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From: Marianne Arnold <>
Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Another Resource
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 10:13:27 -0400
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To both Rich and James,
Genealogy Bank is a treasure of information. Like both of you I found
unexpected info. My elusive Gideon C. Jones (great-great-
grandfather), lived in San Francisco, found him on the census, a few
other tidbits. Then I signed on to Genealogy Bank and discovered he
was part of a plot to outfit a ship - the Chapman - to prey on
American shipping during the Civil War. He managed to squeeze out of
that charge, not enough evidence, but ended up in Ft. Churchill in
Nevada anyway for treason, as a "brawling secessionist"! I still
haven't discovered what that was all about.
His daughter, my great-grandmother, concocted a marvelous story for
her children about First Family of Virginia ancestry, which it took me
15 years to disprove. His granddaughter told me, "We were never told
anything about Gideon Jones". Now I know why!
So by all means check out Genealogy Bank. But be prepared for the
unexpected. Marianne Arnold

On Sep 3, 2010, at 5:34 PM, Rich Nichols wrote:

> All -
>
> Although this email does not pertain to the group directly - I had
> to pass this information on. I have been searching for what
> happened to my great grandfather, Joseph H Nichols for over thirty
> years. I believe that he is one Joseph Humphrey Nichols from
> Tolland County, CT but have not been able to prove it. There is a
> website: www.genealogybank.com, which is a fee based site that one
> can search old newspapers and old books and documents. I was
> searching Connecticut newspapers with no luck and then went
> national. I came across a headline:
> Suicide: Joseph H Nichols, formerly of New Orleans - this was a
> Times-Picayune article in the New Orleans newspaper. It perked my
> interest as Joseph did live for a short period in Algiers, Orleans
> Parish. The Birmingham paper went into more details. To make this
> short - it was my ggf and he commited suicide in Birmingham, Alabama
> and I also found where he is buried and his grave contains a CSA
> plaque - and now I am searching Confederate Civil War records. You
> just never know where the next clue for that elusive ancestor will
> come from.
>
> Rich in Greer
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