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system: You are Carol Gaiser, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Anne Forrest about "Butler Co., PA".

They wrote:
AF>who later moved to Butler County PA and ultimately died there.  The
AF>History of Butler County has John Nixon arriving in Butler County in
AF>1812.  The US Census has his daughter Elizabeth Nixon (of whom I am

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assistant: Your message caught my eye because I have Quaker ancestors from NJ and
PA, and my husband has ancestors from Morris Co., NJ and Butler Co., PA
I was wondering if you know that there are several books which might be
called "History of Butler County:"
1) History of Butler County (1895) by Robert C. Brown
2) History of Butler County (1883)
3) Combination Atlas of Butler and the State of Pa. (1874) by G. M.
Hopkins
4) 20th Century History of Butler and Butler Co. (1909) by James
A. McKee
5) History of Butler County in 2 volumes (1927) by Chester H.
Sipe.
These books are available on microfilm.  There is also a Butler County
book which was published this winter.  One of these books may give John
NIXON's previous residence.
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system: You are William Gehling, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Terry Barker about "new sites".

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assistant: The listings in the Mpls. white pages business section are under
"Church of Jesus".  The genealogy library number is 544-2479.
system: You are William Gehling, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Eric Curtis about "new sites".

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assistant: I have three numbers for Anoka, building 421-6740, stake 425-7375, ward
421-8346.
system: You are William Gehling, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Duane Vincent about "Crystal/Anoka/Columbia Heights".

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assistant: Crystal is much bigger and hence is both further north and further
south than Columbia Heights.  The cities are essentially on the same
parallel.
system: You are Jean Halverson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Newsletters".

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assistant: To all,
     I have read on this echo about various newsletters concerning certain
surnames. Is there a way to find out about these _other_ than through the
internet? I do not have internet access but I have an email address where
I could recieve such newsletters.
Thank You,
Jean Halverson, email - jean.halverson@ratznest.reg19.fidonet.org
... Researching: ALLEN (KY),HENLEY (AL), HOBBS (TN), RICHARDSON (IN)
system: You are Jean Halverson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "My Tiny Tafel".

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assistant: This is my tiny tafel.
N Jean Halverson
A 1005 N. Anglin
A Cleburne,TX 76031
A email - jean.halverson@ratznest.reg19
A .fidonet.org
T 817-556-2648
D 3/msdos IBM/
F Cumberland Tree
R Roecker,Halverson,Lystul,Austinson,
R Henley,Hobbs,Watson,Allen, info
R greatly appreciated
Z 36 Tiny Tafel Editor v2.00
A450 1926*1926 ALLEN\East Bernstadt,Laurel,KY/KY
A363 1819*1944 ATHERTON\Ballard,KY/Akron Ohio
A235 1848*1848*AUSTINSON\Telemark Parish,Norway/Telemark Parish,Norway
B360 1825*1825.BOYTER\England/Georgia
C234 1817*1945 CASTLE\KY/Hillsboro,TX
D120 1820*1894 DAVIS\KY?/Willis,Marshall,Indian Terr
F236 1820*1820*FOSTER\Illinois/Illinois
H520 1910:1910 HAINES\Johnson Co.,Ky/KY
H416 1844*1995 HALVERSON\Telemark Parish,Norway/Cocoa,FL
H553 0000*1875:HAMMONDS\KY/KY
H536 0000*0000 HENDRICKS\KY/KY
H540 1885*1885 HENLEY\Bexar,Marion,AL/AL
H120 1857*1924:HOBBS\Elkmont,Sevier,Tenn/Hillsboro,TX
H000 1827*1827 HOWE\Unknown/Unknon
H220 1801*1848 HUGHES\Massachussetts/Virginia
L235 1800.1800.LAUGHTON\unknown/unknown
L234 1885*1885*LYSTUL\Rushold,Wisconsin/WIS
M250 1820*1820*MASON\KY/KY
M120 1900*1900*MAVIS\WIS/Wittenburgh,WIS
M143 1825*1825*MAYFIELD\AL/AL
M600 1785*1872 MOORE\North Carolina/Carthage,Jasper,MO
N550 1838*1838 NEWMAN\KY/KY
P620 1820*1820 PRICE\VA/VA
R534 1780*1849:RANDOLPH\VA/Johnson Co.,KY
R200 1900*1900 RHYS\Scotland/Scotland
R200 1900*1900 RICE\Scotland/Scotland
R263 1923*1945 RICHARDSON\Buena Vista,Franklin,IND/Hamilton,Butler,OH
R162 1824*1850 ROBERSON\Marion Co.,AL/AL
R260 1917*1917*ROECKER\Germania Township,Wisconsin/WIS
S640 1850*1850 SHERRILL\Sevier Co,Tenn/TENN
S415 0000*1924:SULLIVAN\KY/KY
T560 0000*0000 TANNER\KY/KY
T520 1780.1780.THOMAS\South Carolina/South Carolina
T653 1780*1780*THORNTON\VA/VA
V525 1827.1827.VINCENT\England/England
W325 1858*1858 WATSON\Elkmont,Sevier,Tenn/TENN
W 31 Mar 1998
Jean Halverson
email - jean.halverson@ratznest.reg19.fidonet.org
system: You are Betty Wilson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "lost person".

