you have to subscribe to Ancestry.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jjm28533@aol.com> To: <SAWYER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 11:18 PM Subject: Re: [SAWYER] Military on Ancestry.com Thats great , how to I get on that site? I don,t have Ancestry.com anymore. Janet ==== SAWYER Mailing List ==== Send queries with: name, date,place James Sawyer , 1842, Eaton,Quebec ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Thats great , how to I get on that site? I don,t have Ancestry.com anymore. Janet

I was doing some research on Ancestry.com this morning and for the first time up poped the WW II Enlistment database. Here are some new military record database's on Ancestry.com. I found them under Recent Genealogy Databases. Genealogy Database Title Posted World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 - Updated 11/11/2005 WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings 11/10/2005 U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 11/10/2005 World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 11/10/2005 Ron

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kRFBAIB/1469 Message Board Post: While browsing ebay for family bibles, I came across a Oliver & Mary Sawyer family bible 1816 from Brattleboro Vermont. I am not connected to this surname. but while looking for mine I have been posting messages to people with the surnames I have run across. I think it is very sad that somehow these family bibles get lost along the way. I hope this helps someone. Look on ebay under books, then family bibles.

The following is an article about online books that I just received. The message is incredibly cool! You can go to the Brigham Young University website http://www.lib.byu.edu/ and do searches of over 5000 books which the Family History Library has put online.* ... the LDS Family History Library has announced that it has begun the process of digitizing and making available on the Internet all of the Family History books in their collection. These are primarily books in the "929.273 Series" that are currently housed on the first floor of the Family History Library (previously housed on the fourth floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building). At the present time (September 2005), about 5000 books have been digitized and are available, and they have announced that they are adding about 100 titles a week to the on-line collection. Copyright issues are playing a role in determining the order in which they progress through this task; books out of copyright are being done first. As these Family History books are digitized and placed on-line, an entry is being placed in the Family History Library on-line catalog with a hyperlink to the digitized image. By going to the FHL On-Line Catalog, you can search for a specific name, find a book that has been indexed using the name, and view it on-line, flipping through the pages as separate "pdf" images, much the same as if you were on the first floor of the Family History Library. = Of course, the indexing that is available through the FHL Catalog is only as good as the human indexers made it; typically they only include the "top" 4 to 6 names that appear in each book in their indexing efforts. But there is even better news! The digitized images of these Family History books are actually being stored on the electronic servers at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.= By going directly to the BYU web site to view the images, there are several additional possibilities that provide genealogists functionality that they have never had before. You are now able to do full-text searches on each book, and on every digitized book in the collection. Now you can locate the small two-paragraph entry on Grandpa Ebenezer McGarrah that is buried in one of the Family History books that you would have otherwise never thought to look at before. This can open up a huge new possibility for extending lines, getting past brick walls, and uncovering new relatives!= How to Find The Digitized Images? Go to the web site of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU at http://www.lib.byu.edu/ on their home page, follow the links "Find Other Materials/Electronic/On Line Collections at BYU". Click on the "Text Collections" tab and select the "Family History Archive" from the list of collections that are displayed. (Direct link: http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/) You would then normally want to use the "Search All" feature with the "Search Full Text" box checked, although the "Advanced Search" will allow very high-powered searches that will allow certain phrases to be searched for and other words to be used to exclude potential hits. As you make selections from the "hits" that are displayed, you will need to use the "Click Here to View Item" button near the top of the screen to display the actual image of the page. You can page through the entire document using the index displayed on the left side of the screen. Each page may be printed after being viewed. One interesting sidelight is, when you are at the first web page for the Family History Archive (the page that lets you begin a search), click on the "Browse the Collection" button. This will display every Family History book that has been digitized and is available in the collection. You can scroll through this list much the same as if you were walking up and down the stacks at the library. At the top of the first page of the search results, it displays the number of hits, which (in this case) is the number of books in the collection. If you keep track of this number, you can get a pretty good idea of how fast they are adding titles to the collection as you revisit the web site from time to time. I think you will want to visit this site often as the collection grows!" --

Thank you ron for this information. Sure sounds interesting and a "must use" site. Wanda

