Thank you Rick!? I wasn't aware FHC had the films.??Thank you for your help :) ~Glinda -----Original Message----- From: Fredric Z. Saunders fzsaund@ix.netcom.com The original bonds, and any other associated records (sometimes depositions) are microfilmed and available through any Family History Center if you have access to one.? Rowan County Bastardy bonds from 1822 to 1925 are on FHL microfilm 2,047,330, item 1 (earlier Rowan bonds 1757-1821 are on FHL microfilm 2,047,329, item 3). ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com

Hi, Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the original Bastardy Bond for the following people?? These are my ancestors but there is no Margaret Cartwin in the 1850 census.? I want to see the original bond to see if it was transcribed wrong.? Paul Safret married a Margaret and their first child was Henry Safrit (b. Aug. 1853).? Henry Safrit is listed as "Henry Carter Safrit" on his marriage record.? Could Margaret Cartwin be Margaret Cartner?? Does anyone have Cartner names in their family tree?? Paul's sister, Clara Ann Safrit married Abner Cartner in 1854.? Thank you. ~Glinda http://home.earthlink.net/~bcamin/bbonds/rowen.htm ---- MOTHER ------------- DATE ------ BONDSMAN ------------ BONDSMAN Margaret Cartwin???????? Aug 1854????????? Paul Safrit?????????????????? Peter Safret ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com

Hi Glinda, The original bonds, and any other associated records (sometimes depositions) are microfilmed and available through any Family History Center if you have access to one. Rowan County Bastardy bonds from 1822 to 1925 are on FHL microfilm 2,047,330, item 1 (earlier Rowan bonds 1757-1821 are on FHL microfilm 2,047,329, item 3). There will be labeled folders, each usually covering roughly a ten year period. They are usually more or less chronological in each folder, but don't can't on it, so you may have to go through the entire folder (not that difficult). As another alternative if the bond is difficult to read or unclear from the handwriting, you could also check the Rowan County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Minutes for the Aug. 1854 term, where there should also be mention of a case of the State vs. Paul Safrit for bastardy. That should be on FHL microfilm 0,019,762 or 0,313,780 (another filming). Rick Saunders http://genealogypro.com/fsaunders.html No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.33/1133 - Release Date: 11/15/2007 8:57 PM

Be sure to do a surname search with your browser as the dates are sometimes out of order. Betty Pace From: http://home.earthlink.net/~bcamin/bbonds/bastardy.htm All these links don't work -- instead go to http://home.earthlink.net/~bcamin/bbonds/ Betty Camin's North Carolina Bastardy Bonds by Counties Due to a move from Raleigh, NC to Mount Airy NC, I was unable to finish the other 70 Counties By law, it is permissable to make one copy for personal use. It is not acceptable to make copies for handouts, for sale or to post copies on other Web Pages without permission ... AlamanceAlexanderAlleghanyAnsonAshe BertieBrunswickBuncombBurkeBute CabarrusCaldwellCamdenCarteretCaswell CatawbaChathamCherokeeChowanClay ClevelandCravenCumberlandGranvilleMoore New HanoverRowenRutherfordSurryWake Home Page Email me

It is interesting to have Joan Marie's account of her indexing project at her local Family History Center. If one goes to the online Family History Library website - _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) and scrolls to the lower left corner, there is a link called something like *What's new?" [Failing memory] Click on that from time to time. I am delighted to know that the English censuses have now been entered, and I can track down my English grandmother's aunts and uncles, et al. I don't even have to know the first names. I just insert the surname, which is QUITE COMMON in England and their probable birthplace. Bingo! E.W.Wallace descended from a Moravian family and a Maryland immigrant family of colonial Rowan Co. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

