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Date:         Mon, 4 Jan 1993 12:39:00 CST
Reply-To:     Bill Page <WRP5404@TAMRIGEL.BITNET>
From:         Bill Page <WRP5404@TAMRIGEL.BITNET>
Subject:      Cox Family of Texas

Sorry to post this to the whole group -- I couldn't get my e-mail
directly to Robert Cox.

You posted that you are looking for information on the Cox family
of Robertson Co., Texas.  I took a quick look at the tax rolls
for Robertson Co. this morning.

From 1840 to 1844, only two Cox males are listed:  George W. and
William R.  For an unknown reason, the 1844 tax roll includes
some census-like information:

Cox, George W.

        0  males over 45
        1  males over 17 and under 21
        2  males under 17
        2  females

        No information was gathered on males 21-45 years of age.

Cox, William R.

        0 males over 45
        0 males over 17 and under 21
        0 males under 17
        0 females

        Apparently a single male aged 21-45 ?

The 1845 tax roll indicates that G.W. Cox was "exec." (executor
?) for Ann Cox and "agent of admr." (administrator ?) for G.W.
Heard.

The major county records for Robertson Co. have been microfilmed,
and should be available either through you local public library
(via interlibrary loan) or through your closest L.D.S. family
history center.

Hope this helps.

Bill Page
Microtext Dept.
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77844
(409) 845-1952
From: lincoln@rand.org (Tom Lincoln)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Re: Matrilineal Descent
Date: 4 Jan 93 17:10:06 GMT
Organization: RAND

In article <9301032342.AA20631@buitc.bu.edu> Carol Botteron <botteron@BU-IT.BU.EDU> writes:

>I have only six matrilineal
>generations (including myself), and the earliest was a Smith in
>Virginia.  Does anyone here have long lines you'd like to show us?
>
>Carol Botteron (dau of Elizabeth, dau of Ella Nora, dau of Cynthia,
>dau of Emily, dau of Elizabeth -- not much variety in initials, eh?)
>botteron@bu-it.bu.edu    botteron@ai.mit.edu

Here are 8 (courtesy of my sister and her children), but the DNA
study really needs more sedentary (?New England {:-) families with
lots and lots of daughters early to see what the X chromosome and
mitochondrial variation would be.

No luck there....

Sophia Phillips sisters unknown....
  m. Joshua Knight 25 July 1790 in Frederick Co. MD
Eunice Knight  sisters unknown...
  m. James Peck (both died in Maysville KY in 1832)
Sarah Peck (1829 KY; d. aft 1890 KS) ..  only sister's line ended
  m. George Mitchell 15 May 1848 Mason Co. KY
Rosabelle Smilie Mitchell (1851 OH - 1919 MO) no sisters
  m. H. H. Gregg 15 Sept 1870 Ind. Terr. OK
Jean Scott Gregg (1879 MO -1904 MO) no married sisters
  m. Delmar Wise 1901 in Joplin MO
Jean Gregg Wise (1904 - ) one sister with matrilineal grandaughter
  m. John J. Lincoln 14 Apr 1928 ("the day Lincoln was shot")
Jean Gregg Lincoln (1934 - )
  m. Thomas Clark
Phoebe (Clark) Enfield
Fiona Clark
Katy (Clark) Weiner

Tom Lincoln

p q
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 /|\   TOM LINCOLN  lincoln@rand.org
 \|/  "Life is short, art is long, opportunity fugitive,
 /|\   experimenting dangerous, reasoning difficult."

Xref: sparky soc.roots:8956 soc.culture.czecho-slovak:616
From: lincoln@rand.org (Tom Lincoln)
Newsgroups: soc.roots,soc.culture.czecho-slovak
Subject: Re: Anglisizing Czech Names, Question
Date: 7 Jan 93 04:09:03 GMT
Organization: RAND

In article <1993Jan6.091716.1@fencer.cis.dsto.gov.au> mt_vodicka@fencer.cis.dsto.gov.au writes:
>In article <1i7kggINNh15@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, aa581@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Sandra Rozhon) writes:
>> In a previous article, berkovej@cgsvax.claremont.edu () says:

>> Vaclav is the equivalent of Wenceslaus.  Nonetheless, a relative of ours also
>> was called James all his life despite being a Vaclav.