Hello Sawyer's, Will someone out there please send me some data on Craven Sawyer who married Rebecca DeLoach? I have been searching for a Rebecca Sawyer who married John R. DeLoach and recently I discovered I may have been " barking up the wrong tree". Some people have said they had a Rebecca DeLoach who married Craven Sawyer, now would those people please send me what they have as My Rebecca Sawyer may well have been Rebecca Deloach, married to Craven Sawyer, he died and she then married John R. DeLoach who was a cousin. The data I have on Rebecca indicates she was born 1804 in Edgefield County, S.C. Help please... Thank you Wanda wandaharbert@charter.net

Happy Birthday Edith!!! Misty3626@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kRFBAIB/1123.1.3 Message Board Post: I have just read you query re: Sawyers. I don't know whether it is of any interest to you, but my Mum was born Edith Rose Sawyer (her father was a Shorter-Sawyer) in Hackney East London in 1917. It was her 88th birthday yesterday!

In a message dated 10/23/2005 8:22:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rmcolby@micro-net.com writes: http://www.nedcc.org/leaflets/phocar.htm What is this for? Janet

this should be of interest to most Care of Photographs http://www.nedcc.org/leaflets/phocar.htm Ronald Colby rmcolby@micro-net.com Kearns, Utah 801-680-1317 I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart. COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colby/colbyfam COLBY'S BOOKS: http://trinity.psnw.com/~rmcolby/index.htm

Charlotte, My Grandfather,s middle name was Baker, Ansel Baker Sawyer, do you think it,s a family name? I was told it was his Grandmother,s maiden name???? Janet Jjm28533@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kRFBAIB/1468 Message Board Post: Does anyone have any information on Elizabeth Sayer/Sawyer marrying George Gamage Dec. 5, 1769 in Suffolk, Hollsley. I found Eizabeth was born to Thomas and Hannah Sayer/Sawyer - I homing tie them all together somehow. Miranda billyoung@telus.net

Has anyone tried the Island of Wight, Virginia? Other related families seem to have been from there. Freda Researching my Southern families: Rober(t)son, Blakely, Wright, Godbold, Sills, Thornton, Regan, Sims, Jones, Riley, Boles, On Nov 21, 2005, at 9:58 AM, Arcell Sawyer wrote: > Ronald, do you have a source for this information? > > Wonderful if it gave place names in Virginia. > > This is pretty much "old family stories" and I researched in > Richmond years ago trying to locate a William Sawyer there that > would fit the story and dates. Found a couple but were accounted for. > > So the mystery continues. > Arcell Sawyer > > > ==== SAWYER Mailing List ==== > Send queries with: name, date,place > James Sawyer , 1842, Eaton,Quebec > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Arcell,, wish I could help you jump for joy! Unfortunately, I am almost just an e-mail researcher. Live way out on the west coast and have no other sources for research. I wrote to Donna Wall, whom I have as my source for Elizabeth Hancock as the wife of William Sawyer. Will let you know if I learn anything new. Thank you and others for posting your info and inquiries...really is a service for those of us who can't get to the records. I research the Sawyers because they evidently were very close to my Nathaniel Robertson family in Edgefield. I, with no info, feel my family moved with the Sawyers to Alabama... Freda Researching my Southern families: Rober(t)son, Blakely, Wright, Godbold, Sills, Thornton, Regan, Sims, Jones, Riley, Boles, On Nov 20, 2005, at 12:48 PM, Arcell Sawyer wrote: > Hi Freda, we have corresponded before.....and If you would show me > proof of the Hancock-Wm. Sawyer connection, I would jump for joy! > I have been unable to find this connection in North Carolina in the > counties I have researched. > > You are correct in the Keel surname, discovered by another Sawyer > researcher and the Keels lived in Onslow County, N. C. > > Evidently Lewis Powell (I believe him to be connected with the > Moses Powell/ Conner/Williams lines) married the widow of Samuel > Keele (Kelly pronounced). She was the daughter of Thomas Johnston/ > Johnson in Onslow County. Strangely enough there were Keiles, > Nathaniel and John if memory serves me at all, and a Thomas > Johnsons in the Pasquotank area very early but do not know if > related to the Keeles and Johnsons in Onslow County. For right now > I do not know where this John Sawyer originated. > > John Sawyers wife was Priscillar Keele and this is the close > relationship of Lewis Powell and John Sawyer that had many > buffaloed, as Lewis Powell was John Sawyer's step father in law. > > It gets confusing when you catch glimpses of the Sayer surname very > early in Pasquotank area. So for now, it remains a puzzle. > > If you can pull a rabbit out of a hat.....and have a reference of > William and Elizabeth Hancock.....as I said, it would make my > day....and possibly year! > > Arcell > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Freda Noble" <tnoble@mcn.org> > To: <SAWYER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 1:13 PM > Subject: Re: [SAWYER] Priscilla McPherson and John Sawyer > > > >> >> I have a John Sawyer married to Priscilla Keel who had a son John >> Sawyer. Is this the same John who married Priscilla "McPherson?" >> Priscilla Keel's John Sawyer's father was William Sawyer who >> married Elizabeth Hancock. Hope you will post your info, >> Arcell. Freda >> >> On Oct 19, 2005, at 3:45 PM, searching3@nc.rr.com wrote: >> >> >>> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >>> >>> Surnames: Sawyer >>> Classification: Query >>> >>> Message Board URL: >>> >>> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kRFBAIB/1466 >>> >>> Message Board Post: >>> >>> Those folks who have Priscilla McPherson tied to the John Sawyer >>> line who ended up in South Carolina in 1760s and who died there >>> evidently have the South Carolina Sawyers and the North Carolina >>> mixed up. >>> >>> There was indeed a Priscilla McPherson and John Sawyer but this >>> was a later John and Priscilla than the John and Priscilla that >>> ended up in Edgefield Dist., S.C. >>> >>> The John Sawyer who died in Edgefield 1780s and the John Sawyer >>> and Priscilla in Eastern N. C. did not die until after 1800. >>> >>> I will try to clear this up, later this evening. >>> >>> Arcell Sawyer >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ==== SAWYER Mailing List ==== >>> Checked WorldConnect? 321,337,551 names and growing. >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family >>> and the >>> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ==== SAWYER Mailing List ==== >> Checked alternate spellings of SAWYER- SAWER, SAWYERS ,SAYER,SAWYIER >> >> ============================== >> New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your >> ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and >> friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/ >> 2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >> >> > > > > ==== SAWYER Mailing List ==== > Check for Viruses and Virus Hoaxes before sending to the SAWYER-L > [http://www.symantec.com/] > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

