How did you learn about their heights? I wonder how normal of an occurrence it was to be that tall back then? Dan (Matney).....don't you run some Oregon list's that could be of help? Alli > Researching both Elizabeth Adams Bailey and Sarah Jane Adams. > Sarah, born 1833 in Tennessee. > Elizabeth married into an extremely tall line of Baileys (one was 6'11"). > Sarah Jane's daughter (my great-grandmother) was said to be 5'10". > Not even positive if Elizabeth and Sarah were related, but Sarah was > involved in the probate of Elizabeth. And, of course, they had the same > last name. > Both were Oregon pioneers in the same town. > Any assistance would be appreciated. > Shirley > > > ==== ADAMS Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE in MAIL mode use: Adams-l-request@rootsweb.com > To UNSUBSCRIBE in DIGEST mode use: Adams-D-request@rootsweb.com > List-Manager's Address: Adams-admin@rootsweb.com > Archives: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/a/d/ADAMS > For Virus help: http://www.wvi.com/~wb/virushelp.html > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >
Depends on what ( towns ) And what Names? Pioneers of what Years ? Dan M www.wvi.com/~wb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Genealogy_Chat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alli" <iamcheroke@filertel.com> To: <ADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 1:45 PM Subject: Re: [ADAMS-L] Tall Adams - with Tennessee, Kentucky or Missouri roots > How did you learn about their heights? > I wonder how normal of an occurrence it was to be that tall back then? > > Dan (Matney).....don't you run some Oregon list's that could be of help? > > Alli > > Researching both Elizabeth Adams Bailey and Sarah Jane Adams. > > Sarah, born 1833 in Tennessee. > > Elizabeth married into an extremely tall line of Baileys (one was 6'11"). > > Sarah Jane's daughter (my great-grandmother) was said to be 5'10". > > Not even positive if Elizabeth and Sarah were related, but Sarah was > > involved in the probate of Elizabeth. And, of course, they had the same > > last name. > > Both were Oregon pioneers in the same town. > > Any assistance would be appreciated. > > Shirley > > > > > > ==== ADAMS Mailing List ==== > > To UNSUBSCRIBE in MAIL mode use: Adams-l-request@rootsweb.com > > To UNSUBSCRIBE in DIGEST mode use: Adams-D-request@rootsweb.com > > List-Manager's Address: Adams-admin@rootsweb.com > > Archives: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/a/d/ADAMS > > For Virus help: http://www.wvi.com/~wb/virushelp.html > > > > ============================== > > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== ADAMS Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE in MAIL mode use: Adams-l-request@rootsweb.com > To UNSUBSCRIBE in DIGEST mode use: Adams-D-request@rootsweb.com > List-Manager's Address: Adams-admin@rootsweb.com > Archives: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/a/d/ADAMS > For Virus help: http://www.wvi.com/~wb/virushelp.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx