Jim, post them to the Bucks County Board at Rootsweb which allows attachments. That way, they'll always be there, and anyone can download them if they want. Eileen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Walter" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 10:08 AM Subject: [PABUCKS] Need Posting suggestion > Hi Folks : > I have scanned a few old deeds , wills and photos of my family (King) and > a > mystery civil war soldier from Durham . > These scans even zipped are too big to conveniently e-mail to everyone who > wants copies . > What's a good way to deal with this ? > Is anyone related to a civil war soldier from Durham ? He is probably one > of the miners as the photo was found behind > a mantle in the last remaining mine worker house along Cooks Creek across > from the limestone quarry . > Cheers > Jim Walter > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 1:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: PABUCKS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 12 > > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Yardley's ([email protected]) > 2. CLAIRE-CLARA DE NORMANDIE, bp. 1761 Philly, m. THOMAS > KIRKBRIDE BILES - info? ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:02:12 EST > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PABUCKS] Yardley's > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I have tried in the past to see if I could tie in to Isaac White and have > been unable to. My James White married Hannah Yardley. I know her parents > (Richard), grandparents (Richard), but not his. We believe it was John > White > who > had several sons, but have not been able to find positive proof. John > White > lived in Lower Makefield Township (near Yardley). Supposedly James died in > 1812, > probably buried in the Slate Hill Cemetery (again no proof, but one of his > daughters, Lucilla White Cook and her children are buried there). His sons > George and Samuel moved to Ohio about 1830. Had sisters one who married > Mitchell > lived in Miami Co Ohio. One married a Scott. Lived in Champaign Co. Ohio. > Hannah moved to Miami Co Ohio a few years after her sons and died just a > few > years later..in the 1830s. Mike Daley > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:21:09 EST > From: [email protected] > Subject: [PABUCKS] CLAIRE-CLARA DE NORMANDIE, bp. 1761 Philly, m. > THOMAS KIRKBRIDE BILES - info? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > CLAIRE/CLARA DE NORMANDIE was the sister of SARAH (DE NORMANDIE) > ABERCROMBIE > who was my 4-great grandmother & wife of JOHN JOSEPH ABERCROMBIE, SR. > > I found these items yesterday and wonder if anyone might have anything on > THOMAS KIRKBRIDE BILES who d. 1821? This DE NORMANDIE family was very > prominent > in Bucks County, the emigrant was ANDRE DE NORMANDIE who was connected to > FREDERICK THE GREAT, according to item found yesterday in GOOGLE BOOK > search. > See item below. I am expecting more on ERNESTINE and her mother's line > (incl. ANDRE-ANDREW DE NORMANDIE) from the National Genealogy Society > located in > Virginia soon. > ============================= > IGI Individual Record FamilySearch? International Genealogical Index v5.0 > North America > CLAIRE <DENORMANDIE> Female > Christening: 28 DEC 1761 Christ Church And Saint Peters, Philadelphia, > Philadelphia, Pennsylvania > Father: ANTHONY DENORMANDIE > Mother: MARY DENORMANDIE > Messages: Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed > in > the record. > Source Information:Type: C725888 1750 - 1762 1490578 > ====================================== > OneWorldTreeSM > Name: Clara Denormandie > Birth: 5 Dec 1761 > Parents: Anthony Denormandie, Mary Hall > Spouse: Thomas Kirkbride Biles Died: 1821 > > Children: > > Thomas Biles M > Charles Biles M > William Biles M > James Biles M > Hannah Biles F > Charles Biles M > ================================== > The History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the > Delaware > to the Present Time > By William Watts Hart Davis Published 1876 Democrat Book and Job Office > Print 875 pages > > Page 344. & 345. > > The DE NORMANDIES were a princely family of France, holding feudal tenures > in > Champagne from the earliest times, the heads of the house being the lords > de > la Motte. In 1460 GIULLIAUME DE NORMANDIE was made royal governor of > Noyon > in > Picardy, and founded the chapel of ST. CLAIRE in the church of ST. MARTIN. > He married a DE ROYE, princess in her own right, and daughter of the lord > of > DE > MAILLY D'AISILLY and MONTESCOURT. > >>From GIULLIAUME DE NORMAMDIE descended LAURENT DE NORMANDIE, the warm > friend > and supporter of CALVIN, and the executor of his will, who fled to Geneva, > and, as did his sons after him, filled some of the highest offices in that > republic. > >>From LAURENT came JEAN DE NORMANDIE, one of the deputies sent in 1603 to > conclude a treaty of peace with the prince of Savoy, and from JEAN came > JOSEPH, > named after his uncle and godfather, the celebrated DUC DE LA TREMOUILLE. > > These were all counsellors of state and syndies of Geneva, as was MICHAEL, > the son of JOSEPH. > >>From MICHAEL came ANDRE DE NORMANDIE, the confidential agent and >>lieutenant > of FREDERICK THE GREAT at Neufchatel. In his old age this ANDRE DE > NORMANDIE, > born at Geneva in 1651, came to America in 1706, with his two sons, JOHN > ABRAM > and JOHN ANTHONY, and settled at Bristol, where he died in 1724. > > Of his sons, JOHN ABRAM, in 1688, and JOHN ANTHONY, in 1693, married > HENRIETTA ELIZABETH, and MARY, daughters of DOCTOR FRANCIS GANDONET. The > former died > at Bristol in 1757, and the latter in 1748. > > The remains of father and sons repose in SAINT JAMES' church-yard. The > children of the two sons married into the familes of BARD, of Burlington, > and > ANDERSON, whose whereabouts is not known. Some of the DE NORMANDIES sided > with > England in the Revolutionary struggle and got into trouble, while with > others > WASHINGTON was on terms of warm friendship. The families were valuable > citizens > in the church and ont of it. Some of them were physicians and men of > science > and culture, and they owned considerable real estate in the county. > > DOCTOR JAMES DE NORMANDIE, a physician with large practice in PENN's > manor, > was the last of the family to leave the county, and settled in Ohio about > thirty-five years ago. His son JAMES is now a clergyman of the Episcopal > church at > Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The father married a sister of SAMUEL YARDLEY, > formerly of Doylestown. Late in life DOCTOR JOHN ABRAM went to Geneva to > claim > property left him and his cousin, by an old nobleman. He there met > VOLTAIRE, > who was so pleased with his society that he made some preparation to > return > with him and lay his bones here. The doctor brought home a miniature > given > him > by VOLTAIRE, which is yet owned by the descendants of the family. > ARTHUR > SANDS of Trenton, is a descendant of the DE NORMANDIES. > ======================================================== > Jacqueline Sleeper Russell > website: > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=jacquelinesr > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the PABUCKS list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the PABUCKS mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of PABUCKS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 12 > ************************************** > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >