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From: lincoln@rand.org (Tom Lincoln)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Re: Zachary Taylor - Again
Date: 30 Sep 92 14:25:37 GMT
Organization: RAND Corporation.

In article <01GPDZTWKKYA8WXZ63@VAX1.ACS.JMU.EDU> FAC_DBOYDRUS@JMUVAX.BITNET writes:
>While we are all thinking Zachary Taylor I have a Zachary Taylor.....
>family sources say he was the second cousin of the president. I know nothing
>about his ancestry other than this.  Suggestions would be much appreciated.

You might start with Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of
America, London, Burke's Peerage Limited 1925. I believe that this
gives fairly broad coverage of the immediate families (but no Jefferson Davis
here!!)

Tom

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From: cmackay@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Carol MacKay)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Homestead Photos-Canada
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 16:24:43 MDT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada

I discovered that aerial photographs of Canadian homesteads are available 
from the Energy, Mines & Resources branch of the Canadian Government.  
You simply send the land desciption along with the year the homestead 
would have been in existence (and the years that you are interested in).  
If they have photos for that year or land description they will send a 
price list and photo samples so you know what you'll be getting!  I 
haven't a general cost estimate to give you since I'm waiting to hear 
from them.  However, I have spoken to someone who has used the service 
and said the prices were "within reason".  Send your Canadian Land 
Descriptions to:  Energy, Mines & Resources Canada
                  Earth Science, Surveys and Mapping Branch
                  615 Booth Street
                  Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0E9
                  Attention:  W. Voller, Acting Chief,
                              National Air Photo Library.

Just thought I'd pass this info on...

Carol MacKay              cmackay@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
From: Steve.Hayes@p5.f22.n7101.z5.fidonet.org (Steve Hayes)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: What is a direct ancestor?
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 17:03:00 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 5:7101/22.5 - Novell User Group, Pretoria RSA

On <23 Sep 1992 22:09> Tom Lincoln said to All :

 TL>3) Lincoln's rule of chromosomal uncertainty says: "In about 10  
TL>generations
 TL>we are related to about 1/2 of our ancestors genetically... and 
 TL>we don't
 TL>know which ones.. except our mother's mother's mother's 
 TL>mothers....
 TL>and quite possibly our father's father's father's... but there 
 TL>is about
 TL>a 5% error rate in established communities and in some large 
 TL>port cities
 TL>a 30% error rate... per generation on the father's side... 
 TL>so...

Certainly your father's father's father's father if you're male - where else 
do you think your Y chromosome comes from?




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From: saw@hallc1.cebaf.gov (Stephen A. Wood)
Subject: GEDCOM utilities for LDS IGI
Organization: Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
Distribution: soc.roots
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 03:37:05 GMT

For the person who was looking for utilities to work with GEDCOM files
from LDS family history centers, there is a program that might be of
interest if the GEDCOM files came from the IGI (internation genealogical
index) database.

The program is called igi25535.  It is a program that will import a GEDCOM
file from the IGI and spit it out in some more readable form.  I don't
think it will help for extracts from the Ancetral File.  The IGI program
is available via anonymous ftp from hallc1.cebaf.gov with the pathname

/genealogy/paf/igi25535.zip

(igi25535 is not really a paf utility.  You don't need PAF to use it.  I
guess I put it in the paf directory since PAF is an LDS product and the
IGI is an LDS database.)

				Steve Wood
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From: fr@compu.com (Fred Rump from home)
Subject: a question on TT
Organization: CompuData Inc.
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 01:10:14 GMT


I noticed when I made the tiny tafel with BK that only direct ancestor 
relationships are included. Siblings of ancestors, ie those who have a common 
ancestor are not. Or did I do something wrong? I used my grand-daughter as 
the person to start from.

Just what are the rules for who is in the TT?

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From: U47543@uicvm.uic.edu (Kim Savage)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Tafel file
Date: 5 Oct 92 22:07:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: uicvm.92279.170719U47543
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago

N Kim I. Savage
A 6715 W. 85th St.
A Burbank, Illinois 60459
T (708) 233-9106
S Internet U47543@uic.edu
S America On Line: Kimivy
C 150/O/
F ibm

Z 5 GREEN V4 P
B420 1785 1823 Boyles/IN
C145 1815 1845 Copeland\NC/Jackson Co, IN
G650 1823 1898 Green\Conway Co, AR/Scurry Co, TX
S120 1875 1918 Savage\Llano Co, TX/Moriarity, NM
Y520 1842 1876 Young\TN/TX
W  5 Oct 1992


KIM SAVAGE     U47543@UICVM.CC.UIC.EDU
6715 W. 85TH ST., BURBANK, IL 60459
SEARCHING: ALFORD, BENHAM, BOYLES, COPELAND, GREEN, HAMBROCH, KITCHELL,
LACKEY, LONGLEY, PALMER, SAVAGE, STONE, TITTLE, VICKER, WEINER, YOUNG
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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 14:06:00 EDT
Reply-To:     JWD@PSUVM.BITNET
From:         JWD@PSUVM.BITNET
Subject:      Dunn TT

N James Dunn
A 212 E Irvin
A State College, PA 16801
T 814-238-2122
S BITNET jwd@psuvm
S INTERNET  jwd@psuvm.psu.edu
D /IBM/
F Brother's Keeper 5.0
Z 122 Brother's Keeper  MP
A352 1583*1821*ADAMS\Devonshire, Eng/Ludlow, VT
B652 1852*1952*BURNS\County Donegal, Ireland/Greeley, NE
B650 1853*1953*BYRNE\County Donegal, Ireland/NY
C514 1811*1921*CAMPBELL\County Donegal, Ireland/County Donegal, Ire
C550 1861*1986*CANNON\County Donegal, Ireland/Greeley, NE
C650 1804*1804*CARNEY\County Mayo/Lake County, IL
C600 1789*1789*CARR\County Donegal, Ireland/County Donegal, Ireland
C152 1831*1831*CAVANAUGH\County Carlow/County Carlow
C523 1595*1851*COMSTOCK\England/Andover, NY
C626 1774*1774*CORCORAN\County Mayo, Ireland
C552 1831*1831*CUNNINGHAM\County Donegal, Ire
D515 1850*1974*DONOVAN\Clonmel, Tipperary, Ire/Greeley, NE
D541 1800*1800*DUNLEAVY\County Donegal, Ireland/County Donegal, Ireland
D500 1831*1988*DUNN\County Sligo, Ireland/Lake Forest, IL
F200 1354*1884*FISKE\Laxfield, Suffolk, England/Shelburne, MA
F625 1803*1803*FRESHNEY\Lincolnshire, England/Lincolnshire, England
H635 1772*1772*HARTNETT\County Mayo, Ireland
H120 1636*1705*HOOPES\England/PA
H650 1821*1927*HORINE\England/Huron, SD
L500 1800*1947*LAME\NJ/Philadelphia, PA
L150 1802*1844*LAVIN\County Mayo, Ireland/,Lake Co., IL
L160 1769*1877*LEVER\London, England/Andover, NY
M200 1565*1900*MASSEY\Chester, England/Chester Co. PA
M254 1815*1955*MCNELIS\County Donegal, Ireland/Greeley, NE
M254 1815*1955*MCNELIS\County Donegal, Ireland/PA
M300 1799*1835*MEADE\/Philadelphia, PA
M620 1800*1829*MEARS\London, England/London, England
M500 1800*1830*MEEHAN\County Donegal, Ireland/County Donegal, Ireland
M562 1828*1858*MONARCH\Boston, Suffolk, MA/Boston, Suffolk, MA
M425 1801*1801*MULLIGAN\County Sligo, Ireland/County Sligo, Ireland
P626 1726*1985*PARKER\Lincolnshire, Eng/Hamlin Co, SD
P450 1800*1828*PELHAM\Kent, England/Kent, England
P562 1674*1743*PENROSE\Bristol, Cornwall, England/PA
P625 1725*1909*PERKINS\/Philadelphia, PA
P326 1800*1859*PETTIGROVE\Kent, England/London, England
R152 1714*1820*ROBINSON\Dublin, Ireland/Chester Co. PA
T460 1480*1703*TAYLOR\Clatterwich, Cheshire/Chestre Co. PA
V453 1717*1821*VALENTINE\Ballybrumhill, Linster, IR/Philadelphia PA
W420 1814*1981*WALSH\County Kilkenny, Ireland/Spalding NE
W340 1810*1845*WOODALL\Delaware/
W 18 Sep 1992


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,
      CANNON, DONOVAN, MONARCH, MEEHAN, DUNLEAVY, AND CARR.
also  LAME, PERKINS, COMSTOCK, FISKE, ADAMS, ROBINSON, PENROSE,
      and MASSEY but less actively.
From: laura.mckenzie@the-matrix.com (Laura Mckenzie) 
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: LMCK'STAFEL
Date: 2 Oct 92 13:57:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The MATRIX BBS - Birmingham, AL - 205-323-2016
Reply-To: laura.mckenzie@the-matrix.com (Laura Mckenzie) 

