Hi! There was no Cameron County in 1849, nor is there a Burnside Township in the county. In 1849 I believe Driftwood, Gibson Township would have been in Elk County. Where are you seeing Driftwood and Drifting in the same map? Driftwood has been Driftwood since at least 1795, except for a brief period when it was called Second Fork. Hope that helps! Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 4:06 PM Subject: [PA-CAMERON] Re: PACLEARF-D Digest V04 #55 > I've spent the morning researching KING family, specifically the birthplace > of ggram Mary F HERSHEY, b. 1849, variously listed as in Cameron, Clearfield, > and/or Centre Counties. The problem is Driftwood, Burnside Tshp and Drifting, > Gulich Tshp. I have papers showing both places. > > In an obit for Andrew Jackson Hershey, it is stated that he married the Widow > KING FISKE in 1860. It is also stated that the Widow had a 10 year old > daughter. This would be my Mary, who apparently subsequently took A.J.'s surname. > > I've been to the archives and can't find a timeline for definite changes of > the name, if there was one. Both Driftwood and Drifting appear to be in the > same place on maps. Was there a name change at some point in time? > > Anyone have knowledge of this area, or any ideas. > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > List your surnames in the Queries section of the Site to get the full benefit of what there is to offer. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero >
Well, you know many of us must be related, we're looking for the same names! If I wrote all the names of the descendant lines of Andrew Overturf it would take too long @:>). I so wish I lived closer to come to your meetings - getting there from Colorado would be a trick. My main lines: Overturf (Overdorff) and the lines his children married into: Shepard Dent Mix Jordan Lauren Brantner Donna Gigliotti wrote: >Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] Roll Call - Jordan, Hicks, Farley, Haines/Hanes, >Brown Glover > > > > >>Names I am researching in Cameron County: >>Jordan >>Hicks >>Farley >>(many of Mike's) >>Also: >>Hanes/Haines >>Brown >>Glover >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Mike" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 6:23 PM >>Subject: [PA-CAMERON] Roll Call - Wennin, Gore, Clontz, Kuppelweiser, >>Jordan, Barr >> >> >> >> >>>The names I am researching in Cameron County are: >>> >>>WENNIN >>>GORE >>>CLONTZ >>>KUPPELWEISER >>>JORDAN >>>BARR >>> >>> >>>Mike Wennin >>>Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! >>>http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero >>> >>> >> >> > > > >==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== >Celebrating Our 4th Year! Come check us out! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero > > > > >
I've spent the morning researching KING family, specifically the birthplace of ggram Mary F HERSHEY, b. 1849, variously listed as in Cameron, Clearfield, and/or Centre Counties. The problem is Driftwood, Burnside Tshp and Drifting, Gulich Tshp. I have papers showing both places. In an obit for Andrew Jackson Hershey, it is stated that he married the Widow KING FISKE in 1860. It is also stated that the Widow had a 10 year old daughter. This would be my Mary, who apparently subsequently took A.J.'s surname. I've been to the archives and can't find a timeline for definite changes of the name, if there was one. Both Driftwood and Drifting appear to be in the same place on maps. Was there a name change at some point in time? Anyone have knowledge of this area, or any ideas.
