Bessie, You're welcome. I live on the Coventry/West Greenwich town line. My front yard is Coventry and my backyard is West Greenwich. Both are towns in the County of Kent. Thanks, you too. Gloria ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bessie Turley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 9:12 AM Subject: [RIGENWEB] QUESTION? (attention gloria!!!!) > > > > > THANK YOU!!!!! DO YOU LIVE IN KENT COUNTY OR CONVENTRY ,RI.?? > > >> HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!! >> BESSIE >> >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Gloria Silverman" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 8:01 AM >>> Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] QUESTION? >>> >>> >>>> BESSIE, >>>> IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COVENTRY, RHODE ISLAND, IT'S IN KENT COUNTY. >>>> GLORIA >>>> WEST GREENWICH, RI >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Bessie Turley" <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 8:57 AM >>>> Subject: [RIGENWEB] QUESTION? >>>> >>>> >>>>> HELLO, >>>>> CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT COUNTY CONVENTRY IS IN? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> THANK YOU >>>>> BESSIE >>>>> TENNESSEE >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> > > ------------------------------- > 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

Bessie Turley wrote: > > > THANK YOU!!!!! DO YOU LIVE IN KENT COUNTY OR CONVENTRY ,RI.?? > > > Not to be an old meanie and correct your spelling, Bessie, but to help with computer searches and such, the spelling is Coventry. If one lives in Coventry, one lives in Kent County. However one can live, as I do, in Kent County and not live in Coventry. It is only a town in Kent County, among several others. Cheers, Fred

Listers, I am sure that most of you remember Susan Pieroth, At one time she was the State Coordinator for the RIGENWEB and has made it what it is today, she also created and was the Mail list adminisrator for this mail list for several years, she is the County Coordinator for Newport county from which she is retiring If there is anyone on this list that would like to volunteer to replace her Contact Susan W Pieroth [email protected] and/or Susan Irish Nahas [email protected] Following is her announcement plus some of the qualifications and projects To Susan Irish, current State Coordinator for the RIGENWEB After ten years I have decided it's time to retire as the Coordinator of the Newport County RIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~rinewpor/ Other projects are piling up, and I find I'm unable to get it all done. In particular, Barbara Austin and Letty Champion have taken hundreds of photos of gravestones in the county - see linked cemeteries on http://www.rootsweb.com/~rinewpor/cemeteries/ It's valuable information, but it turned out to be more than I can handle. Some pictures are easily added to websites, but the way this was sent, along with the volume (almost 1400 on my computer, but probably more by now that I have not been sent) is more time consuming. Rather than have the images not go up with the appropriate information (most information is from John Sterling's database) or be moved to another location, I would prefer that someone else take over the county. Naturally, whoever does take it over will need to be very familiar with creating web pages. I can send the person a CD with all the pages and my files (the cemetery images have all been renamed so they can be loaded on RootsWeb) as well as the original CD's from Barb Austin and John Sterling (he reworked the images) as backup. The queries for Newport County are few and far between. The Ancestry message board doesn't get much activity either. I would recommend discontinuing the queries and just have a link to the message board and information on joining the mailing lists. Susan Arlan Maguire... ********************************************************************* Administrator: RIGENWEB Mail List Email: [email protected] ********************************************************************* County Coordinator: Kent County Rhode Island http://www.rootsweb.com/~rikent/ Washington County Rhode Island http://www.rootsweb.com/~riwashin/ **********************************************************************

THANK YOU FRED!!! I STAND CORRECTED!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Clarke" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 8:24 AM Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] QUESTION? (attention gloria!!!!) > Bessie Turley wrote: >> >> >> THANK YOU!!!!! DO YOU LIVE IN KENT COUNTY OR CONVENTRY ,RI.?? >> >> >> > Not to be an old meanie and correct your spelling, Bessie, but to > help with computer searches and such, the spelling is Coventry. > > If one lives in Coventry, one lives in Kent County. However > one can live, as I do, in Kent County and not live in Coventry. It is > only a > town in Kent County, among several others. > > Cheers, > Fred > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

