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From: Schoenling
Subject: Re: Monroe family....
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 20:13:06 GMT

In article <24875@oasys.dt.navy.mil> bpeters@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Brenda Peters)
writes:
>
(Miscellaneous Monroe relations deleted)

>  I read a book on James Monroe, and found that he had no sons that 
>lived to adulthood, so if we are related, it is thru his brothers.  
> I know at one time my mom said we had Scotch in our heritage,
                                                                   ^^^^^^
What? Your family are distillers, or drinkers?

>and James Monroe's father came over from Scotland.  Any help would be
>appreciated.  
 
>Any help/hints are appreciated.   Pls do not tie up bandwidth, e-mail me
>at bpeters@oasys.dt.navy.mil  or   cape@dtvms.dt.navy.mil
>
>				  brenda peters
>				  david taylor model basin
>				  bethesda, md
>

OK, here's a hint:  Don't call people from Scotland Scotch.

Whiskey is Scotch, People are Scottish or Scots!

Regards,

Dick Schoenling
Clan Dunbar (Mom's side of the family)
a.k.a.   dtracy@bnr.ca
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Researching:
Adams, Allen, Austin, Baker, Baxter, Black, Bohlaender, Brett, Brotherton,
Burns, Butler, Church, Coffin, Copson, Daggett, Dunbar, Eddy, Edson,
Fitzgerald, Fogler/Vogler, 
Frei, Grover, Hayward, Howard, Huxford, Jefferies, Johnson, Kern, Lynde,
Kingman, Kissel, Marchant, McKough/McKeough, McLain, Mitchell, Norton, Orcutt,
Ordione, Pratt, Ryder, 
Schoenling/Sch nling, Shields, Starbuck, Steiner, Stevens, Story, Taylor,
Thaxter, Thember/Kember, Towne, Tracey/Tracy, Warren, Wheldon, White, Williams,
and a host of others in Scotland, England, Ireland, and Germany
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From: clc5q@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Clark L. Coleman)
Subject: 1910 Wayne County, Michigan Census Guide Needed
Originator: clc5q@hemlock.cs.Virginia.EDU
Organization: University of Virginia Computer Science Department
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 20:03:31 GMT

Is there a guide to the 1910 Wayne County Michigan census?

I could not locate the people by Soundex
but I do have the street address - 237 Abbott.

Which of the many rolls of Detroit would this be on?

Thank you.
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From: "dave tait" <dave.tait@canrem.com>
Subject: public flames!
Reply-To: "dave tait" <dave.tait@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: soc
Date: 16 Sep 92 00:25:52 EST

TO: ALL

To all of you out there who got my message to Kristine Robbins, sorry!
It was meant to go out private, but I must have done something wrong
for that obviously didn't happen.
But that is the TOTAL extent of my appology!!!  This IS a genealogy net
and in fact that WAS my second cousin.  We've never met before and
finding her on this net was MORE THAN WORTH ANY FLAMES you narrow minded
folk can throw!  Anyone can make a mistake.

TTFN, Dave T8

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From:         Cliff Manis <cmanis@CSOFTEC.CSF.COM>
Subject:      Roots-L Genealog files
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READERS:

Thanks to all who have downloaded GENEALOG files this year.

We presently have 204 different files posted in the GENEALOG area.

8,333 files have been requested and mailed as regular Email this
year - through the end of August 1992.

I do not know how many were requested via FTP, and we have no records
of the FTP requests.

We could use some new files.  Good information which will help anyone
learn more about Genealogy, or a file about a particular subject which
might be of interest to several people.

Anyone having such a file, may Email it to me, for uploading to
the GENEALOG area.

You may request a complete listing of filenames, and descriptions
of the files in the GENEALOG area by sending the following one-line
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and you will receive a lastest listing.

If you have any questions about Genealogy post them here.

If you have any family histories (less an 10,000 bytes) they may
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family information will be shown for any search names requested.

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From: moj@risken.vd.volvo.se (Mats-Olof Sander)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Birth-/Marriage Records to File?
Date: 9 Sep 92 13:08:23 GMT

As I understand it the LDS-people have done a fantastic job registering
many birth- and marriage-records from microfilm to file. The LDS center
at my town has not yet been 'computerized', so my question is:
Is it possible to download the birth records from a place to file for
further research at home in the 'computerized' LDS centers? I want to normalize the spelling of names and
places and sort the file in different orders to match relationships.
Mats-Olof
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Date:         Sat, 5 Sep 1992 10:43:19 CDT
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From:         Cliff Manis <cmanis@CSOFTEC.CSF.COM>
Subject:      GENEALOG: New File, fhlv4n1
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get genealog fhlv4n1		Fam Hist Lib News, Vol4, No1

This 8345 byte ASCII file is available now on GENEALOG.

