RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine Vol. 7, No. 15, 14 April 2004, Circulation: 840,331+ (c) 1998-2004 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ * * * Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com Certification: http://www.bcgcertification.org/certification/ =============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. NEWS AND NOTES. 1a. Behind the Scenes at RootsWeb 1b. Editor's Desk: "DAR Patriot Lookups" 1c. Upcoming Online Classes at Ancestry 1d. Tips from Readers: "Scanning Old B&W Negatives" 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb: "Looking Closer: Counted Twice" 3. New RootsWeb Mailing Lists 4. New Webpages at RootsWeb 5. New/Updated FreePages and HomePages 6. New User-contributed Databases 7. RootsWeb Review's Bottomless Mailbag: "Spinning Yarns"; "Fabricating Family Fables"; "Finding the Welsh;" "Embellishing Family Legends"; "Telling Tall Tales"; "Lost Letters of the Alphabet"; "Finding Icie"; and "Tracing a Given Name" 8. Humor/Humour: "Funny Names Dangling Upon Family Trees" 9. Reprint and Submissions Guidelines; RW Help; Advertising Contacts ======================================================================== 1. NEWS AND NOTES. 1a. Behind the Scenes at RootsWeb When you search the RootsWeb message boards http://boards.rootsweb.com/ or subscribe to a mailing list http://lists.rootsweb.com/ and receive a welcome message providing information about the list; do you ever wonder what makes everything tick to keep the boards and lists running successfully? Of course, you know there are "servers" (computers) at RootsWeb that make these resources available for you. And, there is software running the programs you use, plus staff members working to keep the machinery and software purring. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg because RootsWeb runs with the help of many volunteers -- hundreds of them who work behind the scenes. They give freely of their time and expertise to manage the thousands of mailing lists and message boards at RootsWeb. Mailing list administrators maintain order on a list, manage membership problems, such as assisting people to subscribe and unsubscribe. In addition they process bounce notices when a list member's address goes bad. They also steer the list discussion so that it remains focused on the topic the list was created to serve. Many list administrators requested the creation of lists, providing a resource for researchers that otherwise would not be available for you at RootsWeb. RootsWeb list administrators may be contacted by writing to: LISTNAME-admin@rootsweb.com -- replace the generic word LISTNAME with the actual name of the list (no -L or -D). Any and all administrative matters pertaining to a list should be addressed to the list administrator privately at the admin address rather than posted publicly to the list. Not all mailing lists have a volunteer administrator and those lists are managed by staff in the hope that a volunteer administrator will one day come along and adopt them. Message board administrators review new posts to their boards, keep discussion on topic, move off-topic messages to a more appropriate one, and remove unsuitable posts. They also edit the subject line, surname field, and classification of posted messages so that the board can be searched more efficiently. Board admins may be contacted in two ways. 1). If you wish to have a message you posted removed from a board or want to bring an inappropriate post to an admin's attention, click on the REPORT ABUSE option -- while viewing the post. NOTE: You must be a registered board user (have an account), and be logged in, in order to use this board feature. 2). You can contact a board administrator by following the LINKS & ANNOUNCEMENTS link on the board. The e-mail contact address for the board administrator will be on this page. Since not all message boards have an administrator, not all boards have a LINKS & ANNOUNCEMENTS link. Those boards have a BECOME AN ADMIN link. If the board is one in which you have an active interest, you might consider clicking the link to request to become the admin for the board. Becoming an admin requires that you be a registered user and that you LOGIN to make your request. Remember when you are contacting an administrator for a RootsWeb mailing list or message board that you are contacting a volunteer who is maintaining a valuable resource on his or her own time and is attempting to help you and answer your questions and concerns as best he can. The admin may have a real job and family responsibilities