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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

• What does "Private_M" and "Private_F" mean?
• What does "Restricted_M" and "Restricted_F" mean?
• Is publishing Social Security numbers of deceased people a security risk?
• Why are you doing this?
• How come you show something happening in Ford County before Ford County existed?
• We're not related to all these people, are we?

What does "Private_M" and "Private_F" mean?

It means the name of a male (M) or female (F) person is being suppressed for privacy reasons.

The software gives the person the most restrictive status by default. If I believe the person is not living or if a living person gives me permission, I lift the Private restriction. In some cases, I forget to lift the restriction for someone who is deceased. So, it is an error if a deceased person is shown as Private.

I make the assumption that someone is deceased if his or her age would be much more than 100 years. I also make this assumption if I find a death record or an obituary, however both these kinds of records can be in error, or I can match them incorrectly. Please inform me of any errors.

What does "Restricted_M" and "Restricted_F" mean?

It is supposed to mean that an immediate family member has requested that the name of a deceased person be suppressed or that the page generating software has been run with a higher level of privacy restriction than normal. The restriction level normally allows printing of names at restriction levels of 3 or above, but can be set higher. In many cases it is just an error because the record in the database has been entered wrongly.

Is publishing Social Security numbers of deceased people a security risk?

The government publishes Social Security numbers of deceased persons. They are available many places on the web and in electronic files from the government. This is supposed to be a security feature so that banks and lenders can detect false Social Security numbers. The information published by the government includes birth and death dates and a good guess at the person's place of residence at the time of death. This is an invaluable aid to genealogists.

In short, if it is a security risk, the government is to blame, and this information is free available on the web to anyone.

Why are you doing this?

I don't really believe in bloodlines and stuff. This is America. You are who you are, not who your folks were. And if I wanted to attach myself to glory, I'd be working on the Stevenson side of my family.

So the answer is: mostly just for fun, like a big reality-based crossword puzzle. Of course, I'd be happy for hints. I'm publishing it because it may mean something more to someone, someday.

How come you show something happening in Ford County before Ford County existed?

When I can, I use modern place names. Usually when new counties were organized, public records for that area were transferred to the new county. In some cases, however, I have an old mention of Vermilion County and do not know which modern county corresponds to the place of the event. So some old stuff that is given as Vermilion should be Ford or Iroqouis, etc. according to the scheme of using modern place names. I am trying to resolve the old references better.

We're not related to all these people, are we?

Well, no. Nobody is related to all of them. In the cases of double cousins, I have traced the female lines back far enough to establish the relationship. If you are not in that double-cousin line, you are not related to those ancestors.

For example, my grandfather Joseph married Pearl Keene. The eldest Charles married Mable Keene. I am double cousins with descendants of Charles: my grandfather was the brother of Charles (that is cousins once, in the Eighner line), and my grandmother Pearl was the sister of Charles's wife (that is cousins, again in the Keene line). So I included Mable and Pearl's parents to show that Mable and Pearl were sisters. But if you are descended of Clarence, you are not related to the Keenes, because you are descended from the first Jack, who was the brother of Joseph and Charles, but did not marry a Keene.

Also, I include (when I can) the husbands of women who were born Eighners. We are related to their children, although the husbands are only in-laws. Much more work needs to be done on tracing descendants of Eighners through the female lines.

Otherwise, yes, we are related to all the Eighners, women born Eighner, and children of women born Eighner listed here.

Names Index

By birth name

• Arthur, B. T. — born: ; died: 1948.
• Arthur, Caroline Jane — born: 1851; died: 1943.
• Arthur, Charles Amanuel — born: .
• Arthur, Emoline — born: 1860; died: 1947.
• Arthur, Erma — born: ; died: 1915.
• Arthur, Ezra Vail — born: 1896; died: 1969.
• Arthur, James Edward — born: 1854, Lousiana; died: 1938, Texas.
• Arthur, Jasper Higton — born: 1870; died: 1870.
• Arthur, Marga Catherine — born: 1855; died: 1952.
• Arthur, Marvin — born: ; died: 1919.
• Arthur, Mary Palestine — born: 1867; died: 1942.
• Arthur, Mildred — born: 1919.
• Arthur, Olen C. — born: .
• Arthur, Otho — born: 1902; died: 1918.
• Arthur, Phillip Newton — born: 1858; died: 1952.
• Arthur, Sarah Josephine — born: 1864.
• Arthur, William B. — born: ; died: 1937.
• Arthur, William Newton — born: 1829, Alabama; died: 1875.
• Private_F code: @I52@.
• Bowen, Elmina — born: 1859, Texas; died: 1950, Texas.
• Brashears, Elizabeth — born: 1842; died: 1863.
• Private_M code: @I4@ — born: 1951, Texas.
• Eighner, Laurence Vail — born: 1948, Texas.
• Eighner, Lawrence Clifton — born: 1920, Indiana; died: 1983, Indiana.
• Ewing, Alice Sweet — born: 1906, Kansas; died: 1991, Oklahoma.
• Ewing, Helen — born: .
• Hyatt, Frank — born: .
• Keith, Billy W. — born: .
• Keith, Eli — born: .
• Private_F code: @I36@ — born: 1842; died: 1916.
• Keith, Jack K. — born: .
• Keith, James Elgin — born: 1898.
• Keith, Joe E. — born: .
• Keith, Otis W. — born: .
• Keith, Thomas Ely — born: .
• Kissling, Frances Fannie — born: 1823, Pennsylvania; died: 1911, Missouri.
• McNeese, John — born: .
• Presley, Robert Jackson — born: 1882.
• Smith, Ada — born: .
• Stegall, Nannie — born: .
• Stephens, Celesta Charolette — born: 1904, Texas; died: 1985.
• Stephens, Georgia.
• Unknown, Ruby — born: 1895, Illinois; died: 1966.
• Vail, Alice Elizabeth — born: 1927, Texas; died: 2004, Oklahoma.
• Vail, Charles Ray — born: 1893, New Mexico; died: 1961, Texas.
• Vail, Frances Palestine — born: 1898, Texas; died: 1992.
• Vail, James William — born: 1897, Texas; died: 1966, Texas.
• Vail, John — born: 1818, Ohio; died: 1889, Missouri.
• Vail, John Arthur — born: 1904, Texas; died: 1989, Texas.
• Vail, John Charles — born: 1863, Missouri; died: 1933.
• Vail, Sarah Elizabeth — born: 1895, New Mexico; died: .
• Whatley, Catherine — born: 1832; died: 1862.
• Winter, Ruby A. — born: 1895, Texas; died: 1895, Texas.
• ____, Joseph F. Vail — born: 1842, Ohio; died: 1900.
• ____, Stephen T. Presley — born: .