I think I may have offered these once before on the list but just in case I have not.... They are just a couple Bushey's in the late 1800's that married into one of the lines I'm researching. If they are relevant to you I can provide descendent information. If you happend to know the relationship between Matilda Bushey (Rose Medor's mother) and Prosper Bushey (Charles Bushey's father) I would be interested. ------- Vermont Birth Record, Charles Bushey born 1880. Parents Prosper Bushey = Elvira Gregoire. Vermont Marriage Record, 658, Marriage reported by Swanton VT on 22-Nov-1905 between Rose Medor, resident of Swanton VT, age 22 and Charles Bushey, resident of Swanton VT, age 25. First marriage of Rose Medor who was born in Swanton VT, parents are Edward Medor = Matilda Bushey. First marriage of Charles Bushey who is a Farmer born in St. Albans VT, parents are Prosper Bushey = Elvira Gregoire. St. Mary's Church, Swanton, Page #: 136, Name: Charles Boucher, Parents: not given, Residence: not given, Bride's Name: Rosa Medor, Bride's Parents: not given, Marriage Date: 11/22/1905, Town: Swanton. ------- Vermont Birth Record, Matilda Bushey born 1859. Parents Frank Bushey = Emily Greene. Vermont Death Record, Death of Matilda Medor (Bushey) on 10-Jan-1929 in Swanton VT, age 69 yrs., 5 mos., 17 days. DOB 24-Jul-1859. Born in Swanton VT, parents Xivid Bushey = Almira Greens. Vermont Marriage Record, 610, Marriage reported by Swanton VT on 18-Nov-1878 between Edward Medor, resident of Swanton VT, age 24 and Matilda Bushey, resident of Swanton VT, age 19. First marriage of Edward Medor who is a Laborer born in Swanton VT, parents are Peter Medor = Mary Freeman. First marriage of Matilda Bushey who was born in Swanton VT, parents are Frank Bushey = Emily Greene.

Does anyone have a book with the listings of wills for the Franklin county area covering the period of 1880-1918? Thanks Debbie Jennings debj@comsys.net "Following the footprints through time"

Researching the Charles BUSHEY line. Charles BUSHEY born unknown but thought to be about 1840. He married Elmira LACROIX and they had 6 known children. Mary Jane born 1861;Burton L. about 1870;Charles;George;Dolph (I don't know if this is Aldolphus or not);and Marshall. Mary Jane married Peter Bingham on 9-8-1879 in Highgate. Burton L . married Grace Pearl Randall I have recently found out that his wife filed a widow's claim for a CW pension on May 31 1918. I would be most happy to exchange info with anyone regarding this lineage. Thanks Debbie Jennings debj@comsys.net "Following the footprints through time"

Let's have a ROLL CALL, beginning now Saturday,Aug 18 2000 and ending NEXT Sunday Aug 27 2000 that is one whole week!! PLEASE include the STATE(s) and GIVEN NAME for the ancestor you are hunting IN THE SUBJECT LINE, and give more information about your ancestors - including dates and migration and spouses' surnames - in the message part of your post, so that you can get maximum benefit from this roll call. Please assist with any of the ROLL CALL posts that you possibly can - if we all focus together these next few days, we can maximize our efforts for the benefit of all of us. PLEASE, DO NOT send any of these posts to me. Send them to the list. PLEASE, DO NOT just send a list of surnames, place something to get results. Debbie Jennings debj@comsys.net "Following the footprints through time"

I would like to encourage all new subscribers to the list to access the archives for our list to see what you may have missed. The link is: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl then type in just the name of the list. On the next page the year you are searching and the topic you are looking for. Debbie Jennings debj@comsys.net "Following the footprints through time"

This seems to be a fairly basic tool for researching. I myself, must confess that I don't use it as much as I should and I don't rely completely on it either. There are persons who rely mainly on it for their research. I think I have just found too many errors or exclusions in the census for my taste. I am a skeptical person which in most cases helps in research. If I find an error in a piece, I am usually looking for another and it also casts doubt on the rest of the file,piece or article. Throws it all into question. Although the census was started in 1790 and continues every 10 years to measure the density and geographic distributing of people, there are some things you should remember about the census. You must be very careful when using census records, however. They can be at once informative and helpful, as well as misleading or downright incorrect. There are four things you should always remember when working with census records: 1. Census records' content is only as good as the person who enumerated the people and recorded the information. Your ancestral family may have been the victim of a lazy or uncommitted enumerator. The enumerator may have been tired and may not have wanted to trudge down the road to your great-grandfather's farm or up five flights of stairs in your urban great-grandfather's apartment building. Instead, he may have asked a neighbor, "Hey, do you know the people who live there?" If the answer was yes, the enumerator might have then asked this person (and not a member of your ancestor's family) all the questions required to complete the schedule form. 2. Census records' contents are only as good as the person who provided the information. Even if the census enumerator visited the family, he may have been greeted by a child or other family member, or even a servant, who wasn't the best source for providing the information. As a result, the data may be incorrect. 3. People were seldom counted twice, but many were not counted at all. Enumerators sometimes missed homes, people were sometimes away, some people avoided being counted, and some refused outright to participate. 4. Census enumerators recopied their work onto fresh forms and, in some censuses, made copies for state, county, and/or local governments too. During the transcription process, errors may have been made. A birth date or an age miscopied, a ditto mark (or the abbreviation "do" or "dto") used in the wrong place, an incorrect state of birth—all these errors can conspire to point you in the wrong direction. I have found persons who are listed with nicknames instead of given names, persons who even though I know alot of the spelling was phonetic I have no idea how they arrive at certain combinations. People who aged 14-20 years in 10 years, and in certain counties in KY I have found notices on a web page stating that during a certain time frame, the taking of the census was delegated to certain officials who felt it was just too much work and they didn't do it. I couldn't believe this upon first reading it, but it is true. So those census are just not there. There is one tip though if you do use the census records alot. Also copy down the 6 households on either side of the ancestor you are searching. I know, Why? Don't you have enough to do? Because families often lived adjacent to or near other family members, such as parents, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, etc. This will save you a trip back to the library.If this is your main medium of research you should gain the most possible from your efforts. Alot of persons use the census for finding ancestors, and in many cases there not listed. For those persons who depend on the census, then the lack of an ancestor says to them that they weren't there. In this case, for my line anyway, this would confirm what I have thought all along.... I was dropped here from an alien universe, because if my ancestors weren't there, then I couldn't be here. Debbie Jennings debj@comsys.net "Following the footprints through time"

Have any of you ever re-read a book? You mysteriously see a sentence or paragraph that even though you KNOW you have read this book before, you don't recall seeing this particular piece. I myself do this quite frequently. I find that in many instances, Genealogy is better the second time around, or what I like to refer to as "served as a Leftover". This week I have been using for updating my files, placing all the odds and ends on my floppys onto the file or somewhere else. Also I have been sorting and organizing my filing system. Just last night I was looking through a file on my husband's line. I am stuck on one man and you all know the story. The man is an alien or an island. No parents, no marriage locale, no previous history. He is my true jigsaw puzzle, all info has been piecemeal, and I am being generous with that descriptive. But still, he is one of my most addictive searches. I looked at the file last night for what seemed like forever, and of course it just stared back. Then, I saw it. What someone had sent me well over a year ago and I had looked at a dozen times and put away, never being able to either accept or discard anything. The census record listed his mother in law in the household in 1850 and she was only 5 years older then the son inlaw. Which is not that unusual, except it made her 8 years old when she had her daughter!! Another piece someone had sent me complete with documentation,this man was in the military. I was so excited to get this break.Until I noticed that the man was 71 at the start of the Civil War and 73 at the time of induction, I know they made allowances at the end but I still don't think they were taking them that old. I had never noticed these items before and just kept putting them back away. Sometimes you just don't notice this stuff at face value, it takes many times of viewing to find errors or bonuses. The same is true for items I pull from mailing lists that seem to be of a connection, and appear a really great find. Countless times as I get ready to put these onto floppys or zips I look at it and wonder, "why on earth did I keep this"? Finding I either already had it or connects not even remotely. We all have mounds of piles of papers and data we are saving. Could our gold mine be in one of those? Could we find that piece of info we have been searching for hidden within pages we have stored away? I always do. Last night, I found a birthplace of someone on a marriage application that I thought I had pretty well covered for info. I knew the birthplace was on there, but it was in a different county then I had previously beat to death searching for her parents. So when you get discouraged, go back through your papers, you might just find out you had the info all the time. Debbie Jennings debj@comsys.net "Following the footprints through time"