GLORIA, IF I SEND YOU MY HALF BROTHERS DEATH DATE DO YOU THINK YOU COULD FIND AN OBIT FOR ME? I KNOW HE DIED IN EARLY 1980S. THANKS AGAIN BESSIE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gloria Silverman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 8:32 AM Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] QUESTION? (attention gloria!!!!) > Bessie, > You're welcome. I live on the Coventry/West Greenwich town line. My > front yard is Coventry and my backyard is West Greenwich. Both are towns > in > the County of Kent. > Thanks, you too. > Gloria > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bessie Turley" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 9:12 AM > Subject: [RIGENWEB] QUESTION? (attention gloria!!!!) > > >> >> >> >> >> THANK YOU!!!!! DO YOU LIVE IN KENT COUNTY OR CONVENTRY ,RI.?? >> >> >>> HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!! >>> BESSIE >>> >>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Gloria Silverman" <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 8:01 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] QUESTION? >>>> >>>> >>>>> BESSIE, >>>>> IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COVENTRY, RHODE ISLAND, IT'S IN KENT COUNTY. >>>>> GLORIA >>>>> WEST GREENWICH, RI >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Bessie Turley" <[email protected]> >>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 8:57 AM >>>>> Subject: [RIGENWEB] QUESTION? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> HELLO, >>>>>> CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT COUNTY CONVENTRY IS IN? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> THANK YOU >>>>>> BESSIE >>>>>> TENNESSEE >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

BESSIE, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COVENTRY, RHODE ISLAND, IT'S IN KENT COUNTY. GLORIA WEST GREENWICH, RI ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bessie Turley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 8:57 AM Subject: [RIGENWEB] QUESTION? > HELLO, > CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT COUNTY CONVENTRY IS IN? > > > THANK YOU > BESSIE > TENNESSEE > > ------------------------------- > 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

THANK YOU!!!!! DO YOU LIVE IN KENT COUNTY OR CONVENTRY ,RI.?? > HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!! > BESSIE > > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Gloria Silverman" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 8:01 AM >> Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] QUESTION? >> >> >>> BESSIE, >>> IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COVENTRY, RHODE ISLAND, IT'S IN KENT COUNTY. >>> GLORIA >>> WEST GREENWICH, RI >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Bessie Turley" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 8:57 AM >>> Subject: [RIGENWEB] QUESTION? >>> >>> >>>> HELLO, >>>> CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT COUNTY CONVENTRY IS IN? >>>> >>>> >>>> THANK YOU >>>> BESSIE >>>> TENNESSEE >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >

THANK YOU!!!!! HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!! BESSIE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gloria Silverman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 8:01 AM Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] QUESTION? > BESSIE, > IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COVENTRY, RHODE ISLAND, IT'S IN KENT COUNTY. > GLORIA > WEST GREENWICH, RI > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bessie Turley" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 8:57 AM > Subject: [RIGENWEB] QUESTION? > > >> HELLO, >> CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT COUNTY CONVENTRY IS IN? >> >> >> THANK YOU >> BESSIE >> TENNESSEE >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

