of viewing old messages has been developed by Marc Nozell, a volunteer. Our list is currently not being archived but I have subscribed. As soon as Marc has things set up it will record all future messages. This method of archiving a list will be for current "threaded" messages and will allow you to follow a message forward and backwards. To access this archival method, go to http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/lists. This will be nice when trying to catch up from being out of town for awhile and much MUCH better than the old email method! RootsWeb Cooperative after much discussion on the Listowner's List has decided that no passwords will be required to access an Archive web page. No further discussion. Lists on RootsWeb have two choices, either participate or not-participate (losing ALL archival privileges -- email ceases to exist soon). As listowner, I made the decision to participate. It is their belief that genealogy is to be openly shared. Later...Nancy Nancy Cluff Siders Roswell, NM <siders@lookingglass.net> or nancy@email.nmmi.cc.nm.us> or <nancy@yogi.nmmi.cc.nm.us> Listowner/Caretaker of : SACKETT-L <http://www.nmmi.cc.nm.us/~nancy/sackett> COUNTRYMAN-L <http://www.nmmi.cc.nm.us/~nancy/countryman> OHHIGHLA-L (Highland County, Ohio) ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== To join the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative, learn more at: http://www.rootsweb.com/

Hi! I just started on the Highland Co. list. In fact I just started on the internet. But I have been doing research on my families from Highland Co. OH for years. I am researching families BEST, SHOCKLEY, MCGILL, and FOSTER. If anyone is doing research on these families and would like to exchange information I would love to exchange infor. with you. Janis Ragar ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== To Subscribe to the digest, OHHIGHLA-D, address your email to: ohhighla-d-request@rootsweb.com and type: SUBSCRIBE. Remember to unsubscribe yourself from ohhighla-l or you will get multiple copies!

Am looking for information on POTTER and SHARP families who immigrated from Rockbridge Co., Virginia to Ohio. They are believed to have lived in or near Highland Co., Ohio but have only been located there through military enlistment papers for the War of 1812 made out in the name of John POTTER who was married to Lucy Sharp. Most of Lucy's brothers are known to have lived in this area. Any information would be appreciated. Thank you, Mary Kelley Marblemount, WA <mkelley@cio.net> ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== Visit the Highland County, Ohio Genealogy Hotspot - a part of the US GenWeb/ Ohio GenWeb Project at: http://www.accessone.com/~ge/HighlandCounty/