Contains : Latest file from the LDS, Family History Library News,
Vol. 4, No. 1, Winter 1992.

Lots of good information about new things about the Genealogical
Projects Resistry.


This file may be requested by sending a message to: LISTSERV@vm1.nodak.edu
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From: jdboer@sol.UVic.CA (Johan deBoer)
Subject: Janelyn
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. CANADA
Distribution: roots-l
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 05:27:26 GMT

Our daughter has the name Janelyn. This is a rather uncommon name, and
I was wondering if anyone has ever come across this first name.

Johan de Boer
jdboer@sol.uvic.ca

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From: af963@yfn.ysu.edu (William L. Page)
Subject: roots-l
Organization: Youngstown State University/Youngstown Free-Net
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:59:55 GMT


Is there something wrong wiht ROOTS-L?  I waws getting a numbr
of messages, but there has been nohting the last two dasys?????
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Date:         Sat, 12 Sep 1992 16:41:19 -0500
Reply-To:     RIGAUT@FRURBB51.BITNET
From:         RIGAUT@FRURBB51.BITNET
Subject:      RE: Quintin DIT Dubois

This is mainly for Paul Quintin, but as it might be useful for others as
well, here it is:
In French, "surname dit othersurname", as in the example "Quintin dit
Dubois" from Paul, means in English "surname alias othersurname".
"dit" means something like "so called" in this sort of phrase.

Jean Paul dit "Virgule"
(virgule means "comma"; some friends call me this way as an alias to my
first name, because... I have no hyphen between Jean and Paul and my
official records state "Jean, Paul" -- although I use the double name)
:-)
rigaut@frurbb51
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Date:         Fri, 11 Sep 1992 09:14:00 EDT
Reply-To:     P.QUINTIN@DGC.CEO.DG.COM
From:         P.QUINTIN@DGC.CEO.DG.COM
Subject:      A couple of questions
Comments: To: Roots@APEX19.ceo.dg.com

     Greetings, fellow Rooters...!
     I have a couple of questions that I hope someone out there can
answer....
     I have a microfilm of the Vercheres (Varennes) Quebec Parish
Records, and noticed a couple of things. First, the name of an
ancestor is listed as Jean Quintin dit Dubois. Can someone explain
the meaning of 'dit'. It only appears a couple of times.
     Also, these parish records are written by hand in a book, using
the following format:
               1695
m. Quintin Jean et Jeanne Dalpue     33
b. "    "  Marie                     35
.
     Can someone explain the number in the right hand margin? I am
guessing it may be the day of the year, but am not sure.
     Any light that you can shed on these mysteries would be greatly
appreciated.
     Just a note: I have started using a Family History Center in the
Raleigh, NC area, and would heartily recommend it. The people are
very helpful.       Thanks;   Paul Quintin
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Date:         Fri, 11 Sep 1992 11:00:54 EDT
Reply-To:     Doc <DOCOTTLE@UKCC.UKY.EDU>
From:         Doc <DOCOTTLE@UKCC.UKY.EDU>
Subject:      Jon and Jno

A few months ago there was considerable traffic re census taker's use of
abreviations.  I can't name the source now but I found a reference that
specifically stated the following:

              Jno = John

              Jon = Jonathon (or Jonathan)

I had heard of Johan and Johanno but failed to link them with John.

Along these lines, does anyone know how Jack came to be a nickname for
John?  If that nickname had been used for John Crapper (inventor of the
flush toilet) we might be going to the Jack instead of the John!
                                                                  Doc

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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 15:59:00 EDT
Reply-To:     JWD@PSUVM.BITNET
From:         JWD@PSUVM.BITNET
Subject:      Confederate POWs

Is there an easy way to find out about someone who was a POW held by the
Confederates in the Civil War?  My family tradition has that Dennis Cavanaugh
was such a POW but I don't know his unit or even what state he may have
been from.  How would I go about finding him?

Jim Dunn
BITNET: JWD at PSUVM
INTERNET:JWD@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
Researching DUNN, PARKER, MCNELIS, BYRNE, BURNS, WALSH, CAVANAUGH
      LAVIN, CARNEY, PETTIGROVE, HORINE, PELHAM, MEARS, FRESHNEY,
      MONARCH, MEEHAN, DUNLEAVY, AND CARR.
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Date:         Sat, 5 Sep 1992 17:24:51 -0400
Reply-To:     "Helmut J. Jungschaffer" <usr9428a@TSO.UC.EDU>
From:         "Helmut J. Jungschaffer" <usr9428a@TSO.UC.EDU>
Subject:      C"SR help
Comments: To: roots-l@vm1.nodak.EDU

