Great info and thanks for sharing. We ALL must be on the look out for things such as this. ----- Original Message ----- From: <vaboteto-request@rootsweb.com> To: <vaboteto@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:02 AM Subject: VABOTETO Digest, Vol 3, Issue 75 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Potentially Fraudulent Sites Posing as Genealogy Websites > (pattee@charter.net) > 2. Re: Potentially Fraudulent Sites Posing as Genealogy Websites > (Jokagal@aol.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 4:32:26 -0700 > From: <pattee@charter.net> > Subject: [VABOTETO] Potentially Fraudulent Sites Posing as Genealogy > Websites > To: vaboteto@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <20080411073226.9QJ0F.155733.root@fepweb13> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > This came from Eastman's Online Genealogy list. Thought it would be of > interest. > Patti > > Potentially Fraudulent Sites Posing as Genealogy Websites > Writing in the Ancestry.com blog, Mike Ward is warning other genealogists > of fraudulent web sites posing as genealogy sites. These sites take your > credit card information and provide little in return. > > Mike writes: > > We have recently become aware of three websites purporting to allow family > history research: SearchYourGenealogy.com, Ancestry-search.com and > Australian-Ancestry.com. The sites claim to have ?the largest online > genealogical search tool? and promote themselves as the foremost resources > for genealogy, but from what we can tell, these sites are nothing more > than a series of web pages with links to other services. These sites, in > our opinion, are clearly fraudulent. > > On each site, potential customers are lured to purchase under what we feel > to be false, misleading and deceitful promotional material, and get little > or no value out of money spent at the websites. Blog and message board > posts from the community confirm this opinion. > http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2008/04/potentially-fra.html > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:47:33 EDT > From: Jokagal@aol.com > Subject: Re: [VABOTETO] Potentially Fraudulent Sites Posing as > Genealogy Websites > To: vaboteto@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <d00.2bbc2d6b.3530e215@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Thank you for this warning. > > Joanne Galvin > > > Bloomfield, Michigan > > Researching Northup, Hampton, McCall, Phelps, Blake, Daggett, Syler, > Berridge,Plymale, Kinder, Cottrell, Gilbert, Baker, Rood > > > > **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. > > (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016) > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the VABOTETO list administrator, send an email to > VABOTETO-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the VABOTETO mailing list, send an email to > VABOTETO@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VABOTETO-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of VABOTETO Digest, Vol 3, Issue 75 > *************************************** > >

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This came from Eastman's Online Genealogy list. Thought it would be of interest. Patti Potentially Fraudulent Sites Posing as Genealogy Websites Writing in the Ancestry.com blog, Mike Ward is warning other genealogists of fraudulent web sites posing as genealogy sites. These sites take your credit card information and provide little in return. Mike writes: We have recently become aware of three websites purporting to allow family history research: SearchYourGenealogy.com, Ancestry-search.com and Australian-Ancestry.com. The sites claim to have “the largest online genealogical search tool” and promote themselves as the foremost resources for genealogy, but from what we can tell, these sites are nothing more than a series of web pages with links to other services. These sites, in our opinion, are clearly fraudulent. On each site, potential customers are lured to purchase under what we feel to be false, misleading and deceitful promotional material, and get little or no value out of money spent at the websites. Blog and message board posts from the community confirm this opinion. http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2008/04/potentially-fra.html

