Dear subscribers - this is my biggest list so far - 345 subscribers as of this evening. A new place to post messages has been created and either tonight or tomorrow, I'll be sending out a personal invitation to every member shown on the list to join the new list War-of-1812. Of course, folks may still post to this list through 3/1. It should be a link you can click that will let you 'accept' the invitation to join the new group. You may need to check your spam folder as I can't say when such will be delivered. Tim Stowell

Hello fellow subscribers! I've been doing genealogy in the days before computers came to people's homes with paper and pencil and a typewriter in the late 1970's as I tried to figure out how certain people my Dad was talking to his parents about were related to me. I knew how my immediate family was connected to my grandparents and through my grandfather to his brother and their children but after that it became murky. I was helped with a series of scrapbooks started by my great grandmother in the mid-1890s and handed down to my Dad's sister who kept them up until near the end of WWII. My interest in this list is that I had a great something or other grandfather that served a short time in that time period in upstate New York and because of late I've had a couple of inquiries on the same topic. I figured since there was a list for this perhaps folks here could help me help others and/or vice versa. Currently, for one group or another, I host sites in New York, Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Alaska. I've been building and maintaining websites since 1996 dealing with all these areas. So, if you need help in any of those areas, please feel free to write me. Tim Stowell Chattanooga, TN

Hello everyone It's chaotic for list administrators at the moment, having just been told that Ancestry is no longer going to host RootsWeb lists. We're all trying to sort things out behind the scenes. To that end, I'm transferring the administration of this list over to Tim Stowell, who is an experienced researcher and administrator. Please welcome Tim to the list. It's been a pleasure being this list's administrator. I wish each and every one of you much success in your family research. Kind regards, Lynne

It makes little difference to me. Ancestry screwed us over On Sun, Jan 12, 2020, 10:25 AM Lynne <lklein@mindspring.com> wrote: > List administrators were recently sent the message below indicating that > as of 2 March 2020, all RootsWeb mailing lists would close. > > Further discussion and queries can be placed on the message boards at < > https://www.ancestry.com/boards/> > The message boards are free to use and only require a one-time > registration with a valid email address and a name. > > Goodbye and best of luck with your family history research. > > Lynne > list admin. > > > Goodbye and best of luck with your family history research. > > Lynne > list admin. > > > Message from RootsWeb: > > Beginning March 2nd, 2020 the Mailing Lists functionality on RootsWeb will > be discontinued. Users will no longer be able to send outgoing emails or > accept incoming emails. Additionally, administration tools will no longer > be available to list administrators and mailing lists will be put into an > archival state. > > > >Administrators may save the emails in their list prior to March 2nd. > After that, mailing list archives will remain available and searchable on > RootsWeb. > > > >As an alternative to RootsWeb Mailing Lists, Ancestry message boards are > a great option to network with others in the genealogy community. Message > boards are available for free with an Ancestry registered account. > > > >Thank you for being part of the RootsWeb family and contributing to this > community. > > > >Sincerely, > >The RootsWeb team > > _______________________________________________ > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Be sure to post in PLAIN TEXT, not MIME or HTML. > > To contact the list's administrator, write to WAROF1812-admin@rootsweb.com > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/warof1812@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >

List administrators were recently sent the message below indicating that as of 2 March 2020, all RootsWeb mailing lists would close. Further discussion and queries can be placed on the message boards at <https://www.ancestry.com/boards/> The message boards are free to use and only require a one-time registration with a valid email address and a name. Goodbye and best of luck with your family history research. Lynne list admin. Goodbye and best of luck with your family history research. Lynne list admin. Message from RootsWeb: Beginning March 2nd, 2020 the Mailing Lists functionality on RootsWeb will be discontinued. Users will no longer be able to send outgoing emails or accept incoming emails. Additionally, administration tools will no longer be available to list administrators and mailing lists will be put into an archival state. > >Administrators may save the emails in their list prior to March 2nd. After that, mailing list archives will remain available and searchable on RootsWeb. > >As an alternative to RootsWeb Mailing Lists, Ancestry message boards are a great option to network with others in the genealogy community. Message boards are available for free with an Ancestry registered account. > >Thank you for being part of the RootsWeb family and contributing to this community. > >Sincerely, >The RootsWeb team