... well.. names are often changed to meet new requirements...

We sponsored a Vietnamese family after the fall of Siagon.

One of the sons was named Phook. It quickly became Philip.

Other names were changed too to make them recognizable in school.

Tom
From: thompson@nde.unl.edu (norma thompson)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Stein, Germany
Date: 8 Jan 1993 05:04:38 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: nde.unl.edu
Summary: Wanting info about Stein, Baden, Germany
Keywords: Seeking info about Stein near Bretten, near Karlsruhe


I have discovered that one of my great-grandfathers, Mike Karst, emigrated 
from Stein, near Bretten, near Karlsruhe in Baden, Germany in 1883.  I am 
seeking any information someone might have of this village, or others who 
came from there, or sources of info about it.  To my knowledge only Mike 
Karst and years later a nephew Emil Klotz came to America.
I would appreciate any info on how to persue this farther.
Norma Thompson
thompson @nde.unl.edu

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From: elle@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Ellen Keyne Seebacher)
Subject: More networking (was Re: Willard Scott)
Reply-To: elle@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 01:19:46 GMT

In article <9301112344.AA15133@bigbird.csd.scarolina.edu> 
 "James W. Green III" <green@BIGBIRD.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU> writes:
>I have used finger and whois to get email addresses ... but have not
>been able to do this with compuserve subscribers.  Can it be done?

No.  CompuServe's online directory is available only to CompuServe
subscribers, unless they've changed policy recently.

>I would like to have a list of all Compuserve subscribers surnamed
>Broom so I can send internet email to them.

I think this is why.  :)

>Does compuserve have an email address?

That's like asking "Does (institution) have an email address"?  Machines
and addresses are not equivalent.  You can, however, reach a CompuServe 
subscriber with ID xxxxx,xx as "xxxxx.xx@compuserve.com" (note the change
of ',' to '.').

>I will assume you all have used gopher so won't go into that.

Given that many soc.roots / ROOTS-L readers are not connected to the
Internet, that's a rather large assumption.  I think it's also beyond
the scope of a genealogical discussion, unless someone can point us
to a Gopher server with, say, the entire IGI.  :-)

--                    __
Ellen Keyne Seebacher \/             elle@midway.uchicago.edu
  [Seebacher, Gigler, Peintinger;  Stein, Lehrman(n), Luetzelschwab,
    Kunkel, Busch, Hartmann;  Ka(i)per, Bottenus, Daniels, Meuttmann; 
    Glover, Kline, Perceval, (Mac)Duff;  Quinn;  and many, many more]
From: Frank.Saffarrans@f4115.n124.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Saffarrans)
Sender: FredGate@ocitor.fidonet
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Re: allen county library
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 19:58:00

 -=> Quoting Samantha Ruffini to All <=-


 SR> Would someone tell me the phone number for the Allen County Library in
 SR> Fort Wayne, Indiana?  I lost my note with the number and address.

The online computer access is (219) 424-1330.
Frank in Arlington, TX

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From: Tim.ONeill@english.utas.edu.au (Tim O'Neill)
Subject: roots(uk)?
Organization: University of Tasmania (Australia)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 02:53:29 GMT

Tim O'Neill posting on behalf of Rolf Louden:-

I have heard of a bulletin board in Guildford called
'Roots (UK)'. Can anyone tell me if I can get Internet
access to this group? Please send E-Mail replies to
Tim.ONeill@english.utas.edu.au if you can help.
Thanks,
Rolf
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Date:         Fri, 8 Jan 1993 08:03:00 LCL
Reply-To:     KitchenRN@SSD0.LAAFB.AF.MIL
From:         KitchenRN@SSD0.LAAFB.AF.MIL
Subject:      Deveral General Questions
Comments: To: roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu

I have several general questions, not specific (really) to a particular line:

1- I've seen several posters reference "Virkus".  I assume this is either a
publication or a database, but I haven't seen an explanation of the term.
Please advise?

2- One of my ancestors was buried in a Masonic cemetery (which is no longer
there, but that's another story.)  I assume that means he was a Mason.  Do
the Masons have archives with personal data on their members?  How can I find
out if my ancestor was a member, and what data about him might be available?

