RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine Vol. 5, No. 40, 2 October 2002, Circulation: 1,055,646+ (c) 1998-2002 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist RWR-Editor@rootsweb.com Certification: http://www.bcgcertification.org/certification/ Please do not send any subscription requests to the editor Advertising: Scott Brenay sbrenay@myfamilyinc.com ====================================================================== In This Issue: 1. News and Notes. (1a. Bugbear on the Loose; 1b. Making the Most of Mailing Lists; 1c. Quick Tip) 2. Connecting through RootsWeb: "Three-year Wait Worthwhile" 3. New User-contributed Databases 4. New Webpages at RootsWeb 5. New RootsWeb Mailing Lists 6. New FreePages and HomePages (personal webpages at RootsWeb) 7. RootsWeb Review's Bottomless Mailbag: "To Err Is Human," "Little White Lies," "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" 8. Ancestry.com News: 1930 U.S. Census Images Posted 9. Humor: "Take My Husband . . . Please!" 10. RWR Reprint and Submissions Guidelines; Archives; Instructions ====================================================================== 1. News and Notes: ------------------ 1a. Be Careful Out There. The Bugbear is no teddy bear. It is an e-mail worm containing backdoor components that can allow an infected system to be remotely compromised; it also includes the ability to kill antivirus and firewall software, leaving infected systems wide open to further attacks and lulling you into a false sense of security thinking your system is virus-free. Genealogists have much more interesting things to do than deal with an Internet worm with a Trojan horse, but such is life online. Bugbear, which hit Great Britain and Australia users first on Monday, September 30, according to news reports, is also known as Tanatos. It arrives via e-mail with no distinct characteristics except that the attached file is always 50,688 bytes long. The subject line and text are stolen from existing e-mail it finds on an infected machine. Many RootsWeb users are expressing concerns about this latest varmint because unless you pay extra-careful attention you might think an e-mail with the attached Bugbear worm is coming from a trusted genealogy friend, family member, or from your favorite Mailing List. RootsWeb's Mailing Lists do not allow any attachments, but that doesn't mean you won't receive something that will fool you into thinking the message is from a RootsWeb Mailing List. This is one clever worm. There are confirmed reports of Bugbear even forging some prepends commonly used on many of our Mailing Lists. If you receive e-mail with an attachment that appears to be from say [SURNAME-L] and you are not subscribed to that Mailing List, that is a good indication that it is a message with the Bugbear worm attached. Even if you are subscribed to a certain list and there is an attachment, do not open it. Many of us are still fighting off the Klez worm, which steals and forges our e-mail addresses and subject lines, and now along comes Bugbear and the Opaserv worms. The latter is a network worm that was discovered September 30 also. Are you at risk? You certainly are if you are a Windows user, and especially if you use Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or 5.5 browsers and have not applied the patch found in MS01-020. [Note: Copy and paste carefully; this is a 2-line URL:] http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ MS01-020.asp?frame=true According to CNET News.com, a flaw in MIME (the multipurpose Internet mail extensions) lets a malicious program attached to an e-mail message execute (start) when the text of the message appears in Outlook or Outlook Express (popular e-mail applications). The software problem was patched by Microsoft almost 18 months ago, but it is obvious that many genealogists have not updated their computers. Don't know what version of Microsoft Internet Explorer you have? Launch the browser, click on the Help menu and select About Internet Explorer to find out. To prevent infection, Windows users be sure your system is current: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/default.htm and everyone should update their antivirus software and refrain from opening any attachment unless the sender confirms that he or she sent it to you. The major antivirus (AV) software companies have updated their files to include protection from Bugbear -- but you need to be sure your AV is up-to-date. Moreover, don't rely exclusively on your AV to protect you from every virus or worm that comes along. If you use Outlook or Outlook Express for your e-mail application, be sure to set your VIEW options to show attachments. In Outlook Express make sure that the Preview Pane option is off. In Outlook, under VIEW, turn off the Auto Review and the Preview Pane. Some e-mail clients treat Mailing List digests as separate attachments, but those will always have the Mailing List digest request address as the FROM address