How can they still be in business!?! The following was written by Dick Eastman in this week's issue of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter. >=============================================== > > - Halbert's - Up To Old Tricks > >I have been writing about Halbert's for years. I first wrote an >article about them in 1989, long before this newsletter came into >existence. Since 1989 I have purchased two of their "books," seen >several other Halbert's "books" and have followed their numerous >legal problems in several countries. If you have been involved in >genealogy for a while, you probably know about Halbert's. If so, >you can skip the next 5 paragraphs. For anyone who is new to >genealogy, however, I will offer a bit of background information. > >Halbert's of Bath, Ohio, is the most notorious of the mail order >companies that send out ads offering to sell you "an astounding >new book" with insinuations that the book tells all about your >family name. These letters, as well as the "books," are all mass >produced by computers with family surnames and your name inserted >in appropriate places. For instance, a letter sent to me will say: > > I have exciting news for you and all Eastmans! Though we are > probably not related, I want to tell you about extensive work > done throughout the world on a project relating to the > distinguished Eastman name. What might be the oldest facts > about Eastmans in North America have been discovered. Now, an > astounding new book, 'THE NEW WORLD BOOK OF EASTMANS,' > is about to be published for you and it features Eastmans back to > 1620." > >The advertisement then goes on in breathless prose with lots of >exclamation marks scattered about. It claims to present facts >about early Eastmans and also asserts that it includes an up-to- >date international directory of Eastmans. If your name is Smith, >then the letter sent to you will have the name Smith inserted in >every place where my letter says Eastman. If you live in England >or Germany or some other country, then the geographic references >will be changed to match. (Halbert's is an international >operation.) All of the advertisements will claim to be "a one-of a >kind book." > >If you are gullible enough to order the book for $34.50 plus >another $4.88 postage and handling, you eventually receive a >booklet of general information about how to get started >researching genealogy plus many pages of extracts from old >telephone directories listing people with the same last name as >yours. The Eastman "book" that I looked at last year had names and >addresses listed for some of my relatives who had been deceased >for years. The "one-of-a-kind book" lives up to the description; >it actually has a cardboard cover and looks like it was glued >together on someone's kitchen table. The pages in the 1996 Eastman >"book" weren't even aligned properly. > >I don't know when Halbert's started this business, but I know they >were already notorious in genealogy circles in the mid-1980s. They >have frequently received legal injunctions from postal >authorities, but that doesn't seem to slow Halbert's down very >much; apparently they continue to send out thousands of these >advertisements every week despite legal efforts to shut them down. > >The Halbert's ad I received in 1989 was signed by "Doris Eastman, >i.a." Now, Doris never claimed to be a relative of mine in that >advertisement, but the fact that the letter was signed by someone >named Eastman lent credence to the "book" title of The New World >Book of Eastman. I was intrigued by the letters "i.a." that >appeared after Doris Eastman's name. After a fair amount of >research, I discovered a Legal Dictionary that listed it as an >abbreviation for the Latin words "in absentia" or, translated into >English, "in absence." In other words, Doris Eastman wasn't >present when the letter was written, and someone else signed her >name to it in Doris' absence. > >In 1989 I called Halbert's and asked to speak to Doris Eastman. I >was told that "Doris isn't here right now, can someone else help >you?" I was suspicious that Doris was a fictitious name and later >court documents proved that my assumption was accurate. > >I'll point out that calling Halbert's is difficult. Their >telephone number isn't in the ad, and it isn't listed by the >telephone company. I believe that is rather unusual for a company >in the mailorder business, one would think that they would want to >receive orders by telephone as well as my mail orders. I was later >told that Halbert's mailing address in Bath, Ohio is simply a mail >drop; there are no offices at that address for a company called >Halbert's. In fact, Halbert's is one of the trade names owned by >Numa Corporation in nearby Akron, Ohio. Apparently, mail delivered >to the Bath, Ohio, address is simply forwarded to Numa in Akron. I >eventually found a number for Numa and called their offices >looking for Doris Eastman. Not surprisingly, she wasn't there, >either. > >Halbert's and Numa were in court in 1988 as defendants in an >action claiming false advertising. I don't have the details of the >1988 action, but the 1995 complaint referenced an order in 1988 >requiring Numa/Halbert's to stop claiming that the advertising >letters were signed by relatives of the addressee. The 1995 court >session apparently took a dim view of Halbert's fake signatures. >Quoting from an announcement released later by the National >Genealogical Society: > > At that time Halbert's was ordered to cease and desist from > falsely representing ". . . that (1) a solicitation for a > surname-related product was sent by a relative of the > solicitee; (2) a relative of a solicitee was involved in > preparing a surname-related publication; or that (3) a > relative of a solicitee endorses a surname-related product." > The Postal Service contended that the company's solicitations, > which advertised books such as The World Book of [surname] and > The [surname] Since the Civil War, violated the 1988 consent > agreement, because they appeared to be letters from relatives > of the addressees urging them to purchase a recently completed > book on their family. > >The Halbert's ad that I received in 1996 was not signed by anyone >claiming to have the name Eastman, and the letters "i.a." did not >appear after the signature. It seemed that Numa and Halbert's had >accepted the court ruling. Letters sent to Canada and to England >(sometimes under another Numa subsidiary name of Burkes) were >still signed by someone claiming to have the same surname with the >letters "i.a." I assume that is because the U.S. court decision >only covers the United States, and Numa is free to do as they wish >in other countries. > >However... I have in my hands at this moment a Halbert's ad >received in California a couple of weeks ago. A member of >CompuServe's Genealogy Forums forwarded this advertisement to me >as he knew I'd be interested. It is a brand-new ad for the "New >World Book of Becks." It has all the same wording as I mentioned >above except that the word BECK has been substituted for EASTMAN. >What caught my eye is the signature: > > Nancy J. Beck, i.a. > >Numa and Halbert's apparently have gone back to their old tricks >in violation of the 1995 court order. Fictitious signatures >followed by "i.a." are back in use. > > >============================================== > > - And still more on Halbert's... > >You know, Halbert's business practices have really been good for >me. If the postal authorities ever succeed in shutting Halbert's >down, I won't have anything left to write about! > >Halbert's apparently has a new business partner: Texaco. Another >CompuServe member in New Hampshire forwarded an ad he received >this week from Texaco. It says: > > A remarkable new book is about to be published and you, > ___(insert addressee's name here)___, are in it! > >Do those words sound familiar? They should. I am skipping a few >paragraphs here. But the advertisement continues... > > The Texaco name represents the best products and service on > the road today. And now, for select Texaco Credit Card > customers, we offer an amazing new source of information about > another important name - the (insert surname here) name! > >I question the "amazing new source..." Texaco continues.... > > The New World Book of __(surname)__ is an heirloom-quality > edition you can pass on to your children, and share with the > entire __(surname)__ family! > > Published by Halbert's for Texaco customers, and based on a > search of over 170 million records worldwide, this amazing > book provides information that can help you discover more > about the __(surname)__ name than you've ever known before, > including: > > - How family names originated and what the distinguished > __(surname)__ means... > > - The development of family crests..... > > - The __(surname)__ International Directory, the most > extensive registry of households bearing the __(surname)__ > today - with listings throughout the world. > >The Texaco ad goes on and on with the same words that Halbert's >has used over the years. In fact, the ad is signed by "Sharon >Taylor, Publisher, Halbert's." At least she didn't claim to have >the same surname as the addressee of the advertisement and she >didn't use "i.a." after her name. The price from Texaco is exactly >the same price that Halbert's advertises directly: $34.50 plus >$4.88 shipping and handling. > >I am curious what Halbert's liability is in this advertisement. >Since it is on Texaco stationary and mailed to Texaco customers, >who is responsible for compliance with the various court orders? >Texaco? Texaco was never mentioned in the previous court orders, >so probably they can do as they please. At least, for a while. But >the ad is signed by a person claiming to be an employee of >Halbert's. Does that mean that Halbert's is responsible for the ad >and its claims? I will leave that to the lawyers to argue. > >In the meantime, I have one bit of advice: Skip it. That's a lot >of money for a list extracted from telephone directories. ====++++<<<<####>>>>++++==== If you are not already a subscriber, here is how to subscribe to the Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: To subscribe to this free newsletter, send an e-mail message to the following address: listserv@peach.ease.lsoft.com The message title is unimportant. The first line of text in the message must have the words SUBSCRIBE ROOTSCOMPUTING followed by your first and last names. For instance, if your name is Jane Doe, you would write a message of: subscribe rootscomputing Jane Doe That is the entire message; nothing else should be in the message text. ====++++<<<<####>>>>++++==== If I have anything to do with it, none of my genealogy list's subscribers will get bit by this operation again! :) Keep rootin'! Nancy Cluff Siders Roswell, NM <siders@lookingglass.net> or nancy@email.nmmi.cc.nm.us> or <nancy@yogi.nmmi.cc.nm.us> Listowner/Caretaker of : SACKETT-L <http://www.nmmi.cc.nm.us/~nancy/sackett> COUNTRYMAN-L <http://www.nmmi.cc.nm.us/~nancy/countryman> OHHIGHLA-L (Highland County, Ohio) ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== To Subscribe to the digest, OHHIGHLA-D, address your email to: ohhighla-d-request@rootsweb.com and type: SUBSCRIBE. Remember to unsubscribe yourself from ohhighla-l or you will get multiple copies!

