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From:         "Tom Cunningham, Computer Science Department" <TPC@IUP.BITNET>
Subject:      Pontiac or Dearborn, Michigan

Hi:

     Can anyone help me with any information on the following individual?
Hopefully someone could check these names or addresses in the appropriate city
directories.

        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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Subject: Martin Luther and Famous Ancestors
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 19:02:18

I did some checking today regarding possible LUTHER sources in your area and suggest that you contact Pacific Lutheran College in Tacoma. The phone is 206-531-6900.  A possible person to talk to would be Beth Kraig, professor of History.  If she does not have the data, she should know someone who does. If all else fails, drop me anote.

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From:         "Robert J. Behnen" <AD38%NEMOMUS.bitnet@ACADEMIC.NEMOSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Evang Church Records in Silesia
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Fellow Rooters:

Although I have found several hints and leads through FHC's, I was
unable to find Evangelical Church records for Wueste Giersdorf Kreis
Waldenburg Schlesien.  I have found only catholic church records through
the FHC.

According to an old red wax seal on the birth certificate I possess, the
evangelical church was in Nieder Wueste Giersdorf under the
administrative purview of Schweidnitz.  I did find some evangelical
church records for Schweidnitz however the time span was well before the
period I needed, namely 1826.

QUESTION: How do I locate or find the evangelical church records for
Nieder Wueste Giersdorf near Waldenburg and administratively under the
evangelical church in Schweidnitz?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bob Behnen
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Subject: Counting Chromosomes
Date: 11 Jan 93 13:54:00 GMT
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Joe Knapp (jmk@cbvox.att.com) indicated an interest in seeing a table
of "how many chromosomes one could expect to have in comomon with a sibling,
parent, Nth cousin Mth removed, etc."
In terms of chromosomes as specific "bodies" one can conclude only two
statements:  (1) an individual inherits 23 from the maternal side and
23 chromosomes from the paternal side; and (2) if the individual is a
male, the Y chromosome as been inherited, probably fairly well intact,
with apparently little change, from the paternal side, in a straight
line on the paternal side, i.e., father, grandfather, g grandfather, etc.
The reason that one cannot say with certainty that one inherits a specific
number of chromosomes from each grandparent is that in the process of
formation of gametes, homologous chromosomes often exchange genetic
information.  For example one specific chromosome (of a pair) that was
inherited from the mother may have a portion for the maternal grandmother,
and the remainder from the maternal grandfather.
Consequently, a better question may be similar to the following:  how much
genetic information "one could expect to have in common with a sibling,
parent, Nth cousin Mth removed, etc."    The answer to that question and
the availability of a table that answers such questions is best left
to a population geneticist, and my references are incomplete on that
point.  If I find something, I'll post later; in the meantime the above
should answer some questions, perhaps raise other questions, and knowing
the expertise of members of this group, may even produce some disagreement.
If the latter is true, please post.....
Jim Freed, Delaware, OH  (I teach "general" genetics at the undergraduate
level).
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----------------------------Original message----------------------------
It was my understanding that all FHC's which provide FamilySearch do
so on an IBM PS/2 -- not a compatible, not an AT, but a genuine IBM.
I understood that this was official LDS Church policy with regard to
the use of PC's in FHC's.

If anyone knows whether any of these statements are not true, would
you please bring them to my attention?  I'm a volunteer at my local
FHC, and this is what I've been telling people.  I'd like to be sure
I'm not steering people wrong.
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Brian:

I have used FamilySearch at the Oakland, California, FHC, where, until
a few months ago, the only FamilySearch machines in use were four
Epson 386 clones with both 3.5 inch and 5.25 inch diskette drives.
They recently added some IBM PS/2 machines; I don't recall whether
they have 5.25 inch add-on drives attached or only the built-in 3.5
inch ones.

David

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From: jlc5f@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Jean L. Cooper)
Subject: more questions
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 14:51:20 GMT

I just got a microfilm from the LDS library here in
Charlottesville,VA.  The info. is very interesting, and
potentially useful--the names are correct from what infor-
mation I already have, but the dates are off by about 
20 years.  Supposedly this information was taken from 
several different family Bibles (finding those is 
another problem), so it should be accurate.  But the
info was gathered in the 1920s.  I guess I have a number
of questions:

1) How far should I trust this LDS info?

