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Surnames: Raudenbush
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kh.2ADE/1020
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Does anyone have information about the now extinct Raudenbush Schoolhouse that stood in Washington Township? Would love to find some pictures.
Thanks,
Arlene Raudenbush
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Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kh.2ADE/1019
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In an index there is a Sam AMSTETZ(probably misspelled..from AMSTUTZ) born to Jonh C and Maria Ruenbuhl...May 8 1909 County book H-11 pg 47. I am trying to find if Maria listed any parents or more info on her. From the Cemetary listing Sam died in infancy. Would the information in the county book have Maria's parents information or would it be best to locate a birth Certificate?
Thanks
Steph
For those interested in Presho name:
Warren Presho served in the Civil War from Adams County. His Civil
War papers--application and any pension info--should include his parents,
siblings, etc. on it. P. 146, 1979 History of Adams Co., IN.
Dick D. Heller, Jr.
ddheller(a)aol.co
1b. GENEALOGY CONSUMER TOCSIN: Scams at the Speed of Light
By Ted Pack tedpack(a)thevision.net
http://www.tedpack.org/
In the old days, back when mail crossed the country in days, sooner or
later every genealogist would get a letter from the "American Something-
or-Other Institute." It claimed to have accumulated tons of data on your
specific family, oddly enough, which you could have, for a fee. What you
got was a list of famous people with the surname in question, culled
from an encyclopedia, and a list of people in the United States with
that surname, culled from telephone company databases. It left the exact
relationship of all of these people as an exercise to the gullible. The
scam artists changed their name every couple of years, but the game was
the same.
Today, e-mail crosses the country at the speed of light. The crooks do
too. If you do genealogy on the Internet, sooner or later you'll get an
e-mail offer from a scam artist. If you do, put one hand on your wallet
and back away slowly. Typically they promise millions of names
(sometimes billions) in hundreds of databases. They take your money,
then give you links to RootsWeb and other free sites. They change names
a lot and often have "genealogy," "gen," or "family" in their titles.
They promise a 5-, 7- or 10-day free trial, but ask you for a credit
card number. They ask you to sign up for a month, with the option to
cancel, if not satisfied. Once they get your credit card number, it is
virtually impossible to cancel your subscription.
How can you tell if the e-mail is from these scam artists with yet
another name? A couple of ways. Typically these outfits use a Yahoo,
Hotmail, Juno, or some throwaway e-mail account. If you reply to this
e-mail, your message either bounces or is never answered. The website
itself has neither a customer service mail link nor a toll-free
telephone number. So, if you get e-mail saying, some outfit "may" have
data you asked for on the SMITH board (for example) just last month, and
all you have to do is sign up for a trial subscription. Be warned. It's
a lie.
* * *
[Editor's Note: Check "Consumer Protection" topic at Cyndi's List under
Myths, Hoaxes & Scams: http://www.cyndislist.com/myths.htm#consumer
* * *
Previously published in RootsWeb
Review: Vol. 6, No. 19, 7 May 2003
Tim Singleton, tsingleton(a)iclub.org
Volunteer INGenWeb Coodinator
Adams Co., IN - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams/
Randolph Co., IN - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/
Hi folks,
Apparently GenSeekers is at it again. I've received three messages from
them this week asking me to go to www.genseekers.com to sign up for
their service.
If you get a message from them, delete it and do not reply. They are a
known scam and any money you pay them will be lost.
As always, if you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Tim Singleton, tsingleton(a)iclub.org
Volunteer INGenWeb Coodinator
Adams Co., IN - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams/
Randolph Co., IN - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/
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Surnames: Presho
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kh.2ADE/483.486.491.1
Message Board Post:
Hello, I have some Presho family from Van Wert/Mercer Co. Ohio. Not a William though. Mine are Warren, John and Asa & Delia Presho. Have you found anything on these names in your research, Thank you.
Susan
Hi!
Concerning Walter Steele, of Pleasant Mills, Adams Co., IN--the only records
I can find on him is that he was married to Elfie Haggard, who later
remarried. p. 683, Vol I, `1979 History of Adams Co., Indiana. On p. 474,
again under the Haggard family, it says "Elfie married Willard Steele, and
was postmistress of the Pleasant Mills post office. Walter passed away, and
she married E.T. Jones, a farmer in Washington Twp." No children either
marriage.
Dick Heller
ddheller(a)aol.com
I have a Walter Steele, bd 2-3-1872 who was born in Vintondale,Cambria Co,PA and married to a Mary Jane Shelby, also born in 1872 but in IA. I am wondering if he is the same Walter Steele who owned a small general store in Pleasant Mills, Adams Co,IN which was later sold to the Everett family. I also need that dd of Mary Jane. If this is the same Walter Steele Mary Jane is probably not on the death index as Walter died in 1921. Lynn Hilty Sewell