My son is another Rita evacuee. He left northeastern Houston at 2:00 am Thursday morning and thought there would be less traffic. No such luck. At 5:00 pm he finally reached Ft. Worth and that was taking back roads most of the afternoon. At 9:00 pm, after 4 hours, he made it to Denton, Texas, north of Dallas and decided to get some sleep. (He's on his way to Stillwater, OK to stay with friends at Oklahoma State). I wonder what our descendants will think when they read about the massive numbers of people who are migrating from the south during the past month? How hard will it be for them to find records of who moved where? How many digital files will survive fifty to 100 years from now? While paper records may get wet or moldy, they can't be deleted by one errant keystroke. Bobbi Sparta, Michigan

They're telling everyone now to take back roads -- hopefully, they will have time to get far enough away by that means. Will say prayers for them all. Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Meyers" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 1:52 PM Subject: [OHLORAIN] RITA... > Fellow listers, > Please add my daughter, her husband and 2 little children to your prayer > list, they are trying to evacuate as ordered out of southeast Houston. > They cannot even get onto a highway to head north to safety, there are 4 > milllion people trying to get out as well. They could not even get to an > airport. > Her little 2 yr old Emmy needs to have electric to run her breathing > machine. Their home is just 20 feet from a concrete bayou which will > surely flood as well. > Nancy > > > Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH > OGS Life Member http://www.ogs.org/ > Genealogy Volunteer http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHLORAIN > >

Nancy, I will keep your daughter in my prayers... Keep us up to date on how they are doing. Jane

Reservations are now being accepted for the Twentieth Annual First Families and Settlers Banquet on Saturday, October  22, 2005 at the First United Methodist Church - on the Square, Wellington, Ohio.     Punch - 4:14pm; Dinner - 5:00 pm. Candidates who have proven the residence of a direct ancestor in Lorain County prior to December 31, 1850 will be inducted into the First Families of Lorain County. Candidates who have proven the residence of a direct ancestor in Lorain County prior to December 31, 1875 will be inducted into Settlers of Lorain County. Guest speaker is Mildred Arthrell who will relate stories of the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of Little House on the Prairie. Reservations are required.  Contact Margaret at 440-323-5080, [email protected]; or Jean at 440-949-5167, [email protected]; or go the the Lorain County Genealogy Website at  http://home.centurytel.net/lorgen. Respectfully submitted, Jean Copeland VP, Lorain County Chapter of OGS

Joyce, my prayers are with you, It is so scary and my heart goes out to you. I'll forward your prayer request to friends, I hope so much that you have a deep sense of safety in your Heavenly Father's care. Cathy Martin

