I apologize if this email is a duplicate. I tried to send an email to the list yesterday and so far it hasn't arrived. I learned yesterday of the death of Donald C Roblee, of Freedom NY. Don, my father's first cousin, is a fellow Roblee genealogist who never got online. Don was the son of Daniel Roblee, the son of Charles Roblee, the son of Orlando Roblee, the son of Calvin Roblee. It's my understanding that "C" actually was Don's middle name. Don's death leaves my father, Anson Roblee, as the oldest living descendant of Charles Roblee (maybe even Orlando or Calvin). Below are two 2/22 obits for Don. The first if from the Buffalo News, the second from the Arcade Herald: Donald C. Roblee Age 86, of Freedom, NY, February 20, 2005, beloved husband of the late June (nee Wolfer); father of Fran (Larry) Smith, Donald (Rhonda) Kurdziel, Daniel (Sharon) Roblee, Faye (Kenneth) Spencer, Nancy (Raymond) Wangelin and Dale (Kim) Roblee; brother of Thelma Smart, Phyllis Brueser and the late Nelson, Wayne, Leonard, Bernard, Robert and Ester Roblee, and Ida June Bleistien; also survived by 21 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Friends may call Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the W.S. DAVIS FUNERAL HOME, INC., 358 W. Main St., Arcade, where funeral services will be in Freedom Cemetery. Memorials may be made to VFW Post #374, Arcade or to the Farmersville Fire Department. Published in the Buffalo News on 2/22/2005. Donald C. Roblee, awarded Purple Heart in WWII By: February 22, 2005 A funeral service will be held on Thursday, February 24, for Freedom resident Donald C. Roblee. Mr. Roblee, of Sandbank Road, died Sunday, February 20, 2005, at Bertrand Chaffee Hospital in Springville. He was 86. Born in Sandusky on June 8, 1918, he was a son of Daniel and Mary (Powell) Roblee. In December 1948, he married the former June Wolfer, who died January 10, 1972. Mr. Roblee was a World War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Army from 1941-1945 in Germany. He received a Purple Heart for his service. He was a member of the Hendershott-Manness VFW Post #374 in Arcade since 1954. He was also a former member and fire commissioner of the Farmersville Fire Department. Mr. Roblee was a shipping supervisor at Motorola in Arcade, retiring in 1982. Surviving are six children, Fran (Larry) Smith of Lime Lake, Donald (Rhonda) Kurdziel of Farmersville Station, Daniel (Sharon) Roblee of Sardinia, Faye (Kenneth) Spencer of Sardinia, Nancy (Raymond) Wangelin of Olean and Dale (Kim) Roblee of Freedom; two sisters, Thelma M. Smart of Batavia and Phyllis M. Brueser of Sandusky; 21 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to his wife, Mr. Roblee was preceded in death by five brothers, Nelson, Wayne, Leonard, Robert and Bernard Roblee; and two sisters, Ester Roblee and Ida June Bleistien. Thursday's funeral service will be held at the W.S. Davis Funeral Home in Arcade at 1:00 p.m., with the Reverend Jeff Hokenson officiating. Burial will be in Freedom Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Hendershott-Manness VFW Post #374 in Arcade, or to the Farmersville Fire Department. Phil Roblee Columbus OH CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio intends this e-mail message, and any attachments, to be used only by the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed. This message may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. If the reader is not the intended recipient of this message or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are prohibited from printing, copying, storing, disseminating or distributing this communication. If you received this communication in error, please delete it from your computer and notify the sender by reply e-mail.

Hello All, I'm not sure how Jean has done it, and I'm sure she will tell me later, but invitations to the reunion have gone out to family members across the continent. A phone list, perhaps. The reason I know of this is that I got a call the other day from Fred and Marilyn Robblee who live in the Los Angeles area. They have attended the last 2 reunions and are planning to come to PEI this summer. Fred is 94, and we would love see them again. Winter is still a fact here but the lengthening of the days means the end is coming. We have some trees to cut around the place which will be aided by the easing of the weather. HOpe to hear from you soon and hope to see you all at the Reunion this summer. Bob

Forgot to mention..the article on the Roblee's visit was from the Granville Sentinel. JEAN

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Roblee of St. Louis, are expected here soon, and will make their home while here at John Gormley's. This exerpt is from an e-mail sent to me on the NY-WWS list. It is from the Granville Personal Mention news of 1913. It was submitted with other news items by JOMARIE37@webtv.net I hope everyone is having a good winter. We had about 10 inches of snow here the other night and it is in the teens and twenties. A few weeks ago it was in the MINUS teens and twenties. JEAN T. BAKER

