hi, Someone on this list or the Shen. List was working on Fielding Lewis family. of Fredericksburg, Va. Fielding Lewis wife was the sister of George Washington. I lost your e-mail. In today's paper they have article about Betty grave in Culpeper Co. Va. being in a field. If you get in contact to with me, I'll get the article to you. Thanks, Esther

Just returned from Augusta County Virginia and wish to share some of my adventure. We stayed just outside of Staunton on Hwy. 250 off I-81 at the Sleep Inn Hotel. It just opened in January and was very nice. Rates were $58.00 plus tax. Across the Hwy. was a great restaurant named "Mrs. Rowe's." I had the best of dinning there and I highly recommend this Inn which is family owned and operated for the last fifty years. Great atmosphere and fine southern cooking.(Good collard greens and biscuits.) We visited the Staunton Court House and Library with minor success. Visited the Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church in Fishersville where my ggg grandparents were married in 1796. Found the home of my gggg granduncle Zechariah Johnston built in 1730 near Barren Ridge and the home he built in Lexington in 1797. We visited Zechariah's grave site in The Stonewall Jackson Cemetery in Lexington and also the grave site of Andrew Wallace and his wife Jane Blair. Will share pictures that we took of the above with those of a personal concern. Just around the corner where we stayed is a "Frontier Culture Museum" of four living and working farms staffed to answer all questions. One farm house was a Scotch/Irish thatched roof building from Ulster rebuilt on location. The others were German, English, and American. Truly a must if you are in the area. Researching Andrew WALLACE and his wife Margaret WALLACE nee CALBREATH. Still looking for the parents of Andrew. James Wm. Wallace

Fellow Shenvalley Folks/Descendants/Adoptees: In case you haven't seen it, there are new lists on www.ancestry.com including one for Rockingham County birth records, 1853-56. Under heading FREE SEARCHES, click on new databases. Rockingham County birth records now run from 1853-1896 on the free lists. Click on free lists and go to vital records to find them. There are also Virginia marriages on the free list. A hearty second to the Wallaces recommendation of Rowes (rhymes with bow-wow and not row your boat) Restaurant in Staunton VA. This is among the best Shenandoah Valley food and I should know - I grew up there. We try to always eat at this restaurant on each trip. It is just off I-81 on Rt. 250 and is well marked from the interstate. Try not to get there at early meal time. Terry Helsley

It beats me why anybody would repeat the whole shebang of trash and I have to scroll through miles of garbage when reading the Digest version of our list. Please be considerate and <snip> the trash. John