Hi! My families associated with Highland County (HC), Ohio are listed below. All events occured in HC unless identified as elsewhere: Myself, Nancy Carolyn CLUFF, b 1942. My father, David Newton McBride CLUFF, b 1902; d 1988. Grandfather, James Henry CLUFF, b 1850; d 1904, Madison Co., IN. Grandmother, Adelia SCAMMAHORN, b 1871; d 1904, Madison Co., IN. Ggrandfather, Charles CLUFF, b 1815, KY; 1890. Ggrandmother, Susanah A. WASHBURN, b 1811; d 1858. Ggrandfather, Henry SCAMMAHORN, b 1835; d 1905. Ggrandmother, Margaret CAPLINGER, b 1847; d 1918. Gggrandfather, James WASHBURN, b 1779, PA; d 1848. Gggrandmother, Elizabeth COUNTRYMAN, b 1775, VA; d 1870. Gggrandfather, George Washington SCAMMAHORN, b 1809, PA; d 1898. Gggrandmother, Mary Ann ROBINSON, b 1808, DE; d 1886. Gggrandfather, Adam CAPLINGER, b 1821; d ?. Gggrandmother, Mary Ann MILLER, 1820; d 1871. Ggggrandfather, Henry COUNTRYMAN, b ?; d ca 1818. Ggggrandmother, Barbary RIDENOUR (?), b ?; d aft 1820. My husband, Bill was also born in HC, OH. Although I do not actiively research his family, our son, Craig is interested in his genealogy. Surnames associated with HC, OH besides SIDERS are SHOEMAKER, SMITH and TEMPLIN, plus others. I would be interested in corresponding with anyone who has ties with any of these listed surnames in Highland Co., Ohio. Although I live in Roswell, NM now, I have several HC resource books that I will be happy to share with you. I have: McBride's Cemetery Inscriptions of HC, OH Williams Bros' History of Ross and HC, OH Breakfield's HC Births Not Recorded Breakfield's Death Records of HC, OH If you have HC resources, please indicate such on this list, if you will so we can all benefit from a distance. Also the HC GenWeb is an excellent source of information at<fontfamily><param>Courier</param>: http://www.accessone.com/~ge/HighlandCounty/</fontfamily> Later...Nancy Nancy Cluff Siders List Caretaker of OHHIGHLA Mailing List <<siders@lookingglass.net> Also Caretaker of COUNTRYMAN-L and SACKETT-L. See Home Pages at <<http://www.nmmi.cc.nm.us/~nancy/countryman> <<http://www.nmmi.cc.nm.us/~nancy/sackett> ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== To Subscribe to the digest, OHHIGHLA-D, address your email to: ohhighla-d-request@rootsweb.com and type: SUBSCRIBE. Remember to unsubscribe yourself from ohhighla-l or you will get multiple copies!