Hi Mike, I'm not sure if it was discussed on this list before but I just ran across a bookmarked site that tells the story of the old graves found on the Tom Mix Birth Place property near Driftwood a while back. They are the graves of William Lane and Sarah Smith and the story is very interesting and tell how strange thing are stumbled upon in our good ole Genealogy searches. I'm sure the rest of the list would probably all be interested in reading it and I'm sure there are some on the list who are descendants of these two. Have fun and Enjoy! Pete Bennett http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/genealogy/williamlane.htm Send ALL mail to: [email protected] Visit my "All American" Home Page at: http://members.fortunecity.com/petee77/ Chat with me I'm "Petee" on Microsoft Messenger _________________________________________________________________ Watch LIVE baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN Premium! http://join.msn.com/?page=features/mlb&pgmarket=en-us/go/onm00200439ave/direct/01/
Thanks Pete! I have that linked on the Cemetery page - Lane Stones Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Bennett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 9:16 PM Subject: [PA-CAMERON] William Lane & Sarah Smith graves > Hi Mike, > I'm not sure if it was discussed on this list before but I just ran across a > bookmarked site that tells the story of the old graves found on the Tom Mix > Birth Place property near Driftwood a while back. > They are the graves of William Lane and Sarah Smith and the story is very > interesting and tell how strange thing are stumbled upon in our good ole > Genealogy searches. > > I'm sure the rest of the list would probably all be interested in reading it > and I'm sure there are some on the list who are descendants of these two. > Have fun and Enjoy! > Pete Bennett > > http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/genealogy/williamlane.htm > > > > Send ALL mail to: [email protected] > > Visit my "All American" Home Page at: > http://members.fortunecity.com/petee77/ > > Chat with me I'm "Petee" on Microsoft Messenger > > _________________________________________________________________ > Watch LIVE baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN > Premium! > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/mlb&pgmarket=en-us/go/onm00200439ave/dire ct/01/ > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > List your surnames in the Queries section of the Site to get the full benefit of what there is to offer. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero >
I don't think that the value of the mailing list rests on its frequency but more on its content. I think the Cameron County email list is filled with important information. Cameron County is such a young county that the hunt for information usually leads to another county. I have also subscribed to various surname lists and they too die out after the exchange of data gets exhausted...but someone usually finds something exciting and start going strong again. Don't lose hope! Wendy >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: PACAMERO-D Digest V04 #73 >Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 06:31:20 -0600 > >Content-Type: text/plain > >PACAMERO-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 73 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [PA-CAMERON] Email List ["Mike" <[email protected]>] > #2 RE: [PA-CAMERON] Email List ["Pete Bennett" ><[email protected]] > #3 Re: [PA-CAMERON] Email List [[email protected]] > #4 Re: [PA-CAMERON] Email List [[email protected]] > #5 Re: [PA-CAMERON] Email List ["Pete Bennett" ><[email protected]] > #6 RE: [SPAM] [PA-CAMERON] Email List ["Matthew T. Hout" ><[email protected]] > #7 Re: [PA-CAMERON] Email List ["Marolyn Cole" ><[email protected]] > #8 [PA-CAMERON] e-mail list ["David, Nancie & Michael >Anderson"] > #9 [PA-CAMERON] Where else could they ["Matthew T. Hout" ><[email protected]] > #10 [PA-CAMERON] Email List ["Shelley or Larry Woods" ><[email protected]] > #11 Re: [PA-CAMERON] e-mail list ["Sue Bemiller" ><[email protected]] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from PACAMERO-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > >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. > >______________________________ >X-Message: #1 >Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 10:37:00 -0500 >From: "Mike" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: [PA-CAMERON] Email List >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >There has been some talk on one of the State Coordinator lists about how >dead the county email lists are. I know I am subscribed to about 7 of them >in 3 states and they are all dead. > >Even Cameron County which was never all that busy, has been dead of late. > >Someone suggested to ask for input to see if we could figure out what is >going on. > >Are you no longer using the email lists as part of your research? > >Are the recent virus' effecting the way you use emails? > >Any other reasons? > >Is there anything you would like to see done differently? > >I know that in my personal experience, the Email lists were the main source >of finding information about my family lines and the most useful source of >information in breaking through brick walls. Now I see email lists that >once >generated 20-30 emails a day are now down to 1 post every two weeks. > >Your comments would be appreciated and useful. > >Mike Wennin >Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero > >______________________________ >X-Message: #2 >Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 16:24:42 +0000 >From: "Pete Bennett" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [PA-CAMERON] Email