I received the below query from Linda Fulghum, email address: [email protected] Linda visited the BROYLES/BRILES Family History web site at: http://www.concentric.net/~sgtgeorg/index.shtml and found reference to one of her ancestors, but can't tie him in to any Germanna Colony immigrant. Can anyone out there help her with Samson Fredrick WAGNER? If so email her at the above address, AND also send a CC: back to the List so we can all benefit from the information. Thanks, SgtGeorge **********Start of Quoted Message********** Waggoner/Wagner was my great/great grandfather on my fathers /mothers side. Samson Fredrick Wagner Bd. April 8,1848 married Mary Mahala Cartwright. they had children,I don't know how many but I think there was Tom, Henry, Hubert and Eliza Elizabeth Wagner. There may have been more. They were from Greene County,Tenn. So were the Wilhoits on my fathers side. Francis Calvin Wilhoit married Elizabeth Wagner. Francis Calvin Wilhoits Father was William Riley Wilhoit and he married Alizina Cornelius. Any information would be helpful.

From the Desk of M V G [email protected] 98/03/19 Sorry for the delay in rreplying to your note of 98/03/05 but illness struck. My Wilhoit was married to James Laban CROPPER and lived in Keytesville, MO during the early 1900's. I had not known of any who lived in OK as I also live in OK. Can you give me particulars of the reunions, both in MO and OK? This message is supposed to go privately, I hope I have not sent it to the list. MVG

Continued: Singularly enough the orders to the surveyor to lay off these lands were not issued until May 30, 1729. Some of these orders, at least, were not issued in the name of the colonists; possibly they were assigned, and quite likely to Spottswood, for he really brought in these emigrants, and the patents will some day be found with the head rights all recited in them. Why these colonists who wanted land made no application for it, until 10 years after they came to VA is as yet unexplained. The writer thinks, the applications were made at the instigation of Spottswood, who really paid the passage of these immgrants, and that the orders were assigned to him. In this connection it will be noticed that no affidavit was made by Mr. Hager, although he and his wife were still living, and were just as much entitled to land as anyone else. Can it be that Spottswood did not dare ask the old minister for his affidavit? There are other affidavits, similar to the above in the Spottsylvania Will Book, but those here given are the only ones which say the signers came in April 1714, so "Our Colony" was the first German colony to come to America. These affidavits mention 29 persons as being in the colony, and Mr. Hager and his wife make 31. DeGraffenried says he found in London the "Master miner and 40 other miners." Spottswood's answers to his detractors say "at Germanna, there are about 40 Germans, men women and children"; the act of 1715 says "Certain German protestants to the number of 42 persons or thereabouts"; while the petition to the London Missionary Society says the colony of 12 families "consisted of about 50 persons"; yet here the names of every man, woman and child in the community is given and including Mr. Hager and his wife there are only 31 persons. There seems to be a mystery here, which has not yet been explained. The writer thinks that the colony was larger when it left Germany than when it reached VA and that there was a considerable defection of its members in England. The disappearance of the chief miner ALBRECHT has already been noticed. HOLTZCLAW and COONS each had 2 children, WEAVER was unmarried, and RECTOR had one child, who was born at Maidstone; the other 8 all "brought their wives with them," according to the affidavits, but they had no children. They were evidently young married couples. Where did they get their wives? John Fishback and John Kemper were not married about Siegen. (TETOF NOTE: THIS IS LANGUAGE - "NOT MARRIED ABOUT" - AS DIRECT FROM THE PAGES OF THIS BOOK) It is sure that 8 unmarried young women did not start alone with this colony from Germany. Of course, it is possible that these 8 young men found wives among the Palatinate population then in England. But the writer is of the opinion that when the colony left Germany there were several families with it, with marriageable daughters, and perhaps other children, that the older preferred, like Albrecht to remain in England rather than brave the dangers of the wilderness, but the daughters were persuaded to go with a wedding ring. No doubt deGraffenried stated in his letters to Spottswood, as he did in his autobiography, that there were 40 people in the colony, and Spottswood in his documents without counting noses, referred to the colony as containing about 40 persons, which was quite likely the number when they left Siegen. True, de Graffenried says there were "40 miners" and strictly this would mean 40 men, but Spottswood always says "men, women and children," it seems this was what deGraffenried intended. Until a better explanation is given the writer thinks this is the true explanation of this discrepancy. It only requires 5 other marriageable young women, for Fishback, Hoffman and Rector married daughters of Pastor Hager. It is now apparent how important it is to ascertain where these marriages took place, for the record would contain the maiden names of these women. TO BE CONTINUED

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Do you have any information on this family? I am the g granddaughter of Marion GIPSON b about 1870, married Ludy WHILLHITE/WHILHITE about 1890. There were 9 children, all were born in Arkansas. First born William Morris Dec 1890. Other names I am researching. LEONARD, WHITE, WHOPENGARNER, COTTINGHAM, WHILHITE/WILHITE, COTTINGHAM, All of these lived in Ark in the late 1800s and early 1900s. [email protected]

Do you have any information on this family? I am the g granddaughter of Marion GIPSON b about 1870, married Ludy WHILLHITE/WHILHITE about 1890. There were 9 children, all were born in Arkansas. First born William Morris Dec 1890. Other names I am researching. LEONARD, WHITE, WHOPENGARNER, COTTINGHAM, WHILHITE/WILHITE, COTTINGHAM, All of these lived in Ark in the late 1800s and early 1900s. [email protected]

We do not know, but it is more than likely that the adventures of the son in America prompted the father, although then 69 years of age, to think of America, and his neighbors, deGraffenried's Virginia colony of iron-workers, just at that time starting for America, gave him the opportunity of going; at any rate he made application to 'The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts" in London to be sent to America as a missionary. Whether he made this application from Oberfischbach, or whether he was with the colony in London at the time, is uncertain, but on October 2, 1713, the following appears upon the minutes of the society: "Reported from the committee that they had taken into consideration the petition of Mr. Hager father of the Societies missionary among the Palatines in the Province of New York, to them referred, and they agreed in their opinion that the case of said Mr. Hager does not properly lie before the Society." No doubt because the man was a German Reformed minister, and refused to be ordained in the church of England, and the colonists were members of the German Reformed church. So the old minister was compelled to go with his family to Virginia at his own expense. And go he did, with his wife, and in the colony went also his daughters ELIZABETH, and AGNES and ANNA CATHARINE; and in April 1714, this little flock with its minister, already old, numbering about 30 persons, was set down in the Virginia wilderness. Until lately there has been considerable uncertainty about the names of the families composing this colony, but a few years ago there was discovered in the back of a will book, among the records of Spottsylvania County, VA, a number of affidavits and court orders, which have set the matter at rest (When the Kemper genealogy was published in the fall of 1899 it was stated that the UTTERBACK, WAYMAN and HANDBACK families were three of the 12 families of the Germanna colony. The statement was made upon the authority of Rev. James KEMPER, who wrote from recollection, and 125 years after the event. The Utterback family was at Germantown in later years and the Handback and Wayman families were in Culpeper, but they were not members of the Germanna colony; as the affidavits and court orders clearly show. These documents were discovered long after the Kemper genealogy was published.). In Virginia at this time, the law was that any person who brought an immigrant into the colony was entitled to 50 acres of land. This law was liberally interpreted, for land was plenty and colonists were wanted, and the 50 acres were allowed for infants and for the party himself. The record is as follows; SPOTTSYLVANIA COUNTY, WILL BOOK A, page 69 "At a Court held for Spottsylvania County on Tuesday the 7th day of April 1724, John Fishback in order to prove his right to take up land according to the royal charter, made oath that he came into this colony to dwell in the year 1714 and that he brought with him AGNES his wife, and this is the first time of proving their said importation, whereupon certificate is ordered to be granted him of right to take up 100 acres of land." There are similar affidavits for: HARMAN FISHBACK and KATHRINA his wife. JACOB HOLTZCLAW and MARGARET his wife and JOHN and HENRY his two sons. JOHN CAMPER (KEMPER) and ALICE KATHRINA his wife. JOHN JOSEPH MARTIN and MARIA KATRINA his wife. JOHN SPILMAN and MARY his wife JOHN HOFFMAN and KATHRINA his wife JOSEPH CUNTZ (COONS) and KATHARINA his wife and his son JOHN ANNALIS (sic) and KATHRINA his daughter. JACOB RECTOR and ELIZABETH his wife and JOHN his son. MELCHERD BRUMBACK and ELIZABETH his wife. DILLMAN WEAVER and ANNA WEAVER his mother. PETER HITT and ELIZABETH his wife. (See the Early Westward Movement of VA, VA Historical Magazine, Vol. XIII, No. 4, page 367 et seq.) TO BE CONTINUED