and he or she probably is not at the computer 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You may not receive instant answers to your questions or concerns about problems that develop on a list or board. Admins are scattered around the world and may not be in the same time zone as you are. These fine volunteers do not have a crystal ball and have no way of knowing how to contact someone who posted to the list/board in 1998 and whose address is now obsolete. Don't expect the administrator to help you with your personal genealogical research. While some are experts on the surname, locality, or topic of the resource they manage, many are acting more in the capacity of an administrator providing a resource so that others may carry out their research in an organized manner. Be kind to RootsWeb's list and board administrators and remember to thank them now and then for the fine job they do. * * * 1b. EDITOR'S DESK. DAR Patriot Lookups NSDAR VOLUNTEERS OFFER LOOKUPS. 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. [Note: This is a 2-line URL -- copy and paste it all--carefully] http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p= topics.organizations.dar Or go to: http://boards.rootsweb.com/ and in the FIND A MESSAGE BOARD window type in DAR. Select #2 of the choices -- the organization and society. * * * 1c. UPCOMING ONLINE CLASSES: Each class is only $39.95 with a 30-day subscription including Ancestry's online census images. Instructors cover eight lessons, two lessons a week. You can work at your own pace on your own schedule. Prerequisite for all classes: A working knowledge of computers (please view the Beginning Computer Genealogy course outline to see if you know the basics). Details about all of the online classes are here: http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=home&htx=gentraining&_lin=1 Special discount for Ancestry subscribers: If you currently subscribe to any area of Ancestry.com, you are eligible for a $5 discount on each genealogy class you sign up for.If you subscribe to all of the five different areas on Ancestry.com, (this is U.S. Data, Census, Newspapers, Immigration, and UK/Irish) you are eligible for a $10 discount on your genealogy class. Please phone in your order at 1-800-262-3787 and mention this special offer to receive your discount. Calling from outside the USA? Use this number: 1-801-705-7625. IRISH RESEARCH CLASS. Starts April 19. http://ancestry.myfamily.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=3560&sourceid=481 ENGLISH RESEARCH CLASS. Starts April 19. http://ancestry.myfamily.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=3567&sourceid=481 EASTERN EUROPE INTERMEDIATE RESEARCH CLASS. Starts April 21. http://ancestry.myfamily.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=5043&sourceid=481 HOW TO WRITE YOUR FAMILY HISTORY & NEWSLETTER CLASS. Starts April 22. http://ancestry.myfamily.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=3559&sourceid=481 NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES RESEARCH CLASS. Starts April 23. http://ancestry.myfamily.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4438&sourceid=481 * * * 1d. TIPS FROM READERS. Scanning Old B&W Negatives By Ann Wideman pochi@yhti.net For several years I had a stack of 200-plus black-and-white negatives that my mother had given to me. As anyone that has tried knows, it is almost impossible to have these developed into prints. Not having the financial means to purchase a new scanner that has the negative mask, and not being sure it would work on black and white negatives, I tried several times through the years to scan and print these using my scanner. I had at one time managed a one-hour photo lab. I started to think about how we handled the negatives in order to get a print. Suddenly, this great big light bulb came on, and I had the solution. First I took some scraps of picture framing mat board and made mask to hold the negatives. I had to make several sizes since old black-and- white negatives are not all 35mm size. Then I found a white plastic lid that had no writing or ridges, it has to be flat. I set the negative, that is now in the mask, on the scanner bed and placed the white plastic lid over it. The lid acts as a diffuser. Next I took my desk lamp, the clip-on type that draftsmen use, and held it above the negative. If the negative was very dark, I held the light four to six inches above the negative. If it was light, I would hold the light eight to 12 inches above the negative. I previewed scanned the negative. With the negative scanned in