Reply to: usr9428a@tso.uc.edu

I have a great-uncle born in Rudolfstadt/Rudolfov near Budweis/C.
Bude"jovice before 1886, name of Mathias Jungschaffer.  He was a
teacher for a short time, then quit and married a Rosenkranz in
the Egerland/Cheb area.  They had a transport business there "Spedition
Jungschaffer & Rosenkranz".  He died in the 1920's.  Nothing is known
about his wife's family, the business, whether he had children etc.
I suspect some family trouble since his wife's family could have been
Jewish and this marriage might have been disapproved of by the catholic/
conservative rest of the family.
Does anybody have any suggestions how to go about tracking this family
without knowing the exact location?
Thanks,
Helmut Jungschaffer
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From: lincoln@rand.org (Tom Lincoln)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Re: Legal position of current genealogy
Date: 13 Sep 92 21:10:55 GMT
Organization: RAND Corporation.

In article <920912220338.234015a0@VAX2.UTULSA.EDU> "(MELODIE SANDERS)" <MES@VAX2.UTULSA.EDU> writes:
>
>       Kem Luther <kem@CSRI.TORONTO.EDU> wrote:
>> In genealogies I have (self) published before, all of the players were
>> dead.  In this one, about a third of the people (out of about 1500) are,
>> I suspect, alive.
>>
>> What are the legal implications of this?  I certainly see enough genealogies
>
>There are at least two privacy laws that I suspect the Church is using
>as a basis of their decision, the privacy act which closes the census
>records and the privacy act which allows students to close their
>records to "outsiders" in higher education.

The Federal Privacy Act of 1974 and amendments applies to federal
government data bases only. Thus states sell their motor vehicle lists
and do other brazen things. For a good (but a bit overly dramatic)
book on the subject see: "Privacy For Sale: How Computerization has
made everyone's life an open secret" by Jeffrey Rothfeder, Simon and
Schuster 1992 $22.00 or lurk on comp.society.privacy or comp.security.misc

There are numerous more scholarly works by Alan Westin at Colombia
University. You are at no particular risk from the tassle loafers
association (Trial Lawyers Association:-) for sharing information, but
the concerns are real.

I don't know the scope of the record limitations for higher education.
But, contrary to good policy, the Univ. of Southern California uses
our Social Security Number on our ID card.

Tom
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Date:         Fri, 11 Sep 1992 14:18:33 PDT
Reply-To:     Tom Lincoln <lincoln@IRIS.RAND.ORG>
From:         Tom Lincoln <lincoln@IRIS.RAND.ORG>
Subject:      Much ado about Scotch...
Comments: To: Roots-L@vm1.nodak.edu

>Whiskey is Scotch, People are Scottish or Scots!
>
>Regards,
>
>Dick Schoenling
>Clan Dunbar (Mom's side of the family)
>a.k.a.   dtracy@bnr.ca

But the Scotch-Irish are the Scotch-Irish... full of spirit, but
that ain't a couple of whiskeys!

Tom   "I knew Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln was a relative of mine...
      ... and Brand X, you ain't no Abraham Lincoln!"

Clan McGreggor (Mom's side of the family)
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From: jdboer@sol.UVic.CA (Johan deBoer)
Subject: The name Sikkenga
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. CANADA
Distribution: roots-l
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 23:18:43 GMT

Hello,
Has anyone ever come across the surname Sikkenga? It is a Dutch name,
probably from the North (Friesland). I am interested in occurrences in
the US, Canada and perhaps Australia and New Sealand.
Thanks
Johan de Boer
jdboer@sol.uvic.ca
From: Deon.Strydom@p16.f1.n7104.z5.fidonet.org (Deon Strydom)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Tiny Taffel...
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 92 07:33:38 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 5:7104/1.16 - The Catalyst BBS 1, Port Elizabeth

In a message of <Sep 05 14:27>, Tom Lincoln (5:7104/2) wrote to All:

 TL> I have tried to post this TT to fidonet... but I guess I have 
 TL> been
 TL> unsuccessful. Would some kind soul do it for me??

Hi Tom,
I've crossposted it, PLUS I added it to my TMS.  A match report on the 4 surnames requested is on it's way via Email.

Groetnis (=cheers)
Deon


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From: wiggins@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Don Wiggins)
Subject: Re: Buffalo Creek, WV
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 00:17:35 GMT

THE GAR <GLWARNER@SAMFORD.BITNET> writes:

>The town I am looking for is Buffalo Creek, Brooke Co, VA.  (Which
>I believe is not WV, but I don't know.)  I don't know if the books
>listed below refer to the CREEK or the TOWN.

I don't know anything about Buffalo Creek, but Brooke County is now in West
Virginia.  It's located in the narrow strip on the northern side of the
state that runs along eastern Ohio.  My family (the Wiggins part) moved 
from there to Ohio in the early 1800s.

My local library has some books on the history of Brooke County.  If you'd
like additional info, let me know.