I hope some group is considering seriously bypassing the gawdawful microfilms and simply recopying the originals with modern technology. What a treat that would be. ----- Original Message ----- From: "TODD KERRY BRANDOFF" <kerry1947@msn.com> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 7:52 AM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Rowan Source Books > Karon, > Do you mean that the LDS folks are digitizing the microfilms and the > microfiche > currently available through their FHCs? > Thanks, > Kerry > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Karon<mailto:kcks39@yahoo.com> > To: rowanroots@rootsweb.com<mailto:rowanroots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 7:04 AM > Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Rowan Source Books > > > The LDS church is in the process of digitizing all of those films and > adding > the data to their website. They originally thought it would take them > 100 > years to do it... the last I heard they have moved that down to 20 years > and > it may be have been lowered again. So if you have looked on their site > for > something in the past keep and it was not there people should keep > looking > again and again. > > Karon > "Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for > the > answer". > ~ William S. Burroughs > > Dyer - Willson - Luckey - Scoville > -----Original Message----- > From: > rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com<mailto:rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com> > [mailto:rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > Hdanw@aol.com<mailto:Hdanw@aol.com> > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 3:48 PM > To: rowanroots@rootsweb.com<mailto:rowanroots@rootsweb.com>; > puttpl@cox.net<mailto:puttpl@cox.net> > Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Rowan Source Books > > Those who live in the Western United States, where the LDS church is most > active, will find nearby LDS family history centers. Therefore, the > Family > > History Library Catalog will be of great benefit to any genealogical > searcher. > You can borrow films from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. > Many > family histories and county histories and other books have been filmed, > and > > you can borrow those films. Always check the upper right of the screen > which > lists the book/film. You want to check *View film notes*. > > Go to _www.familysearch.org_ > (http://www.familysearch.org<http://www.familysearch.org/>) Look on > the > > right side of the screen. [Bypass the fill-in-the-blank stuff. You > will > be > given largely flawed information about your ancestor, experience has > taught > > me.] > > Click on the catalog link. Do a PLACE search for whatever county in the > US > > or England and perhaps Mexico nowadays you want to research. Do NOT > type > in > the word county. Then add the State [lower case OK] If you type in > Rowan > and North Carolina, look at ALL the topics. One noted researcher I know > says > she heads for a list of books cataloged under Genealogies. (For Rowan > Co. > early records, check Author: Jo White Linn. For later records, check > such > > authors as Margaret M. Hofmann, A. B. Pruitt.) > > My personal favorites in a PLACE search are 1) land records 2) probates > 3) > court records 4) vital records [not very useful for early settlers, I am > afraid, except perhaps marriages and 4) county histories. > > Some of the books have been filmed. Furthermore, if your local or > nearby > PUBLIC library has a subscription to the online database called > HeritageQuest, > do a place search there in Book section for Rowan Co. [not much, I am > afraid] > > If your public library does not have a subscription to either > HeritageQuest > > or Ancestry.com, then ask the librarian to help you find a nearby library > which does have subscriptions to these databases. Then call up that > library and > ask whether you can have a yearly membership for a fee. Many libraries > will > accommodate you--for a fee. > > Also, check your State Libraries. Most of them webpages--or at least > telephones. Find out whether the State Library has a subscription to > either or > both databses. I see that Texas State Library has a facility to > accommodate its > patrons who live in the State. And ask your librarian and your State > Library about interlibrary loan. (That's how I got acquainted with Mrs. > Linn's > book--borrowing from my State Library, which has a special genealogical > library.) > > And NEVER overlook a University or Community College library. Sometimes > you > can purchase a library card at a nearby University library--as a > community > resident. I have found lots of genealogical books in a LARGE California > University library--but don't mention the word *genealogy*. Look for > books > > cataloged under local history, English parish registers, immigration > books > [such as > Germans to America, Italians to America, etc.] Universities usually use > Library of Congress cataloging system. On shelves where the books have > the > > letters *CS* you will find some general genealogical books--such as > Burke's > > Peerage, etc. Under books labeled *Z* you may find immigration records. > > We genealogists have to keep learning and learning!!! This is hard > work, > but detective work can be exhilarating. Just ask a dedicated > genealogist! > > E.W.Wallace > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com<http://www.aol.com/> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com> > 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 > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com> > 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 > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Several million names have been transcribed by the LDS for West Virginia http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx Jim Burgess -----Original Message----- From: rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joan Marie Meyering Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:48 AM To: rowanroots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] LDS DIGITALIZING PROJECT E.W.. Hey, that is great information about the English records. I am not involved in doing any of thei LDS indexing but hope to benefit from other's involvement. I think that as time goes by the states themselves will get involved in digitizing their records. I know KY has done some & I have used MO's. Hope MD, NC & SC get on the bandwagon & get their probates & church records up soon. Joan Marie -- Original Message ----- From: <Hdanw@aol.com> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] LDS DIGITALIZING PROJECT > It is interesting to have Joan Marie's account of her indexing project at > her local Family History Center. > > If one goes to the online Family History Library website - > _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) and scrolls to the > lower left corner, > there is a link called something like *What's new?" [Failing memory] > > Click on that from time to time. I am delighted to know that the English > censuses have now been entered, and I can track down my English > grandmother's > aunts and uncles, et al. I don't even have to know the first names. I > just > insert the surname, which is QUITE COMMON in England and their probable > birthplace. Bingo! > > E.W.Wallace > descended from a Moravian family and a Maryland immigrant family of > colonial > Rowan Co. > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

