Hi Jim. Sorry you've had such a bad year. It's really no problem for me that you didn't finish. I'm going to out your way next week and I'll try to get in touch with you then. Probally it will be Wednesday. Thanks, David At 05:11 PM 11/25/00 -0600, you wrote: >David, > >I still have the copies. You can pick them up or I can bring them to you. >I'm sorry Donna and I didn't finish them. It's been a hellish year. We had >two of our children get divorced this year. It was not fun. > >Our number is 833-2578. We live in Huffman at 1021 Gene Reed Road. > >Jim > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <dddennis@concentric.net> >To: <ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 1:42 AM >Subject: Re: Message from list maintainer > > >> Hi Jim. I'm glad to see the info on Ancestory but what I can find is only >> 177 deaths which is >> barely a scratch on the surface. I subscribe to Ancestory, it's a bargain >> at 59.99 a year. >> If you could direct me to a more complete database I'd really love to see >> it as I do hate to repeat work already done. >> While I have your attention, I need the copies of the 1880 census I sent >> you as I don't have copies to do the final proof from. My sister lives in >> your area and I'll probally be in your >> neighborhood several times during the holiday period. Could I pick them up >> if I called in advance? >> David Dennis >> >> >> At 06:53 PM 11/24/00 -0600, you wrote: >> >David, >> > >> >Ancestry.com now has a data base of AL deaths 1908-1959 online. >> >Unfortunately it is one of their "paid" data bases, meaning it is >available >> >only to subscribers. It has proved to be very helpful to me since it >became >> >available 3 weeks ago. >> > >> >Jim Nix >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: <dddennis@concentric.net> >> >To: <ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com> >> >Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 6:40 PM >> >Subject: Message from list maintainer >> > >> > >> >> Hello listmembers. Please at least scan this message as it covers >several >> >> subjects. >> >> 3 days ago a member made a very inapropriate post by mistake. I >contacted >> >> him privately and >> >> almost all of you acted appropriately by not commenting. If you feel >the >> >> need to complain >> >> about a post please do so to me privately. Do not use REPLY as that >will >> >go >> >> to the list! >> >> Flaming someone on a list tends to generate more inapropriate mail and >is >> >> also against Rootsweb rules for mailing lists. The flaming has already >> >> generated twice the email the orginal email did and these things tend >to >> >> snowball. If you're one of the parties involved please don't respond to >> >> this unless you really feel a strong need to, esp. Mike. I've received >> >and >> >> accepted your apoligy. >> >> >> >> Interest in genealogy as people interact with relatives over the >holidays >> >> as well as people with new computors tends to generate lots of email >from >> >> newbes to both computors and/or genealogy let's remember to be patient >> >with >> >> them. >> >> >> >> Now on a positive note I've gotten way behind on the 1880 census >> >> transcriptions this year. It should have been finished by now but I've >> >> been very busy at work and was also very burned out on census work and >not >> >> having any time to work on my own genealogy. I hope to have the 1880 >> >census >> >> online by May 2001 except for the Beat 5. Unfortunately that is the >> >> Chestnut Creek/Clanton area >> >> which is by far the largest but almost entirely unreadable. >> >> >> >> Potental future projects are indexing the 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 >> >> census, I don't think I'll ever attempt to do the entire census thing >> >again >> >> on these later years. Another project that I'm considering is to index >> >all >> >> the AL. death records for Chilton Co. I think it has more potental to >be >> >> helpful than census work as census records are readily availible >anywhere. >> >> The LDS church has most of the records that are legally availible on >> >> microfilm, (25 years back), but they involve many rolls of film and >> >> indexing could cut the time as well as the effort to research marginal >> >> ancesters by half. >> >> >> >> I welcome any comments and/or volunters as well as any information of >> >> genealogical value that anyone may have to offer. If you have any info >> >> you'd like to offer or would like to volunter >> >> please write me at <mailto.dddennis@concentric.net>. >> >> >> >> If you have a webpage dealing with you're family please send me a link >> >> WITH a short description of the families that apply to Chilton. >> >> Thanks for your patience if you read this far, >> >> David Dennis >> >> >> >> >> >> David Dennis, dddennis@concentric.net, UsGebWeb webpage for Lincoln >Co., >> >> Ga + Chilton Co., Al, and Rootsweb mailing list owner for them and the >> >> SWORDS-L lists, among other things. >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> David Dennis, dddennis@concentric.net, UsGebWeb webpage for Lincoln Co., >> Ga + Chilton Co., Al, and Rootsweb mailing list owner for them and the >> SWORDS-L lists, among other things. >> >> > > > David Dennis, dddennis@concentric.net, UsGebWeb webpage for Lincoln Co., Ga + Chilton Co., Al, and Rootsweb mailing list owner for them and the SWORDS-L lists, among other things.