R/RFHA Newletter September 1994

The Rawlin(g)s Rollin(g)s Family History Association

It's been an interesting three months with many inquiries, some from computer billboards, some from world-of-mouth, some from referrals from county genealogical societies. I have been forced to take it easy due to an accident in June so I am apologizing for getting your newsletter to you so late in September.

We have come into possession of two very interesting books in the past few months, the contents of which might possibly help some of our subscribers. One is a compilation of sources for State Census Records. For those not familiar with these records, they are censuses undertaken by some states midway between the federal censuses; i.e. 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 etc. Some are actual population censuses of the particular state, some are devoted to industries such as mining, fishery, forestry, etc., and some are undertaken only in the major cities of a particular state. This book might aid some persons who cannot locate ancestors between one federal census and another. If interested, send me your request in an SASE - 29¢.

The other book is entitled "Ten Mile Country" and deals with the Washington Co. area of southwestern Pennsylvania in the times before and after the Revolutionary War. It is uniquely done with histories of particular families such as RAWLINGS/ROLLINGS, RANKINS, PROVINCE, CORBEL, etc. I was surprised so few RAWLINGS/ROLLINGS were included since we know there were several families of different spellings living in that area at that time. This is a re-issue of a previously published book. If you are interested, send an SASE - 29¢.

In addition to those books, I received a birthday gift of a copy of the "Falaise Roll" which recorded prominent Companions of William, Duke of Normandy, at the Conquest of England in 1066. As we know from history (see P.40 of this newsletter) there were 20-some RAOULS who came to England with the Conqueror, 18 of whom fought at the Battle of Hastings. This book mentions the lands held by these RAOULs in France, but in some cases lists the lands they were given by the Conqueror in England. See P.39 of this newsletter for two of these RAOULs. Now if we could only receive a copy of both Burke's Peerage and the Domesday Book, we could truly trace our RAWLIN(G)S and ROLLIN(G)S back to their origin in Normandy.