Hi everyone Great struggle for all of us to find the searches we all have to find the moving families we need. Mine were George Rivers born in Philipsburg, Can. 1858 and missed the Cencus there along with His Father also George and Mother Matilda S. Must have moved over the border to Franklin. My Grand mother and five sisters were born in Highgate, but no grand parents! His Wife Mary Brooks was born in Ferrisburg, VT 1856 to Joseph Brooks and Louise Caterett both Can. Over the border again? Economic times were tough. If anyone can help produce the grand parents informations in any way I sure would apreciate your help. Good luck in your searches and if I have any help to guide you on your searches I will reply to your searches. Earl earld333@hotmail.com

Hello All, I am looking for the marriage of Jacob Williams to Julia Ann Lambert. Julia was born abt. 1843 in Fairfax, Vt. and they had children born in St. Albans, Vt. I am also looking for Julia's parents. Any information you may have would be appreciated. Sharon

Aloha, In response to Debra Carter's Roll Call, I seek marriage and ancestry of Joseph BLONDIN and Abigail (or Rose or Marie-Anne) LAFLAMME who raised a family in the St. Albans and Cambridge area in the 1840's through 1860's. I have a lot of info after their marriage but none on the marriage. Have unverified information that Joseph is son of Louis-Francois PIERRE dit BLONDIN and Catherine RICHARD who m. 20 April 1807 at St-Jean-Baptiste, Rouville Cte. Jerry Lesperance, Aiea, Hawaii

Would like to contact anyone who is researching these lines from Richford, Berkshire, Enosburg. Anthony White & Mary (Polly) Fletcher. Cyrus White & Sarah A. Grant Marvin White & Clarissa Banister Ripley White & Lydia Popple Children of Anthony White: Cyrus, Ripley, Perry G., Ann, Ammi, Otis, Orrin & Marvin. Cyrus moved to CT (my gggrandfather) & died there. I have additional info. Ripley, Perry & Marvin are buried in Franklin County. I have additional info. Orrin moved to CT & died there. I have additional info. Ann moved to CT. & died there. I have additional info. I have no information on Ammi or Otis except that Ammi is a male. Clarissa (Banister) White moved to MN with her parents Knight & Aurillia (Allen) Banister following the death of her husband, Marvin, during the Civil War. Have lost track of her & her parents after that & also would like to know if any of them returned to VT & died there. I have the names of Clarissa's three children. Mary (Polly) Fletcher was born in VT and died in Bakersfield. Sarah (Grant) White was born in NY but either lived or visited in Franklin County as she & her future husband, Cyrus, attended church together when young. Any information would be appreciated. Linda Pingel LPingel@worldnet.att.net

I am still looking for information on this family. Five of their eleven children were born in Franklin County, three in Sheldon and two in Highgate. I have much information but know there is more to be found. Bud Powell

I would like to find out where these two individuals are buried. They were from the Highgate, VT area. Jeremiah BREWER (b - 1750, d - 1815) and Hannah Thomas (no information) Any help would be appreciated. :) Kris Brewer Rein

Need help searching my PROPER and DECKER family from Franklin Co. -----Original Message----- From: Debbie Carter [mailto:tara37@comsys.net] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 8:26 AM To: VTFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VTFRANKL] Time For Some List Activity Importance: High Okay, this list is much too quiet. Let's have a ROLL CALL, beginning now (May 12) and ending next Friday night at midnight (May 19). To make sure that your posting just doesn't get the old "delete button" by most persons, DO NOT just type ROLL CALL in the subject line as many of those don't get opened. Put something like this:Thomas Baldwin/KY/ 1760 this way everyone WANTS to open it instead of deleting without reading!!:) PLEASE include the NAME/DATES if possible/LOCATION 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. I know we have all been a little gun shy with the virus and all, but if there are no attachments sent, just the posting and the reading will be safe enough. If there is an attachment to a Rootsweb mailing list post, DO NOT OPEN IT. Also, send your posts for the Roll Call to the list and not to me personally. Good Luck in your searching Debra Carter ListOwner tara37@comsys.net ==== VTFRANKL Mailing List ==== Visit the Franklin County Vermont GenConnect Boards ============================== Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi

I am searching for a Victor/Victory Peters. I think he is the father to my Ashley Peters, born circa 1846. Ashley was discharged from the civil war and went to Wisconsin. Where Victory is also. Ashley's mother is Sarah ? Help Please. I can't find anythng. Judy