There is a site on the internet ....(address listed below) where you can go check out all of the urban legends that are currently being circulated...this is one of them ...a good place to check out the current urban legends being curculated by email! DolliByron http://www.snopes.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Early <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, May 06, 1999 7:49 AM Subject: Re: Fw: Welcome to the new world order! (fwd) >The fact that this story has NO basis can be confirmed at the CDC website: >http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/pubs/faq/faq5a.htm > >Nancy > >At 06:36 PM 5/5/99 -0700, Robert L. McWilliams III wrote: >>This is what is known as an "urban legend". The story has NO basis in fact >>and is propagated to generate as much hysteria and alarm as possible. This >>particular story has been making the rounds for the past 24 months. There >>are variations of the same story, all culminating in the same end that have >>been circulating since AIDS was recognized as a viral infection. >> >>Bob McWilliams >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: mary fye <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 12:46 PM >>Subject: Fwd: Fw: Welcome to the new world order! (fwd) >> >> >>> >>> --WebTV-Mail-2088964422-813 >>> Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII >>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit >>> >>> Thought I would send this article on to my friends at Shenandoah >>> rootsweb,. Take it for what it't worth. I know from now on I will be >>> much more cautious in coin returns and theater seats. This can be >>> checked out from Dallas Police too. >>> >>> >>> --WebTV-Mail-2088964422-813 >>> Content-Disposition: Inline >>> Content-Type: Message/RFC822 >>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit >>> >>> Received: from mailsorter-101-2.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.96) by >>> postoffice-233.iap.bryant.webtv.net; Tue, 4 May 1999 23:55:21 -0700 >>> (PDT) >>> Return-Path: <[email protected]> >>> Received: from tigger.cyberlink.com (tigger.cyberlink.com [206.64.229.50]) >>> by mailsorter-101-2.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.graham.14Aug97) with >>> ESMTP id XAA18118; Tue, 4 May 1999 23:55:21 -0700 (PDT) >>> Received: from OCPM2-2-9.cyberlink.com (OCPM2-2-9.cyberlink.com >>> [208.212.219.74]) by tigger.cyberlink.com (NTMail >>> 4.20.0009/QS0640.00.df749b8b) with ESMTP id quchbaaa for >><[email protected]>; >>> Wed, 5 May 1999 01:55:26 -0500 >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>> From: "Nancy Anne Vida" <[email protected]> >>> To: "Mary Ellen Fye" <[email protected]> >>> Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Sandy Bussard" >><[email protected]> >>> Subject: Fw: Welcome to the new world order! (fwd) >>> Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 02:47:08 -0500 >>> MIME-Version: 1.0 >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >>> X-Priority: 3 >>> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >>> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 >>> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 >>> X-Script: \\filterscript.mml >>> >>> Nancy Vida >>> ChienBrun Belgian Tervuren >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >I don't know if I totally believe this forward, but I do realize that >>> >something like this could very well be possible. The world is producing >>> >more sickos every day. I know how easy it is to sit on a tack (from High >>> >School pranks) so I'm at least going to be more cautious when sitting or >>> >getting my change. Take it for what it's worth, but it might be a good >>> idea >>> >for you to do the same. >>> > >>> > -Josh >>> >>----- Original Message ----- >>> >>From: <[email protected]> >>> >>To: <[email protected]> >>> >>Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 3:46 PM >>> >>Subject: Welcome to the new world order! >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>> This was passed on from the CDC out of Dallas >>> >>> Subject: Safety Bulletin >>> >>> Date: Wed., 17 Feb. 1999 >>> >>> >>> >>> For your information, a couple of weeks ago, in a Dallas theater, a >>> >>> person sat on something sharp in one of the seats. When she stood up >>> >>to >>> >>> see what it was, a needle was found poking through the seat with an >>> >>> attached note saying, "you have been infected with HIV." The centers >>> >>> for Disease Control in Atlanta reports similar events have taken place >>> >>> in several other cities recently. All of the needles tested HAVE been >>> >>> positive of HIV. The CDC also reports that needles have been found in >>> >>> the coin return areas of pay phones and soda machines. Everyone is >>> >>> asked to use extreme caution when confronted with these types of >>> >>> situations. All public chairs should be thoroughly but safely >>> >>inspected >>> >>> prior to any use. A thorough visual inspection is considered the bare >>> >>> minimum. Furthermore they ask that everyone notify their family >>> >>members >>> >>> and friends of the potential dangers, as well. Thank you. >>> >>> >>> >>> The previous information was sent from the Dallas Police Department to >>> >>> all of the local governments in the Washington area and was >>> >>> interdepartmentally dispersed. We were all asked to pass this to as >>> >>> many people as possiable. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> >>> >>> --WebTV-Mail-2088964422-813-- >>> >>> >>> ==== SHENANDOAH Mailing List ==== >>> If you're not already a Rootsweb member, please join with us! >>> RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >>> >>> >> >> >>==== SHENANDOAH Mailing List ==== >> If you're not already a Rootsweb member, please join with us! >>RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 >> http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >> >> >> > > >__________________________________________ >Nancy Early, Data Analyst > >Center For Transportation Research at Virginia Tech >1700 Kraft Drive, Suite 2000 (030800) >MC - 0536 >Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 >Phone: 540-231-9896 >Fax: 540-231-5214 >E-mail: [email protected] >__________________________________________ > > >==== SHENANDOAH Mailing List ==== > SHENANDOAH Families Mail List Archives: > courtesy of Rootsweb, our gracious host! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Just type in the mail list's name: SHENANDOAH >

