WELCOME ABOARD GGGGG???GG ANCESTORS
Some time ago I received a very nice email from Dennis Buerge
requesting that relatives using the spelling AEBERSOLD should be
included in our Database. I replied that we try to include every
spelling variation we encounter including Aebersold but that we had
very few with that spelling to date even though it may have been one
of the earliest versions of the name. What escaped me then, and what
might be of interest and of value to others, is the fact that this
spelling of the name has a different Soundex code. Its code is A162
since the initial vowel is an "A". We are not thinking about changing
the
name of the project but it is intriguing to think that our earliest
ancestors would most likely have belonged to an A162 Project if there
had been one then. In any case relatives of any spelling are always
welcome!
If you are interested specifically in AEBERSOLD surnames be sure to contact Dennis at ([email protected]). See SPAMSTOPPERS article below.
GOOD NEWS FOR E162 COLLECTORS
Higgenson Book Company; 148 Washington Street; P.O.Box 778; Salem,
MA 01970 has agreed to give readers of our E162 Newsletter a 10%
discount on the purchase of their reprints of the EBERSOL FAMILIES
IN AMERICA book if you will
include the following code with your order. - "E162V5N01"
The current list price for the paperback version is $44.
With the discount it should be $39.60 + $4.75 S&H. The Class A
hardcover version lists at $56 so it should be $50.40 + $6 S&H.
We do not receive a fee so your feedback would be appreciated to tell us
whether or not we should continue this notice.
The current list of locations of people with copies of the EBERSOL FAMILIES IN AMERICA book can be found on our Useful Links Page.
FASCINATING SOURCE DOCUMENT
Thanks to the kindness and generosity of Janice Amstutz and her
family, we now have a xerox-copy of one of the sources the Reverend
Ebersole apparently drew upon in preparing his book. On May 28, 1904,
at the 2nd Annual John and William Eversole's Reunion held at G. C.
Lichtenwalter's farm, A. R. Eversole (#2109)
read an Eversole History that he had written. A.R (#2109) was
Janice's GG Grandfather. The entries in the Rev E's book on pp 119-121
appear to have been obtained from A.R.'s paper.
GREAT EVERSOLE HISTORICAL WEBSITE
Be sure to visit http://hazardkentucky.com/2000/oldest_cabin.htm
This website has some terrific pictures of the Oldest Structure in
Perry County, Kentucky: The Eversole Cabin. Built around 1800 by
Jacob (#156) and Mary (#363) Eversole, this is one of our oldest
artifacts. Our enthusiastic thanks go to Judge Denny Ray Noble and
his family for preserving it, and for creating this
website for us to enjoy. You will be intrigued by the extensive
comments that are posted on the website.
DATABASE STATUS
Over 70 new individuals have been added to the EV/EB portion
of the E162 Database since our last report. There are currently
1948 Ebersoles, 2050 Eversoles,
174 Ebersols, 169 Eversulls, 56 Ebersohls, 43 Aebersolds and
2 Ebersolls born with an EV/EB surname in the database plus
1363 females who have married an EV/EB male for a total of
5803 people who have used the EV/EB surname. In addition
there are 1250 males who have married EV/EB females for a
grand total of 7053 people in the EB/EV portion of the E162
Database.
Of the 5803 EV/EB users, the BMD data for 4479 are currently listed in the WorldConnect public database. The number of EV/EB women with different married names in the public database has not been determined.
SEARCH ENGINES
Dick Eastman, editor of the highly recommended Eastman Newsletter,
recently noted that he had found the new Teoma search engine a
valuable addition to his research arsenal. While Google is still
my first choice, I agree that Teoma and Alta Vista are very valuable
additions to one's genealogical clue finding toolbox. It is also
personally satisfying that your continuing support brings up our
EVERSOLE/EBERSOLE Research site as one of the top 10 on all 3 search
engines when our surname is entered.
THE ANCESTRY.COM JUGGERNAUT
You may be dismayed by the commercial aspects of the Ancestry.com
expansion in the Genealogy field, but you certainly can't afford
to ignore them. They are clearly now the 2nd largest single source of
genealogical clues in existence, both free and for sale. It would
appear that they have compiled and cross-indexed every scrap of data
they have acquired and provided it in a host of new formats. For
example, a query about a surname will produce seemingly every message
from every board that ever referred to that surname. I certainly
have not explored all their offering in depth (not even their free offerings)
but three conclusions are obvious: (1) You should explore their offerings
(2) you should explore their free offerings first, and (3) it is more
complicated now to find the free boards and lists, so make good use of
your bookmarks or favorite lists.
WORLDCONNECT vs AWT vs ANCESTRY.COM SEARCH
These are all entries to
the SAME public database. What used to be the Rootsweb WorldConnect
database has been combined with Ancestry's World Tree. It is still
free.
SPAMSTOPPERS
We have started using 2 procedures to make it harder for "Spammers"
to harvest
email addresses listed in the E162 News. The first procedure is the
simplest, but apparently effective. We have attached the characters
"E162" to the front of email addresses shown. Thus
"jean@ xyz.com"
becomes "[email protected]" When you want to use the address to
send an email to "jean", copy the address, delete the characters
"E162" and just use the rest "[email protected]".
The second procedure involves creating a "GIF"image of the email address. This method was used to generate the E162 address "image"at the end of this Newsletter. It's disadvantage is that the address can't be copied and pasted into a regular email. You have to enter the address from your keyboard.
