Mid-Atlantic SIG

Submitted by Host GFS Susi

MIDATLANTIC MESSENGER

SPRING EDITION

OUR MISSION

To serve all genealogists by providing an enjoyable online environment with as many helpful and reliable resources as possible.

Attendance is up in many of the states forums. Thank you all for doing such a good job.

Pennsylvania SIG will host Kevin Frye on 18 May in the Root Cellar at 10-12 pm.

Kevin is a very knowledged person working with Andersonville Prison Records. He has a web site and does free look ups for those whom ask. Please join us for an interesting evening of fun and learning.

Mid Atlantic SIG will have as a speaker, the knowledged HOST GFS Peggy of the DAR, on 22 May 10-12 pm Golden Gates room. She has done this in the past for the NJ, NY, and PA SIG's. We hope to see you there with name, state, and when if known, to help Peggy find the data you are looking for. This is open to all who wish to attend.

Other speakers will be coming on to talk of various subjects as the year progresses.

Remember to use the front door: Keyword: Roots to read the highlighted events for each day. The front page has a feature button that highlights various activities in the forum.

Also remember to use the message boards to post and contact kin. Someone recently, in the Pennsylvania SIG found a relative off a post that was 3 years old.

HOST GFS Susi

FORT MILES, DE

While my subject here isn't so much about genealogy, it is part of the history of Delaware and perhaps some of you had ancestors stationed at Ft. Miles during WWII. In 1938, an area known as "The Cape Henlopen Lighthouse Reservation," after being turned over to the War Department became known as Ft. Miles. The fort was a "defensive military fort." It was located at the mouth of the Delaware Bay to keep Germany, our enemy at the time, from storming our beaches as we had done at Normandy. Up the Delaware River were all kinds of industries, oil refineries and the Philadelphia Naval Base, all critical to the war effort.

If you've ever been to the beaches in Delaware, you no doubt noticed round concrete towers and probably wondered what they were. There were 11 of those towers build between Cape Henlopen and Fenwick Island. They range from 40 feet to 90 feet high and are 17 feet in diameter, with one foot thick walls. The German boats were watched very carefully from those towers. They would have liked nothing better that to destroy any trade of shipments of supplies to our Allies. The towers were used to locate ships and to direct firing of guns should there be an attack.

In 1986, one of the towers at Cape Henlopen was restored and remodeled and is now the Pilot Radar Tower. It's hight teck equipment helps track ships and it's radios monitor incoming and outgoing traffic on the river.

All but one of the towers are closed to the public. The one that is open is also located at Cape Henlopen Start Park. You can climb to the top and enjoy a spectacular view.

You can read more by going to http://www.state.de.us/shpo/towers.htm Delaware State Historic Preservation Office 

Sussex County, Delaware Maps
http://members.spree.com/sck1/Maps.html

Color Landform Atlas of the United States
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html

USGS GNIS (GNIS)
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form 

DLRCSJ3430: HYATT LLOYD, John, born in England in 1703/04 RIGGS PRESTON TEWKSBURY ESSIG WELSH HOWARD all from MD

STRINGCAN: CLIFTON, Thomas, d. Suxxes Co., DE abt 1798 family of Md.,Del. abt. 1670

Dean Lee Will: LEATHERMAN, JUNG, MOSER, CUSTER---Frederick Co.

KStuart: BRUNNER, Frederick Co MD (18th c)

JSGracey: EVANS, RANDALL, CARR, HOWARD, NORMAN-AA Co. 1650-now MOORE, SHORES, POWDERS, RACLIFFE-Eastern Shore 1650-now

AKeese7777: TARMAN or KEESE Maryland or DC. 1860's

TreSearch3: WIGGINS CRESAP LITTLE FLINT Washington Co., MD 1770's-1790's

PRKratzer: BARTLETT FELKER Washington Co, MD.

Lynn4604: CLENDANIEL HARRIS> Delaware to Queen Anne's Co MD; LINGNER RAPPOLD BIEDENBACK FRANZ HILL BRIGGS>Balto MD; GARDNER MORGAN EATON THOMPSON >Queen Anne's Co MD; BRADSHAW>Somerset co

Liloc13: REDING, ZULAUF=Balto., MD. CARROLL, KELLY,HAYES/HAYS =Harford Co., MD.