The fact that this story has NO basis can be confirmed at the CDC website: http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/pubs/faq/faq5a.htm Nancy At 06:36 PM 5/5/99 -0700, Robert L. McWilliams III wrote: >This is what is known as an "urban legend". The story has NO basis in fact >and is propagated to generate as much hysteria and alarm as possible. This >particular story has been making the rounds for the past 24 months. There >are variations of the same story, all culminating in the same end that have >been circulating since AIDS was recognized as a viral infection. > >Bob McWilliams > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: mary fye <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 12:46 PM >Subject: Fwd: Fw: Welcome to the new world order! (fwd) > > >> >> --WebTV-Mail-2088964422-813 >> Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit >> >> Thought I would send this article on to my friends at Shenandoah >> rootsweb,. Take it for what it't worth. I know from now on I will be >> much more cautious in coin returns and theater seats. This can be >> checked out from Dallas Police too. >> >> >> --WebTV-Mail-2088964422-813 >> Content-Disposition: Inline >> Content-Type: Message/RFC822 >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit >> >> Received: from mailsorter-101-2.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.96) by >> postoffice-233.iap.bryant.webtv.net; Tue, 4 May 1999 23:55:21 -0700 >> (PDT) >> Return-Path: <[email protected]> >> Received: from tigger.cyberlink.com (tigger.cyberlink.com [206.64.229.50]) >> by mailsorter-101-2.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.graham.14Aug97) with >> ESMTP id XAA18118; Tue, 4 May 1999 23:55:21 -0700 (PDT) >> Received: from OCPM2-2-9.cyberlink.com (OCPM2-2-9.cyberlink.com >> [208.212.219.74]) by tigger.cyberlink.com (NTMail >> 4.20.0009/QS0640.00.df749b8b) with ESMTP id quchbaaa for ><[email protected]>; >> Wed, 5 May 1999 01:55:26 -0500 >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> From: "Nancy Anne Vida" <[email protected]> >> To: "Mary Ellen Fye" <[email protected]> >> Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Sandy Bussard" ><[email protected]> >> Subject: Fw: Welcome to the new world order! (fwd) >> Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 02:47:08 -0500 >> MIME-Version: 1.0 >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> X-Priority: 3 >> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 >> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 >> X-Script: \\filterscript.mml >> >> Nancy Vida >> ChienBrun Belgian Tervuren >> [email protected] >> >> >> >I don't know if I totally believe this forward, but I do realize that >> >something like this could very well be possible. The world is producing >> >more sickos every day. I know how easy it is to sit on a tack (from High >> >School pranks) so I'm at least going to be more cautious when sitting or >> >getting my change. Take it for what it's worth, but it might be a good >> idea >> >for you to do the same. >> > >> > -Josh >> >>----- Original Message ----- >> >>From: <[email protected]> >> >>To: <[email protected]> >> >>Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 3:46 PM >> >>Subject: Welcome to the new world order! >> >> >> >> >> >>> This was passed on from the CDC out of Dallas >> >>> Subject: Safety Bulletin >> >>> Date: Wed., 17 Feb. 1999 >> >>> >> >>> For your information, a couple of weeks ago, in a Dallas theater, a >> >>> person sat on something sharp in one of the seats. When she stood up >> >>to >> >>> see what it was, a needle was found poking through the seat with an >> >>> attached note saying, "you have been infected with HIV." The centers >> >>> for Disease Control in Atlanta reports similar events have taken place >> >>> in several other cities recently. All of the needles tested HAVE been >> >>> positive of HIV. The CDC also reports that needles have been found in >> >>> the coin return areas of pay phones and soda machines. Everyone is >> >>> asked to use extreme caution when confronted with these types of >> >>> situations. All public chairs should be thoroughly but safely >> >>inspected >> >>> prior to any use. A thorough visual inspection is considered the bare >> >>> minimum. Furthermore they ask that everyone notify their family >> >>members >> >>> and friends of the potential dangers, as well. Thank you. >> >>> >> >>> The previous information was sent from the Dallas Police Department to >> >>> all of the local governments in the Washington area and was >> >>> interdepartmentally dispersed. We were all asked to pass this to as >> >>> many people as possiable. >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> --WebTV-Mail-2088964422-813-- >> >> >> ==== SHENANDOAH Mailing List ==== >> If you're not already a Rootsweb member, please join with us! >> RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 >> http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >> >> > > >==== SHENANDOAH Mailing List ==== > If you're not already a Rootsweb member, please join with us! >RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > __________________________________________ Nancy Early, Data Analyst Center For Transportation Research at Virginia Tech 1700 Kraft Drive, Suite 2000 (030800) MC - 0536 Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 Phone: 540-231-9896 Fax: 540-231-5214 E-mail: [email protected] __________________________________________