Good Afternoon, I am looking for any information on the Richard GROSVENOR family of Fairfax, Franklin County, VT. We feel reasonably sure they had relocated to Stockton, Chautauqua County, NY ca.1830. This families name has been misspelled more often than one can shake a stick but common spellings include GROVNER, GROSVENER, GROVINIR and a quite a few other misspellings that we know of. Richard GROSVENOR was a son of Theophilus GROSVENOR and the grandson of Leicester GROSVENOR, JR. Theophilus GROSVENOR died in 1808 and is buried in Fairfax, Franklin County, VT. Richard GROSVENOR married a Rebecca GLOYD about 1790, possibly in VT. Names included in this GROSVENOR list include a Nathan GROSVENOR (b.1796 in VT), Alanson or Launson GROSVENOR, (a possible twin of Serepta, b.1800 in VT) Serepta GROSVENOR (a possible twin of Alanson, b. 1800 in VT), Clarissa GROSVENOR (b.1793 in VT), Richard GROSVENOR (the father, b. 1765, CT) and Rebecca Gloyd GROSVENOR (the mother, b. about 1770, possibly in CT). The whereabouts of this family from ca. 1810 to ca. 1830 are a mystery. The last time they are picked up on a US Census is the 1800 Fairfax, Franklin County, VT census. Also during this period (1810-1830) Nathan GROSVENOR married a Catharine "M" (b. 1799, possibly in NY) of which we know nothing about but she would later describe her profession as being a nurse so her father may have been a MD. According to some sources the father, Richard Grosvenor, is buried in Stockton, Chautauqua County, NY but we cannot find any record of his burial so he may have been buried in Canada or some where else. We do know that Nathan died in 1846 in McLean TWP, Shelby County, OH and is buried there. We also know that Catharine, Nathan's wife, died in 1883 and is buried in Latty TWP, Paulding County, OH. We also know that Nathan was raised Methodist in VT but by the time he, Catharine and their children got to Shelby County, OH they were Dutch Reformed. We have no idea concerning the reasons for this new religious affiliation. Nathan and Catharine's children include Hiram GROSVENOR (b. 1829), Cyrus GROSVENOR (b. 1830) and Lucy GROSVENOR (b. 1832). There were several other children but have no idea where the were born. All would later state they were born in NY state but no record of their birth has been found. If you can provide any information on this family, I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance John R. Clarke For some of the best from the "Outdoors" visit our websites at: www.outdoorwriter.com or www.online-outdoors.com

Lomby Lavigne (We think that the first name was Lambert) born Sept 19, 1807 in Canada. He died July 3, 1895 in Enosburg, Vermont. He was married to Mary Garand. Whose parents were Joseph Garand and Desanges Gervais. Lomby and Mary had a daughter, Nancy who married Peter LaBelle. They had four other children, who were born in either Stowe, Wolcott or Essex Vermont. The children's names were George, Lomby L., Adaline and Aurilla. In one record, I found where the name was written as Broder dit Lavigne. I would appreciate any information on Lomby LaVigne.

Hi Listers-- I am attempting to find what information is available on the family of John West. He was born abt. 1770 in CT, moved as a young boy to Claremont, NH with his family and was in Swanton by about 1804. He married Wealthan ???, location unknown. Children were Edwin, born 1805 in Swanton, Lucius born 1807 in Swanton, a daughter born Swanton. By about 1815 they had again relocated to Washington Co., OH. as the last child, Sydney was born there in 1816. All of this is word-of-mouth as I have been unable to find any proof in the Swanton Town Records with they exception that a John West was there. Any help would be most appreciated! Thanks Curt Warner

Thanks Susan!! That was very interesting Debbie

Hi, y'all... Thought you might enjoy seeing these stats. 100 Years Ago... The average life expectancy in the United States was 47. Only 14 percent of the homes in the United States had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three minute call from Denver to New York City cost $11. There were only 8,000 cars in the US and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the twenty-first most populous state in the Union. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower. The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents an hour. The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2500 per year, a veterinarian between $1500 and $4000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5000 per year. More than 95 percent of all births in the United States took place at home. Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard." Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee cost fifteen cents a pound. Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo. Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason, either as travelers or immigrants. The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were: 1. Pneumonia and Influenza, 2. Tuberculosis, 3. Diarrhea, 4. Heart disease, 5. Stroke. The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet. Drive-by-shootings -- in which teenage boys galloped down the street on horses and started randomly shooting at houses, carriages, or anything else that caught their fancy were an ongoing problem in Denver and other cities in the West. The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was thirty. The remote desert community was inhabited by only a handful of ranchers and their families. Plutonium, insulin, and antibiotics hadn't been discovered yet. Scotch tape, crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented. There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. One in 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school. Coca-Cola contained cocaine instead of caffeine. Punch card data processing had recently been developed, and early predecessors of the modern computer were used for the first time by the government to help compile the 1900 census. Eighteen percent of households in the United States had at least one full-time servant or domestic. There were about 230 reported murders in the U.S. annually. Susan Laursen Willig: valcour@earthlink.net State Coordinator for the NY Gen Exchange: http://www.genexchange.com/ny/index.cfm County Coordinator for Washington County, NY, Gen Exchange: http://www.genexchange.com/ny/washington/ List Administrator for VTADDISO, E M P E Y, G A R F I E L D, IRL-PALATINE, NYWashington-Rooters, NY-Rooters and NYWarren-Rooters Lists

