I applaud David Ball and his efforts to debunk myths and verify information. Should anyone have information on Tom BALL of Philadelphia who married Nina WOODWARD of RI I would like to compare information. Best REgards, Brenda Hopkins Clackamas, OR -----Original Message----- >From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Oct 1, 2008 10:05 PM >To: RIGENWEB@rootsweb.com >Subject: [RI] New England Ball Project > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Author: ballproject >Surnames: >Classification: queries > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.rhodeisland.unknown/2098/mb.ashx > >Message Board Post: > >The New England "Ball" Project is a modified "one-name" study that attempts to identify as many "Ball" surname persons resident in New England at some time between circa 1630 and the present, to link them in families, ideally headed by "Ball" immigrant ancestors to North America. The website at http://www.newenglandballproject.com was created yesterday and has 48,500 people of which over 9,500 are surname Ball. The Project will grow at the rate of 500 to 1,000 people per month. > >The intent is to document the source(s) for all names, relationships, dates, places, and events that that make up the database in the Project and to publish the families in a way that all have access to the results without cost. > >While there is no prohibition on tracking Ball descendants of other surnames, the focus of the Project will be on the Ball surname and additions to the trees beyond the Ball surname will be done on an ad-hoc basis (generally because someone else has donated the material). Similarly, the Project includes tracking Ball surname descendants that migrate outside of New England, but the level of primary record detail for those cases will likely be less than for New England events and typically only be supported by census records, on-line data, and secondary sources. > >David G. Ball >Project Compiler >ballproject@shaw.ca > >Important Note: >The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > >------------------------------- > >RIGENWEB MAILING LIST > >LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and history information pertaining to Rhode Island. Despite the list name, the list topic is not related to GenWeb in any way. > >Contact the List Admin at rigenweb-admin@rootsweb.com, or to search the list archives or find other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link: > >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/USGenWeb/RIGENWEB.html >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RIGENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message