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assistant: Greetings all,
Query for a friend
  Can anyone help with information on a Frederick A. Clapshoe or
Clapshaw who was born in England 22/ 7 / 1897 Was sent to canada on 22
april 1909 on S. S. CARSICAN age 11 years, from St. Mary's Orphanage
West Grinstead, West Sussex, England.   We believe he died of pneumonia
in 12/ 3/ 1915 or 1918 in Canada.   Any help would be appreciated or
contact with anyone researching the name CLAPSHOE in England.
          Regards, Betty.
system: You are C&A Bland, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jan Hassebroek about "NEW SITES".

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assistant: we are seeking siekbert seidenspinner renner fox on my side and bland diamond
barker jones (yikes) on my husbands side
system: You are Jim Venedam, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to William T. Mcclain about "Spelling".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting William T. Mcclain to Richard Reeks <=-
RR> But do you want to get information from people that can't spell
> genealogy correctly????
WTM> Since they didn't have word processors, spell checkers and all
> that kind of good stuff back in the 18th century it was "writ by
> hand." The name of our family member was mentioned about three
> times in the document and was spelled differently in each instance.

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assistant: It turns out that it isn't only Sears & Roebuck that's been
mangling my name thru the ages. In going back thru the records,
I've been finding relatives named Veendam, Vanadam, Venadam,
and the newest spelling, on an 1822 marriage of Fanadham.
Jimvee
... Searching for VENEDAM   VANADAM   BROUSSARD - Nova Scotia
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system: You are Anne Forrest, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Carol Gaiser about "Butler Co., PA".

They wrote:
CG> 1) History of Butler County (1895) by Robert C. Brown
CG> 2) History of Butler County (1883)
CG> 3) Combination Atlas of Butler and the State of Pa. (1874) by G. M.
CG> Hopkins
CG> 4) 20th Century History of Butler and Butler Co. (1909) by James
CG> A. McKee
CG> 5) History of Butler County in 2 volumes (1927) by Chester H.
CG> Sipe.
CG>
CG> These books are available on microfilm.
CG> There is also a Butler County
CG> book which was published this winter.
CG> One of these books may give John
CG> NIXON's previous residence.
CG>

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assistant: Carol, many thanks for you kind observation of my message.  Yes, I
indeed forgot to mention it was the 1895 Edition of the History of
Butler County from which I was quoting.  Thanks for pointing the list
of other publication out to me, I was not aware of all of them.
re:
Also thanks for the information regarding this new book.  I will look
for it once I return North (I'm presently in Florida but reside in
Beaver County PA - the county adjacent to Butler Co.)  I will plan a
trip over to the Butler Library upon my return.
Since you have relatives on both your husband's and your own family
which might be of interest to me, I was wondering if you would share a
list of these family surnames with me.
Again thanks for caring enough to share the above information with me.
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system: You are Anne Forrest, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jerry Murphy about "Thanks for info".