Hello everyone As you know by now, RootsWeb mailing lists are up and running. Many things need to be fixed, though. One of the items currently being addressed is why messages from subscribers are not always going directly to the list. In many instances, these posts are being held for administrative action. The Powers That Be suggest this might be happening when the poster, although subscribed to the list, may not be registered with RootsWeb. So, please register with RootsWeb. It takes only a few moments and might fix the posting issues. Instructions begin at http://home.rootsweb.ancestry.com/listindexes/setupmail Thanks! Lynne

>From the RootsWeb home page: Update: January 23, 2018 "Great news on the progress of getting RootsWeb back online. Today, we are bringing WorldConnect, one of our most valued features, back online. As we make WorldConnect available, it will initially be in a read only state. You can now search for people and view information as you did in the past; but for now, we cannot accept new uploads or modifications to existing GEDCOM files. We expect to add this additional functionality in the coming weeks. "Also, here are answers to a few questions we’ve heard from the community: "Why is this taking so long? RootsWeb has many terabytes of data uploaded by users across its various features. The site also has hundreds of thousands of lines of code. We have been scanning the data using a variety of tools, and that takes time. We’ve also been examining the code and the underlying systems. Some code is being refurbished, and some will need to be more fully rewritten to add the layers of security needed in this day and age. We know it may be frustrating, but we are committed to returning data to you in a safe manner. "Have you found any other security problems? We haven’t found any other problems, but we want to thoroughly update systems to ensure the safety of your information. "Is Ancestry going to start charging for RootsWeb? Ancestry is not going to start charging for RootsWeb. When functionality returns to the site, you will still be able to view content for free. "I’ve heard not everything is coming back online, is that true? We will be returning WorldConnect and Mailing Lists back to their full functionality. Other features are still being evaluated. In cases where we are unable to bring back previous functionality or content, we will explore ways for people who uploaded data to retrieve it if we don’t feel we can put it back online safely. "Care to share your thoughts with us?" Go to https://ancestry.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bgfgaeHlLvv5LMx

Looking for info on which units served at Gravesend (now part of Brooklyn ) Long Island NY William Reynolds (1787-1887) obit reads: " Death of Another Veteran of 1812 " "the small company of veterans of the War of 1812 has lost another member in the death of William Reynolds, the oldest veteran, who would have been 100 years old on December 2. ..He was drafted into the army and served out his time at Gravesend, Long Island." Any help appreciated. Maureen

Hello everyone In case you haven't been keeping up with the news, Ancestry has posted additional information about the RootsWeb outage at http://www.rootsweb.com/ I'm very happy to report that the administrative tools now seem to be working and administrators can again take action when messages don't make it to the list because they're too big or have other problems. This is the first in a very long time that Ancestry staff has been communicative about the issues affecting RootsWeb. Excellent progress. A very happy new year to you all! Let's go break down some brick walls. Lynne list admin.

the family liked it Dee Horn On December 19, 2017, at 5:46 PM, Lynne <lklein@mindspring.com> wrote: Dear friends, A card awaits you at https://tinyurl.com/ycsdz73m Have a very happy Christmas. Kindest regards, Lynne list admin. :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Be sure to post in PLAIN TEXT, not MIME or HTML. To contact the list's administrator, write to WAROF1812-admin@rootsweb.com :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WAROF1812-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear friends, A card awaits you at https://tinyurl.com/ycsdz73m Have a very happy Christmas. Kindest regards, Lynne list admin.

Wishing a very Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate! May you be blessed with gifts of love, peace, and happiness this Hanukkah and always. Lynne list admin.