E.W.. Hey, that is great information about the English records. I am not involved in doing any of thei LDS indexing but hope to benefit from other's involvement. I think that as time goes by the states themselves will get involved in digitizing their records. I know KY has done some & I have used MO's. Hope MD, NC & SC get on the bandwagon & get their probates & church records up soon. Joan Marie -- Original Message ----- From: <Hdanw@aol.com> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] LDS DIGITALIZING PROJECT > It is interesting to have Joan Marie's account of her indexing project at > her local Family History Center. > > If one goes to the online Family History Library website - > _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) and scrolls to the > lower left corner, > there is a link called something like *What's new?" [Failing memory] > > Click on that from time to time. I am delighted to know that the English > censuses have now been entered, and I can track down my English > grandmother's > aunts and uncles, et al. I don't even have to know the first names. I > just > insert the surname, which is QUITE COMMON in England and their probable > birthplace. Bingo! > > E.W.Wallace > descended from a Moravian family and a Maryland immigrant family of > colonial > Rowan Co. > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Karon, Do you mean that the LDS folks are digitizing the microfilms and the microfiche currently available through their FHCs? Thanks, Kerry ----- Original Message ----- From: Karon<mailto:kcks39@yahoo.com> To: rowanroots@rootsweb.com<mailto:rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 7:04 AM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Rowan Source Books The LDS church is in the process of digitizing all of those films and adding the data to their website. They originally thought it would take them 100 years to do it... the last I heard they have moved that down to 20 years and it may be have been lowered again. So if you have looked on their site for something in the past keep and it was not there people should keep looking again and again. Karon "Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer". ~ William S. Burroughs Dyer - Willson - Luckey - Scoville -----Original Message----- From: rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com<mailto:rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com> [mailto:rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Hdanw@aol.com<mailto:Hdanw@aol.com> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 3:48 PM To: rowanroots@rootsweb.com<mailto:rowanroots@rootsweb.com>; puttpl@cox.net<mailto:puttpl@cox.net> Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Rowan Source Books Those who live in the Western United States, where the LDS church is most active, will find nearby LDS family history centers. Therefore, the Family History Library Catalog will be of great benefit to any genealogical searcher. You can borrow films from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Many family histories and county histories and other books have been filmed, and you can borrow those films. Always check the upper right of the screen which lists the book/film. You want to check *View film notes*. Go to _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org<http://www.familysearch.org/>) Look on the right side of the screen. [Bypass the fill-in-the-blank stuff. You will be given largely flawed information about your ancestor, experience has taught me.] Click on the catalog link. Do a PLACE search for whatever county in the US or England and perhaps Mexico nowadays you want to research. Do NOT type in the word county. Then add the State [lower case OK] If you type in Rowan and North Carolina, look at ALL the topics. One noted researcher I know says she heads for a list of books cataloged under Genealogies. (For Rowan Co. early records, check Author: Jo White Linn. For later records, check such authors as Margaret M. Hofmann, A. B. Pruitt.) My personal favorites in a PLACE search are 1) land records 2) probates 3) court records 4) vital records [not very useful for early settlers, I am afraid, except perhaps marriages and 4) county histories. Some of the books have been filmed. Furthermore, if your local or nearby PUBLIC library has a subscription to the online database called HeritageQuest, do a place search there in Book section for Rowan Co. [not much, I am afraid] If your public library does not have a subscription to either HeritageQuest or Ancestry.com, then ask the librarian to help you find a nearby library which does have subscriptions to these databases. Then call up that library and ask whether you can have a yearly membership for a fee. Many libraries will accommodate you--for a fee. Also, check your State Libraries. Most of them webpages--or at least telephones. Find out whether the State Library has a subscription to either or both databses. I see that Texas State Library has a facility to accommodate its patrons who live in the State. And ask your librarian and your State Library about interlibrary loan. (That's how I got acquainted with Mrs. Linn's book--borrowing from my State Library, which has a special genealogical library.) And NEVER overlook a University or Community College library. Sometimes you can purchase a library card at a nearby University library--as a community resident. I have found lots of genealogical books in a LARGE California University library--but don't mention the word *genealogy*. Look for books cataloged under local history, English parish registers, immigration books [such as Germans to America, Italians to America, etc.] Universities usually use Library of Congress cataloging system. On shelves where the books have the letters *CS* you will find some general genealogical books--such as Burke's Peerage, etc. Under books labeled *Z* you may find immigration records. We genealogists have to keep learning and learning!!! This is hard work, but detective work can be exhilarating. Just ask a dedicated genealogist! E.W.Wallace ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com<http://www.aol.com/> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com> 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 ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I cannot speak for North Carolina laws, but in lectures which I have attended pertaining to Virginia laws, I learned this: 1. White males in the colonial era were eligible for the milita at age 16 [Virginia and probably other colonies] 2. Both sexes could be witnesses to a document in Virginia, providing they were old enough to understand what they were witnessing. If you read a deed, for example, and then read the accompanying court record of the same date, you find that frequently the witness or witnesses give an oath as to the validity of the deed. 3. A parent could buy/have patented land for a child or children but that child, until he/she was of age, could not sell the land until of age. The contract of a minor would not be valid. Not laws, but customs, according to some genealogists: 1. A groom was generally about age 26 when he married, as by that time he may have acquired land. (I don't think indentured persons or enslaved persons were allowed to be married prior to being granted their freedom. If you have the opportunity to read this well-constructed book by W. Preston Haynie, you will learn a lot about indentures, etc. in Northumberland Co., VA. Records of indentured servants and of certificates for land, Northumberland County, Virginia 1650-1795. You will also learn of the births of children of mixed races.) 2. The bride was of any age, seemingly from age 14 on up. My great-grandmother was about age 16 when she married my Confederate veteran after the Civil War [or whatever he called it]. Comments, anyone. E.W.Wallace _Records of indentured servants and of certificates for land, Northhumberland County, Virginia, 1650-1795_ (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=764933&disp=Records+of+ indentured+servants+and+of+ce) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

I just want to expand a little on this since it was mentioned recently. I don't know anything about their progress in doing the books, but I think there was talk about that before the talk about doing the microfilm collection. At any rate, I think they have finished all the microfilms and are in the indexing stage now. They are utilizing local genealogical societies to help with the indexing (a plus, I think, because the local societies should know the names better, although they are supposed to be having everything double checked by others anyhow) & are making the results available as they go. That is good! I was having visions of not having decent vision left by the time the project was finished! The director at the FHC that I use is "beta" testing the information and lets me use it when he is there. So far, I have viewed copies of OH death certificates and have found them helpful, although not anything to rave about, the reason being that that is something that was not mandatory until after 1900 for the most part and so too late for most of my work, and OH is not a state I am working in very much. They have given me a few wive's maiden names though. The last time I went I noticed that they now have some GA records up too, and I think one of the more recent censuses was on, but they are available pretty widely anyhow. So the availability is not as far off as we might have expected. Joan Marie

There is one thing confusing about your message. You stated "he" [not named] came with the KNOX family ca. 1740, and that he is with them in the 1768 tax list, which would make him at least 28 years old. The taxable age on white males in Colonial NC (before the Rev. War) was age 16. Guardianship would end at age 21. That he was taxed with Jane (K)NOX in 1768 would mean he was living in the household (or at least on the premises) and at least age 16. He could have been there as an actual household member (relative, step-relative, etc.), as an apprentice, or as a hired person. In any of the cases, Jane would have been responsible for paying his tax as he was living on her property. Rick Saunders No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.32/1131 - Release Date: 11/14/2007 4:54 PM