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assistant: Many thanks for the info you sent on John Nixon.  I will give it a
thorough look over to see if anything appears to fit.  I know it must
have taken alot of time and effort on your part to compile it for me
and I am most grateful.  Have been having difficulty with my mail
packets so sorry in the delay in sending this.  Again much thanks.
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system: You are Marianne Montgomery, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Conrad Bullard about "Bullards n. eng.".

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assistant: I will send her your e-mail in case something happened.  I believe she will
answer.  Tell her that Marianne sent you her address.  If she knows that I
sent it, she may respond, because she's always insisted that if I need a
favor, she owes me.
I'll send her your address this eve.
Marianne
system: You are Marianne Montgomery, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "CT. BROOKS".

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assistant: Looking for a Thomas BROOKS from Windham Co., CT.  He was born in mid 1600's
Where??  He died in 1704 in Canterbury, CT.  His probate lists:
Mary Northrup
Obediah Johnson, husb. of his dau. Rebecca.
Ann/Hannah Follet or Pollet
and Patience, still single?
I can't find a Thomas BROOKS in Windhom County.....unless Canterbury isn't in
Windham County.......if not, I'm looking in the wrong county.
Is there anyone out there who  is descended from
1. Thomas BROOKS  (he may have been born in Woburn, MS
2. Obediah Johnson  b. 1664 in Woburn d, 1722 Canterbury.
      (He married Rebecca in Canterbury)
There was a Henry Brooks who lived in Woburn.  He didn't list a son, Thomas
in his will.  So biographers since then have named his children according to
his will!!!  This happens often, I suppose  most of you could name an example
of a child not being named in a will.  So does that mean that there was no
son of that name?  Of course not. It COULD mean that, but it could also mean
that a missing name in the will had already gotten his/her share and so is
not mentioned in the will?
Any other reasons?
Marianne
system: You are James Davis, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Vaughn Ballard about "BALLARD, COMMANDER".

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assistant: Hello Vaughn,
     Have you ever heard of John J. Ballard who was in Leake Co., MS in 1860?
 He had some Commander kids living in his home.  Had a recent correspondent
ask about him.  I found just a little.  The kids may have been Jospeh P.
COMMANDER 1835-1862 or his brother Robert James COMMANDER 1829-1890 (who died
I think in Tyler, TX.
     I forgot what lines ;you had written me about so I'm just guessing that
you might know about this and that you were on FidoNet.
James R. Davis, Sacramento, CA
answer me here or at james.davis@treknet.omnibbs.com
system: You are William T. Mcclain, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jim Venedam about "Spelling".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Jim Venedam to William T. Mcclain <=-
-=> Quoting William T. Mcclain to Richard Reeks <=-
RR> But do you want to get information from people that can't spell
> genealogy correctly????
WTM> Since they didn't have word processors, spell checkers and all
> that kind of good stuff back in the 18th century it was "writ by
> hand." The name of our family member was mentioned about three
> times in the document and was spelled differently in each instance.
JV> It turns out that it isn't only Sears & Roebuck that's been
JV> mangling my name thru the ages. In going back thru the records,
JV> I've been finding relatives named Veendam, Vanadam, Venadam,
JV> and the newest spelling, on an 1822 marriage of Fanadham.

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assistant: Yep, the correct spelling of genealogy is the least of our worries.
Nowadays there are lots of people who can't spell even the most common
words. <G> Good luck in finding your ancestors.
... Cheers!                    -Mac-
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system: You are Jim Schira, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Joyce Brown about "New Virginia Cemetery".

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assistant: Last November, you mentioned you'd consider making a trip to the New
Virginia Cemetery to take some pictures in the spring.  I guess it's spring.
Are you still available?
system: You are Robert Ainsworth, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Wanda Guin about "Surnames-Britain".

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assistant: Mormon Family History Centers have what is known at the Family History
Library Catalogue.  It is loaded with sources of information as you would
expect from any library card catalogue.
You can search in all of England, or a portion of England.  One source will
be vital records, another will be newspapers, and another will be obituaries.
Perhaps others on this echo will have other ideas.
system: You are Cheryl Singhal, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jerry Murphy about "Packet".

They wrote:
JM>CS> Solomon is listed in the Acceptable Patriots lists.  I'm told the line
JM>CS>still "good", which means there are no shadows of doubt on it.  If the
JM>CS>has been proven in the past couple years, it'll be
JM>CS>easier for her than if it
JM>CS>was last proven in 1940, that's all.
JM>The descendant of one of Solomon's brothers wrote a book on the family. In
JM>the process of doing his research, he found payroll rosters
JM>from the KY Militia, where it proved that Solomon and his
JM>brothers rode on several Indian alarms, including
JM>expeditions into (now) southern Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
JM> They are also enumerated in "the Illinois papers" of
JM>George Rogers Clark's activities.  Solomon's headstone is a
JM>government-provided one.  Solomon's daughter Ann married
JM>John MURPHY in 1818; he and her brothers were in the same
JM>military company during the 1812 war in Ohio.  The LAWRENCE
JM>and MURPHY families farmed adjacent land once they removed
JM>to Indiana.  That is all pretty well documented. Going back
JM>in time from them is a monster though!
JM>CS> Well, now, that's real research, Jerry. <G>  You might touch base with
JM>CS>WILSON one of the moderators of this group; he has
JM>CS>kinfolk down in Botetourt
JM>Thanks for the suggestion.  Don?  Are you eaves-dripping here?
JM>CS> My hubby and son swapped the old half-gig HD for a 2.1gig jobbie
JM>CS>last week, and I'm still beating it into submission
JM>A mere 2.1 GB?  How quaint!  :)  I all-too-clearly remember the joy I had
JM>when my Radio Shack Model 1, nearly 20 years ago, suddenly
JM>got a new 5 MB HDD attached.  That supplemented the 4 360KB
JM>floppy drives. That was high cotton!  Only a few weeks
JM>later, they brought out a 15 MB HDD for it, and I had to
JM>have it.  The machine I have now has a 5 GB for the main
JM>and a 540 MB for the swap file and temps.  I feel the
JM>crunch and am budgeting for a couple 8 GB HDDs.  That might
JM>hold me over a year or so.
<G> Ah, yes, "No one will ever need more than 640K".
JM>CS> You know, I've been typing Lakewood, Ohio a lot lately in my Cresap
JM>CS>data-entry.  I may ask you if you know a couple folks.
JM>I owe you, so I'll be looking forward to it.  FYI, Lakewood is on the near
JM>west side of Cleveland, from West 117th to about West 185

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assistant: i
li
I'll get a letter off to you.
D
          Long story.
Oh, goodie, I can ask about Cleveland, too! <G>
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system: You are Wiley Jarrell, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Coleman".

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assistant: We are looking for additional information on the following:
   Family Edge Plus       Individual sheet for Mary COLEMAN
 ====================================================================
  FULL NAME: Mary COLEMAN
       BORN: of, Lunenburg Co VA.
    SPOUSES: M:John COX before 1758.
   LOCATION: living 4 Jan 1758 Halifax Co VA.
     FATHER:
     MOTHER:
   CHILDREN: John COX (1758-1832)
             Mary COX (    -    )
 If anyone can add, subtract, or change any of the data listed above
 please advise.  If anyone has any questions about any of this data
 feel free to ask!
... Wiley A. Jarrell      e-mail address:  wjarrell@phoenix.net ... 15610
Edenvale, Friendswood Tx 77546, home phone:  281-482-3671 ___ Blue Wave/DOS
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system: You are Carol Gaiser, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Anne Forrest about "BUTLER CO., PA".

