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From: "Niesen" <>
Subject: Re: [PONTIUS] New genealogy search
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 17:23:40 -0900
In-Reply-To: <001d01c84cc6$949fdf00$6401a8c0@susan>


Susan,

I never noticed that Syrian before. On the record I found after you
mentioned it, there were a bunch of them but they spelled it Pontus I think.
On some of the earliest records in America (Rev. War records) the name was
even spelled Ponges and Pongeas, which gives you some idea of how those
folks pronounced it. It amazes me how such a simple name, even found in the
Bible, could end up with so many spellings and even different
pronunciations.

Thanks for pointing this out, and Happy New Year to you!

Len


-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto:] On
Behalf Of Susan Sauve
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 1:35 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [PONTIUS] New genealogy search

Hello Len and all,

Thanks very much for sending on this website, it is a wonderful resource.
Found a number of family in the Ohio records, although few were still there
from my Pontius family.

On an old topic, Len, sometime last year you mentioned finding Pontius
ancestors on immigration resources at Ancestry. Just for the heck of it, I
looked there for Pontius immigrants and found that someone by the name of
Pontius came over from Syria! So our surname certainly got around.

Regards,
Susan Sauve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Niesen" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 7:56 PM
Subject: [PONTIUS] New genealogy search


> For those of you who haven't tried it yet:
>
> FamilySearch.org has indexed some of its original records and you can view
> them online. Find the search engine at:
>
>
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html?datestamp=119906
> 5953012
>
> You must register first and then you can search the database. There are
> many post-1908 Ohio death records there (originals) as well as other vital
> records. This is a beta version but seems to work pretty well on the ones

> I
> have searched.
>
> Happy hunting -
> Len
>
>
>
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