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RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine
10 May 2006, Vol. 9, No. 19
(c) 1998-2006 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/
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Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist
Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. 1a. EDITOR'S DESK: NEWS, NOTES, AND SOME SITES WORTH SEEING
Lord of the Manor; Need a DAR Lookup?
Book Notes: Summit County, Ohio
Some Sites Worth Seeing: Musical Links, Spoon Playing;
and a Tennessee Company Store Ledger
1b. Tips from Readers: On a Swedish Trail
1c. Using RootsWeb: Who Turned the Gremlins Loose in my Tree?
2. Connecting Through RootsWeb:
Old 'Peppercorn' Deed Links Genies in U.S. and Scotland
3. New User-contributed Databases
4. New/Updated FreePages and HomePages
5. New at RootsWeb
6. RootsWeb Review's Bottomless Mailbag:
Honey, How Do We Spell Our Name?
Hiring a Pro
What Goes Around Comes Around
7. Humor/Humour: Too Much Information for the Family Tree
8. Subscriptions, Submissions, Advertising, Reprints
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IN THIS ISSUE:

1a. EDITOR'S DESK: NEWS, NOTES; SOME SITES WORTH SEEING

LORD OF THE MANOR: Discovering Ordinary Folk in Manorial Records.
"Even though you may reasonably assume that manorial records deal with a
lord, his family and his wealth, be aware that these records also
include information -- sometimes in fair detail -- about tenant farmers,
families, livestock, jobs, rents, wages, deaths, crimes, and even local
events, all of which the lord would have tracked as he assessed his
fortunes," according to Lise Hull, a castellogist, who writes the
"Finding Your Roots" column for TimeTravel-Britain.com.
http://www.timetravel-britain.com/columns/roots/roots03.shtml
Her website is Castles of Britain: http://www.castles-of-britain.com/

NEED A DAR LOOKUP? Do you think you might have an ancestor who served
in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)? Would you like to know
whether your ancestor is listed with the National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) in the "Patriot Index"?
A helpful group of organized DAR VIS Volunteers monitor the RootsWeb
DAR Message Board every day and welcome lookup requests.

Include your Revolutionary War-era ancestor's first and last name,
spouse's name (if known), dates of birth, death, and state of residence
When posting your lookup request. You need not be interested in joining
the NSDAR to request a lookup.
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.organizations.dar

BOOK NOTES: Publications available from Summit County Chapter of the
Ohio Genealogical Society can be found at: http://www.acorn.net/gen/
where there's an order form (and description).

Summit County Cemetery Inscriptions, Volume 1. Inscriptions from some
cemeteries in Bath, Copley and Norton townships. 100 pp., index, 8.5x11,
softcover. Revised index includes all surnames and maiden names. $16.

Summit County Cemetery Inscriptions. Volume 2. Inscriptions from
cemeteries in Green and Franklin townships. 111 pp., index, 8.5x11,
softcover. Revised index includes all surnames and maiden names. $16.

Summit County Cemetery Inscriptions. Volume 3. Inscriptions and records
of some Coventry Township cemeteries. 84 pp., 8.5x 11, softcover,
indexed, $14.

Summit County Cemetery Inscriptions. Volume 4. Burials Records from
Mount Hope Cemetery in Akron, formerly Coventry Township. Earliest
burial 1827. 133 pp., alpha listing, 8.5x11, softcover, $18.

SOME SITES WORTH SEEING: Musical Links; Tennessee Store Ledger

FOLK MUSIC OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND, WALES and AMERICA.
http://www.contemplator.com/england/

OLD-TIME MUSIC. Traditional folk music of U.S. Southern Appalachians.
http://www.gordonbanks.com/gordon/interests/otmusic.html

SPOON PLAYING. "If you can keep the beat by tapping the floor with your
toes or by drumming on the table with your fingers, you, too, can play
the spoons," says A. Claude Ferguson.
http://www.spoonplayer.com/
http://www.spoonplayer.com/chap12.html

TENNESSEE. Transcription of the "Company Store Ledger" at the Bright
Hope Furnace in western Greene County, Tennessee for the years 1834-35.
Contains an index to the several hundred names found in the ledger.
http://www.kiva.net/~jeskewic/brighthope.html

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1b. TIPS FROM READERS:

On a Swedish Trail
By Andrea Guidebeck in Otsego, Michigan

My great-grandfather changed his name when he came to America from
Sweden in 1881. No one in the family knew his real name or where he came
from. In America his name was Andrew John WALBERT. Several family
genealogy buffs tried for years to track this down and failed. Rumors
and family legends did not yield a real clue.