I would think that he?had probably reached the age of?21?years if he was being taxed in 1768.? I believe guardianship lasted until he would have reached the age of maturity or 21 years old. Linda -----Original Message----- From: Dick Stewart <puttpl@cox.net> To: rowanroots@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 6:16 pm Subject: [ROWANROOTS] Guardianship vs. Indentured Person Hello List, I will appreciate your thoughts: I have an ancestor who possibly came with the John Knox family from Ulster, c 1740. If he is still with the family in 1768 and on the Rowan Tax Roll in Jane (K)Nox's household, is it possible he is still under a guardianship, indenture or just residing there on some other basis? My reasoning is that "being listed" is proof of his age being at least 16 but somehow still considered a family member. If not just a casual member of the community visiting, will he be obliged to pay the tax? My expectation is that "guardianship" would have ended at age 16. Dick ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com

Rick, I didn't realize guardianships lasted until 21 - did that apply after the Revolution too? Are you as knowledgeable about TN records as NC? Thanks Joan Marie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fredric Z. Saunders" <fzsaund@ix.netcom.com> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Guardianship vs. Indentured Person > There is one thing confusing about your message. You stated "he" [not > named] > came with the KNOX family ca. 1740, and that he is with them in the 1768 > tax > list, which would make him at least 28 years old. > > The taxable age on white males in Colonial NC (before the Rev. War) was > age > 16. Guardianship would end at age 21. That he was taxed with Jane (K)NOX > in > 1768 would mean he was living in the household (or at least on the > premises) > and at least age 16. He could have been there as an actual household > member > (relative, step-relative, etc.), as an apprentice, or as a hired person. > In > any of the cases, Jane would have been responsible for paying his tax as > he > was living on her property. > > Rick Saunders > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.32/1131 - Release Date: > 11/14/2007 > 4:54 PM > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I am a descendant of Barbara Morgan who m. Benjamin Wright, Sr.. probably in Rowan Co. NC. They were my 4th great grandparents. It appears that Barbara's father was a James Morgan as his name is on many of my Wright family papers.. However I understand there were more than one James Morgan in that area in the late 1700s.. Can anyone address this issue? I would appreciate any public records pertaining to the James Morgans and happy to cover costs if anyone has any information... Thanks so much, Ellie Stites Swanger ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Hello List, I will appreciate your thoughts: I have an ancestor who possibly came with the John Knox family from Ulster, c 1740. If he is still with the family in 1768 and on the Rowan Tax Roll in Jane (K)Nox's household, is it possible he is still under a guardianship, indenture or just residing there on some other basis? My reasoning is that "being listed" is proof of his age being at least 16 but somehow still considered a family member. If not just a casual member of the community visiting, will he be obliged to pay the tax? My expectation is that "guardianship" would have ended at age 16. Dick

