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No dates, places or events - you dont give us much to work with. Spend your
time in our Archives:
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/c/cleverly.html
Barry
Barry Wetherington
----- Original Message -----
From: "ANN WALTON" <anngena(a)btinternet.com>
To: <CLEVERLY-L-request(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 4:16 PM
Subject: subscribe
> I'm looking for any family related to John culverwell my great great
> grandfather
>
> Ann Walton
Hi Batsons, [And all of my RootsWeb Lists, and anyone else looking for
ancestors]:
There is much in our Batson-L List Archives:
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/b/batson.html
the site Link of which is contained in every Batson-L msg Tagline and in all
of my List Taglines, in every msg posted to the List (see ex at the bottom).
EVERY msg should contain a Date, a Place, a Given and Surname, and an
Event (marriage, death, birth, etc), and at least a reference to the best
source avail. This enables a successful search. Search by year or Browse all
messages ever posted.
Below is one msg - note no date - otherwise useful, but one imagines
that the sender probably had at least one date. Don't mean to pick on a
useful post, but this is hard work - we need every clue available.
Even the inquiry post is a cry in the dark - little suggestion of effort
to locate even the "Thomas Batson, Born in Northhampton Co, Va . . ." msg
located by a search, see below.
The point of these RootsWeb-L Lists is to establish an 'on-point'
archival set of data useful for all - ie, take some and give/ post some
back.
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Message Board Post: (Example of an inquiry)
My family line starts with a Thomas Batson, Born in Northhampton Co, Va.
Father and Mother unknown. He married Susannah (unknown).They had seven
children.There is some data..Origin of the Batson Family ; Records in
Barbadoes and England. I am hoping to find some connection. Do you have any
leads. Please contact me.
D...
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Barry Wetherington
----- Original Message -----
From: <. . . .(a)verizon.net>
To: <BATSON-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 11:32 PM
Subject: [BATSON] Re: Batson from Barbados
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Surnames: Batson, Cobb, McDuffie, Hill, Wilkinson, Ellis, Holland
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HeC.2ACIB/12.13.25.61.1.1.1
Message Board Post:
I would appreciate someone giving me the source for the information on
Thomas Batson's wife Susannah as well as his parents.
==== BATSON Mailing List ====
Find significant discussions of earlier Batson/ Battson Gen &
Browse recent or Search older messages in the List Archives:
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/b/batson.html
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Having said all this, there are a number of other readily availaible
sources of useful data, sources of some of which I have identified in a
'Mini-Tutorial,' posted below:
MINI - Tutorial
A few other EXCELLENT places good for quick satisfaction , in the approx
order I would suggest your use includes:
- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ (enter a SURNAME & Given name, and your
next click will have you looking at MANY cousins)
- Your surname Message Board:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/script/main/rw
- The Morman site:
http://www.familysearch.org/http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
Note many different avenues there - look in the box, top left, espec for
Soc Sec records for more recent info - GPs birth/ death, SocSec#, etc.
- Google Search for your surname(s):
http://www.google.com/
- http://searches.rootsweb.com/
- And when you want a bit more structure, the RootsWeb ~tutorials:
http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/
Barry Wetherington
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Hi Liz, [mini-tutorial below]
Actually, I had hoped that my email was a mini-tutorial - that was its
purpose. Keep looking for your SURNAMES in place & time, and for related
surnames, that suggest they are related to your ancestors. Some of the best
places and tools to look are what is needed. I've posted many msgs directing
researchers to promising sites - this was another of those posts, but see
below!
My advice is to start as follows, using RootsWeb Home to start because it
is Great & Free:
- see RootsWeb home page - http://www.rootsweb.com/ and use the
upper 'Ribbon' sites, some of which duplicated down lower onsite.
1 - Go to the RootsWeb surnames of your family:
ex- http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/b/batson.htmlhttp://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/werth.html
substitute your own surname & surname initial: /w/wetherington
and Search/ Browse
2 - Go to WorldConnect: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
If your ancestors are here (likely they are), hard to do
better!!!
3 - Go to FamilySearch.org
(Info on most surnames here - more than you may initially
think)
4 - Go To http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/script/main/rw
and Search for your surname Boards - then Browse or search the
specific site.
5 - Google your surnames in date & place of your interest: Google.com
6 - While doing above, you will find websites w/serious help.
7 - County boards can be very useful, as witness PA-Berks-L, see RootsWeb
home page
8 - Ancestry.com is excellent, especially when you have a good base from
which to start. After a yr or so, opt for the 2 week free option when you
have the time and plan for your campaign
9 - It is very helpful to have a Gen program. There are excellent free
ones -
Legacy: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com & FamilySearch.org's PAF
program, &
RootsMagic (free?), and many others for ~ $30.
RootsWeb has some good advice for novices - Where to Begin?, see below:
http://www.rootsweb.com/http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/
GENERAL SUBJECTS
? Where to Begin?
? What is the Question?
? Why You Can't Find Them
? What's in a Name?
SOURCES, RECORD TYPES WITH LINKS TO MORE
? Adoption Records
? Birth Records
? Census Records: (plus U.S.A. Soundexes, Indexes and Finding Aids)
? Church Records
? City Directories
? Court Records
? Death, Tombstones and Cemeteries
? Evidence, Sources and Citation
? Fraternal Organizations
? GEDCOMs
? Heraldry/Coats of Arms
? Immigrants Records
? Land Records (U.S.A.)
? Marriage Records
? Military Records (U.S.A.)
? Military Records (worldwide)
? Naturalization Records
? Newspapers
? Orphans
? SSDI (Social Security Death Index) & Railroad Retirement Board Records
(U.S.A.)
? Ship Passenger Records
? Software for Genealogists
? Taxing Tales
? Using Technology
Barry