and they will have the digest volume and number in the subject line. However, be wary, if attachment is exactly 50,688 bytes, it probably is the Bugbear. For additional tips and links, please see: Virus, Trojans, Worms: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/announce.html#virus E-mail headers: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/listadmins/headersfull.html 1b. Making the Most of Mailing Lists. Once you subscribe to any RootsWeb Mailing List you will begin receiving all messages that are posted to it. Lurking -- a geek term meaning reading messages without taking part in the discussion -- is recommended until you get a feel for how the Mailing List is managed. Each list has its own rules or guidelines set by the list administrator within the bounds of the RootsWeb AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) and an atmosphere resulting from the interests of the list members and administrator. Any special rules will usually be explained by the administrator in the Welcome message that you receive immediately after joining and in revolving taglines added to the list messages or via periodic administrative notices. Most RootsWeb Mailing Lists are publicly archived in both a threaded/ browseable and a searchable format. Browse through the threaded list archive to discover what discussions have taken place recently. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ If you join a Mailing List in an attempt to get an answer to a specific question or to learn about a particular ancestor, it would be wise to check the searchable list archive first to determine whether the question has been answered in the past or whether your ancestor has previously been discussed. http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Once you have done this homework, you are ready to type up an e-mail message and post a query. Plan it with the subject matter of the Mailing List in mind -- always mention how your query pertains to the subject of the list whether that be a surname, geographic area, or a genealogical research topic. Your query should include what you already know. Remember to specify what information you seek. Always include the name of the individual or family of interest, along with some dates or at least some sort of time frame, and the location where the individual(s) lived or where certain events took place. Be as concise as possible, but include all pertinent information. Keep in mind that Mailing Lists have subscribers around the world -- don't assume that everything is U.S.-connected or that others will understand your abbreviations. Leave no doubt, spell it out. Review the text of your query, then enter a meaningful description in the subject field of your e-mail message. Good examples: --"James Jones and Sarah Jackson, seek marriage record ca 1885" --"Need 1880 census lookup for John Barton" --"Bradshaw surname in Brisbane" When your message text and subject are complete, address your e-mail to the Mailing List address (regardless of whether you are subscribed in list or digest mode) and send it. For instance, if you are sending the message to the SMITH surname list, address your message to SMITH-L@rootsweb.com If, instead of writing a new query, you wish to reply to a message that has been posted by another list member -- select either the REPLY or REPLY ALL option before creating the text of your response. Pay close attention to which address(es) are displayed in the SEND TO box of your e-mail. Some Mailing Lists are set by the administrator to reply to the sender only, while others are set to reply to the entire list. If a Mailing List is set to reply to the sender hitting REPLY will send the response *only* to the poster, while hitting REPLY ALL will send a copy of your reply to both the poster and the entire list. However, if the Mailing List is set to reply to the list, hitting REPLY will send the response the list. If an administrator has a list set to reply to the list, and an individual list member has his e-mail program set to include a specific REPLY TO address, SmartList (RootsWeb Mailing List software) will not override that setting and, in that instance, hitting REPLY will send your reply only to the individual. That's why it is important to be certain that the address(es) to which you wish to send the message are the ones displayed in the SEND TO box of your outgoing e-mail -- before hitting SEND. When replying to a previous list message or digest copy/quote only the short pertinent part(s) of the message to which you are replying. Never quote an entire message in your reply. Be sure that your e-mail application is not set to automatically copy and send back an entire message or digest. If you are replying in a thread and the subject changes, don't forget to change the subject line. Also, if you are replying to a digest message, remember to change the subject to reflect the actual message you are addressing instead of leaving the digest number as the subject. 