>Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 22:03:19 -0500 >To: [email protected] >From: Bonnie & Jeff Treon <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Genealogy Help >In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> > > > >Hi. My ancestors abounded in the same area as well as in Pensacola and Santa Rosa >Counties of FL and our surname is MCVOY and on many census records etc, some of our >family is written as MCVAY. Diego MCVOY was a commissioner of ALABAMA beginning in >1815. He was my 3rd great uncle. He is listed as MCVAY and MCVEY on some census records. It pays to investigate all spelling possibilites as MCVAY,MCVEY,MCVOY were >all popular in this area at the same time and may very well be connected! There >are alot of MCVOYS buried in MAGNOLIA CEMETERY, OLD CHURCH STREET GRAVEYARD both in >MOBILE and also a bunch in ST.MICHAEL'S CEMETERY in PENSACOLA FL and I think it >was a St.John's cemetery. Also, check the baptismal records for the old cathedral >in MOBILE. ALSO, my 2nd great uncle, s/o DIEGO,SR'S marriage record is incorrect >as it spelled his name as MCVAY. Just investigate all spellings! > >GOOD LUCK! Bonnie McVoy Treon mailto:[email protected] >mailto:[email protected] >http://www.homestead.com/mcvoykinfolkandcousins/McVoyKinfolkAndCousins.html > > > > >At 08:18 PM 5/29/99 -0500, you wrote: >> Dear McVey family and friends: >> >> I live about 60 miles east of Mobile, Alabama and have noticed that a >> lot of you are searching for relatives here. I thought I would write >> and tell you that The Mobile Register has a weekly article published >> in the newspaper called "Climbing the Family Tree". The feature is >> designed to help the readers who have come to dead ends in their >> family tree research. If you would like some help from the readers >>in >> this area, write: Climbing the Family Tree, c/o Eugenia Parker, P. >>O. >> Box 9136, Mobile, AL 36691. She is affiliated with the Mobile >> Genealogical Society. Maybe some reader can help you with your >> family. >> >> Sincerely, Joyce [email protected] >> >> Maybe if you readers know of other sources similar to this one, you >>might share with the rest of us searchers! Thanks. >> >> >>