Hi, all--I just received an anonymous EXE file this morning..when I clicked on the "repy" button--there was no return e-mail, so I deleated it without opening it...did anyone else receive this file? Susan apetta@netwurx.net

I'm wondering if anyone is researching LAATZ ancestors or know where their descendants might live ? I have a Henry LINGER who married a Mildred G. LAATZ. (AKA "Millie") She was born in West Bend, Wisconsin. One of their children: Elizabeth Sophia LINGER died 17 April 1895. They lived at 201-2nd St. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the tine of her death. Henry LINGER (ALSO A DENTIST) was the brother of Dr. Joseph LINGER. A dentist in Milwaukee and my ggrandfather Please contact me at: apetta@netwurx.net Other researchers--if this e-mail address is incorrect in the futre, my email address may be: snokes@tscnet.com snail mail: Susan Nokes 27532 State Hwy 3 NE Poulsbo, WA 98370

It appears the virus that has been up for discussion is being sent via Genealogy mailing lists; similar to the one that had been passed on last spring.. I too was infected, but have been able to remove it. Following is a portion of an E-mail I sent to resent correspondents that I may have inadvertently passed the virus on to. It may be helpful to those who are having trouble understanding the virus and what to do about it............ A new variant of the BadTrans virus, which was first detected in the spring, emerged on November 24, 2001. It does not require the email receiver to open the attachment for it to execute. It uses a known vulnerability in Internet Explorer-based email clients (Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express) to automatically execute the file attachment. This is also known as Automatic Execution of Embedded MIME type. RECENT UPDATE NOTE: it appears it is affecting more than Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express clients. The problem with this VIRUS is that even if your virus protection software does detect it, it may not be able to clean it (some software programs). The below link is the best explanation of this virus I found and ALSO gives detailed instructions on how to clean it from your computer if you have been infected. http://antivirus.about.com/library/weekly/aa112401a.htm?iam=spkask&terms=wha t%20is%20kernel32.exe%20file If you haven't updated your virus definitions and/or patterns in the last week or so, I URGE you to do so immediately. If your virus protection software is out-of-date, you might want to run the following FREE program to check your computers. TREND MICRO offers this free detection service. It is the best and most up-to-date out there on the Internet. It is and EXCELLENT site to bookmark and run occasionally. http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_corp.asp Carole Haas cjhaas@msn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <WIMILWAU-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <WIMILWAU-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: 30 November, 2001 5:12 AM Subject: WIMILWAU-D Digest V01 #138

Looking for recommendations for researchers in the Milwaukee area, any referrals would be greatly appreciated!! Don't need a lot, just a few lookups in various agencies, but it's a little bit more than I'd expect for a volunteer. ..... Thanks for any help. Pam

good evening Milwaukee, Would anyone have any info on the founders of The Boston Store? Amongst family photos was found a photo - about 8 x 10 - showing a large brick structure with many horse drawn delivery wagons in front. On back of the photo, written in pencil, "original Boston Store Milwaukee, Wis" We are perplexed why such a photo would have been saved all these years by a family whose roots were in Pennsylvania and upstate New York, and to the best of our knowledge, have never even been to Wisconsin? I would appreciate hearing from anyone who can shed some light on the founders, or history, of the Boston Store, thank you, Sherri Bobish

I'm hoping to connect with some one researching this family line. AUGUSTA HARMILLER(nee: LUDKE) She also may have possibly gone by the name Amelia? she was raised in Waukesha. She married a MR. HENRY HARMILLER and they resided in Milwaukee. She would have been born 1880 in germany, she and her younger brother CHARLES came to this country when just a young child with there parent's( my gg grandparent's) CARL & AUGUSTA LUDKE 1883/1884 from Prentzlau(? spelling) Germany to Waukesha, Wisconsin. The time frame would be around 1949 in Milwaukee where her father CARL LUDKE lived with her for a period of time and he passed away there. Does this sound familiar to any one? Any information would greatly be appreciated! Thanks, Deanna ______________________________________________________________________________ Send a friend your Buddy Card and stay in contact always with Excite Messenger http://messenger.excite.com

<snip> and I still have no idea what he means by "Virus Warning was the pif attachment" <snip> What Bob means by 'Virus Warning was the pif attachment' is that he was replying to a message with the subject 'the pif attachment' but changing the subject to 'Virus Warning'. It's common for people who change the subject to include an indication of what the old subject was. It probably makes more sense if you include punctuation: Subject: Virus Warning (was: the pif attachment) Cheryl __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1

Hopefully I'm not revealing any significant confidential info below. But since Edna Goodwin has evidently been temporarily removed from the WiMilwau list and can't explain things or defend herself on this list, I've decided to now duplicate her very nice and helpful off-list e-mail to me that I just opened up. For me, this note of hers also throws more light on viruses than anything I've read so far. I don't know to whom Bob is referring when he mentions "she" in his last posting (see below), and I still have no idea what he means by "Virus Warning was the pif attachment" (this sounds nice). But this is not so important now, and I appreciate Bob's input. And the world is more interesting when lots of lingering mysteries still abound. ........John ________________________________________________ << Subj: Virus Date: 11/27/01 11:18:50 PM Central Standard Time From: wgoodwin@pahrump.net To: JQMagie@aol.com Hello John This is Edna Goodwin responding to your inquiry. Yes, there was a virus on my computer. It is gone now. It was the first virus I have ever had. I do not open any attachments, I had Norton Anti-Virus running, I had Norton up to date; I was backed up - all of those but I still got the virus. From reading about it, it seems that this particular virus, called a worm, can get into any Microsoft product and goes to the person's address book. Apparently the virus was in a regular e-mail that I opened but it was blank. There was an attachment with it but I did not open it. Once I saw that, I did not send anyone an e-mail nor had I done so several days before as I was busy with Thanksgiving company, cooking, etc. I used to answer e-mail inquiries for a German genealogical group and I believe it was one of those inquirers but I have not done that since last May. Regardless, through my Norton Anti-Virus software, I was able to eliminate it from my computer quite easily once Norton got the "fix" for the virus. I know that all these terms that people use are confusing. I did post an inquiry on the Milwaukee list and I believe corresponded with one person individually on that list. However, I just received a notification that I have been unsubbed (un-subscribed or kicked off) from the Milwaukee list. Best wishes to you. Edna >> ________________________________________________ << Subj: Re: [WiMilwau] Virus Warning was the pif attachment ?? Date: 11/28/01 8:13:05 AM Central Standard Time From: madgrad77@clsurf.com (Robert W Fay) Reply-to: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com John, What she means is that she got a virus from William Goodwin on another list. I also got one from his computer in response to one of my recent posts on this list. This action is entirely done by the virus and Mr Goodwin is likely completely unaware of it. As I indicated previously, to keep this virus from spreading all over the list, I am temporarily unsubscribing infected machines and had to do that with Mr Goodwins machine. Anyone that is interested in this subject should refer to the urls I gave yesterday which have much more info. Bob Fay On 27 Nov 2001, at 23:12 JQMagie@aol.com <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Re: the William Goodwin posting of 10/19/01, etc. > > I'm still having trouble understanding Bob Fay's memos today. I > very much appreciate his posting these. But I also still have no > idea, for example, what this posting subject of his means: "Virus > Warning was the pif attachment." > But MANY thanks, Bob, for the virus alerts today. And I hope > to learn more as soon as I check out the URLs that you have kindly > provided (duplicated below)...... >> ________________________________________________

DIETRICH, Lenger, Linger, Glesius, Michels, Marnetz Is there any chance that some of your ancestors settled in Southeastern Wisconsin? I am related to aCatholic DIETRICH line...the DIETRICH line goes back to Christian Lenger and Elizabeth Glesius. They were my immigrant couple from the Trier area of Germany. This couple came to Milwaukee, settling 1st in the Township of Greenfield, then in the Granville area of Milwaukee County. One of their children (Margaret) married a DIETRICH...but we do not know who, where or when..we do not know where she and her are buried..or where they attended Church. Margaret LENGER was a sister to my Christian LENGER/LINGER who was born in 1838 near the Trier area of Germany. Christian married Eva MICHELS--who was born in Thienesville/Mequon area. They married at St. Anthony's in what was Fussville (just south of Menomonee Falls). It is very likely that Margaret attended St. Martin's Catholic Church which was on Appleton Avenue--now no longer in existance--only the cemetery survives--and that is in a very poor state. Then, perhaps later attended at St. Anthony's in Fussville. Margaret would have been born about 1836. 1860 Milwaukee County Census, West Granville, Vol 3 page 2: Christian Linger aged 22, born in Prussia Laborer on farm of Louis Marnetz Christian also lived in Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, possibly for a short time in Aztalan, Jefferson County, Wisconsin; Oconomowoc, Waukesha County Wisconsin; then returned to Milwaukee where he died November 03, 1910. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin. The younger siblings of Margaret and Christian LENGER, stayed for a brife time in Aztalan, then moved to Stearns County, Minnesota. There were Dederich's in Fussville, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and Belgium, Washington County, Wisconsin I am hoping that something in here may sound familiar... Looking forward to hearing from you, Susan apetta@netwurx.net

