Hello Betsey, I for one would love to see the article. Thanks, Joyce LUCAS DEVER, near Seattle [email protected]

I am interested in genealogy research in Clark Co. and Knox Co., MO In what way can I contribute? Thank you Volunteer Arizona State Genealogy Research Library Vincent Babcock Tempe, AZ

I found this at the Wirksworth Parish Records--Petty Sessions 1770-1829. The website is at http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/CRIME.htm Cathy Date: 1816.2 Surname: SISSON First Name: James Parrish: Ilkeston, ML Occupation: Collier Offense: Selling ale without licence, 1st offence Justice: (Radford j)

I can't remember if I sent this before or not. There are Sissons listed in A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk1/ Cathy

There is a Columbus, George M., Harry E. and John W. Sisson listed in the Military Rosters Database at http://userdb.rootsweb.com/military/?sourceid=00224688807308614594 Cathy

There are 27 Sissons listed in the Canadian Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918) database at http://www.archives.ca/02/02010602_e.html Cathy

I found this record containing a Sisson at the MO Supreme Court Database. Cathy Creator SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI Title Series Title SUPREME COURT CASE FILES Contributor Appellant ROGERS, JOHN FOR JOEL THREWSBURY, MERCHANTS Respondent SISSON, FREEBORN Respondent BUCHANAN, EZEKIAL Respondent EADS, THOMAS C Date Date Filed 1839 Coverage County ST. LOUIS Description Proceeding CIVIL Cause of Action DEBT Case Summary $537. 95 OWED ON BILL OF EXCHANGE Subject MERCHANT Identifier Old Box Number 25A Old Folder Number 920 Location 16A/4/1 Box 7 Folder 16 Number of Folders 1 Format PAPER Relation Publisher MISSOURI STATE ARCHIVES Type TEXT Source Rights COPYRIGHT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. ITEMS REPRODUCED FOR PUBLICATION SHOULD CARRY THE CREDIT LINE: COURTESY OF THE MISSOURI STATE ARCHIVES. Language ENGLISH