I found where his son, my grandfather, was born. I checked local
naturalization records online for Tioga County, Pennsylvania and
located his papers. From there I contacted Sweden and found out his name
was Anders Johann LARSSON and that he was born in 1861 in Grinstad,
Dalsland, Sweden.

Armed with this information I found out he was the only boy in the
family and that he brought his widowed mother and six sisters to
America. They eventually ended up in Chicago, Illinois.

Several of my older relatives were thrilled with the news as we all
share what information we have and what information we find. Thanks to
the online information available to genealogists I was able to solve
this family puzzle.

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1c. USING ROOTSWEB: Who Turned the Gremlins Loose in my Tree?

Has this ever happened to you? You have uploaded a GEDCOM to
WorldConnect (http://wc.rootsweb.com/) and then browsed through your
data to be sure it is all displayed as you intended only to find all the
children of your ancestors listed out of order or second marriages
displayed as first marriages -- and everything jumbled up and out of its
proper order.

Who turned the gremlins loose? Since WorldConnect doesn't change how
your family tree data is listed you need to go back to the source --
your genealogy file on your computer, to see how these items appear in
your original file as this is the source of the problem.

Your WorldConnect file as displayed is created from two sources: the
data you upload in GEDCOM format and the display options you choose on
the WorldConnect Set-up page. The options that are controlled by you
from the Set-up page include your owner information, password, display
options (selections) -- what you choose to let the virtual world see --
and download options.

Issues that arise from the content and arrangement in your genealogy
file on your computer can only be corrected by fixing the problem at the
source (in your genealogy software) and uploading a new and revised
GEDCOM using your original user code and password to replace the faulty
GEDCOM (the same ones you used when first uploading the GEDCOM).

Unlike modifications you make to the GEDCOM itself, changes in your
selected options can be made without uploading a revised GEDCOM. It is
important when changing options and are not uploading a new revised
GEDCOM that you leave the location of GEDCOM box on the Set-up page
blank. This alerts WorldConnect that you are not updating the GEDCOM
file itself but only revising your display options. This also tells
WorldConnect to reprocess the existing GEDCOM with the revised options.
Probably the most frequent option change WorldConnect submitters need to
make is updating their e-mail address.

If you wish to update or revise your WorldConnect options -- but not
change the GEDCOM itself, start on the main WorldConnect page:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/

Click on: "Also, go here to update or correct your existing Family
Tree." Enter your original user code and password for your existing
GEDCOM. If you don't remember your user code and/or password, have them
sent to you by e-mail from Password Central:
http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/
--if you have the same e-mail address or can still receive mail at that
address. If your e-mail address has changed and you are not able to
retrieve mail at the old one, you will have to contact RootsWeb's
HelpDesk for your account information.
http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/form1.html

You can choose either the Standard or Advanced Set-up Page in updating
your account. However, use the Advanced option if you previously used
it, or if you wish to customize items not included on the Standard
option.

Caution: If you see a message that says "you are about to create a new
GEDCOM account. If this was not what you intended, click the Oops
button" -- this means that you have NOT entered the exact user code and
password you originally used for your existing account. Make certain you
are viewing the Set-up Page for your existing WorldConnect account.

Keep your e-mail address current for your WorldConnect account. This
makes it easier for your cousins to find you. If your e-mail address
changes and you have not updated it at WorldConnect, you might miss an
important connection.

Other options for your WorldConnect file that you might wish to change
or update from time to time include the wording of your Title, Headers
and/or Footers; the download options (whether or not you wish to allow
visitors to download all or part of your GEDCOM); your password; whether
notes and sources are included in your display; whether living family
members are cleaned or removed entirely, plus many other options --
items which are not a part of the GEDCOM itself -- but which affect how
your GEDCOM is handled online by WorldConnect.

After completing the options to be changed, scroll down and click on the
upload/update button to reprocess the existing GEDCOM. Wait for the
message confirming that the current GEDCOM has been reprocessed.

