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----- Original Message -----
From: "Laura Chushcoff" <pinkya(a)gte.net>
To: <OREGON-TRAIL-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 10:48 PM
Subject: FUNERAL RECORDS AT MAPS.YAHOO.COM
> Listers,
> Funeral records are a great source information. Write the funeral
directors
> in the area of your search. To find any towns listed try this simple way
> below. Use a self-addressed stamped envelope or call.
>
> Use MAPS.YAHOO
> Type in your town
> In Nearby Businesses type Funeral
> http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py
>
>
> Franklin County Washington has ONLY 19 people on the online census for
> Ancesty.com listed.
>
> Benton County has NONE through 1890
> Yakima Co. had 3,446
>
> Following is Franklin County Washington, through 1890, after that you will
> have to check your local LDS Church Library and Family History Center to
get
> Census Records.
>
> 1890 AUSTIN CHARLES S. Franklin County WA 001 Pascounty P. O., Etc
>
> 1890 COADY PATRICK Franklin County WA 002 Pascounty P. O., Etc
>
> 1890 COLEMAN GEORGE M. Franklin County WA 001 Pascounty P. O., Etc
>
> 1890 DAYTON STEPHEN M. Franklin County WA 002 Pascounty
>
> 1890 DELAY VASCO Franklin County WA 001
>
> 1890 DONNEY WILLIAM Franklin County WA 002 Pascounty P. O., Etc WA 1890
>
> 1890 FARLEY BURNETT Franklin County WA 002 Pascounty P. O., Etc WA 1890
>
> 1890 HAYNIE GEORGE W. Franklin County WA 001 Pascounty P. O.,
>
> 1890 LEESON JOHN Franklin County WA 001 Pascounty P. O., Etc
>
> 1890 LYON GEORGE L. -DEC- Franklin County WA 001 Pascounty P. O., Etc
> Love to hear if someone has a link here!!
>
> Laura in Seattle
> HALES, GALLOWAY, FUDGE, GIBSON, TURNER, PORTER
>
I think this is important to read.
Jenny
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----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 8:45 PM
Subject: [GRAY] Fwd: General Robert E. Lee's Boyhood Home Sold
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> In a message dated 04/22/2000 7:07:36 PM Central Daylight Time,
> traceradams(a)mindspring.com writes:
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> > http://www.leeshome.com
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> From: "John R. Adams" <traceradams(a)mindspring.com>
> To: "Charles T. Thornton" <west45thga(a)aol.com>,
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> Subject: General Robert E. Lee's Boyhood Home Sold
> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 20:45:50 -0400
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> On Friday, March 3, General Robert E. Lee's Boyhood Home was CLOSED to the
> public after 30 years as a museum. The Lee-Jackson Foundation SOLD it to
a
> multimillionaire couple as their private home, NOT open
> to the public. The sale was totally secret until it was a "done deal".
The
> house was never publicly on the market, and the millionaire buyer asked
the
> Foundation to keep the sale confidential. The purpose of this website is
to
> spread the word about this heritage outrage and mobilize support to
maintain
> the museum for the public.
> Won't you take a moment, visit the website and, if so inclined, place
your
> name on the petition lending support to VA.'s Atty. Gen. who has taken the
> bold step of investigating this action by people that feel their money
gives
> them the right to appropriate this National Treasure
> and deny the public free access to a Historic Landmark?
> http://www.leeshome.com
>
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I got this from another list and had to share it with all of you. I little
humor during difficult searches always helps.
Jenny
List Mom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth G. Brett" <tecumseh(a)ioip.com>
To: <South-East-Creek(a)egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 2:30 PM
Subject: [South-East-Creek] FW: Genealogy Top 50
> This is just so "us", I had to forward it!
>
> :)
>
> Number 3 is my personal mottto!!! Eh!
>
> Elizabeth Grayson (dare I mention that name after looking at the criminal
files out of Ft. Smith?) Brett
>
>
> 1. My family coat of arms ties at the back....is that normal?
> 2. My family tree is a few branches short! All help appreciated.
> 3. My ancestors must be in a witness protection program!
> 4. Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall!
> 5. My hobby is genealogy, I raise dust bunnies as pets.
> 6. How can one ancestor cause so much TROUBLE??
> 7. I looked into my family tree and found out I was a sap.
> 8. I'm not stuck, I'm ancestrally challenged.
> 9. I'm searching for myself; Have you seen me?
> 10. If only people came with pull-down menus and on-line help...
> 11. Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problem leads to two more!
> 12. It's 2000... Do you know where your-Gr-Gr-Grandparents are?
> 13. A family reunion is an effective form of birth control.
> 14. A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots.
> 15. A new cousin a day keeps the boredom away.
> 16. After 30 days, unclaimed ancestors will be adopted.
> 17. Am I the only person up my tree... sure seems like it.
> 18. Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts and a few bad apples.
> 19. Ever find an ancestor HANGING from the family tree?
> 20. FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records.
> 21. Gene-Allergy: It's a contagious disease, but I love it.
> 22. Genealogists are time unravelers.
> 23. Genealogy is like playing hide and seek: They hide... I seek!
> 24. Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to better people.
> 25. "Crazy" is a relative term in my family.
> 26. A pack rat is hard to live with, but makes a fine ancestor.
> 27. I want to find ALL of them! So far I only have a few thousand.
> 28. I Should have asked them BEFORE they died!
> 29. I think my ancestors had several "Bad heir" days.
> 30. I'm always late. My ancestors arrived on the JUNEflower.
> 31. Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards as progress.
> 32. Share your knowledge; it is a way to achieve immortality.