Seeking info on Belanger, Tatro, Burnor and Trombley. Info I have is listed below on " A FAMILY HISTORY" site.             Thanks Carroll Prior e-mail had wrong URL. Here is the correct one.: http://community-2.webtv.net/cgbelanger2/ AFAMILYHISTORY/

Hi, Everybody - Recently I was given an old book called "Mrs. Winslow's Domestic Receipt Book for 1875" Published in 1874 by Jeremiah Curtis and Sons and John I. Brown and Sons. It is full of recipes and home remedies. Yes, I know it says "receipts" instead of "recipes" in the title, but honest-to-goodness, that's what the title is!!! <lol> Anyway, please excuse any duplications as this is going to a number of lists. Thought you might enjoy seeing a few of these home remedies. Just the standard disclaimer: "Please do not [necessarily] try these at home!" <vbg> S.L. Willig: SWillig@GenExchange.org NYGenExchange State Coordinator: http://www.genexchange.org/state.cfm?state=ny List Admin. for Empey-l, Garfield-l, and for VTAddiso, NHSulliv, IRL-Palatine, NYWashington-Rooters, NYWarren-Rooters, NY-Rooters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 281 Salve for a Burn Take a tablespoonful of lard, half a tablespoonful of spirits of turpentine, and a piece of resin as big as a walnut, and simmer them together till they are well incorporated; when cool, keep it in a box. In case of a burn, warm this so that you can spread it over a piece of linen, and apply it to the burn. 281 Accidents by Fire If females and children must wear cotton and linen dresses and aprons in the winter, use the following precaution. The dresses, after being washed, should be dipped in strong alum water, which will prevent them from blazing, if they should take fire. 288. Blackberry Jam Take three pints of ripe blackberries, and jam them with your hands fine; add their weight in loaf sugar, stew them twenty minutes; set them away, with the mouth of the jar open, till they are cold. This is good for sore mouth, dysentery and diarrhea. 289. Colic For a person afflicted with the bilious colic take the bran of corn meal, make it into a pudding, sprinkle mustard over it, and apply it, as hot as can be borne, to the bowels. It is said that this will give relief. Drink hot peppermint water. 290. Cancer Mix the yolk of an egg with fine salt, make it into a salve; spread it on a piece of soft leather, and apply it; change it every day, and a cure will soon be effected. Another Remedy: Use strong potash, made of the rey of the ashes of red oak bark, boiled down to the consistence of molasses, and cover the cancer with it, and in about an hour afterwards cover the plaster with tar, which must be removed after a few days; and if protuberances appear in the wound, apply more potash to them and the plaster again, until they all disappear, after which heal the wound with any common salve. This treatment has been known to effect a perfect cure. 291. Cancers and Sores Indian Remedy Take the roots of pitch-pine saplings, chop them up fine, and boil a three-pail-potful, until all the strength is exhausted say twenty or thirty minutes; then strain off the liquor, and boil it down to one gallon. Use it as a regular drink, till a cure is effected, in one or two months. It may be sweetened with honey, molasses, or loaf sugar. This will cure erysipelas, and other bad humours of the blood. 288. Consumption "Completely to eradicate this disease", says a correspondent of the U.S. Gazette, "I will not positively say the following remedy is capable of doing; but I will venture to affirm that by a temperate mode of living avoiding spirituous liquors wholly wearing flannel next to the skin, and taking, every morning, half a pint of new milk, mixed with a wine glassful of the compressed juice of green hoarhound, the complaint will not only be relieved, but the individual shall procure to himself a length of days beyond what its mildest form could give room to hope for. "I am myself a living witness of these beneficial effects of this agreeable, and though innocent, yet powerful application. Four weeks' use of the hoarhound and mil relieved the pains in my breast; gave me to breathe deep, long and free; strengthened and harmonized my voice; and restored me to a better state of health than I had enjoyed for years." Dr. Coteren, of Paris, recommends the inhaling of the gaseous perfume of chloride of lime, for disease of the lungs. It may be dissolved in soft water, then pour into it a little vinegar, and apply it to the nose so as to inhale freely the perfumes which the mixture will produce. The attention of a young lady, apparently in the last stage of consumption, was called to the virtues of chamomile, by observing from her window, early each morning, a dog belonging to the house, with scarcely any flesh on his bones, constantly go and lick the dew off a chamomile bed in the garden, in doing which the animal was noticed to alter his appearance, to recover strength, and finally looked plump and well. The singularity of the circumstance was impressed strongly on the lady's mind, and induced her to try what effect might be produced from following the dog's example. She accordingly procured the dew from the same bed of chamomile, drank a small quantity each morning, and after continuing it for some time, experienced some relief; her appetite became regular, she found a return of spirits, and in the end was completely cured.