To learn about the reprocessing options available on the Advanced Set-up
Page please see: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wcsubmit4.html

These instructions apply ONLY if you originally uploaded your GEDCOM
to RootsWeb's WorldConnect and not if you submitted your file to Online
Family Tree (OFT) or Ancestry World Tree (AWT) at Ancestry.com. To edit
your GEDCOM file you must use the tools that are available at the
original upload site -- following the instructions located here:
http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/questions.html#gedcom

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2. CONNECTING THROUGH ROOTSWEB:

Old 'Peppercorn' Deed Links Genies in U.S. and Scotland
By Joe Hay in Hampton, Virginia

A fellow genealogist on my job came to me one day to tell me a story of
an old deed he had bought many years ago and how he made contact with a
family member of the deed’s originator. I thought it would be a good
story for this newsletter and I asked if both parties would write about
the experience. Here are their stories:

ANDREW TEGL BEGINS THE STORY.
"As for me, here is the story of my association with the deed: In 1980,
I lived on Long Island, New York and went to an antiques show. After
wandering around for an hour or so, I stopped at the booth of a dealer
who was selling manuscripts and books and took a look at what he had.

"I was drawn to a stack of documents some of which dated back to the
14th century. The older ones I couldn't read as they were in Latin, but
I came across a document that by virtue of its size (16x28 inches) and
its attractiveness caught my attention.

"The calligraphy was wonderful and its wording "THIS INDENTURE made
the tenth day of March in the forty-sixth year of the reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and six ..."
caused me to buy it at the outrageous price of $20! A year or two
later I had it framed and it hung in the entryway of my home for
several years.

"A few months ago, I realized that the deed was nearing its 200th
birthday. I took it down from the wall and examined it more closely. I
found after reading it that it was a contract between 'ANNA BUXTON of
Earl's Colne, County of Essex, widow of the one part, and THOMAS FOWELL
BUXTON Esquire, of the same place, eldest son of the said ANNA BUXTON.'
She was deeding to him estates in Essex and Dorset consisting of 'Lands,
Houses, Buildings, outbuildings, Coach Houses, waters, watercourses'
. . . etc., and this was to done 'In consideration of the sum of five
schillings of lawful money' and a 'yearly rent of one pepper corn.'

"I wondered if I could trace this vellum to its original owners. I
contacted Patricia HOGG, a fellow genie, who wrote to Jan BAMBRIDGE, a
member of http://www.genesreunited.com/, based in the UK. Within an hour
or so, I learned that there was a person on the Web with information
about the BUXTON family.

"I was put in contact with James BUXTON of Edinburgh, Scotland, who is
the great-great-great-grandson of Thomas BUXTON. I was fascinated to
learn that not only did I have a good-looking document, but that Thomas
Fowell BUXTON would later be made a baronet for his social work. He was
instrumental in the abolition of slavery in the British Empire and also
worked to relieve the suffering of those in British prisons."

JAMES BUXTON TAKES UP THE STORY.
"It’s difficult for me to express adequately my gratitude to Andy TEGL
for his most magnanimous action in returning his deed to the BUXTON
family. For me it has been a quite undeserved windfall which gave me
weeks of anticipation and excitement, ending with me possessing a
fascinating family document.

"Members of genesreunited.com put their family trees (or extracts of
them) on the website, and if other members think they might have a
connection with them they get in touch via the website. Some people have
put on several thousand names. I have put on about 70 -- my immediate
family and my key ancestors. I naturally included my great-great-great-
grandfather Thomas Fowell BUXTON, who was born in 1786.

"When a member communicates you get a message from genesreunited.com in
your e-mail. The message I got in early March from Jan BAMBRIDGE was
headed THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON and was only two lines long. She simply
asked if he was the son of Anna BUXTON, and if there was a connection
with Earls Colne.

"I checked my database which showed that he was indeed the son of Anna
BUXTON, the married name of Anna HANBURY, and that she lived at Earls
Colne, a village in Essex. So I answered yes to both questions. Often
it's a day or more before someone responds on genesreunited.com. But
Janet came back in an hour asking me if I had a direct connection with
this Thomas. 'Friends in America,' she wrote, 'have a Deed signed by
Anna deeding land to her son Thomas and they would like to give it back
to the family. Are you in the United Kingdom?'

"By now I was excited. I knew it was highly plausible that the deed had
ended up in the U.S. With her third message she gave me Andy TEGL’s
e-mail address, and he and I started exchanging increasingly detailed
e-mails. Within a week or so I'd evidently satisfied him as to my bona
fides and he'd posted me the deed by recorded delivery. Four days later
our postman brought it across our snow-covered lawn and I was unwrapping
the lovely document. And all that Andy wanted from me in return was a
promise of a drink at some unspecified time!

"There are several hundred descendants of Thomas Fowell BUXTON who bear
the surname BUXTON, and many more who are descended through the female
line who have other surnames. It was my good fortune that few if any
other direct descendants called BUXTON appear to be members of
genesreunited.com, effectively leaving the field to me.