The link at the end of Dick Eastman's article did not transfer. Here is the page you'll need. http://www.newenglandancestors.org/rs1/store/browse/product.asp?sku=470746551&dept_id=26 David Arne Sisson ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Sisson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 11:09 AM Subject: [SISSON-L] Records of the Colony and State of Rhode Island on CD-ROM > > Dear friends and cousins, > The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2003 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.RootsForum.com. > > I wrote earlier this week about this CD. Many Sisson families can trace their Sisson ancestry back to Rhode Island, and can trace other families back to that state as well. This CD sounds great to me. > > David Arne Sisson > > Records of the Colony and State of Rhode Island on CD-ROM > > The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) keeps cranking out CD-ROM disks of high-quality genealogy data, almost faster than I can keep up with them. This week I had a chance to use their new Records of the Colony and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, edited by John Russell Bartlett. > > This CD is similar to many of the other NEHGS CD disks in that it features transcribed records obtained from original sources. In this case, the records were originally published between 1856 and 1865 in ten volumes as Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and Records of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England. These volumes cover over a century and a half of information on the inhabitants of the Ocean State, from its earliest settlement in 1636 until the end of the Revolutionary era in 1792. Information in the CD-ROM includes: early settlers of towns, those who served in the colonial militias and during the Revolutionary War, individuals who petitioned the General Assembly for grievance, those involved in probate and court matters, persons receiving payment for service to the colony and state, and much, much more. > > This information has been available in the books for almost 150 years, but finding a copy of those books can be difficult, not to mention searching the volumes. The new CD-ROM will provide convenient access for many who otherwise would never discover this treasure house of information. Best of all, the Records of the Colony and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations CD operates on both Windows and Macintosh systems. > > The Rhode Island CD-ROM uses Folio Views as its software, a good choice in my opinion. You do need to install software. On a Windows PC, simply insert the disk, click on Start, then on Run, and then enter X:\STARTUP.EXE. (Substitute your CD's drive letter in place of "X:.") Alternatively, you can use Windows Explorer to find SETUP.EXE on the CD and then simply double-click on that. Installation on a Macintosh is equally simple: Insert the disk and then double-click on the Corbin Collection icon that appears on the desktop. You then follow the on-screen directions. > > During installation on Windows or on Macintosh, you may specify to copy the entire application to the hard drive or else use a "minimal installation" in which the executable software is put onto the hard drive but all data remains on the CD-ROM. > > There are lots of CD-ROM disks today that are "electronic copies" of old books. Most of them simply contain images created by scanning the pages of the original books. Because they are in image format, you cannot search for words within those pages. The Rhode Island and Providence Plantations disk is quite different, however. It contains text, not scanned images. As such, you can search for words inside the book. In fact, full Boolean searches are available, supporting the following Boolean operators: And, Or, Not, Exclusive Or (XOR), Phrase (a string of words), single wildcards, multiple wildcards, ordered proximity, unordered proximity, record proximity, sentence proximity, paragraph proximity, stem (word form), thesaurus, contents, partition, rank, fields, range (less than X but more than Y), highlighters, pop-ups and notes, headings or levels. > > The Rhode Island and Providence Plantations CD is full of genealogy information although not listed in neat columns of birth, marriage and death information. The information in this collection of old records varies widely, but most of it is narrative text. Much of it is derived from court records and acts of the provincial General Assembly (legislature). For instance, this entry proves the name of the would-be wife of Daniel Wilcocks: > > Proceedings of the Generall Assembly held for the Collony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at Newport, by adjournment from Providence, March the 23d, 1696-7. > > Voted, That the House of Magistrates is resolved into a Committee. > > Mr. William Gibson, Assistant, being impeached by Capt'n Jeoffrey Champlin, Assistant, for marrying Daniel Wilcocks and Mary Wordell, of Kingstown, contrary to the law of this Collony, said Gibson pleaded not guilty; but also confessed the said parties were not published according to the law of our Collony, to his knowledge. > > The Committee having heard both parties, and upon serious debate, do find that the marriage with Daniel Wilcocks and Mary Wordell, was done contrary to the law of this Collony; therefore do declare said marriage to be illegal. > > One hopes that the couple was legally married later. However, the same Daniel Wilcocks seemed to have other legal difficulties in nearby Massachusetts as well. From the Proceedings of the Generall Assembly held for the Collony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at Newport, November the 21st, 1699.: > > .complaining that one Daniel Wilcocks, of Little Compton, within the said county, having been convicted before his Majesty's Justices of As-size, and generall jail delivery, of high misdemeanor, and sentenced to pay a fine of £150 to the King, and to find sureties for the good behaviour for twelve months time, and to stand committed untill he performed the said sentence; the said Wilcocks had made his escape, and fled over into the government of Rhode Island notwithstanding a demand made of the Governor of Rhode Island, by Mr. Stoughton, the Lieut. Governor of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, a copy whereof was produced. > > While this CD-ROM is an excellent source of genealogy information, it also provides a fascinating glimpse into the lives of these men and women, including many of the hardships and challenges that they endured. For instance, I never realized that wolves were a problem in Rhode Island until I read the following in the records of the General Court of Election, held in Newport on the 16th & 17th of March, 1642: > > It is further ordered, that he that shall kill a Wolf vpon the ysland, shall have thirty shillings for every Wolf he Kills; also, it is ordered, that the Magistrates of each Towne shall procure two men for each Towne to range the Woods for the Kill them; who shall also agree to satisfie them by the day, besides the thirtie shillings a head, which money or payment shall be made the Moitie out of each Threasurie. > > You will note that the above excerpts were copied-and-pasted from the CD-ROM into the word processor used to write this newsletter. Copying data from this CD was as easy as copying data from any other Windows or Macintosh document. Printing was also very easy as this CD-ROM contains text, not scanned images. > > In short, this is an excellent resource for genealogists and historians alike. It has very few birth, marriage, or death records, but it gives a great insight into the times in which your Rhode Island ancestors lived. Until now, the limited availability of these volumes has left them a much-underutilized resource. This fully-searchable format will be of immense use to genealogists and historians alike. > > The Records of the Colony and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, edited by John Russell Bartlett is available from NEHGS' safe and secure online order system. Click here to see it. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Dear friends and cousins, The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2003 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.RootsForum.com. I wrote earlier this week about this CD. Many Sisson families can trace their Sisson ancestry back to Rhode Island, and can trace other families back to that state as well. This CD sounds great to me. David Arne Sisson Records of the Colony and State of Rhode Island on CD-ROM The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) keeps cranking out CD-ROM disks of high-quality genealogy data, almost faster than I can keep up with them. This week I had a chance to use their new Records of the Colony and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, edited by John Russell Bartlett. This CD is similar to many of the other NEHGS CD disks in that it features transcribed records obtained from original sources. In this case, the records were originally published between 1856 and 1865 in ten volumes as Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and Records of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England. These volumes cover over a century and a half of information on the inhabitants of the Ocean State, from its earliest settlement in 1636 until the end of the Revolutionary era in 1792. Information in the CD-ROM includes: early settlers of towns, those who served in the colonial militias and during the Revolutionary War, individuals who petitioned the General Assembly for grievance, those involved in probate and court matters, persons receiving payment for service to the colony and state, and much, much more. This information has been available in the books for almost 150 years, but finding a copy of those books can be difficult, not to mention searching the volumes. The new CD-ROM will provide convenient access for many who otherwise would never discover this treasure house of information. Best of all, the Records of the Colony and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations CD operates on both Windows and Macintosh systems. The Rhode Island CD-ROM uses Folio Views as its software, a good choice in my opinion. You do need to install software. On a Windows PC, simply insert the disk, click on Start, then on Run, and then enter X:\STARTUP.EXE. (Substitute your CD's drive letter in place of "X:.") Alternatively, you can use Windows Explorer to find SETUP.EXE on the CD and then simply double-click on that. Installation on a Macintosh is equally simple: Insert the disk and then double-click on the Corbin Collection icon that appears on the desktop. You then follow the on-screen directions. During installation on Windows or on Macintosh, you may specify to copy the entire application to the hard drive or else use a "minimal installation" in which the executable software is put onto the hard drive but all data remains on the CD-ROM. There are lots of CD-ROM disks today that are "electronic copies" of old books. Most of them simply contain images created by scanning the pages of the original books. Because they are in image format, you cannot search for words within those pages. The Rhode Island and Providence Plantations disk is quite different, however. It contains text, not scanned images. As such, you can search for words inside the book. In fact, full Boolean searches are available, supporting the following Boolean operators: And, Or, Not, Exclusive Or (XOR), Phrase (a string of words), single wildcards, multiple wildcards, ordered proximity, unordered proximity, record proximity, sentence proximity, paragraph proximity, stem (word form), thesaurus, contents, partition, rank, fields, range (less than X but more than Y), highlighters, pop-ups and notes, headings or levels. The Rhode Island and Providence Plantations CD is full of genealogy information although not listed in neat columns of birth, marriage and death information. The information in this collection of old records varies widely, but most of it is narrative text. Much of it is derived from court records and acts of the provincial General Assembly (legislature). For instance, this entry proves the name of the would-be wife of Daniel Wilcocks: Proceedings of the Generall Assembly held for the Collony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at Newport, by adjournment from Providence, March the 23d, 1696-7. Voted, That the House of Magistrates is resolved into a Committee. Mr. William Gibson, Assistant, being impeached by Capt'n Jeoffrey Champlin, Assistant, for marrying Daniel Wilcocks and Mary Wordell, of Kingstown, contrary to the law of this Collony, said Gibson pleaded not guilty; but also confessed the said parties were not published according to the law of our Collony, to his knowledge. The Committee having heard both parties, and upon serious debate, do find that the marriage with Daniel Wilcocks and Mary Wordell, was done contrary to the law of this Collony; therefore do declare said marriage to be illegal. One hopes that the couple was legally married later. However, the same Daniel Wilcocks seemed to have other legal difficulties in nearby Massachusetts as well. From the Proceedings of the Generall Assembly held for the Collony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at Newport, November the 21st, 1699.: .complaining that one Daniel Wilcocks, of Little Compton, within the said county, having been convicted before his Majesty's Justices of As-size, and generall jail delivery, of high misdemeanor, and sentenced to pay a fine of £150 to the King, and to find sureties for the good behaviour for twelve months time, and to stand committed untill he performed the said sentence; the said Wilcocks had made his escape, and fled over into the government of Rhode Island notwithstanding a demand made of the Governor of Rhode Island, by Mr. Stoughton, the Lieut. Governor of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, a copy whereof was produced. While this CD-ROM is an excellent source of genealogy information, it also provides a fascinating glimpse into the lives of these men and women, including many of the hardships and challenges that they endured. For instance, I never realized that wolves were a problem in Rhode Island until I read the following in the records of the General Court of Election, held in Newport on the 16th & 17th of March, 1642: It is further ordered, that he that shall kill a Wolf vpon the ysland, shall have thirty shillings for every Wolf he Kills; also, it is ordered, that the Magistrates of each Towne shall procure two men for each Towne to range the Woods for the Kill them; who shall also agree to satisfie them by the day, besides the thirtie shillings a head, which money or payment shall be made the Moitie out of each Threasurie. You will note that the above excerpts were copied-and-pasted from the CD-ROM into the word processor used to write this newsletter. Copying data from this CD was as easy as copying data from any other Windows or Macintosh document. Printing was also very easy as this CD-ROM contains text, not scanned images. In short, this is an excellent resource for genealogists and historians alike. It has very few birth, marriage, or death records, but it gives a great insight into the times in which your Rhode Island ancestors lived. Until now, the limited availability of these volumes has left them a much-underutilized resource. This fully-searchable format will be of immense use to genealogists and historians alike. The Records of the Colony and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, edited by John Russell Bartlett is available from NEHGS' safe and secure online order system. Click here to see it.