DOTTIENFRED: FISHER/FISCHER,WARREN,HEBERLING/HAEBERLIN

BJane: COVEY, FAIRBANK, FERGUSON, ROE, SCOTT, SMITH, WALES in Talbot Co. MD

GRND MQUS: PRICE ROWIN /ROWEN HOLMES KIRBY GORE

1895 Atlas MARYLAND
http://www.livgenmi.com/1895md.htm

Maryland History

http://www.cia-g.com/~rockets/maryland.htm

Maryland History
http://home.iximd.com/~cschall/MarylandHistory.htm

Maptech MapServer
http://navigator2.maptech.com/homepage/index.cfm?

Behind the Name - the Etymology and History of First Names
http://www.behindthename.com/

Delaware a Tribal History
http://www.tolatsga.org/dela.html

Cemeteries of Delaware - Cemetery Records - Genealogy - Geneology
http://www.interment.net/us/de/

News-Journal Obituaries beginning 1890
http://www.angelfire.com/de2/thomasgen/News_Journal_1.htm 

News Journal obituaries since April 1999
http://miva.delawareonline.com/miva/cgi-bin/miva?obits.mv

Delaware Public Archives Probate Database Search
http://www2.state.de.us/dpa/probate/

New Jersey by HOST GFS Grace and HOST GFS CarlaD

 

NEW JERSEY SIG

Fridays in the Root Cellar at 8:00 PM ET

Keyword: Roots>Chats>Root Cellar

Host GFS Grace CoHost : Host GFS CarlaD

 

Latest news from NARA (National Archives):

The 1930 Federal census will be released April, 2002, but meanwhile NARA has many City Directories available. The NARA site says that they are 1930 directories, but I did see many from 1920s through the 1930s. Some of them were for 1935. To see the New Jersey ones, go to: http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/citydirs.html/

You can check out other states while you are there. NARA does mention that these are only available at their Regional Archives. You can get the list of the NARA branches at the site. These directories will not be sold at this time.

There is a genie who has to work nights while the NJ SIG is being held, so I told her that I would publish her names and her query. If someone finds that they cannot attend the SIG, I will occasionally put their names in this Newsletter.

From: My Roots 1@aol.com:

Searching for information on my 2nd Great-Grandfather, John Horton Warner. According to a fellow researcher he was born in New Jersey, but my own look at the 1900 census it looks like New York to me. Also says his Father was born in Connecticut and his Mother in Massachusetts. I have no idea what their names were, or that of any siblings.

John was born January 1824. He married Melinda Cronk probably about 1846 and reportedly in Burlingham, Ulster, NY - although I've not seen proof of that. Their children were;

Emily bn 1847

John D. bn 1849

Jane Le bn 1851 (my Great-grandmother)

Charles A bn 1853

Mary Elizabth bn 1857

Hiram Hasbrook bn 1860

Marcus B. bn 1863

I found John & Melinda on the 1900 census living with their daughter Emily and her husband Moses Fredenberg in Hudson Township, Douglas County, MN.

Does anyone recognize any of these names?

Folks looking for ancestors from New Jersey:

BJane: COBB, FENWICK, GARRISON, GRINER, LODER, LUKENS, PULLINGER, FENWICK, BOWEN,BARRETT, AYARS, BROOKS, CAMP, SIMPKINS, SUTTON, TULLIS, WOLFORD, OTTO, PLATTS

CGleason11: HEMINGWAY, BOWEN, WOOLWORTH, WARREN, WILLIAMS,WHITE, MARTIN, DARE, ADAMS,BRUCE, SPENCER

ThomasH871: GROOM, MOUNT, TAYLOR, HUGHES

RCPKVbenda: GILLETTE, HARRIS, CATHCART, HALSEY, WOLCOTT, LEROY, JONES, JOUBIN, FINNEMORE, FAWCETT, VINCENT,PORTER, ROBERTS, VANCLEEF, ** Dr. Thomas R. Porter in Cliffwood, NJ approx. 1855-1925, WHELAN/WHALEN, O'NEILL, MULLIGAN, RIORDAN, SILSBURY JONES, COVEY, TIMM ,LACEY, SHIKORA, URMANN, FUCHS, DIMINSKI, HERNITSCHEK, SEGL, EAGAN FROM BALLYMOTE, SLIGO CO. IRELAND

RCorey1998: So COREY, MULLIGAN, DE LACY, WALSH

Postcard9: LIPPINCOTT SPROWL SHEMELEY NIPPINS DEVINNEY all Burl Co: 1800-1840

NJMae: VAN CLIEF, VAN DEUSEN, BOWNE, MORRELL, all from Monmouth Co.; JOHNSON, BURTON from Ocean County; MEYER, YAUFMAN from Essex County