preview mode I could set my scanner to only scan that area where the negative was. Then I would again scan the negative the second time. I would save this to my hard drive. Then I would go to the next step. After the negatives were scanned and saved, I would go to my photo editing program. This program must have a negative setting. This setting allows you to turn a positive into a negative and a negative into a positive. I would then change the negative to a positive and print the picture. True this isn't the sharpest image, but it isn't a bad image and you have now saved all those family photos and can see what Great-uncle George looked like holding his two-week-old son. This does not work with colored negatives, or at least, I haven't gotten this to work with color negatives--yet. This is a no-cost way, but it is a bit time consuming. 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Looking Closer: Counted Twice By Rosie My great-grandfather was also enumerated twice. It was RWR that told me to look for a second listing. I found him in 1910 with his second wife many years ago, and accepted the information as final. During my last trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, I discovered the divorce papers the wife had filed and in the paper work, are the words "Has not supported me for 18 months prior." The census was taken in July and this was the following February. I ordered the census index CD, and voilą -- I found him again as a boarder in a mining camp in Colorado. Thanks! 3. New Mailing Lists at RootsWeb Request a New Mailing List: http://resources.rootsweb.com/adopt/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28,000 RootsWeb-hosted genealogy Mailing Lists and for easy subscribing (joining) options go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS HENDSCH, HERSE, HOFERER HAMILTON-HISTORICAL-SOCIETY-NJ -- The Hamilton surname of New Jersey LEISTER LEE-MS-SimpsonCo -- The LEE family in Simpson County, Mississippi MACHARDY, MCKENNIE MCKINNEY-DNA -- The McKINNEY DNA project MEINERS-GER -- The MEINERS surname in or from Germany NEW ETHNIC AND SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS NA-ABENAKI -- Abenaki Native American NY-CIVIL-WAR -- New York in the Civil War (1861-1865) 4. New Webpages at RootsWeb To Request a Free Web Account: http://accounts.rootsweb.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Note that the ~[tilde] before the Web account name is required. Example: The Owen County, Kentucky website can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyowen/ cobgsg -- Black Genealogical Search Group (Colorado) flwmcsmd -- Mayflower Society, William Mullins Colony (Florida) flwngs -- West Nassau (Florida) Genealogical Society inbr -- Belgian Researchers, Inc. (Indiana) ksgeary -- Geary County (Kansas) maccarve -- City of Carver, Massachusetts macscitu -- City of Scituate, Massachusetts miharsen -- Harsen Island (Michigan) mowrvhs -- White River Valley (Missouri) Historical Society ncpasquo -- Pasquotank County (North Carolina) nhbhs2 -- Bridgewater (New Hampshire) Historical Society 5. New/Updated Freepages, Homepages, and WorldConnect Uploads ------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Comments and questions about any of these independently authored webpages should be directed to their respective compilers/webmasters. 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, including the major pertinent surnames and what is available on your site, to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com BACK. Descendants of Thomas BACK located in England, Canada, and United States; descendant charts, pictures, and data. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thomasback/ CLAY. Eleazer CLAY Family Bible, 1744-1930; Includes bible record and genealogical notes. Other surnames: APPERSON, ASHBROOK, GREGORY, JOHNSON, LEE, MANN, TURPIN and WHITEHEAD. Localities: Chesterfield County, Virginia; Danville and Richmond, Virginia; and California. [Note: 2-line URL] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sassytazzy/family/surnames/ clay/bible/clayeleazerbible.html CORELL (CORRELL) Family Bible, Montgomery County, Virginia. [Note: 2-line URL] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sassytazzy/family/surnames/ corell/bible/corellbible.html DAKIN, DACON, DEACON. Nancy DAKIN's Bible. Images of family record inside Bible that belonged to Nancy DAKIN (DACON). [Note: 2-line URL] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sassytazzy/family/surnames/ dakin/bible/nancydakinbible.html DACON. Jonathan DACON's Bible. [Note: 2-line URL] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sassytazzy/family/surnames/ dakin/bible/jonathandaconbible.html GORELL. Descendants of Thomas GORELL; information about GORELL family of Kirkby Lonsdale/Mansergh/Kendal area of Westmoreland (UK) and descendants who immigrated to Victoria, Australia ca 1855. Includes TOMLINSON, COTTRELL, SINGLETON, SHUGG, and WILMER families. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kenshe/t_gorell/ TANNER. Information about the TANNER family of Boldre-Beaulieu area of Hampshire (UK) and later generations who immigrated to South Australia. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kenshe/tanner/ VERMONT. Caledonia County. Burke. Burke Meeting House,1825-1925; list of pastors, deacons, and parishioners from four denominations that gathered together to form this house of worship--Congregationalists, Methodists, Universalists, and Baptists. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nekg3/files/church_burke.htm 6. New User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ ---------------------------------------------- The following databases have come online recently. They are searchable, but not browseable. U.S.A. Book Indexes: Fraternity Affiliations Shown in "Who's Who, the Old Dominion," by Richard Lee Morton; 155 records; Paula Lucy Delosh http://userdb.rootsweb.com/bookindexes/ Professional, Society, Religious Groups: National Metal Trade Association Banquet, 1929, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 41 records; Dawn Dixon http://userdb.rootsweb.com/groups/ WWI Military Record: William Shinn 1 records; Maylee Shinn WWII Asian American Service Units: Surnames I 906 records; Dianne Kiyomoto WWII Asian American Service Units: Surnames J 38 records; Dianne Kiyomoto WWII Asian American Service Units: Surnames K 1,863 records; Dianne Kiyomoto WWII Asian American Service Units: Surnames L 225 records; Dianne Kiyomoto http://userdb.rootsweb.com/military/ ARKANSAS. Pike County. Glenwood. Glenwood High School, Graduating Class 1965; 33 records; Frank Mitchell http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ INDIANA. Fulton County. Rochester. Rochester High School, 1923; 317 records; Robert Van Lue http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ MICHIGAN. Iron County. "They Came...to Iron County, Michigan," edited by Marcia Bernhardt 89 records; Dale Safford http://userdb.rootsweb.com/bookindexes/ NORTH CAROLINA. Pitt County. Greenville. East Carolina University Graduates 1960-1961 (partial -- surnames beginning with A); 138 records; Paula Lucy Delosh http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ TEXAS. Bexar County. San Antonio. Kappa Kappa Gamma members, fall 1977; 124 records; Jane Engbrock http://userdb.rootsweb.com/groups/ TEXAS. Cooke County. County Officials 1849-1991; 475 records; Jack Ware http://userdb.rootsweb.com/groups/ TEXAS. Wichita County. Electra. Electra Star News obits; January 29-April 1, 2004 11 records; Jane Engbrock http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/ Wichita Falls. Midwestern State University Graduates 1946-1959; 48 records; Ann O. http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ Wichita Falls (Texas) Times Record; obits 4/24/2002 12 records; Jane Engbrock http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/ UTAH. Davis County. Davis County Clipper obituaries, March 18-30, 2004 19 records; Matt Smith -- Utah Obituaries Coordinator http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/ VIRGINIA. Augusta County. Selected obituaries (from Staunton Leader) and Funeral Cards,1913-1983; 259 records; Mary Neff http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/ VIRGINIA. Fredericksburg (Independent City); Hope Fire Company, 1814; 47 records; Paula Lucy Delosh http://userdb.rootsweb.com/groups/ VIRGINIA. Hopewell (Independent City). Hopewell High School Class of 1937; 78 records; Paula Lucy Delosh http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ VIRGINIA. Richmond (Independent City). American Institute of Banking, Richmond Chapter; 16 records; Paula Lucy Delosh http://userdb.rootsweb.com/groups/ VIRGINIA. South Boston (Independent City). Tobacco Board of Trade, 1907 (as reported by the Richmond Times-Dispatch); 45 records; Paula Lucy Delosh http://userdb.rootsweb.com/groups/ 7. 