For all of you who complain about postings that don't stick to a genealogy message, please get ready to find your DELETE key, because you won't want to waste your time here. Clicking on the link below will just be enjoyable -- particularly for anyone with ties to "By God." It is a nice little thing from Paul Harvey. Just click on the link and it should start up automatically. You do have to scroll down through the message. Sit back, enjoy, and think about it ! ! ! Make sure your speakers are turned on !! ! ! <A HREF="http://web3.foxinternet.net/safe/dirtroads/dirt_roads.htm"> http://web3.foxinternet.net/safe/dirtroads/dirt_roads.htm</A> Lee Roland Jenkins

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We all just went through this business about what is appropriate and what is not. You are, of course, very much entitled to your opinion....but guess what: WE DON'T CARE! The delete key is very easy to find....use it!

Staley is also from Italy. ----- Original Message ----- From: <KYRAFAITH@aol.com> To: <VA-Harrison-Monongalia-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 6:49 PM Subject: [VA-Har-Mon] SURNAMES: Italian immigrants to WV > Hello, > The surnames that I am researching are families that immigrated from Italy > and settled in Clarksburg, Piedmont, Keyser, Grafton, Mt. Clare & surrounding > areas. If you have any info on the following surnames, please let me know. > I am most interested in any connections that I can find with these families > as I have come to believe that they are all somehow related. > The surnames are: > ANDY, AUDIA, CIMORELLI, CIRCOSTA, GENTILE, GERACITANO, LOPEZ, LORIA, LUCENTE, > LUPIS, METTICA (MITTICA), PINTI, PRESTININZI, SACCOMANNO, SOTIRE, SPADAFORE, > SPATAFORE, VIALONGA & MANY MORE. > > I would greatly appreciate any information that you might be able to share on > these families. > > I attended the WVIHF and found several of our cousins and it was very > interesting to see how many Italians immigrated to these towns in WV. > > I thank you for your time. > Good luck in your search! > Kyra >

From what I've observed on the Census' of HC and MC the immigrants to the area worked in the mines, looks like 1900 and forward. They seemed to have flooded the area at that time.....not only the Italians but many from other countries. Jana On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 21:49:05 EDT KYRAFAITH@aol.com writes: > Hello, > The surnames that I am researching are families that immigrated from > Italy > and settled in Clarksburg, Piedmont, Keyser, Grafton, Mt. Clare & > surrounding > areas. If you have any info on the following surnames, please let > me know. > I am most interested in any connections that I can find with these > families > as I have come to believe that they are all somehow related. > The surnames are: > ANDY, AUDIA, CIMORELLI, CIRCOSTA, GENTILE, GERACITANO, LOPEZ, LORIA, > LUCENTE, > LUPIS, METTICA (MITTICA), PINTI, PRESTININZI, SACCOMANNO, SOTIRE, > SPADAFORE, > SPATAFORE, VIALONGA & MANY MORE. > > I would greatly appreciate any information that you might be able to > share on > these families. > > I attended the WVIHF and found several of our cousins and it was > very > interesting to see how many Italians immigrated to these towns in > WV. > > I thank you for your time. > Good luck in your search! > Kyra > > >

Hello, The surnames that I am researching are families that immigrated from Italy and settled in Clarksburg, Piedmont, Keyser, Grafton, Mt. Clare & surrounding areas. If you have any info on the following surnames, please let me know. I am most interested in any connections that I can find with these families as I have come to believe that they are all somehow related. The surnames are: ANDY, AUDIA, CIMORELLI, CIRCOSTA, GENTILE, GERACITANO, LOPEZ, LORIA, LUCENTE, LUPIS, METTICA (MITTICA), PINTI, PRESTININZI, SACCOMANNO, SOTIRE, SPADAFORE, SPATAFORE, VIALONGA & MANY MORE. I would greatly appreciate any information that you might be able to share on these families. I attended the WVIHF and found several of our cousins and it was very interesting to see how many Italians immigrated to these towns in WV. I thank you for your time. Good luck in your search! Kyra

Would anyone have any information on the family of John E. PATTERSON b. ca. 1855 m. Julia Catherine ROGERS b. ca 1857, d/o Elial J and Mary Ann ROGERS. They had children Mildred A., Elliott R., Okey F., and maybe at least three others. John E. and Julia Catherine m. in Gilmer Co. John E. died sometime before 1891 when Julia Catherine m. William T. HEATER in Gilmer Co. Their children were Harley, Eva, Bertha and maybe more. Some of the children of Julia Catherine moved to Harrison Co. Any help or even tiny clues about this family would be appreciated. Thanks Patricia In a message dated 9/21/02 8:20:47 PM, ematt@kellnet.com writes: << LETS GET THE LIST BACK TO GENEALOGY! >>

LETS GET THE LIST BACK TO GENEALOGY!