Looking for any information on Oliver Rich born in Canada about 1810. Had a son named Oliver, wife Mary anne Vayo (Veilleux) Thanks. Carolyn

Okay, this list is much too quiet. Let's have a ROLL CALL, beginning now (May 12) and ending next Friday night at midnight (May 19). To make sure that your posting just doesn't get the old "delete button" by most persons, DO NOT just type ROLL CALL in the subject line as many of those don't get opened. Put something like this:Thomas Baldwin/KY/ 1760 this way everyone WANTS to open it instead of deleting without reading!!:) PLEASE include the NAME/DATES if possible/LOCATION 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. I know we have all been a little gun shy with the virus and all, but if there are no attachments sent, just the posting and the reading will be safe enough. If there is an attachment to a Rootsweb mailing list post, DO NOT OPEN IT. Also, send your posts for the Roll Call to the list and not to me personally. Good Luck in your searching Debra Carter ListOwner tara37@comsys.net

Hi, Looking for any of these names in Berkshire, St. Albans, Swanton, Richford, from 1840's on. Have quite a bit of info on male Lahue line but looking for data on the ladies they married. Thanks, Andree

Hello-- I am new to this list, and am posting my research interests: RUBLEE, early settlers of Berkshire -- I have extensive information on this family and families they married into - WHEELER, ANDRUS, HAMMOND, PEARSON, BOWMAN, BEACH and many otheres TOWLE, early settlers of Franklin -- I also have extensive information about them and the families they married into. RYEA and JACOBS of QC and Berkshire -- I am still working on these families, who are proving difficult to trace, due to their meanderings back and forth across the border. I am very happy to share information, and am always looking to find new connections. Cindy Walcott Grand Isle, VT

Everyone This virus seems to be taking the form of several different names, so any attachments should be suspect. Alot of persons have asked me why they should worry if Rootsweb filters out the attachments to the mailing lists. Because you might receive one privately and still be infected and I have seen cases where the attachments have slipped through on the mailing lists. It might be a good time to take a precautionary message and store whatever on your system you can on floppys or zips or whatever. JUST IN CASE. I am referring to family files and other irreplaceable items.I know we all have way to much time involved to loose anything!! You may be able to restore the system eventually but what would be lost, would be lost permanently. Debra Carter ListOwner tara37@comsys.net

Here is just one more link on the virus (last one I promise) http://live.altavista.com/scripts/editorial.dll?efi=900&ern=y&ei=1764726 Debra Carter ListOwner tara37@comsys.net

To All Listmembers: While I don't normally make a habit to announce or pass along virus info, this one does seem to be quite scary and real. The US defense system along with other businesses are considering shutting down email servers to avoid spreading it. I am passing along the following link to a page with the information from Alta Vista news reports on it. If you choose not to read it, this is fine but I am making sure everyone is aware of it. http://live.altavista.com/scripts/editorial.dll?efi=932&ern=y&ei=1762998 Being on the mailing lists it only takes one person to infect everyone.Sort of like a classroom with the chicken pox!! Also, it is only fair to warn everyone that if a message comes through to me and there is a virus attached, that person will be unsubscribed (in the interest of everyone else) and be notified by me. Something came through another listowner a short time ago saying that in order to bypass your recycle bin, if you do receive this attachment "hold down the SHIFT + DEL buttons and this will take it off the computer. I don't want alot of time taken on the list with everyone "warning" everyone else. This is the warning.I hope you take the time to read the link I am sending. This virus is called the "I Love You" virus and takes MANY different forms so please,please be sure of the contents of your attachments with each other. (I myself am guilty of being over anxious for "new data" so I can understand) but please think twice before opening anything. Debra Carter ListOwner tara37@comsys.net