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assistant: My ancestor had a brother, Peter Boyer KELCHNER, b. 1832 in Turbot,
Northumberland Co., PA.  He may be the P.B. KELCHNER in the Butler Co.,
PA histories.
My husband's ancestors were early settlers in Butler Co: Thomas
McCLEARY, and Edward GRAHAM.  Female lines include QUIGLEY and WILSON.
Collateral lines on the GRAHAM side are: CONWAY, STEWART, and WEEMS; on
the McCLEARY side they are: CAMPBELL, MOORE, GRUAR, NEYMAN and AULT. The
time frame would be abt. 1790-1865.
One of the history books says that the GRAHAMs had previously resided in
Westmoreland and Northumberlands Counties.  I don't know where the
McCLEARYs lived previously.  I am not researching the collateral names I
mentioned.
Are you working on any of these families?
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system: You are Scott Scheibe, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jess Coleman about "Re: Your WOODs".

They wrote:
JC> Scott, I ran through my book on Samuel WOOD and his descendants for
JC> your names. I did not find even one in the book! But I did find a
JC> That may rule out your John HUNT, b. 1802. If you want a copy of that
JC> page (294) I will be happy to send it on.

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assistant: Regarding, "Re: Your WOODs ", JESS COLEMAN wrote to SCOTT on 29 Mar 98 ...
Hi Jess,
	Oh, well.  With so many names in common I was hoping there would be
a match.
	Pretty much rules it out.  We know John's father was Joel but don't
know any more about him. Thanks for trying.
                             D. Scott Scheibe
                         dsscheibe@earthlink.net
Searching: (first six generations of eleven partially found)
ALDRICH, ANTHONY, APELT, BAUM, CHURCH, FRAZIER, GARDNER, HAMMOND, HENNIG,
HUNT, KELLY, KISSELL, LEIN, MANLEY, MC CLOUD, MC GINNIS, MEYER, MOORE,
MOSLEY, MYERS, NANCE, RIECHE, SCHEIBE, SCHUMAKE, SHAW, SOUTHERN, WALKER,
WESTBROOK, WOODWARD
... Genealogists never quit, they just go to another branch!
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system: You are Howard Merrill, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jerry Murphy about "Merrill.zip".

They wrote:
JM>Surprise, Howard!
JM>I now have a very recent file on my system which is called MERRILL.ZIP
>appears to be a collection of all sorts of anecdotal data relative to a
>one-name search on that name.  It is 65 KB in size.  I'm pretty sure you
>yet have it; I'm equally sure you'd like to have it!
JM>I can put it on your 3.5 inch floppy or QIC-80 tape, but I have no other
>send it.  My system is Windows 95.  What say you?
JM>If you'd care to share your gedcom, I'll share mine in return.
JM>My mailing address is below.
JM> the Jerry Murphy in Lakewood, Ohio, USA

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assistant: hat
don
way
Jerry:
We would be very interested in your MERRILL.ZIP file. We will send you
a blank floppy.
Before we returned the WFT vol 2 to our friend from which we borrowed
it, we copied off the Poage Database [900+KB]. [FTW2-2696]. It turns
out that both the Poage and Cloyd data that I refered to are in the
same database. We can include a floppy with this data. Are we correct
in assuming that you have Family Tree Maker?
You asked about a sharing our GEDCOMs. We have our direct Merrill line
on FTM and would be happy to share it as either a GEDCOM or as a FTW
file.
Does fact that you have the MERRILL.ZIP file mean that you have
Merrills in your line? If so, from which Merrill immigrant are you
descended?
Most of our Merrill database [40,000+ males] is still on hard copy, not
yet having the time to sit down and plug it all into the computer (or
completely trusting the long term stability of magnetic/electronic
media). We write the query column for the MERRILL NEWSLETTER, homepage:
http://pw2.netcom.com/~lilhall/merrill.html
Hoping to hear from you.
Howard and Jean Merrill, 5045 Sequoia Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70814
Howard
system: You are Bill Bowman, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Genealogy message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Filson".

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assistant: Ella Filson married A Swift in NYC abt 1893. Son Lyman Swift born late 1895
in NYC.
Any info on this family would be welcome.
Bill Bowman
wbowman@megalink.net
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