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Surnames: Cobb, Jones, Smith
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YQJ.2ACIB/1307.1
Message Board Post:
Marcella,
I found your query just now and would like to know if you are a descendant of Charles L Cobb? He was my g-g grandfather. He was married to Hannah Jones.
Yes, the cemetery is still there, in fact I have a picture of his grave stone. A lady went to the cemetery and took the picture for me.
If you will send me your address, we can discuss this further.
Thanks,
Midge Corcoran
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Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
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Message Board Post:
I am searching for researchers into the line of this couple. Is N.O. Cobb the one born in Plymouth MA in 1829 or 1839 and descended from the long line of Cobbs who lived there? Any info on the Williams family? I believe that these were the parents of Lucy Melinda Cobb m. Beatty Miller in OH; these two are definitely my ancestors. I'm willing to share info about this line. Gary E. Irwin; Moraga, CA
Hi Everyone,
I hope this email finds you happy and preparing for the Holidays. This
email is to inform you (if you don't already know) that virii are running
rampant again! This virus has a very high penetration rate and is highly
successful in the payload. My only note on this latest virus to go around
is that, in my perception at least, it has in its few days of existence
infected many more list subscribers than I ever recall being infected with
the first round of BADTRANS. I am still getting a lot of virus infected
mail. It is almost a full time job trying to keep up with the virus.
Please protect your computer files for your sake as well as others. For
benefit of you newbies, the BadTrans is a nasty little worm that gets into
your computer and mails out messages without your knowledge. This new
version of the worm also drops a backdoor trojan that logs keystrokes.
Those messages contain an attachment with the virus. The latest version of
Badtrans, as well as some of the older viruses or worms, may show up in your
mailbox as a message from a fellow genealogist, and may have a subject line
that looks like a genealogy message. People continue to open attachments
even though they aren't expecting anything....and they get a virus. That
virus picks up email addresses from your inbox and address book and sends it
to every email address that it finds. Please be suspicious any time you
receive an email with an attachment or that has a blank message. Pretend
you got home from work and found a pretty wrapped box on your porch
unexpectedly...that was ticking.
If YOU have the infected computer I will unsubscribe you from the maillist
until you've cleaned your machine and let me know about it. This is for
protection of the other subscribers computers.
Free Online Virus Scanner:
http://housecall.antivirus.com/pc_housecall/
Use Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or 5.5?
Be Sure You Have This Patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020.asp
Viruses, Trojans and Worms:
http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/virus.html
1. W32.Badtrans.B@mm
W32.Badtrans.B@mm is a MAPI worm that emails itself out as a file
with one of several different names. This worm also creates a .dll in
the \Windows\System directory as Kdll.dll. It uses functions from
this .dll to log keystrokes. Virus definitions dated November 24,
2001 will detect this worm. For additional information, point your
Web browser to:
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/vURL.cgi/nav108
_____________________________
2. W32.Aliz.Worm
W32.Aliz.Worm is a very simple SMTP mass-mailer worm. The worm
currently only replicates on Windows 9x computers. It does not seem
to spread on Windows NT platforms. The worm spreads by obtaining
email addresses from the Windows address book and sending itself to
those addresses. Virus definitions dated May 22, 2001 will detect
this worm.
When the worm arrives by email, the worm uses a MIME exploit that
allows the virus to be run just by reading or previewing the email.
Information on and a patch for this exploit can be found at
If you receive a blank message from someone or if you receive an attachment
from someone you may or may not know, USE A VIRUS DETECTOR before you open
it. If in doubt, quarantine the attachment and inquire of the sender. All
attachments should be suspect if you are not expecting to receive them. At
the present time, images (JPG, GIF) are safe to open.
If you have any questions or comments you're welcome to email me
mmcmanness(a)mindspring.com.
I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions
please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike
*************************
Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping,
breathing, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas.
Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in
the great moments, but it is made in
the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks
*************************
Hi
I have been bombarded today with assorted SEEMING mail list messages
containing attachments, in desperation, I have set my mail server to
automatically delete ANY email with ANY attachments as soon as they come in,
; I have not had any more now for several hours; my virus is up to date, I
had a warning from McAfee an hour ago that this was rampant yet it did not
recognize it ;
I update every single day;
I'll not be taking any more attachments ever;
Dee
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael G. McManness" <mmcmanness(a)mindspring.com>
To: <COBB-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 7:59 PM
Subject: [Cobb(s)] [admin] Important Virus Warning Information!
> Hi Everyone,
>
> This virus has a very high penetration rate and is successful in the
> payload. The virus is undetectable in some instances because it is
embedded
> in HTML. It appears there's a new strain of the Bad Trans virus running
> rampant through the maillist subscribers. This one is the
> <W32.Badtrans.B@mm>. For benefit of you newbies, the BadTrans is a nasty
> little worm that gets into your computer and mails out messages without
your
> knowledge. This new version of the worm also drops a backdoor trojan that
> logs keystrokes. Those messages contain an attachment with the virus.