2) How does one go about locating family Bibles that
one has heard about?

3) How carefully did people in the 18th and 19th centuries
mark their birthdays?  (I can see how an agrarian culture
could be relaxed about remember the "exact" year in which
someone was born, and report it to the census taker
incorrectly by a year or two at various times.  But I don't
know if that actually happened.)

Thanks for any help or speculation you can give.
--
Jean L. Cooper    (BITNET: JLC5F@virginia.edu   CIS: 70253,1114)
"The true University of these days is a Collection of Books." 
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From:         JMFREED@CC.OWU.EDU
Subject:      Children of first cousins
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Christopher Munnelly indicated that I was "Off Base" when I indicated
that children of my first cousin were first cousins once removed.
I meant it to state that children of my first cousin were first cousins
once removed TO ME.  I have been in the genealogy business for over
20 years and know that children of first cousins are second cousins to
each other.  The problem, in the general society as I have heard
uninformed individuals discuss the issue is that they call "Second
cousins" those which genealogists call first cousins once removed.
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.
THANKS.
From: David_L._Carson@MTS.RPI.EDU
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Subject: Chickens
Date: 6 Jan 93 06:02:08 GMT
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Hi Richard Pennell,

You wrote

<<: 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. . .>>

Previous discussion had just made the point that HENKLE/HINKLE were
common as diminutives of the German word for Chicken.

Fred Rump punned by inserting the name of the famous German Champagne
(Wiesbaden) HENKEL TROCKEN, i.e., produced by the Henckel family. The
name means Henckel's Dry.

My pun refers to the Champagne as Dry Chicken and to Ribbentrop, Hitler's
first foreign secretary who attained position and money thorugh marrying
a daughter of Henckel and who then falsely assumed the knightly title
VON.

CHEERS!

David L. Carson
userGP45@mts.rpi.edu
From: davidson@ac.dal.ca
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Subject: Re: Illegal Church Marriages
Date: 6 Jan 93 18:08:59 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

In article <3286603@MTS.RPI.EDU>, David_L._Carson@MTS.RPI.EDU writes:
> In this country preachers are usually licensed by the state or county to issue
> certifications of marriage--except in some cases.
> 
> Mennonite ministers in PA traditionally held no such license.  That is why
> many Mennonites also got married in civil ceremonies or in services in other
> churches.
> 
> Are there other denominations which have experienced the same problem?
> 

I don't have the exact dates handy but for a time, in Nova Scotia, only 
clergy of the Established Church (Anglican [Episcopal]) could legally 
perform marriages. 

I'm not sure how it worked with dissenters. I don't think enforcement was 
particularly strict.

For this reason, almost all the marriage license records that exist are for
Anglicans. 

Jonathan Davidson

DAVIDSON@AC.DAL.CA
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada

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Subject:      Files

Are there any files available for download from this listsserv
dealing with our favorite subject?
From: lincoln@rand.org (Tom Lincoln)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Re: Illegal Church Marriages
Date: 7 Jan 93 01:07:50 GMT
Organization: RAND

In article <1993Jan6.180859.9933@ac.dal.ca> davidson@ac.dal.ca writes:
>In article <3286603@MTS.RPI.EDU>, David_L._Carson@MTS.RPI.EDU writes:

>I don't have the exact dates handy but for a time, in Nova Scotia, only 
>clergy of the Established Church (Anglican [Episcopal]) could legally 
>perform marriages. 

>I'm not sure how it worked with dissenters. I don't think enforcement was 
>particularly strict.

>For this reason, almost all the marriage license records that exist are for
>Anglicans. 

This may resolve a problem that I have been truning over in my mind for
some time:

Why would a marriage be registered in Maryland (civil registration) at
the same time that a child's birth was registered to parents of the same
name? Are these the same individuals or not? Or is it a coincidence?

I suspect that they are the same, and that they had married in the
church (probably far from the county seat) some time before.

Before 1800, did the dates given tend to be the dates of registration,
dates of birth, or dates of marriage? (We know that baptismal dates can
vary a great deal, depending upon custom.