Maybe you'd be interested in a new CD-ROM published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society? I am. Now to dig up the money! David Arne Sisson New! Records of the Colony and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Edited by John Russell Bartlett $40.00 Order now! Item #SCD-RRI Rhode Island was first formally settled with the establishment of Providence by Roger Williams in 1636. In 1643 Charles I granted a charter to Roger Williams entitled the Incorporation of Providence Plantations in the Narragansett Bay in New England. This brought the towns of Providence, Portsmouth, and Newport together into one colony. The government wasn't formally organized until 1647, at which time the town of Warwick was also included. Amid growing concern over the deteriorating condition of the early records, the Rhode Island General Assembly in 1855 provided for the publication of many of these records to ensure their survival for posterity. The first volume was published the following year and publication continued throughout the next decade. These volumes contain tremendous amounts of information on the pre-Federal and early state period that is invaluable to family historians, from both a genealogical and social history perspective. NEHGS now presents these volumes in a fully-searchable electronic format for the first time. Records of the Colony and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, edited by John Russell Bartlett, contains the full text and images represented in these eleven books (ten volumes plus one supplement). Packed with such records as boundary disputes, lists of town freemen, members of the general assembly, and colonial officers, military records, and more, this CD is a goldmine of information waiting to be utilized! Minimum System Requirements for CD-ROMs: 2mb hard disk space (minimum); 4X CD-ROM or higher; SVGA monitor with 800x600 pixel display; 32 bit color or higher. PC: Pentium I or better; Windows 95, 98, NT or 2000; 32mb RAM (64mb recommended) 2mb hard disk space (minimum); 4X CD-ROM or higher; SVGA monitor with 800x600 pixel display; 32 bit color or higher. MAC: System 7.5 or higher (Folio will not run on System OS X); 40mb RAM (64mb recommended) To order, surf to http://www.newenglandancestors.org/rs1/articles/electronic_publications/?page_id=676&attrib1=1&seq_num=11