Hi, THEY ARE PREDICTING ANOTHER CATAGORY 5 !!! GET OUT OF THERE!!! PUT YOUR CATS IN A LARGE TOTE AND GET OUT A BRICK HOUSE IS NOT GOING TO HOLD IN A CATAGORY 5...IF THE SUPERDOME TOOK A BEATING AND ALL OF THOSE CEMENT AND BRICK HOMES, HOTELS AND STORES WENT DOWN THEN WHAT IS TO SAY A HOUSE IS GOING TO WITHHOLD. HAVE Y0UR MOM GO WITH YOU....GO WHILE YOU CAN IF THE WAVES GET AS HIGH AS THEY ARE PREDICTING AND WITH THE LAND ALREADY SATURATED YOU DO NOT STAND A CHANCE. THEN YOU WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT ONLY YOUR CATS BUT YOUR MOM AS WELL. IF SHE IS AN OLDER PERSON YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP HER ABOVE WATER. PLEASE, PLEASE, LEAVE WHILE YOU CAN. DON'T GET STUCK IN A HOUSE WITH THE WATER COMING UP AND NOWARE TO GO. REMEMBER IF YOU GO INTO THE ATTIC IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET ON TO THE ROOF UNLESS YOU HAVE A LADDER AND A CHAIN SAW TO GET THROUGH THE ROOF. YOU ARE GOING THROUGH PLYWOOD, TARPAPER AND WHO KNOWS HOW MANY LAYERS OF SHINGLES. PLEASE, PLEASE LEAVE!! ESTELLA P.S. DON'T FORGET YOUR INSURANCE PAPERS, BIRTH CERTIFICATES AND PERSONAL PAPERS AS WELL AS ANY PRESCRIPTIONS AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS YOU AND YOUR MOM NEEDS ALSO SOME WATER AND FOOD TO KEEP YOU GOING FOR A DAY OR TWO ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 2:36 AM Subject: [OHLORAIN] Hurricane Rita > I've been on this list for a few years now and I know that this is off > topic, > but just last week I moved from Parma, Ohio to Corpus Christi, Texas and > with > this new hurricane bearing down on us here, I'm getting a little nervous > about it and am asking everyone on this list to please keep us in your > prayers. > I'm not even done unpacking yet and now I have to pack up again and > move > what I can out of my house. If Corpus Christi gets a direct hit, chances > are > that my house will be badly damaged or even gone. I'm in a rental house > and > the landlord won't board up my windows. I just spent like $3,500 between > moving and renting a house, so I'm financially tapped at the moment and > haven't > even had time to go find a job yet, so I can't afford to go buy the lumber > needed to board up the windows myself. I'm having to leave a lot of my > belongings > here in the house and of course we not only have to worry about the high > winds, but flooding and looting also. > They have issued a mandatory evacuation order for the city, so most > people are boarding up and getting out. Unfortunately, I'm not able to > leave > because I have my 2 cats that I refuse to leave behind and because I just > spent all > my money to move here. I will be staying at my ex-mother-in-laws house, > which is a brick house and hopefully I'll be safe there. I'm sending my > 17 year > old daughter out of town with people from the church, so at least she will > be > safe. I will however be taking my computer with me where I go and I'll be > online until the power goes out, if it even does. My prayer is that the > hurricane > turns a little and has mercy on this city! > Thanks, > Joyce > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page > http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen >

I saw on the news that they were letting some people take their cats. I hope the hurricane curves too. How far inland is your ex-mother-in-law's house? They say you should be at least 5 to 10 miles inland, and you could even drive with your cats even further inland just for the day and sleep in the car, and then go back to ensure your safety. I am sure a lot of people are in similar situations as you are. I would also just make sure your daughter and others know where you are so they can have others check on you after the storm. At least you're not in a bowl like in New Orleans -- the water will come in, and it will leave -- not just sit. I'm sure everyone's prayers will be with you and anyone else stuck there. This weather is really getting crazy! Oh, and by the way, besides the red cross offering supplies and donations, there are many many apartments and rooms offered for free to hurricane victims online if your apartment building gets severely damaged. Below are just two of the sites: http://neworleans.craigslist.org/hhh/ http://www.hurricanehousing.org Take care and best wishes! Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 2:36 AM Subject: [OHLORAIN] Hurricane Rita > I've been on this list for a few years now and I know that this is off > topic, > but just last week I moved from Parma, Ohio to Corpus Christi, Texas and > with > this new hurricane bearing down on us here, I'm getting a little nervous > about it and am asking everyone on this list to please keep us in your > prayers. > I'm not even done unpacking yet and now I have to pack up again and > move > what I can out of my house. If Corpus Christi gets a direct hit, chances > are > that my house will be badly damaged or even gone. I'm in a rental house > and > the landlord won't board up my windows. I just spent like $3,500 between > moving and renting a house, so I'm financially tapped at the moment and > haven't > even had time to go find a job yet, so I can't afford to go buy the lumber > needed to board up the windows myself. I'm having to leave a lot of my > belongings > here in the house and of course we not only have to worry about the high > winds, but flooding and looting also. > They have issued a mandatory evacuation order for the city, so most > people are boarding up and getting out. Unfortunately, I'm not able to > leave > because I have my 2 cats that I refuse to leave behind and because I just > spent all > my money to move here. I will be staying at my ex-mother-in-laws house, > which is a brick house and hopefully I'll be safe there. I'm sending my > 17 year > old daughter out of town with people from the church, so at least she will > be > safe. I will however be taking my computer with me where I go and I'll be > online until the power goes out, if it even does. My prayer is that the > hurricane > turns a little and has mercy on this city! > Thanks, > Joyce > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page > http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen > >

Joyce, I will be keeping you and all others in my prayers for this hurricane. Received word last night that my brother who lives in Houston was trying to get to Dallas. A normal 4 hour trip took him 8 hours. It could have taken them more if they would have gone on the evacuation rodes. But they took a lot of side streets. He lives very close to the 100 year flood plane and he wasn't taking any chances. Jane Hoholski