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JosephMcMullen Surnames: McGaw, Morrison Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.botetourt/2447/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for info on William McGaw who was newly married and in Botetourt in 1820. By 1830 he was in Rockingham County with several kids. Believe he may have been the son of Samuel McGaw of Harford County, MD and York County, PA. His daughter, Julia married Daniel Morrison, a shoemaker, of Harford, County, MD about 1840. Two sons, William and Samuel, also shoemakers, moved to York County, PA by 1850. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: SAMMY1936 Surnames: Montgomery Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.botetourt/2446/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Would like to contact descendents of Edward (b 1880) and Ada Rider Montgomery (b 1880?). In 1920 and 1930 census in Botetourt County. Had children twins EVERETT and EARLE,SHERWOOD OR SHERMAN. Searching for Edward's parents. John McGee Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hello Carolyn: Welcome to our list. What families are you researching? Lisa CALDWELL GARRETT >From: Rena Worthen <doreatr@rbnet.com> >Date: 2008/04/04 Fri PM 11:22:18 CDT >To: vaboteto@rootsweb.com >Subject: [VABOTETO] Welcome >A Friend of mine has Subscribed to our list. Her name is Carolyn Bruce. >Please make her welcome. > >Rena Worthen >List adm. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. >To contact Listowner: >Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VABOTETO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The Bedford Genealogical Society will hold its Genealogy and History Fair Saturday September 13, 9am to 3pm. The location is the Bedford Campus CVCC. More information is available at the web site: www.bgsociety.org Doug Cooper- Manager Bedford Museum 201 E. Main St. Bedford, VA 24523 540 586 4520 bccmdirector@verizon.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All Roads Lead Through Botetourt The second Botetourt Genealogy Fair will be held on October 11, 2008; 9-3 ; at the Family Life Building (same place as last year) More details to come. Read about last years fair at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaboteto/botetot.html Rena Worthen, Chair. Botetourt Genealogy Club P O B 1148 Buchanan, Va. 24066 540-473-8339

A Friend of mine has Subscribed to our list. Her name is Carolyn Bruce. Please make her welcome. Rena Worthen List adm.

Rena, I'm glad to see you getting some of the public credit you deserve... all your listers already know you're terrific! Attagirl! Carolyn HALE BRUCE, DAR, IBSSG, VBGS Co-author, Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots Rebel King, The Har'ships and Rebel King, Bannok Burn See all the books we publish at: www.bruceandbruceinc.com (Angus MacKilt shirts, too!)

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http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaboteto/Lemon.html Bob has provided us with lots of Lemon information. I have loaded all he sent me. I hope this will be a help to someone. I have more Cemetery photos to add to our Botetourt Cemetery page and will try to get more done soon. Rena

Harper Ratcliffe (S.31312) filed his pension application in Perry Co. KY in 1833 but lists his service from Rockbridge Co. VA. In Ratcliffe's pension application he also mentions serving in the ware with my ggg-grandfather, Henry Gay. Henry Gay died in 1830 and never filed for a pension, but I have recently obtained SAR recognition for his service, also from Rockbridge, based on this pension application of Harper Ratcliffe. Lee Gay Project Coordinator Gay Family DNA Study http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/g/gay/ -----Original Message----- From: varockbr-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:varockbr-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rena Worthen Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:46 PM To: Rockbridge County Cc: vaboteto@rootsweb.com Subject: [VAROCKBR] Revolutionary War Pension Apps added at Rockbridge Andrew Wiley S6392 David Shepherdson S6076 George and Lovia Lunsford Hight W19769 James and Nancy McCorkle Williamson R11604 John Davidson S8304 William Miller S5764 John McClain (McLain)S5744 Edward Murphey (Murphy)S1569 Robert Anderson W2579 John McCroskey (McCrosky) S2781 Michael Graham S8621 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Third Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAROCKBR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Andrew Wiley S6392 David Shepherdson S6076 George and Lovia Lunsford Hight W19769 James and Nancy McCorkle Williamson R11604 John Davidson S8304 William Miller S5764 John McClain (McLain)S5744 Edward Murphey (Murphy)S1569 Robert Anderson W2579 John McCroskey (McCrosky) S2781 Michael Graham S8621

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Good morning!! Thanks for all the cemetery information. I can barely keep up with all the new information!! :-) I can't get the links to the pics to work on the Melrose Cemetery page, though. Just thought you'd like to know. Have a great day. Lisa >From: Rena Worthen <doreatr@rbnet.com> >Date: 2008/03/29 Sat PM 10:46:22 CDT >To: vaboteto@rootsweb.com >Subject: [VABOTETO] Additions >Melrose Cemetery >Pettigrew Cemetery > > >http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaboteto/botetot.html > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. >To contact Listowner: >Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VABOTETO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In a message dated 3/29/2008 11:47:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, doreatr@rbnet.com writes: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaboteto/botetot.html Mary C. Crowder & Mary C. Anderson are the same person and there is a marker **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15&ncid=aolhom00030000000001)

Melrose Cemetery Pettigrew Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaboteto/botetot.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rebgal2u Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.botetourt/2445.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: She was born July 1909, and she married Violous Hugh Thompson Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.