HELLO, CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT COUNTY CONVENTRY IS IN? THANK YOU BESSIE TENNESSEE

In a message dated 7/14/2007 1:06:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: This is a follow-up to my last message with a direct quote from FTM CD 215, which I hope goes through. I just want to clarify the whole business of Rhode Island Vital Records if I can, for anybody who doesn't know what's what, and that has included all of us at some stage in our genealogical development. Over a century ago, James N. Arnold published a series of books called VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND, 21 volumes. The first six consist of births, marriages, and deaths copied from the records of the various towns, up to 1850. Later volumes contain church records, some military, and newspaper abstracts of deaths and marriages. When you see a reference in a book to RI VR or VRRI, it is almost always Arnold that's meant. About 25 years ago Alden Beaman, who lived in Princeton, Mass., began publishing two separate things: one a series of books called NEW VITAL RECORDS OF RHODE ISLAND. The other was a quarterly journal RHODE ISLAND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, containing various things, perhaps most importantly abstracts of wills from all the towns. Dr. Beaman is dead, and his daughter Nellie continued his work for a few years but to the best of my knowledge now the family effort, Rhode Island Families Association or something like that, is no longer in operation. They were LDS, so the Library in Salt Lake City might have more information. The NEW VR didn't get to Providence Co., but there are volumes on Kent Co., Washington Co., and some from Newport. It's important to understand the differences between Arnold's VR and Beaman's VR. Arnold's are taken directly from the town records, but anything in the town records is not there, obviously. Beaman did something else. Recognizing that many births and marriages were never recorded. he used probate records and cemetery records to find evidence of births and marriages. Thus if "daughter Sally" is named in the will of John Brown of Scituate, he assumed the birth of a daughter Sally to John Brown. Same thing with marriages. If daughter Sally was daughter Sally Salisbury in John Brown's will, you have the marriage of Sally Brown to a Mr. Salisbury. This is great for clues, but you have to check. Just because someone died in a certain town leaving a will there, it doesn't mean his children were born there -- and the fact that he's buried there doesn't mean he was born there. There's a lot of room for error, but as I said, it's absolutely great for clues. Any serious RI collection should have both Arnold and Beaman. The fact that both involve numerous volumes now largely out of print has made this impractical, but the CDs solve the problem - provided people understand what they are, and the labeling doesn't make it easy. I hope this helps somebody! Jane ------------------------------- 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 Thanks for that overall explanation, it sure helps me out. Nancy-Jo Nunez A Genealogy Enthusiast ...Member of Rhode Island Genealogy Society, New England Genealogical & Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society, Santa Clara California Genealogical Society. ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

POST OFFICES IN RHODE ISLAND, 1914 (part 3) name town county Manville, Lincoln, Providence Mapleville, Burrillville, Providence Melville Station (Br. of Newport P.O.), Middletown, Newport Narragansett Pier, Narragansett, Washington Nasonville, Burrillville, Providence Natick, Warwick, Kent Nayatt Point, Barrington, Bristol Newport, Newport, Newport North Scituate, Scituate, Providence Norwood, Warwick, Kent Oakland, Burrillville, Providence Oakland Beach, Warwick, Kent Oak Lawn, Cranston, Providence Pascoag, Burrillville, Providence Pawtucket, Pawtucket, Providence Peace Dale, South Kingstown, Washington Phenix, West Warwick, Kent Pine Hill, Exeter, Washington Pleasant View (Sta. of Westerly), Westerly, Washington Pontiac, Warwick, Kent Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Newport Potter Hill, Westerly, Washington Prudence, Portsmouth, Newport Providence, Providence, Providence (see next list for Providence stations)

Thank you, Jane, for your wonderful explanation! I wish I had been fortunate enough to have read a post like yours years ago when I was first starting out in my genealogical research in Rhode Island. It would have saved me SO much time and effort. As it turned out, I eventually figured out what a great resource Beaman's was. But it took me a while. I just wanted to thank you publicly, because it is such a great benefit to our already-wonderful list to have such an experienced (and respected) genealogist in our midst so willing to share her expertise with the rest of us. Your generosity is greatly appreciated! Judy Anthony Houston, Texas -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jane Fiske Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 3:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [RIGENWEB] follow up This is a follow-up to my last message with a direct quote from FTM CD 215, which I hope goes through. I just want to clarify the whole business of Rhode Island Vital Records if I can, for anybody who doesn't know what's what, and that has included all of us at some stage in our genealogical development. Over a century ago, James N. Arnold published a series of books called VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND, 21 volumes. The first six consist of births, marriages, and deaths copied from the records of the various towns, up to 1850. Later volumes contain church records, some military, and newspaper abstracts of deaths and marriages. When you see a reference in a book to RI VR or VRRI, it is almost always Arnold that's meant. About 25 years ago Alden Beaman, who lived in Princeton, Mass., began publishing two separate things: one a series of books called NEW VITAL RECORDS OF RHODE ISLAND. The other was a quarterly journal RHODE ISLAND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, containing various things, perhaps most importantly abstracts of wills from all the towns. Dr. Beaman is dead, and his daughter Nellie continued his work for a few years but to the best of my knowledge now the family effort, Rhode Island Families Association or something like that, is no longer in operation. They were LDS, so the Library in Salt Lake City might have more information. The NEW VR didn't get to Providence Co., but there are volumes on Kent Co., Washington Co., and some from Newport. It's important to understand the differences between Arnold's VR and Beaman's VR. Arnold's are taken directly from the town records, but anything in the town records is not there, obviously. Beaman did something else. Recognizing that many births and marriages were never recorded. he used probate records and cemetery records to find evidence of births and marriages. Thus if "daughter Sally" is named in the will of John Brown of Scituate, he assumed the birth of a daughter Sally to John Brown. Same thing with marriages. If daughter Sally was daughter Sally Salisbury in John Brown's will, you have the marriage of Sally Brown to a Mr. Salisbury. This is great for clues, but you have to check. Just because someone died in a certain town leaving a will there, it doesn't mean his children were born there -- and the fact that he's buried there doesn't mean he was born there. There's a lot of room for error, but as I said, it's absolutely great for clues. Any serious RI collection should have both Arnold and Beaman. The fact that both involve numerous volumes now largely out of print has made this impractical, but the CDs solve the problem - provided people understand what they are, and the labeling doesn't make it easy. I hope this helps somebody! Jane ------------------------------- 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