Fellow listers, Please add my daughter, her husband and 2 little children to your prayer list, they are trying to evacuate as ordered out of southeast Houston. They cannot even get onto a highway to head north to safety, there are 4 milllion people trying to get out as well. They could not even get to an airport. Her little 2 yr old Emmy needs to have electric to run her breathing machine. Their home is just 20 feet from a concrete bayou which will surely flood as well. Nancy Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH OGS Life Member http://www.ogs.org/ Genealogy Volunteer http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen

I've been on this list for a few years now and I know that this is off topic, but just last week I moved from Parma, Ohio to Corpus Christi, Texas and with this new hurricane bearing down on us here, I'm getting a little nervous about it and am asking everyone on this list to please keep us in your prayers. I'm not even done unpacking yet and now I have to pack up again and move what I can out of my house. If Corpus Christi gets a direct hit, chances are that my house will be badly damaged or even gone. I'm in a rental house and the landlord won't board up my windows. I just spent like $3,500 between moving and renting a house, so I'm financially tapped at the moment and haven't even had time to go find a job yet, so I can't afford to go buy the lumber needed to board up the windows myself. I'm having to leave a lot of my belongings here in the house and of course we not only have to worry about the high winds, but flooding and looting also. They have issued a mandatory evacuation order for the city, so most people are boarding up and getting out. Unfortunately, I'm not able to leave because I have my 2 cats that I refuse to leave behind and because I just spent all my money to move here. I will be staying at my ex-mother-in-laws house, which is a brick house and hopefully I'll be safe there. I'm sending my 17 year old daughter out of town with people from the church, so at least she will be safe. I will however be taking my computer with me where I go and I'll be online until the power goes out, if it even does. My prayer is that the hurricane turns a little and has mercy on this city! Thanks, Joyce

Hi, Marilyn, I would like the research you have on the Beal family. Ken Gooden [email protected] Thank You ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:25 AM Subject: [OHLORAIN] BEAL and SHORT researchers >I received a website invitation regarding these families please contact me > off line and I will pass it along > > Marilyn > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHLORAIN > >

I received a website invitation regarding these families please contact me off line and I will pass it along Marilyn

FYI from Sue > Genealogy Gems: News from the Fort Wayne Library > > No. 18A--Special Issue, September 17, 2005** > > * * > > In this Special Issue: > > ***FAMILY HISTORY MONTH AT THE ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, PROGRAM OF > EVENTS > > *Driving directions to the Library > > *Parking at the Library > > *Queries for the Department > > *************************************** > > *October 2005 Family History Month Programs* > > *************************************** > > Monday, October 3rd, 10-11A--Effective Use of the Library Catalog > > Ryan Taylor--Main Library Training Room, Room 330 > > Wednesday, October 5th, 10A-7P--DAR Lineage Assistance > > Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter, DAR--Historical Genealogy Department Reading > Room > > Saturday, October 8th, 10A-12N--Beginning Your Genealogy > > Margery Graham/ACGSI Program--Main Library, Second Floor, Room 244 > > Monday, October 10th, 10-11A--Using Ancestry.com <http://Ancestry.com> > > Delia Bourne--Main Library Training Room, Room 330 > > Tuesday, October 11th, 7-9P--Preserving Your Family History Through > Scrapbooking > > Dena Williamson--Main Library, Second Floor, Room 244—*Pre-Register at > 421-1210* > > Wednesday, October 12th, 9A-5P--One-on-One English Problem Solving > > Ryan Taylor--Historical Genealogy Department Reading Room > > Wednesday, October 12th, 6:30-9P--* *"Black Legs, Regulators, and the > Hanging of Gregory McDougall: Was Your Ancestor a Black Leg or Regulator?" > > ACGSI Program--Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane > > Thursday, October 13th, 7-8P--Irish Genealogical Resources at Allen > CountyPublic Library > > Steve Myers--Main Library, Third Floor, Board Room > > Saturday, October 15th, 1-3P--Beginning Your Genealogy > > Margery Graham/ACGSI Program--Main Library, Second Floor, Room 244 > > Monday, October 17th, 10-11A--Using* *HeritageQuestOnline.com > > Elaine Kuhn--Main Library Training Room, Room 330 > > Monday, October 17th, 10A-12N--Preparing for a Research Trip to Salt Lake > City > > Dawne Slater-Putt/ACGSI Program--Main Library, Second Floor, Room 244 > > Wednesday, October 19th, 7-9P--Computer Interest Group Meeting > > ACGSI Program--Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane > > Friday, October 21st, 10-11A--Using HeritageQuestOnline.com > > Elaine Kuhn--Main Library Training Room, Room 330 > > Friday, October 21st, 10-11:30A--Creating Memories for Your > Family--Beginning Your Family History > > D. O. McComb & Sons program including Curt Witcher--Holiday Inn Downtown Ft. > Wayne > > *Pre-registration required: 426-9494* > > Saturday, October 22nd, 10A-12N--Starting to Write Your Family History > > Ryan Taylor--Main Library, Second Floor, Room 244 > > Saturday, October 22nd, 2-5P--Beginning and Scrapbooking Your Family > History > > Ryan Taylor & Dena Williamson--Holy Cross Lutheran Church > > *Pre-registration required: 483-3173* > > Monday, October 24th, 10-11A--Effective Use of the Library Catalog** > > Ryan Taylor--Main Library Training Room, Room 330 > > Wednesday, October 26th, 9A-5P--One-on-One Irish Problem Solving > > Steve Myers--Historical Genealogy Department Reading Room > > Thursday, October 27th, 11A-12N--Finding Female Ancestors > > Amy Johnson Crow--Main Library, Second Floor, Room 244 > > Friday, October 28th, 6P-12M--Extended Research Hours!** > > Must be in the library before 6P--Historical Genealogy Department > > Saturday, October 29th, 10-11A--The Importance of Your Family Health > History > > Main Library, Second Floor, Room 244 > > Monday, October 31st, 10-11A--Using Ancestry.com <http://Ancestry.com> > > Don Litzer--Main Library Training Room, Room 330 > > *************************************** > DRIVING DIRECTIONS TO THE LIBRARY > > *************************************** > > Wondering how to get to the library? Our exciting transition location is 200 > E. Berry, Fort Wayne, Indiana. We will be at this location until late 2006. We > would enjoy having you visit the Genealogy Department. > > To get directions from your exact location to 200 E. Berry, Fort Wayne, > Indiana, visit this link at MapQuest: > > http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&countryid=250&addtohistory=&searchtab=address&searchtype=address&address=200+E+Berry+St&city=Fort+Wayne&state=IN&zipcode=46802-2706&search=++Search++&finditform=1 > From the South > > Exit Interstate 69 at exit 102. Drive east on Jefferson Blvd. into downtown. > Turn left on Barr Street to Berry Street. The library is located on the > corner of Berry and Barr Streets. > > From the North > > Exit Interstate 69 at exit 112. Drive south on Coldwater Road, which merges > into Clinton Street. Continue south on Clinton, the library will be on your > left when you cross Berry Street. > > From the West > > Using US 30: > > Drive into town on US 30. US 30 turns into Goshen Road. Coming up to an > angled street (State Street.) make an angled left turn. Turn right on Wells > Street. Go south on Wells to Wayne Street. Left on Wayne Street. When you > cross Clinton, the library will be on your left on Wayne Street. > > Using US 24: > > After crossing under Interstate 69, follow the same directions as from the > South. > > From the East > > Follow US 30/then 930 into and through New Haven, under an overpass into > downtown Fort Wayne. You will be on Washington Blvd. when you get into > downtown. Turn right on Barr Street. Turn left on Berry Street. The library > is on your left on Berry Street. > > *************************************** > PARKING AT THE LIBRARY > > *************************************** > > Lot in front of the library, east side > > Available for short-term library parking. Limited to one hour. > > Tippman Parking Garage > > Clinton and Wayne Streets. Across from the library, however the skybridge is > NOT accessible. Hourly parking, $1.25 per hour up to a maximum of $5.00 per > day. > > Park Place Lot > > Covered parking on Barr Street at Main Street. This lot is one block away > from the library. Hourly parking Monday through Friday, 9am to 6pm. > > Street (metered) parking on Wayne Street and Berry Street. > > On the street you plug the meters 8am – 5pm, weekdays only. It is free to > park on the street after 5pm and on the weekends. > > Visitor center/Grand Wayne center > > Covered parking at Washington and Clinton Streets. This is the Hilton Hotel > parking lot that also serves as a day parking garage. For hourly parking, > 7am – 11 pm, charges are .50 for the first 45 minutes, then $1.00 per > hour. 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The Huron Co. Chapter, OGS, will meet on Monday, Sept 26 at the Senior Enrichment Center, Shady Lane Dr. (street along side of hospital which is off of Benedict Ave.) Norwalk, Ohio at 7:30 p.m.     Our guest speaker will be Diane Gagel, President of OGS.  Her topic will be "Searching for Lost Children: Researching Children's home, Infirmaries, and Indentures".   Thank you,   Mary Carabin Program Chairman

