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I forgot you can't send attachments. Here it is again in case the first one
was unreadable. If any one want a photo copy of the newspaper article, let
me know.
Curt Rowe
This is the obituary for John Russell Coats, son of Wilson Coats, son of
Rev. William. Anita Crabtree was very nice to do a lookup for me in Lake
County.
Hi,
I am attaching the copy of the obituary for John Russell Coats, but it was a
VERY poor quality on the microfilm. I have cleaned it up as much as I can.
I will transcribe it for you here, in case you can't read it.
CLEAR LAKE PRESS
November 19, 1904
John Russell Coats, an aged and highly respected resident of this vicinity,
died at the family home at Quicksilver after an illness of only a few days'
duration. Deceased was a native of Missouri, aged 71 years, 6 months and 1
day. He was one of the earliest settlers in this section and one time was
an extensive property owner heareabout.
Anita
Fyi...
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This from John Staples....
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From: "John Staples" <j.staples(a)sbcglobal.net>
To: "Charlotte Coats" <coats(a)hotmail.com>
Subject: Emailing: polkbio
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:00:39 -0600
Polk County Missouri Genealogy - Biographies and Obituaries
Polk County Missouri Biographies and Obituaries
Published by Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889
(unless noted otherwise)
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Washington D. COATS
HISTORY OF HICKORY, POLK, CEDAR, DADE AND BARTON COUNTIES, MISSOURI 1889,
published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 634, 635--Polk County Biographies Section
Washington D. Coats, a prominent tiller of the soil of Jackson Township, who
resides half a mile from Sharon Station, was born in Henry County, Tenn.,
September 30, 1825, emigrating to Missouri with his parents in the fall of
1833, and settling in what is now Polk county. He is the son of Benjamin and
Elizabeth (Coats) Coats (cousins), both natives of Tennessee, and born in
17795 and 1800 respectively. They were married about 1819, and afterward
moved to West Tennessee, where they remained until 1833, when they settled
in what is now Polk County, Mo. He followed farming in that county, and in
1859 took a herd of cattle of about fifty head to California. He died in
that State in 1862. The mother died on the old home place June 30, 1870.
They were the parents of eight children, four now living. Washington D.
Coats attained his growth in Polk County, and was married in that county in
1849, to Miss Matilda Rook, a native of Tennessee, born in 1832, and who
came to Missouri with her parents at an early age. After marriage Mr. Coats
followed agricultural pursuits until the breaking out of the war, when he
enlisted in Company H, Phelps' Regiment Missouri Infantry Volunteers, and
served six months, and was mustered out in May, 1862. During his time of
service he was in the battle of Pea Ridge. He enlisted in the Enrolled
Militia, Company I, in 1862, serving six months, at which time the company
was disbanded. He afterward served four months under Lieut. Roberts at
Bolivar. After the war he returned home and engaged in farming. He is post
commander of Phil. Sheridan Post No. 398, G. A. R. and is also a member of
the Baptist Church. To his marriage were born twelve children: Newton
Marion, William Henry, Thomas B., James A.; Rebecca E., now Mrs. Neil; Mary,
now Mrs. Patterson; Frantz S., Abraham L., John W., Edward S.; Sarah E., now
Mrs. Slatter; and Charley C. Mrs. Coats is also a member of the Baptist
Church. Mr. Coats is well-read man, and takes great interest in educational
matters. The paternal grandfather of our subject, Benjamin W. Coats, was
born in Virginia, and died in Tennessee about 1840. His wife died about
1847. The maternal grandfather was probably born in Virginia, and died in
Tennessee about 1835, and his wife in 1840. Return To Top of
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The Tracy's were early settlers in Wilson County TN...hmmm, wonder where
their land was...wonder how William and she met...hmmmm....:)
http://www.hayesclan.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I827&tree=hayes
The Tracy Family
While living in Wilson County many of the Garner children matured and
married. Polly met and married a Thomas Taylor on Christmas day 1821. In the
early 1920's Wiley and our great + grandfather Jeremiah met two young ladies
that belonged to another family, the Tracy, that lived on Round Lick Creek.
The Tracy family were early settlers of the area coming there 1n the late
1700s. The father of the girls was Evan Tracy. Evan Tracy married Mary
Taylor, daughter of Col. Thomas Taylor August 06, 1794 in Davidson County.
Tennessee. The Tracy's had at least 10 children, 6 girls and 4 boys.