At 10:37 AM 3/14/98 -0500, Mdouglass1 wrote: >George, I, for one thank you for the service you provide to fellow >genealogists. I think you do a terrific job of diseminating information. Is >this program "idiot simple"? This old gal needs to learn a few new tricks, but >I'm not very computer savvy. Where can I find it? Mary Hi Mary. Thanks for the compliments. Makes me feel good. (GRIN) I used ProGenitor last night, converted a GEDCOM containing almost 1000 names to HTML, uploaded the resulting files, made a new link on my "Database" page on the web site, and accessed the files, all in less than 20 minutes. Idiot Simple? Almost. Once installed, and once you call up the program, clicking on "Help" starts your web browser and pulls up an HTML file that the installation created. All you have to do is follow the links; in- structions are clear, simple, and complete. Actual use of the program is very simple. You click the button to pick the GEDCOM you wish to use (you DO have to know where it is located on your hard-drive), then click the button for setting the Options, then the button for "Create Files". You have to answer some questions along the way, such as "what are you going to call this particular database?" I called my first test FILLERS1 since I was using a FILLERS GEDCOM file and figured that later I might get a FILLERS file from a different branch of the family. The program automatically makes a subdirectory named whatever you call the database, in this case the subdirectory is "FILLERS1". There is actually nothing you have to do in order for this program to create HTML files from your GEDCOM, other than point and click. I DID make some changes in the Options, such as specify a background .gif file for the web pages, choose the fonts I wanted to use, choose background color (in case you don't want to use a graphics file for the background), etc. Before you upload the resulting files (34 in number) you have to use some FTP program to access your server account and create a sub-directory for this database. Don't know what you use, but let me recommend WS_FTP. It is far superior to any of the utilities that come with web browsers such as Netscape or MSIE. Anyway, once the subdirectory is created, just copy the files from your hard-drive to the directory on your server and you're ready to go. One nice thing I like about this program, is once you have registered it (at a paltry sum of $20), users can use the "search" feature and look for indivi- dual surnames, such as BROWN, or specific names, such as John W. BROWN. Users can pull up ancestor charts, descendant charts, etc., and PRINT THEM DIRECTLY FROM THE WEB SITE. You can read about the program, download a shareware version, or register it for $20 at this URL: http://www.access.digex.net/~giammot/webged/ As I stated above, the program makes 34 files for each database, 18 of which are specific database files, and 16 are generic files for the program. The total size for the 34 files, for a 1000 person database, is about 500 Kb, or .5 Mb. The instructions tell you that you can put ALL database files in one subdirectory on your server, saving the space for those 16 program files. To do this, it is a little complicated, you have to do some manual renaming of the database files. For most people, having only one or a few database files, it is best to have a separate subdirectory for each family branch. If you have 5,000 names in your GEDCOM file, you will end up using about 2.5 Mb on your server. I have not found ANY program that will produce files with this small size before ProGenitor. Using my previous program, a 5,000 name database would cost me about 10 Mb on my server. If your server charges you for each Mb above your default limit, this program will pay for itself with just one large database. If you, or anyone else, would like to learn more, let me know via private email to my email address. Regards, SgtGeorge

In reference to my previous post on the ProGentitor program, I feel I must forward this post from Florence Moore, concerning a program that will read the databases on the web and convert them to GEDCOM. If this program really works (I haven't logged on yet to try it), it is a fantastic program indeed. SgtGeorge At 08:17 AM 3/14/98 -0600, Florence Moore wrote: >Below is a Program I found on the net that is really great. Once you find one >of the sites with ancestors or descendants you save them to a file & have to >type them into your Genealogy program. THIS program takes that info & makes a >GEDCOM file. I don't get any kick back, so have nothing to do with the person >that wrote it. Doesn't cost to check it out. > >http://www.pratt.lib.md.us/~bharding/rippleeffect/index.html > >GenBrowser does the opposite of these two programs. Once you find a web page >with ancestry information, you can use the HTML2GED feature to trace the >ancestors or descendents of a specific person, and put the information in a >standard GEDCOM file > >George, you really did a nice job on your page!! >-- >Happy Hunting, Go dig up those Roots! >Florence Moore >URL: http://www.pcola.gulf.net/~rjmoore >