This is what is known as an "urban legend". The story has NO basis in fact and is propagated to generate as much hysteria and alarm as possible. This particular story has been making the rounds for the past 24 months. There are variations of the same story, all culminating in the same end that have been circulating since AIDS was recognized as a viral infection. Bob McWilliams ----- Original Message ----- From: mary fye <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 12:46 PM Subject: Fwd: Fw: Welcome to the new world order! (fwd) > > --WebTV-Mail-2088964422-813 > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > Thought I would send this article on to my friends at Shenandoah > rootsweb,. Take it for what it't worth. I know from now on I will be > much more cautious in coin returns and theater seats. This can be > checked out from Dallas Police too. > > > --WebTV-Mail-2088964422-813 > Content-Disposition: Inline > Content-Type: Message/RFC822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > Received: from mailsorter-101-2.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.96) by > postoffice-233.iap.bryant.webtv.net; Tue, 4 May 1999 23:55:21 -0700 > (PDT) > Return-Path: <[email protected]> > Received: from tigger.cyberlink.com (tigger.cyberlink.com [206.64.229.50]) > by mailsorter-101-2.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.graham.14Aug97) with > ESMTP id XAA18118; Tue, 4 May 1999 23:55:21 -0700 (PDT) > Received: from OCPM2-2-9.cyberlink.com (OCPM2-2-9.cyberlink.com > [208.212.219.74]) by tigger.cyberlink.com (NTMail > 4.20.0009/QS0640.00.df749b8b) with ESMTP id quchbaaa for <[email protected]>; > Wed, 5 May 1999 01:55:26 -0500 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > From: "Nancy Anne Vida" <[email protected]> > To: "Mary Ellen Fye" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Sandy Bussard" <[email protected]> > Subject: Fw: Welcome to the new world order! (fwd) > Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 02:47:08 -0500 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 > X-Script: \\filterscript.mml > > Nancy Vida > ChienBrun Belgian Tervuren > [email protected] > > > >I don't know if I totally believe this forward, but I do realize that > >something like this could very well be possible. The world is producing > >more sickos every day. I know how easy it is to sit on a tack (from High > >School pranks) so I'm at least going to be more cautious when sitting or > >getting my change. Take it for what it's worth, but it might be a good > idea > >for you to do the same. > > > > -Josh > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: <[email protected]> > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 3:46 PM > >>Subject: Welcome to the new world order! > >> > >> > >>> This was passed on from the CDC out of Dallas > >>> Subject: Safety Bulletin > >>> Date: Wed., 17 Feb. 1999 > >>> > >>> For your information, a couple of weeks ago, in a Dallas theater, a > >>> person sat on something sharp in one of the seats. When she stood up > >>to > >>> see what it was, a needle was found poking through the seat with an > >>> attached note saying, "you have been infected with HIV." The centers > >>> for Disease Control in Atlanta reports similar events have taken place > >>> in several other cities recently. All of the needles tested HAVE been > >>> positive of HIV. The CDC also reports that needles have been found in > >>> the coin return areas of pay phones and soda machines. Everyone is > >>> asked to use extreme caution when confronted with these types of > >>> situations. All public chairs should be thoroughly but safely > >>inspected > >>> prior to any use. A thorough visual inspection is considered the bare > >>> minimum. Furthermore they ask that everyone notify their family > >>members > >>> and friends of the potential dangers, as well. Thank you. > >>> > >>> The previous information was sent from the Dallas Police Department to > >>> all of the local governments in the Washington area and was > >>> interdepartmentally dispersed. We were all asked to pass this to as > >>> many people as possiable. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > --WebTV-Mail-2088964422-813-- > > > ==== SHENANDOAH Mailing List ==== > If you're not already a Rootsweb member, please join with us! > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >

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--WebTV-Mail-2088964422-813 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Thought I would send this article on to my friends at Shenandoah rootsweb,. Take it for what it't worth. I know from now on I will be much more cautious in coin returns and theater seats. This can be checked out from Dallas Police too. --WebTV-Mail-2088964422-813 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-2.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.96) by postoffice-233.iap.bryant.webtv.net; Tue, 4 May 1999 23:55:21 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from tigger.cyberlink.com (tigger.cyberlink.com [206.64.229.50]) by mailsorter-101-2.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.graham.14Aug97) with ESMTP id XAA18118; Tue, 4 May 1999 23:55:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from OCPM2-2-9.cyberlink.com (OCPM2-2-9.cyberlink.com [208.212.219.74]) by tigger.cyberlink.com (NTMail 4.20.0009/QS0640.00.df749b8b) with ESMTP id quchbaaa for <[email protected]>; Wed, 5 May 1999 01:55:26 -0500 Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "Nancy Anne Vida" <[email protected]> To: "Mary Ellen Fye" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Sandy Bussard" <[email protected]> Subject: Fw: Welcome to the new world order! (fwd) Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 02:47:08 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Script: \\filterscript.mml Nancy Vida ChienBrun Belgian Tervuren [email protected] >I don't know if I totally believe this forward, but I do realize that >something like this could very well be possible. The world is producing >more sickos every day. I know how easy it is to sit on a tack (from High >School pranks) so I'm at least going to be more cautious when sitting or >getting my change. Take it for what it's worth, but it might be a good idea >for you to do the same. > > -Josh >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 3:46 PM >>Subject: Welcome to the new world order! >> >> >>> This was passed on from the CDC out of Dallas >>> Subject: Safety Bulletin >>> Date: Wed., 17 Feb. 1999 >>> >>> For your information, a couple of weeks ago, in a Dallas theater, a >>> person sat on something sharp in one of the seats. When she stood up >>to >>> see what it was, a needle was found poking through the seat with an >>> attached note saying, "you have been infected with HIV." The centers >>> for Disease Control in Atlanta reports similar events have taken place >>> in several other cities recently. All of the needles tested HAVE been >>> positive of HIV. The CDC also reports that needles have been found in >>> the coin return areas of pay phones and soda machines. Everyone is >>> asked to use extreme caution when confronted with these types of >>> situations. All public chairs should be thoroughly but safely >>inspected >>> prior to any use. A thorough visual inspection is considered the bare >>> minimum. Furthermore they ask that everyone notify their family >>members >>> and friends of the potential dangers, as well. Thank you. >>> >>> The previous information was sent from the Dallas Police Department to >>> all of the local governments in the Washington area and was >>> interdepartmentally dispersed. We were all asked to pass this to as >>> many people as possiable. >>> >>> >> >> > --WebTV-Mail-2088964422-813--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------609F1E2C6309D46EA7BBEAAF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------609F1E2C6309D46EA7BBEAAF Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 20:15:56 -0700 From: Beverly and George Portlock <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Augusta Co. Virginia" <[email protected]>, "Frederick Co. Virginia" <[email protected]>, Shenandoah Virginia <[email protected]>, Virginia <[email protected]> Subject: John Portlock Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Checking on the veracity of this story, as quoted by John Olson. "John Portlock was a white baby that the soldiers found in an Indian camp. They took him to a fort called Lock Port. They reversed the name and called him John Portlock. I always thought it was my Great Grandfather, but as I located information on him, I realized that this was not true. Later, when I was unable to find information on his grandfather, John Portlock, I wondered if he was the baby found in the Indian Camp." Our Ancestor, John Portlock's Rev. War Pension App. states that he was born in Shenandoah. We haven't found a Portlock family in the area in 1765, (his birth date), although there are a lot of Portlocks in Norfolk, VA. Portlock is an established name in the Norfolk area. Our question -- Is there, or has there ever been, a Lock Port up in the Shenandoah Valley. If so, it may give credence to this story. Beverly Portlock [email protected] --------------609F1E2C6309D46EA7BBEAAF--

