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You don't need to send it explicitly to both. For your verification, a transcript of the original sub- scription request is included at the end of this Welcome Message. *****READ THIS*****READ THIS*****READ THIS***** SURNAME-QUERY-L: This List is a place for users to send queries on specific SURNAME searches. It is also a place where anyone, who is able to help a researcher, to post that help. If you see a query and are able to provide some data, please post it back to the List for all users to see. If you send it privately only to the one who sent the query, you are helping only one person. If you post it here, you are potentially helping many. Where a List already exists for a surname a user sends in, subscribers will let the user know the name of the List, how to subscribe, etc. For surnames for which a List doesn't exist, we will encourage all subscribers to help out if they have pertinent information. If you want to conduct a search yourself for a particular SURNAME List, you may log on to John Fuller's "Genealogy Resources on the Internet". John accesses all the servers where there are genealogy links and keeps an up-to-date searchable database for Lists covering SURNAMES, States, Regions, Areas, Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Nationalities, Counties, etc. Here is the URL to use to log on to his site: http://users.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html *****READ THIS !!!!!***** SUBJECT LINES: PLEASE, DO NOT make such subject lines such as: "My Surnames", "My Lines", "Searching for Surnames", "Please Help", "Need Info", etc., etc. Most folks on the Net have limited time and don't have the time to read every post that is downloaded from the Lists to which they subscribe. Therefore, they open ONLY those that show promise of information on the SURNAMES they are researching. IF YOU TYPE A "GENERIC" SUBJECT LINE, THE CHANCES ARE YOU WILL GET VERY FEW RESPONSES. Make the Subject line meaningful, e.g., BROWN, Charles; 1740-1813; England>PA>KY MUNSEY Family; 1795-1852; NY>PA>GA In other words, give the name as completely as possible; give the known dates; and finally, give the locations to show, if known, country of origin, place arrived in America, and migration of family members to other states. Users get tired of seeing email from people who won't take the time to type a meaningful subject line. If posters don't think it important enough to let us know whom they are seeking, then why should they expect answers? Keep your queries confined to few enough names to get them all in the subject line. And, please, type the SURNAMES in ALL CAPS. It makes it easy to see at a glance what they are, and it sure is a lot easier to pick them out of the body text. **********(NO OFF-TOPIC POSTS ALLOWED !!!!!)********** No other subjects will be allowed on this List. 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Have fun and "Happy Hunting", Ron Lahti SURNAME-QUERY-L List Maintainer mailto:skyhawk@digisys.net Ron Lahti 280 Echo Lake Road Bigfork, Montana 59911 Phone given by email only. ICQ UIN# 500984 or 5022200 -- PJShane299 wrote: > > Unsubscribe D mode > > PJShane299@aol.com > > ==== SURNAME-QUERY Mailing List ==== > If not receiving messages, it may mean mail to your address > has bounced. > > Please resubscribe...

Mary S. Hopper wrote: > > How do I subscribe to 'mail' instead of 'digest'? Just by letting me know! I just swapped you around manually, but the process is as follows: 1. Send a message to <surname-query-d-request@rootsweb.com> and place the word - unsubscribe - in the message body. (This removes you from the digest list) 2. Send another message to <surname-query-l-request@rootsweb.com> and place the word - subscribe - in the message body. That subscribes you to the "list" version or regular mail. Hope this helps! Ron

Hello to all, I did not write down the people looking for this name so I hope they will see this. I was looking for something in a booklet I have of death registrations 1852-1855 SEIDENSTRICKER, Daniel * 72y * occ tailor * b. Aug 1787 * Germany * wife Mary * d 12 Nov. 1852, Washington, of jaundice * buried Salem, Washington * cert 25 Nov. 1852 by Jacob Comfort of Washington. Washington is a Township in York County. Apparently Salem is the City. I am rather new to this. Phyllis in Ga. PJShane299@aol.com

