Linda, Thank you for your submissions to the Courthouse Experiences website. I am sure they will be helpful to anyone planning on researching at the various counties and states. I have found out that some Courthouses do read these comments and a few have made changes to correct some of the problems. Dave Goodman The GOODMAN Clearinghouse http://www.bcpl.net/~dmg Baltimore PC Users Group http://www.baltimorepcug.org Baltimore County Genealogical Society http://www.serve.com/bcgs/bcgs.html

Steve, Do you know what year they came over? Do you know where they settled? Or anything close to that. Have you been to www.ellisland.org ? If they came in through the port of New York, you may find them there. If you have names on them, and approx years & where they lived here, I can maybe look them up for you. Sincerely, Erin T. Crowe ----- Original Message ----- From: <Steve.Donovan@lafarge-na.com> To: <VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 3:55 PM Subject: [VAROOTS] Irish immigrants > I know for certain that two of my ancestors were from Ireland, one > specifically from Cork. I can guess that they probably immigrated here > beacuse of the Potato Famine. I guess my question is: What is my next step? > Pretty broad but I really don't know what to do next. > > > > ============================== > 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 >

I sent for my grandfather's (came to US in 1900), and it contained very little. Did not contain parents names... only that they were from Sweden. Actually it didn't contain his real surname (afternam) of Wenstrom either. It contained his chosen surname of Buren. For the few extra dollars, order the full application. Marge > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim55fl@aol.com [mailto:Jim55fl@aol.com] > Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 5:03 PM > To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VAROOTS] Question about SSDI Forms requests > > > Please, can someone help me ? If I send for a SS-5 form of a > relative I know > what info it contains and it costs $27. If I send for the > abbreviated NUMIDENT > printout it costs $16. What info does this document have? Name of > parents? > Place of birth? > > Jim in Florida > > ______________________________

Please, can someone help me ? If I send for a SS-5 form of a relative I know what info it contains and it costs $27. If I send for the abbreviated NUMIDENT printout it costs $16. What info does this document have? Name of parents? Place of birth? Jim in Florida

Write down the questions you are trying to answer. Where are they from? When did they come to the Colonies? Where did they settle? Who were their parents? That kind of thing. I think that will help you organize your thoughts and decide where you need to search for the anwers. There are published records of passenger lists that you may be able to use but it's easier if you know where they came ashore. Good luck - Bev ========Original Message======== Subj: [VAROOTS] Irish immigrants Date: 12/23/2003 6:58:55 PM Eastern Standard Time From: Steve.Donovan@lafarge-na.com Reply-to: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Sent from the Internet (Details) I know for certain that two of my ancestors were from Ireland, one specifically from Cork. I can guess that they probably immigrated here beacuse of the Potato Famine. I guess my question is: What is my next step? Pretty broad but I really don't know what to do next. ============================== 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

Why not call Social Security on their 800 number and ask them. --- Jim55fl@aol.com wrote: > Please, can someone help me ? If I send for a > SS-5 form of a relative I know > what info it contains and it costs $27. If I > send for the abbreviated NUMIDENT > printout it costs $16. What info does this > document have? Name of parents? > Place of birth? > > Jim in Florida > > > ============================== > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/

Jo, Thank You for providing your Courthouse experience with everyone. I am sure it will be most helpful to furture researchers. If anyone has additional experiences they would like to share, send them along. I would like to wish everyone a most successful 2004 research year. Dave Goodman The GOODMAN Clearinghouse http://www.bcpl.net/~dmg Baltimore PC Users Group http://www.baltimorepcug.org Baltimore County Genealogical Society http://www.serve.com/bcgs/bcgs.html

Jo, Thank You for providing your Courthouse experience with everyone. I am sure it will be most helpful to furture researchers. If anyone has additional experiences they would like to share, send them along. I would like to wish everyone a most successful 2004 research year. Dave Goodman The GOODMAN Clearinghouse http://www.bcpl.net/~dmg Baltimore PC Users Group http://www.baltimorepcug.org Baltimore County Genealogical Society http://www.serve.com/bcgs/bcgs.html Jo, Thank You for providing your Courthouse experience with everyone. I am sure it will be most helpful to furture researchers. If anyone has additional experiences they would like to share, send them along. I would like to wish everyone a most successful 2004 research year.