Charles DeHass married Elizabeth Florence in 1848 in Highland Co., Ohio. I have some information on their 6 children. Does anyone have death dates for each child, and their spouses. Can exchange earlier data on Elizabeth Florence's line. Kathleen Rizer Archivist for the 10,000 Descendants of Dennis Springer and Ann Prickett ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== To join the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative, learn more at: http://www.rootsweb.com/

Nimrod Pindle/Pindell married Malinda Springer 3 May 1832/Highland Co. What happened to this couple? Did they move outside the county? Did they move to Illinois? Were there any children? Kathleen Rizer Archivist for the 10,000 Descendants of Dennis Springer and Ann Prickett ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== Visit the US GenWeb: <http://www.usgenweb.com/>

Howdy! My Internet Service Provider has been taken down by MCI apparently due to a misunderstanding following a hacker's stupid deed. This commensed last Wednesday. Since I have never changed my email address for my surname lists (except for OHHIGHLA) to come anywhere else but my work address, what difference does this make for my being your "listowner", "list caretaker" or whatever you wish to call me? Well, I did all my list maintenance via Netscape on my ISP. I did all my viewing of our Home Page on SACKETT and COUNTRYMAN on the Netscape browser. So... until either MCI wakes up to a probable legal action and gets Lookingglass back online or I change to another ISP, updates to a Home Page and any list maintenance deeds will come slow. I will have to do it through other means and this will take me undoubtedly longer to complete. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause the lists' subscribers in advance. Later...Nancy Nancy Cluff Siders Roswell, NM Listowner/Caretaker of COUNTRYMAN-L@rootsweb.com, SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com and a new one I just started, OHHIGHLA-L@rootsweb.com (Highland County, Ohio). <nancy@email.nmmi.cc.nm.us> or <nancy@yogi.nmmi.cc.nm.us> ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== To Subscribe to the digest, OHHIGHLA-D, address your email to: ohhighla-d-request@rootsweb.com and type: SUBSCRIBE. Remember to unsubscribe yourself from ohhighla-l or you will get multiple copies!

I am looking for info. on George and Rachael (SNYDER) MIRE (MYER). They married 10, Feb 1842 in Highland Co., Ohio. They moved to Missouri sometime before 1864 which is where they died. Any info. would be great. Thank you in advance Melanie MPendle102@aol.com ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== To join the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative, learn more at: http://www.rootsweb.com/

George Redkey m. Rachel Springer on 2 Feb 1834 in Highland Co. I have tracked this family for several generations in preparation for a Springer family book. Would like to exchange information. Kathleen Rizer Archivist for the 10,000 Descendants of Dennis Springer and Ann Prickett ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== To Subscribe to the digest, OHHIGHLA-D, address your email to: ohhighla-d-request@rootsweb.com and type: SUBSCRIBE. Remember to unsubscribe yourself from ohhighla-l or you will get multiple copies!