To start off, I must apologize for burdening some of you with what will be seen as superfluous trivia; however, in this day and age of posting genealogy data to web sites, I feel that it is important for you to know just what is available in the way of converting GEDCOM files to HTML and placing on Web Sites. I have just Registered, Downloaded, and Installed a program called "ProGenitor2". It takes GEDCOM files, converts them to HTML for uploading to a Web Site, and then makes those files available for users to view, search, copy, download, etc. I have been involved in doing this "genealogy thing" for over 12 years, starting back when the "Net" and "Web" weren't even figments of any- ones imagination. I've had my own web site for almost 2 years now. I have, over the past 2 years, used several programs to convert GEDCOM files to HTML, to upload to the site and allow users to easily find data on specific surnames/families. ProGenitor is absolutely the best one I have found. This email is not meant to be a "plug" for this program, it is meant to show you users what can be done with your own GEDCOM file, created from your computer genealogy program. On my web page, BROYLES/BRILES Family History, I already had several databases available, using a program called GED2HTML. It is a very nice program, but once you see what ProGenitor can do, I believe you will like it better. To test this new program, I chose a relatively small GEDCOM file that a correspondent had sent me. It contains only 945 names, and thus was one that would take up relatively little space on my ISP. The surname that is involved is FILLERS, and it is connected to the BROYLES surname. In Greene and Washington Counties in Tennessee, the name FILLERS/ FELLERS/G'FELLERS is one that is interwoven throughout Tennessee's history with the BROYLES/BRILES and WILHOIT/WILHITE families. Thus, I thought it a good one to experiment with. (I must warn you that there is one problem with this particular GEDCOM -- the BROYLES ancestors are not linked back to the immigrant Johannes BREYHEL (John BROYLES). It is a FILLERS history and the researcher didn't follow through with the BROYLES history.) I would like for any of you to visit this site: http://www.concentric.net/~sgtgeorg/fillers1/index.html Please navigate around and see how you like this format for putting databases on the web. When the home page pops up, I would sug- gest that you click on "Help" to see what you can do. Once you have read the help file, go back and click on "Search". You will get a page where every Surname in the database is listed. You can either scroll down the list until you find a Surname that you would like to investigate, or simply type in the surname in the avail- able search box and click "Search". Let's say you want to look for the BROYLES surname. Scroll down the page to BROYLES, click on the BROYLES name, go to the button bar at the top, Click on "Views", then "Display Records". This will give you a list of EVERY BROYLES name in the database. To give you a demonstration, after the "Display Records" screen has loaded, under "BROYLES, Addie", you will see "BROYLES, Lewis Melvin". Click on his name and you will get a complete family history for him and his wife. If you want ancestral charts or descendant charts, instead of clicking on "Display Records", click on "Ancestor" or "Descendants". To print out an ancestral chart or descendant chart, click on "Print" and FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS !!!!! It may seem complicated at first, but I assure you that you will be surprised and delighted at the results. Now that I have led you through this morass, let me get to the REAL intent of this email. "IF" you have a database of a "Germanna" family, and IF you would like to have your database on the "Web", you can send me a GEDCOM of your database and I will use ProGenitor to convert it to HTML and post it to my web site. There is no charge and I'm making this offer in order to get as much data as possible of the Germanna families on the Web. Just remember, for every 200 names in your database, it costs me about 500 Kb (.5 Mb) of server space. So, if your database contains 2000 names, it will take 5 Mb of space. I would appreciate it if you would use the capabilities of your genealogy database program and make a GEDCOM of ONLY those names, trees, branches, lines, etc., that pertain to actual Germanna descendants. That is, don't include ances- tors of spouses if they are not Germanna descendants. When you send the GEDCOM, give me your name, email address, and (if you have one) the URL for your Web Site. I will not disseminate the data in the GEDCOM files to anyone else. They will reside on my server, only for the use of Germanna researchers, and may not be copied, compiled, nor re-trans- mitted for use by profit-making enterprises. I will copywrite the pages so that anyone wishing to use the data is warned "upfront" that it is not "public domain" material. Sorry for this overly-long email, but I just couldn't make it any smaller. For those of you who have sent me GEDCOM files in the past, I am now ready to convert them into HTML and post to the web site. Sorry it has taken so long. (Some GEDCOM files that I have received were not exported in the proper format and I can't use them. Also, some files were included as text in the body of the emails you used to send them -- these files will have to be re-submitted if I am going to be able to convert them and upload to the server.) Just remember, if you send me a GEDCOM file, DO NOT send it as part of the text body of an email. You MUST send it as a separate attachment!!!!! And, it must be exported from your genealogy program as a GEDCOM file, not as some other aberration of a file such as FTM produces. Oh, one thing I forgot to say was that one of the reasons I am so excited over this program is that I produces files that take up much, much less space on the server that do the other programs I have used. SgtGeorge Stretching the Boundaries of Genealogy Research

By far the most important man in this colony was its pastor, JOHN HENRY HAEGER. As so many people in the record are descended form him he is entitled to considerable notice. The Protestant church in Siegen, and all the Protestant churches in the neighborhood are German Reformed, not Lutheran churches. Connected with the Siegen church, in the latter part of the 17th century, was a Latin school; and connected with this school, first as teacher and then as assistant principal from 1678 or earlier to 1703, was a man who was long the leader and teacher in this colony. This man was REV. JOHN HENRY HAEGER, born at Antzhausen, September 25, 1644. He was the son of HENRY HAEGER, the school master at Antzhausen, a village of about 5 miles due east of Siegen and one of the 27 villages of the parish of Netphen. Antzhausen was in the Catholic part of the county, and during some of the troubles between the two faiths, about 1652-4, Henry Haeger moved with his family to the northwest of Siegen into the Protestant part of the county. John Henry Haeger studied theology, and on September 25, 1678, his 34th birthday, was appointed the third teacher in the Latin school at Siegen. Under date of December 3, 1678, the following appears on the record of the Siegen school: "The worthy and learned Mr. Henry Haeger preceptor of the Latin school at this place, son of Henry Haeger of Antzhausen was married to ANNA CATHERINE, daughter of JACOB FRIESENHAGEN, late Mayor of Freudenburg." This union lasted more than 54 years, for the wife was living when Mr. Haeger made his will in April 1733. He seems to have dropped the JOHN from his name in later years, and was known as HENRY; and we will Anglicize him name to HAGER. Twelve childfren were born of this marriage; we are interested in the third, JOHN FREDERICK, born 1684, baptized the 18th Sunday after Trinity (September 28, 1694). 4th, ELIZABETH, b. 1687 9th, AGNES, b. 26 Nov. 1697 11th, ANNA CATHARINE, b. 15 May, 1702 Henry Hager became assistant rector at Siegen in 1689 and so continued until 1703 when the following entry appears on the church records: "On the 21st of January 1703, Rev. Mr. Schmidt was appointed as conrector in the place of Rev. Mr. Hager, whom the most noble prince wished to transfer and promote to the pastorate of Oberfischbach." The map will show this village about 3 miles west of Siegen. (Shown in book: Title page of Book translated by Henry Haeger, courtesy of Presbyterian Historical Society. - [ printed in German] ) Hager did not spend all his time in teaching: for in 1690 he translated from French into German, at the request of Count WILLIAM MORRICE of Nassau- Siegen, a cousin of King WILLIAM III of England, and published at Herborn, the "Story of Rev. Jacque Pineton de Chambrun," court preacher at Orange in France, of William III. Because of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, and the consequent persecutions of the Protestants, de Chambrun was arrested and imprisoned, and with many other of his co-religionists suffered great hardships. He finally escaped and made his way to Holland, where he was protected by William of Orange, later King of England. He there wrote in French an account of the sufferings of himself and his fellow-Protestants, and it was this work that Henry Hager translated into German in 1690. A copy of it is still one of the cherished relics of the Latin school, now the Gymnasium at Siegen. The writer has a photograph of the title page. (See notation above) Hager seems to have pleased the prince by his work, and was later rewarded by a promotion to the pastorate at Oberfischbach. Here he remained for some time, but was ill for a while, and in consequence, obtained permission for his son JOHN FREDERICK, who had been licensed to preach in 1708, to assist him. In 1711, he was suffering from a rupture, and on February 16, 1711, he handed in his resignation, and on April 13, received an honorable dismissal. He lived in retirement at Oberfischbach until July 1713. (For complete details with reference to the life of Henry Hager, see an article by Rev. W. H. Hinke in The Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society, Vol. II, Nos. 1, 2 and 3.) Hager's 4th child, ELIZABETH, married either in Germany or in England, it is as yet uncertain which, JOHN JACOB RECTOR. He was an important man in the colony and was one of the elders of the congregation while the colony was at Germanna. He went to Germantown, but seems to have died soon after the colony went there, before 1729, for the Germantown land was set off to ELIZABETH RECTOR, illlegally, of course. She had one son born at Maidstone in England and another born in this country. She seems to have soon married again, a man named MARR. Here was exactly the same situation as happened in the SPILMAN-GENT family later referred to. But there was a tragedy in the Gent marriage, for the pleadings recite that 'Gent had been runaway from this colony for many years," leaving poor Mrs. Spilman with the entire care of her Spilman and Gent children. Mrs. MARR made some kind of a compromise with her Rector children, for she transferred one hundred acres of the Germantown tract to her eldest Rector child, to whom it belonged under the law. Apparently MARR died comparatively soon, for the tradition is that in her later years, Mrs. Marr married a prominent and wealthy citizen of Culpeper, COL. JOHN FINLASON, and that after the first MRS. JOHN FISHBACK died, she took her niece ELIZABETH FISHBACK, then a baby (perhaps also the other daughter ANNA CATHARINE), and raised her. Quite possibly this had something to do with the early marriage of ELIZABETH FISHBACK to JOHN PETER KEMPER, for the marriage took place when Elizabeth was 15 years 6 months and 24 days old; and also with the marriage of ANNA CATHARINE FISHBACK to her cousin Mrs. Marr's son, JOHN RECTOR. JOHN FREDERICK HAGER, the 3rd son of HENRY HAGER, had applied to the English government to be sent to the New World, as pastor of some of the Palitinate colonies, which the English government was planting in America. England was attempting to make of these Germans, communicants in the church of England, and refused to send Hager as a Reformed minister, so he was ordained in the Church of England December 20, 1709, and in 1710 went to New York as a Church of England minister. The colony and the proselyting were failures. The colonists left their lands and their new religion, after several years,and after many thrilling and unfortunate experiences finally drifted over into Pennsylvania, and Hager was later known as a Reformed minister. TO BE CONTINUED

