Dear List,
Some people have reported problems printing out their Welcome
Letter (http://www.mdwsweb.com/genealogylists/welcome.html) from
their browser due to text running off the right hand edge of the
view area. The better method is to download the file to your
computer and print it out from there.
At the top of your browser click on [File] then [Save as...] When
the Save As dialog window pops up choose where you want to save
your file (e.g. on the Desktop) then click on [Save].
You will then h
Dear list,
I finally did it. I created a homepage for the list! This site
http://www.mdwsweb.com/genealogylists/ contains information about
the list plus links to other useful sites.
Along with it comes a brand new Welcome Letter for the list. This
time I'm trying something new. Rather than send the Welcome Letter
to the list as an email as I've done in the past I'm leaving it up
to you members to retrieve the letter from the homepage. Just go
to the URL above and follow the link to the welcome
Hello Folks,
I found this in another list and thought I'd pass it along here.
Best wishes,
David
Google Search Hints for Genealogists
http://searchforancestors.com/archives/google.html
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Google has recently changed its algorithm to make a number of
improvements to the way it retrieves search results. To get the
best results from your genealogy searches, it is helpful to
understand how Google now works.
Google now uses stemming. Google will search no
My choice would be the Alice Eldora Williams about whom I posted a
few days ago and now appears at
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/WILLIAMS/2005-11/1131416864
where you can see all the dates and places. It would be wonderful
to meet my great-grandmother who was gone before my time. And I'm
sure my father, who is still alive and kicking, would like to see
his grandmother again. And while we're at it let's bring her
husband Edward Jones Washburn back who was gone even before my
father's time.
Wel
Retracing my steps: Washburn - Jones connection -
http://www.feliixplace.com/genealogy/washburn.html
Alden F Washburn born February 1820 in Madison, Somerset, Maine son
of Hosea Washburn (Hosea 6, [weak link here] Stephen 5, Ephraim 4,
Joseph 3, John 2, John 1) and Hannah Maxim (Andrew [Muxam], John
[Muxham], Edmund, Samuel). He died 24 January 1888 in Madison.
Judith L Jones born 28 September 1823 daughter of Edward Jones
(Captain Edward) and Fannie Lane (Giddings 5, Daniel 4, Samuel 3,
Samuel 2, J
Hi Folks,
Wow, what an amazing response! Many thanks go out to all who
responded to my request for invitations to our ancestors for
Thanksgiving Dinner, and this thank you goes also to those who have
not yet responded -- messages are still coming in. In all the years
I've been managing mailing lists this has got the be the most
successful request for messages. Thanks again to all for your
overwhelming response.
Next month we have another holiday time and I plan something for
then also -- so this ca
Genetic Genealogy Q&A for Beginners
http://www.isogg.org/ggfaq.htm
I found this interesting site that might be of use to beginners of
DNA studies although more knowledgeable folks might find something
new there also.
If you navigate to the site homepage at http://www.isogg.org/ you
will have the opportunity to join the International Society of
Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG). All that is required is to fill in the
required info and you're in.
Note that after joining they may invite you to join the DNA-N
Many of us in the USA will soon be celebrating
Thanksgiving. Listmembers, if you could have one of your ancestors
with this surname join you for Thanksgiving dinner, which ancestor
would you invite? What questions would you ask him/her?
Please send a post to this list telling us about your ancestor -
and please remember to include dates and locations.
Best wishes,
David, list dad
http://www.feliixplace.com/genealogylists/
FORWARDED WITH PERMISSION...
Dear All:
Some volunteers from the society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution ( DAR) have established a wonderful
new program for users of Rootsweb. These volunteers
will do lookups in their database and records if you
think one of your ancestors served in some capacity
during the American Revolution. These volunteers have
more databases that are available to them than the ones
commonly used by the search engines.
The process is fairly simple :
Go to the DAR messa
This message is being forwarded to this moderated list by the
listowner. You may reply to the list at Maxim-L@rootsweb.com or to
the original sender at Joseph C Drago .
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Hello listers-
I am trying to make a connection between Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim and
Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony who arrived on the
Mayflower. I am attending a reunion in March and would love to
take this
information with me. It is unclear whether the conne
Hi List,
I got permission of Terri to forward her message to the list. I
hope everybody gets a chance to respond to Terri's survey. I did.
It's easy and not painful at all. Any questions should be sent to
Terri at "West, Terri"
David
>
>I am a graduate student at the University of Texas at Arlington. I
>have been working on researching
>my family genealogy for a couple of years. I am also working on my
>thesis for my degree in Landscape
>Architecture and decided to tie t
Retracing my steps: Washburn - Jones connection -
http://www.feliixplace.com/genealogy/washburn.html
Alden F Washburn born February 1820 in Madison, Somerset County,
Maine son of Hosea Washburn (Hosea 6, [weak link here] Stephen 5,
Ephraim 4, Joseph 3, John 2, John 1) and Hannah Maxim (Andrew
[Muxam], John [Muxham], Edmund, Samuel). He died 24 January 1888 in
Madison.
Judith L Jones born 28 September 1823 daughter of Edward Jones
(Captain Edward) and Fannie Lane (Giddings 5, Daniel 4, Samuel 3,
Sam
Members,
In the U.S.A. we celebrate the Independence of our nation every July 4.