I hope your Christmas is a wonderful and joyous occasion, and may your new year be as bright as the lone star that led the wise men on the first Christmas night. Merry Christmas. May many blessings touch you and yours this holiday season. Deb Koplen http://home.swbell.net/koplend/ koplend@swbell.net Grand Prairie, TX MSN Instant Messenger: Freckles6932 "Right Smak dab between Dallas & Fort Worth"

In a message dated 12/24/03 11:03:19 AM US Mountain Standard Time, VAROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: Dunmore's War (Virginia Payrolls/Public Service Claims, 1775) - The index contains the names of Virginia citizens or soldiers from the counties of Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper, and Fincastle who were compensated in 1775 for supplies or service during Dunmore's Expedition in 1774. I do not wish to start a war myself but I went into my printouts of VA and found the following info in maps. Janes post stated Fincastle as a county. 1772-- Fincastle from Botetourt, Dunmore from Frederick, Berkeley from Fredrick. Fincastle was on the lower protion of VA and Botetpourt was on the upper side of Fincastle both exteded west into indian territory. 1776-- Fincastle divided into Kentucky, Montgomery, Washington, pending. Yohogania, Monongalia, Ohio from Augusta. Henry from Pittsylvania, pending. [Which at this point Fincastle County no long exhists.] 1778--Illinois from Augusta. Rockbridge from Augusta, Botetourt. Rockingham from Augusta. Dunmore name changed to Shenandoah. Greenbirer effective. I have the CD of the AntiMap by Gold Bug and if anyone wishes more clearity in these early counties I can surly provide it for you. Seasons Greetings and Hopes for a exceptional New Year. Beej--Fireflower

Dear Jane, Cuzn in research, you gave some good info that one can find in Lord Dunmore's War Claims List however you did not include the URL where this list may be found. It is readily available thru a search engine? Is that how you found the info? Please advise as how to find this info. Thank you very much for any concideration you give my request. I am a new list member............Beej--Fireflower I hope you have a glorious Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year both health wise and safe wise. In a message dated 12/24/03 11:03:19 AM US Mountain Standard Time, VAROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: From: "Jane Thursby" <mejanemd@suscom.net> To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VAROOTS] Dunmore's War Claims Lists Dunmore's War (Virginia Payrolls/Public Service Claims, 1775) - The index contains the names of Virginia citizens or soldiers from the counties of Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper, and Fincastle who were compensated in 1775 for supplies or service during Dunmore's Expedition in 1774. Entries in the volume include names, length of service or item being compensated for, and the amount of compensation in pounds, shillings, and pence.

When and where did they arrive, Steve, and then where did they settle? ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve.Donovan@lafarge-na.com To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 5:55 PM Subject: [VAROOTS] Irish immigrants I know for certain that two of my ancestors were from Ireland, one specifically from Cork. I can guess that they probably immigrated here because of the Potato Famine. I guess my question is: What is my next step? Pretty broad but I really don't know what to do next. ============================== 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

I know for certain that two of my ancestors were from Ireland, one specifically from Cork. I can guess that they probably immigrated here beacuse of the Potato Famine. I guess my question is: What is my next step? Pretty broad but I really don't know what to do next.

Fincastle is in Botetort County - it is north of Roanoke and east of Allegany and Craig Counties - close to West Virginia line. --- Jane Thursby <mejanemd@suscom.net> wrote: > Dunmore's War (Virginia Payrolls/Public Service > Claims, > 1775) - The index contains the names of > Virginia citizens > or soldiers from the counties of Augusta, > Bedford, > Botetourt, Culpeper, and Fincastle who were > compensated in > 1775 for supplies or service during Dunmore's > Expedition > in 1774. Entries in the volume include names, > length of > service or item being compensated for, and the > amount of > compensation in pounds, shillings, and pence. > > I found an Edward Thursby listed in the above > claims > records. My 4th great-grandfather is Edward > Thursby (not > a common name) but all I have been able to find > out about > him is when he married Ann Sasscer in Prince > George's > County, Maryland in 1784. He is a stone wall > for me. The > Sasscer family were very large land owners and > her father, > William, gives them land after their marriage. > I know > tons about him and his descendents but nothing > before the > marriage. > > Two of the counties listed in the claims > records, I don't > know--Botetourt and Fincastle. The other's I > found on an > old map of around 1780. > > Also since this is my first search in Virginia, > I am at a > loss as where to begin tracking down > information. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Jane Thursby > > From England to Maryland by the early 1700's > and still > Maryland. > Researching > Thursby, Stinchecum, Seward, Clag(g)ett, > McNamara, Barnes, > Muckelroy, Watkins, Kennard, Snyder, Griffin, > Benson, > Cullison, Shipley, Beall, White, Wheatly, > Mullineaux, Lee, > Norris, Waugh, Oldner, Davis, Sasscer, Fell, > Purdum, > Benton, Moxley, Norwood, Lewis, Tydings, Lamb, > Gassaway, > Holland > > Also through George Schaffer (Chip): > > Schaffer, Appel, Dinsmore, Fischer, Yeagle, > Suman, > Soellner, Franz, Baker, Albert, Miller, > Buzzard, > Kitzmiller, Loeb, Stougel, Rohr, Turner, > Wilson, > Schichadanz > > > > ============================== > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/