I agree with you! I'd like to see these lists back to where they were a few years ago with an active exchange of genealogical information and direction.

I am sorry that you do not feel that a forum where people gather to talk about family, history and where people appreciate the beauty and grace of life itself is not the appropriate forum for topics of humanity. Maybe you might feel differently if you had not been so fortunate to be an American and to be able to own a computer where you can simply push aside anything that does not suit your tastes as INAPPROPRIATE. However, I imagine that if you had been unfortunate enough to be born in South Africa during the middle of an Aids epidemic, you might wish that someone or anyone with the ability to do so. . .would speak up on your behalf so that you might have the chance to see the sun rise. Many people all around the world would love to have the opportunities that you are afforded and would trade places with you anyday. Count your blessings, share them with all who inhabit the gift of Earth and for all our sake's. . .USE YOUR LIFE! Please take this message in the spirit that it is intended. . .to promote a better stream of consciousness within all of humanity in order that we may always strive to be our best and make the world a better place for all, not just for one. . .me, myself and I have become much too important. We have been given great opportunities, wonderful spirit and grand beauty. Let us not make waste of it! Peace to all!

I personally do not feel this is the appropriate site for this posting.

I am sending the following letter to all of you that I sent to the White House to ask President Bush to consider my comments. I ask that any of you who are interested in helping the Aids crisis in Africa would visit the website for an organization called DATA . The organization is a good one. One of the Leaders in this fight against Aids, Famine and other problems in Africa is Bono (of the rock group U2). There is no donation necessary. We can all make a difference by just sending a letter to President Bush. Please check out the website and consider passing this onto others to help our neighbors in Africa because, as Bono said. . ." if we just let the fires burn in Africa, they will eventually reach our shores". Here is the website <A HREF="http://www.datadata.org/whatemail.htm">DATA.org</A> . I did attempt to write to the senators of Michigan also. Their e-mail addresses have not been updated and they were undeliverable. Thank you for taking the time to make a difference! Kyra Subj: American Support for Africa Date: 9/20/2002 10:41:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: <A HREF="mailto:KYRA FAITH">KYRA FAITH</A> To: <A HREF="mailto:president@whitehouse.gov">president@whitehouse.gov</A> CC: <A HREF="mailto:KYRA FAITH">KYRA FAITH</A> Dear President Bush: I want to help stop another twenty million Africans from dying of AIDS this decade, and prevent the tragedy of the 25 million orphans they will leave behind. If the United States gave ten dollars for every American, that would be 2.5 billion dollars a year – enough to make a real difference in Africa. With fairer trade, and more efforts to ease the burden of debt, we could help stop AIDS in its tracks – and help Africans turn the tide. America, as a leader of the free world, MUST lead by example. If we lead in this cause, we are bound to see others follow in our footsteps. This could be the start of a wonderful chain reaction that could help countries and people in need all around the globe. We need to be leaders in the fight to make the world a better place not only for our children but for all the children around the world. We are forever in debt to all those who helped shape America into the Country that we are so proud to call home today. We must honor that debt by using all our wealth, both financial and otherwise, to help those who cannot help themselves. If we wrap our arms around Africa and treat them as our neighbor, not across vast oceans, but right next door, we will be reaching out with the arms of not just a nation of plenty, but a nation under God. Reaching out and sharing the gifts that we have been blessed with as Americans and as children of one human race is not an option, it is our duty in exchange for the wonder that we are blessed with when we wake up every morning called life. Please do this on our behalf, and show how much America cares. Sincerely, Kyra Faith Prestininzi 48362 Anthony Drive Macomb, Michigan 48044