We have seen an increasing number of "junk" messages lately, dealing with "Return Receipts" for email posted to the mailing lists. Having written to several of the servers sending back these "Return Receipts", it has been brought to our attention that the servers are set to do this ONLY if there was such a request in an original email from a subscriber. What this means is, PLEASE do NOT set your email browser to ask for a "Return Receipt"!!!!! Unbeknownst to any of us, this not only gets the sender a receipt for his individual message, but, when that message's target is a mailing list, then gets sent out to several subscribers, the servers of some of those subscribers will automatically send a "Return Receipt" back to the MAILING LIST, not back to the ORIGINAL SENDER. It seems that anytime a subscriber is using server at a college or university, they are ALWAYS set to send a "Return Receipt", and of course it shows up either on the List itself or in the List- owners mailbox. In either case, they are nuisances and serve no useful purpose. I use Eudora and it has a button to click, "RR", at the top in the button bar. If this is checked, you are asking for a "Return Receipt" and will cause unnecessary email traffic to the Lists. I don't know the procedures for checking this in other email browsers, but PLEASE turn it off. Some of you DO have it turned on, because we are getting many replies. Thanks, SgtGeorge

The next reference to "Our Colony" comes from England. In the year 1701 there had been founded in London a Missionary society whose name was "The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts." It is still in vigorous existence, and from its letter book it appears, that on October 2, 1719, a petition sent by some one in Virginia was laid before the society asking it to assist these Germans; and it is clear that whoever penned the petition was hoping to turn these people to the Church of England. The letter from the Secretary of the Society to the writer says, "The letter book containing this petition is still in existence, although the original petition has been lost; no signatures appear to the petition in the letter book." The Secretary also says that the petition was referred to a committee, which reported March 20, 1720, "that they had read the case of the German families in Virginia and agreed as their opinion, that Virginia not being under the immediate care of the society, they cannot properly send a missionary thither, but are of opinion that 25 copies of the common prayer in the German language be given them by the Society." Which report was agreed to. Can anyone guess what these members of the Reformed church did with these books of common prayer? The petition in full follows: "The case of 32 Protestant German families settled in VA, humbly sheweth: that 12 protestant German families, consisting of about 50 persons, arrived April 1714 in VA, and were therein settled near the Rappahanck River. That in 1717, seventeen protestant German families, consisting of about four-score persons came and set down near their countrymen, and many more both German and Swiss families, are likely to come and settle likewise. "That for the enjoyment of the ministries of religion there will be the necessity of building a small church in the place of their settlement, and of maintaining a minister who shall catechise, read and perform divine offices among them in the German tongue, which is the only language they do yet understand. "That there went indeed with the first 12 German families, one minister named Henry Haeger, a very sober, honest man, of about 75 years of age, but he being likely to be past service in a short time, they have empowered Mr. Jacob Christopher Zollicoffer of St. Gall Switzerland, to go into Europe, and there obtain, if possible, some contributions from pious and charitable Christians, toward the building of their church, and bringing over with him a young German minister, to assist the said Mr. Haeger in the ministry of religion, and to succeed him when he shall die; to get him ordained in England by the Rt. Rev. Lord Bishop of London; and to bring over with him the liturgy of the church of England, translated into High Dutch, which they are desirous to use in their public worship. "But the new settlement consisting of but mean persons, being utterly unable of themselves to build a church and to make up a salary sufficient to maintain such assisting minister, they humbly implore the countenance and encouragement of the Lord Bishop of London, and others the Lords and Bishops, and also the venerable society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts; that they would take their case under their pious consideration, and grant their usual allowance, for the support of a minister, and if it may be, to contribute something towards the building of their church. And they shall ever pray that God may reward their beneficience both here and hereafter." (This petition may be found in Bishop Parry's Historical Collections, VOl. I, page 247. Bishop Mead also gives it in his "Old Churches and Families of Virginia.'" Article 34, with a curious omission which has propagated a singular mistake. He makes the petition read "arrived April 17 in Virginia," no year being given. This has since been quoted as stating that the colony arrived in Virginia on the 17th day of April. to make sure of this matter, the writer wrote again to the society, and the Secretary answered that the letter book reads" "Arrived April 1714 in Virginia." The day of arrival is not known.) TO BE CONTINUED.

My great-grandfather Ephaim Willhoite and his family moved to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) in the late 1800's or early 1900's. I am starting to learn more about the Missouri Willhoite/Wilhoit,etc. Do you know anything about the Willhoite reunion? I think it takes place in southern Missouri (Theodosia?). One of my uncles has attended this reunion. I am trying to improve? a Willhoite reunion in Claremore Oklahoma.

Looking for Wilhoits in Missouri, Warren Married Marlena Martin Garrett 1900-1901. My have been married in Camden co. Mo..