Glcourtr: KORTRIGHT, CORTRIGHT BEDELL, Sussex Co., NJ; DECKER, KINGSMORE WOOLLEY SIDDLES TRAUGER RAABE, RACE, RADAKER, ROSENCRANS

Moweq: Samuel DRAKE in NJ abt. 1750

BIGHEARTGO: HEARON, CLAY, BRITT, COSGROVE, LIMPERT,ROONIE

JCRSAR: KITCHELL

Lkn4kin: BARON in Paterson, Passaic County

J679: GAREAU, BENWAY/BENOIT, LOVETT, PRATT, SARGEANT, CROSSETT

Helen S249: BISHOP /BURLINGTON NJ

teresahem50: HUBBARD RICE PRATT PAYNE SCHUYLER DAVIDSON MCCARGAR

EMFU: HOLMES, BURTON OR BARTON

Iamhydee: MAJOR JOHN LEWIS m. PHOEBE BROUWER 1788 Monmouth County, NJ

Submitted by: Host GFS Grace

I would like to recommend some great books for you to take a look at. If your interested in Diary's and Civil War an excellent book to read is Diary of a Yankee Engineer: The Civil War Story of John H. Westervelt, Engineer, 1st NY Volunteer Engineer Corps.  Edited by Anita Palladino The cost is $27.00.

Many diary's have hit the libraries and book stores. Some were discovered in attics, or rescued by descendents. Many hardly merit us to even pick them up.  But, that is not the case with Diary of a Yankee Engineer. Anita Palladino describes him as a  "an ordinary man in an extraordinary time," John Westervelt accomplished what few wartime diarists did - he has written an informative journal.  

He wrote the diary intending it for his son only.

What raises this diary above the others is his first hand knowledge of life the way it was then.

What he was feeling about his environment, whether it was the climate, the horrible insects or the people around him in his regiment and the people who lived in that area both black and white.

I highly recommend this book you will enjoy it!

Some great sites to check out for NY:
http://www.nynjtc.org/links.html

http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL.html

BROOKLYN Information Page

RuthAnn's Genealogy Index Page

FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service

Pennsylvania, a very important state in the development of the country. The development of the counties play a major role in your finding kin while researching files.

It is wise to know that land was purchased from the Indians starting in 1682, 1683 SIX DEEDS, 1684-1701, 1718-1720-1726 SUSQUEHANNA/DELAWARE INDIANS, 1732, 1736 FIVE INDIAN NATIONS, 1737 WALKING PURCHASE, 1749 NINE INDIAN NATIONS, 1754-58 TREATY OF ALBANY, 1768 NEW PURCHASE, 1784-1785 LAST PURCHASE.

The first area being developed was Chester County 1640, the Philadelphia County 1650 then Bucks 1680 for settlement and development. These Counties were all established in 1682.

Lancaster County 1729, was next, shrinking Chester County by a large amount. It was 20 years before more changes took place.

Bucks County covered Northampton, Lehigh and all of Bucks area of today in 1729.

Philadelphia County covered Berks, Montgomery County and Philiadelphia County in 1729.

Chester that had covered all of York, Lancaster, Delaware, Berks and Chester County in 1729.

Lancaster County in 1729 took ground from Chester County. Lancaster County in 1729 covered Franklin, Adams, Cumberland, lower Dauphin, Lebanon, York, much of Berks County and Lancaster County.

This representing the southeast region of the state of Pennsylvania.

The area surrounding this to the north can trace back to Bucks County over and including to Lycoming the farthest west, in a line down to Bucks Montgomery line as a border to Philadelphia County.

The area to the west is traceable back to Lancaster County all the way to the Ohio, West Virginia border of today. The northwest portion was not claimed until 1785.

Remembering that Maryland claimed land northward through the and to the tops of the southern counties of Pennsylvania from east of Fayette County until New Jersey.

Though there were no counties here yet and when formed many filed data in Maryland verses Pennsylvania. The land laws and grants and taxes were very different.

Recalling that the development of the Northwest Territory for the trappers and hunters in Virginia, they claimed all the southwest region of the state of Pennsylvania, Ohio,

Kentucky and westward to the Mississippi River. They also had different land and tax laws than Pennsylvania. The Virginians would not have left Virginia for Pennsylvania because the taxes were much higher and the laws very different than in their state.