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]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Spinning Yarns By Karen Rhodes In response to Mavis Garland's recent comments regarding accuracy in tales from the past, my great-granduncle Don Francis REED (1887-1930) has a biography in "A History of Kansas And Kansans," compiled by William E. Connelley (Chicago, Lewis Publishing, 1918, five volumes). There are some inaccuracies, which could be interpreted as, in Garland's words, ". . . certain people who take delight in padding stories or re- telling them to suit themselves." Uncle Don tells of his grandfather Charles REED, who, in Uncle Don's words, "saw 3 1/2 years of active service with an Indiana regiment of infantry in the Civil War. He was at the second battle of Bull Run, where he was shot through the arm, and later participated in the Atlanta campaign and was at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain and other engagements." When I obtained Charles REED's voluminous and extremely informative Civil War pension file from the National Archives, I found that such was not the case at all. His original enlistment in the Civil War was 13 October 1864 -- about two years too late to have been at second Bull Run Battle, and he was mustered out 11 July 1865. He was probably not present at this mustering-out, however, as he had been invalided home 30 June 1865 and by the 11 July date was back in Portland, Jay County, Indiana. Indeed he was in an Indiana regiment of infantry -- Company F, 140th Indiana Infantry. The history of the regiment states its action took place entirely in Tennessee and North Carolina, nowhere near Kennesaw Mountain or Atlanta (both in Georgia) or Bull Run (near Manassas, Virginia). Nor was he shot through the arm. In the pension file there are a number of records of physicians' examinations of Charles REED, complete with full body diagrams front and back, and on none of the reports and none of the diagrams is any gunshot wound of any sort in any location mentioned. He was treated for and eventually sent home for having "chronic camp diarrhoea" (probably amoebic dysentery) and "breakbone fever" (an old name for dengue fever). It was for these ailments that he was later pensioned. Either Uncle Don wanted to pad his resume in the biographical book or Charles REED spun stories out of whole cloth for the family because he did not want to admit that he had spent almost his entire military service in hospital from such undignified ailments. * * * Fabricating Family Fables By Susan Kundert in Ohio My uncle, Lloyd SHUPE, was the family storyteller. Because he was the eldest child of his generation, we suspect that he heard and observed more than did his sister and cousins from his grandparents and their friends as he was growing up. And as far as he was concerned, his recollections were Gospel. He was convinced that our great-grandfather, Reuben SHUPE, was one of 12 sons of a farmer-turned-banker near Lancaster, Ohio, who lost all his money when a business deal turned sour. According to Uncle Lloyd, the sons did not get along with each other, with the result that all but Reuben set out for other parts. He even credited some of them with founding the city of Lancaster, California. Truth be told, there is very little of this fable that can be verified. Reuben was the seventh of 13 children of a local farmer. The family was comprised of seven daughters and six sons, nearly all of whom married and raised families within 25 miles of their birthplace. The one daughter who did not stay in the area married against her parents' wishes and moved to Kansas, where she lived a long and happy life. However, there might have been a nugget of truth in Uncle Lloyd's story after all. One of Reuben's uncles, Henry SHUPE, did have 12 sons who survived to adulthood (out of 15 born -- and six daughters -- to two wives). Several of these sons did move West as young adults. Did they get as far as California and found a city there? I rather doubt it, but there sure are a lot of folks with the SHUPE surname living in Lancaster, California. * * * Finding the Welsh By Ava Nackman I would love to let Mary Adams Arroyo, who submitted "On a Crooked Trail to Wales" in a recent Rootsweb Review, know that her family is not the only one having this misunderstanding concerning the surname WELSH. Years ago I had a long-distance telephone conversation with an elderly distant relative, who informed me that my 3g-grandmother was Welsh, but he could provide no info on her maiden name. It was years later that I stumbled upon my 3g-grandparents' marriage license and discovered that, in fact, her maiden name was WELSH. * * * Embellishing Family Legends By Lisa Hoffius http://www.freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bennett1/ http://www.freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~storms1/ I agree that family stories passed down through the generations can often be misleading and embellished upon. However, even if you do find out that the story about your great-grandmother being hidden in a pot isn't true, don't discount the idea that perhaps the story has some truth to it. Consider that perhaps it wasn't your great-grandmother but could this not have happened to your 3g-grandmother or a great-aunt? Maybe she wasn't hidden in a pot, but "hid" a pot that was valuable to them. Imagine an ancestor telling his children that their grandfather was killed by Indians. The next generation tells their children the same story but adds a little to it to entertain. Next generation adds or subtracts due to fuzzy memory -- next thing you know it's the year 2004 and you have an ancestor who was killed by Sitting Bull over a bag of tobacco! I have tried to glean clues from several fanciful stories passed down to me, in some cases I have found that root of the story is actually true. These stories a part of the family history and as such should be included, who knows a future generation may find the truth to a story that we've discounted. * * * Telling Tall Tales By Cathy Murphy of Naperville, Illinois I believe that while some family stories are embellished or changed completely to suit the one telling the stories, other times there is simply faulty memory. My great-aunt enjoyed telling the family story that one of her aunts or great-aunts had married a man named Ed Sullivan. She said that, of course, it wasn't THE Ed SULLIVAN of U.S. television fame, but she'd enjoyed the story. When my research hit the probate and census records for those aunts, I found that the aunt wasn't married to an Ed SULLIVAN, but rather to a man named Emmett KELLY. So, apparently when someone was remembering, they remembered the wrong "famous" name! I always got a chuckle out of that piece of family story! * * * Lost Letters of the Alphabet By Alex Dow The correct historic pronunciation of MENZIES leads on to the "lost letters" from the "English" alphabet. This Web page (and several others) enlarges upon the subject: http://www.takeourword.com/TOW142/page1.html Menzies was generally pronounced "ming-iss" in Scotland until about the 1980s, when the news agent chain, "John Menzies" whilst expanding in England, started to use the "menzies" version in its TV adverts. Within about two years, this erroneous pronunciation could be heard all over Scotland; "ming-iss" now being very rare. Another piece of Scottish culture killed off! * * * Finding Icie By Debbie Jones My mother-in-law's name is Icie. When I first met her I thought it was a bit unusual. However as I have researched her family's roots in Greenbrier and Nicholas counties of West Virginia, I have run across it multiple times. I have seen various spellings such as Icie and Icy. It seems to have been derived from the given name of Eunice. * * * Tracing a Given Name By James Liptrap http://liptrap.topcities.com/liptrap.htm In response to David Jackson's message about an Icie LIPTRAP, the only person by that name in my data base is Icy Belle LIPTRAP (1897-1995) who lived in Staunton, Virginia. The youngest of 11 children, she never married. If there is another Icie Liptrap, I would like to find out more. Icie is a most unusual name. The LIPTRAP name, as the Editor noted, is considered a variation of LIPTROT, which appears in Lancashire from 1550. But LIPTRAP but seems to have occurred first about 1600 in London, and to have been centered more in London and Kent. The name came from London to Virginia in 1772 with Isaac LIPTRAP and from London to Ontario in 1929 with Robert George LIPTRAP, the only known immigrants. 8. Humor/Humour: Funny Names Dangling Upon Family Trees ------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Rosie in Oregon My cousin sent me a series of e-mails while she was searching one day. You could almost hear her laughing -- she had found an Icie LEGG! And, she wondered still about a Chillie FOOTE. She also claims she once knew a Twinkle POUGH (pronounced Puff)! [Editor's Note: One of my favorite surnames is FATYOUWANT. For a look at some other funny names found in the first U.S. census in 1790, see http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/1790names.htm ] 9. Submission Guidelines, Changes, Advertising Contacts, Reprint Policy ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The 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. Your "REPLY TO" e-mail option will not reach the editor. 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