This is a follow-up to my last message with a direct quote from FTM CD 215, which I hope goes through. I just want to clarify the whole business of Rhode Island Vital Records if I can, for anybody who doesn't know what's what, and that has included all of us at some stage in our genealogical development. Over a century ago, James N. Arnold published a series of books called VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND, 21 volumes. The first six consist of births, marriages, and deaths copied from the records of the various towns, up to 1850. Later volumes contain church records, some military, and newspaper abstracts of deaths and marriages. When you see a reference in a book to RI VR or VRRI, it is almost always Arnold that's meant. About 25 years ago Alden Beaman, who lived in Princeton, Mass., began publishing two separate things: one a series of books called NEW VITAL RECORDS OF RHODE ISLAND. The other was a quarterly journal RHODE ISLAND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, containing various things, perhaps most importantly abstracts of wills from all the towns. Dr. Beaman is dead, and his daughter Nellie continued his work for a few years but to the best of my knowledge now the family effort, Rhode Island Families Association or something like that, is no longer in operation. They were LDS, so the Library in Salt Lake City might have more information. The NEW VR didn't get to Providence Co., but there are volumes on Kent Co., Washington Co., and some from Newport. It's important to understand the differences between Arnold's VR and Beaman's VR. Arnold's are taken directly from the town records, but anything in the town records is not there, obviously. Beaman did something else. Recognizing that many births and marriages were never recorded. he used probate records and cemetery records to find evidence of births and marriages. Thus if "daughter Sally" is named in the will of John Brown of Scituate, he assumed the birth of a daughter Sally to John Brown. Same thing with marriages. If daughter Sally was daughter Sally Salisbury in John Brown's will, you have the marriage of Sally Brown to a Mr. Salisbury. This is great for clues, but you have to check. Just because someone died in a certain town leaving a will there, it doesn't mean his children were born there -- and the fact that he's buried there doesn't mean he was born there. There's a lot of room for error, but as I said, it's absolutely great for clues. Any serious RI collection should have both Arnold and Beaman. The fact that both involve numerous volumes now largely out of print has made this impractical, but the CDs solve the problem - provided people understand what they are, and the labeling doesn't make it easy. I hope this helps somebody! Jane

Nancy, and anybody else, Here's what it says on Family Tree Maker Disk 215 about content: Vital Records: Rhode Island, 1500s-1900s This Family Archive includes images of the pages of 20 volumes of the "Rhode Island Genealogical Register" and 13 volumes of "Rhode Island Vital Records, New Series." Edited by Alden Beaman and later by his daughter Nellie, the vital records contained within these volumes were extracted from a great variety of sources including probates, local cemeteries, town, church and land records, and family histories.