Forwarded from Deborah: -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Subject: Re: William Henry Sisson of Portsmouth, RI This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bennett/Sisson Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RFIBAIB/290.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Finally found an answer, Thank you all. Marriage liscence found for the couple: William Henry Sisson, born in Portsmouth, RI, 24YOA, and Abigail B. Bennett, born in Tiverton, RI, 34YOA gave parents of his as Jabez and Eliza Sisson and her parents as Abner and Sarah Bennett. Stated that on 15 May 1855 they were married (first marriage for both) by Rev. S.Adlem, First Baptist Church of Newport,RI

The Pennsylvania State Archives has a website of Civil War Veterans Card File 1861-1866 and there are Sissons there. The website is at http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=ArchiveIndexes&ArchiveID=17 Cathy

The address for the Valley Forge site is http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/ I found the following info on a Jack Sisson. Cathy ID: RI29601 Last Name: SISSON First Name: JACK Suffix: Rank: Private Rank Type: Rank and File Ethnicity: Brigade: Varnum Company: CAPTAIN JOHIN S. DEXTER Monthly Muster Roll Status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 1777: January 1778: February 1778: March 1778: April 1778: May 1778: June 1778:

7 Oct 1794. Deed Book 9, Edgefield District, SC, p. 269-272. Moses PHELPS to James Itson, (also Idson)(Eason), both of Edgefield Co SC for 30 pounds, 28 acres being part of 300 acres of land originally granted 2 May 1770 unto Arthur Fort and conveyed to Owen Fort by will. Said Owen Fort conveyed by L&R to William Humphrey who conveyed to said Moses PHELPS. Said tract being on Mine Creek of Little Saluda adj. Pou; & Charles Partin. S/ Moses (X) PHELPS. Wit: William Sisson, Will Humphreys, who swore by oath 5 Nov 1792 before Russell Wilson J.P. Rcd. 12 Mar 1794.

Hello Everyone, I've been scanning old photos into my computer for many months now, mostly photos of my own family photos, dating from the early years of the 20th century to "yesterday," and showing my wife's and my parents, our siblings and their families (well, her siblings - I have none), our close cousins and their families, our own children and grandson, our parents, grandparents, etc. Today I reached some photos I took at Mint Water Brook Farm in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1998 at the Sisson Gathering. I'll be sending all these electronic photos to Carol soon. In the meantime you might be interested in two of these photos which came from my attempt to take pictures of non-pictorial subjects - not very successful pictures, to say the least. One of them shows an architectural rendering of Mintwater Brook Farm house which didn't scan well at all, and printed out even worse, but which the human eye can make good sense of and the human tongue can tell better than the photo can. It shows a 1996 assignment for Roger Williams University by student Janine DaSilva. Roland Morgan, owner since that year of the house, had posted it on a wall in the house and many of us saw it as we trooped through the house during the Sisson Gathering in 1998. It shows the house with north toward the right - that is, it shows the house with the side toward the road at the bottom of the drawing. The rooms from left to right along that side are the entryway, the parlor, and the northeast bedroom. Along the far side of the house are the kitchen, the (modern) bathroom, and the northwest bedroom. In the center of the house is the chimney stack, and there are hearths in three of the rooms - the kitchen, the parlor, and the northwest bedroom. You may remember that Roland Morgan is an antique dealer and that he has been refurbishing the house for several years now. When we saw it in 1998 he had removed the wall separating the two bedrooms, making a fair-sized room - not large, but with sufficient space for - say - two beds. There is also a second floor. Pictures of the second floor rooms (among many Mintwater photos) may be seen at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dasisson/mintwater.htm The second photo - which I tried unsuccessfully to scan today - shows a paper that Roland had taped to the outside of the house. It shows a picture of the house as it looked in 1998, or possibly 1996 when he bought the house, and beneath this posted picture are these words - "The Old Sisson House "Mint Water Brook Farm, owned by George Sisson, first son of Richard Sisson, probably built during the 1730's using parts of an earlier 17th century home of Richard Sisson, original settler. "There is evidence that its present form [with the two bedrooms separated by a wall] dates circa 1730, with indications that pieces of an earlier house were used in the present structure. Research on this house continues. "The Mint Water Brook Farm House, 1236 East Main Road, Portsmouth, Rhode Island is currently owned by Roland A. Morgan, an antique dealer." Yours, David Arne Sisson