The LDS church is in the process of digitizing all of those films and adding the data to their website. They originally thought it would take them 100 years to do it... the last I heard they have moved that down to 20 years and it may be have been lowered again. So if you have looked on their site for something in the past keep and it was not there people should keep looking again and again. Karon "Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer". ~ William S. Burroughs Dyer - Willson - Luckey - Scoville -----Original Message----- From: rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Hdanw@aol.com Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 3:48 PM To: rowanroots@rootsweb.com; puttpl@cox.net Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Rowan Source Books Those who live in the Western United States, where the LDS church is most active, will find nearby LDS family history centers. Therefore, the Family History Library Catalog will be of great benefit to any genealogical searcher. You can borrow films from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Many family histories and county histories and other books have been filmed, and you can borrow those films. Always check the upper right of the screen which lists the book/film. You want to check *View film notes*. Go to _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) Look on the right side of the screen. [Bypass the fill-in-the-blank stuff. You will be given largely flawed information about your ancestor, experience has taught me.] Click on the catalog link. Do a PLACE search for whatever county in the US or England and perhaps Mexico nowadays you want to research. Do NOT type in the word county. Then add the State [lower case OK] If you type in Rowan and North Carolina, look at ALL the topics. One noted researcher I know says she heads for a list of books cataloged under Genealogies. (For Rowan Co. early records, check Author: Jo White Linn. For later records, check such authors as Margaret M. Hofmann, A. B. Pruitt.) My personal favorites in a PLACE search are 1) land records 2) probates 3) court records 4) vital records [not very useful for early settlers, I am afraid, except perhaps marriages and 4) county histories. Some of the books have been filmed. Furthermore, if your local or nearby PUBLIC library has a subscription to the online database called HeritageQuest, do a place search there in Book section for Rowan Co. [not much, I am afraid] If your public library does not have a subscription to either HeritageQuest or Ancestry.com, then ask the librarian to help you find a nearby library which does have subscriptions to these databases. Then call up that library and ask whether you can have a yearly membership for a fee. Many libraries will accommodate you--for a fee. Also, check your State Libraries. Most of them webpages--or at least telephones. Find out whether the State Library has a subscription to either or both databses. I see that Texas State Library has a facility to accommodate its patrons who live in the State. And ask your librarian and your State Library about interlibrary loan. (That's how I got acquainted with Mrs. Linn's book--borrowing from my State Library, which has a special genealogical library.) And NEVER overlook a University or Community College library. Sometimes you can purchase a library card at a nearby University library--as a community resident. I have found lots of genealogical books in a LARGE California University library--but don't mention the word *genealogy*. Look for books cataloged under local history, English parish registers, immigration books [such as Germans to America, Italians to America, etc.] Universities usually use Library of Congress cataloging system. On shelves where the books have the letters *CS* you will find some general genealogical books--such as Burke's Peerage, etc. Under books labeled *Z* you may find immigration records. We genealogists have to keep learning and learning!!! This is hard work, but detective work can be exhilarating. Just ask a dedicated genealogist! E.W.Wallace ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Those who live in the Western United States, where the LDS church is most active, will find nearby LDS family history centers. Therefore, the Family History Library Catalog will be of great benefit to any genealogical searcher. You can borrow films from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Many family histories and county histories and other books have been filmed, and you can borrow those films. Always check the upper right of the screen which lists the book/film. You want to check *View film notes*. Go to _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) Look on the right side of the screen. [Bypass the fill-in-the-blank stuff. You will be given largely flawed information about your ancestor, experience has taught me.] Click on the catalog link. Do a PLACE search for whatever county in the US or England and perhaps Mexico nowadays you want to research. Do NOT type in the word county. Then add the State [lower case OK] If you type in Rowan and North Carolina, look at ALL the topics. One noted researcher I know says she heads for a list of books cataloged under Genealogies. (For Rowan Co. early records, check Author: Jo White Linn. For later records, check such authors as Margaret M. Hofmann, A. B. Pruitt.) My personal favorites in a PLACE search are 1) land records 2) probates 3) court records 4) vital records [not very useful for early settlers, I am afraid, except perhaps marriages and 4) county histories. Some of the books have been filmed. Furthermore, if your local or nearby PUBLIC library has a subscription to the online database called HeritageQuest, do a place search there in Book section for Rowan Co. [not much, I am afraid] If your public library does not have a subscription to either HeritageQuest or Ancestry.com, then ask the librarian to help you find a nearby library which does have subscriptions to these databases. Then call up that library and ask whether you can have a yearly membership for a fee. Many libraries will accommodate you--for a fee. Also, check your State Libraries. Most of them webpages--or at least telephones. Find out whether the State Library has a subscription to either or both databses. I see that Texas State Library has a facility to accommodate its patrons who live in the State. And ask your librarian and your State Library about interlibrary loan. (That's how I got acquainted with Mrs. Linn's book--borrowing from my State Library, which has a special genealogical library.) And NEVER overlook a University or Community College library. Sometimes you can purchase a library card at a nearby University library--as a community resident. I have found lots of genealogical books in a LARGE California University library--but don't mention the word *genealogy*. Look for books cataloged under local history, English parish registers, immigration books [such as Germans to America, Italians to America, etc.] Universities usually use Library of Congress cataloging system. On shelves where the books have the letters *CS* you will find some general genealogical books--such as Burke's Peerage, etc. Under books labeled *Z* you may find immigration records. We genealogists have to keep learning and learning!!! This is hard work, but detective work can be exhilarating. Just ask a dedicated genealogist! E.W.Wallace ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Thank you for the update, James! I didn't take time to check the Rowan County Genealogical Society website, as I assumed that others would think to do that. I'm glad to know you're still at work on the series. Katherine ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Katherine, On the Rowan Roots elist you said the following: >James W. Kluttz continued the series of abstracts Jo started. I'm not sure >where you can find those, or if they are still in print. > > For your information, my books are available from the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, P. O. Box 4305, Salisbury, NC 28145-4305. I believe the deed abstracts are $35 each postpaid. I am working on the next volume which includes deed books 35 to 39 in the time period 1841 to about 1850. Best regards, James W. Kluttz Cary, NC