I have no query but a plea: PLEASE PLEASE put the surname in the subject line. Otherwise, I (and many others of us who are very busy) will delete you without reading. Caroline Burnett Cook

How do I subscribe to 'mail' instead of 'digest'? -----Original Message----- From: SURNAME-QUERY-D-request@rootsweb.com <SURNAME-QUERY-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: SURNAME-QUERY-D@rootsweb.com <SURNAME-QUERY-D@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, March 28, 1998 12:12 AM Subject: SURNAME-QUERY-D Digest V98 #132

With digest mail a bunch to emails are combined and sent to you at one time (probably one mailing a day). With regular mail you get each email individually as it is sent.

Unsubscribe D mode PJShane299@aol.com

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I am fairly new to this list but I have seen the sentence turn OFF your signature file when sending the unsubsbribe request. I do NOT want to unsubscribe. I would like to know what the signature file is. No one I know is a computer whiz. I do not want to do something wrong if I can prevent it and thank you for your help. Phyllis in Ga. PJShane299@aol.com

Amy, I live about 45 miles north of Atlanta and have not been there in over 30 years. I believe Oakland Cemetery is the oldest one in the Atlanta area. I think Margaret Mitchell was buried there. But you would need an approximate year of the persons death to narrow down where they may have been buried. If he or she was buried in a National Cemetery the only one in the area that I know of is Marietta National Cemetery. This is north of Atlanta. I hope this helps. Phyllis PJShane299@aol.com

Hi Folks! George W. Durman wrote: > > Subscribers, please be aware that I have contacted the ISP from whence > this stupid, teenage SPAM originated. The site, for a beginning, Just so that you understand what this is about, we had a few problems with SPAM mail getting through to a bunch of the Rootsweb Lists. We were not hit by it as I have closed the list to all but subscribers. Back to Genealogy! Ron

Hi All I am newly trying to find the meaning and/or location of the surname AXON. Can you point me in the right direction. -- Regards Jimbo. Internet: jimbo@mail.talk-101.com http://www.talk-101.com/users/jimbo/homepage.htm

Subscribers, please be aware that I have contacted the ISP from whence this stupid, teenage SPAM originated. The site, for a beginning, shows much promise, but the owners have to realize they are antagonizing users of these Lists, and that they are severely hurting their potential by sending this SPAM. If you REALLY belive that SPAMMERS should be stopped and that they should be punished for their total disregard of Net protocol, DO NOT respond to their unsolicited ads and let them know at every opportunity that you are sick and tired of having to download their junk mail. SgtGeorge Listowner of all the Lists to which this is being sent, except for SURNAME-QUERY, which is managed by the fantastic Ron Lahti.

KarynC17 wrote: > > ==== SURNAME-QUERY Mailing List ==== > If not receiving messages, it may mean mail to your address > has bounced. > > Please resubscribe... searching for John BEAN b. August 1751 at Canterbury, NH d. 7 May 1814 at Wheelock, VT also any connection to John BEAN of Exeter,NH Ken