John, What she means is that she got a virus from William Goodwin on another list. I also got one from his computer in response to one of my recent posts on this list. This action is entirely done by the virus and Mr Goodwin is likely completely unaware of it. As I indicated previously, to keep this virus from spreading all over the list, I am temporarily unsubscribing infected machines and had to do that with Mr Goodwins machine. Anyone that is interested in this subject should refer to the urls I gave yesterday which have much more info. Bob Fay. On 27 Nov 2001, at 23:12 JQMagie@aol.com <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Re: the William Goodwin posting of 10/19/01, etc. > > I'm still having trouble understanding Bob Fay's memos today. I > very > much appreciate his posting these. But I also still have no idea, for > example, what this posting subject of his means: "Virus Warning was the > pif attachment." > But MANY thanks, Bob, for the virus alerts today. And I hope to > learn > more as soon as I check out the URLs that you have kindly provided > (duplicated below). > Does anyone know whether the following William Goodwin posting is > legit? I just pulled this out of the online WiMilwau archives. > An 11/25/01 e-mailed letter of inquiry of mine to Edna at > wgoodwin@pahrump.net has not yet been answered. But I'm in no good > position to complain, since I'm often very tardy in responding to > e-mails. .........John > > ==================================================== > > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=WIMILWAU > > Archives: WIMILWAU Mailing List > ________________________________ > > CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: 127) > > << Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 19:37:36 -0700 > From: William Goodwin<wgoodwin@pahrump.net> > To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <000e01c15910$2e8e21a0$0101a8c0@wgoodwin> > Subject: [WiMilwau] Suggestions Needed > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello List > I am a new subscriber. I'm trying to help my German friend find her > American family. I've succeeded up to 1935. This is the Christian & > Maria Hein Becker family. I located them in the census records and then > in the city directories in Salt Lake City last week. Address was on > Woodlawn Ave.in 1935. Maria was a widow then. One son Albert Gustav > Becker I located on the SSDI. He died in October 1972. I sent for death > certificate to Vital Records, P. O. Box 309, Madison, enclosing $7 > check. The check was never cashed nor any word received. Can anyone > suggest how to proceed. Any suggestions on how to locate present day > members of this family would be much appreciated. Edna >> > > ==================================================== > > << Subj: Re: [WiMilwau] Virus Warning was the pif attachment ?? > Date: 11/27/01 3:23:11 PM Central Standard Time From: > madgrad77@clsurf.com (Robert W Fay) Reply-to: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com > To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com > > John and all...... > The problem with the Badtrans virus (its brother went around last > spring) > is that it automatically replies to posts to the list. For example, if > someone has an infected machine on this list, I will certainly get a > private email in response to this post with a subject line Re: > [WiMilwau] Virus Warning was the pif attachment ?? and it will contain a > virus that will try to infect my machine...... > There's more info at > http://www.messagelabs.com/viruseye/report.asp?id=86 > For those interested in learning more about computers and viruses > try the > virus list at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Internet_Help/VIRUS-DISCUSSION.htm > l > Bob Fay >> > > ==================================================== > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htme > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > >

Re: the William Goodwin posting of 10/19/01, etc. I'm still having trouble understanding Bob Fay's memos today. I very much appreciate his posting these. But I also still have no idea, for example, what this posting subject of his means: "Virus Warning was the pif attachment." But MANY thanks, Bob, for the virus alerts today. And I hope to learn more as soon as I check out the URLs that you have kindly provided (duplicated below). Does anyone know whether the following William Goodwin posting is legit? I just pulled this out of the online WiMilwau archives. An 11/25/01 e-mailed letter of inquiry of mine to Edna at wgoodwin@pahrump.net has not yet been answered. But I'm in no good position to complain, since I'm often very tardy in responding to e-mails. .........John ==================================================== http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=WIMILWAU Archives: WIMILWAU Mailing List ________________________________ CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: 127) << Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 19:37:36 -0700 From: William Goodwin<wgoodwin@pahrump.net> To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000e01c15910$2e8e21a0$0101a8c0@wgoodwin> Subject: [WiMilwau] Suggestions Needed Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello List I am a new subscriber. I'm trying to help my German friend find her American family. I've succeeded up to 1935. This is the Christian & Maria Hein Becker family. I located them in the census records and then in the city directories in Salt Lake City last week. Address was on Woodlawn Ave.in 1935. Maria was a widow then. One son Albert Gustav Becker I located on the SSDI. He died in October 1972. I sent for death certificate to Vital Records, P. O. Box 309, Madison, enclosing $7 check. The check was never cashed nor any word received. Can anyone suggest how to proceed. Any suggestions on how to locate present day members of this family would be much appreciated. Edna >> ==================================================== << Subj: Re: [WiMilwau] Virus Warning was the pif attachment ?? Date: 11/27/01 3:23:11 PM Central Standard Time From: madgrad77@clsurf.com (Robert W Fay) Reply-to: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com John and all...... The problem with the Badtrans virus (its brother went around last spring) is that it automatically replies to posts to the list. For example, if someone has an infected machine on this list, I will certainly get a private email in response to this post with a subject line Re: [WiMilwau] Virus Warning was the pif attachment ?? and it will contain a virus that will try to infect my machine...... There's more info at http://www.messagelabs.com/viruseye/report.asp?id=86 For those interested in learning more about computers and viruses try the virus list at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Internet_Help/VIRUS-DISCUSSION.html Bob Fay >> ====================================================

I received this the other day from another list and thought yinz might be interested. Heather Kraska dhzkrask@adelphia.net Pittsburgh, Pa > >My virus software detected and deleted the "WORM_BADTRANS.B" virus and its >origin was "William Goodwin". This was received from the >LIST with the subject as >"Re: [PITTSBURGH] Isaly's" --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.282 / Virus Database: 150 - Release Date: 9/25/01

John and all, Don't worry, I am certainly not going to unsub (or in your words excommunicate) anyone unless they are spreading this virus among other members of the list, and then it is only temporary until the virus is cleaned off of the infected machine. The problem with the Badtrans virus (its brother went around last spring) is that it automatically replies to posts to the list. For example, if someone has an infected machine on this list, I will certainly get a private email in response to this post with a subject line Re: [WiMilwau] Virus Warning was the pif attachment ?? and it will contain a virus that will try to infect my machine. If I don't unsub people temporarily, then the virus will run rampant through the list and we will have a real mess. Now, the good news. I didn't get a virus response to my post last night and hopefully I won't for this one either. But if I do, then I will temporarily unsub them. There's more info at http://www.messagelabs.com/viruseye/report.asp?id=86 For those interested in learning more about computers and viruses try the virus list at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Internet_Help/VIRUS- DISCUSSION.html Bob Fay On 27 Nov 2001, at 12:35 JQMagie@aol.com <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Note to WiMilwau list owner Bob Fay especially-- > Over the past several months, Bob, I've candidly had increasing > difficulty making head or tail out of many of your public and private > e-mails. Some have been valuable and also very funny (i.e., "ha-ha")-- > while others have been very obscure. And several of your responses to > me have seemed to bear no clear relationship to my stated concerns-- and > I thus mostly stopped sending you any on-list or off-list notes. > Your posting below also ALARMS me. > I'm a Senior Citizen with a limited knowledge of jargon, including > > computer jargon. PLEASE use less of this in your postings and other > e-mail. > A bit more info on Badtrans would also be helpful to me and > probably > others. And what does "Virus Warning was the pif attachment" mean? And > what does "unsub" mean? And, if I've been "unsubscribed," I would have > appreciated a preliminary warning to me on this in an off-list e-mail. > I'm now sending this note to you publicly (as well as privately) > partly > because your posting below oddly instructs me to do so and partly to see > if, without any private warning from you or RootsWeb, I've already been > excommunicated from the WiMilwau list. Let's ALL be careful > .........John _____________________________________________________ > > << Subj: [WiMilwau] Virus Warning was the pif attachment > Date: 11/27/01 8:43:02 AM Central Standard Time > From: madgrad77@clsurf.com (Robert W Fay) > Reply-to: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com > To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi folks, > > There is a new virus going around....it is similar to the Badtrans virus > from last spring. They are calling it Badtrans B. McAfee recommends that > you get the latest update to your antivirus software. > > I hate to unsub people but I guess with the way this virus works > (replies to list posts) I am going to have to until they get their > machines cleaned. > > Be careful, > Bob Fay >> > ____________________________________________________ > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htme > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > >

Thank-you list for the warning. I also received a message with an attachment from someone I had corresponded with concerning one of my direct lines and the subject line of this message contained what I had entered (Dudley family) the last time I sent a message to this person. The body of the e-mail message contained only the following --==BC0987654321DEF_== which made me suspicious, since I thought if the person wanted to send me an attachment they should tell me what it is. I clicked reply to inquire if this person had intended to send me a message with attachment and if so what was it. This message was undeliverable. I didn't know about this latest virus until I read the message that had been posted to the Milwaukee list. I then checked the properties and discovered - yes indeed this person's e-mail address now contains an _ in front of it. Thank-you Robert W. Fay and BrennaJne@aol.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert W Fay" <madgrad77@clsurf.com> To: <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 8:42 AM Subject: [WiMilwau] Virus Warning was the pif attachment > Hi folks, > > There is a new virus going around....it is similar to the Badtrans virus > from last spring. They are calling it Badtrans B. McAfee recommends > that you get the latest update to your antivirus software. > > I hate to unsub people but I guess with the way this virus works (replies > to list posts) I am going to have to until they get their machines cleaned. > > Be careful, > Bob Fay > > On 27 Nov 2001, at 5:36 BrennaJne@aol.com <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > I just found out that the e-mail with and underscore such as _wgoodwin > > OR ANYTHIng with an undersoce is VIRUS. I received one from someone > > also with a subject line I had just inquired about and tried to open the > > .pif attachment and found out it was a virus. I did a scan and YES I > > now have a virus with my virus program says it can't clean. DO NOT > > OPEN ANYTHING WITH AN UNDERSCORE before the address. > > > > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htme > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htme > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > >

Note to WiMilwau list owner Bob Fay especially-- Over the past several months, Bob, I've candidly had increasing difficulty making head or tail out of many of your public and private e-mails. Some have been valuable and also very funny (i.e., "ha-ha")-- while others have been very obscure. And several of your responses to me have seemed to bear no clear relationship to my stated concerns-- and I thus mostly stopped sending you any on-list or off-list notes. Your posting below also ALARMS me. I'm a Senior Citizen with a limited knowledge of jargon, including computer jargon. PLEASE use less of this in your postings and other e-mail. A bit more info on Badtrans would also be helpful to me and probably others. And what does "Virus Warning was the pif attachment" mean? And what does "unsub" mean? And, if I've been "unsubscribed," I would have appreciated a preliminary warning to me on this in an off-list e-mail. I'm now sending this note to you publicly (as well as privately) partly because your posting below oddly instructs me to do so and partly to see if, without any private warning from you or RootsWeb, I've already been excommunicated from the WiMilwau list. Let's ALL be careful .........John _____________________________________________________ << Subj: [WiMilwau] Virus Warning was the pif attachment Date: 11/27/01 8:43:02 AM Central Standard Time From: madgrad77@clsurf.com (Robert W Fay) Reply-to: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com Hi folks, There is a new virus going around....it is similar to the Badtrans virus from last spring. They are calling it Badtrans B. McAfee recommends that you get the latest update to your antivirus software. I hate to unsub people but I guess with the way this virus works (replies to list posts) I am going to have to until they get their machines cleaned. Be careful, Bob Fay >> ____________________________________________________

Hi folks, There is a new virus going around....it is similar to the Badtrans virus from last spring. They are calling it Badtrans B. McAfee recommends that you get the latest update to your antivirus software. I hate to unsub people but I guess with the way this virus works (replies to list posts) I am going to have to until they get their machines cleaned. Be careful, Bob Fay On 27 Nov 2001, at 5:36 BrennaJne@aol.com <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I just found out that the e-mail with and underscore such as _wgoodwin > OR ANYTHIng with an undersoce is VIRUS. I received one from someone > also with a subject line I had just inquired about and tried to open the > .pif attachment and found out it was a virus. I did a scan and YES I > now have a virus with my virus program says it can't clean. DO NOT > OPEN ANYTHING WITH AN UNDERSCORE before the address. > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htme > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

I just found out that the e-mail with and underscore such as _wgoodwin OR ANYTHIng with an undersoce is VIRUS. I received one from someone also with a subject line I had just inquired about and tried to open the .pif attachment and found out it was a virus. I did a scan and YES I now have a virus with my virus program says it can't clean. DO NOT OPEN ANYTHING WITH AN UNDERSCORE before the address.