Can anyone tell me what the family origin of this name is? We don't have any history of the name Alva in my line but I find it a great coincidence that my great-aunt, whose mother was Fanny Jane Roblee (Harrison), named her oldest son Alva. Was it just a hugely popular name at that time?! Phyllis Reed

Mrs. Alvah Rublee gets a mention here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sheboygan/news57.htm The Charles D. Cole and wife mentioned were the parents of George Cole, who married Alvah and Martha (Kent) Rublee's daughter Emiline "Julia" Rublee. Her husband was George Cole. Cindy Walcott Grand Isle, VT Researching -- Vermont: Alger, Ryea, Walcott, Bean, Gray, Barber USA and Canada: Robblee/Rublee/Roblee USA: Towle South: Sharp, Scoggins, Seawright, Banta

Great tips. And the DVD part gets even better when you apply music to it. I just finished my third homemade DVD and get better with each one. If you have a MAC you can use iLife to do all of this with relative ease. The software allows you to apply what is referred to as the "Ken Burns effect" which allows you to pan and or zoom on each slide/photo and it gives the feeling of movement and people quickly forget these are still shots. In a future one I want to take digital shots of old photos and also include photos of our Scottish tartan (plaid design) and other great shots of our history. One can do pictures of "home" then and now. In iLife there is the ability to speak on the DVD also so photos can be explained. I have fond memories of going to a relative in September after their summer travels and watching slide shows narrated by the mom and this was my first introduction to the major national parks. this was way be for we had TV which came to us in 1955. And even then they didn't have vary many travel shows! the ability to do homemade DVDs is going to really get folks into roots I believe. Maybe someone who does this in the PC world can give tips on doing this on PCs. If anyone wants to ask specific q's on how to do this e-mail me. I also get mine copied at a pro place with a photo and title on it. Looks very impressive! I tell people I'm having more fun than anyone should be allowed to have sitting down! :) One lady saw one of my DVDs and went out and bought a digital camera to copy me! I love it! think about those stories we can put on film to give to our grand and great grand kids! Bergetta

I did a low-tech version of this for my family at Christmas. Last year, I went through my parents 35 mm slides and organized a two carousel slide show. Everyone really enjoyed it. This year, I simply took a digital photo of each slide projected on the screen. Then, my son copied it onto CDs for folks. My brother-in-law went a step further and put it on DVD so that you can watch on your TV screen. We just barely got a DVD player, so we aren't up that level of tech yet! Cindy -----Original Message----- From: PMaeveReed@aol.com [mailto:PMaeveReed@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 8:10 AM To: ROBLEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Rootsweb Family Documentation Project, 1c. Tips from Readers: Using Technology to Tell Family Stories By Barbara Heinrich

1c. Tips from Readers: Using Technology to Tell Family Stories By Barbara Heinrich Two years ago while visiting my then 87-year-old mother and looking at old photos, one of my nieces kept asking, "Who's this? What was this about? Who were they?" My brother and I were astonished! Why didn't everyone know? Then and there I had a project that formed for the future. I borrowed as many photos as my mom would let me have, asked stories and names on some I didn't know. Armed with a ton of photos I flew home and my adventure of preserving history for the younger generations began. I used a program called Pinnacle (a digital video editing/authoring software application) that icons as Studio 8. Many of the new young movie makers who sell to TV or hopefully to the big screen use this program. You can produce DVDs, VHS tapes, send as e-mails, etc. On my Windows XP and my Epson 1260 scanner I began the laborious process. This idea is not for the faint of heart, new computer people, or those not interested in details and more details and technical issues. Also you must be willing to invest HOURS of time and look through many slides and photos and get the scoop on them from various relatives--especially the older ones. I had fun doing this project, but tore my hair out on numerous occasions. My first project was to trace my dad's maternal side of the family in pictures and stories. I have all dates and names recorded and some stories on Family Tree Maker (genealogy program), but who will ever go through that beside a genealogist? I spent hours learning the program and scanning old photos to "The Richard Trester Story" file. In this program you can create titles, add voice, and put music in the background. It takes longer to do than when you are using movie film or camcorder usage, but this was all *old* information--and mostly in black and white. When I finished I thought I had a pretty good DVD for family members-- about 20 minutes' worth. And, without my son-in-laws patient help it never would have been completed. (Now, one and a half years later, I will not show this DVD to anyone else--the quality is lacking.) Next was a DVD on my dad's paternal side that was exciting for me because I had just made a connection to my grandfather's family (he and my great-aunt had been orphaned when they were youngsters). Much of the old info no one else knew. And, I carried it up to present date with my family, my brother's, and my sister's. Everyone was in it. I also had a section on "Our Weddings," "Our Pets," "Some Graduations," and my parents' 50th wedding celebration (that everyone had attended). Was this one better? You bet! I had learned a lot of tricks to the program and had solved the problem of background noise and exploding letters (like p's and b's). This one was about 40 minutes. It met with great acclaim from the family. It took at least a 100 hours to do. My mother's story, which incorporated maternal and paternal info into one DVD, included adding maps, and clip art, some humorous during longer stories into the program. This one was about 48 minutes. My mother recorded some of the voice-over, too. By now everyone was aghast at how the quality had improved and the info they were viewing. How much more interesting than just watching someone's slide show or old photo albums. We all spent part of our summers at our grandparents' cottage on a lake in Wisconsin. But why did they buy it? What was behind it all? How did the cottage transform into a year-round house, etc. This project was 50 minutes long. My mother, uncle, and mother's neighbor whose family had built at the same time were all the final authorities on stories and issues. (She got a VHS copy for herself as she and her parents were woven throughout the project.) My uncle, who is 93, our family patriarch, and also a genealogist couldn't get over all the work I had done and the info I had easily incorporated into the photos. Cousins and my brother said, "Thanks for all your work." and, "I'm glad YOU did it and not me!" Some gal friends were visiting while I was viewing a final copy of this DVD and made me play the whole thing for them. They were astonished and amazed how good it was -- and not boring. Could they do one of their family? By now my husband had said, "When are you going to do *my* family?" This is our current project and this one will employ movie clips that will be interspersed throughout the film. This one gets into Ellis Island files, Austria during World War I and immigration. I am producing the project and he is directing the order and will provide most of the voice-over. His latest comment was, "I'm glad you are doing this. I never would have done it!" He is not into details. So, if you have the time or inclination -- try it. It's a good way to record your family roots. There are other programs that will make CDs and DVDs, but some of them will not cut a DVD or will not allow voice- over and background music. Explore.

