WHO IS THIS EDITOR?
Sometimes we ignore the obvious. After writing the next
article on E162 Project policy, it finally dawned on me why
so many individuals have wondered how we might be related,
personally. As I frequently note, I am "some kind of 'cuzn'"
to most of you but the specific relationship is often
wondered about. Obviously, I think that I am still alive and
therefore do not appear by name in the WorldConnect database.
Since that database doesn't provide for individual exceptions
to their "living persons screen", (A policy we strongly
support, by the way.), my E162 Database ID# and personal BMD
data is given here for those who might be interested. My
parents's data, whose names are in the WorldConnect database,
are also shown here.
My name: Glenn Edward Eversole (#1)
Nickname: Ed
Birth: 26 May 1927
Marriage: 26 June 1947
My father's name: Glenn Salem Eversole(#6)
Birth: 1900
Marriage: 1922
Died: 1975
My mother's birth name: Katheryne Eloise Burke(#7)
Birth: 1902
Marriage: 1922
Died: 1985
AN IMPORTANT NEW SOURCE
The Oct 2000 issue of Mennonite Family History has
a fascinating article by Richard W. Davis entitled
Anabaptist Ebersoles of Munsingen, Bern,
Switzerland. Davis and his associates, Heinz Sprenger
and Chuck Whitmer, have extended our ancestoral line back to
1545 with this report. We are grateful to all three for their
research, and want to give special thanks to Jane Elsmere for
sending us a copy of this article. Davis is the author of
three reference volumes titled Emmigrants, Refugees, and
Prisoners: An Aid to Mennonite Family Research. We have
Vol I and Vol II in the E162 Library.
POLICY CLARIFICATION
A basic purpose of the E162 project is to help EV/EB family
historians find out more about their family roots. To do this
we are gathering ALL the information we can about EVERYONE
who has ever used the EVERSOLE surname, however spelled. As a
result, the E162 Database contains much copyrighted material,
multiple cases of conflicting data, data on living people,
etc., none of which we can ethically supply en masse via
GEDCOMS or mass transcriptions. Furthermore, we firmly
believe that field researchers, who publish, should be able
to recover some of their publication costs (if they are
lucky), and that living people are entitled to determine who
shall be privy to their personal data. This means that while
we are more than glad to answer specific questions about any
of the 8000+ individuals in the E162 Database, we are not
able to provide GEDCOMS or mass transcriptions. We will tell
you where specific information came from, including the
various sources when there are conflicts. BMD data on the
currently most likely EV/EB tree structure is published in
our WorldConnect public database, but it changes continuously
as data in the E162 Database is evaluated. It is intended to
serve mainly as an partial index to what is in the E162
Database for family historians. To find out all the data on
your line that is in the E162 Database you should contact the
Project Administrator.
ONLINE NEWSLETTER
As announced earlier we are using this webpage to tell
people about our efforts. In addition to this issue (Vol. 3
No. 3 ), 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.
DATABASE STATUS
Over 120 new individuals have been added to the E 162
Database. There are currently 1852 Ebersoles, 1900 Eversoles,
173 Ebersols, 169 Eversulls, 56 Ebersohls, 20 Aebersolds and
2 Ebersolls born with an EV/EB surname in the database plus
1271 females who have married an EV/EB male for a total of
5461 people who have used the EV/EB surname. In addition
there are 1152 males who have married EV/EB females for a
grand total of 6613 people in the E162 Database.
EV/EB TREASURES
Shelley Cardiel has "rescued" an old photograph of Clint
EBERSOLE taken in Hummelstown County, PA. The photo was taken
at the M. E. Bare Studio probably in the 1870s. Clint appears
to be in his teens in the picture. Shelley would like to
locate his family and to return the photograph. If you are a
member of this family, or know someone who might be, contact
her via her email address "familia@sprintmail.com". We would
also like to know about any follow-up to this story. The
"Clints" that we have in the data base don't appear to be
matches.
This seems like a good place to remind you that one of the goals of the E162 Project is to "Provide a location registry of EV/EB Family Treasures such as artifacts, photos, etc." Another is "To provide a permanent, safe, and accessible repository for EV/EB Family Treasures that individuals don't desire to store themselves." If you have items that fit in either of these categories please let us know.
The complete list of E162 Goals can be found in Volume 1 No. 1 of the E162 News, or by going to our new Useful Links page. (See "Useful Links" article below.)
SEARCHERS SALUTE
The following individuals 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. :-)
Kathleen Shephard Metheney
BAI(Best Available Information) about descendants of Frank Eversole (#2630). (3 new names)
Nola Allene Eversole Thacker
BAI about descendants and family of Henderson Eversole (#1047). (5 new names)
Shirley Atkins Hartman
BAI about another generation of descendants of Josiah Snyder Ebersole.
Bunny Olin
BAI about descendants of Joseph Eversole (#8414). (6 new names)
Ann Terry from Aitken MN
More BAI about 2nd wife of Jacob L. Eversole (#2744)
David Eversole from California, KY
BAI on descendants of Thomas (#6935) and Susan (Campbell) Eversole (6939). (8 new names)
Becky Patrick
BAI on descendants and family of Sylvania Eversole (#7348)(8 new names)
Shirley Weldy
BAI on descendants of Ruth Ebersole (#3825) She also has some photos that we are trying to get copied.
The lead article in the Spring 1998 issue of Brethren Roots is entitled EVERSOLE FAMILY OF PERRY COUNTY, OHIO . This article was written by Jane Elsmere of North Manchester, IN who also brought the article on our early Aebersold ancestors to our attention.
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.
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