Tell us a story about the hero or heroine in your ancestry. Was he
a soldier? Was she a nurse? A leader? A wife or other family member
who stayed home to run the farm? A political leader? A patriot?
If your ancestor helped to win Independence in another land we'd
like to hear about him or her.
If your ancestor was instrumental in gaining Independence in any
other way tell us that story.
If your ancestor does not fit an
Retracing my steps: Washburn - Maxim connection -
http://www.feliixplace.com/genealogy/washburn.html
Hosea Washburn was born 19 November 1796 in Wayne, Kennebec County,
Maine son of Hosea Washburn (likely Stephen 5, Ephraim 4, Joseph 3,
John 2, John 1) and Hannah Doten (Doty) (Edward 4, Elisha 3, John
2, Edward 1). He died 19 January 1883.
Hannah Maxim was born 1801 in Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine
daughter of Andrew Maxim (Muxam) (John 3, Edmund 2, Samuel 1) and
Rebecca Perkins (Gideon 6, Jo
Retracing my steps: Jones - Lane connection -
http://www.feliixplace.com/genealogy/washburn.html
Edward Jones born 8 December 1797 in Leeds, Androscoggin County,
Maine son of Capt Edward Jones (parents unknown) and Judith Lane
(Daniel 4, Samuel 3, Samuel 2, James 1). He died 21 October 1884.
Fannie Lane born 1801 daughter of Giddings Lane (Daniel 4, Samuel
3, Samuel 2, James 1) and Jemima Norris (Samuel 4, Benjamin 3,
Oliver 2, John 1). She died in 1829.
Married 16 December 1820. (first cousins)
Ch
Hi List,
This is my Maxim line that I'm researching. To save space per line
I'm giving only brief dates and omitting name prefixes such as
Deacon, Capt., etc and places. If you also follow this line I will
be glad to provide any further details that I may have. If I have
an incorrect date or if you can provide a missing date or missing
name or if you have any corrections on family lines I'd like to
hear from you.
1-- Samuel Maxim (Muxham) (1680-1763) Hannah Perry (1681-1729)
2-- Edmund Maxim
Hi Folks,
Earlier today I sent this to another list after I had promised them
I'd send them a review of Family Tree Legends. Since Dick Eastman
has already written a very nice review and he's such a better
writer than me I instead referred them to his article from his
newsletter:
http://www.rootsforum.com/newsletter/#FamilyTreeLegends
Then I went ahead and wrote a few additional words anyway and here
they are.
I've tried the program and like it very much and I'm looking
forward to the promised add
Some of you might be interested in this brand new mailing list. I
had never even heard of orphan trains until I saw an announcement
from the listowner of this group.
Click on
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/orphan-trains-l.htm
to find out all about it.
Best wishes,
David
http://www.mdwsweb.com/genealogy
http://www.gencircles.com/users/feliix/1
http://www.mdwsweb.com/genealogylists
Free Genealogy -- Roots should be shared.
Hi List,
There's a great new resource for genealogists on the web that I
wanted to tell you about. It's called Linkpendium.com and it's
Free! I was going to write an article about it but I found that
Dick Eastman had already written a nice article about the site in
his newsletter at
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2006/07/linkpendium.html
. Since Dick has always given me permission to post his articles to
mailing lists I'm taking the liberty of including it here in it's
entirety.
FY
Found at
http://www.dnronline.com/skyline_details.php?AID=5176&sub=Rural%20Pen
Ball is the name engraved across the top of a large headstone in a
cemetery I pass by often. It never meant anything to me until last
week.
Now the past haunts me. Not my own life's past, but my antecedents
whose DNA and God-knows-what-else I carry. I have many questions.
Mom always told me, offering no evidence, our antecedents came over
on the Mayflower. As it turns out, that family legend was not far
from the truth.
I'm sure everybody is at least aware of Cyndi's List of Genealogy
Sites on the Internet but how many know about the history of this
very popular Genealogy search site. Here is Cyndi's own story of
how it happened.
http://www.cyndislist.com/decade.htm
David
A Maiser-Rootsweb Listowner since 1996
http://www.feliixplace.com/genealogylists/
David Sylvester
28 North Searsport Road
Searsport, Maine 04974
Free Genealogy -- Roots should be shared.
Dear members,
This is a hodgepodge of items that have come to mind that need to
be addressed with varying degrees of importance. Some of the items
addressed are due to issues that came up on some of my lists but
not all them, yet this is going out to all my lists that I
administer at Rootsweb.
The items I'm going to discuss tonight (I began writing this letter
last night) are:
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My inspiration to write at
This message is being forwarded to the list by the listowner. You
may reply to the list at Maxim-L@rootsweb.com or to the sender at
"Carol"
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Hello,
Wondering if anyone on this list has a Clara E. Maxim married to a
Mark Ward
connection. I need the parents of both although I think Mark Ward's
father
was Timothy Ward. Clara Maxim was his second wife. Unknown first
wife had
Elbridge and Mattie. This family was from Maine.
Carol
Florid
Hi Grant,
I do have this family. I am away at the moment and will get back to you
with some details. I do have them on censuses too, so I can send you
copies. It will be next week though, if that's okay. Please be patient.
Tricia Campbell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grant"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 6:11 AM
Subject: Mary Henrietta Maxam
I am looking for relatives of Mary Henrietta MAXAM, born in Marleybone or
St. Pancras area of Lond