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The Levi Douglas that I am interested in is not the well known Levi (b 1750?) but rather is Levi b 1832, son of John B. Douglass and Elizabeth Lance, grandson of Levi Douglass and Nancy Hailey. "My Levi" married Phebe Ross May 16, 1852 (according to Harrison County marriage bonds) and they had (at least) eight children. My interest is in finding descendents of Levi and Phebe so that, perhaps, I might find more on Phebe Ross who was sister to my GG grandfather James Ross. James and Phebe together with their mother Mary moved to Harrison County about 1845 from Bath County, VA. Mary Ross is buried in the Old Presbyterian Cemetery at Raccoon Run, Romine Mills, Harrison County. Levi and Phebe lived in that area. Descendants of Levi Douglass 1 Levi DOUGLASS b: September 11, 1784 in (W)V (Harrison) +Nancy HAILEY b: November 1, 1791 m: April 25, 1806 in (W)V (Harrison) d: November 27, 1864 in (W)V (Harrison) 2 John B. DOUGLASS b: 1808 d: 1874 +Elizabeth LANCE b: 1814 m: July 24, 1827 d: 1874 3 Levi DOUGLAS b: 1832 d: Aft. 1870 (possibly 1874) +Phebe ROSS b: Abt. 1825 in VA (Bath) m: May 16, 1852 in (W)V (Harrison) d: February 1899 in WV (Harrison) 4 James DOUGLAS b: Abt. 1853 4 John DOUGLAS b: Abt. 1854 4 Nancy DOUGLAS b: Abt. 1855 4 Mary DOUGLAS b: Abt. 1857 4 Lloyd DOUGLAS b: Abt. 1858 4 George DOUGLAS b: Abt. 1860 4 Jefferson DOUGLAS b: Abt. 1862 4 Florence DOUGLAS b: Abt. 1864 Can anyone shed light on either Levi Douglas and Phebe Ross or their children? --Dick Ross