Dunmore's War (Virginia Payrolls/Public Service Claims, 1775) - The index contains the names of Virginia citizens or soldiers from the counties of Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper, and Fincastle who were compensated in 1775 for supplies or service during Dunmore's Expedition in 1774. Entries in the volume include names, length of service or item being compensated for, and the amount of compensation in pounds, shillings, and pence. I found an Edward Thursby listed in the above claims records. My 4th great-grandfather is Edward Thursby (not a common name) but all I have been able to find out about him is when he married Ann Sasscer in Prince George's County, Maryland in 1784. He is a stone wall for me. The Sasscer family were very large land owners and her father, William, gives them land after their marriage. I know tons about him and his descendents but nothing before the marriage. Two of the counties listed in the claims records, I don't know--Botetourt and Fincastle. The other's I found on an old map of around 1780. Also since this is my first search in Virginia, I am at a loss as where to begin tracking down information. Any help would be appreciated. Jane Thursby From England to Maryland by the early 1700's and still Maryland. Researching Thursby, Stinchecum, Seward, Clag(g)ett, McNamara, Barnes, Muckelroy, Watkins, Kennard, Snyder, Griffin, Benson, Cullison, Shipley, Beall, White, Wheatly, Mullineaux, Lee, Norris, Waugh, Oldner, Davis, Sasscer, Fell, Purdum, Benton, Moxley, Norwood, Lewis, Tydings, Lamb, Gassaway, Holland Also through George Schaffer (Chip): Schaffer, Appel, Dinsmore, Fischer, Yeagle, Suman, Soellner, Franz, Baker, Albert, Miller, Buzzard, Kitzmiller, Loeb, Stougel, Rohr, Turner, Wilson, Schichadanz

My Great-Great-Grandfather was Lemuel H. WINDSOR. My sister and I are working on our family's genealogy. We first found our G-G-Grandfather, Lemuel; a sister (Jane Catharine WINDSOR [later married John LARCOMBE]); and a brother (William WINDSOR) in the 1850 Washington, DC, Census. They were living in a household with Martha LOMAX (head), Thomas LOMAX, and Margaret LOMAX. We do not know who Lemuel's parents were or where they were born. He, in most instances we have found, gave his own birthplace as Maryland but we have not been able to verify this. The story has been handed down to all of Lemuel's descendents (we heard this from our Grandfather, Charles Hugh WINDSOR, Jr., who was born in 1891 and died in 1985) that Lemuel's father and his father's brother came to the United States and first settled in Washington, DC. Since Lemuel always gave his birthplace as Maryland, we don't know how, where, or when the family got into Maryland … So we don't know what the "real" story is. Lemuel was born on March 7, 1832, and died on May 27, 1914; he and his wife are buried in Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC. Son John Henry, grandson Lemuel Henry, and great-grandson Henry Grigsby WINDSOR are all buried in Congressional Cemetery too. Lemuel named his children John Henry (1st born), Laura Virginia [GRAY], Robert James, Charles Hugh (Sr.), William L. [buried in Greenmount Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA, d. August 4, 1911], and Sarah (Sallie) Mary [EVANS]. We have tried to narrow down our search by looking for Lemuel WINDSOR's or Charles Hugh WINDSOR's as these names might offer some clues as to "kin". There are so many "John" and "Williams" WINDSOR's that we cannot determine anything unique. Any information you can give me will be GREATLY appreciated. (Please excuse me for such a long message. I was hoping to give a detail that would "ring a bell" with someone.) Thank you again, Betty

Documents that were contributed to the Virginia USGenWeb Archives and Tombstone Transcription Register last week can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/recent-uploads/recentuploads.htm We sincerely appreciate all of the folks who have taken the time to contribute documents from their own family history research. Mike

Hi, I am looking for a Johnson family, Mary Johnson married Jackson Riley in Greenup County, KY, some of the family ended up in Lawrence County, Ohio. Mary Johnson born 1848 in Washington County, Va. married Jackson Riley in Greenup County, KY on Fe. 19 1870. son Thomas Riley married Martha Easterling, his siblings Edward, Julia, Martha and Agnes Riley. In 1860 Washington County, Virginia is a Mary Johnson 12 years old, is this the right Mary Johnson, list parents Berry B and Mary Johnson, siblings. William, Alexander, Shadrach, Louisa and Beverly Johnson. Thank you for any help. Louise

The complete 1999 Magazine of Virginia Genealogy is now on E-Bay, Item # 297354824 Thought some may be interested

Hi Ruby, How are things going?This is Robin Sage.Have you found any thing out about the Sage family?I found Laura Ball married to William Sage in Tenn.4-26-1896,I think,I would have to look it up.write back. Robin > [Original Message] > From: Ruby Pruitt <rbpruitt@yahoo.com> > To: <VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 12/16/03 12:20:38 AM > Subject: [VAROOTS] Slave records > > Hi List, could someone tell me how I can find where slaves were sold? Thanks Ruby > Researching; BADGER,SAGE,HANKS,DUVALL > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing > > > ============================== > 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