N Laura McKenzie
A 213 Ridgewood Dr
A Trussville Al 35173
D /IBM/
F Brother's Keeper 5.0
Z 45 Brother's Keeper  MP
?000     :     ?
B240 1805:1805 BASWELL
B650 1720:1970 BROWN\Ireland???/Newark,Ohio
B650 1775:1775 BRYAN\Ireland/VA/PA/NC/KY
B255     :     BUCHANAN\KY
C550 1656:1656 CANNON\VA
C600 1797:1797 CAREY\NY/VA/KY
C200 1723:1723 CHEECK\PA
C620 1753:1753 CROUGH\KY
D620 1655:1655 DE RYCK\NY/PA
D520     :     DENNIS\KY
E363 1800:1800 EDWARDS\KY/Cherokee?
E560 1720:1720 EMORY\PA/NC/GA
F622 1782:1782 FERGUSON\Ireland/VA/KY
F650 1596:1596 FRAME/England/VA
F653 1829:1829 FRIEND\KY/VA
H543 1795:1795 HAMILTON\Scotland/VA/KY
H400 1794:1820 HILL\VA/KY
H200 1692:1692 HOGUE/VA/NC
I410 1760:1760 ILLIF/VA/KY
J525 1765:1765 JOHNSON\VA/KY
J232 1625:1984 JUSTICE\England/VA/NC/KY
K350 1765:1765 KEETON/VA/KY
K300     :     KEITH
L200 1699:1699 LAUX/NY/PA
L523     :     LEMASTER\France/VA/KY
M254 1797:1797 MCMEELEY\VA/VA
N140 1720:1720 NEVILLE\PA/VA
O216 1800:1836 OSBORN\KY per census/KY
O216 1836:1836 OSBOURNE\KY/KY
P416 1798:1798 PELFREY\Va/KY
P416 1764:1823 PELPHREY\Cumberland Co VA (Bristol?)/
P412     :     PHILLIPS\KY
P623 1761:1761 PRESTON\Bedford Co VA/Bedford Co VA
S530 1780:1780 SMITH\NC/KY/VA/OH/WV
S612 1943:1943 SURFACE\Charleston,Kanawha Co,WV/Charleston,Kanawha
Co,WV
T230     :     TACKETT
U525 1770:1770 UNKNOWN
V525 1655:1835 VAN HOESEN\Ft.Orange Albany NY/Floyd Co KY
V520 1835:1835 VAN HOOSE\Floyd Co KY/Floyd Co KY
V526 1723:1835 VAN HOOSER\Claverack,NY/Floyd Co KY
V525 1607:1835 VAN HUSUM\Schleswig-Holstein,Duetschland/Floyd Co KY
V556 1618:1618 VAN NOORSTRAND
V250 1761:1761 VAUGHAN\VA/KY
W452 1720:1972 WILLIAMS\/Morgan Co
W 25 Sep 1992
                                                                                                                             
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    Please add my name & address to your genealogical info mailing list.

    I would appreciate receiving, or being point to, any background
    information you may have online in this subject area.

    Is there a NEWS bulletin board?

    Thank you.

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Subject:      Greetings,
Comments: To: roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu

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Husband's Name:  Gerhard Henry SCHULTE
----------------------------------------------------------
Born: 1804; Place: Duchy Of Oldenberg
Died: 10 Jan 1871; Place: Meire Grove, Minn
Bur: ; Place: Meire Grove, Minn

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Wife's Name:  Elizabeth METTENDORF
----------------------------------------------------------
Born: 1807; Place: Duchy Of Oldenberg
Died: 10 July 1878; Place: Meire Grove, Minn
Bur: ; Place: Meire Grove, Minn

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Children...
----------------------------------------------------------
1.  F Child's Name:  Catherine SCHULTE
Born: 1837; Place: Duchy Of Oldenburg

2.  F Child's Name:  Mary SCHULTE
Born: 1839; Place: Duchy Of Oldenburg

According to the passenger lists, the Schulte family said they were from
Steinfeld, a village in the Duchy of Oldenburg, located about five miles south
of Dinklage.   The overland journey to Brake, a small city on the Weser river
twenty miles north of Bremen, was forty-five miles.  The "Gerhard" left Brake,
and arrived in the port of New Orleans on 12 nov 1856.  (Germans to America -
Lists of Passengers arriving at U. S. ports. Vol. 10, Jan 1856 - April 1857)

The family included were Gerhard, age 52 years, his wife Elizabeth, age 49
years, and six children. These were Catherine 19, Mary 17, Bernhardina 16,
Lizetta (Elizabeth)13, Henry, 11 Wilhelmina 8.  They said that their
destination was the state of Iowa.

Where the family lived between 1856 and 1860 is unknown, but is reasonable to
suppose that they traveled up the Mississippi River.   However, in the U.S.
census of 1860, the family is recorded as living with other households in New
Vienna, Dubuque Co., Iowa.  Where the parents and the two oldest girls were at
this time is not known.

The family traveled to Stearns county and Meire Grove area before the Minnesota
census of 1865, where Henry and Mina were stilling living at home.  They either
traveled by riverboat to St. Paul, or by a stage line, which was established in
1855.   It is likely that the two oldest girls married in Iowa and never moved
to Minnesota.

...