Seeking info on Belanger, Tatro, Burnor and Trombley. Info I have is listed below on " A FAMILY HISTORY" site.             Thanks Carroll Prior e-mail had wrong URL. Here is the correct one.: community-2.webtv.net/cgbelanger2/ AFAMILYHISTORY/

James WOODWARD & Lydia STEVENS m. 1793, moved to Franklin Co in 1821 with their 7 sons: James, Caleb, Charles, Daniel, Benjamin, Stephen, George. They lived in Enosburg, Berkshire, Montgomery, and Orleans County as well. David COBURN m. Phoebe JEWETT in Berkshire in 1814. He was born in Cornish, NH, she was born in Weybridge. They died 16 April 1842. Related families include HENDRICKS (Talma & Lydia ?), Jonas TEMPLE & Maria SMITH, DAVIS (Kittredge & Mary ?), SMITH (Benjamin & Hannah ?), Timothy DAVIS & Louisa WHITE. I have quite a bit of info on the Woodwards, some on the Coburns, but I can't stand to have gaps! Susan Woodward Spain

Seeking info on Belanger, Tatro, Burnor and Trombley. Info I have is listed below on " A FAMILY HISTORY" site.             Thanks Carroll www.community-1.webtv.net/cgbelanger2/

Thanks for the request for a roll call. My road block is Solomon Washburn who was born 5/14/1819 in Franklin County and died 2/18/1915 in Cataract WI. He married Mary W. Carter on 7/14/1844 in Addison County. Mary was born in Quebec. I have no information on the Carters. I am at a road block with Solomon Washburn. I know his father (Samuel) was born 1782 in Massachusetts. I have no idea when he moved to Franklin County, specifically the Georgia area. I also believe Samuel's wife was Diademia Wright. In addition to Solomon, the known children of Samuel and Diademia were Samuel Jr. (b. 1812 in VT; d. 4/15/1872 in Day NY); Almon Delos (b, 1815 in VT; d. 1901 in Cataract WI); Henry (b. 1/12/1717 in Saratoga County NY; d. 3/19/1908 in Waukau WI); Delia (b. 2/9/1823; d. 12/16/1887 in Corinth NY); Sophronia (b. 1826 in VT; d. 1862 in Chippewa County WI); and possibly Levi (b. 1830 in VT). Any info on this family would be appreciated. Thanks Bill Betts Center Cross, Virginia

Hi, List: My G-Grandfather, Windsor PRATT (1795-1840) married Rhoda RANDALL (1803-1889) in Franklin, VT 3/1/1832. I can trace Windsor's family back to MA in the 1600's. But Rhoda apparently came from outer space. I have not been able to find any info on her parents. She was supposedly born in May, 1803 in Montpelier, VT. Can anyone help me out? Any info on Randall families in Franklin or Montpelier would be a starting place. Thanks. Bill