Sorry, here is last part. ====================================== PART 3 GENEALOGY TODAY - MARCH ISSUE: Any info on surnames ADLER & HUMPEL/HEMPEL welcomed. Just learned from death certificate:Elizabeth SCHUBERT, b 9-26-1876 (no location) d 10-16-1935, El Reno, OK; Father: Jacob ADLER, b Russia; Mother: Lizzie HUMPEL/HEMPEL, b Russia [email protected] Looking for the parents of James Mathews who was born about 1735 in alifax, NC. James married Sarah Brinkley around 1766. Would also like to find her parents. James and Sarah eventually moved to Georgia. [email protected] Any information welcome. Just received death certificate for David SCHUBERT, born 1-3-1872, died 6-27-1934 El Reno, OK. Father: Henry SCHUBERT, born Europe; Mother: Lizzie REISNIG, no location. Reply to: [email protected] Love in Md descendants Robert Love d bef 6/7/1692 & Descendants of James Henry Love 7/6/1846 - 11/22/1923 m Annie Worthington 6/4/1846-5/9/1929 Anne Worthington White [email protected] Need info on Sarah KENDRICK, B.abt.1865 in N.Y. D.aft.1931, M. Alexander STRAHAN abt. 1884. need her parents and siblings. E-Mail me at [email protected] Anderson HARRIS b. Woodville, MS. ca 1856, d. Patterson, LA. Jan. 26, 1930. m. Louisa TIBBS in Patterson, LA.in 1870's. Children Peter, Cornelius, Louella, Annie, & Allen HARRIS. 1892 he md Isabella GRIMES, they had 6 children. [email protected] Researching Laura Arnold b abt 1847 Maine. Md Joseph f. Severance 22 Apr 1865 Bucksport, Me. son George b. 2 Feb 1870 Ellsworth, Me. Would be my 3rd great grandmother any help greatly appreciated Ida m. Severance-Lambertson [email protected] Looking for anyone anywhere with the surname SLEETH, also for anyone with this name in their family tree. Please conact Mary (Sleeth) Creamer at [email protected] Searching for Sarah Wilson, believed to have married James R.Lucas in Bracken Co., Ky., 1827. Hope to find proof of this, and date of death and location. Please respond to [email protected] Interested in:-HYMAN,Middlesex, Stevens,Middlesex, Stroudley, Knight, Groves, anywhere.Coppin UK (& Australia since 1960s). Reply snail mail please:-L.N.Coppin, 3 Bursill Cres., Ramsgate, Kent,CT12 6EZ, England. Searching for the parents and descendents of Robert GREER, b1772, Laurens Co., SC, d.1831, Sptg. Co., SC & husband of Isabelle KILGORE. They left 14 children. Desperate for his parents-possibly William or Joseph GREER? [email protected] MCLAUGHLIN, Dennis J.-Looking for Irish roots of Dennis, b. 1859. Born Ireland, but don't know birth county. He married Margaret A. Shaughnessy (b. 1863). Any info would be appreciated. [email protected] Searching for the parents of the following: John Chandler b. 25 Dec 1832, d. 1921 m. 4Jul 1858/59 to Mary Delong b 15 Apr 1840 d. 1894. Louisa Plumey b. 1860, d.1947 & Violet Handy b. 30 May 1902, Onaway, MI, d. 24 Jan 1986. [email protected] (1) Searching for DANLEY, ISAAC,1880-1900,Central Texas. (2) Searching for RHYMES, MARTHA JANE,Same period, same area (3) Lady from Arizona who purchased DANLEY FAMILY BIBLE in Belton,TX. [email protected] Need info on Rufus Rees Eidson,b. 4/ /1854; m. 8/9/1874to Elizabeth Davis, b.9/5/1856.....Would like to know the parentages of these two. answers sent to Will at: [email protected] Looking for anyone researching FOSTER. Our first, William FOSTER, b abt.1686, perhaps Northumberland Co, VA. Md Hannah Elizabeth ?? Four sons: Robert; William, Jr.; Isaac & George. All b St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland Co, VA. [email protected] Ebenezer ROWE b 3 Dec 1771 Suffield, Hartford CT d 16 Feb 1828 Manlius, NY m MARY CLARK JAN 1798 Granby Belchertown, MA MARY b 6 Sept 1775 Granby, MA d JAN 1861 Port Washington, WI Wyllys BEAL HINE Woodbridge, BF, CT m Mary HOTCHKISS SPERRY [email protected] Researching Samuel BRICE b:Aug. 13, 1821, Pike Co. Missouri. Who were his parents? [email protected] Researching Elizabeth HAMMOND, b: 1813 in Indiana. Married Benoni BRICE in Pike Co. Missouri 13 July, 1837. Who were her parents? [email protected] Looking for parents of Lillian Simpson b.1883 in Shankinhouse, North Thumberlain England; married Beryl D. Lane (dte unknown) and lived in Missouri/Iowa; had a brother, John Simpson and a sister, Edith Simpson. [email protected] I am searching for any data/research on the name DURMAN prior to 1800 in Virginia. I have sources back to Thomas A. Durman, b.1812 in Smyth Co., VA. On his birth record, parents are given as John and Nancy DURMAN. [email protected] AKIN/AIKEN: Researching ALL by this surname. [email protected] Looking for information on Jesse T (C) PRIVETT b. circa 1860 probably in Alabama. 1/2 Cherokee Indian. Married Rebecca Ann THURMAN Dec. 1881 in Montague Co. TX Rebecca b. 1863 in Missouri. [email protected] PREECS, William: b. 15 May 1845, KY; md Elizabeth Belle DOBSON, d/o Samuel DOBSON & Elizabeth Hannah STAMP; lived Hart Co., KY. William's parents poss were Vincon PREECS & Nancy SKAGGS. Anyone have more infor on this PREECS & SKAGGS family? [email protected] Any connection from Caribbean? WILLIAMS, HODGE, NILES, HARRIGAN, JOSEPH, HEYLIGER, SOLOMAN, RANNIGAN, BASTIAN, MUCKLE, FERGUSON, LATIMORE, MacINTOSH, CORNELIUS, EVANS, THOMAS, YEARWOOD, HAREWOOD, FAHIE, et al. [email protected] Seeking info on ancestors & descendants of Anton (Anthony) Bockrath (? - 1915 St Louis MO) and Anna Brockmeyer (Germany - St Louis MO). Son Anton Jr married Martha Richt in St Louis MO. [email protected] Seeking info Andrew Arthur Frields b 07 Sep 1860 Audrain Co MO d 03 Jan 1918 Carnegie OK m 30 Sep 1882 Madora Francis Gilbert b 28 Jan 1864 Laddonia MO d 14 Dec 1911 Carnegie OK [email protected] Jessee P TAYLOR b. Abt. 1782 m. Mary b. Abt. 1792. Children's names are unknown Grandchildren lived with them and are believed to be Mary Ann b. 1850, Andrew W, Frances, James, Margaret, Emline, John B, Thomas b. Abt. 1864. Place of res. -AL. [email protected] Researching info Robert THOMPSON md to Missouri Ellen THOMPSON d/o Andrew THOMPSON Floyd Co VA 1850 Narcissa THOMPSON md Zachariah THOMPSON , 1952 Montgomery Co Va 1852. William THOMPSON f/o Narcissa. [email protected] COFFMAN Looking for parents of Sarah COFFMAN born ca 1814, lived in Picaway Co , Fairfield Co, Darke Co Ohio 1830'-1850's. [email protected] Looking for parents/descendants of GEORGE AARON SPROUL b.1825 near Rogersville, TN m. Sarah ACKERMAN 1849 in OH. Death cert. says mother's maiden name WELLS b. in TN. 1880 Neb. census states G.A's father born in PA. [email protected] Looking for JOHN WILLIAM STOVALL, b. 4-3-1894 in AR, d. 9-1963 in AR, son of ANDREW DAVID STOVALL and LOUCY H. ROUTEN, married to BERTHA AMERICA BERNETT. [email protected] Researching information on the May Family of Fairfield County Ohio. It appears that Daniel May arrived in Ohio around 1805. I am especially interested in finding out more on where he came from prior to Ohio. [email protected] Can't find birth record of GGrandmother, Mary Hartford (1868/9)born in Dublin Eire. Hartfords came to US in 1871-73. James, born (1841) Ann (nee Riley) born 1842, and 4 children, all born in Eire. Want to get GGGrandparents marriage/Mary's birth. [email protected] Alfred Columbus KISER appeared in 1870 census in Paulding Co. GA w/wife Cynthia & a mess of kids. Listed close by was George KISER & I suspect he was related. Family legend says Alfred came from N.C. but the trail ends there. Does anyone recognize him? [email protected] Need names of parents for William HOLMES b. 25 Dec. 1760 in Unknown d. Mar 1839 in Marion County, IN. Married to Martha Unknown. Children were: William b. 1790 in PA, Mary, Jane, Sarah, and Elizabeth all b. unknown. [email protected] Aaron Burr COON b.1835 in Ohio. Changed name to CORNS when in Civil War 1865. In Ross Co. Ohio 1880-90. Died Ross Co. Oh in 1896. [email protected] Searching for descendants of MARY CANT (b.1859 Angus, Scotland, d.1912 Duluth, Minnesota, USA) married PHILIP MITCHELL. [email protected] Searching for descendants of WILHELMINA ARCHER CANT (b.1868 Angus, Scotland) married GEORGE YOUNG (b.1866), possibly of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. [email protected] Searching for descendants of ROBERT CANT (b.1896, d.1976, son of JAMES b.1869 Angus, Scotland, d.1932 Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and MARY CANT) of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. [email protected] Billy (William) Blow(e) born 1852 in Alabama according to the 1870 census, but oral history says VA. Lived in Coosa County until 1867, then lived in Elmore County, had two wives, Clarisa White and Mollie Bell Golden. Any help. [email protected] I am researching Saxon/Saxton - Horton, Dawson - Peppers, Mitchell - Franklin, and Kincheloe. I will gladly exchange information. [email protected] Looking for surnames Baker/Lorraine and Hillman/Baldwin-Middleberry VT. and Rogers/O'Sullivan-Oswego NY [email protected] William WHEELER and Sarah ADAMS were married on 7 Apr 1817 in Madison Co., KY. William died on a move to IL in 1930/31. I'm looking for where he lived between 1817 and 1830/31. [email protected] SKOROPATA - anyone / anywhere - [email protected] HRABIC - anyone / anywhere - [email protected] PLAS - from around Amsterdam in early 1900s - [email protected] SROKA, RYS, LACHUT, FRANC email: [email protected] BYRNE Garrett of Ballymanus, County Wicklow, Ireland fl. 1740 - 1795. Had drs. Nelly and Fanny and 7 sons, inc. eldest, Garrett, m. White > Hamburg; William ex. 1798, also Edward, John, Colclough. [email protected] BISHOP, Thomas born circa 1812 Burlington County NJ, in 1833 m. Ann Elizabeth HUNTER b. circa 1813, (da. of William Washington Hunter?) [email protected] ============================================================ (C) 1998 The Genealogy Lady - http://www.enoch.com To subscribe send an email message to [email protected] and put only the word subscribe in the message part. To send a 3-line query (which includes your email address at the end), send an email message to [email protected]