Jean, I believe you will find that Martin and Andrew Zorn(s)(es) were both sons of Jacob Zorn. Below is an excerpt from my file on the Zorn family. If you search the GenForum pages at genealogy.com you will find a forum devoted to the Zorn or Zornes family, and, as I recall, it has included many messages regarding Martin, perhaps even reference to a book in progress on this family. Please use the information below only as a collection of hints about where to look to document your Zorns line. Inclusion of this material in a family history without further validation is not recommended. Chris Descendants of Jacob Zorn Generation No. 1 1. JACOB1 ZORN was born 1718 in Germany?, and died 1756 in Pendleton Co., (VA) WV. He married (2) ANNA MARIA GOTTESKIND April 12, 1741 in Tuplehocken, PA. Notes for JACOB ZORN: Conjecture reported by Dave Williams on an email passed on by Melinda (BoardStock@aol.com), November 15, 1998. "Page 159.--19th August, 1756. Jacob Zorn's appraisement, by Jacob Sivart, John Dunkell, Charles Wolson. Also additional appraisement, by Houston Hover, Mark Swatley, Christian Eavach." Source: AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, PP 30 - 49, indexed on USGENWEB at <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/3court4.txt>ftp://ftp .rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/3court4.txt "Page 326.--24th March, 1764. Henry Stone's settlement of estate of Jacob Zorn (Sorn) recorded." Source: AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, PP 80 - 89, indexed on USGENWEB at <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/3court8.txt>ftp://ftp .rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/3court8.txt More About JACOB ZORN: Immigration: September 20, 1738, From Rotterdam on "Friendship" commanded by Henry Beach. Property: Abt. 1742, Purchased 200 acres from Robert Green on South Fork Creek, Pendleton Co., VA Religion: Christ Little Tulpehocken Lutheran Church, Berks Co., PA Marriage Notes for JACOB ZORN and ANNA GOTTESKIND: The marriage is recorded in Christ Little Tulpehocken Lutheran Church in Berks Co. Source is F. G. Paul and J.J. Howell, "Berks County Marriages 1730-1800," Vol. 2, H.P Publishing, 1987. Children of JACOB ZORN and ANNA GOTTESKIND are: 2. i. SUSANNAH2 ZORN, b. Abt. 1736, VA. ii. ANNA CATHERINE ZORN, b. 1751. iii. POLLY ZORN. iv. MARTIN ZORN, b. October 20, 1753. v. ANDREW ZORN, b. 1756. vi. CATHARINE (KATRINA) ZORN, b. Abt. 1751. Generation No. 2 2. SUSANNAH2 ZORN (JACOB1) was born Abt. 1736 in VA. She married HENRY STONE, JR.. Notes for SUSANNAH ZORN: Birth date and place based on IGI record in the LDS file, Batch Number F802704. May 4, 1999. Notes for HENRY STONE, JR.: Ultimate source of this information is Penny Ginnery (pginnery@greenapple.com) in 1997. Henry and Susannah have question marks by their names. One source (LDS IGI 5017630) gives father of Eve Stone b. 1773 in Pendleton Co. as John Stone. Child of SUSANNAH ZORN and HENRY STONE is: 3. i. EVE3 STONE, b. 1773, Pendleton, VA (WV); d. 1850, Harrisville, Ritchie Co., (VA) WV. Generation No. 3 3. EVE3 STONE (SUSANNAH2 ZORN, JACOB1) was born 1773 in Pendleton, VA (WV), and died 1850 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co., (VA) WV. She married GEORGE MOATS April 14, 1792 in Pendleton Co., WV, son of JACOB MOATS and ELIZABETH. He was born Abt. 1773 in Pendleton Co., (VA) WV, and died June 01, 1844 in Ritchie Co., (VA) WV. Notes for EVE STONE: Birth place based on IGI record in LDS file, Batch Number 5017630. Also gives father as John Stone, not Henry Stone, Jr. More About EVE STONE: Burial: Indian Creek Baptist Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV1 Children of EVE STONE and GEORGE MOATS are: i. CHRISTINA4 MOATS, b. Abt. 1793. ii. PETER MOATS, b. January 05, 1797, Pendleton Co., VA/WV; d. March 12, 1885, Ritchie Co., WV; m. RACHEL GROGG, March 08, 1814, Pendleton Co., WV; b. Abt. 1793, Pendleton Co., (VA) WV; d. October 19, 1855, Ritchie Co., (VA) WV. More About PETER MOATS: Burial: Egypt Cemetery More About RACHEL GROGG: Burial: Egypt Cemetery, Cairo, WV iii. BARBARA MOATS, b. Abt. 1797. iv. JACOB MOATS, b. March 08, 1799. v. ELIZABETH MOATS, b. March 04, 1803. vi. MAGDALENA MOATS, b. Abt. 1805. vii. HENRY MOATS, b. Abt. October 15, 1806. viii. WILLIAM P. MOATS, b. November 07, 1809. ix. SUSAN MOATS, b. Abt. 1810. x. FRANCES MOATS, b. March 07, 1813. xi. KATHRINE MOATS, b. Abt. 1815. xii. JULIA ANN MOATS, b. April 19, 1821. Endnotes 1. Melinda Pennington, GenForum, FEb. 19, 1998," Henry Stone, Jr....". At 06:00 AM 9/17/02 -0500, you wrote: >Can anyone help me with my Zorns family? I am searching for a marriage record of Martin Zorns and Catherine (?). They may have been married in Monongalia County. He is listed in the 1790 census in Monongalia County. I would like to find Catherine's maiden name. >Martin  later owned property at Lost Creek, Harrison County. > >Jean  Robison >In Southeast Kansas >

Jean, Ooops, I forgot to add that I also found this; Monongalia County Land Entry Book 1 1780-1831 Pg 43 Martin Zorn as assignee of James Coburn assignee of Jonathan Coburn enters 300 acres part of an exchange Warrant No 113, dated 12th Nov 1781 on a fork of Lost Creek on the fork appointed to Stephen Ratliffs on the west side and extending up it 379 poles for length. -----Original Message----- From: Jean Robison [mailto:ajrobison@terraworld.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 7:00 AM To: VA-Harrison-Monongalia-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VA-Har-Mon] Zorns Can anyone help me with my Zorns family? I am searching for a marriage record of Martin Zorns and Catherine (?). They may have been married in Monongalia County. He is listed in the 1790 census in Monongalia County. I would like to find Catherine's maiden name. Martin later owned property at Lost Creek, Harrison County. Jean Robison In Southeast Kansas