EV/EB TREASURES
Jackie Gross(#661) has been added to our Register of Custodians of EV/EB
Treasures. She has two huge portraits, one of Hiram Snyder Ebersole
(#6159), her GG-Grandfather, as a baby, and one of Abraham Pile Ebersole
(#6116), her GGG-Grandfather as an adult.
Jackie has also posted transcriptions of 4 Ebersole wills on the PA GenWeb site in the Courthouse records section under Lebanon County.
CONFLICTING CONNECTIONS (CCs)
This is the fourth of a series of articles on people whose
family connections are different, depending on which
published source is referenced. This time we will discuss some of the
conflicting information we have about the person shown as
"Mary Ebersole " married to Mr. Snively(# 5200) in our E162 DataBase.
It is obvious that the Mary (Ebersole) who died prior to 1845, cannot be the Mary Ebersole Snively that was alive in 1847 and died in 1865. I think we are safe in assigning Mary Elizabeth(Ebersole) Criss the separate ID of (#9373). However this certainly does not pin down whether or not both are daughters of Elizabeth Etter and John Ebersole (#5166).
My thanks to Jennifer Simpson, Jerry and Gary Linerode, and Craig Davis who have uncovered a host of data about the ubiquitous "Mary" including all of that summarized above. We join them in requesting that anyone who can shed light on Mary's identity should contact us.
The data existing about the principals involved with "Mary", above, have a number of other "CC" that we will point out in a later isue.
If you know of more of these CCs please send us some details; or better yet, send us some evidence that will help resolve the conflicts.
SEARCHERS SALUTE
Jackie Gross - BAI(Best Available Information) on additional descendants of Hiram Snyder Ebersole (#6159), and SE (Supporting Evidence) in the form of transcriptions of wills of Allen L.(#5415?), Annie A. (#5401), Fannie , and Frank M. (#6170) Ebersole. In addition she has provided data on the marriages of 29 other Ebersoles and the births of 16 more Ebersoles.Thanks Jackie!
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Long - BAI on descendants of Thelma Eversole (#2535) Thanks Mr & Mrs Long!
Rosemary Kill - SE (Supporting Evidence) in the form of copies of census pages for the family of Ezra Wolfe (#64)and Barbara (Spangler)(#218) for the years 1850, 1860, and 1870 along with copies of Ezra's will, probate papers and his marriage book entry. In addition she provided BAI on descendants of Ezra. Thanks Rosemary!
Jeannie Wilcox - BAI on descendants of Ivan Ralph Ebersole (Thelma Eversole (#2535) Thanks Jeannie!
Delmar Eversole - Corrections to children of Roscoe (#8582) and Paulina (#9303) Eversole. Thanks Delmar!
Courtlee Heath - BAI on descendants of Theodore F. Eversole (#583) Thanks Courtlee!
Doris Waddick - BAI on descendants of Emmanuel R. Ebersole (#5299) and a description of a section on Ebersoles in Shiflett's book Pennsylvania German Ancestors which we have now added to the E162 Library. Thanks Doris!
Rebecca Talkie - Corrections to data on Mary Ann Ebersole (#3483) Thanks Rebecca!
Harold Gosnell - Corrections to data on family of Susannah Eversole (#2316) Thanks Harold!
Poshia Slusher - BAI on descendants of John B. Eversole (#7102) Thanks Poshia!
The above individuals are just a sampling of the many supporters who have provided us with new information on various EV/EB individuals. As we have stated before, these brief acknowledgements do not begin to reflect the value or scope of these contributions. In many cases they are complete family histories replete with memos, sources and background material. Most have many more individuals in them than we add to the E162 archives since they are usually whole family histories and the E162 Project is concerned primarily with individuals that have used the EV/EB surname at some point in time. Thus we both "daughter out" and "grandmother out" in order to keep the database from theoretically including everyone who ever lived. :-)
QUERIES
While we believe the various Boards and Forums (see our Useful Links)
are the most useful way to obtain answers to queries we are also
happy to post them in the E162 News.
GERALDINE EVERSOLE- Searching for information about Geraldine who was alive in 1955 when her sister Betty J. (Eversole) Wright died and was deceased when her Father (RALPH EVERSOLE) died in 1967. I am told by Betty Wright's 2 children that GERALDINE had 2 sons, but they don't know her married name (if she married), so I have run out of places to search. - Ann Terry ([email protected])
USEFUL LINKS
A number of items appearing in the E162 News are
updated periodically. These include items such as the current
contents of the E162 Library, New Users Guide, Names and
addresses of where major source documents can be obtained,
etc. Rather than reprinting the updated items in later issues
of the E162 News we will note when they are updated
and keep the latest versions of such items on separate pages
with links to them appearing on the Useful Links Page.
Items that have been updated or added since the previous newsletter include the following:
The Useful links page itself.
The New Users Guide.
Ebersol Families in America book locations.
Useful Links Page. (Last updated Jun 2002)
ONLINE NEWSLETTER
In addition to this issue (Vol. 5
No. 1 ), all earlier issues are available on the Newsletters Page. Printed copies
of the current issue are available on request by submitting
some data for the E162 Archives along with your current U. S.
Postal Service mailing address. Data submitted should be
about:
- Corrections to, or additions to, EV/EB data in any
published documents
- Copies of documentation verifying existing data, or
- An accurate description of the location of such supporting
documentation.
If the information submitted is about someone still living, only the name, date of birth and relationship will be made available to anyone else without appropriate written permission.
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