3- Did the Grand Army of the Republic "register" their membership?  Are these
registration records archived?

Thanx for reading.  Thanx for responding.

Rick Kitchen
Kitchenrn@ssd0.laafb.af.mil
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Date:         Thu, 7 Jan 1993 13:19:20 EST
Reply-To:     George Waller <HBLADM47@UCONNVM.BITNET>
From:         George Waller <HBLADM47@UCONNVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Dial to Ft Wayne

I got in as advertised (219-424-1330 1200baud, 81N, VT-100).
It worked fine once I realized that PRESS BRIEF meant TYPE
(or ENTER) the word BRIEF.

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From: eggertj@moses.atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert x6127 g41)
Subject: Re: Matrilineal Descent
Reply-To: eggertj@atc.ll.mit.edu
Organization: MIT Lincoln Lab - Group 41
Date: 4 Jan 93 13:00:28

In article <4142@randvax.rand.org> lincoln@rand.org (Tom Lincoln) writes:
>   In article <9301032342.AA20631@buitc.bu.edu> Carol Botteron <botteron@BU-IT.BU.EDU> writes:
>
>   >I have only six matrilineal
>   >generations (including myself), and the earliest was a Smith in
>   >Virginia.  Does anyone here have long lines you'd like to show us?
>   >
>   Here are 8 (courtesy of my sister and her children), but the DNA
>   study really needs more sedentary (?New England {:-) families with
>   lots and lots of daughters early to see what the X chromosome and
>   mitochondrial variation would be.

Agreed.  My daughter makes nine in a known matrilineal sequence, but
for the mitochondrial DNA study you would want nth cousins along
purely matriarchical lines.  That I don't have.

1. Maria Anna DITTICH ( - )
1.2. Johanna Katharina GLASER (1804 - 1889)
1.2.1. Florentina KINDLER (1823 - )
1.2.1.1. Caroline LUTZ (1852 - 1927)
1.2.1.1.4. Barbara KINDLER (1885 - 1963)
1.2.1.1.4.2. Maria ULLMER (1913 - 1980)
1.2.1.1.4.2.1. Susanne Meta SCHREINER (1935 - )
1.2.1.1.4.2.1.1. Lori Ann HUSNI (1959 - )
1.2.1.1.4.2.1.1.2. Emily Mary Rose EGGERT (1991 - )

=Jim  eggertj%atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert)
Researching:  Assies, Bre(d)thauer, Eggert, Foth, Hackel, Husni, 
              Kalooky, Kindler, Nehring, Nershi, Re(h)winkel,
              Schall, Schreiner, Span(n)uth, Ullmer, Ziemke 
--
=Jim  eggertj@atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert)
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Date:         Mon, 4 Jan 1993 16:20:00 LCL
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From:         KitchenRN@SSD0.LAAFB.AF.MIL
Subject:      Searching in Indian Territory
Comments: To: roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu

Can anybody tell me where I can find vital statistics data (marriages,
births, tax rolls, censuses, *anything*) from the Choctaw region of Indian
Territory (the southeastern corner) for white settlers, between the period of
the Civil War and Oklahoma statehood (1865 - 1903)?  Are there any indexes
published, or territorial censuses?
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Date:         Tue, 12 Jan 1993 11:02:00 EST
Reply-To:     DEBONIS%MIDD.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
From:         DEBONIS%MIDD.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject:      Moore Family Help
Comments: To: roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu

I just started doing research on the Moore Family.  Unfortunately, I don't
have much data on this line yet.  My interest stems from the fact that I
recently found out that I am related to a Moore.  I don't even have a place
of family origin.  I am especially interested in any info on a Thomas Moore;
born between 1912-1916.  He lived for a time in Virginia and was known to
have worked in Connecticut 1945-46.  If anyone out there has info on a Moore
famil, no matter how remote, I would appreciate hearing from you.
Thank you in advance.
Marsha DeBonis
DeBonis@Midd.bitnet
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From: hiscrp@nuscc.nus.sg (C R Pennell)
Subject: Re: CHICKEN LOVERS
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 03:25:09 GMT

David_L._Carson@MTS.RPI.EDU writes:
: Fred,
: 
: Henckel Trocken.  Hmmmmmm. Not too bad a genealogical lead. Think
: about Von Ribbentrop who became famous through marrying a Dry Chicken
: and illegally using the Von.
: 
Please explain. . . 