forwarded for Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jjm28533@aol.com> To: <sawyer-d-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 8:32 AM Subject: Handcock Family William Handcock the first of this family in America, came from Ireland, in 1728and was one of the proprietors of Narraganset Now Buxton ME.b.abt.1707 son of William Hancock wife Sarah. Children ;;; Mary 1718 marr; John Boyinton, Isaac b.1720 , Agnes, b.1722 marr; Timothy Hasaltine, Eliz.1730 marr. Capt. John Lane , John , Ann. Taken fron The Sawyer,s of Elliotsville decendents of James Sawyer of Gloucester, Mass.and their kinfolk THe Drakes.

Forwarded for Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jjm28533@aol.com> To: <sawyer-d-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 7:55 AM Subject: John Sawyer John Sawyer b.1730 Passquotank County, NC died Edgefield SC,1784 Family tales told long ago states, there were 2 generations here before (old John} ..... this leads to the big question, Who were John,s parents and where did they originate Suspiction but no proof;;;was that John,s father was named William and his Grandfather was also William Family tales also tell us the first ancester came from London to somewhere in Virginia, to Pasquotank an Area north of Carolinas then to Edgefield County, SC. Spouse: Percilla Mc Pherson/ Keel B. ca 1718 Father Samuel Keel 1742 mother was Sarah Johnston b.1718 Childern Anselm 1752,Sevility 1759,Cader1765, Deboney George 1769, John 1771, Lewis1773, Sarah1775 , Elkanah1777, Leontine 1818 Deborah 1766 Janet Jjm28533@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sawyer / McDowell / White Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kRFBAIB/1467 Message Board Post: I have found a tree on the Family of John H and Harriette Sawyer of Williamson Co. Tn. I have information to round out your tree on the McDowell Side. please contact me charlotte_baker@tds.net

HI- Would someone send me the link to get off this list? Thanks- Ali -----Original Message----- From: Jjm28533@aol.com Sent: Oct 20, 2005 11:56 PM To: SAWYER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SAWYER] Re: Sawyer ancestors Pasquotank, NC area Sorry My computer was down for a month so I lost contact with many friends, just want you all to know I,m back. Janet Jjm28533@aol.com ==== SAWYER Mailing List ==== Checked WorldConnect? 321,337,551 names and growing. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Sorry My computer was down for a month so I lost contact with many friends, just want you all to know I,m back. Janet Jjm28533@aol.com