In response to Bob and Roblee's in Wisconsin, Horace Rublee was the editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel or Milwaukee Journal. Not sure, but can find out. I have a cousin who has him closer to her than to me on the tree. My gr grandmother was Jerusha Rublee Monroe wife of Jason Monroe. They are buried in Lamartine, Fond du Lac County Wisconsin. I know there were other Rublee's in the area as I have the old map books for the county. The ones which weigh a ton and have one township per page! There are Rublee's who are not familiar to me. I've often wondered how they fit into the whole tree. I think there were a few with various spellings in the counties around Fond du Lac County also. and you are right...even it it takes a while, Phyllis, to notice that the water route was very, dare I say, "easy", or at least easier than by land. I think I have not given this list my favorite reading list for moving about by history! One pertaining to Wisconsin is "Waubun" and it is written by the wife of the first Indian agent in Wisconsin Territory. It is wonderful to see how they traveled in that time. (1830's). My favorite memory from reading it is when they are in Portage, Wis in mid winter and she decided they should go visit his parents in Chicago NOW! So off they go on horse back, camping under the stars and traipsing over marshes and arrive for the visit! The other reading all my fellow (can't get enough of history) Rublee "cousins" may enjoy is a series of 11 books put out by University of Nebraska Press. It is called "covered Wagon Women" and each of the 11 books has from 8 to 12 letters or diaries of women who "went west" by covered wagon. At least one diary is going east from the west! I have never read a series more wonderful in terms of putting me right inside the wagon train! Whatever you think you know about this trek, throw it out and think again! These books will open your mind to travel in the period from 1840 to 1903! By the way, I became a great grandma Christmas Eve and I'll be 60 in Jan! Since my kids are all adopted this baby is not technically a Rublee descendent! Bergetta

Hi Bob, A lot of my other relatives ended up in Wisconsin and that area. The main impetus seemed to be 1) the War of 1812 for my military relatives and 2) the building of the Erie Canal. The War moved people across the St Lawrence and the Great Lakes with many of my relatives later sending for their families and staying there. One started a brewery business in Milwaukee since that had been the family business in New York City for the previous 200 or so years. Other relatives helped build the Erie Canal and dates I have seen have varied but run between 1820 and 1860ish, from New York State and across the state to the Buffalo NY area and then to points west along the water. I subscribe to the theory that the Kendall, NY Rob(b)lees were somehow involved in the canal building since the time coincides. I'm open to contradiction though! Phyllis Reed

Hello All, Exchanging information with Edna Cudmore of PEI, who is researching the descendents of Joseph Robblee and Jane Penman, has given me positive information on where Susanna Robblee, married George Murray in 1830 on PEI, removed to. They emigrated to Wisconsin, probably around 1840. As yet, I have no solid information as to who else may have ventured there as well. Now, here, as I try to tie other loose, stray pieces of information together, I have a favor to ask. Would any of you who have bits of information that doesn't seem to make any sense or tie in anywhere, send them to me? Especially from the above states. What dawned on me the other day,[duh] was the ease of the route into the interior of the continent from the Maritimes via the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. And, of course, our ancestors were sailors and my ggfather was a partner in a schooner. California was farther by boat, prior to 1850 with the expansion of the rails, but still accessible by sea. Send me whatever, because I am still seeking places that Maritime families ventured to . HOpe to hear from you soon. And a Happy New Year to All. Bob