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 |Don Wiggins                         |            _Researching_        |
 |306 East Franklin                   |       WIGGINS, STALEY, HALL,    |
 |Fisher, IL  61843-9440              |       BIRKHIMER, MCINTIRE,      |
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Date:         Tue, 8 Sep 1992 15:19:00 CDT
Reply-To:     Harry Gardiner -- psychology <GARDINER@VAX2.WINONA.MSUS.EDU>
From:         Harry Gardiner -- psychology <GARDINER@VAX2.WINONA.MSUS.EDU>
Subject:      GARDINER Tiny Tafel

N Harry W. Gardiner
A RR 5, Box 23
A Winona, MN 55987-9700
T (507) 452-3618
S IN%"gardiner@vax2.winona.msus.edu"
Z 11 GARDINER
F652 1855 1909 Francis
G635 1822 1975 Gardner\Antrim Co. IRE
G635 1822 1975 Gardiner\Antrim Co. IRE
G620 1860 1914 Gregg
K500 1839 1909 Kane\Derry Co. IRE
L532 1853 1895 Landzettle
M255 1842 1842 McMullen\Ireland
P324 1832 1915 Patchell\Derry Co. IRE/Indiana
S235 1877 1901 Stanton\New Jersey
T512 1892 1940 Thompson\England
W320 1840 1883 Woods\Ireland
W  7 Sept 1992
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Date:         Wed, 9 Sep 1992 10:04:02 CDT
Reply-To:     CHRISTINE MAJORS <CMAJORS@UNMCVM.BITNET>
From:         CHRISTINE MAJORS <CMAJORS@UNMCVM.BITNET>
Subject:      O'FEARNA/FEENEY/JOHN FORD THE DIRECTOR

John Ford, the famous director was indeed an O'FEARNA.  O'Fearna is the
Irish version of the name FEENEY.  John Ford was born John Feeney and
changed his name to Ford (due to prevailing prejudices against the Irish,
I believe).  Movie buffs may also be familiar with Frank Ford, the actor,
who was John's brother and had minor roles in some of John Ford's films.

John Ford (Feeney) was my father's mother's first cousin.  Which makes him
my first cousin, twice removed.  I wish I could say I was acquainted with
that famous side of the family, but I'm not.  My grandmother (John Ford's
first cousin) died before I was born.  She was born in Ireland and lived
in Portland, Maine where my father was born and where Feeneys live today.
In fact, I have Feeneys on both sides of the family, because my mother
Mary Greene is a cousin of a Feeney who married my father's sister Margaret
Majors.

The Feeneys are from County Galway, Ireland.  My parents went to Ireland
last year and visited my grandmother's birthplace and even visited some
cousins who still live there.  My father is the family geneologist and
has lots of info on the Feeneys, including John Ford.  He has no bitnet
connection, but would be happy to correspond with anyone interested in
the Feeneys.  Anyone interested can email to me (cmajors@UNMCVM.BITNET).

Tom, MELVYL sure is impressive.  I was going to call my father long-distance
to check the spelling of O'FEARNA, but thanks to you I don't have to.

Christine Majors (CMAJORS@UNMCVM.BITNET)
Computing Services
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
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Date:         Wed, 9 Sep 1992 22:33:00 EDT
Reply-To:     Peter MacDonald <PMACDON@UNC.OIT.UNC.EDU>
From:         Peter MacDonald <PMACDON@UNC.OIT.UNC.EDU>
Subject:      Meaning of Nickname "Doak"
Comments: To: roots-l@VM1.NODAK.EDU

My g.g.uncle named Angus MacDonald, born on the
Isle of Lewis, Scotland, around 1855, somehow acquired
the name Angus "Doak."  He was known by this by his family
as well as by the community of Scotstown, Quebec where he
lived after emigrating in 1875.

I have looked up the word "doak" in the OED where I found the
words "hollow" "impression" "dimple" and other such words.
I also checked the Scottish language Dictionary and to my
amusement found the meaning "stupid booby."

Is anyone familiar with the word "doak" as a nickname for a
person?  Is anyone familar with other meanings of the word?

Grateful for any leads, I am

Peter
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   QUEBEC>MI    SOUTH DAKOTA  ILLINOIS    PENNSYLVANIA.
   MacDonald    Bohlmann      Friend      Prosser
   Matheson     Feldhohn      Clapper     Peckham
   Hewitt       Felton        Garrett     Cottle
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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 10:18:43 CDT
Reply-To:     Candy Wilmot <UNETCCW@UICVMC.BITNET>
From:         Candy Wilmot <UNETCCW@UICVMC.BITNET>
Subject:      Old-time alphabetized lists.

 New Hampshire has a statewide index to vital records that is alphabetized
 by the first and THIRD letters of the surname.

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