PART 2: Genealogy Today - March Issue (2 of 2) ======================================================== Book Of The Month: Who's Looking For Whom In Native American Ancestry, Volume I - Laurie Beth Duffy has compiled this work as a research aid for those seeking Native American Ancestors, or performing research. Section I of this book, the largest section, lists individuals who are being researched. When known, these entries include the date and location of birth, marriage and death. The biographical information is followed by a "Family Tradition," which is a story passed down about the ancestor, accompanied by or including various details which have been unearthed concerning the individual. The last part of each entry is the name of the researcher who provided the name and information within the entry. Section II of the book is made up of a list of "Indian Tribes and Organizations searching for lost tribal members." There are three indexes which round out the contents of this book. The first is an index of "Native American Ancestors." The second is an index of allied names, such as siblings, spouses, and children. The last index lists the researchers and each entry attributable to them. This new collection will be a great aid to those performing Native American Ancestral research. This book is a great way to tap into the considerable benefits of networking. 1997, 155 pp., everyname index, paper, $16.00 #ZD824 Send a check for $16.00 + $3.00 (shipping) to The Genealogy Lady, 34826 Hwy #58, Eugene, Or 97405. ============================================================ COMING EVENTS: April 3-4, 1998 - The Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 1568, Huntsville, Al 35807 will present its spring conference held at the Von Braun Center. Contact the Society for an information packet. April 16-18, 1998 - The Eastern Washington Genealogical Society will hold its annual spring seminar at the Double Tree Hotel, I-90 and Sullivan Road. Write Shirley Penna-Oakes, P. O. Box 1179, Tum Tum, WA 99034. April 25, 1998 - The Houston Genealogical Forum will hold its all-day spring seminat ar the Scottish Rite Temple, 2900 N. Braeswood. For information, write to HGF Spring Seminar, P. O. Box 271466, Houston, TX 77277. ============================================================ Queries: I am searching for any records concerning the surname BRANDWOOD in the Lancashire area of England. [email protected] Looking for info on EMMA REBECCA FEATHERSTON, b. 1885 AR, d. Aug 3, 1963 in AR; daughter of WILSON FEATHERSTON and ELLEN JAMESON, married to JOHN THOMAS or THOMAS GREGORY SCOTT on Nov 22, 1911 in AR. [email protected] I am researching KELLER, NC-IN-IL 1811 BEAN, IN-IL 1860 ELLIOTT 1819 FISH IN- IL 1817 HOLLAND 1805 MILLER, PN 1755 [email protected] Seeking Marion Warner Gossett , bc 1876, in Okla City in l922, 23, 24. William A. Gossett, b 1 MAR 1853 AL. d 16 Nov 1910, Antlers, Pushmataha CO, OK Sarah L. Morton b 14 Nov 1857 AL d 27 Mar 1917 Antlers-m to Wm. A. Gossett [email protected] WILLIAM PARKER COX b North Carolina (possibly Orange Co., NC) 14 February 1820. Migrated to Springfield, Greene Co.MO abt 1839-1840. Need help. Will share info. [email protected] Cannon Co, Tn,: Daniel West Mitchell, b.1820s. M. Elenor McGlocklin b.1820s. James Alexander Mitchell b. 1842. Daughter, Isabelle Jane b. 13 Jan 1856, d. 7 Apr 1938; Myra Anne, b. 29 Apr. 1846, Rutherford Co. [email protected] McMILLAN Alexander b.5 Mar 1823 Dromore. Co Down. father, Samuel. mother, Mary. Marr: McGUINNESS Maria[mary,marie] b.c1841. Belfast. father,Patrick. mother. Margaret SHANNON. Md at Pt Cygnet Tasmania. 9 feb 1862. settled New Zealand. [email protected] Timothy Obrien, b. ca 1798, Munster, Ireland; m. Joanna (Hart) Obrien, b. ca 1800, and their children, Michael Cullen O'Brien, b. 17 Mar 1828 in Munster, Ireland. Also, Daniel W. Obrien, b. 8 Sep 1832 in Essex, England. Dau., Mary Emily Obrien, b. 22 Dec 1835 [email protected] SOLOMOM FRAZIER b VA 1773 w/Sina? [email protected] DeBose, Amos (b. 1845-1850) former slave AL>Grimes County, TX 1880 Census. Md Dinah MARSHALL. Children: Jake (1873), Mary (1876), Gatzy( 1878), Phrony (1879), Amos "Pat" Jr (1881), Viola (1884), Caroline (1885), Benjamin (1888), Levi (1890), & Nathan ((1892). Searching parents, siblings & descendants [email protected] SLEPICKA, Michael (a/k/a Slepica & Chicken); HRUSKA, Anna (a/k/a Pear/Peary), b Bohemia 1856, emigrated 1868, md Chicago, Illinois 1879, Minneapolis, Minnesota by 1900. Seek anyone with names: Slepicka/Slepica, Hruska/Pear [email protected] My ggf Daniel McCarthy born c.1840 to Thomas McCarthy & a woman with surname sounds like "McNail". Bplace of Daniel probably Canada. He m.Ellen Crowley - both buried St. Ann's Cemetery Hornell, NY. [email protected] RODENHIZER-PA, MD, VA & NC/AMMONETTE-VA/GREEN(E)-RI, NY [email protected] ISO descendants of Frank Alva METZGER (1879-1960) siblings to share knowledge of ancestors. They are Helen Metzger Phares (b. abt. 1883), Stella Metzger Goodwin (b. 1887), and Claude Metzger (b. 1892). All d. aft. 1960. [email protected] BRUBAKER, Abraham b.early 1800's Pa. Married Mary STULTZ 1846 in Highland Co. Ohio. Lived in Pike Co. Ohio 1850's. [email protected] Searching for info Daniel & Frances Redmond B. 1888 in Ky. Lived Bracken & Campbell counties , Mothers name Louise .They were twins. Daniel md Louise Edwards . Frances had son named Chester Clark b. 1906 later md Major Watson. [email protected] Searching parents of MARGARET McLAUGHLIN ( B&D ??)Md RICHARD LEMONS ( B&D??) They had DAU=NORA LEMONS ( B&D ??) Nora (not md) had Dau. MARGURITE LEMONS B- OCT.4,1897, W-Bloomingsburg OH, D-Jan.27,1944 W-Middletown,Ohio. [email protected] Seeking info on Pearl family from 1800 till now , spelled Purl . Ambros Lee Purl Morgan Co. Mo. George Pearl b.1909 lived sedalia,Colecamp Mo. mothers maiden name Sidebottom . [email protected] Wanted: All DYESS (Dyas, Dyes, Diaz, Dice..etc.) researchers and relatives.. Family reunion to be held in Alexandria, La., on May 2, 1998. If any questions, comments, etc., please contact: me.... [email protected] Samuel Baxter Farris md Henrietta Albert, b 1885, of Baltimore, MD, settled in Corinth, Alcorn, MS. She died in 1977. Are any of their descendants still in the area? Who were his parents? Siblings? Was he was from TN? Any info would be appreciated! [email protected] Need info Allison,Eliza, & Wes Jeffcoat. Allison b.1840 Ga or SC. brother & sister went to Florida after Civil War. Allison went to Tyler Co,TX. Looking for their parents Eliza Jeffcoat md a Burke. Allison md Lizzie Lindsy(died) & Martha Middleton in 1881. [email protected] I am searching for any info on James E. MITCHELL born in the late 1860s/early 1870s in OH. By 1915 he was living in southern OK (Marshall and Bryan Counties). His family included Mattie (wife), Anna (daughter) and Arliss (son). [email protected] I am interested in tracing the ancestory of both maternal and paternal sides of my childrens heritage. I am new at this and work long hours at my job so my research time is very limited. What is the best way to begin? [email protected] KIESOW - WOLFGRAM - ZACHARIAS Anyone with connection of knowledge of the Kiesow, Wolfgram and Zacharias families in Todd County, MN from ca1880 on.. please contact Brenda Wolfgram Moore [email protected] Nayghton-Heenehan (Henehan) Carmody-Heenhan Ireland Co. Claire and Slygo Heenehan Now in Albany, NY area-Paremts of Samuel HAWKINS b VA or England in 1600s or early 1700s m to Christian or 'Christina Worthington buried in Eaton Ohio Becca3k @aol.com KOCH, John : parents/siblings needed; last known living in New Albany IN c1895 m 11 May 1869 New Albany, IN to Mary Ann GODECKER (b 17 Feb 1848 Clark Co, IN d 7 Apr 1922 Lafayette, IN) [email protected] In the 1940's there was a WADE's Bakery in Knoxville, Tennessee. I would like to get in touch with a member of this WADE family. Mary Ann Thompson -- [email protected] Samuel Grandison Hensley born September 29, 1769 in Virginia Virginia > Kentucky > Indiana Searching for parents and siblings. [email protected] LOOKING FOR RELATIVE OR ANCESTORS OF MILLS FAMILY FROM STINKING CREEK, KY. SOME GIVEN NAMES ARE JAMES, BEN R., MARY ELLEN, ABE, FOUNT [email protected] Francois Hogue or JeanMarie from Canada possibly Sorel he married a Marie Lamere she was born Jan. 29, 1848. Her parents: Joseph Lamere and Marie Ann Brunette also interested in Marie's line [email protected] BRICE surname for Missouri - 1800's. Benoni BRICE b: 1815, d: ? [email protected] CLAYTON surname for Illinois, 1800's. Moses L. CLAYTON Morgan CO. Illinois. Who were his parents. b: Sept. 27, 1821, in KY. d: July 17, 1908, in Virden, Illinois. Lived in Morgan Co. Ilinois 41 years. [email protected] Searching info Simon Lee BALES/BAYLES b. 6-3-1894 in Markland, IN. Mother Lucy MC CREARY, f. William BALES. Md Marie Frick 6-1918 Indianapolis, IN. Children: Bernice Hellen Bayles Hazlett & Margaurite Bayles Hensley.Left Indianapolis 1920 for Madison Heights, MI [email protected] Looking for info on Edward (William) Gormus, Buckingham County, VA around 1830's. He had at least 5 sons, Gus, Edward, George,William,Wesley. Father was probably Gustus or Augustus Gormus (Gormis) from Portugal. [email protected] Any one researching FEIGE - particularly those FEIGE's who emigrated from Germany and settled in the Baltimore Maryland area ? Eleanor Feige Billmire - [email protected] I am researching SAYLES/SALES entire USA have 25 years of misc. research, will share! [email protected] Howard-England 1900's>MA +/>NH. Rodier-Canada>Greenville NH, Mullen-?Ireland 1870-80's>MI>OH. Ketola-Finland 1900's>NH & OH. Theil-Germany 1900's>OH. Edwards-England 1600's>Temple NH. TIA, Kath. [email protected] Seeking "BEARE" from Ohio area. Seeking "MELKE" from Ohio area. Seeking "PROBST" from Ohio area. [email protected] Nathan BIGGS md Choctaw Indian Eliza TWEEDLE of Ark. Children: Nan md Mr. Lewis, Margaret md Toby Hodges, Rebecca Ann b. 14 Nov 1866 md James Remy, Francis Elizabeth b. Dardanelle,,Ark. D. 1910 Redland,, OK md Mathew BROWN, Rachel Catherine b. 27 Jan 1867 Polk Co.,Ark md W.Ben Agee. [email protected] I am looking for Polee Savant b. abt. 1855 believe in Allen Parish or maybe Evangiline Parish. Wife was Lodie Nevils. Son was John Savant b. 1885. Any information would be helpful. [email protected] Searching for info on parents of Nancy Lorena REED b 1843 St Lawrence Co NY, married to William WILLIAMS (who went by Harrison WILLIAMS) Her father was Levi REED b NH, her mother was Polly Ann BURROWS b NY [email protected] Searching for Sarah Wilson, believed to have married James R. Lucas in Bracken Co., Ky. in 1827, seeking verification of marriage. Also, need location and date of death. Please respond to: [email protected]