Hello to All, I hope your Christmas has brought you all the joy of the season. I know the last couple of days here have resounded with the gathering of family of all ages. Yesterday, though, brought news of a different note. My father's brother, Alex Robblee, passed away. We have shed a tear for him and we will gather later this week to celebrate his time with us. For that is what he would have wished us to do. Mourn his going, yes, but remember the things and times when his life touched ours for the better. Hoping all is well with you and yours, and HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob

Something is really strange when so many of my northern relatives don't have snow and my son in Dallas is playing in the stuff at Christmas. I talked to my mother in Olean, NY and my sister-in-law in Surrey, Maine and no one had snow, well just a dusting in Surrey. I'm sure you all saw the news about the snow along the Texas coast. Are y'all sending it south to us? If so, please try a little harder as we didn't get any in the Austin area and I really wanted a white Christmas. Hope y'all had a wonderful Christmas and have a great 2005! Jean Bergetta Monroe <bergetta@aol.com> wrote: Greetings to all the Roblee members from the land of cold but virtually no snow...I think the eastern crowd has more snow than MN! We don't have enough to cover the grass! Just watched "It's a wonderful life" and it proves once more the importance of family and connections. I once heard that no one on earth is more distantly related than 50th cousin! I wonder if DNA could prove that! Happy Holidays! Bergetta ==== ROBLEE Mailing List ==== Post your queries and information here. No ROBLEE rock unturned. Spelling variations okay, since we don't really know where we came from.

Greetings to all the Roblee members from the land of cold but virtually no snow...I think the eastern crowd has more snow than MN! We don't have enough to cover the grass! Just watched "It's a wonderful life" and it proves once more the importance of family and connections. I once heard that no one on earth is more distantly related than 50th cousin! I wonder if DNA could prove that! Happy Holidays! Bergetta

Hi to All, As my immediate family begins to gather here for the holiday, I would like to wish all the listmembers and their families all the best for the Christmas Season and the coming New Year. HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob, Becki and Alisa

F. M. Rublee settled in LaCrosse, WI in 1851: http://murphylibrary.uwlax.edu/digital/lacrosse/LaxCarr/00120012.htm Cindy Walcott

Hi Everyone, Wishing all of my cousins a wonderfull Christmas and a Happy New Year. Hope to see you all at the reunion in 2005. All the best. Ann (Roblee) & Bill Yarnell

And best wishes for the best possible outcome of everything in the New Year. Phyllis Reed

> Hi Doug, This sounds interesting...but am I the only one who would like and "English" version of this? It's a bit more "techy" than I can handle. While we are on the subject of techy stuff. Does anyone know if one can burn a DVD on an American computer and play it in England? It is my understanding!!!!! that the world is divided into about 7 or 9 regions for security purposes and this is why there is a PAL system in Europe for VHS stuff but we are wondering if the same applies to DVDs. I want to do some DVDs of genealogy stuff and show photos and explain them on Video camera as well as still shots etc and put it all on a DVD and be able to include copies for relatives on the other side of the ocean! thanks, Happy everything to all my Rublee "cousins" Bergetta > > From: Douglas Detling <doug.detling@gmail.com> > Date: December 19, 2004 12:10:26 AM CST > To: ROBLEE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Delivering Family History Data on the Web > > > Presenting family history data on the Internet does not always have to > be based on complex HTML formatted pages. Recently, genealogists have > been experimenting with different ways to deliver data on the web, and > I'm no exception, as my data base includes Bradts, Brotts, Bunkers, > Winslows, Williams, Roblees and others galore. Wouldn't you know it, > but the most heavily used surname in my data base is Archer. > > Based on a recent article in Richard Eastman's genealogy newsletter, I > decided to try a program called The Next Generation of Genealogy > Sitebuilding ©, written by Darrin Lythgoe. The program permits the > genealogist to export family history data (an old-fashioned GEDCOM > file), then import the file and convert it to a data base (in this > case a MySQL data base on my web site, which runs under Linux). > Information is delivered to the web site visitor by PHP scripts. > Although it helps to know SQL and PHP, you don't have to (I certainly > don't) if you know basic data base principles. > > If you'd like to see how it works, please visit my site at: > > http://www.greencity.org/TNG/index.php > > Any feedback is appreciated. You can also visit Darrin's site at: > http://lythgoes.net/genealogy/software.php > > ______ > Doug Detling > >