For many of you that may be wondering about the recent "roll call" and Joyce Tice's request that it stop for now - - be aware that this unauthorized roll call was started by Roland Elliott, a mail list subscriber, who has been banished - - more than once, and perhaps finally from the list, - - for his inappropriate behavior and postings over the years. I don't know Roland, have never met him, and in fact, when asked a year or so ago if he should be allowed back on the list, I voted for putting him BACK on the list. At that time, I felt that most of his inappropriate postings were (1) either amusing, or (2) that I wasn't thin-skinned enough to let them bother me and it was easy to use my delete key. However, I now realize how much havoc this causes for Joyce in terms of (1) confusion for the rest of the subscribers, and (2) having to deal with emails from other folks who object to his postings. So, Roland has once again been removed from the list and I would not vote for his ! return in the future - - solely because he adds to Joyce's workload - - and that is not acceptable. Sorry, Roland - - you've been given more chances than my mother ever gave me to straighten up and fly right - - and she was pretty generous. It also bears repeating at this time - - Joyce's site is a gift to all of us - - a huge, huge gift - - and absolutely free! Have you yet to find another site that offers the depth and quantity of information she has managed to pull together over the years? In that sense, we are all welcome to make tactful suggestions, constructive comments, and reasonable requests to and of Joyce - - but we do not have the right to criticize her decisions or the way she manages the site or the mail list. You do have the right to unsubscribe from the list - - or not to use the site. I know that Joyce agonizes over trying to please everyone - - and tries to make the site and the list what the majority of the folks want it to be. You'd have to " walk a mile in her shoes" for at least a month or two to even begin to know what's involved in the work that she does. But we all know we can't please all of the people all of the time - - it's not gonna happen. Joyce, and Joyce only, calls for and announces the surname blitzes on a quarterly basis - - there are reasons for this - - which you can read about if you search the archives. (And Roland, I'm sure, was FULLY aware of this.) I know, I know - -- it's not like that on every list - - but every list owner has the right to make the rules and manage their list as they see fit. We can't possibly know all the why's and wherefore's that go into making these decisions - - and I don't personally need to know all of them. All I need to do is look at Joyce's site and know that there must be a very generous, committed, and knowledgeable individual behind it - - and that person must certainly be making decisions in the best interest of the site and list. I'll get off my soapbox now. I wish all of you much success and pleasure in your family research ! Sue Perry Ann Arbor, MI

I am interested in the family of Isaac Fuller who settled in Bradford County before 1800. His children lived there after him. Thanks, Forrest L. Fuller ([email protected]) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

I'm sure the outlaws (me included) who thoughtlessly participated in the unauthorized blitz are feeling properly reprimanded. Can we apologize to Joyce, and the list members who were understandably annoyed by it, by making sure (at a leisurely pace so as not to overwhelm the system) that our surnames are all properly posted at the site? This is a great list, and the Tri-Counties site really is the best genealogy site on the web. -- Ann Sullivan

I am looking for KEENER in Athens Twp. -- Joanie Keener Rancho Cordova, CA Researching Kwalik, Smolen, Michalski, Czyzowicz, Hanus, Pukalski, Sypniewska, Kotewicz, Osicka, Keener, Austin, Eddy, Vernooy, Hill, Burdick, Carr, Swartwout, Wilde, Marshall, McIntyre, Hayward, Bower, Edget to name a few.

My surnames are as follows: WHITE, MENCH, (MINCH), HOWLAND, HASBROUCK, ACLA, BARNES, HYDECKER, (HIDECKER), HOYT, ROOT, MOCK, HOOVER, CARL and JENKINS. Jean Corkins (in Colorado)

My Wilcox family is that of ELISHA WILCOX, born about 1735, probably CT, he was the father of Stephen & Nancy Wilcox. Nancy married Stephen Strickland, and lived in what is now Bradford county....her family moved there before 1788. Doris....A Texan in Georgia..... Still shaking the family tree and dodging the nuts after 30+ years! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arlene O'Connor" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 1:56 PM Subject: [Tri-Counties] About the Wilcox's My line of Wilcox's come from the Ridgebury Township area. I'm working as fast as my fingers can type to imput all the information I have in a book onto my Family Tree Maker and then up to my webpage. If you have any wilcox names you're looking for hopefully with some dates to make my search a little easier, let me know and I'll tell you if I spot anything in this book. Arlene O'Connor ==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== Your family and historical materials are needed to make the Tri-Counties site grow at http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.386 / Virus Database: 218 - Release Date: 9/9/2002

Researching James D. Farrell (1817-1912)and Catherine O'Farrell (1822-1909)Farrell and offshoot lines of Sexton, Dunn, Dodd, McMullen, Veile, Drake, Whalen, Sullivan, Miles, Holloway, McDonald, Rohe, Rohay or Rohey, Foust, Lemmer Kathleen Farrell Osgood [email protected]

My line of Wilcox's come from the Ridgebury Township area. I'm working as fast as my fingers can type to imput all the information I have in a book onto my Family Tree Maker and then up to my webpage. If you have any wilcox names you're looking for hopefully with some dates to make my search a little easier, let me know and I'll tell you if I spot anything in this book. Arlene O'Connor

