Liz and Jinny, I enjoyed the postings about your heirlooms you treasure, although I truly believe your complete lists would be much more extensive! Of course, my husband and I have a few of our own, including violins!! Both our daughters play the violin and have taught violin.....been members of various symphonies, etc. Both have played violins that have come down through the family. One of my best, more recent memories is of seeing and hearing my daughters and granddaughters all playing violin together and some of the violins they were using had been in the family for many, many years. My husband's immigrant Smith ancestor was Dr. Samuel Smith. I don't know his date of birth, but he died in 1807, within two miles of where we lived in 1959 when our first child was born. He immigrated from Northern Ireland, maybe just after the Rev. War. He was a Scots-Irish Presbyterian. He was educated at Edinburgh, Scotland (I have a record of his attendance at that University I acquired in 1974). Sometimes writing on an old piece of paper also falls into the category of an heirloom, or at least in does in our family. In an old journal kept by his grandson (my hubby's g grandfather), was written the following (about 1860): "This is said to be old Grandfather Smith's remedy and proved effectual." Cancer 1 part arsenic 2 sulphur 3 yolk of egg 4 crow foot - I suppose extras 5 maiden hair do do Liz.....I would be hugely interested in what your Doctor friends might say about this remedy....if it isn't too much of an imposition and he has the time. Tarney

Hey there, I am catching up on yesterdays mail. I was in and out all day. When I finished with the mom's taxi thing my boys expected to be fed and paid attention to. You all know how that goes. I bet it was so special to hear your daughters and granddaughters playing their violins. My daughter wanted to play a viola in Jr. high school. She decided it wasn't for her. The viola we bought is still in my closet. I will give the viola to her daughters when they get older. James hasn't shown any interest in it. He does like to play his guitar and piano. He's learning a little. He wants drums for christmas........ I'm not sure I even want to go there..... He told me recently that he wants to take band next semester. He hasn't made up his mind about what instrument he wants to play. I hope it is not drums. Your husbands Dr.Smith sounds like a very interesting man. I love his cancer remedy. The 4 crow's feet tickles me..... I wonder if you can use crows eggs? I will ask Dr. Rodriguez about it and let you know what she said about it. He loved the castoria and purge bark RX that you found with Joel's probate papers. He will really get a kick out of this one. I showed him a letter written by my gggggrandfather Dr. John Alexander Meek also Scoth-Irish. He was a Baptist preacher. The letter was to his son-in-law in S.C. also a Dr. telling him about his remedy of yellow fever. Calomel and Quinine...... Calomel is liquid mercury. Can you imagine????? I understand what you mean about an old piece of paper being an heirloom. Thank you for sharing that with us, Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 7:17 PM Subject: [AILLS] Heirlooms, attn: Liz and Jinny > Liz and Jinny, > > I enjoyed the postings about your heirlooms you treasure, although I truly > believe your complete lists would be much more extensive! Of course, my > husband and I have a few of our own, including violins!! Both our > daughters play the violin and have taught violin.....been members of > various symphonies, etc. Both have played violins that have come down > through the family. One of my best, more recent memories is of seeing and > hearing my daughters and granddaughters all playing violin together and > some of the violins they were using had been in the family for many, many > years. > > My husband's immigrant Smith ancestor was Dr. Samuel Smith. I don't know > his date of birth, but he died in 1807, within two miles of where we lived > in 1959 when our first child was born. He immigrated from Northern > Ireland, maybe just after the Rev. War. He was a Scots-Irish > Presbyterian. He was educated at Edinburgh, Scotland (I have a record of > his attendance at that University I acquired in 1974). > > Sometimes writing on an old piece of paper also falls into the category of > an heirloom, or at least in does in our family. > > In an old journal kept by his grandson (my hubby's g grandfather), was > written the following (about 1860): > > "This is said to be old Grandfather Smith's remedy and proved effectual." > Cancer > 1 part arsenic > 2 sulphur > 3 yolk of egg > 4 crow foot - I suppose extras > 5 maiden hair do do > > Liz.....I would be hugely interested in what your Doctor friends might say > about this remedy....if it isn't too much of an imposition and he has the > time. > > Tarney > > > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >