I don't really have the time to respond more than a short comment at the moment, but I find it so curious that my Archibald family came from the same parts of the U.S. as this Archer family and moved on to Ks. as well. Shirla Archibald Klenk > OHWASHIN-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 302 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [OHWASH] Addenda to my Index of my [garcher@wdn.com] > > Administrivia: > Welcome to the Washington County, Ohio e-mail list in Digest form. the > primary purpose of this list is genealogy. Please try to keep the primary > purpose of your messages keyed to the subject of genealogy. Please: > 1. No Spam > 2. No Sales - without clearing it with the listowner first. > 3. Be polite and we can maintain a nice list. > 4. No Virus or Hoax messages - without clearing it first. > 5. Corrections of other listmembers are not to be addressed to the list. > Address such suggestions to the listowner and any corrections or reprimands > will be handled by the listowner. > > Thanks to all our listmembers, we have a wonderful list and have made some > great contacts with new "cuzzins". Let's keep it that way. > > > To unsubscribe from OHWASHIN-D, send a message to > > OHWASHIN-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To write to the > listkeeper for this list, just mail to mdmcounty@aol.com. > > > > To contact the list administrator, send mail to > OHWASHIN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > ______________________________ > From: garcher@wdn.com > Date: Monday, December 1, 2003 7:50 PM > To: OHWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [OHWASH] Addenda to my Index of my Index of M.B. Archer's book > > MOf interest to descendants of: > > James Archer c. 1747- c. 1830 (son of Patrick Archer c. 1717- c. 1793) > of Frederick Co., MD, Greene Co., PA and Monroe/Noble Cos., OH > > Available for download from: http://wdn.com/~garcher/DOWNLOAD.HTM > (case sesiitive - write the URL exactly as above) > > The URL gives you options for downloads in several file formats that can > be read using WordPad without other software: *.RTF, *.TXT, and *.DOC (MS > Word 6/7). > > Also included is WordPerfect 5.1 (DOS) as a *.WPD file that must be saved > using <file>, <save as> after it loads in a Windows browser) > > You can also read the file online or can download all 5 file formatted > copies as a PKZIP compressed file and work with any of the files offline > with two options: > > 1. Compressed as *.zip (you need PKZIP or WinZiP to unpack it) > 2. Compressed as a *.exe file - Use "RUN" from Windows; no other software > needed. > > This is my 2003 Addenda to my 1976 Index to : > > "The Genealogical History of the Archer Family" > by M.B. Archer, F.J. Heer Co., Columbus, 1919. > > This 100 pp. book was compiled by Martin B. Archer (1860-1924), a former > Noble Co., OH Probate Judge and Ohio State Senator based on extensive > interviews of and letter correspondence with his near and distant relatives > in Noble Co., OH; Wood and Jackson Cos., WV, Swift Co., MN, and Norton Co., > KS during the period 1890-1918. > > My addenda is based on 30 years of records verification of the data in > M.B. Archer's book. I have avoided using any secondary sources, such as > L.H. Watkins' 1887, "History of Noble County" preferring primary and family > sources who personally knew the principals they described. I believe this > material will be new to Archer family researchers. I have much more > genealogical material on many of the families mentioned in this book and > will be happy to exchange information with researchers whether they have a > copy of the book or not. > > The book and my Index with the 1976 errata and addenda are in many > genealogical libraries around the United States. > > A reprint of the 1919 book is available from: > > Higginson Book, Co., 148 Washington St., PO Box 778, Salem, MA 01970; > 978-745-7170; http://www.higginsonbooks.com (higginsn@cove.com). > > The 1976 Index is available from Higgenson separately from the book. > > (Disclaimer: I have no financial interest in Higgenson's products or the > 1976 Index.) > > The 1919 book without the index is also available as a microfilm copy: > > Library of Congress Microfilming Division as a copy of the original which > has been retired from circulation as it was too brittle: :LC Call No.: > CS71.A67 1919; Microfilm 74737 CS; Control No.:9711430. > > My 2003 ADDENDA DOES NOT INCLUDE THE COMPLETE INDEX. > IT IS ONLY A 2003 ADDENDA TO THE INDEX > > What is included in this 2003 Addenda: > > 1. Martin B. Archer's unpublished additions and corrections > > 2. Corrections of typos and printer's errors > > 3. Correction of misleading spelling of names > > 4. Some comments on name variants of French and German names that will aid > in records searches. > > > If you have problems downloading or opening the file(s), email me: > > garcher@wdn.com > > George W. Archer > (Simon,Stephen,Stephen,Nathan,James,Patrick) > > List Administrator of ARCHER-L, the Archer surname mail list. > To subscribe or unsubscribe to/from the Mailing List, > send a plain text e-mail message with only the word SUBSCRIBE (or > UNSUBSCRIBE) in the message body and the subject line to: > ARCHER-L-request@rootsweb.com (for mail mode) or to: > ARCHER-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >