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I am passing this along from genhumor list. So true!
Virginia Ewing-- vewing(a)ktc.com
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> From: Mona J HOUSERby way of Genealogy Records Service
> To: genhumor-l(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: [GenHumor-L] Murphy's Laws for Genealogists
> Date: Friday, January 09, 1998 8:53 PM
>
> Hi,
> I found this on a web page, and thought you'd enjoy it! You
can probably
> relate personally to several of these. =(
>
> Mona in MO
>
> MURPHY'S 12 LAWS AS APPLIED TO GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
> 1. The family you are looking for will be on the last
page of
> the unindexed (of course) census film that you check.
> However, if you begin at the end of the roll, they
will be on
> Page 1.
> 2. The microfilm that you have diligently searched
page-by-page
> will have an index at the end.
> 3. All of your spouse's ancestors will be mentioned in
county
> histories. None of yours will be.
> 4. If you need just one record, the microfilm will
have page
> numbers. If you need 3 or more records, there won't be any
> page numbers and the records will not be in proper
order.
> 5. The book you need most will be out being rebound.
> 6. You will need item 23 on a microfilm roll that has
22 items.
> The rest of the film is continued on another roll that will
> not be in the drawer, and the librarian will tell you
that it is
> "missing, and presumed lost."
> 7. Just before the entry you need, the records will
end. They
> will begin again two years after the date you need.
> 8. If one brother is left out of the genealogy of a
family,
> guess whose ancestor he will be?
> 9. If there is a family history on one branch of the
family --
> it won't be yours.
> 10. When you finally find the microfilmed probate
records of
> your missing link to a rich and/or famous line, the book will
> be so tightly bound that you can only make out the
first two
> letters of the name of the one who MAY be your ancestor.
> 11. The researcher you hire to read the original
records at the
> courthouse will inform you that only the particular
> probate packet you need is missing.
> 12. During the last hour of your trip to the Family
History
> Library in Salt Lake City you will find everything you've
hunted
> all week for, but you won't have time to copy it.
>
>
>
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I have had a letter from a subscriber who is getting a lot of
spam and thinks it must be because of subscribing or posting to
the list.
I would like to assure you that I never give out addresses of my
subscribers. I have ask that subscribers not forward posting or
private letters without the permission of the sender, and I have
asked that you not cc to private addresses when you send a post
to the list. That is because the addresses of every person to
whom you sent the message will be included in the heading of the
letter when it reaches the list. If you want to send it to
others do so in a separate mailing.
This is done to protect the privacy of others. It may not be
important to many of you, but to some it is very important that
their address not be sent
.
I would also like to point out that letters are owned by the
person writing the letter and not the person receiving it. You
do not have the right to forward someone else's letter without
their knowledge or permission. Sometimes it does no harm, but it
is always better to ask first. And it's just good manners.
You do have permission to repost anything I send to the list but
would ask you not to forward letters I have sent in private back
to the list. You can certainly forward them to anyone you think
would be interested in the information I provide.
I do not know if the rest of you are receiving Spam but I am not.
I do not feel the addresses are being picked up from the list.
It is unlikely that companies would subscribe to these small list
to gather names when there are so many larger list to chose from,
but it is possible they could be picked up when messages are
reposted to other list.
Spam is unwanted ads or any mailing sent out to thousands of
addresses as junk mail is sent to our snail mail addresses. They
are sent by companies that are hoping to sell you something. It
is my understanding if you reply to the message in any way you
have verified they have reached a correct address and your
address will be passed along as with the snail mail companies.
I am not an expert but picked up the above information from
reading letters and instructions sent to the listowner's mailing
list.
Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator,
soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L
suggest we:
>>>snip-----
visit places like
http://www.rootshell.com/
and pick up tools for denial-of-service attacks. Even a little
Windows box can pretty much kill a spammer's mail or Web server.
>>And it works.
Snip-----
Virginia Ewing-- vewing(a)ktc.com
listowner for ASHLEY, CAVIN, GOBER, & PERRY
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Hi,
I was searching Ancestry Hometown and the catalog for the Library of
Congress genealogical books.
I came across these descriptions of the same book.
Hope it helps some of you.
Selma
TITLE: The genealogical record of George and Elizabeth Caven, immigrants
from Ireland, and pioneer settlers in Springcreek Township, Miami County
[microform].
AUTHOR(S): Hill, Leonard Uzal, 1886- (Main)
PUBLISHED: [Piqua? Ohio? : s.n., 1949?]
DESCRIPTION: 45 leaves ; 28 cm.
NOTES: Call number of original: CS71.C368 1949. Master microform held by:
DLC. Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication
Service, 1986. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
LC CALL NO.: Microfilm86/5688(C)<<BR>FORMAT: Book [Microform]
LCCN: 86-128114
TITLE: The genealogical record of George and Elizabeth Caven, immigrants
from Ireland, and pioneer settlers in Springcreek Township, Miami County
[microform].
AUTHOR(S): Hill, Leonard Uzal, 1886- (Main)
PUBLISHED: [Piqua? Ohio? : s.n., 1949?]
DESCRIPTION: 45 leaves ; 28 cm.
NOTES: Call number of original: CS71.C368 1949. Master microform held by:
DLC. Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication
Service, 1986. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
LC CALL NO.: Microfilm86/5688(C)<<BR>FORMAT: Book [Microform]
LCCN: 86-128114
Hello to all my CAVIN Cuzzin's!
Sláinte! Dia Dhuit! Ath-bhliain faoi mhaise duit agus gura fada buan
thu. OK, OK, I'm just showing off...I know, I know. What I "said" is
To Your Health! Hello! A prosperous New Year and a long and healthy
life to you. Thanks to B. Meyer for some of the phrases and thanks to
others and other places that have had similar phrases shown. When I
say, what I "said", I mean that I couldn't any more pronounce some of
these Gaelic phrases any more than I could swim to Ireland. Wish I
could do both.