List >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > >Mike, >I certainly hope that Genealogy its self is not dead......wouldn't that be >something to know that it is as dead as the people we're searching for! >lol > Pete > > > >Send ALL mail to: [email protected] > >Visit my "All American" Home Page at: >http://members.fortunecity.com/petee77/ > >Chat with me I'm "Petee" on Microsoft Messenger > > > > > > > > > >From: "Mike" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: "Mike" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [PA-CAMERON] Email List >Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 10:37:00 -0500 > >There has been some talk on one of the State Coordinator lists about how >dead the county email lists are. I know I am subscribed to about 7 of them >in 3 states and they are all dead. > >Even Cameron County which was never all that busy, has been dead of late. > >Someone suggested to ask for input to see if we could figure out what is >going on. > >Are you no longer using the email lists as part of your research? > >Are the recent virus' effecting the way you use emails? > >Any other reasons? > >Is there anything you would like to see done differently? > >I know that in my personal experience, the Email lists were the main source >of finding information about my family lines and the most useful source of >information in breaking through brick walls. Now I see email lists that >once >generated 20-30 emails a day are now down to 1 post every two weeks. > >Your comments would be appreciated and useful. > >Mike Wennin >Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero > > > >==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== >Invite your family and friends to join us! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero > >_________________________________________________________________ >Tax headache? MSN Money provides relief with tax tips, tools, IRS forms and >more! http://moneycentral.msn.com/tax/workshop/welcome.asp > >______________________________ >X-Message: #3 >Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 11:53:48 EST >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] Email List >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >In a message dated 4/3/2004 10:35:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: >There has been some talk on one of the State Coordinator lists about how >dead the county email lists are. I know I am subscribed to about 7 of them >in 3 states and they are all dead. > >Even Cameron County which was never all that busy, has been dead of late. > >Someone suggested to ask for input to see if we could figure out what is >going on. > >I think that one of the reasons that the CC list is more active (and more >interesting!) than the others is that one replies automatically to the >whole >list, rather than the sender. On several other lists I have posted >questions and >get no reply. Other people probably figure that "somebody else" has >replied. >Replying to the whole list leads to interesting discussions. The lists I >subscribe to where one replies only to the sender are almost completely >dead. > >Perhaps the recent slow down also has to do with the weather improving?? > >Cathi > >______________________________ >X-Message: #4 >Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 12:37:03 EST >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] Email List >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >Hi all - > >I love this list, and I think it's VERY active and has been much help. I >haven't been a subscriber all that long, and am wondering what it was like >if >it's seeming dead to some of you now!!! > >I am signed up on this list, and one for Cortland Co NY, and for Potter Co. >Cameron County is by far the most active, Cortland Co NY is semi-active, >and >Potter Co is dead and has always been judging by the archives (Mike Wennin >is >probably the most active submitter on that site too!). Cameron is the most >helpful. I did get responses from the messages I posted on Cortland, but >they >were very general replies -- hazy suggestions about looking at census >records, >etc. I think the reason the Cameron site is more helpful is because there >are >so many people enrolled on it. Many of them don't post a lot, but they are >there and do respond if something comes up that they know about. It would >also >be more dead if the site itself were not so active. Mike puts in a lot of >work, and it shows and is greatly appreciated! > >I use this board when I have a question. Most of my replies have come back >offline, and I think that is okay because my questions have been pretty >specific. I think sometimes that other people get tired of reading minute >details >about family trees that absolutely do not pertain to them. Of course, the >hard-core people like anything to do with genealogy, and sometimes there is >a >nugget of info in there that you wouldn't get in a private conversation, so >the >argument about public or private is really a personal argument..... >Everybody >does what they are most comfortable with. > >Maybe some of the problem is lack of advertising. Most of the sites have >only a menu choice for sign-up. If you're new to this, you probably don't >know >what the email list is -- I didn't for quite a while until somebody else >told >me about it and I signed up. And luckily, it was Cameron I was told about. >Had it been Potter Co, I probably would have continued thinking the email >list >was nothing....... > >So there's my opinion.....I'd hate to see this list go away!! >Laura Bent > >______________________________ >X-Message: #5 >Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 17:53:37 +0000 >From: "Pete