Richard Pennell History NUS
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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 11:58:00 LCL
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From:         KitchenRN@SSD0.LAAFB.AF.MIL
Subject:      Re: Searching in Indian Territory
Comments: To: ROOTS-L@VM1.NoDak.EDU

Thanks for the info on Indian Territory.  Do you know if every white settler
in I.T. at the time was an "adopted white"?
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From: haack@UTKUX1.UTK.EDU (Loretta Haack)
Subject: Dr. D. Scott Moncrieff of Portland, Oregon
Keywords: anthropology, Amerindians, Moncrieff, Russia, Sakhalin Island
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:15:26 GMT

On behalf of a researcher here at the University of Tennessee, I
am seeking information about a Dr. D. Scott Moncrieff of Portland,
Oregon, who went to British Columbia to measure Amerindians in
1892.  He also appears to have been on Sakhalin Island in 1893.

The point of interest is a link between peoples of the Amur river-Sakhalin
Islands and some tribes of the Pacific Northwest.

Genealogical information might be useful to contact about Dr. Moncrieff's
work and travels.

Thank you,

Loretta Haack
haack@utkux1.utk.edu


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Comments: To: roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu

The most recent issue of the Bay Area Genealogical Society (Wisc.)
newsletter noted that there is a newsletter for Brother's Keeper users:
BK Times
501 E. 63rd N. Sioux #12
Wichita, KS 67219-1213
$10.50/year

Does anyone have a subscription?  What is in the newsletter?  How many
times a year is it published, how many pages? Do you like it?  Should
I get it :)

Thanks,

Julie
paque@pangea.stanford.edu
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Date:         Wed, 6 Jan 1993 18:53:00 EST
Reply-To:     "Tom Cunningham, Computer Science Department" <TPC@IUP.BITNET>
From:         "Tom Cunningham, Computer Science Department" <TPC@IUP.BITNET>
Subject:      BOOTH & JENKINS

Hi:

     Can anyone help me with any information on the following individual?

        Hannah Frances BOOTH
        5 Cooley Street
        Pontiac, Michigan
        (December 1935)

        Hannah Frances JENKINS
        14349 Lansing Road
        Dearborn, Michigan
        (1970's or 1980's)

     Thank you for your time.

Tom
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From: watrous@athos.rutgers.edu (Don Watrous)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Re: Children of first cousins
Date: 6 Jan 93 02:24:56 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

JMFREED@CC.OWU.EDU writes:

>If there is a legal definition on First Cousins once removed, as
>Chris indicated, then there must be some "legal" definition of
>grand uncle and great uncle (or as some state, great grand uncle).
>Would someone who is a lawyer in this group check on the "official"
>designation, if such is known.

Well, they're not legal definitions, but here's what our online
Concise Oxford Dictionary, 8th Ed. (Copyright 1991 Oxford Univ. Press)
has to say:

    /cousin/ <<"kVz(@)n>> n. 
    1. /(also /first cousin/, /cousin-german/[Genealogy])/ the child of one's
       uncle or aunt.
      [...]
    "second cousin" a child of one's parent's first cousin.

    /grand/ <<gr&nd>> adj. & n. 
      [...]
    6. (in "comb.") in names of family relationships, denoting the second
       degree of ascent or descent ("granddaughter").
      [...]
    "grand aunt" a great-aunt (see /great/).
      [...]
    "grand nephew (or /niece/)" a great-nephew or -niece (see /great/).

    /great/ <<greIt>> adj. & n. 
      [...]
    11. (in "comb.") (in names of family relationships) denoting one degree
	further removed upwards or downwards ("great-uncle";
	"great-great-grandmother").

So it looks from this dictionary that the only grand- people are
-parents and -children.

Here's something I learned while looking this up:

    "great tit" [Zool] a Eurasian songbird, Parus major, with black and white
    head markings.

