At 08:51 AM 12/31/98 -0800, you wrote:
Hi Jerri,
Snail mail isn't dead, some people still use it. For instance, JUNO
doesn't allow us to get GEDCOMS and whoever you sent your CASTEEL Gedcom
to, may not have had an e-mail program that accepts them. I know mine
doesn't. Dont give up on him, or her. Maybe they have an Internet mail
program that accepts them.
Just a thought,
Mariannae
PS, How about sharing on line some of your CASTEEL treasures? For
instance, can you find JOHN CASTEEL, b.
1778 in Greenbrier County in that Gedcom. ?
The gedcom file was sent TO me, not FROM me, and I couldn't read it.
Since then, I went to the FTM web site and downloaded a newer version
of their "viewer", and am now able to read the file.
The BEST news is that the file DOES have the info I was seeking, and
extends my CASTEEL line back 2 generations to hook into SHADRACK
CASTEEL. I had already found Shadrack in my research, as some of his
other children married into my DeWITT line, but I didn't have this
particular connection. Now I'm hoping to make email connection with
the sender for sources.
The closest I could find in the gedcom file to your John Casteel of
Greenbrier Co is a John b abt 1776 Prince Georges Co, MD.
Parents are given as Machack and Catherine Casteel of Prince
Georges Co, MD.
I don't have very many CASTEEL treasures yet, but will gladly post
what I have.
"Genealogy of Some Early Families in Grant and Pleasant Districts,
Preston County, West Virginia", by Edward Thorp King, Genealogical
Pub Co, 1977.
page 176: Casteel, Nathaniel b 8 Jul 1819, d 31 Mar 1883,
age 63y 8m 23d, Albright Cem, Portland District
page 214: Casteel, Shadrick b 6 May 1853, d 28 Feb 1911
"A History of Preston County, West Virginia", by J.R. Cole, 1914, vol 2.
page 881: Tax List of Personal Property, 1803
Castile, Jeremiah
1850 Census Preston Co, (West) Virginia
1042/1042 Casteel, Nathaniel 32 M laborer MD
, Phebe 33 F VA
, Solomon 10 M VA
, Harrison 8 M VA
, Sarah 6 F VA
, Elizabeth 4 F VA
, Jonathan 2 M VA
, Margaret 4/12 F VA
1408/1408 Casteel, Thomas 47 M cabinet maker VA
, Mary 38 F PA
, Alpheus 16 M PA
, Bellinda 13 F PA
, Louisa 10 F PA
, Sarah 6 F PA
, Anna Bell 4 F PA
Everything else I have on the CASTEELs has already been posted
on this list or the USGenWeb.
Thanks Everyone!
Jerri
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