Bennett" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] Email List >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > >Hi Laura, >Thanks for your comments, I think that our Cameron County List is like "One >Big Happy Family". Some of us have found that out to be true and that we >are >actually related. > >I belong to 4 lists(including(Potter) and this in my opinion is THE list to >be on! >Activity does make it all work though and I can see where there is, and >should be, call for concern. >If we don't participate we could loose it all. > > Don't lay back, add your comments, > Pete Bennett > > > >Send ALL mail to: [email protected] > >Visit my "All American" Home Page at: >http://members.fortunecity.com/petee77/ > >Chat with me I'm "Petee" on Microsoft Messenger > > > > > > > > > >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] Email List >Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 12:37:03 EST > >Hi all - > >I love this list, and I think it's VERY active and has been much help. I >haven't been a subscriber all that long, and am wondering what it was like >if >it's seeming dead to some of you now!!! > >I am signed up on this list, and one for Cortland Co NY, and for Potter Co. >Cameron County is by far the most active, Cortland Co NY is semi-active, >and >Potter Co is dead and has always been judging by the archives (Mike Wennin >is >probably the most active submitter on that site too!). Cameron is the most >helpful. I did get responses from the messages I posted on Cortland, but >they >were very general replies -- hazy suggestions about looking at census >records, >etc. I think the reason the Cameron site is more helpful is because there >are >so many people enrolled on it. Many of them don't post a lot, but they are >there and do respond if something comes up that they know about. It would >also >be more dead if the site itself were not so active. Mike puts in a lot of >work, and it shows and is greatly appreciated! > >I use this board when I have a question. Most of my replies have come back >offline, and I think that is okay because my questions have been pretty >specific. I think sometimes that other people get tired of reading minute >details >about family trees that absolutely do not pertain to them. Of course, the >hard-core people like anything to do with genealogy, and sometimes there is >a >nugget of info in there that you wouldn't get in a private conversation, so >the >argument about public or private is really a personal argument..... >Everybody >does what they are most comfortable with. > >Maybe some of the problem is lack of advertising. Most of the sites have >only a menu choice for sign-up. If you're new to this, you probably don't >know >what the email list is -- I didn't for quite a while until somebody else >told >me about it and I signed up. And luckily, it was Cameron I was told about. >Had it been Potter Co, I probably would have continued thinking the email >list >was nothing....... > >So there's my opinion.....I'd hate to see this list go away!! >Laura Bent > > >==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== >List your surnames in the Queries section of the Site to get the full >benefit of what there is to offer. >http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero > >_________________________________________________________________ >FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! >http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ > >______________________________ >X-Message: #6 >Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 12:59:35 -0500 >From: "Matthew T. Hout" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [SPAM] [PA-CAMERON] Email List >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > >Are you no longer using the email lists as part of your research? > This is the 1st and only e-mail list (PACAMERO) I subscribe to. I >don't use it as much as I should, but when I do have questions they are >answered very quickly by several members. > >Are the recent virus' effecting the way you use emails? > I'm not worried about virus, I have a virus program that works >wonders. > >Any other reasons? > >Is there anything you would like to see done differently? > Everything works great, as well as those who had helped me. > > >Matthew T. Hout > >==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== >Invite your family and friends to join us! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero > >______________________________ >X-Message: #7 >Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 13:08:02 -0500 >From: "Marolyn Cole" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] Email List >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Hello List, > I just recently became acquainted with the Cameron County list and am >finding family that I had been looking for a long time. I am very >appreciative of the material on the site and the helpful answers that I >have >received from members. >Marolyn Campbell Cole, Athens, Bradford Co., PA; Bradford County Historical >Society Research Volunteer. > >______________________________ >X-Message: #8 >Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 14:06:38 -0500 >From: "David, Nancie & Michael Anderson" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: [PA-CAMERON] e-mail list >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > >Hi > >I only recently joined the list and haven't been very active as my >knowledge of Cameron County Genealogy is very limited, but I find the >subscribers to be very friendly and helpful. I have made connections with >others who are researching branches that connect to my trees and found >everyone very willing to help and share. > >Nancie > >______________________________ >X-Message: #9 >Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 13:03:21 -0500 >From: "Matthew T. Hout" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: [PA-CAMERON] Where else could they have been born / baptized >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I'm looking for the DeCoursey / DeCourcey family. Catherine Hout married a >John C. DeCoursey and had many children. From what I've gathered on this >site, they weren't baptized at St. Marks like my Houts were. My grandfather >was baptized at St. Leo in Ridgway but others were at St. Marks. Strange? >Any ideas? > >Matthew T. Hout > >______________________________ >X-Message: #10 >Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 15:38:53 -0800 >From: "Shelley or Larry Woods" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: [PA-CAMERON] Email List >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Hi All, > >Just wanted to put my 2 cents in, for what it's worth in today's times... > >Regarding the amount of email going through the county pages, I myself am >(was) subscribed to at least 6 sites in 3 states tracking ancestors. Every >day I would come home to at least 100 emails telling me how to improve >this, >elimate that...well, you get the idea. Since I unsubscribed to most of >the >lists that particular kind of email has for the most part gone away. > >Either the slowness has to do with the amount of spam and viruses >circulating now, or EVERYONE has found the ancestors they were looking for! >Wouldn't that be a wondrous day? > >Still searching for MOREY, BUTTON, WESTERVILLE > >Shelley Woods >[email protected] > >______________________________ >X-Message: #11 >Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 07:49:12 -0400 >From: "Sue Bemiller" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] e-mail list >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >It runs on a cycle - Spring Break / the weather right now it will get >slower everyone is going outside. When it gets to hot they will be back >inside. For me summer till the end of October I slow down. > >But this list hasn't seen to slow down. > >Sue >Ohio >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David, Nancie & Michael Anderson" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 3:06 PM >Subject: [PA-CAMERON] e-mail list > > > > Hi > > > > I only recently joined the list and haven't been very active as my >knowledge of Cameron County Genealogy is very limited, but I find the >subscribers to be very friendly and helpful. I have made connections with >others who are researching branches that connect to my trees and found >everyone very willing to help and share. > > > > Nancie > > > > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > > Invite your family and friends to join us! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero > > > > Wendy Davis _________________________________________________________________ Tax headache? 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Mike - Love the County Lists, and continue to read them even after I've gotten information I need for my searches. I read for historical tidbits on the area, the families, general information. At one time, I belonged to about 10 or 15 from several different states. Then there began the 'gateway' from the Message Boards. Often, messages were gatewaid that had no relevance to anything posted on the email list. It was frustrating because there was no thread to follow, and if it didn't pertain to my search or general information, these posts did nothing but fill up my mailbox. I unsubscribed to the Counties that practiced gatewaying. I love the Cameron County list, and the Centre County list and often learn something in each email. Although I still subscribe to Clearfield, there is very little that is new there. I think list activity may have a lot to do with the coordinator. Both you and Justin do a good job answering questions and giving suggestions, often including historical data that is helpful. I appreciate that and enjoy the information, even if it does not pertain to my search. Jan
Really? John C. DeCourcey/DeCoursey (census has different spelling for each child) married Catherine Hout. They had 10 children, James Charles DeCoursey who married Vida. James and Vida had three children.. Harry, James, and Ruth. James Charles and his son Harry, both signed up for WWI. Frank, Martin, Bertha DeCoursey who married a James Malone Stoneham (I've recently found this); James Stoneham was in the military and guarded George Washington Grave. John, George, Chester, Williams, Elnora and one other name in there I can't make out. Frank may have married a Susan and had Robert and Betty. Not sure on this family.. I don't feel safe claiming them mine just yet. Anything Ring a Bell? Matthew -----Original Message----- From: Mona Anderson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 9:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [SPAM] [PA-CAMERON] DeCoursey/DeCourcey Matt: We have DECOURCEY's in our line that are from the Buffalo, NY area. Mona ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== Celebrating Our 4th Year! Come check us out! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero
Mike: I agree with everyone's suggestions that it's the weather, spring break, etc. I've also noticed an awful lot of spam but I just delete it. It's annoying but what can you do? Perhaps everyone has found information and resources from the list and are busy transcribing it into their records! I know all I need is one good lead and I can be up to my elbows in research and adding to my database for days! P.S. I've privately emailed you a couple of times and haven't heard anything. Did you get them?