Jean, I checked marriage records for Mon County. No luck. I believe they start in 1785. Someone on this list may be able to tell you where to look for records before that date. I did find the deed record for Martin Zorn and Catharine, his wife, for the sale of his 297 acres in Harrison County in 1793 to Benjamin Reeder. I made a copy of the deed; if you'd like to send me your snail mail address to me privately I'll be happy to put it in the mail for you. I also found a listing for a Martin and Andrew ZERN in the "Reports on Claims to unpatented lands in Monongalia, Yohogania and Ohio Counties, VA and WV" at the courthouse. They are listed on three separate pages, along with a Susanah Decker, as "tenants in common" of 400 acres located on Deckers Creek. This is dated 1771. I did not make copies of these as I wasn't sure this was the same person you are looking for. Hope this helps. Chris -----Original Message----- From: Jean Robison [mailto:ajrobison@terraworld.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 7:00 AM To: VA-Harrison-Monongalia-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VA-Har-Mon] Zorns Can anyone help me with my Zorns family? I am searching for a marriage record of Martin Zorns and Catherine (?). They may have been married in Monongalia County. He is listed in the 1790 census in Monongalia County. I would like to find Catherine's maiden name. Martin later owned property at Lost Creek, Harrison County. Jean Robison In Southeast Kansas

"Can anyone help me with my Zorns family? I am searching for a marriage record of Martin Zorns and Catherine (?). They may have been married in Monongalia County. He is listed in the 1790 census in Monongalia County. I would like to find Catherine's maiden name. Martin later owned property at Lost Creek, Harrison County. Jean Robison In Southeast Kansas" These are the results of a RootsWeb metasearch (go to http://www.rootsweb.com/ and fill in Catherine Zorn in the search boxes for first and last names on the top LEFT side of the RootsWeb main page, then click SEARCH). Below are the results (the page you'll get will be in HTML with hyperlinks to each database in which results were found; when you click on one of those you will get another page with hyperlinks to each hit there was in that database). Perhaps you'll get lucky. Search Results: Catherine Zorn Matches found in 7 of 44 databases. Featured Databases Matches WorldConnect 77 Social Security Death Index 5 Rootsweb Surname List 22 Phone & Address Listings entries for Catherine Zorn Vital Records Matches Kentucky Death Index 2 Other Searches Matches Web Site Search 462 Obituary Daily Times 1 View additional hits for Catherine Zorn at Ancestry.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- About Us | Contact Us | Acceptable Use Policy | Privacy Statement Copyright © 1998-2001, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries. You might find some useful ideas for your research as well as links to helpful resources in RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees at http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ Julia M. Case juliecase@prodigy.net Editor, Missing Links and Somebody's Links http://www.petuniapress.com/ http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <VA-Harrison-Monongalia-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <VA-Harrison-Monongalia-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 2:07 AM Subject: VA-Harrison-Monongalia-D Digest V02 #97

Can anyone help me with my Zorns family? I am searching for a marriage record of Martin Zorns and Catherine (?). They may have been married in Monongalia County. He is listed in the 1790 census in Monongalia County. I would like to find Catherine's maiden name. Martin later owned property at Lost Creek, Harrison County. Jean Robison In Southeast Kansas

This mapping information came to me from another list and I thought it would be useful for many on this list. The color coding for the maps at the http://monarch.tamu.edu/~maps2/ site is really slick. I used it today to chart where certain family lines lived in WV. Enjoy, --Dick Ross This site allows you to make a state map with selected counties highlighted in six different groups, each with a separate color. http://monarch.tamu.edu/~maps2/ An old favorite is the Hamrick site which shows the distribution of surnames by state and certain decades. http://www.hamrick.com/names/index.html John Hopkins site offers a useful variety of maps http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/ Site has: Shaded relief map // County map // Black and white map Satellite image // 1895 map (Big: 1.82 Mb) // PostScript map USGNIS http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html topozone Locations of features such as airports, beaches, cape, canal. cemetery, river, populated place -- by state and county http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form Peabody Museum at Yale appears to have same database. http://george.peabody.yale.edu/gnis/