Sandi, My husband is the originator of the Alexander DNA database. He's in it, as we ware trying to bust though a very strong brick wall of our own. William B. Alexander b. abt 1791 VA, d. Aft. 1851 MS, m. Penelope Harvey (daughter of Thomas W. Harvey and Priscilla Unknown) v/r, Beverly Alexander Culpeper, VA I hear ethereal voices, persuasive, soft and still Daughter, if you don't remember us, who will? [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 4:52 PM Subject: [ALEXANDER] Èdna Franklin Too late Edna! I already claimed your whole bunch a long time ago! Bless your heart... Hope you are feeling better and Thanksgiving was wonderful with the whole clan! I had the whole hang and I'm exhausted! If you ever talk to David please tell him hi for me...seems like ages and ages ago we worked together. I have still not found óld Edward. Don't even feel like I'm getting closer. Sooo frustrating!! Everyone knows what I mean who has those brick walls! Taking the DNA test for the mitachondrial this week as soon as it gets here. Ordered the test for my brother for the Alexander. Are any of you in the DNA database? Thank you for claiming me, Edna. You and Gail make the best relatives! Hugs, Sandi Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 01:00:24 To:[email protected] Subject: ALEXANDER Digest, Vol 1, Issue 70 Today's Topics: 1. ALEXANDER Arrivals to USA (Thelmarie Curtis) 2. Re: Family black sheep or secrets (Edna Franklin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 05:59:06 -0500 From: "Thelmarie Curtis" <[email protected]> Subject: [ALEXANDER] ALEXANDER Arrivals to USA To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Castle Garden was America's first official immigration center. The site, http://www.castlegarden.org/ hosts a database of info on 10 million immigrants, from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened, and will eventually complete the digitization of the remaining 2 million records, beginning in 1820, from the original ship manifests. Information includes: First name, Last name, Occupation, Age, Sex, Date Arrived, Origin of Ship There are 2,214 ALEXANDER records on the site. Thelmarie "Thel" Alexander Curtis [email protected] ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 19:43:18 -0600 From: "Edna Franklin" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ALEXANDER] Family black sheep or secrets To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sandi I will claim you! Edna Alexander Franklim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of CASSANDRA MITCHELL Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 2:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ALEXANDER] Family black sheep or secrets Fellow listers, As was mentioned by the previos poster, here seems to be a recurring theme of family members hiding things, not wishing to talk about events, certain family members, and covering things they think should not come out. The actual truth about it is, what does it truly matter in the grand scheme of things? If your ancestors did something or a member of the family had a secret, it is absolutely no reflection on present day family members. Whether you are an Alexander or what EVER, we are all members of the human race, and if we have not learned tolerance and the ability to forgive, we are no where. I think it is more important to be a member of the larger family, flawed and human and wonderful! It would be so great to see these things be overshadowed by the joy of accomplishing another branch of the old family tree! Wouldn't that be super?! Brick walls knocked down and information out of the shadows. Sandi Mitchell Menifee CA p.s. This whole reason is why I have no family other than the name. It's both disgusting and sad. I am my own human being. Alexander or Smith or Jones. It never occurred to me in my entire life that as a good person, anyone wouldn't want to claim me! Quite the opposite. I've been at this for years. 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