Well, back to what we are all here for: Genealogy. I am reposting my
CAVIN query to the list since there may have been some new-comers to the
list (I hope) and to refresh in any ones mind my line of CAVIN's.
CAVIN - I am seeking any information about the CAVIN family in
Spartanburg Co., SC (or other counties of SC),Gaston Co./Iredell
Co./Rowan Co./Alexander Co/Lincoln Co. area of NC. I have found
descendants in the Spartanburg, SC area along with descendants in the
Mount Holly, McAdenville, Stanley, Gastonia area of NC. I would love to
have correspondence re. CAVIN's in other areas of SC or NC or elsewhere.
My g-g-g-Grandfather is ROBERT CAVIN, born around 1775 (?) in Co. Cavan,
Ireland and immigrated to the US in the late 1700's to early 1800's and
settled near Hiddenite, NC early 1800's(?). He was married to the
former Miss SUSAN (SUSIE) HAYNES. Children include: ZIZA GATES CAVIN,
SALLIE CAVIN, WILLIAM H. CAVIN and ROBERT WINSTON CAVIN.
I think that my g-g-g-Grandfather, ROBERT CAVIN, may have entered the US
through PA (BUCKS Co.?) before settling in NC, but I have no proof of
this. Being the stubborn Irishman that he could have been, he probably
swam over from Ireland, for I have yet to locate him or any other of my
CAVIN's on any Ship's Passenger Lists on the Internet. Help!
For any of you who have visited my Home Page at FTM, I just updated it
today (03 Jan 98). The URL Link Name has changed, however. Just click
on the URL Link below my signature and it will take you to the updated
version. For some reason, instead of over-writing my old Home Page,
like I thought it would, it left the old one intact and created an
entirely new one and named it as shown below. Should I have deleted the
old first, before creating the new one? Anyone have any suggestions as
to how I can get rid of the old one? If I try to delete the old Home
Page, FTM tries to delete the new one.
Sorry, I kind of got wound up here. Didn't mean for this to be so long
winded. Slån go foille (bye for now)!
Best Regards,
Cuzzin' Les C - cavin(a)charlotte.infi.net
Please visit my Home Page at:
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/a/v/Les-D-Cavin-NC/
"Friends: People who know you well, but like you anyway"
As requested, this is my Cavin ancestry. I am from Naoma/Naomi Cavin
1804-1852. She was born in OH and died in Green Co, KY. The vital
records list her parents as Thomas and Hannah Cavin. There are a David
and a John Cavin listed in the Green Co area who are of the right age to
be her brothers. They were both born in OH, too. Hannah's maiden name
might have been Harlow, but I am not sure since I have only one piece of
evidence to suggest that. Records indicate that she, Hannah, was born in
VA abt 1776. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Mike
Vance
Hi,
Seeking information on Sarah and her parents Alexander and Sarah CAVEN.
Sarah was b. March 1753. She md abt 1774 to Richard SNEATH. It is not
known when she arrived in America or if her parents came here. Richard
SNEATH
was born in Londonderry, Ireland. Perhaps they came on the same vessel or
were
married in Ireland. They lived in Aston Twp, Del. Co. Pa in 1777 and in
Middletown in 1779.
She died in Delaware Co. Pa between 1811-1820.
Is anyone working on Pennsylvania CAVENS?
Selma Bonewald 203 Harmont Rd Waterford, Wi 53185 jbonew(a)setnet.net
HAPPY NEW YEAR
While you are making those New Year resolutions make one to
leave a little part of you behind for the your children, grand
children, etc.
How often have you wondered what life was like for your
grandparents? What they did as children, who where their
friends, what was their happiest memories? How many times have
you asked a question and been told, 'so and so knew all about
that but they have passed on now and they NEVER WROTE ANYTHING
DOWN.
Many of us are now trying to remember stories told to us as
children, forgetting major details, and wishing we had paid more
attention. Even if you do not have children, there will be
someone, in the days to come, who will treasure any written words
you care to leave behind, be it a daily Journal, a life history,
or just the comments on the times and events you have seen in you
lifetime.
My friend has a journal left from a long ago relative. Each day
he recorded what he did that day and it was usually the same
thing he did the day before and the day before that. He got up,
he worked in the fields, and he went to bed. She treasures that
book because it gives an insight to the man an the time in which
he lived.
You don't have to be the 'Hero of the Hour' or some great
leader to be of worth in the eyes of the world.
Resolve this year to leave a little bit of you to those you love.
A daily journal may be a little much for some people, but a
weekly, monthly or even a yearly record is still a way of sharing
your life.
Writing your life story is not as hard as it may sound.
For those of us who have moved around a lot, recalling the place
where we were living will help call up old memories. Keep a
little notebook and jot down notes as the memories pop up, put
them in order later.
I know there are things you would want your grandchild to know
but they may not be in the mood to listen now.
Write it down, and some day it will be one of their most
treasured processions.
My husband's uncle wrote his memoirs, shortly before he died.
He had walked behind a covered wagon as his family moved from
Kansas to Wyoming. If told of growing up in Sundance Wyo. in the
early 1900s.
That book has been enjoyed by all the family members and many
people that had no connection to the family at all.
You may think you have nothing to tell but you have lived through
some of the most exciting times in history. Many of us remember
W.W.II. I was a child but recall my Uncles all returning safely.
We saw a President shot down, was part of Civil Rights
movement, saw the world connected by computers. I was even
around before TV.
Each of us have a story worth telling. Start now to leave a
gift to the world that only you can give.
Virginia Ewing-- vewing(a)ktc.com
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