My Lineage: ADAMSON, John (abt 1690-1753) and Ann SKEW>- ADAMSON, Simon Sr. (1733-1812) and Mary T. (unknown)>- ADAMSON, Simon Jr. (1763-1814) and Eleanor ROUTH>- ADAMSON, Levi L. (1810-1870) and Polly Ann BENTON>- ADAMSON, John Thomas (1853-1933) and Sarah Elzina BRUTON>- ADAMSON, Jessie Weldon (1892-1961) and Ona ROSSER>- ADAMSON, Rosser Lamar (1921- ) and Dorothy Pearl RHODES>- ADAMSON, Richard Scott (1964- ) and Julie Ann MALEK>- Rick Adamson Sterling, Virginia rick_adamson@email.msn.com -----Original Message----- From: Jerry F. Adamson <jadamson@rectec.net> To: ADAMSON-L@rootsweb.com <ADAMSON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, June 13, 1999 4:24 AM Subject: [ADAMSON-L] Roll Call >TO ALL MEMBERS::: >We have several new members in the last couple of weeks. List messages >seem to have slowed so now would be a good time for everyone to let >each other know of our information needs and perhaps we can help each >other. >Some mail lists discourage a Roll Call because it can create several >messages for everyone. I believe if we want to share information, we >must talk to each other regularly, and a posting now is appropriate. For >information, we have 72 members, with a few belonging to both the list >and digest version. I encourage you to list your lineage, your general >needs, and anything else of genealogical value in the Adamson Family. >I manage several county lists that are also very small. Recently on one >list, I suggested a Roll Call and a member sent me a personal message >stating she was had some information but thought she really didn't know >enough to inform the list. I explained to her that nobody could help >if she wasn't going to inform the list of what she knew and what she was >looking for. Also her information, even sparse might help some other >member. > >After a couple of emails pleading with her, she posted a very simple >statement of what she knew and needed, and within a day or two, the list >was inundated >with several messages of information that she was searching >for. Her information helped one gentlemen in his search and she found >three distant cousins that belonged to the list. Also in her message >she stated that she had several high school yearbooks in one of the >local towns that her mother had given her and she would / do lookups for >anybody. The list is currently very active and she is looking up >information for everyone. So my message is simple, Lets tell each >other what we have and what we need!!! > >Jerry, >List Manager > >So Here Is My Posting: > >My effort is to collect ALL ADAMSON INFORMATION. I have expanded my >search efforts in the last year to include all states and Adamson >Branches. I am currently extracting ADAMSON families from the 1880 >soundex for all states. I have completed almost one half of the states >and should finish this winter. A member friend in Tacoma WA has >volunteered to proof read what I had completed so those records will be >available before winter. >I also collect photographs of Adamson Tombstones. See my web page at: >http://www.rectec.net/users/jadamson/ >and contact me if you have any you are willing to share. > > >My Lineage (Short Version) >ADAMSON, John (abt 1690-1753)and Ann SKEW>- >ADAMSON, Thomas Sr.(1717-1790)and Mary BURSON>- >ADAMSON, Thomas Jr.(1758-1816)and Sarah Ann EAGON>- >ADAMSON, James (1783-1851)and Margaret SMITH>- >ADAMSON, Thomas (1809-1885) and Minerva WILLIAMS>- >ADAMSON, Edwin Smith (1847-1914) and Nancy Jane KNIGHT>- >ADAMSON, Albert Milton (1880-1925) and Mary Maybelle MCCORMICK>- >ADAMSON, Smith <nmi> (1906-1987) and Minnie Freda FELSBURG>- >ADAMSON, Jerry F. ***** (1937-2244) > >Jerry >