Forwarded by SgtGeorge. This publication is certainly worth subscribing to. *************************************************************************** PART 1: GENEALOGY TODAY MARCH 1998 CENSUS RECORDS: U.S. POPULATION CENSUS DATA United States census data is a critical resource for genealogical research. The federal government began collecting population census data in 1790. Since that time censuses have been taken every ten years. The most recent census that is available to the public is the 1920 census. All of the 1890 census was destroyed by fire - except for 6,160 names. The federal government considers census data confidential for seventy-two years following the census, however, it is possible to request data for a deceased relative for censuses since 1920. These requests must be submitted on Form BC-600 which can be obtained from the Bureau of the Census, P.O. Box 1545, Jeffersonville, IN, 47131. The information contained in each census has changed over the years. The following summary describes the type of information that was collected during each period: 1790-1840 During this period, the census lists the name of the head of household. It does not give the names of other people living in the house. The number of other people living in the household, grouped by age and sex, is given. The 1800-1840 censuses increased the number of age group categories. These censuses also give the number of slaves in the household. 1850 - Beginning in 1850, the census lists the name, age, sex, color, occupation(of those over 15 years old), birthplace (country or state), married within the year, attended school this year, cannot read or write, and whether deaf, blind, insane, etc, of each person living in the household. 1860 - This census was the first to inquire about the value of each free person's personal estate. 1870 - This census also indicates if the parents of the individual were born in a foreign country and asked about the U.S. citizenship of every man 21 years or older. 1880 - Beginning in 1880, the birthplace (country or state) of the parents of each individual was added.This census also identified the relationship between the listed individuals and the head of the household(wife, son, daughter, servant, boarder, or other). The 1880 census was also the first to be indexed by a sound code (Soundex). However, in 1880,households were indexed only if there was a child under 10 years old living at the residence. This means that an older couple without young children living at home would not be included on the Soundex listing. If a child lived in the home of someone else, the child would be listed under their own name - unless the head of household had the same last name. There are other indexes for some areas. 1890 - The 1890 census was destroyed by a fire at the Commerce Department in 1921. A few records were saved for some areas in Alabama, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas. There is no Soundex for this census. There was also a census in 1890 of Union veterans and widows of Union veterans. Some of these records were also destroyed in the fire. Part of the census for Kentucky and the states that follow Kentucky alphabetically were saved. 1900 - The 1900 census added the number of years the individual had been married, the year of immigration, citizenship status, the month and year of birth, number of months not employed, number of months attended school, can't speak English, home owned or rented, mortgage status, farm or house, and for married women, the number of children and the number of those children then living. 1910 - The 1910 census was similar to 1900 except that only the age of the individual - not the month and year of birth - was given. This census indicated if survivor Union, Confederate, Army, or Navy. Also, additional detail concerning the occupation of the listed individuals was added. This census also indicated if deaf or blind or dumb. 1920 - In 1920 the year of naturalization was added. This census also included the 'mother tongue' of the individual and parents. Some items were deleted: number of years of present marriage, number of children born to mother and the number living, whether survivor of Union, Confederate, Army, or Navy, weeks out of work, and if blind, deaf, or dumb. The list below shows the availability of census indexes by state through 1870: ALASKA-1870-1907 ALABAMA-1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 ARKANSAS-1819-39, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 ARIZONA-1864-66, 1860, 1870 CALIFORNIA-1850, 1860, 1870 COLORADO-1860, 1870 CONNECTICUT-1790, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860 DAKOTAS-1860,1870 DC-1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 DELAWARE-1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 FLORIDA-1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 GEORGIA-1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 IOWA-1836, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 IDAHO-1870 ILLLINOIS-1807, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 INDIANA-1807, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 KANSAS-1855, 1860, 1870 KENTUCKY-1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 LOUISANA-1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 MASSACHUSETTS-1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860 MARYLAND-1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860 MAINE-1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860 MICHIGAN-1799-1827, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 MINNEAPOLIS-1840, 1850, 1870 MISSOURI-1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 MISSISSIPPI-1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 MONTANA-1860, 1870 NORTH CAROLINA-1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 NEBRASKA-1854-56, 1860, 1870 NEW HAMPSHIRE-1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860 NEW JERSEY-1800, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860 NEW MEXICO-1790-1845, 1850, 1860, 1870 NEVADA-1860, 1870 NEW YORK-1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860 OHIO-1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1880 OKLAHOMA-1860, 1870 OREGON-1850, 1860, 1870 PENNSYLVANIA-1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 RHODE ISLAND-1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 SOUTH CAROLINA-1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 TENNESSEE-1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 TEXAS-1829, 1839, 1849, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 UTAH-1850, 1860, 1870 VIRGINIA-1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 VERMONT-1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860 WASHINGTON-1850, 1860, 1870 WISCONSIN-1836, 1840, 1850, 1860 WEST VIRGINIA-1860, 1870 WYOMING-1860, 1870 ============================================================ New Databases Added to Genealogy World at http://www.enoch.com/genealogy What's NEW for March 1998: DATABASES: 1910 Federal Census for Hamburg Township, Marathon County, Wisconsin; 1910 Federal Census for Berlin Township, Marathon County, Wisconsin; and Essex County Registry of Deeds, Massachusetts. ============================================================