This is pretty much a huge shot in the dark, but does anyone have a Catherine
SCHULTE or a Mary SCHULTE marrying into any family after November 12, 1856 in
the areas between New Orleans, New Vienna(IA), perhaps Cincinnati(HamiltonCo.)
and Minnesota?  I would settle for hearing information regarding any Catherine
or Mary that you have no last name for that would fit the time frame or age.

Thanks, Darrell

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From:         Cliff Manis <cmanis@CSOFTEC.CSF.COM>
Subject:      GENEALOG: New File, embassy1
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From:         Cliff Manis <cmanis@CSOFTEC.CSF.COM>
Subject:      Re: What kind of certificate is this?
Comments: To: dko@cs.wisc.edu, "(Genealogy Information)" <ROOTS-L@VM1.NoDak.EDU>

Reference part of this message:

The following is was given to a family at the birht of the
child - they were living overseas, and the parents probably worked for
the State Department.

I worked for the State Department for 14 years, and have one of these
for each of two of my children.

They are similiar to a passport, but the child would also have
a passport.

Hope this helps some..  Cliff Manis


> From VM1.NoDak.EDU!ROOTS-L Sun Oct  4 22:32:04 1992
> Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 01:10:35 GMT
> Reply-To: dko@cs.wisc.edu
> From: "(David Olsen)" <dko@CS.WISC.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: What kind of certificate is this?
P
>
> In article <1992Oct4.190822.777@ra.msstate.edu>, mark@walt.CS.MsState.Edu
 (Mark
> Rauschkolb) writes:
> |> I have the following certificate.  What would it have been used for?
> |> Would this be for going out of the country, or would there be a need
> |> for it around the US?
> |>
> |> I also have a Citizenship paper for this individual.
> |>
> |> ---------------
> |>              good only for two years from date
> |>
> |>              United States of America
> |>              Department of State
> |>
> |>              To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting:
> |>
> |>              I the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of
> |>              America hereby request all whom it may concern to permit
> |>              Diedrick Hinck a citizen of the United States safely and
> |>              freely to pass and in case of need to give him all lawful
> |>              Aid and Protection.
> |>
> |>                 Description
> [ description deleted. ]
> [etc., etc.]
>
> The first paragraph is very similar to what is currently written inside
> U.S. passports.  I would assume that this certificate is the equivalent
> of a passport.  (There is a desription rather than a photograph because
> I doubt there were Fotomats on every corner in 1894.)
>
> --
> David Olsen				University of Wisconsin
> dko@cs.wisc.edu				Department of Computer Sciences
>


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Date:         Sat, 26 Sep 1992 15:25:00 GMT
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Subject:      re: O'Rourke, Rorke, Roark etc...
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Julie Monk Nott <str008@ukcc.uky.edu> writes:
>In a family tree written by my grandmother...my g-grandmother's maiden
>name was Roark, her father's name was Roark but then his father's name
>was written as O'Rourke...could someone tell me why this is ... or
>maybe I have some foreign roots... if so what nationality is O'Rourke?
>I'm a novice at this, so please forgive ...

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_Ulster Surnames_ by Robert Bell, Belfast, 1988, says about the name Rourke:
ROURKE (also O'ROURKE)
Rourke is among the 100 most common names in Ireland but is much less
numerous in Ulster than in Leinster, where it originates.  The name is in
Gaelic O/ Ruairc, "descendant of Ruarc", a Gaelic version of the Norse
Hrothrek, meaning "honour, praise".
	The O'Rourkes were one of the great princely families of Ireland.
The Kingdom of Breffny was long disputed between them and the O'Reillys.
Indeed the territory was, in the tenth century, divided into Breffny
O'Rourke (west Breffny) and Breffny O'Reilly (East Breffny).  In 1565
Breffny O'Rourke was made Co. Leitrim by Sir Henry Sidney.  However, at
their height the O'Rourkes controlled an even larger territory extending
from Kells in Co. Meath to Drumcliffe in Co. Sligo.  The O'Rourke's main
stronghold was Drumahaire on Lough Gill.  In the period after the
Cromwellian settlement many became distinguished soldiers in Europe,
particularly in Russia and Poland.  Joseph O'Rourke, Prince O'Rourke,
was general-in-chief of the Russian Empire in 1700.
	In Ulster the name is now most common in the south, particularly
Co. Cavan.  Many of the name have retained the O' prefix and its use is
increasing.  Other forms of the name include O'Rorke, Rooke and Rorke.
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_The Surnames of Ireland_ by Edward McLysaght, Dublin, 1978 says:
(O) ROURKE: O/ Ruairc.  One of the two great septs of Breffny.  The family
is not of Norse origin though Ruairc is from a Norse personal name.  Irish
exiles of the name were prominent in Russia, Poland, Austria and France.
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Gerry Mulvenna (osg1688@v2.qub.ac.uk)
Belfast, Ireland