1c. Quick Tips from RootsWeb Review Readers: Avoiding Frustration Thanks to: Chris Hannan channan@bigpond.com The frustration experienced when doing searches on family surnames that relate to other subjects can be minimised by placing the family surname followed by the word family in quotation marks, e.g. "Day family" or "White family." Doing a search in this way filters out many unwanted variations. I also recommend using the Dogpile search engine as it does a search on many search engines, not just the one. [Editor's Note: Learn more about meta-search engines and discover other Web search techniques at: http://cyndislist.com/search.htm ] ==================== Paid Advertisement ==================== Your photo could win $10,000! 1,368 prizes totaling $60,000 will be rewarded in this contest. All amateur photographers are invited to enter the contest. The contest is open to everyone, and the entry is free. Enter Now!! http://www.picture.com/contest/enter.asp?Suite=4071-qndist13 ============================================================ 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Three-year Wait Worthwhile By Roxann "Roxy" Brown seeker831@yahoo.com On 7 March 1999 I posted this message: Alfred HARDT b. 8 May 1884, d. 8 January 1959, m. Annie JAEGER, b. 8 June 1893, d.15/22,July 1968. Both are buried in Westside Cemetery, Yorktown, De Witt County, Texas. I have no info on any of Alfred's ancestors, but Annie was the daughter of Rudolph JAEGER b. Berlin Germany (no dates known) who married Emma VOGT (no info). Annie was born in Germany and came over with her parents as a child, I am told they came through Old Indianola [Editor's note: Indianola or Karlshaven is now a Texas ghost town, but was once a thriving port that was founded by German immigrants in 1844. It was battered by hurricanes in 1875 and 1886] and that her brother Paul learned to walk on the ship. Also her brother Willie made the trip with them. Any info will be helpful Three years (and many e- mails) later I received a reply from the granddaughter of my great-grandmother's brother. That landed me a picture of my immigrant great-grandparents -- Rudolph and Ema (VOGT) JAEGER. What a great thing to have! Not to mention having someone to share the research questions with. Thanks, RootsWeb. 3. New User-Contributed Databases at Rootsweb --------------------------------------------- Who Has the Data? Does your state, province, county, parish, church, old military unit or alma mater 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 family tree (genealogies can be posted at WorldConnect: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ ) -- 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 them. Please see the guidelines, tutorial and examples of data formats for user-contributed data: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/guidelines.html Use this submission form: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ RootsWeb thanks the individuals and groups who contribute their material to share with the worldwide genealogical community. See the full list of contributors at: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/contributors.html The following new user-contributed databases have come online recently (these are name searchable, but they are not browseable): ---------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S.A. Military Records: 82nd Army Airborne, Company C, Class 47, Student Officers; 44 records; Joyce M. Collins http://userdb.rootsweb.com/military/ U.S.A. Military Records: 82nd Army Airborne, Company C, Class 47, Enlisted Men; 55 records; Joyce M. Collins http://userdb.rootsweb.com/military/ ILLINOIS. Will County. Class of 1954, Joliet Township High School, Joliet, Illinois; 489 records; Meredith Campbell-Risen http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ INDIANA. Benton County. Boswell High School, 1901-1910 76 records; Cheryl Moore http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ INDIANA. Jennings County. 1930 Census--Lovett Township 547 records; Heather Stafford http://userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index/ MICHIGAN. Van Buren County. Hartford High School Graduates 5,100 records; Emma Thornburg Sefcik http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ MICHIGAN. Wayne County. Class of 1945, St. Theresa High School, Detroit; 97 records; Don Parsons http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ NEBRASKA. Custer County. Arnold High School, Graduating Classes of 1929 and 1930; 63 records; Judy Weems http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ NEW YORK. Suffolk County. Stirling Cemetery, Greenport; 1757-present 3,631 records; Kathy Richter http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ OHIO. Greene County. Selected marriages (mostly WILSON and MILLER surnames), 1804-1869; 836 records; David G. Miller http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/ ==================== Paid Advertisement ==================== PAJAMA GENEALOGY RESEARCH for Computer Users: "How to do most of your genealogy research from your home in your pajamas . . . Using your computer, the Internet, and your kitchen table." For in-depth info, read the PAJAMA GENEALOGY REPORT: GO TO: http://amberskyline.com/pajama/ Or, You can get the "Pajama Genealogy Report" by e-mail automatically, by sending an e-mail message to: pajama@lists.amberskyline.com ============================================================ 4. New Webpages at Rootsweb ---------------------------- To request a free Web account: http://accounts.rootsweb.com/ Some of these might not yet be accessible. If one that interests you isn't up yet, please check again in a few days or next week. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ [accountname] Note that the ~[tilde] before the Web account name is required. Example: The Lamar County, Mississippi page can be found by going to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslamar/ U.S.A. alescamb -- Escambia County, Alabama allawren -- Lawrence County, Alabama cablvasa -- Baltic Lodge No. 689, Vasa Order of America (California) gataylo2 -- Taylor County, Georgia idvalley -- Valley County, Idaho kylewis2 -- Lewis County, Kentucky mewgs -- Wassebec Genealogical Society (Maine) mslamar -- Lamar County, Mississippi txafwsar -- Ambassador Fletcher Warren Chapter of the Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution vtlamoi2 -- Lamoille County, Vermont vtcjohns -- Johnson (Lamoille County), Vermont ==================== Paid Advertisement ==================== The Sept/Oct issue of FAMILY CHRONICLE is on the newsstands now or you can obtain a free trial copy by visiting http://www.familychronicle.com/ Articles include "Civil War Records," "10 Ways to Make the Most of Census Research," "Consanguinity: Close Marriage Questions," "Breaking Through Brickwalls," "Multi-Generation Photographs," "12 Ways to Find a Female Ancestor's Maiden Name," and many others. Visit http://www.familychronicle.com/ and order your free trial copy. ============================================================ 5. New Mailing Lists at RootsWeb -------------------------------- For more information and an index to the more than 25,500 RootsWeb- hosted genealogy Mailing Lists and easy subscribing options, go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ To request a new Mailing List: http://resources.rootsweb.com/adopt/ To subscribe or unsubscribe to/from any RootsWeb-hosted Mailing List, send a plain text (not HTML) e-mail message with only the word SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) in the message body and the subject line to: [name of list]-L-request@rootsweb.com (for mail mode) or to: [name of list]-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS ROOTSMAGIC-USERS -- Help with and discussion about RootsMagic, a genealogy software program from FormalSoft NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS ENG-WIL-SWINDON -- Swindon, Wiltshire, England NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS ABLETT BOHRER BOYD-DNA -- List focus will be on the Boyd DNA project CECORD, CHAFFEY, CHAMARD, CHIONO, CLADE DANCOSSE EBBOTT, ELLINGSWORTH FERRETT GEISE, GEISS, GOODHEART, GRAAP LIDGARD LOVE-AUS -- The LOVE surname in Australia MACCORMACK, MAUGHAM, MIKAT, MOUNTNEY RATHMANN, RIOU, RIOUX, ROSMARIN STRUTTON TATLEY, TENA ==================== Paid Advertisement ==================== THE LATEST from http://www.genealogical.com/ Browse our 20 NEW BOOKS AND CDs FOR OCTOBER. 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New Personal Freepages and Homepages at RootsWeb --------------------------------------------------- [Note: When your new, updated, or substantially revised personal pages located at RootsWeb (they will have "freepages" or "homepages" in the URL) are up and ready for visitors, please send the URL (Web address), along with a brief description of what is available on your site to: rwr-editor@rootsweb.com Comments and questions about any of these independently authored webpages should be directed to their respective compilers/webmasters.] BANGS, BEATON, BOCHENHEIM, BLANTERN, BUSH, COLLINS, DOANE, DZIEKONSKI, GORCZYCA, GULINO, HIGGINS, MCCARTHY, NORTZ, POSSON, SABATINO, WOLFF, YOUNG, and many more; includes an organized genealogy-links page. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~annegee/angie.htm GRISWOLD. The Family of Delanson M. GRISWOLD of Ashtabula County, Ohio. Other surnames include: BOYCE, GAMMET, BROUGHTON, BROWN, WRIGHT, HALL, GATES, SALISBURY, ROBERTS, and RISLEY. http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~fgris/ HUDDLESTON. Captain John HUDDLESTON of the "Bona Nova." From Ratcliffe, Middlesex, England to Poquoson, York and Henrico counties, Virginia to Fredricksburg, Spotsylvania County and Amelia County, Virginia; to Tippah County, Mississippi and Marion County, Alabama. [Note: This the following is a 2-line URL:] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~virginiahuddlestons/ captain_john_huddleston_of_the_b.htm LEONARD, RUPE, HOBBS, GLENN, SCOTT, ZIRKLE, RIDENOUR, CLARK, DOTY, GRAVES, HOGG, MODE, ALLEN, RAINES, WYNNE, CLARK LEWIS, and more. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ourfolkstales/ STEPHENSON, ELLIS, DAVIS, WESTMORELAND, and WILLIAMS, with a photo section. There's new updates to the author's GLENN and HOBBS lines that start in Virginia, and end up in Wapello County, Iowa. New pages added on several lines, including RUPE, DOTY, and GRAVES, and new pictures. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~djschulteis/ ROWLEY. Daniel Rowley Site. Daniel Rowley, 1720-1790s, resided in East Haddam, Lebanon, Colchester and Kent, Connecticut; Great Barrington and Richmond, Massachusetts; Oblong and Canaan, New York, and finally Orwell, Vermont. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rowley1/ SCHULTEIS, SIEGL/SIEGEL, OTT FAMILIES; also history of St. Boniface Parish and Germantown, (village and town), cemeteries of St. Boniface, St. Mary and those in Germantown, Town of Germantown land grants, and Catholic parish history pertaining to Washington County, Wisconsin, plus there's a Catholic parish history (1843-1920) that also includes institutions in neighboring Ozaukee County. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~djschulteis/ TROTTER-SKILES GENEALOGY. Other surnames include: HAY, HOGSETT, ROBERTSON, McNAIR, TRELAWNY, DAVIS, MISKELL, HAZARD, HANKS, MILLS, WILSON, COLVIN, WOOD, HARMON, SMITH, FINNEY, SEARIGHT, MALONE, SPEED, and LAND. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gwt1/ ==================== Paid Advertisement ==================== The new Oct/Nov HISTORY MAGAZINE is on the newsstands now but you can obtain a free copy by visiting http://www.history-magazine.com/ Articles include "The History of Zoos," "Armor through the Ages," "Everyday Life in the Confederacy," "Enduring Diamonds," "The Women Who Won the West," and many others. For a trial copy visit http://www.history-magazine.com/ ============================================================ 7. From Rootsweb Review's Bottomless Mailbag -------------------------------------------- To Err Is Human . . . Alex Dow's comments recently in RootsWeb Review on "Eyeing Dates Suspiciously" really raised my eyebrows. I was researching my grandmother Bridget O'NEIL's family in the parish records of St. Rose of Lima, Alder Brook, Franklin County, New York. I had found the baptismal records for her and all of her siblings, children of Patrick and Ellen O'NEIL, with the exception of her only sister, Nora (nee Hanorah). There was another O'NEIL entry in the baptism records that I didn't recognize and skipped over it. Months later, I went over the records again and decided to check the date of the unknown entry against the dates of all the other known O'NEILs. The entry was for a Homer O'NEIL whose parents were Peter and Helen O'NEIL, but the date was correct for month and year of birth for Nora. It was really her. The only plausible reason for this error was that the good father had a little too much wine before entering the names into the record. In this instance case it wasn't the date that was suspicious, just everything else. --Lorraine Dewey Eachus ldeachus@yahoo.com> Springfield, Georgia, USA * * * Little White Lies In Ireland, the parents are responsible for registering the birth dates of their children. This was the case in the 1880s and I think that it is the same nowadays. My great-aunt was baptized on 30th of January 1883. Her birth registration shows that she was born of 27th of February, 1883. She was baptized a month before she was born? In those days, many of the people who lived in the country had only one method of getting to the town to have their child's birth registered. They had to walk. Since there is a substantial fine for not registering within 30 days, they simply lied about the birth date. --Michael Corwin MikeCorwin@worldnet.att.net * * * The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly In re "Spreading Errors" in RootsWeb Review last week, I believe there is another angle to this issue. I, too, get frustrated in viewing sloppy data e.g., where they clearly haven't even checked that the county is right, or given the city and state. However, if only verified information was put up on the Web, the amount of data would dwindle dramatically. Now, you say, yes, but what is there is all good . . . true enough. But, if one understands that much is unverified and should be viewed with caution, one can find good in the chaff, hints, clues possible leads, which would be unavailable if only verified data were allowed. I also do not copy GEDCOMs blindly into my data, I will retype much info in order to compare with mine, check as I go, etc. There is a place for solid, verified information and there is a place for a "work in progress" -- information that can be helpful if used with caution. --Karen Helfert khelfert1@comcast.net ==================== Paid Advertisement ==================== Visit Myinks and Save up to 80% on Inkjet Supplies We offer the highest quality printer cartridges and refills. You'll enjoy our low prices, quick delivery, and first-rate service. We guaranty our inks for 100% Customer Satisfaction. After ordering at Myinks, how will you spend the money you save? http://store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/clink?myinks+4qXMLR+index.html ============================================================ 8. Ancestry.com News: Ancestry.com Completes Posting of 1930 U.S. Federal Census Images. Ancestry.com continues to lead the field in the posting of U.S. federal census images. Nearly a year after census images for the years 1790-1920 were completely posted, Ancestry.com remains ahead of the competition. Now, soon after the release of the 1930 census by the National Archives, Ancestry.com once again shows that it is the clear leader in the field by completing the posting of this historic and much sought after enumeration. The complete 1930 census of the United States -- with the ongoing release of every-name indexes linked to images -- could unearth a wealth of information about your past. While each of the fifteen U.S. censuses from 1790 to 1930 provides valuable demographic information, the 1930 census includes information that gives clues into the daily lives of Americans, such as where they worked, their military veteran status, and whether or not they owned a radio. Revolutionize your research by searching every page from all available U.S. census images -- including the 1930 census - exclusively at Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?sourceid=3398&targetid=3606 ==================== Paid Advertisement ==================== A Christmas Gift to Treasure -- your Scottish Clan Crest Plaque A unique and personal gift for Christmas -- a beautifully crafted hardwood plaque bearing your Scottish Clan Crest or Coat of Arms. Produced from original detailed wood carvings, hand-painted and mounted on a background of your clan's authentic tartan, each piece is crafted with care in Scotland and delivered worldwide. You will be delighted at the quality of these plaques and even more delighted at the sensible prices! Make sure of your plaque for Christmas -- view them now at http://www.shopscotland.net/ShopFront/Category.asp?CatID=3&Page=1 or e-mail us for our Clan Plaques E-Catalogue -- just send a blank e- mail to crests@shopscotland.net Quality Scottish tartans, crests and jewelry plus the best personal service at http://www.shopscotland.net/ ============================================================ 9. Humor: "Take My Husband ... Please!" --------------------------------------- Thanks to: Jim Liptrap, Spring, Texas, USA jliptrap@dcnet2000.com From "The Brandon Republican and Eastern Advocate," of Brandon, Mississippi, Volume 1, Number 39, December 29, 1837 NOTICE TO YOUNG LADIES, WIDOWS AND OLD MAIDS Whereas my husband, Isaac W. Odom, left home without any just provocation on Saturday night the 11th instant, with an intention of not returning, this is to forwarn all persons from stopping him or impeding him on his journey in any way whatever, as I am resolved not to pursue him, as this is the second time he has made the attempt. I particularly forwarn all young ladies or widows from marrying or harboring him, as I do positively assure them that they would rue their bargain. He is about 5 feet 11 inches high, spare made, light hair, blue eyes, tolerably talkative, fond of company, 19 years old. Any person seeing him will do me a favor by advising him never to return, as I positively will never live with him. /s/ Mahalah Ann Odom, Yalobusha Co. Nov. 23, 1837 10. Submission Guidelines, Reprint Policy, RWR Archives, Subscriptions ----------------------------------------------------------------------- We welcome short (500 words or less) articles, stories, or letters for publication in the RootsWeb Review. We reserve the right to edit all submissions. All mail sent to the RootsWeb Review editor is considered to be for publication. Send all mail as plain text e-mail message (no html, stationery, or attachments) to: RWR-Editor@rootsweb.com RootsWeb Review does not publish or answer genealogical queries, and the editor regrets that she is unable to provide any personal research assistance or advice. Post genealogical queries on all relevant surname, locality and topic boards and lists: Message Boards: http://boards.rootsweb.com/ Mailing Lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ Search/download all back issues of RootsWeb Review: http://e-zine.rootsweb.com/ Permission to reprint articles from RootsWeb Review is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, provided: (1) the reprint is used for non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) the following notice appears at the end of the article: Previously published in RootsWeb Review: Vol. 5, No. 40, 2 October 2002.