Hi ALL! Just checked and the auction has been pulled! Way to go gang! Regards, Jim Hawes Arkley & Kathy wrote: > > To ALL: > > All of us need to contact e-bay and protest this kind of auction. They are > selling our ancestors cemetery markers! This is not an appropriate auction > item! If this gets to be a trend as a collectable none of our ancestors > will be at rest under their hard earned recognition of service. Protest to > e-bay! Tell them NO WAY! If we as a community speak up we may be able to > slow this cemetery robbery down. See item for sale! This one is still > available: > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=96875810 others down > at bottom of text for viewing also. It makes me want to cry. Send this on > to those you think would care enough to protest this act of desecration. > Sorry to all list owners if this breaks any of your posting rules. But it > is genealogy related. If anyone must comment on this to anyone. Do it to > e-bay! > > Kathy Busby > > The illusion that we are separate from one another is an optical delusion > of our consciousness. -Albert Einstein > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carolyn Feroben [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 12:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stolen Tombstones for Sale? Maybe > > This one is still available: > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=96875810 > > Carolyn > > Betty J. Cox wrote: (NOT ALL REMOVED! And no policy change!) > > > > Well... The power of group consciousness! All those cemetery markers > have been > > removed from e-bay!!! Atta a way to go, NORCAL LISTERS!!! > > > > Arkley & Kathy wrote: > > > > > I called the FBI and alerted them of this sale. I am horrified by this. > It > > > could have been my ggrandfathers GAR marker. They didn't seem very > > > concerned. Thanks for the alert. Grave robbing and destruction is > awful. > > > We need to nip this in the bud! > > > Kathy Busby > > > > > > The illusion that we are separate from one another is an optical > delusion > > > of our consciousness. -Albert Einstein > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Carolyn Feroben [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 11:30 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Stolen Tombstones for Sale? Maybe > > > > > > This is a message that just came accross CAROOTS: > > > > > > > > For those of you who appreciate old cemeteries, this > > > > is something that may be of concern. I saw this on > > > > another mailing list and thought I would pass it > > > > around. > > > > > > > > E-bay has several on-line auctions going on currently > > > > of Tombstone makers. Now, where the sellers obtained > > > > these is not always clear, but if the word got out > > > > that Civil War era tombstones had value, I can name > > > > numerous Los Angeles area cemeteries that would be > > > > heavily impacted. > > > > > > > > At Evergreeen Cemetery in L.A. I saw many "GAR" > > > > markers identical to the one's listed below. > > > > > > > > I am going to send an E-mail to E-Bay telling them > > > > that I think this is an inappropriate item to sell. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=95765135 > > > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=95765620 > > > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=96301772 > > > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=98328212 > > > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=96742252 > > > > > > > > > > Carolyn > > ==== SHENANDOAH Mailing List ==== > SHENANDOAH Families Mail List Archives: > courtesy of Rootsweb, our gracious host! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Just type in the mail list's name: SHENANDOAH