>
> A quick lesson here for those of you who don't know ...
>
> 1. You should ALWAYS be extremely cautious when it comes to opening
> attachments. If you receive one that you didn't expect, before
> opening it write back to the sender to see if s/he mailed something to
> you and find out what it is.
>
> 2. You will NEVER receive a virus through a RootsWeb maillist, but if
> listmembers
> get infected, their computer may send you the virus, which *may* have a
> list subject line.
>
> 3. This new strain of BadTrans is going to make life difficult for a
> LOT of people. Note the differences:
>
> The first wave of BadTrans virus messages always had a standard "Take a
> look to the attachment." at the end of the message but above the
> attachment. Also, those messages had double extensions (for example:
> filename.exe.pif OR filename.doc.scr OR filename.txt.exe OR any other
> combination of extensions), know immediately that your message is
> holding a virus. Do not open the attachment, but delete it immediately.
>
> According to people who have already received infected messages this newer
> strain of BadTrans virus is even nastier than the first because it is
> undetectable in some instances because it is embedded in HTML, the
> attachment may not show or there is a false (second) extension. It
appears
> to have filename.doc or filename.txt BUT THE REAL EXTENSION (.scr or .exe)
> IS 59 SPACES TO THE RIGHT. Also, the message size will be around 29 or
30k
> even if no words shows up. Many of the messages are blank. One other
clue,
> the email addresses of the sending computers is altered by having an
> underline
> character preceeding the address <_ComputerUser(a)isp.com>.
>
> You are strongly encouraged to keep your virus protects updated on a
> daily basis ~ or at least every other day.
>
> If you receive an infected message please do two things:
>
> 1. Advise the family of the fact you've received an infected message and
> from whom.
>
> 2. Send me the name and email address of the person with the infected
> computer as well as the list name
>
> If YOU have the infected computer I will unsubscribe you from the maillist
> until you've cleaned your machine and let me know about it. This is for
> protection of the other subscribers computers. You can read about this
> virus and
> how to remove it from your system on the Norton Symantec site ...
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.b@mm.html
>
> If you have any questions or comments you're welcome to email me
> mmcmanness(a)mindspring.com.
>
> I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions
> please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike
>
> *************************
>
> Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping,
> breathing, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas.
> Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested
in
> the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks
>
> *************************
>
>
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Hi Everyone,
This virus has a very high penetration rate and is successful in the
payload. The virus is undetectable in some instances because it is embedded
in HTML. It appears there's a new strain of the Bad Trans virus running
rampant through the maillist subscribers. This one is the
<W32.Badtrans.B@mm>. For benefit of you newbies, the BadTrans is a nasty
little worm that gets into your computer and mails out messages without your
knowledge. This new version of the worm also drops a backdoor trojan that
logs keystrokes. Those messages contain an attachment with the virus.
A quick lesson here for those of you who don't know ...
1. You should ALWAYS be extremely cautious when it comes to opening
attachments. If you receive one that you didn't expect, before
opening it write back to the sender to see if s/he mailed something to
you and find out what it is.
2. You will NEVER receive a virus through a RootsWeb maillist, but if
listmembers
get infected, their computer may send you the virus, which *may* have a
list subject line.
3. This new strain of BadTrans is going to make life difficult for a
LOT of people. Note the differences:
The first wave of BadTrans virus messages always had a standard "Take a
look to the attachment." at the end of the message but above the
attachment. Also, those messages had double extensions (for example:
filename.exe.pif OR filename.doc.scr OR filename.txt.exe OR any other
combination of extensions), know immediately that your message is
holding a virus. Do not open the attachment, but delete it immediately.
According to people who have already received infected messages this newer
strain of BadTrans virus is even nastier than the first because it is
undetectable in some instances because it is embedded in HTML, the
attachment may not show or there is a false (second) extension. It appears
to have filename.doc or filename.txt BUT THE REAL EXTENSION (.scr or .exe)
IS 59 SPACES TO THE RIGHT. Also, the message size will be around 29 or 30k
even if no words shows up. Many of the messages are blank. One other clue,
the email addresses of the sending computers is altered by having an
underline
character preceeding the address <_ComputerUser(a)isp.com>.
You are strongly encouraged to keep your virus protects updated on a
daily basis ~ or at least every other day.
If you receive an infected message please do two things:
1. Advise the family of the fact you've received an infected message and
from whom.
