Am I in the dark? Why the jump in fees?? Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <philly-roots-request@rootsweb.com> To: <philly-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 12:01 AM Subject: PHILLY-ROOTS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 122 > > > When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to > which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. > Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides > with the message subject to which you are replying. > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Stammfuss from Philadelphia (Claire K) > 2. Archive fees (JGAW2) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:07:36 -0400 > From: Claire K <seekay@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Stammfuss from Philadelphia > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <D903F9FE-31B9-4249-8AC8-F66217A96DED@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Hi Kori, > > Sorry, I can't help with your Stammfuss family, only with general > comments. First, the German convention of * = born, + = died, oo = > married is not used in the US, so most readers of your message may > not have understood the details you posted, which may limit the > responses you get. > > You say you can't find the family after 1900 (Henry and daughter > Emma) or 1880 (rest of family) in the censuses and you wonder if the > parents divorced and the kids took the mother's maiden name. First, > have you searched the censuses for Stammfusses outside Philadelphia? > Outside Pennsylvania? They could have moved, and/or the daughters > may have married (so were no longer named Stammfuss), which I would > explore before assuming a divorce/renaming. > > If the census doesn't help, you might ask for a lookup in city > directories or online newspapers to help narrow down dates of death. > From there, you can move on to death certificates, cemetery records, > etc., to help find the rest of the family. > > Philadelphia birth/marriage/death records begin 1 July 1860, and > indexes and registers are available for most years through the Latter- > day Saints' Family History Centers (see familysearch.org) (so you > could search for the parents' marriage and the kids' births, > marriages, and deaths). Prior to that date (e.g., for Cordelia's > birth), you would need church baptismal/marriage/death records. > > Philadelphia has a printed marriage index that covers 1885-1916 > marriages, so maybe someone could check the Stammfuss index entries > for you to see if any of the kids' marriages can be found. > > The boys would have been 34-41 in 1917, so you might want to look for > them in World War I Draft Registrations (on Ancestry and on microfilm). > > To answer your questions, they could have legally changed their names > (and so left a court record), but it's more likely that, if they did > change their names, they just started using a different name and > therefore there are no records. Divorce is possible, but divorce > records in Philadelphia are sealed for privacy reasons (you might be > able to get access, but it's an involved process). And hotel keepers > (or boarding houses) are listed in the city directories -- maybe > someone could look up a few years for you? > > Hope this helps. > > Claire K. > > > On Mar 12, 2007, at 4:42 PM, Kori Kruse wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> i search information about family Stammfuss. >> i know all about them until the census of 1900. >> In the censuses from 1910-1930 there is not any hint about the >> family... >> >> Head of the family: >> >> Henry Stammfuss( Stamfooz, Stemmfuss, Seammfuss, Stammfuse, Stamfer >> and so >> on ... ) >> * Mai 1839 in germany +? >> he came 1868 from hamburg to new york - naturalization in 1875 >> >> wife: Cordelia *abt 1855 philadelphia +? - no information about her >> parents >> >> they had 6 children (born in philadelphia) and i find nothing about >> them >> after 1900 >> >> Amelia 22.09.1874 >> Mary C 18.09.1875 >> Charles H 13.09.1876 >> James 26.01.1878 >> Emma 1880 >> Frederick C 24.04.1883 >> >> In 1900 Henry lived only with Emma in 211 Spruce street. >> >> I think they changed the surname >> Are there any lists of changing surnames? >> >> It can also be, that henry and cordelia divorced and the children >> adopt the >> maiden name? >> >> Henry was a Hotel Keeper - lodgings - boarder - landlord. Are they >> any lists >> of hotels or landlords? >> >> Where i get the birth certificate or copies of baptismal certificate? >> >> Thank you very much for your help. >> >> Kori Kruse >> >> www.stammfuss.de >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:41:01 -0400 > From: "JGAW2" <JGAW2@TAMPABAY.RR.COM> > Subject: [Phly-Rts] Archive fees > To: "PHILLY-ROOTS-ROOTSWEB" <PHILLY-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <CPELLCGJPNHDAOGHFANLEEOKCCAA.JGAW2@TAMPABAY.RR.COM> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Tampa Tribune, 18 March 2007: > > Copy fees for some National Archives documents will jump substantially > under > a proposed rate change. > > Passenger arrival lists: Presently $17.25, Proposed: $25.00. > Federal Census Requests: Presently $17.50, Proposed: $25.00 > Eastern Cherokee Applications to the Court of Claims: Presently $17.50, > Proposed: $25.00 > Land entry records: Presently $17.75, Proposed: $40.00 > Full pension file more than 75 years old (Civil War period): Presently > $37.00, Proposed: $125.00. > Full pension file more than 75 years old (non-Civil War period): Presently > $37.00, Proposed: $60.00. > Pension documents packet (selected records): Presently $14.75, Proposed: > $25.00 > Bounty land warrant application files: Presently $17.25, Proposed: $25.00. > > Off topic? Maybe but very important. > Jim in sunny Florida > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the PHILLY-ROOTS list administrator, send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the PHILLY-ROOTS mailing list, send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of PHILLY-ROOTS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 122 > ******************************************** > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.16/729 - Release Date: 3/21/2007 > 7:52 AM > >