Hi All, I will consider it a great kindness if we can stop the unauthorized and unannounced surname blitz immediately. As you all know from the What's New page on the site, I am in the middle of a move and do not have time to deal with a surname blitz at this time. At Tri-Counties we recognize queries and surname listings as a very valuable research and communication tool. For that reason we put them on the site's query pages where they can receive the long term and higher volume exposure they deserve. They are too valuable for a brief second on the maillist only. Surname blitzes are announced in advance, so that those who do not want them can unsubscribe for the duration. We believe that services should be available to us when we want them as in the query system and What's New page on the site, rather than intruded on us as with the mail list. I am very overwhelmed at this time with my move and just don't have the time to pass these on for inclusion on the site as they deserve. We believe that for a county or regional site which is not well developed, using the mail list as a substitute is reasonable. In the case of Tri-Counties the query system and the periodic surname blitzes on the mail list are the way we organize it and keep this very large mail list from being overwhelmed. Queries submitted via the usual route on the site are included on the site within a matter of days, so a delay in the surname blitz in no way deters or delays your research. Starting a year ago I ceased to use the mail list to announce new pages on the site and chose instead to keep the What's New page updated so that you can all have that information at your own convenience when you want it. The quarterly surname blitz is indeed a little late due to my unexpected move - details on the What's New page. I ask that you return the kindness of having this great site available by doing me the kindness of putting this surname blitz on the mail list off until I can preannounce it and organize it and deal with it as it should be. If you have a response to his message please sent it to me personally only and not to the mail list. Keep in mind that even answering those responses is probably more than I really have time for at this time, so you might want to write me in a week or two when things will have settled a little better. While many of you like the surname blitzes, others of you do not. I try to satisfy as many of you as possible, but full satisfaction will never be possible. I will announce the next surname blitz when both myself and the person who maintains the query pages for me have the capacity. I told myself at the beginning that I could handle this move if the truck did not break down or the mail list get stirred up. The truck has had only one repair required and I am sure the mail list will quiet down until I can handle it as it should be. The movers will be here on Tuesday for the big stuff and there will be an end to this by October. Thanks for your compliance. Joyce M. Tice <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm">Tri-Counties Genealogy & History</A> http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm

Hello to the Tri-Counties Mail List, Joyce Tice, your host for this mail list and the wonderful web site, is in the middle of moving this weekend and only has limited email access. She has asked me to post this note to the mail list to please request that everyone STOP the "Roll Call" / "Surname Listing". She has one of her quarterly calls for "Who are you researching" coming up, an asks that you wait for that announcement. Joyce apologizes that because of her moving she was not aware that someone had initiated this roll call, and would have immediately asked for it to be stopped. She will put further information out to this list when she is back at her main computer location. You fellow Bradford County researcher, Bill Klauk Volunteer County Coordinator, USGenWeb site, Erie Co (PA)

Where is the source of the Surname Blitz. How can I get to the supposed request? Thank you. Drake Porter

Elizabeth COLE, b. Sep. 17, 1807 Horseshead, New York d. Jan. 1, 1871 Mecosta Co. Michigan Wanda Hinojosa

Joyce had this set up so that the surnames went in the subject line. It is much easier for everyone that way. I don't remember Joyce calling for a roll call! This is probably the best list on rootsweb. Please, let's not destroy it! Mimi Hayes

I am searching for Andrews, Leach, Mead, Heacock in Tioga Co. also Shaw, Grimes, Maring/Mehring and Wilhelm. Helena Howard

Where were they in 1850? Pat Wainwright of Chemung Co. On Sat, 14 Sep 2002 02:05:36 EDT [email protected] writes: > Still looking for my maternal gr-gr-grandparents Jedediah Carpenter > and his > wife Sara Burley (Burleigh) Carpenter. Last know whereabouts is 1850 > Census > where Jedediah is listed as living in the household of my paternal > gr-gr-grandfather Silas Howard and his wife, Elizabeth A. Howard > (nee > Carpenter), with his two younger children. Unknown what happened to > Sarah or > where she and Jedediah are buried. Unknown what happened to > Jedediah--historians don't agree on place or year of death. > > Judy Neu > Springwater, NY > > > ==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== > Visit the Tri-Counties site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm > >

In Bradford County: STRICKLAND, WILCOX, BAGLEY, MILES, RUNNELLS, GRIFFIN, STREETER Doris....A Texan in Georgia..... Still shaking the family tree and dodging the nuts after 30+ years! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.386 / Virus Database: 218 - Release Date: 9/9/2002

My surnames are Jonathan Dallas Miller ,AsahelCulver, Fanny (Beebe) Culver

Hi, My surnames relate to an English (Kent) family that immigrated in the 1830s: SNOAD, COVENEY, and VIDEAN. Then by marriage: SAMSON, ROGERS, SLINGERLAND, DECKER, SHUART, EVERTS and HARRIS. Two SNOAD men soon left for Will County IL, but one remained as did COVENEY AND VIDEAN. I've lost the thread of almost all. Regards, Barbara Lewis 10918 Sunshine Dr Littleton, CO 80125

I am looking for the current location of Ulster, Luzerne County in 1800. There is a family list as John Drone living near Thomas Parks. Later Thomas Parks and William Drown went into Litchfield in Bradford County. I am wondering if this Ulster is the same area that is Ulster in Bradford County, today. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines

Still looking for my maternal gr-gr-grandparents Jedediah Carpenter and his wife Sara Burley (Burleigh) Carpenter. Last know whereabouts is 1850 Census where Jedediah is listed as living in the household of my paternal gr-gr-grandfather Silas Howard and his wife, Elizabeth A. Howard (nee Carpenter), with his two younger children. Unknown what happened to Sarah or where she and Jedediah are buried. Unknown what happened to Jedediah--historians don't agree on place or year of death. Judy Neu Springwater, NY