2. Send me the name and email address of the person with the infected
computer as well as the list name
If YOU have the infected computer I will unsubscribe you from the maillist
until you've cleaned your machine and let me know about it. This is for
protection of the other subscribers computers. You can read about this
virus and
how to remove it from your system on the Norton Symantec site ...
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.b@mm.html
If you have any questions or comments you're welcome to email me
mmcmanness(a)mindspring.com.
I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions
please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike
*************************
Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping,
breathing, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas.
Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in
the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks
*************************
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Surnames: Cobb
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YQJ.2ACIB/1500.4.2
Message Board Post:
I have info you might like to have. Please E-mail me
TennesseeSilver(a)aol.com
We are related through MORGAN COBB!
Hope to hear from you.......Patricia H.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Surnames: Cobb
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YQJ.2ACIB/1500.4.1
Message Board Post:
I have info you might like to have. Please E-mail me
TennesseeSilver(a)aol.com
We are related through MORGAN COBB!
Hope to hear from you.......Patricia H.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YQJ.2ACIB/1279.1318
Message Board Post:
I believe his father was Joshua C. Cobb, do not have his mother's name. His grandparents were Robert Livingston Cobb and Cornelia Rebecca Mims. Grandparents were Gideon Dyer Cobb and Mondena Clark. This line goes back to the Elder Henry Cobb in MA.
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Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YQJ.2ACIB/1279.1309.1315.1317
Message Board Post:
Hi,
I have info on Irving Shrewsbury Cobb. E-mail me direct at PGRIFFINPATSY(a)aol.com
Ahh-- Carleen, Don't sweat the small stuff. All that will go away and you will only have Mike's (your's) records to remember the
day!
Patti
CCarnivale(a)aol.com wrote:
> Happy Thanksgiving, Mike,
> You evidently do not have to !) get the house ready for company; 2) food shop
> till you drop; 3) cook until you hate that food you bought; 4) wonder who is
> spilling what on your new carpet, yadda yadda. Want me to go on?
> (*-*) That is my "twinkle face".
>
> You have a nice holiday, I am thankful for a nice hobby that lets me meet
> nice people like you. I promise to send a family story soon. And my Cobbs
> line for the site.
> Carleen Carnivale
>
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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Surnames: Cobb
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YQJ.2ACIB/1835
Message Board Post:
Looking for info on g-grandfather, James H. Cobb, born in Va.
in 1847.In about 1864, he married a woman from Georgia
and moved to TX. Any help appreciated. He later married Mary C. from Louisana.
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Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YQJ.2ACIB/1834
Message Board Post:
I'm looking for info re my GGGF James Fauntleroy Cobb. My GGF was James Thomas Cobb b. 1873, d.1955, married Mary Blanche Lukhard (or Luchard) b. 1883, d. 1963. They lived in Sweet Hall, King Wm. County, Va.
James Fauntleroy Cobb had 5 children: James Thomas, William S., Ernest Lee, Mattie and Maggie.
Thanks for any info you can provide.
Patricia Wyatt Myers
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Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YQJ.2ACIB/1833
Message Board Post:
My great grandfather Edward Cobb, of Mullenburg County Kentucky was Ty Cobbs first cousin. Edward married Annie Duval of Nebo Kentucky they had a daughter named Aileen O Cobb. born Jan 8th 1914(?) Aileen married George Harrison Dennis of Central City Kentucky and they had two sons, Robert and William Eugene Dennis who is my father, would appreciate any help or information.
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Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YQJ.2ACIB/79.355
Message Board Post:
I live in Indiana, my greatgrandfather Edward Cobb of mullenburg county Kentucky married annie duval of nebo kentucky, edward was ty cobbs first cousin. edward and annie had a child, aileen o cobb jan 8th 1914 in nebo kentucky, aileen married george harrison dennis and they gave birth to two sons. robert dennis and william eugene dennis, william is my father. hope this may be of help and if you have any information that may help me I would appreciate it
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Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YQJ.2ACIB/1140.1225.1244.1
Message Board Post:
My great grandfather, Edward Cobb of Mullenburg County Kentucky was Ty Cobbs first cousin. do not know the connection, this is the only information I have. Edward was married to Annie Duval of Nebo Kentucky. they had aileen o cobb jan 8th 1914 of nebo kentucky who is my paternal grandmother, can you help in information?
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Message Board URL:
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Message Board Post:
It is same person. I am trying to find out about his children. There was a Harriett, Robert, and William.
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Surnames: COBB
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YQJ.2ACIB/1800.2.1
Message Board Post:
I have about the same information that Betty posted, and again it's inherited data, not verified by me. For a "proported" ancestry of Ebenezer, see my website at http://reigelridge.com and follow the link to "Reigel Roots." I say proported because I've verified little of this line so far. You are welcome to contact me for sources of my info, so far as I have them.