And I always thought they were talking about something else.  :^)

Don
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From: Karl.Edler@p3562.f356.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Karl Edler)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
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Subject: Re: CD/ROM,DOS/MAC, FHC
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 10:14:45 -0500

 BM> It was my understanding that all FHC's which provide 
 BM> FamilySearch do
 BM> so on an IBM PS/2 -- not a compatible, not an AT, but a 
 BM> genuine IBM.
 BM> I understood that this was official LDS Church policy with 
 BM> regard to
 BM> the use of PC's in FHC's.

The FHC in which I volunteer uses three Epson 386 machines for the 
FamilySearch program.  All have 3.5" and 5.25" HD drives.

Regards . . . Karl
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From:         LOMBARJA%SNYBUFVA.bitnet@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Subject:      MYERS(OHIO),CASH(OHIO),TATUM(OHIO)
Comments: To: roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu

aNYONE WITH ANY INFO ON ABOVE NAMES-PLEASE,PLEASE RESPOND. THANK YOU
JOHN LOMBARDO BUFFALO,NY
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From: brekshyn@shearson.com (Bohdan Rekshynskyj)
Subject: Help finding someone in Milwaukee
Reply-To: brekshyn@shearson.com
Organization: Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 20:01:00 GMT

Greetings,

   I am posting this on behalf of an associate.  Please DO NOT reply to me.  Send
EMAIL to him at dominus@sovamsu.sovusa.com.  Thanks in advance for helping out
someone!

					Bohdan


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---> Subject:      help find
---> 
---> _Dorogi__dryzi_!
---> 
---> Would you help me to find my grandfather - Mr. Peter Kyzmich Lissichin.
---> He was born in 1905 in Crimea.
---> His addresses in Milwaukee (Wisconsin) were:
---> - in 1964 - BRoadway 6-7473, 1008 E.Kewaunee st.
---> - in 1970 - 2866 ( or 2868) number 52 st. __ phone 447-09-35
---> - later - 415 E.KHAPP st. art 120 _________ phone 278-74-13
---> - later - 2965 N. Holton st.
---> I wrote leters to these addresses many times, but in last years all of them
---> came back. Also, his name is absent in the phone book of Milwaukee now.
---> Grandfather couldn't go by another name.
---> In 1962-1963 he had got a credit in Marine Bank.
---> The number of his car in 1963 was J50-202.
---> His second wife was from Poland.I don't know her name or any his friends here.
---> He was very religious men. He must be known in Russian Orthodox Church
---> in Milwaukee.
---> Help me please.
---> My address
---> post mail: Ukraine, Kiev, Bratskaya st., 10, 28
---> E-mail: dominus@sovamsu.sovusa.com
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Date:         Mon, 11 Jan 1993 07:09:00 CST
Reply-To:     Bill Page <WRP5404@TAMRIGEL.BITNET>
From:         Bill Page <WRP5404@TAMRIGEL.BITNET>
Subject:      French Spoliation Claims

Someone else can probably tell you more specific details about
such claims.

However, anytime any person in the 19th or early 20th century had
a claim against the federal government, one place to also check
is the Serial Set (a compiled edition of various Congressional
documents).  A printed index, as well as an index on CD-Rom, has
been published to this set by CIS, the Congressional Information
Service (a commercial firm not affiliated with Congress).  This
does not index every name in every document, but does provide
name access to reports dealing with one (or only a few)
claimants.

I find that Congress published a report concerning Philip Bessom
as House Report # 92, 23rd Congress, 1st Session, Serial Set #
260.  This was ca. 1833-1834.

Without looking at the report, you can't predict how long, or how
useful, it will be.  Some reports are less than 1 page long, and
say little except "person x wants to be paid but we don't think
his claim is justified," while other reports are very lengthy and
provide very detailed background on the claims.

Materials in these reports may or may not duplicate records found
in other collections of claims (the Southern Claims Commission,
the Court of Claims, etc.)

Based on what little I've read about this, the original
documentation on these claims may still be in the custody of the
original house of Congress, rather than on file in the National
Archives.  And, accessing those records may require help from
your member of Congress.  (They may have simplified this
procedure for very old materials).

Anyway, this can be a useful source of information.  The indexes
are available at most large college libraries, plus many state
libraries (often in their law section, rather than the genealogy
section).

The published materials have been microfiched, so your library
should be able to get you copies pretty easily.

Bill Page
Microtext Dept.
Sterling C. Evans Library
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843
(409) 845-1952