Many fought and argued to retain this region for Virginia. I find the last land transaction taking place in 1805 to Virginia. The division was made in 1782. Part 1

HOST GFS Susi

AKayOertel:Margarett Priscilla HAINES 1854 b Ohio m Eli Bowie

DLRCSJ3430: MACK LLOYD RIGGS McCRACKEN BIRCHFIELD ROSSELL BIECHELE LOTHAMER ESLEY WARLING

LLONGW4528: LONGWELL, WALKER -- Milroy, Mifflin Cty

Possum654: ZERBE, KELLER, HOHN (HAIN), FISCHER

HelenCDavis: Susan Ruth POLK m. David Reese Cumberland County

JCeeNJ: Henry HUDSON, Columbia PA aka Howard HAINES, Burlington, NJ m. 2. Mabel FENTON 1899 NJ had at least one son b. 1900

Moweq: COULTER ~ MACKLIN ~ HAMILTON ~ DRAKE all Cumberland-Mifflin co

Kashathree: THOMAS THOMAS, DAVID THOMAS, WILLIAM THOMAS --se pa 1822-1910,

Kashathree: GUSTAVUS SCHMIDT/SMITH AND JOSEPHINE LATOUR SCHMIDT. 1851- ? PHILADELPHIA.

AKayOertel: TRAUTMAN/ TROUTMAN 51 different spellings for MULLINIX ADAMS BOWIE SHANK

Historical Society of PA
http://www.libertynet.org/~pahist

Philiadelphia information http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8088/philly.html Submitted by JCeeNJ

PA information, railroad data, etc,

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Vallley/5429/ by hsdurbin

Pennsylvania Coal Mine Region

Tulpehocken Trinity Reformed Church Cemetery

Cemeteries of Pennsylvania - Cemetery Records - Genealogy - Genealogy

Virginia had arrive on it's shores in 1607, a ship representing the London Company. This name was later changed to the Virginia Company. Jamestown was developed. In 1609, Jamestown had approximately 500 people, in 1610 loss of life brought the population down to 60. Ships arrived,families came and Va. grew.

Virginia in 1634, created eight shires (counties) and ultimately ended up with 172 counties. Virginia then lost counties by 1950, the release of West Virgina in1863 (50) to form it's own state, the extinction of 13 counties absorbed by others, Kentucky claiming 9.

Birth records were required to be filed with the local commissioners of revenue.

This started in 1853 to 1896. It was not reinforced early on, many records are also lost due to Civil War fires. Birth records were kept again starting in 1912.

Various counties and cities though kept good records.

Virginia Genealogical Research by George K Schweitzer, PhD,ScD. source

HOST GFS Susi

DLRCSJ3430: LLOYDs from Frederick Co, Va

Mid Atlantic report by HOST GFS Susi/HOST GFS SHELL/HOST GFS Karol/HOST GFSJayne/HOST GFS DASH/HOST GFS ALICIA

POORHOUSES INFORMATION

We would like to invite you to visit The POORHOUSE STORY (a clearinghouse for information about 19th century American poorhouses) at

DIRECTIONS:

At the homepage (link above) click on POORHOUSES BY STATE, then click on the table of states.

There are other pages on our site which may help you better understand poorhouses. They are all linked on the homepage (at the left) and include:

HISTORY, LETTER TO GENEALOGISTS, and FEATURED ARTICLES.

Linda Crannell (aka=The Poorhouse Lady)

Thank you Linda

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RSemmesCSN: SCHENCKS

CatchestheWind: GREEN,DEEDS in PA WALL in WVA

Glcourtr: Courtney

IW Roho: COLEMAN, WOODHULL, TOPPING, STERLING, JENNINGS, NY

Daschnitzel: COOKS, FLEMINGS, POWELL

KStuart: BARTON, INGRAM, LEMMON/LAYMON, BUTT, SETTLE

LBALL: BURROWS , VA: WITHROW, WICKLINE, FARLEY, WVA.

HAPYHAUNTR: HUFFMAN, FRY, PEDAN, BIDDLE

October1098: WYNNE,

Marelgenib: MORGAN in MD.

SusiCP: JONES, MADISON, NY JOHNSON, NY

free web site (map and satellite image)

http://www.globeexplore.com/cfviewer/start.cfm from KStuart

Meeting times are posted at keyword ROOTS..

Please use the front door at least once a day to find out the new things happening in the forum.

Come join any one of our SIG's and enjoy the atmosphere and learn data and ultimately find kin.

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If you have any stories, articles, websites to share, please send them to HOST GFS Susi or HOST GFS CarlaD as I am only the "deliverer" of the newsletter.

Thanks, Jayne

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