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From:         "C. Norman" <NORMAN@MACALSTR.EDU>
Subject:      Eponymous names
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I found out over the weekend that I have a ggg grandfather named Govenor [sic]
Shelby Atkins, b. 1810.  Never heard of him until Saturday.  My guess, given
his residence in Indiana, where there is a Shelbyville, is that he was named
after Governor Isaac Shelby, first governor of Kentucky, 1792-96, 1812-16.

How common was it in the 19th century to vive people such eponyms?  William
Faulkner's Colonel Sartoris Snopes comes to mind as a prototype from fiction,
but my impression is that it was fairly common.

Other examples?

Any insights, knowledge of Shelby Atkins?
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Subject:      CHICKEN LOVERS
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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.

Cheers!
 A
 CUFF;
 BISSON
 (BEESON);BURNS;
 BOILEAU;CARSON;COOK;                      DARRAGH
(DARRAH);DORADO;ECHTERNACH;FEREE;GREGER(GREGAR,KRIEGER)>>
 HUBER;LEFEVER;LEWIS;LOESER; LUKENS;MCDOWELL;SCHIETER)
 (SHEETER);SCHIETZ(SHEETZ); TANEY;(TEANY);WIKER)
             (WEICKER);WILLIAMSON. . . . . . .)dave carson)>>>
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Subject: Test
Date: 5 Jan 93 20:56:29 GMT
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  This is a test article......

Paul Wright
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Date:         Mon, 4 Jan 1993 10:00:00 LCL
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From:         KitchenRN@SSD0.LAAFB.AF.MIL
Subject:      Re: England Q: recording shire
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MFITZGIB <M.Fitzgibbons@SHEFFIELD-HALLAM.AC.UK> writes:
>There are many counties in the UK with the name ending in shire, but not
>all counties are the same.
>e.g.:-  Yorkshire  Derbyshire.  A county without a shire ending would be
>Avon for instance.
 ^^^^

Far be it from me, who isn't English, to disagree with an Englishperson
regarding English shires, but are you *sure* that Avon is a county/shire?

BTW, in the discussion of Lincolnshire, it should be noted that Lincolnshire
is also divided into administrative regions, similar to the ridings of
Yorkshire.  There are three, I believe, but I can only remember the names of
two of them: Kesteven and Holland.  What's the name of the third divison of
Lincolnshire?
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KitchenRN@SSD0.LAAFB.AF.MIL writes:

>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?


In 1880 a "census" (actually a listing) of everyone living in
the Indian Territory was taken (by the Cherokees, I think,
and submitted to the U. S. government).  It does not break the list
into family units (but the ordering seems to imply the
units).  Beside each name is given their age and whether they
are native indians (and which tribe), or "adopted white" or
"adopted black."  The listing is organized by districts within
the territory.  I don't recall the name of the book,
but the Texas State Archives (genealogy section) has a copy
with their census index hardcopies.

Hope this helps!

N. Shirlene Pearson
pearson@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu
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From: (Joseph D. Barrus)
Subject: re:      Re: U.S. Federal Census forms
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:17:18 GMT


In article <Pine.3.05y.9301070915.A24195-b100000@carson.u.was>     Lisa Oberg <lisanne@U.WASHINGTON.EDU> writes:
>I believe that there are copies of census forms in appendix of _Unpuzzling
>Your Past_ by Emily Anne Croom.  It was published prior to the release of
>the 1920 census so it doesn't include those column headings.
>
>      AUTHOR: Croom, Emily Anne, 1943-
>         TITLE: Unpuzzling your past : a basic guide to genealogy / Emily
>                Anne Croom.
>       EDITION: 2nd ed.
>     PUBLISHER: White Hall, Va. : Betterway Publications, c1989.
>   DESCRIPTION: 184 p. : ill., map, port. ; 28 cm.
>         NOTES: Includes index.
>                Bibliography: p. 116-119.
>      SUBJECTS: Genealogy.
>                United States--Genealogy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
>
>On Thu, 7 Jan 1993 dkortenk@UWSPMAIL.UWSP.EDU wrote:
>
>>         Does anyone know of a genealogy reference book that has blank Federal
>> Census forms with headings for the various Census years?   These could be
>> photocopied and used to record information while looking through the Census
>> microfilms.