The info below was sent to me and thought you'd be interested: Richelle The following has been going around on other genealogy lists Interesting article about how LDS plans to put all their microfilmed data on line for free. Would obviously take a lot of time but would use volunteers worldwide. http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,605153189,00.html

Thanks for the input, Patricia. I wondered if "ni" might be a legal term. A genealogist at a state archives in another state told me that she has seen exceptions to the three year span between declaration of intent and naturalization under special circumstances. Perhaps a shorter time was allowed when the individual had already been in the USA at least five years before filing the declaration of intent? Jean

I wondered if "ni" might be a legal term. Could be. If you google the word, you might find out more. I think you're right about a person being in the country a while before they file the declaration--if memory serves me, that's what the posting I read said. Patricia [email protected] wrote: Thanks for the input, Patricia. I wondered if "ni" might be a legal term. A genealogist at a state archives in another state told me that she has seen exceptions to the three year span between declaration of intent and naturalization under special circumstances. Perhaps a shorter time was allowed when the individual had already been in the USA at least five years before filing the declaration of intent? Jean ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHLORAIN mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning born of the one light, eden saw play praise with elation, praise every morning god's recreation of the new day Morning has broken as sung by Cat Stevens

Hi Jean, Ni, according to Wesbster's 3rd International edition, is an abbreviation for night. However, when I was a child, it was used in a sentence such as "They've been living here, ni 50 years." In this usage, I believe it to mean "around," "about" or "near to," or "coming up on." In fact, now that I think about it, the memory is from watching western movies as a kid! So with the use "ni, 1871" the person giving this information probably didn't know, or didn't remeber the date, and possibly not even the right year, so they stated "ni, 1871" which probably meant "near 1871, or sometime in the year of 1871." Having said all that, I would guess that is why "date of" is crossed out. Also, it was not unusual for the 3 yeaar period to be shortened, and in the case of you g-grandfather, who seemed uncertain of his arrival date, they may have just let it slide. (This is really a guess on my part, but I do remember reading on one of these boards, that the 3 years was not always observed.) My best, Patricia [email protected] wrote: I recently located the Declaration of Intent of my g-grandfather filed at Lorain County Probate Court on November 1, 1876. However, I need help with two questions now. First Question: If he filed the Declaration of Intent on 1 November 1876, then how could he be Naturalized on 1 November 1878? I thought three years were required between these two filings. Second question: On the Decl. of Intent, the section indicating the date he emigrated is blank. The next phrase reads: "and arriving at the United States - on the - "(these 2 words were crossed out and space left blank) - "day of" - (these 2 words were crossed out. Blank space merely said "ni, 1871." Does anyone know what "ni" stands for? Has anyone seen this before? Thanks in advance. I'm again ready to learn something new! Jean ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHLORAIN mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning born of the one light, eden saw play praise with elation, praise every morning god's recreation of the new day Morning has broken as sung by Cat Stevens

I recently located the Declaration of Intent of my g-grandfather filed at Lorain County Probate Court on November 1, 1876. However, I need help with two questions now. First Question: If he filed the Declaration of Intent on 1 November 1876, then how could he be Naturalized on 1 November 1878? I thought three years were required between these two filings. Second question: On the Decl. of Intent, the section indicating the date he emigrated is blank. The next phrase reads: "and arriving at the United States - on the - "(these 2 words were crossed out and space left blank) - "day of" - (these 2 words were crossed out. Blank space merely said "ni, 1871." Does anyone know what "ni" stands for? Has anyone seen this before? Thanks in advance. I'm again ready to learn something new! Jean