Evan and Mary Taylor Tracy's children;
Drucilla Tracy married Nicholas Grandstaff
James Tracy married Susan Lawrence
Martha "Patsy" Tracy married William Coats
Mary Tracy married Hugh Lawson Campbell
Nelly Tracy married Wiley Garner
Sarah "Sally" Tracy married William Hudson
Thomas Tracy married Rutha Hearn
Fanny Tracy married Jeremiah Garner (Our gg grandparents)
Erasmus Tracy married Derusha Taylor
married Judith Hughs
David R. Tracy married Sarah Knox
In 1823 Nelly Tracy married Wiley Garner and on June 30, 1824 our gg
grandparents Fanny Tracy and Jeremiah Garner were married. It appears that
Fanny and Jeremiah settled near their parents on Round Lick Creek. On
December 28, 1825 Fanny and Jeremiah's first child was born, a Son that they
named Albert. The next known child was born in 1830, suggesting that their
may have been a still birth or a child that died at an early age or that we
have a sibling that we have not recorded. In 1830 the second known child,
Evan (named for his grandfather Evan) was born on April 21, 1830.
Some time between June of 1831 and February of 1832 many of the Garner Clan
migrated to Marion County, Illinois. It appears that Susannah and John's
daughter, Leannah Garner, migrated to Missouri where she married Elisha
Taylor. It is believed that there probably is a relationship between the
various Taylors, but it has not been established yet. It is highly probable
that Polly Garner's husband, Thomas Taylor, was brother to our ggg
grandmother Mary Taylor Tracy.
FYI....
http://www.wingfield.org/charts/john0005.htm
It appears William Coats, jr and Patsy's daughter Mary married a James
Wingfield # 429
Mary R. COATS (3288) was born in 1828 at Coats Prairie, Callaway, MO. She
died on 8 April 1904 at Sutherland,, MO. She was buried at "Wingfield Farm",
Johnson, MO. SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON MARY R. COATS (RN3288):
Char
A second source on Rev Will's kids...
----Original Message Follows----
From: Edmonstar(a)aol.com
To: coats(a)hotmail.com
Subject: Re: FW: re: coats
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 17:44:25 EST
hi i came across a family register page which had been copied by
photograph
and i don't know if others in the family have this, but here goes: (i will
be photocoping it and sending it on to charlotte eventually) i know that
this
information is already known, but a copy of the original document is very
interesting. i love the old fashioned handwriting.
FAMILY REGISTER
Rev. William Coats
Mary Coats was Born Frances Coats Born
May21 1792 Sept 13th 1812
James Coats Born Mahala Coats Born
January 4th 1794 May 1814 .
Rachel Coats Born Hiram Coats Born
September 30th 1795 February 20th 1816
William Coats Born Lemuel B. Coats Born
May 11th 1797 October 6th 1817
Nancy Coats Born
February 2nd 1799
John Coats Born
Nevember 10th 1800
Wilson Coats Born
August 10th 1802
Anna Coats Born
February 2nd 1804
Leodicedi Coats Born
December 25th 1805
Benjamin Coats Born
1808
Tabbitha Coats Born
December 13th 1810
so that's it for today, from cousin frances
This is from Frances Edmonston...she is a descendant of Wilson Coats, son of
Rev Will and Nancy...this could connect some other lines or help folks
looking so I'm forwarding it on...
The Claude Coats is not my dad, my dad is in the line of Willima Coats, jr,
brother to Wilson Coats above...
The Holland line I think is the Rev Holland that still lives in Callaway
County MO...
She also tell us, she has a picture of Wilson Coats and his wife...
Char
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From: Edmonstar(a)aol.com
To: coats(a)hotmail.com
Subject: Re: coats
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:16:37 EST
HI , as some of my friends say, I'm cookin' with gas! i've been on a run
to catalog my mother's pictures so they will be easier to file and to scan
and make sense of. along with pictures of lemuel allen coats, and john
russell
coats and a bunch of others , i including milam bethel coats, and such, i
found a "new" line in my mother's notes, maybe not new to coats
researchers,
but new to me. rev. william coats, had 3 sons that my mother tracked down
their relatives, john coats, hiram coats and lemuel robert coats.
john coats had mary ann coats who married larrimore (first) and Basye
(second) and had a child, james davis basye who married grace truman allen.
they
had a child francis basye, francis had a child, shirley basye who married
robert T edmondson (no relation to edmonston), she was apparently in touch
with
shirley and robert edmondson who lived in denver, colo. and must have
visited
them.
john coats also had thomas henley coats who ?? married annie coates, i'm
not
sure, her notes aren't clear.
there were three children, (1.)lee coats who had a son lee coats and he had
a daughter helen harrel coats.
(2.) claude coats who married evelyn and had alan coats and lee coats (both
boys)
daisy bannerman was apparently the mother of claude coats, cecile and lee
coats, i don't know who her husband was ?? thomas henley coats ??
cecile coats married moody
then there was hiram coats, son of rev william coats
who married permilia walker and had james lemuel coats who married polly e.
Mc mahn.
born to them was alta coats who married walker kerr holland. they had
charlie coats holland who married jewell garrett (the plot thickens
because
cousins married cousins!!)
then, the brother of hiram, son of rev william, lemuel robert coats married
elizabeth maddox, who had a child, virginia coats who married ?omer edgar
garrett and they had a daugther, you guessed it, jewell garrett who married
the
above charlie coats! so there you have it. do you know these folks???
let
me know and i'll fill in my blanks. or lead me to a web connection.
sincerely, cousin frances
ps, i have found most of wilsons siblings, interesting stuff.
i have a picture of willliam lafayette coats, i think he never married,
some
of the coats guys were really cute!!
Now you're talking thousands of years ago folks....and most of this is
theory and from what I can gather changes almost daily...:) The great flood
I think might be Noah's time...
Char
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From: "Daniel Jenkins" <dan_jenkins66(a)hotmail.com>
Reply-To: GENEALOGY-DNA-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: GENEALOGY-DNA-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: Ashkenazi, Native Americans, DNAPrint, Yadda, Yadda (was [DNA]
in light o...
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:33:45 +0000
To follow along with Ann's statement. I have somewhat concluded by my
studies of the Kurgan Culture, which I believe to be the source of R , later
R1a and R1b, that they with the farmer people who were the ancient
ancestors of the Jewish peoples are the common ancestors that provided the
shared DNA that is now found in so many seemingly different groups. About
5600bce ,[ The Deluge] The Kurgans and the Black Sea farmers were thrust
together and spent about 1000 years living near and amongst each other while
both retained their individuality. This was probably very beneficial as now
farming could become easier with the use of the horse and other animals that
the Kurgans brought with them. With greater productivity of crops , there
would have been less need for the Kurgans to be nomadic chasing vegetation
to feed their stock. But by about 4400bc they were to forever split from
each other and now the protoceltic peoples who evolved from that 1000 years
of probable intermarriage and other were to change the face of Europe and
nearby Asia. As a note my haplogroup is R* maybe R1 ,[still waiting] , my
haplotype markers are shared with about 50% of Ashkenazi Levites. There is
no known Jewish connections in my line since at least 1260 in England. Ellen
would probably best at anaylizing this and commenting. This is only MY
theory based on my research and a lot is based on the works of Marija
Gimbutas. Marija was not aware of Ryan and Pittsman's discoveries regarding
The Great Flood.
Dan Jenkins
I finally got the DAR records of John Hickman.
If Pollard's group wants a copy.
I believe I have the wrong E-mail for Pollard, Justin and Jimmy I have written and not gotten a response from you or the e-mail wasn't sent back??
Char would you like a copy?
I'll have to snail mail it because my new scanner won't scan legal size documents the old one would.
Robbie
As a Person from the south (Louisiana, about as south as you can get without leaving the US) I haven't seen any decline in the rate of births. I was born in Louisiana 3 kids in 3 years. I have a total of 6 sisters and 1 brother.
I am not a doctor or scientist ....Well, my husband is a Rocket Scientist(smile) and I have an Nuclear background.
We are in the middle of the bible belt. I live in (Baton Rouge) where most are Catholic so if there is a diminished rate of birth or slowing of sperm count. I haven't seen it.... especially in my family. (Now Boys are rare in the Coates and Griggs side).
I did raise dogs and I know we had litter after litter (9-11 per litter) with no problem in genetic make up. The average litter is 7-10 so I saw no slowing of this breed by the heat.My breed was quite pure and markings were all uniformed markings.I had no mutations in the pups structure or form. (No genetic carry over of hip,ear or head shape)..though my dogs had no genetic history of these problems.They are all problems in that breed of animal.The dogs I raised were Alaskan Malamutes (cold bloods) so I would think it would effect their birth rate as mammals just as it would Humans.
Though....My pups were very large....We just figured it must be the Cajun Food.
Now...We do have some rather strange looking folks at Mardi Gras....(grin)
Happy Easter!
Robbie
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Malcolm Dodd" <maldodd(a)sapo.pt>
Reply-To: GENEALOGY-DNA-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: GENEALOGY-DNA-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: RE: [DNA] Pie Chart
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 07:33:14 -0000
Charlotte
Go to
http://worldfamilies.net/
click on Y haplogroups
http://worldfamilies.net/y-haplogroups.htm
click on
Haplogroups: World & Europe(Doug McDonald's Maps - distribution of Y &
mtDNA)
Notice that where the letters UZ are on the map in the central Eurasia
area that there are many small segments. I count 17 different Y
haplogroups.
Go down further to the Haplogroups of Europe and to Ireland where there
are 3 comprising R1b 80%, and I and others 20% approx.
Which is the most admixed population?
Further down is the mitochondrial chart which shows similar differences
between the population at UZ and that of Ireland.
Malcolm
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From: "Decatur Blanchard" <dblanchnc(a)earthlink.net>
Reply-To: GENEALOGY-DNA-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: GENEALOGY-DNA-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [DNA] Re: Cryptic Backup Copy of Genome - "Hothead Gene"
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:18:20 -0500
As a Southerner and a student of biology I suggest that the unspecified
greater mutation rate attributed to people in warmer climates is just as
likely to be caused by other exposures, if it exists at all.
Keep in mind that these families before 1900 lived free of food additives
(other than salt as a preservative), in relative isolation, without air
pollution (other than wood smoke), and without chemical or barrier birth
control.
My father, born in 1904, had eight brothers and one sister His father had
ten children. None of these lines have been DNA tested except mine. My
12-marker FTDNA results match exactly the 12-marker results of two distant
cousins who trace separately to the same Benjamin Blanchard born about 1700
in North Carolina. No mutations at the 12-marker level.
We do know that ambient temperature affects fertility of the male animal. It
is a sperm count issue. I haven't estimated the conception dates of these
10-children families relative to ambient temperature, but, fertility did not
seem to be a great problem.
Before we get concerned with grester mutation rate associated with greater
ambient temperatre we need to see the data that support such a conclusion.
Decatur Blanchard, DVM
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More intesting stuff....I'm leaving the email addys in these, in case you
want to contact them directly....but this comment comes out of a thread that
started with maybe folks in the South had higher mutation rates than in the
North because of the heat...but I'm not sure outside heat as in weather
would cause a mutation...
But interesting stuff this...not that I understand all of it...but
apparently heat will change the DNA structure...
Char
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From: Allen Blancett <alblancett(a)atlantic.net>
Reply-To: GENEALOGY-DNA-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: GENEALOGY-DNA-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [DNA] Re: Cryptic Backup Copy of Genome - "Hothead Gene"
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:34:40 -0500
Bonnie Schrack wrote:
>
>My father, a physicist, had the following comment (hope he will not mind my
>forwarding it):
>
>>Yes I saw the strange case of reversion to norm in the plants. Where else
>>does it occur I wonder. There is one thing about DNA that I have never
>>heard discussed. That is that all chemical compounds can be calculated to
>>have a certain energy level. The compound is stable if the bonds are
>>relatively strong compared to the random energy associated with
>>temperature. At finite temperatures there is an occasional situation where
>>there will accidently be sufficiently high energy available at a bond to
>>break it. The compound will then collapse to a lower energy state. This is
>>why, over time, many materials will disintegrate. If kept cold they would
>>not. OK - now the case of DNA. Say there is a particular energy associated
>>with a bond in the DNA. The higher the temperature the greater the rate of
>>temperature induced mutations. But what if the mutation is caused by
>>something that has sufficient energy to make a bond with higher energy
>>than the original DNA structure ( like say -- radiation) . Then the new
>>arrangement might well "disintegrate" back to the original un-mutated
>>structure in time.
>
>
>Could other scientists comment?