Matt: We have DECOURCEY's in our line that are from the Buffalo, NY area. Mona
It runs on a cycle - Spring Break / the weather right now it will get slower everyone is going outside. When it gets to hot they will be back inside. For me summer till the end of October I slow down. But this list hasn't seen to slow down. Sue Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "David, Nancie & Michael Anderson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 3:06 PM Subject: [PA-CAMERON] e-mail list > Hi > > I only recently joined the list and haven't been very active as my knowledge of Cameron County Genealogy is very limited, but I find the subscribers to be very friendly and helpful. I have made connections with others who are researching branches that connect to my trees and found everyone very willing to help and share. > > Nancie > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > Invite your family and friends to join us! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero > >
Hi: As I don't have access to local materials, and many of the posts are for families not related, I have a tendency to stay quiet, until I can help someone. I also don't want to sound like a broken record because I am STILL looking for new info on those *@#$ Britton's (Joseph, Nathaniel, William, Daniel & Thomas 1820s-1910s in Shippen & Lumber Twp.)!!!!! Debbie Barrett Coordinator Pierce County WIGenWeb Project www.rootsweb.com/~wipierce/
Hi Laura, Thanks for your comments, I think that our Cameron County List is like "One Big Happy Family". Some of us have found that out to be true and that we are actually related. I belong to 4 lists(including(Potter) and this in my opinion is THE list to be on! Activity does make it all work though and I can see where there is, and should be, call for concern. If we don't participate we could loose it all. Don't lay back, add your comments, Pete Bennett Send ALL mail to: [email protected] Visit my "All American" Home Page at: http://members.fortunecity.com/petee77/ Chat with me I'm "Petee" on Microsoft Messenger From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] Email List Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 12:37:03 EST Hi all - I love this list, and I think it's VERY active and has been much help. I haven't been a subscriber all that long, and am wondering what it was like if it's seeming dead to some of you now!!! I am signed up on this list, and one for Cortland Co NY, and for Potter Co. Cameron County is by far the most active, Cortland Co NY is semi-active, and Potter Co is dead and has always been judging by the archives (Mike Wennin is probably the most active submitter on that site too!). Cameron is the most helpful. I did get responses from the messages I posted on Cortland, but they were very general replies -- hazy suggestions about looking at census records, etc. I think the reason the Cameron site is more helpful is because there are so many people enrolled on it. Many of them don't post a lot, but they are there and do respond if something comes up that they know about. It would also be more dead if the site itself were not so active. Mike puts in a lot of work, and it shows and is greatly appreciated! I use this board when I have a question. Most of my replies have come back offline, and I think that is okay because my questions have been pretty specific. I think sometimes that other people get tired of reading minute details about family trees that absolutely do not pertain to them. Of course, the hard-core people like anything to do with genealogy, and sometimes there is a nugget of info in there that you wouldn't get in a private conversation, so the argument about public or private is really a personal argument..... Everybody does what they are most comfortable with. Maybe some of the problem is lack of advertising. Most of the sites have only a menu choice for sign-up. If you're new to this, you probably don't know what the email list is -- I didn't for quite a while until somebody else told me about it and I signed up. And luckily, it was Cameron I was told about. Had it been Potter Co, I probably would have continued thinking the email list was nothing....... So there's my opinion.....I'd hate to see this list go away!! Laura Bent ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== List your surnames in the Queries section of the Site to get the full benefit of what there is to offer. http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/
Mike, I certainly hope that Genealogy its self is not dead......wouldn't that be something to know that it is as dead as the people we're searching for! lol Pete Send ALL mail to: [email protected] Visit my "All American" Home Page at: http://members.fortunecity.com/petee77/ Chat with me I'm "Petee" on Microsoft Messenger From: "Mike" <[email protected]> Reply-To: "Mike" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [PA-CAMERON] Email List Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 10:37:00 -0500 There has been some talk on one of the State Coordinator lists about how dead the county email lists are. I know I am subscribed to about 7 of them in 3 states and they are all dead. Even Cameron County which was never all that busy, has been dead of late. Someone suggested to ask for input to see if we could figure out what is going on. Are you no longer using the email lists as part of your research? Are the recent virus' effecting the way you use emails? Any other reasons? Is there anything you would like to see done differently? I know that in my personal experience, the Email lists were the main source of finding information about my family lines and the most useful source of information in breaking through brick walls. Now I see email lists that once generated 20-30 emails a day are now down to 1 post every two weeks. Your comments would be appreciated and useful. Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== Invite your family and friends to join us! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero _________________________________________________________________ Tax headache? MSN Money provides relief with tax tips, tools, IRS forms and more! http://moneycentral.msn.com/tax/workshop/welcome.asp
Hi All, Just wanted to put my 2 cents in, for what it's worth in today's times... Regarding the amount of email going through the county pages, I myself am (was) subscribed to at least 6 sites in 3 states tracking ancestors. Every day I would come home to at least 100 emails telling me how to improve this, elimate that...well, you get the idea. Since I unsubscribed to most of the lists that particular kind of email has for the most part gone away. Either the slowness has to do with the amount of spam and viruses circulating now, or EVERYONE has found the ancestors they were looking for! Wouldn't that be a wondrous day? Still searching for MOREY, BUTTON, WESTERVILLE Shelley Woods [email protected]
Hi I only recently joined the list and haven't been very active as my knowledge of Cameron County Genealogy is very limited, but I find the subscribers to be very friendly and helpful. I have made connections with others who are researching branches that connect to my trees and found everyone very willing to help and share. Nancie
Hello List, I just recently became acquainted with the Cameron County list and am finding family that I had been looking for a long time. I am very appreciative of the material on the site and the helpful answers that I have received from members. Marolyn Campbell Cole, Athens, Bradford Co., PA; Bradford County Historical Society Research Volunteer.
I'm looking for the DeCoursey / DeCourcey family. Catherine Hout married a John C. DeCoursey and had many children. From what I've gathered on this site, they weren't baptized at St. Marks like my Houts were. My grandfather was baptized at St. Leo in Ridgway but others were at St. Marks. Strange? Any ideas? Matthew T. Hout
Are you no longer using the email lists as part of your research? This is the 1st and only e-mail list (PACAMERO) I subscribe to. I don't use it as much as I should, but when I do have questions they are answered very quickly by several members. Are the recent virus' effecting the way you use emails? I'm not worried about virus, I have a virus program that works wonders. Any other reasons? Is there anything you would like to see done differently? Everything works great, as well as those who had helped me. Matthew T. Hout ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== Invite your family and friends to join us! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero
Hi all - I love this list, and I think it's VERY active and has been much help. I haven't been a subscriber all that long, and am wondering what it was like if it's seeming dead to some of you now!!! I am signed up on this list, and one for Cortland Co NY, and for Potter Co. Cameron County is by far the most active, Cortland Co NY is semi-active, and Potter Co is dead and has always been judging by the archives (Mike Wennin is probably the most active submitter on that site too!). Cameron is the most helpful. I did get responses from the messages I posted on Cortland, but they were very general replies -- hazy suggestions about looking at census records, etc. I think the reason the Cameron site is more helpful is because there are so many people enrolled on it. Many of them don't post a lot, but they are there and do respond if something comes up that they know about. It would also be more dead if the site itself were not so active. Mike puts in a lot of work, and it shows and is greatly appreciated! I use this board when I have a question. Most of my replies have come back offline, and I think that is okay because my questions have been pretty specific. I think sometimes that other people get tired of reading minute details about family trees that absolutely do not pertain to them. Of course, the hard-core people like anything to do with genealogy, and sometimes there is a nugget of info in there that you wouldn't get in a private conversation, so the argument about public or private is really a personal argument..... Everybody does what they are most comfortable with. Maybe some of the problem is lack of advertising. Most of the sites have only a menu choice for sign-up. If you're new to this, you probably don't know what the email list is -- I didn't for quite a while until somebody else told me about it and I signed up. And luckily, it was Cameron I was told about. Had it been Potter Co, I probably would have continued thinking the email list was nothing....... So there's my opinion.....I'd hate to see this list go away!! Laura Bent