I am Back.. Update [1]

Hi everyone! Sorry for not posting for a while, my work had kept me very busy. Let me begin with some updates. I added several links which may help you in researching this family.

Ancestral Grindstone - An Investigative Research Site: This is my main research site [hub] for genealogy. I hope to explore many other issues related to this subject including other family names that I have an interest in. This site will also include a bibliography of all my sources. I hope that this will encourage other researchers to follow along and add other sources. I challenge any researcher to help me, "leave no stone unturned".

Research Links:

1. Catawba County Families: This site links you to several other sites of early Catawba County North Carolina pioneer families. This is a great resource maintained by Derick S. Hartshorn and can further your research efforts.



2. GenForum: This is a great message board forum resource which can place you in touch with other researchers interested in your family.


• GenForum - Aschenbrenner Family Forum: There are severl postings here concerning Urban's family. Look at the folling post headings:
  > Ashabranner 1700's>1800's PA>NC>IN [Message 1]
  > Ahia Bartley Ashabranner [Message 10]
  > ASHERBRANNER & salt [Message 3]
  > Asherbranner--NC-MO [Message 13]
  > Ashabranner Family [Message 111]
  > Ashabranner Family [Message 112]
  > Ashabranner mailing list [Message 113]
  > Asherbranner in Alabama 1800's [Message 129]
  > Looking for Family History [Message 28]
  > J.W.Ashabranner Robertson County TN 1839
  [Message 37]
• GenForum - Ashabranner Family Forum: This forum provides an abundance of postings connecting you to several fellow researchers of this family. Look around there are some 90 messages posted.
• GenForum - Lincoln Co., NC Genealogy Forum: This forum provides an area where this family first settled, in 1767 and continued living for some generations.
• GenForum - Mecklenburg Co., NC Genealogy Forum: This forum provides an area where this family first settled in 1767.


3. RootsWeb: This is a great message board forum resource that can place you in touch with other researchers interested in your family.


• RootsWeb - Aschenbrenner Message Board: Surprisingly, no posts were made concerning Urban's family, although I keep looking.
• RootsWeb - Ashabranner Message Board: This forum provides an abundance of postings connecting you to several fellow researchers of this family.
• RootsWeb - Ashebranner Message Board: All of the posts found here concern this family. Look at the folling post heading:
  > Urban Ashebranner, North Carolina [Message 3]
• RootsWeb - Ashebrenner Message Board: All of the posts found here concern this family. Look at the folling post heading:
  > NC Ashebrenner's [Message 1]
• RootsWeb - Ashenbrenner Message Board: I found at least 1 post heading concerning this family. Look at the folling post heading:
  > NC Ashenbrenner [Message 13]
• RootsWeb - Asherbraner Message Board: All of the posts found here concern this family. Look at the folling post heading:
  > Susan Elizabeth Asherbraner [Message 1]
• RootsWeb - Asherbranner Message Board: All of the posts found here concern this family. Look at the folling post heading:
  > Obituary of Lessie Dora Asherbranner in AL [Message 1]
• RootsWeb - Lincoln County Message Board: This forum provides an area where this family first settled, in 1767, and continued living for some generations.
• RootsWeb - Mecklenburg County Message Board: This forum provides an area where this family first settled in 1767.
• RootsWeb - Tryon County Message Board: This forum provides an area
  where this family lived from 1768-1779.


4. Linkpendium: This site provides single subject oriented pages with linked access to other resource sites. Listed below are several related subjects:


• Look at some of these surname link pages:
  
  • Aschebrenner, Aschenbrenner, Ashabraner, Ashabranner, Ashebranner, Ashenberner, Ashenbrener, Ashenbrenner, Asherbraner, Asherbranner.
• Look at some of these place name link pages:
  • Lincoln Co., Mecklenburg Co., Rutherford Co..

Off Topic Links:

1. Californio: This is an interesting multi-topic blog covering such topics as: Lifestyle, Science, Technology, Health, History, Politics, Business, Finance, News Events, Sports, Food, Travel, Religion, Short Stories, and Poetry. The author has brought together many subjects that affect us all thru the Californio point of view. Many thanks to him for his wonderful write up about my blog.



2. GPSit: Check this site out! GPSit offers products and services geared towards the investigative management sector. Their unique GPS technology solution provides a leading edge to portable tracking systems.

Well, this is it for now. I will continue with more updates and thank you's for those who e-mailed me. The story about Urban will continue along with further developments with the "Ancestral Grindstone".