Everyone; I have researched this set of names for months with no results, and my hope is that someone somewhere will recognize the name as a sibling in their line. In Newton Co Ark, Mill Creek Twsp, visit 254 (Roll 52, Book 1, page 609b), the following is listed: Cisson, Monrow, M, 47, Ill., VA, VA ", Mary, F, 25, Wife, Ark, Miss, Miss ", Edn(?), F, 10, Daugh., Mo, Ill, Ark ", Martha, F, 8, Daugh., Mo, Ill, Ark ", William, M, 5, Son, Mo, Ill, Ark ", Anna, F, 2, Daugh., Ark, Ill, Ark My best guess from research I have done is that Mary is his second wife, and her maiden name was Hambler/Hombler. I've seen things that would indicate a marriage date of 1879, but found no record to back that up. My predecessor, Rhoda Bell Scissom (per death cert., her married name was Adney) was born in July of 1880. Family history always has her listed as an orphan, and I can't find William her half-brother listed anywhere. Rhoda is next found in Yell Co (Marriage: 23 MAR 1899 in Dardanelle, Yell, Ar) in 1900, Chickalah Twsp, Visit 147 (Page 153a). Any assistance or effort is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kevin

Someone posted query for parents of Abby B. Sisson, wife of Wm. Henry Sisson of Portsmouth. Can't recall if it was this list or RIGENWEB, but I'll post to both. According to Portsmouth Town Hall records, Book 5, page 39, Abby B. Sisson died on 15 Feb. 1877, aged 55 years. The record states that her parents were Abner and Sarah B. Bennett (no maiden name for mother, only initial) Barb Austin

The book "Descendants of Richard and Mary Sisson: Ten Generations from 1608" was published by Joan and Dave Sisson of Livermore, California, in 1999. Now a supplementary second volume is available! The first book was 800 pages and included references to more than 600 sources. The second volume, "Descendants of Richard and Mary Sisson - Updates", includes 193 pages of additions and corrections, and is indexed and includes additional references. It is perfect bound, and sized to match the first volume. For information on ordering these volumes (the first is still available), go to: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dasisson/book.htm Please check back just before you order, as updated shipping charges will be posted from time to time as needed. Joan and Dave use an unusual grid style to display each family group. This grid allows you to visually scan the groups very quickly. Let's say, for example, you need to find a George Sisson whose wife's name was Mary, and who had a son Jonathan. The grid style allows you to scan almost as fast as you can flip pages, without having to read dense text to find such combinations. Even if you already know your line, the book can be very useful, particularly regarding sources. You can find out what the sources are, and look them up yourself at your local genealogical library section or LDS Family History Center, for the original texts and/or handwriting. When I first got the book in 1999, I read not only my own line, but the closest neighboring lines of my cousins. Through clues given there, that no one else would have noticed, I was led to further research, and ended up finding out that my great-grandparents were second cousins, and I had a second line. This wouldn't happen for everyone, but it was a nice bonus. Hope you're all having a great, relaxing summer! Carol Sisson Regehr Sisson-L list mom [email protected] My Sisson lines: 1.Richard & Mary 2.George 3.Thomas 4.Giles 5.John 6.Benjamin 7.JohnCr. 8.WmBenj. 9.BenjFr. 10.Edgar 11.WillieFr. 12.myself and 1-6.same 7.Eli 8.Mary Elizabeth Sisson REED 9.Louisa Jane Reed SISSON 10-12.same

Hello Everyone, Recently I received a message reminding me how to perform a web search using Google (http://www.google.com/). It focused on finding surnames of genealogical interest to me. Maybe you'd like to be reminded also. I'm using Sisson as the surname here, but of course you may substitute any surname that interests you. To find people with the Sisson surname who have email addresses type into the Google blank - "[email protected]" Use the double quotes in the Google blank. It shows that you want both the name and the @ sign that is in every email address. Or try "family history" Sisson @ or genealogy Sisson @ Use a plus sign (+) before words which you require as a must-have, e.g. Use a minus sign (-) before words which you want to reject. (If you were searching for the surname Ford, you might want to write -Henry and -Harrison to avoid sites about Henry Ford or Harrison Ford.) Use quotation marks around two or more words which you want Google to find together and in that order. Use OR to retrieve results that match any number of words. Here is an example using all of these options: +Sisson genealogy OR "family tree" OR "family history" Have fun! David Arne Sisson

There are four or five Sissons named at the Republic of texas Claims search site. It includes claims for payment, reimbursement or restitution by citizens to the Republic of Texas from 1835-1846. The website is at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/repclaims/index.html Cathy