"Thomas Fowell BUXTON is my most distinguished ancestor. He was born
into a family that was involved with a London brewery business which
later had the name Truman, Hanbury & Buxton. Although he was not
himself a Quaker he married into the Gurney family, who were devout
Quakers. (The sister of his wife Hannah was Elizabeth FRY, the prison
reformer whose portrait currently appears on English £5 notes).
Thomas Fowell BUXTON, who was known as Fowell, was clever and ambitious.
He got a good degree at Trinity College, Dublin. He then joined the
family brewery in which he did well.

"But his compelling passion was for social reform. In 1818 he became
Member of Parliament for Weymouth in Dorset and became associated with
William WILBERFORCE, the famous MP who pushed through the act of 1807,
which made it illegal for any British subject to capture and transport
slaves. After WILBERFORCE retired BUXTON became a leader of the anti-
slavery campaign in the House of Commons. In 1833 parliament made
slavery in the British Empire illegal, the crowning achievement of the
anti-slavery movement.

"In 1840 he was created a baronet, a hereditary title which has endowed
the BUXTON family with a modest degree of distinction. As long as there
is a living holder of the title the BUXTONs are listed in the current
editions of the two British genealogical reference books Burke's and
Debrett's.

"Thomas Fowell BUXTON died in 1845. He had 10 children and 23 grand-
children bearing the surname BUXTON. He was succeeded by his son
Sir Edward North BUXTON, followed by four more Sir Thomas Fowell
BUXTONS. It seems likely that the deed found its way to Andy TEGL’s
manuscript dealer after being sold off by Sir Thomas Fowell BUXTON,
sixth baronet. He lived for a time in the U.S. and died in 1996. He was
succeeded by Sir Jocelyn BUXTON, seventh baronet. Although he is in his
80s he has plenty of eligible successors who could carry on the title.

"I am extremely proud to own my little piece of BUXTON history, the deed
by which in 1806 Anna BUXTON transferred the family property in Dorset
and Essex to her son in return 'In consideration of the sum of five
schillings of lawful money' and the rent of one peppercorn a year.' This
appears to have been what one would nowadays call a lifetime transfer,
so that Fowell BUXTON would have begun owning the property without
having to inherit it after the death of his mother."

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Did you leap over some brick walls or cleverly figure out where your
grandmother was hiding in a census? Do tell! Dazzle us with your
brilliant sleuthing or uncanny luck. We're all ears.
Send your tales of genealogical adventure to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com

3. New User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/
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SHARING OPPORTUNITY. Does your alma mater, old military unit, church,
parish, province, county or state have material available that you think
would be of interest to genealogists and historians? Do you have any
compiled lists of names or databases (other than your personal
genealogy) that you would like to share and that you think would be of
value and interest to others? In most cases, RootsWeb would be proud to
host such material. http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/

The following databases have come online recently. They are searchable,
but not browseable.
Search: To look for specific data or occurrence of text in a file.
Browse: To view the entire contents of a file or a group of files.

FLORIDA. Brevard County. Obituaries from Today newspaper; 1969;
951 records; Jim and Bonnie Garmon
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/

WISCONSIN, Grant County. "Index to History of Grant County, Wisconsin,"
by C. W. Butterfield, 1881; 17,601 records. Roxanne Munns
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/bookindexes/

4. New/Updated Freepages and Homepages
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Can your cousins find your website at RootsWeb? Has it ever been
mentioned here or do you have a new, updated, or substantially revised
website at RootsWeb (it will have "freepages" or "homepages" in the
URL)? Send the URL (its Web address), along with a brief description,
including the major pertinent surnames and what is available on your
site, to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com

BRITISH ISLES. Yesterday's Journey. Settlement, wills, removal,
bastardy, and apprenticeship records covering Derbyshire [England]; with
details of people who also had some connection with Derbyshire although
lived elsewhere.
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm

WASHINGTON. Okanogan County Obituaries.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~heeyjude/Okanogan/obits/

5. New at RootsWeb
To Request a Free Web Account: http://accounts.rootsweb.com/
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Some of these webpages might not yet be accessible. They are created by
volunteers, so if one that interests you isn't up yet, please check
again in a few days or next week.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~[accountname]