I think a lot of people went on a rampage assuming they were stolen. By the time I went to eBay's site, the particular ones blasted across the genealogy lists were taken off. So, I don't know if they were stolen or improperly acquired, or not. IF SO, then those sellers need to be prosecuted (but by the FBI? hmmm). Other markers were still there at eBay for sale, though. I looked at one or two, and the description of them stated that they had been replaced in cemetery restorations or when moving a cemetery. But gee whiz, when in history didn't people destroy or steal markers? And when haven't damaged or deteriorated markers been replaced? I do agree that selling such replaced stones or markers is tacky (maybe not illegal though), and may very well lead to thefts for sales of them. Rick

>From the USGS Map site: Feature Name: Winchester (county seat) Feature Type: populated place Elevation: 720 Estimated Population (1994): 23,796 Description: Frederick County seat History Notes: Once a Shawnee Indian camping ground, was settled by Quakers in 1732. Originally, named Frederick Town after the father of King George III of England. The name was changed toWinchester after the ancient English capital, in 1752. Due to its strategic location, Winchester was always important in wartime. During the Civil War, five battles were fought in the area and the town changed hands over 70 times in a 4-year period. State: Virginia Variant Name(s) Frederick Town Fredericktown Old Town Opequon USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: Winchester Latitude: 391108N Longitude: 0780949W

Oops - Winchester is NOT part of Shenandoah County , which I believe was the original question. It is part of Frederick County, which is Shenandoah's parent county. However, Winchester is part of the Shenandoah Valley, as the other posted replies have stated. -----Original Message----- From: John Helmut Merz <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, April 30, 1999 4:32 PM Subject: Help wanted for SHENANDOAH County. >I have got the book here "A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia, >by John W. Wayland, and although I have been through the Valley myself, >I am not to familiar with todays County boundaries. For instance, does >Winchester still belong to the present day Shenandoah County? >The book itself reports lots of the Winchester people, and while >searching for a name (Philipp Klipstein) I came across another name >on page 629 - Dr. Frederick Decies, Hessian surgeon. His daughter Ann >married a Henry Prince, son of Phillip Printz (probably an old settler) > >Now Nancy Rice Kiddoo in her 182 names of Hessians in Frederick, MD, >has listed a Surgeon's Mate Zeiss, of the von Bose Regt., and later >he is identified as Hieronymus Zeiss who married 1783 at Frederick. >I just wonder whether or not there is a connection. > >Cheers, John. > >______________________________

I received this message from the person who still has the marker up for auction. I think we made an impact. Thank you for your concern and letting me use the list for this purpose. Keep it up. Kathy Busby -----Original Message----- From: jcmichael [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 2:30 PM To: Arkley & Kathy Subject: Re: Grave Markers We respect cemetaries as much as you or anyone else, and believe me if we had known the response this has gotten we would never have listed it. By the way , we have not or would we ever steal anything from a cemetary. We apoligize if we offended anyone in anyway. -----Original Message----- From: Arkley & Kathy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 3:29 PM Subject: Grave Markers >Stop the sale of grave markers!!! This is awful! It just promotes the >destruction of our cemeteries! >Kathy Busby > >The illusion that we are separate from one another is an optical delusion >of our consciousness. -Albert Einstein > > >