Hi Jane, Have both on CD and use them all the time. Another must have Rhode Island book would be Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. I was fortunate enough to purchase one in the 1980's when they were available from the Genealogical Publishing company. When you live 1500 miles from Rhode Island this definitely helps in research. If you identify an ancestor you should still order a copy of the record from the town records. The folks at Tiverton sent me copies at a very reasonable cost. Tom Corey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Fiske" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 3:05 PM Subject: [RIGENWEB] follow up > This is a follow-up to my last message with a direct quote from FTM CD > 215, which I hope goes through. I just want to clarify the whole business > of Rhode Island Vital Records if I can, for anybody who doesn't know > what's what, and that has included all of us at some stage in our > genealogical development. > > Over a century ago, James N. Arnold published a series of books called > VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND, 21 volumes. The first six consist of births, > marriages, and deaths copied from the records of the various towns, up to > 1850. Later volumes contain church records, some military, and newspaper > abstracts of deaths and marriages. When you see a reference in a book to > RI VR or VRRI, it is almost always Arnold that's meant. > > About 25 years ago Alden Beaman, who lived in Princeton, Mass., began > publishing two separate things: one a series of books called NEW VITAL > RECORDS OF RHODE ISLAND. The other was a quarterly journal RHODE ISLAND > GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, containing various things, perhaps most importantly > abstracts of wills from all the towns. Dr. Beaman is dead, and his > daughter Nellie continued his work for a few years but to the best of my > knowledge now the family effort, Rhode Island Families Association or > something like that, is no longer in operation. They were LDS, so the > Library in Salt Lake City might have more information. > > The NEW VR didn't get to Providence Co., but there are volumes on Kent > Co., Washington Co., and some from Newport. > > It's important to understand the differences between Arnold's VR and > Beaman's VR. Arnold's are taken directly from the town records, but > anything in the town records is not there, obviously. Beaman did > something else. Recognizing that many births and marriages were never > recorded. he used probate records and cemetery records to find evidence of > births and marriages. Thus if "daughter Sally" is named in the will of > John Brown of Scituate, he assumed the birth of a daughter Sally to John > Brown. Same thing with marriages. If daughter Sally was daughter Sally > Salisbury in John Brown's will, you have the marriage of Sally Brown to a > Mr. Salisbury. > > This is great for clues, but you have to check. Just because someone died > in a certain town leaving a will there, it doesn't mean his children were > born there -- and the fact that he's buried there doesn't mean he was born > there. There's a lot of room for error, but as I said, it's absolutely > great for clues. > > Any serious RI collection should have both Arnold and Beaman. The fact > that both involve numerous volumes now largely out of print has made this > impractical, but the CDs solve the problem - provided people understand > what they are, and the labeling doesn't make it easy. > > I hope this helps somebody! > Jane > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Here is a great source for CDs, from all over this country and England. They have several for RI, including Austin which anyone who has used it knows is an impossible size in a book and difficult to work with. http://www.archivecdbooksusa.com/ I first ran across it on e-bay; they put several disks up for auction every week, but the regular prices are pretty low. I haven't bought any myself yet, but am planning to. Several years back I did buy from the English branch and was very pleased with the disks I got. Bob Velke, who developed the excellent genealogy program, The Master Genealogist, is in charge of the US branch. Jane