Hi, List: My G-Grandfather, Windsor Pratt, married Rhoda Randall in Franklin, Franklin County 3/1/1832. I have no problems (well, not too many) tracing my Pratt ancestors but Rhoda must have been one of those that came by starship. I have not been able to find any trace of her parents. She was supposedly born in May of 1803 in Montpelier, VT. That's all I have on my G-Grandmother. I have their marriage license and I can trace Windsor's family back to MA to the 1600's. Anyone have any ideas or info? Any help will be gratefully received. If I can be of help with any Pratt data, I will gladly do so. Thank you. Bill

Who was Orville JENNE who m. Hiram RUBLEE of Berkshire? They had children Lillian, who m. Willis NOBLE and Hannibal. Orvilla died in MO, having removed there late in life with son Hannibal and her body was brought back for burial in Franklin.

Robert Armstrong m. Angelina Dorinda Rublee 1853 Berkshire. Who was Robert ARMSTRONG? Angelina d. 1858 Berkshire. No children that I am aware of. A death for a Robert Armstrong, born ca. 1827, is recorded at Berkshire, VT on July 10, 1861. He was killed by a falling tree. He was born in Canada, the son of Edward Armstrong. Could this be Robert's father? Does anyone know anything about Robert?

Sorry - typo in subject line of previous message. Cindy -----Original Message----- From: Alger and Walcott Family [mailto:141asr@surfree.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 11:08 AM To: VTFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VTFRANKL] Betey EVINS m. Dan Ruiblee 1822 Berkshire Who were the parents of Betsy EWINS who Dan Rublee 1822 Berkshire? Was she the daughter of Josiah and Sally Ewins who settled in Berkshire, VT about 1800? One son, Lewis, was born in 1800. There is a Josiah Ewings enumerated in Berkshire in 1820. There is no Josiah Ewin(g)s in 1810, but one appears in Barre in 1800. Also, on 21 Jan 1815, the following family was warned out of Franklin, VT: Uins, Josiah, Polly, Betsey, Lewis, William, Nancy, Horace, George, Patty and Nowles (?). Josiah Ewins was born about 1774 and died 16 Sep 1857, buried W. Berkshire, VR. Sally was born about 1779 and died 30 Oct 1857, buried W. Berkshire. There was also a John Ewins born about 1760, died 1 Jan 1840, buried W. Berkshire and Abigail, born about 1784, died 18 Nov 1843, buried W. Berkshire that appears to have been John's wife. Hemenway makes mention of Ewing families in Clarendon, Vt. Cindy Walcott ==== VTFRANKL Mailing List ==== Visit the Franklin County Vermont GenConnect Boards ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/

Who was Olive SMITH who m. Hiram A. Rublee. Hiram was from Berkshire; the couple apparently lived in Enosburg 1830-1870. They had children Sarah, Olive, Rodney. Cindy Walcott

Who were the parents of Betsy EWINS who Dan Rublee 1822 Berkshire? Was she the daughter of Josiah and Sally Ewins who settled in Berkshire, VT about 1800? One son, Lewis, was born in 1800. There is a Josiah Ewings enumerated in Berkshire in 1820. There is no Josiah Ewin(g)s in 1810, but one appears in Barre in 1800. Also, on 21 Jan 1815, the following family was warned out of Franklin, VT: Uins, Josiah, Polly, Betsey, Lewis, William, Nancy, Horace, George, Patty and Nowles (?). Josiah Ewins was born about 1774 and died 16 Sep 1857, buried W. Berkshire, VR. Sally was born about 1779 and died 30 Oct 1857, buried W. Berkshire. There was also a John Ewins born about 1760, died 1 Jan 1840, buried W. Berkshire and Abigail, born about 1784, died 18 Nov 1843, buried W. Berkshire that appears to have been John's wife. Hemenway makes mention of Ewing families in Clarendon, Vt. Cindy Walcott