I have just created a link to a new page on the BROYLES/BRILES Family History web site, called Germanna Photos. It contains only a few pictures so far, but hope to add to it as time goes by. I welcome any non-copywrite photos of anything to do with Germanna, or any of the 1st and 2nd Colony families and will add them to the page. Just make sure the photos are scanned at least at 720 dpi and in color, preferably in TrueColor. So far, you can see the 'sign' in front of the Hebron Lutheran Church, an exterior and interior shot of the Church, and two pictures of the graveyard, one featuring a CRIGLER tombstone and the other featuring one for BROYLES. Also, there are two photos of the LOVETTE house in Greeneville, TN. Lots of history in this old house, connecting the LOVETTE and BROYLES families in several ways. You can go directly to the web page at the URL: http://www.concentric.net/~sgtgeorg/photos.shtml Or link to it from the home page at URL: http://www.concentric.net/~sgtgeorg/index.shtml Enjoy, SgtGeorge

Seeking Wilhoyte family in Virginia about 1840 or so. Children of Joseph Nuckols of Goochland County (with different mothers) married siblings. Limited information on all except Joseph. Jacob E. m Mary Elizabeth Nuckols b 1824 d KY Lucy m Lafayette Pouncy b 1818 d KY Jacob and Lucy could have a father named Evan. Doris DELL POB 4184 West Hills CA 91308