> 33. Heredity: Everyone believes in it until their children act like fools!
> 34. It's an unusual family that hath neither a lady of the evening or a
> thief.
> 35. Many a family tree needs pruning.
> 36. Shh! Be very, very quiet.... I'm hunting forebears.
> 37. Snobs talk as if they had begotten their own ancestors!
> 38. That's strange: half my ancestors are WOMEN!
> 39. I'm not sick, I've just got fading genes.
> 40. Genealogists live in the past lane.
> 41. Cousins marrying cousins:
> 42. Cousins marrying cousins: A non-branching family tree.
> 43. All right! Everybody out of the gene pool!
> 44. Always willing to share my ignorance...
> 45. Documentation... The hardest part of genealogy.
> 46. Genealogy: Chasing your own tale!
> 47. Genealogy... will I ever find time to mow the lawn again?
> 48. That's the problem with the gene pool: NO Lifeguards.
> 49. I researched my family tree... and apparently I don't exist!
> 50. SO MANY ANCESTORS.....SO LITTLE TIME!
>
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This came from another list thought it would be helpful.
Jenny
> Forwarded from another list -- looked useful.
> Susan
>
> What Do Those Initials Mean?
>
> Initials after your ancestor's names may provide useful information that
> you'd not expected. The following list includes initials you may come
> across
> when reading old wills or other documents.
>
> a.a.s. died in the year of his/her age (anno aetitis suae) (86 y/o
> died in
> year 86)
> d.s.p. died without issue (decessit sine prole legitima)
> d.s.p.l. died without legitimate issue (decessit sine prole mascula
> supesita)
> d.s.p.m.s. died without surviving male issue (decessit sine prole
> mascula
> supersita)
> d.s.p.s died without surviving issue (decessit sine prole supersita)
> d.unm died unmarried
> d.v.p. died in the lifetime of his father (decessit vita patris)
> d.v.m. died in the lifetime of his mother (decessit vita matris)
> Et al and others (et alia)
> Inst present month (instans)
> Liber book or volume
> Nepos grandson
> Nunc Nuncapative will, an oral will, written by a witness
> Ob he/she died (obit)
> Relict widow or widower (relicta/relictus)
> Sic so or thus, exact copy as written
> Testes witnesses
> Utl late (ultimo)
> Ux or vs wife (uxor)
> Viz namely (videlicet)
>
>
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I got this from another list. I thought it was cute.
Jenny
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John D. Stone" <jdstone(a)lv.rmci.net>
To: <GRAY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 5:21 PM
Subject: [GRAY] [Family History] The Thirteen Commandments for Names
> The Thirteen Commandments for Names:
>
> 1) Thou shalt name your male children: James, John, Joseph, Abel, Richard,
> Thomas or William.
>
> 2) Thou shalt name your female children: Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Maria,
> Sarah, Ida, Virginia or Mae.
>
> 3) Thou shalt leave NO trace of your female children.
>
> 4) Thou shalt, after naming your childen from the above lists, never refer
> to them by those names again; instead, thou shalt call them by strange
> nicknames as: Ike, Eli, Polly, Dolly, Sukey.
>
> 5) Thou shalt not use any middle names on ANY legal documents or census
> reports; and whenever possible, use only initials on legal documents.
>
> 6) Thou shalt learn to sign all documants illegibly so that your surname
can
> be spelled, or misspelled in various ways: Tipper, Topper, Hopper,
> Tucker,Tapper.
>
> 7) Thou shalt, after no more than 3 generation, make sure that all family
> records are lost, misplaced, burned in a court house fire, lost at sea or
> buried so that NO future trace of them can be found.
>
> 8) Thou shalt propagate misleading legends, rumors and vague innuendo
> regarding your place of origin.
> a) You may have come from: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales ...or
Iran.
> b) You may have American Indian Ancestory of the ____tribe.
> c) You MAY have descended from one of three brothers that came over from
> _____.
>
> 9) Thou shalt leave no cemetery records, headstones or headstones with
> legible names; nor will any of the dates thereon match those in public
> records.
>
> 10) Thou shalt leave no family bible with records of birth, marriage or
> death.
>
> 11) Thou shalt ALWAYS flip thy name around. If born James Albert, thou
must
> make the rest of thy records in the name of Albert, AJ, JA, AL, Bert, Bart
> or Fred.
>
> 12) Thou must also flip thy parents names around when making reference to
> them, although "Unknown" is an acceptable alternative.
>
> 13) Thou shalt name all generations of children with the identical first
> names, as will all of the brothers so that all cousins are named the same.
>
>
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Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 5:46 AM
Subject: [GRAY] Fort Worth TX , USA --- Public Library -Tornado Damage
3-28-00
> Recieved this on another list.
> Thought it might be of interest to anyone who has travel plans.
>
> To one and all;
>
> As many of you know Fort Worth was hit by a tornado this past tuesday.
> The Fort Worth Public Library did sustain damage. At this time the
> library is closed both to the public and staff. All the glass in the
> building was blown out; the air conditioning system was destroyed and
> there is water damage. The rare books section of the Genealogy/Local
> History/City Archives has had water damage. We have not been able to
> get back into the library to see if there is structural damage.
Please
> advise one and all that if you are planning a research trip to the Fort
> Worth Public Library to phone before you come. We are hoping that the
staff
> will be able to get into the building on monday. I will keep this
listserv
> updated on the conditions of the library and collection. If anyone has
any
> questions please have them email me at the address listed here.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Shirley Apley, Senior Librarian
> Genealogy/Local History/City Archives
> Fort Worth Public Library
> 500 West 3rd Street
> Fort Worth, TX 76112
>
>
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