The shareware genealogy program Family Scrapbook (avaliable on
hallc1.cebaf.gov  \genealog\programs) has ASCII versions of the census
forms which you can print and take with you.

JDB

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Subject: Tiny Tafels
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 11:17:22

 JLC> I'm using PAF 2.2 on an IBM clone.  PAF will make an Ahnentafel
 JLC> for me, but how do I get it to make a Tiny Tafel?

 Look for the PC program GED2TT.EXE.  It converts a GEDCOM file input to an TT output.  You can make a Gedcom file from within most genealogy programs, including PAF.


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From: kathleen@casbs.Stanford.EDU (Kathleen Much)
Subject: Re:      Dolly Madison & Patrick Henry
Organization: Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 01:07:03 GMT

In article <Pine.3.03.9301011415.B23521-a100000@Alice-Thurman.tenet.edu> Carmen Antoine <carmena@TENET.EDU> writes:
>We are seeking information on the descendents of these two people (the
>immediate two generations). Letters in our possesion establish that a lady
>named Payne was a niece or great niece to Dolly Madison.

There are Payne genealogies extant; check Melvyl.  There are also
several books on Virginia genealogy that should include the Paynes.  I
think one of them is called _First Families of Virginia_; it is in the
Clayton Library in Houston, among other places.

A generation or so after Dolley Madison (note the 'e' in Dolley),
there was a notable bishop (I think Methodist, but maybe Anglican)
named Payne.  One of my collateral relatives married his brother.
_The Genealogy of the Beale Family 1399-1956_ by Frances Beal Smith
Hodges (1956), p. 64: "Lucy [Lucinda P.] McCarty md Dr. R.A. Payne,
brother to Bishop Payne."  I don't have any more info on the Paynes,
but if you can find the Hodges book, it might.  It too is at Clayton
Library. 
------------------
Seeking ACTON, BAILEY, BALL, BEALE, BEAUMAN (BEAUMIER), BILLINGTON,
BOBO, BRAKE, BRITTAIN (BRITTON), CALVERT, COLSTON, CORGAN (CORRIGAN),
EVERENDEN (EVERDEN, EVENDEN, EVERNDON), FERREE (FERIE, FIERRE, FIRE,
FIERE), GRIFFIN, HARM, HARWAR, HEWITT, KENNERLY, LEATHERWOOD, LEE,
LEFEVRE, McCARTY, McQUEAD, MUCH, MURFIN, MUSGROVE, PILGRIM (PILGRAM),
POPE, SAUERWEIN, SONTAG, TARRANT, TAVERNER, TERRY, UNDERWOOD,
WAREMBOUR (de WARENBUR), WEGMAN, WOODRUFF, YERBY.




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From:         VIVIEN HICK <HICKC89@IRLEARN.UCD.IE>
Subject:      NATURALIZATIONS -OREGON, 1891
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Dear Rooters,
Can anyone help with the following query?
How can I get access to information on the naturalization of Jethro Switzer of
Courtmatrix, County Limerick who was born c. 1866 and emigrated to USA - probab
ly Oregon?
Vivien Hick
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From: wiggins@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Don Wiggins)
Subject: Re: Title of ensign
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:29:41 GMT

Joe Price <price@PHYSICS.ISU.EDU> writes:

  >The term 'sergt' was in front of some other names.  I assume that this
  >meant that they were in some milita organization.

Most likely an abbreviation for "sergeant."

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 |REED, COWDEN, ELSON, ALBIN, JENKINS, GREENTREE, PREBLE, TEAGARDEN,    |
 |HUNLEY, (and for my wife): CHANCE, PARK, MUNRO, BRANDON, DIETRICH     |
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From:         Don Logan <dlogan@MGH.COM>
Subject:      Peacham, Vt.
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I have found 'Peacham, the Story of a Vermont Hill Town' by Ernest L. Bogart,
Vermont Historical Society, 1948. It has an index of names, which I will be
happy to check for anyone interested.
* Logan Roberts Smith Lentz McClellan Mayberry Gummer  *
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* Don Logan
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