>Bonnie
Having lurked long enough, I'll jump in on this one. I'm not a
scientist who figures out these things, but an engineer who applies the
principles, including the last 21 years of my career in R&D on nuclear
materials. Bonnie's father is right on the mark, I believe. This isn't
even a stretch. It's true for heat energy, and it's true for radioactive
decay energy. I'm sure the real scientists will correct me, but in a simple
minded sense, the biological effects of radiation arise from energy of the
radioactive disintegrations. The different types and strengths of energy
(e.g., alpha, beta, gamma, 100 kEV vs 1.5 MEV) affect biological systems in
different ways. Some of the effects, particularly at low doses, are
reversible. In fact, there is an effect that causes more bickering than why
we should or shouldn't split this list. It's called hormesis, and I think
of it as analogous to muscle-building. A big dose of radiation can kill you
(and so can a big enough dose of water), but a small dose appears to be
beneficial, as though it stimulates the body's repair mechanism--sort of the
way exercising strengthens the muscles for more exercise.
Mutations don't just happen--they are caused. We just don't know all
of the causes and their relative contributions. I believe stereochemistry
is likely to play a role. In another simple analogy to simplify
stereochemistry, think of two little bar magnets like the ones beneath the
black and white dogs some of us grew up with. The attraction between the
dogs depends on how they are oriented relative to each other. Extending
from other areas of knowledge, I suspect strongly that different
arrangements and combinations of A, C, G, and T in the chain will cause
stronger and weaker chemical bonds varying along the chain. Some will
mutate more easily than others. I don't know, but maybe the body corrects
most of them but not all. I have no difficulty with the concept that
reversion to a lower energy state may reverse a mutation spontaneously. Or
a high-energy transfer might split the bond irreversibly. The nice thing
about it is that I can use the mutations to help sort out my ancestors.
I'm eager for another group of researchers to validate this reported
finding. The interesting part for me is where the unmodified code may lurk
so that it can repair the mutation and restore the attributes of the earlier
generation.
Allen
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here's the entire message for those of you who are interested...I'm going to
have to email him to see where that pie chart is...
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Malcolm Dodd" <maldodd(a)sapo.pt>
Reply-To: GENEALOGY-DNA-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: GENEALOGY-DNA-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: RE: [DNA] in light of Red Lake - DNAPrint
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:53:31 -0000
Ellen and others,
Let us get some simple common sense into this discussion.
Can DNA testing provide evidence (not proof, but evidence) of Native
American affiliation.
The answer in my opinion is yes, as set out in postings by Ann and me.
It is up to the USA, Canadian and Mexican governments and BIA and others
whether they use this new tool and that is outside the terms of this
list.
They will have to take into account that the tests are not infallible.
The Irish are the least admixed population because of their geographical
isolation.
A high proportion of Jewish people have the R1a haplogroup and their
origins are in central Eurasia. Take a look at the pie chart of Y and
Mito haplogroups at World Families and you will see a completely
different picture to that of Ireland.
Note that if we sampled Western Ireland rather than the whole of the
Island we would see an even greater singularity.
This is what DNAPrint have found
Group European....African.... E Asian.... N American
Irish 96.4%.......0.7%........1.2%........1.7%
Ashkenazi
+ M Eastern 85.4%.......6.4%........3.8%........4.4%
Ashkenazi 86.8%.......4.7%........2.0%........6.6%
Do you find it surprising that the Irish show so little African, Asian
and N American?
Do you think that because Jewish persons test with 6.6% N American they
have a right to claim descendancy from American tribes? Their ancestors
almost certainly lived with the ancestors of the Native Americans some
12,000 years ago in central Asia (in a shtetl I expect).
Our origins go back over 150,000 years to Africa and the 12,000 year
separation between those Amerindians and Jewish populations from Asia is
much smaller than the likely 40,000 years between Western Europeans in
Ireland and Asians.
I do not have all the answers and we have much to learn about the
migration of populations.
Why DNAPrint find 4.7% African affiliation in Jewish populations I can
not explain. However I note that an amalgamation with other Middle
Eastern populations greatly increases the African affiliation, and that
seems to make sense, given geographic proximity.
Malcolm
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The Irish are the least admixed population because of their geographical
isolation.
A high proportion of Jewish people have the R1a haplogroup and their
origins are in central Eurasia. Take a look at the pie chart of Y and
Mito haplogroups at World Families and you will see a completely
different picture to that of Ireland.
Note that if we sampled Western Ireland rather than the whole of the
Island we would see an even greater singularity.
I just noticed that when I look someone up in ancestry.com, the bottom of
the list of my matches gives interesting facts about the surname I was
searching for. From it I learned the following. In the 1880 census
the major occupation of persons named Coates was "Farmer". In the 1881
UK census, the most Coate families lived in Sommerset with 89 families
living there. That's the county my Coates came from!
Linda
LINDA COATE,
Columbus, Ohio
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