Extremely late notice of what might be a rather informative talk, but just found out about it myself: The British Newspaper Archive webinar, a live presentation, entitled "Making the most of the British Newspaper Archive," will air today at 4pm BST. "In this webinar, Aoife O Connor [Data Development Manager, British Newspaper Archive] will show you how to get the most out of the website. Learn search tips and tricks, discover the special features of the site, and find out how historic newspapers can break down genealogical brick walls and bring the history of your hometown to life. " Sounds like a very useful presentation. If you're unable to attend the webinar at that time, there will be an opportunity to listen to the recording. See http://ow.ly/A0YS30bPufb for registration and more information. Lynne

Hello everyone Orange Email will close 31st May 2017. If you're using any of the following email addresses, Orange.net Orangehome.co.uk Wanadoo.co.uk Freeserve.co.uk Fsbusiness.co.uk Fslife.co.uk Fsmail.net Fsworld.co.uk Fsnet.co.uk, then you need to change your email service before 31st May 2017 when those addresses will no longer valid. If you are subscribed to RootsWeb lists with any of those addresses and fail to resubscribe with a valid email address, you will be unsubscribed from the list(s) with no notice. Read more at http://tinyurl.com/jhr9x78 and http://tinyurl.com/hkbku6f (https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Email/Who-s-affected-by-the-Orange-Email-closure/td-p/537498 and http://ee.co.uk/help/mobile-and-home-connections/broadband-gallery-mobile-broadband/email/email-closure). If you use one of these addresses, use Password Central (http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.ancestry.com/) to find out to which lists you're subscribed. Keep that list so you can resubscribe with your new email address. Best wishes, Lynne list admin.

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Thanks, Brenda. Just goes to show it can happen to anyone. Kind regards, Lynne Brenda <brendamason@mindspring.com> wrote: > >Sorry that happened to you! I thought it looked wonky so deleted without opening. > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 19, 2017, at 10:08 AM, Lynne <lklein@mindspring.com> wrote: >> >> My apologies! My email account was hacked. :-( >> >> Lynne >> >>

Thanks, Geo. Have changed my password and ran a good antivirus program, just to be safe. Sorry, everyone! Lynne -----Original Message----- From: "Geo." Sent: Feb 18, 2017 11:59 PM To: Lynne , uk-newspaper-extracts@rootsweb.com, UK-SCHOOLS@rootsweb.com, UK-WATCHMAKERS@rootsweb.com, UNITED-KINGDOM@rootsweb.com, UNSWORTH@rootsweb.com, WAROF1812@rootsweb.com, WOLTEMATE@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [UK-NEWSPAPER-EXTRACTS] (1) Hi, Lynne. Assuming you didn't send the following, your email account may have been hacked. If so, you should change your password asap. I've killed the link and also added an 'X' to the end of it for good measure. Geo. On 19/02/2017 12:30 PM, Lynne wrote: http://wingeddestinydragon-X

My apologies! My email account was hacked. :-( Lynne -----Original Message----- >From: Lynne <lklein@mindspring.com> >Sent: Feb 18, 2017 11:30 PM >To: UK-NEWSPAPER-EXTRACTS@rootsweb.com, UK-SCHOOLS@rootsweb.com, UK-WATCHMAKERS@rootsweb.com, UNITED-KINGDOM@rootsweb.com, UNSWORTH@rootsweb.com, WAROF1812@rootsweb.com, WOLTEMATE@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [UK-NEWSPAPER-EXTRACTS] (1) > >http://wingeddestinydragonxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sorry that happened to you! I thought it looked wonky so deleted without opening. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 19, 2017, at 10:08 AM, Lynne <lklein@mindspring.com> wrote: > > My apologies! My email account was hacked. :-( > > Lynne > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Lynne <lklein@mindspring.com> >> Sent: Feb 18, 2017 11:30 PM >> To: UK-NEWSPAPER-EXTRACTS@rootsweb.com, UK-SCHOOLS@rootsweb.com, UK-WATCHMAKERS@rootsweb.com, UNITED-KINGDOM@rootsweb.com, UNSWORTH@rootsweb.com, WAROF1812@rootsweb.com, WOLTEMATE@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [UK-NEWSPAPER-EXTRACTS] (1) >> >> http://wingeddestinydragonxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > PLEASE and THANK YOU -- Don't cost a thing and mean so much. > > To contact the list's administrator, write to WAROF1812-admin@rootsweb.com > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WAROF1812-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The announcement from Jack Minsky, President of Software MacKiev, is on Dick Eastman's Daily Online Genealogy Newsletter. See https://blog.eogn.com/2017/01/02/a-free-update-to-family-tree-maker-is-now-available/ or http://tinyurl.com/zohrupq Lynne