thanks, I sent the reply and will follow up with mail. Still looking for the Stanton reunion in Stonington. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Bill Hirst" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] 2007 History & Culture Fair > Hi! > I suggest you contact Dave Naumec directly as I > just passed on this information and not in charge > of it.Reach him at [email protected] ,.Sharing > this with him through "Bcc:",. > Regards, > Scott > --- CAROLYN SCHWAB <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Scott, Could you expand this invitation to the >> RI Advisory Commission on >> Historical Cemeteries. If you've been >> following the news in No. Smithfield, >> Edna Kent, you are aware of the interaction >> between developers and Native >> American as well as Colonial grave sites. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Scott Bill Hirst" >> <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 12:48 PM >> Subject: [RIGENWEB] 2007 History & Culture Fair >> >> >> > Hi! >> > It has come to my attention of a History & >> > Culture Fair which will be the Second Annual >> one >> > of The Mashantucket Pequot & Research Center >> to >> > be held Saturday,October 20,2007; from 10 AM >> to 3 >> > PM,.This is behind the Foxwoods Casino.The >> event >> > is free and open to the public.The main focus >> is >> > on Eastern Connecticut and Western Rhode >> Island >> > but participants from the greater Southern >> New >> > England area are encouraged to participate. >> > They actually encourage groups to bring items >> to >> > sell,have tables for displays and the >> materials >> > of groups,if you belong to an organization >> that >> > may want to participate contact David Naumec >> at >> > [email protected] ,. >> > This event includes historical and >> genealogical >> > emphasis so it would appear family >> > associations,hereditary groups such as >> > DAR,Mayflower Society,as well as historical >> > associations,and museums who can may want to >> > consider participating.I know some, perhaps >> most, >> > have been contacted in our two state area. >> > I am sharing through "Bcc:" with Mr.Naumec. >> > I used a mailing for information on this >> event.I >> > did not include everything.FYI! >> > Regards, >> > Scott Bill Hirst >> > >> > >> > >> > Scott Bill Hirst >> > 20 Maple Court >> > Ashaway,RI 02804-1301 USA >> > (401)377-4643 >> > Note:Telephone if you need quick reply. >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > Scott Bill Hirst > 20 Maple Court > Ashaway,RI 02804-1300 USA > (401)377-4643 > Note:Telephone if you need quick reply. > > ------------------------------- > 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

Scott, Could you expand this invitation to the RI Advisory Commission on Historical Cemeteries. If you've been following the news in No. Smithfield, Edna Kent, you are aware of the interaction between developers and Native American as well as Colonial grave sites. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Bill Hirst" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 12:48 PM Subject: [RIGENWEB] 2007 History & Culture Fair > Hi! > It has come to my attention of a History & > Culture Fair which will be the Second Annual one > of The Mashantucket Pequot & Research Center to > be held Saturday,October 20,2007; from 10 AM to 3 > PM,.This is behind the Foxwoods Casino.The event > is free and open to the public.The main focus is > on Eastern Connecticut and Western Rhode Island > but participants from the greater Southern New > England area are encouraged to participate. > They actually encourage groups to bring items to > sell,have tables for displays and the materials > of groups,if you belong to an organization that > may want to participate contact David Naumec at > [email protected] ,. > This event includes historical and genealogical > emphasis so it would appear family > associations,hereditary groups such as > DAR,Mayflower Society,as well as historical > associations,and museums who can may want to > consider participating.I know some, perhaps most, > have been contacted in our two state area. > I am sharing through "Bcc:" with Mr.Naumec. > I used a mailing for information on this event.I > did not include everything.FYI! > Regards, > Scott Bill Hirst > > > > Scott Bill Hirst > 20 Maple Court > Ashaway,RI 02804-1301 USA > (401)377-4643 > Note:Telephone if you need quick reply. > > ------------------------------- > 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

The RI Advisory Commission on Historical Cemeteries is back in operation. We are presently distributing booklets to all towns in South County and as this is my area I'd appreciate knowing which families, cemeteries you've covered. Both Evelyn Wheeler and I, Carolyn Crist-Schwab, have visited many, too, and I have several families invovled in several of the towns. [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Clarke" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 12:37 PM Subject: [RIGENWEB] Cemetery Pictures > Hi All, > Who is in charge of maintaining the cemetery lists these day at RIGEN? > I have pictures taken recently of all stones in three ancient South > County family cemeteries and perhaps they will help someone. > > Fred > > ------------------------------- > 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

The next issue of RI Roots will have a back cover page ad for the Clemence book AND the new CD. The old CD only covered up to 2000, and the new one goes through 2004, has an easier search engine, and some corrections to the earlier version. Price is $39, or 35 to RIGS members, plus $1.95 shipping, and 7% sales tax for RI residents. To order, please send a check to Rhode Island Genealogical Society Books, P.O. Box 433, Greenville RI 02828 or visit the RIGS website http://www.RIGenSoc.org. Just don't anybody confuse this with Beaman's Rhode Island Genealogical Register! That journal is no longer published, and hard copies are out of print. There is a commercially prepared CD - but we've been there before, recently, so I won't repeat it. Jane