To ALL: All of us need to contact e-bay and protest this kind of auction. They are selling our ancestors cemetery markers! This is not an appropriate auction item! If this gets to be a trend as a collectable none of our ancestors will be at rest under their hard earned recognition of service. Protest to e-bay! Tell them NO WAY! If we as a community speak up we may be able to slow this cemetery robbery down. See item for sale! This one is still available: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=96875810 others down at bottom of text for viewing also. It makes me want to cry. Send this on to those you think would care enough to protest this act of desecration. Sorry to all list owners if this breaks any of your posting rules. But it is genealogy related. If anyone must comment on this to anyone. Do it to e-bay! Kathy Busby The illusion that we are separate from one another is an optical delusion of our consciousness. -Albert Einstein -----Original Message----- From: Carolyn Feroben [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 12:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stolen Tombstones for Sale? Maybe This one is still available: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=96875810 Carolyn Betty J. Cox wrote: (NOT ALL REMOVED! And no policy change!) > > Well... The power of group consciousness! All those cemetery markers have been > removed from e-bay!!! Atta a way to go, NORCAL LISTERS!!! > > Arkley & Kathy wrote: > > > I called the FBI and alerted them of this sale. I am horrified by this. It > > could have been my ggrandfathers GAR marker. They didn't seem very > > concerned. Thanks for the alert. Grave robbing and destruction is awful. > > We need to nip this in the bud! > > Kathy Busby > > > > The illusion that we are separate from one another is an optical delusion > > of our consciousness. -Albert Einstein > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Carolyn Feroben [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 11:30 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Stolen Tombstones for Sale? Maybe > > > > This is a message that just came accross CAROOTS: > > > > > > For those of you who appreciate old cemeteries, this > > > is something that may be of concern. I saw this on > > > another mailing list and thought I would pass it > > > around. > > > > > > E-bay has several on-line auctions going on currently > > > of Tombstone makers. Now, where the sellers obtained > > > these is not always clear, but if the word got out > > > that Civil War era tombstones had value, I can name > > > numerous Los Angeles area cemeteries that would be > > > heavily impacted. > > > > > > At Evergreeen Cemetery in L.A. I saw many "GAR" > > > markers identical to the one's listed below. > > > > > > I am going to send an E-mail to E-Bay telling them > > > that I think this is an inappropriate item to sell. > > > > > > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=95765135 > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=95765620 > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=96301772 > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=98328212 > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=96742252 > > > > > > > Carolyn

-----Original Message----- From: Sue Koller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 11:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [VAROCKIN-L] Its a small world/ Weed-Walker-Finley-Shaver Maybe some of you have had this same experience.(or similar) While working on my family line and getting no new information (Shaver/Shafer), I decided to work on my Husband's mothers line (Weed) only because this seemed pretty easy in that there was already some information and I knew they came from Stamford CT, where incidentally we are planing to move shortly. Anyway, I started to look into the Weed family and found a Shaver connection to my Weed family, not unusual Shaver is a pretty common name. But now I find that the Weed family also is in LaSalle County IL, where my Shaver's ended up, and that (specifically) Edmund Weed, came from VA, possibly Rockingham Co., VA, where his wife Keziah Walker came from. (Rockinigham is where I do extensive research on my Shaver line) so, If someone has information on Edmund Weed's marriage to Keziah Walker-daughter of David Walker, please let me know. I found from the book "Ottawa Old and New" a book on the history of Ottawa of LaSalle County Ill, that Dr. David Walker came to LaSalle County from Rockingham in 1826 he was accompanied by his wife Phoebe (Finley) Walker. Any other information on this Weed family, especially with a connection to the Weed's of Stamford, would be greatly appreciated. I hope that this accounting is understandable. In doing research for over 4 years now I have found many coincidences, but this one really threw me, I'm connected to my husbands family long before we we're married and vise-versa, but that's another story. Happy Hunting Sue K.

Rick look under ARTZ in the Hottel Book becky [email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > SHENANDOAH-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 72 > > Today's Topics: > #1 FUNKHOUSER [[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from SHENANDOAH-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: FUNKHOUSER > Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 00:09:26 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > George E. MILLER, b. 1829, married Catharine Ann FUNKHOUSER, b. 1838, Nov 11, > 1858 in ShenCo. > Catharine's parents were Christian and Leah FUNKHOUSER. George's parents > were George MILLER and Catharine ?????. I'm searching for information about > Catharine ?????. > > Rick Monroe > Long Beach, CA

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