U.S.A.
argt -- Ghost towns (Arkansas)
inpcc -- Putnam County Cemeteries (Indiana)
iajchs -- Jones County Historical Society (Iowa)
mtscdgs -- Sheridan County Daybreakers Genealogical Society (Montana)
orlcdar -- Latgwa (Oregon) Chapter DAR
orslbdar -- Susannah Lee Barlow (Oregon) Chapter DAR
txvzcgrg -- Van Zandt County Genealogical Research Group (Texas)

Key: DAR -- Daughters of the American Revolution

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Brand-new mailing lists can be found under OTHER/MISCELLANEOUS until
moved to their proper categories. For information and an index to the
more than 29,800 RootsWeb-hosted genealogy Mailing Lists and for easy
subscribing (joining) options go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/

NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS
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EARDLEY
RADDE
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THORACK
WILDER-DNA (includes WYLDER)

NEW ETHNIC OR SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS
NZ-MAORI-WHAKAPAPA -- focusing on Maori genealogy, also known as
whakapapa in New Zealand

NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS
AUS-QLD-MACKAY -- Mackay, Queensland, Australia
ENG-LAN-FYLDE -- pertaining to the registration district of Fylde,
Lancashire, England, particularly the seaside city of Blackpool, and
surrounding parishes and hamlets, including Bispham, Carleton,
Fleetwood, Hardhorn, Kirkham, Layton, Lytham, Marton, Poulton le
Fylde, Singleton, Thornton, and Weeton.

6. FROM ROOTSWEB REVIEW'S BOTTOMLESS MAILBAG
[Editor's note: The opinions expressed herein are those of the
authors and are not necessarily those of the editor or of
RootsWeb.com].
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Honey, How Do We Spell Our Name?
By Jack Rowray

The article on misspelling reminds me of a marriage certificate I have
of one of my ancestors. The bride misspelled her new name on the
certificate.

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Hiring a Pro
By Doris Reed Forsyth

It is good to read the latest edition of your RootsWeb newsletter. As
is often the case, you encourage people to use various research people
and businesses for their help in finding ancestors. However, please
caution those who do this to make sure the new researcher is completely
informed of ALL the family info that you already have, so you won't just
get a repetition of your previous research work.

This happened to me with AncestorSeekers and nothing I could do about it
after their work was done.

[Editor's Note: A professional genealogist is not a mind reader. She or
he has no way of knowing what genealogical information you already have
or what previous research has been done unless you provide that
information. Be sure that you and the professional agree about what will
be done. Ask about fees and out-of-pocket expenses. State your limits
clearly. Communicate everything you already know about the family you
are requesting research on to the professional. That is the only way to
avoid duplication of research. Heed the advice of the Association of
Professional Genealogists at: http://apgen.org/articles/hire.html#hire]

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What Goes Around Comes Around
By Pat Asher

Some of you may recall my recent article on the difficulties of
researching my D'YARMETT line as the name is invariably misspelled or
misindexed. Even so, this line has always been of special interest to me
as I was the fortunate inheritor of more than 200 letters written by my
great-grandfather and his brother during the American Civil War.

The letters are a treasure trove of information about their day-to-day
lives as soldiers, their participation in various battles, and friends
and relatives in their units as well as back home in Zanesville, Ohio.
When I transcribed the letters for my family, I also donated a copy to
the Muskingum County (Ohio) Genealogy Society (MCOGS).

One particular fact that had always eluded me was the death of my
3g-grandmother, Elizabeth (UMSTOTT) D'YARMETT. While she was still
living in Zanesville per the 1880 census at age 79, she had children and
grandchildren in Guernsey and Franklin counties at the time. Had she
been living with one of them at the time of her death?

A couple of years after transcribing the Civil War letters, out of the
blue I received an e-mail from a total stranger with a transcription of
Elizabeth's death notice as published in the Zanesville "Daily Signal."
I e-mailed back immediately to thank this person, but had to ask how in
the world she knew this was information that I wanted.

She replied that she was a volunteer at the MCOGS, had read my
transcriptions, and the name D'YARMETT was unusual and had stuck in her
mind.

Not every ancestor name is as unusual as D'YARMETT, but you never know
when something you have shared will ring a bell with someone else who
has just that piece of information you have been seeking.

7. Humor/Humour: Too Much Information for the Family Tree
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Thanks to: Barry Ashby of Lompoc, California, USA

In the 1860 U.S. census for the town of Greenville in Muhlenberg County,
Kentucky, two persons had the occupation of "Promiscuous Laborer."

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Found a "proper name for the job" or humorous sign, amusing entries in
census, parish, church, etc. records?
Send them to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com

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