Hi Ron, Hope I am not sending you my auto sig this time! Spent the day at the Hillsborough Cty library in Tampa peering at census recs from Maine...looking for any info on Towle...Frances/Francis P. married to Jane. He born in Me, she in New Brunswick, probably 1813-20...thanks, Judy Huskey[ -----Original Message----- From: Ron Lahti [SMTP:skyhawk@digisys.net] Sent: Friday, March 27, 1998 11:33 AM To: SURNAME-QUERY Subject: Re: SURNAME SEARCHERS FOR MA NH ME Hi Rosemary! Rosemary Rovillard wrote: > > I seldom see messages from people > researching surnames in MA NH and ME. > I have files on about 300 families who > came to these states in the 1600s. If you > think I might have somehing you need, > please contact me and I will try to help. I am currently researching the ANNABLE, BOWERMAN, SWIFT, WING, and DILLINGHAM surnames from Colonial New England. My search is fairly concentrated right now to the Cape Cod and Plymouth areas of Massachusetts, but my BOWERMAN line extends out into New York and Canada, with a smattering in Connecticut and Rhode Island. I have an extensive library on New England, with emphasis on the Massachusetts area, but it does cover several thousand families in the period of 1575 - 1750. I would be glad to swap any information or do lookups. Let me know! Ron ==== SURNAME-QUERY Mailing List ==== APPROPRIATE SUBJECT LINES: In an effort to provide meaningful Subject: lines in posts to the SURNAME-QUERY List, the Listowner asks you to try to adhere to the following format: SURNAME, First MI;dates;places An example would look like this: BROWNING, Arthur C.;1795-1876;PA>VA>OH Users of this SURNAME-QUERY List do not download every day in order to read each of the hundreds of posts. They are looking for certain SURNAMES, on which they are doing research, or are willing to help others with research of said SURNAMES. Therefore, if you do not provide meaningful Subject: lines, chances are good that your posts will be deleted without having been read. Also, the accepted standard in conducting genealogy research via the Internet/Web is to spell all SURNAMES in CAPS.

Is there a such thing as an Atlanta cemetery index online or something in that nature? I have a relative (something great-grandfather) who is buried there, but we haven't been able to find out anything about his birth/death nor place of birth. All that we know is that he is buried somewhere in Atlanta or the Atlanta area. We don't know the cemetery either. Amy Harris Brown sab@tallassee.net http://www.tallassee.net/~sab FAMILY HISTORY SURNAMES: Brown, Harris, Price, Wigley, White, Hanson, Rowell, Trammell, Morrow, Higgins, Armstrong, Sanders, Oliver, Blakely, Lisles

Hello, I am researching any and all CASAGRANDA lines but am especially interested in those that came from Brusago, Italy/Austria or Tyrol, Italy/Autsria and settled in Browns Gulch, Walkerville, or Butte Montana. There are some that spell it with an "E" at the end. Would like to correspond with any with that surname--have found no luck with this surname yet! Thanking you in advance for your time and effort. Kathy C. in alaska KathysKorner@corecom.net Related SURNAMES: SCOTT;McLAUGHLIN;SLANZI; and CORRECO

LANDER / SHIPP / HUDSON My 3rd great grandfather and 2nd great grandmother are from Trigg County, KY. LANDER, Henry - no information as of yet. dau. LANDER, Catherine Ann Elizabeth Shipp Landers; b. July 1820 in Hopkinsville, KY; m. Atha Gregory Hudson in 1835 in either Christian or Trigg counties; d. in Humansville, MO. There is also a connection to a SHIPP family in Kentucky that I would like to find out as well. I believe Catherine LANDER's mother's maiden name was SHIPP. Catherine LANDER's mother died and her father re-married Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) according to the 1850 Trigg County census. If anyone can help me or has a connection to this family, please e-mail me back. I will be glad to share any information that I have. Ginette g1vanden@airmail.net

I am looking for information on Soren Sorensen. He immigrated from Denmark to the Us He lived in Rhode Island when he first immigrated here. He then moved out west some where and the family lost track of him. His brothers and sisters are: Annethe, Christian, marie, Lauritz, Adolph,& Elizabeth. He was originally from Hjorring Denmark. His fater was Soren Sorensen and his mother was Kathrine Larsdotter. Does any of this sound familiar to anyone. Please help Karen jerseydevil@2sight.net

Phyllis, I was told you do lookups in Campbell Co., VA. I am looking for the Ancestors & Siblings of Clement JORDAN b. ~ 1760-1770. He was living at Far View near Gladys when his Daughter Winifred (b. in 1795) married Littleberry HUGHES (s/o Benjamin HUGHES & a Tucker) in 1818. Thank You. Tim Spradling <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/SPRAD666/index.html">SPRAD666's Home Page</A>