To Patti, etc.-- it looks like "wgoodwin@pahrump.net" may be a better address. But I'm somewhat alarmed that I haven't received any response to my notes (below) that I sent to William Goodwin and/or Edna. ..........John =================================================== << Subj: [WiMilwau] [Fwd: WILLIAM GOODWIN Message] Date: 11/26/01 10:40:26 PM Central Standard Time From: prw@televar.com (Patricia Wenham) Reply-to: prw@televar.com To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com Patricia Wenham wrote: I received a blank message from William Goodwin and when I sent a reply to his message I got it back because it was an invalid address. Since I used the reply to message for the address I have no way of knowing what the address should have been. The subject was Streetcar Conductors and I was very disappointed not to get the message itself as I still have not found Joseph Collins and Clara/Emma Collins, his wife and Vesta Collins, his daughter on the census yet. Patti >> ================================================== << Subj: Re: [WiMilwau] WI "marriages" in "IL" Date: 11/25/01 11:52:24 PM Central Standard Time From: JQMagie To: wgoodwin@pahrump.net __________________________________________________ Subject: [WiMilwau] Suggestions Needed Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 19:37:36 -0700 From: wgoodwin@pahrump.net To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com I am a new subscriber. I'm trying to help my German friend find her American family. I've succeeded up to 1935. This is the Christian & Maria Hein Becker family....... Edna >> __________________________________________________ Edna-- I'm relieved that I just found (in the WiMilwau archives) the above posting sent from a different e-mail address (NOT _wgoodwin@isat.com). But I'd still very much like to know what your PIF attachment sent to me a few hours ago is all about. .........John >> =================================================== << Subj: Returned mail: User unknown Date: 11/25/01 11:13:21 PM Central Standard Time From: MAILER-DAEMON@aol.com (Mail Delivery Subsystem) To: JQMagie@aol.com The original message was received at Mon, 26 Nov 2001 00:12:50 -0500 (EST) from root@localhost ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <_wgoodwin@isat.com> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to mail.isat.com.: >>> RCPT To:<_wgoodwin@isat.com> <<< 550 Invalid recipient <_wgoodwin@isat.com> 550 <_wgoodwin@isat.com>... User unknown Received: from JQMagie@aol.com by imo-m10.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v31_r1.9.) id u.139.5355936 (4207) for <_wgoodwin@isat.com>; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 00:12:50 -0500 (EST) Return-path: <JQMagie@aol.com> From: JQMagie@aol.com Message-ID: <139.5355936.29332952@aol.com> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 00:12:50 EST Subject: Re: [WiMilwau] WI "marriages" in "IL" To: _wgoodwin@isat.com _____________________________________________________ << Subj: Re: [WiMilwau] WI "marriages" in "IL" Date: 11/25/01 9:42:18 PM Central Standard Time From: _wgoodwin@isat.com (William Goodwin) To: JQMagie@aol.com File: IMAGES.DOC.pif (29020 bytes) DL Time (50666 bps): < 1 minute >> _____________________________________________________ I can't find any "_wgoodwin" postings in the WiMilwau archives, and I can't figure out who Willam Goodwin is or what PIF is. And, after finding I was unable to open the above attachment, I began to wonder whether I should have even tried. Hopefully your attachment is not some sort of hoax or virus. PLEASE identify yourself, and PLEASE reassure me about the above. If all this is legit, please resend your attachment via some better known vehicle. .........John >> ===================================================

On second thought, maybe the ancient Milwaukee County Township of Greenfield no longer exists. Does anyone know about this? I just checked some of the online "yellow pages," and I can't seem to find a listing for the Town or Township of Greenfield. Maybe the municipalities that now cover this large area have assumed all government functions of the old Town of Greenfield, especially the cities of West Allis, Milwaukee, and Greenfield. The present City of Greenfield now occupies much of the south half of old Greenfield Township, and the Greenfield City Hall is at 7325 W. Forest Home Ave., Greenfield, WI 53220-3356 (phone: 414-543-5500). This City Hall appears to be in or near the ancient village center of Greenfield Township. But what is this listing?: Greenfield Town of - 306 Cty Road M, Tunnel City, WI 54662 (phone: 608-374-5646). This "Town of Greenfield" is located in Monroe Co. and NW of Tomah, WI. In Illinois, all or most of the old township governments still exist-- perhaps because we have lots of unincorporated areas (unlike Wisconsin?). ........John (in Chicago)

Hello all, curious if Wisconsin allows Death Transcriptionists and if so, could someone refer me to one?? Thanks so much. Sincerely, Pam