This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SMITH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YS.2ADI/2471.1 Message Board Post: Additional Information. This was published on Tuesday, 16 Dec 1884. Since it says she died the previous Sunday, assume that Elizabeth SMITH died on 14 Dec 1884.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thames, Snowden, Alford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADI/480.503.1 Message Board Post: I have SarahAnn Snowden Thames's father as William J. Thames. Is that correct? Was she a Thames, married a Snowden and then married William B. Alford. Would like to get this line corrected? I just received two quarterlies of the Alford American Association that has the biography of John Peachman Alford. Will be happy to share the info. Write to me at <[email protected]> Freda

HOW TO REQUEST A BIRTHDAY CARD FROM THE PRESIDENT FOR A SENIOR CITIZEN WITH 80 PLUS YEARS! a visit to the White House (virtually, of course) to find the answer. We typed "birthday greeting" into the search box on the front page of the web site and clicked on the first result. A page from the White House Greetings Office gave us the lowdown on requesting a card from President George W. Bush. Greetings can be sent to U.S. citizens for the following: * birthdays (the recipient must be turning 80 or older) * wedding anniversaries (the couple must be celebrating 50 years or more) * births * weddings * Eagle Scout ceremonies * Girl Scout Gold awards * Bar or Bat Mitzvahs or "equivalent occasions" Here's the procedure: 1. At least six weeks in advance, mail a written request for a greeting to: The White House Attn: Greetings Office Washington, D.C. 20502-0039 2. Make sure to include the following: * the name and address of the recipient * the date of the occasion * for a birthday, include the age of the recipient * for an anniversary, include the number of years married * for a wedding, include the married names and address of the couple * for a birth, include the date of birth and the full names and address of the parents If all goes as planned (this is the government we're talking about), the card should be mailed 10 days before the event. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: EFURD, NESBETT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YS.2ADI/2691.1 Message Board Post: Do you have in your family tree a Nannie Efurd 1867- 1923 who married Matthew Irwin Nesbett.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mathis, Efurd Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YS.2ADI/2691 Message Board Post: I am very much interested in the photo of Will Mathis & Ben Efurd pictured at the First National Bank of Newville circa 1920's. This photo was associated with the article in the Spring 2003 edition of The Orator (publication of the Henry County Historical Group). I have a copy of the same photo in my family collection. Until reading the article I had no positive id for the men pictured in the photo. Any additional information which you may be able to provide would be greatly appreciated (spouses, DOB, parents, etc). With the identity of these two men revealed, I am still unable to link them to anyone in my family tree; therefore, I am perplexed as to how this photo came to belong in my family's possession. I have Henry Co connections to Blankenship/Wiggins/Murphy/Harrison to name a few. Thanks for any info which you may provide.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KELLY, PORTER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YS.2ADI/2690 Message Board Post: James Lennon KELLY arrived in Abbeville, AL, in 1901 where he engaged in a hardware business. In 1904 he went to Headland, AL, where he was a trustee of the Headland school system, mayor of the town, and a deacon in the Headland Baptist church - or so goes the family legend. He was married to Minnie Virginia Porter in Early County, GA, where he was head master of Eagle Springs Academy for 14 years. They had the following children: Sudie Lavinia KELLY, b. 22 Jul 1891 Willie Freddie KELLY, b. 26 Sep 1893 James Lennon KELLY, Jr., b. 1 Feb 1896 Julia Abigail KELLY, b. 1 Jun 1899 Frank KELLY, b. 9 Aug 1900 Fannie May KELLY, b. 1 Aug 1902 Minnie Grace KELLY, b. 11 Apr 1905 Jack KELLY, b. 4 Aug 1907 I seek verification of the above data. Any information about employment in Abbeville and Headland and names of descendants would be most highly appreciated. Yours aye, Lynwood B. Lennon, grand nephew of Jimmy and Minnie Kelly.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YS.2ADI/2684.1.1 Message Board Post: I should add that Jessie E. Cooley was born 28 January 1886 and died 31 May 1916, Auburndale, Polk Co., Florida. No children. Cause of death not known.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cooley/O'Neal Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADI/2684.1 Message Board Post: George William O'Neal married Nancy Estella "Stella" Cooley, 12 June 1898, Henry Co., Alabama. She died in Dothan, Alabama, date unknown and cause unknown. George next married Annie Elizabeth Cooley, Stella's sister. It was the second marriage for both. They had 5 children. Annie died 23 December 1978, Auburndale, Polk Co., Florida. The death in a fire might come from younger sister, Willie Alice playing near a fire in Cowarts, Houston Co., Alabama and her clothing catching fire 17 November 1904. She was six at the time. You may contact me for further at [email protected] This information is from my grandmother, Irene Cooley (youngest of the Cooley children), Family Bible Record, and Court/Marriage Records.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BOYD LOFTIS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADI/2689 Message Board Post: If anyone has ANY information about Nathan(iel) William BOYD or any ideas about how I might proceed in my search, please let me know ([email protected]). The family story has been that NW was left with the Loftis family..."orphaned" as some of the elders say. Here are the "facts": NW's parents were both born in GA (1880 census) NW was born in AL (1850 census & those following) NW was born on August 4, 1845 (inscription on headstone) NW was reared by George & Elleny Loftis in Alabama (1850 & 1860 census) NW used the name of Loftis until sometime in the 1870s (1865 marriage record; 1870 census) George Loftis was born c. 1813 in SC or GA (census records) Elleny Loftis was born c. 1811 in GA (census records) (various spellings of Loftis in records -- Loflis / Loftes / Loftus / Loftess) I've recently learned another bit of information that I hope will prove helpful in finding NW's birth parents. Sometime in the late 1870s or early 1880s, two men rode up to NW's house on horses, said they were from Georgia, and told one of NW's boys ("Doc") that they wanted to see his father. They talked and visited for several days and then left. Doc's father told him that the men said they were his brothers. Nathan William Boyd - born Aug. 4, 1845; died Nov. 19, 1905 (inscription on headstone at Pleasant Plains Baptist Church, Clayton, AL) 1850 Henry County, AL Census: George (37) & Elenny Loflis (39), and Nathaniel Boid (4 yrs) 1860 Barbour County, AL Census: George (45) & Ellanny Loftis (46), and Nathaniel W. Boyd (14 yrs) 1865 Marriage Spouse 1: N. W. Loftes / Spouse 2: Arry Ann Norton Marriage Date: 13 Oct 1865 Marriage Place: Barbour Surety/Bond Date: Performed By: Justice of the peace Surety/Perf. Name: E. S. Warr OSPage: 649 1870 Barbour County, AL Census Toney (24) & Arriann Loftis (24) and Wm (3), Geo (2), & Nancy (1 mo.) 1880 Barbour County, AL Census: N. W. BOYD(36), Arrie (35), William ?. (13), George T (11), Malvenia (8), John H. (6), Theophilus (5), James N. (3), Albert (3 mo.), Alton (3 mo.) Thanks in advance for any help, Leah

Just a short note to thank everyone for sending me the website for the Dothan Eagle.

www.dothaneagle.com or .net can't remember so try them both. [email protected]

The website is - www.thedothaneagle.com I read it every day. S M McAllister ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 2:56 PM Subject: [ALHENRY] NEWSPAPER > Does anyone know if the Dothan, AL newspaper, which I believe is called The > Dothan Eagle, has a website and what this website would be? > > > ==== ALHENRY Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, politicalannouncements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

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Website for The Dothan Eagle: www.dothaneagle.com For any Alabama newspaper ... click to the Alabama Press site: http://www.alabamapress.org/NF/omf/alapress/Ala_News/ala_news.html; make your query (either city or by newspaper name) and all information (including URL if that newspaper has a website) will be available. Information included will be mailing addresses, web addresses, and e-mail addresses to contact Alabama papers. kdip > [Original Message] > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 7/29/03 1:56:16 PM > Subject: [ALHENRY] NEWSPAPER > > Does anyone know if the Dothan, AL newspaper, which I believe is called The > Dothan Eagle, has a website and what this website would be?

Does anyone know if the Dothan, AL newspaper, which I believe is called The Dothan Eagle, has a website and what this website would be?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Philyaw, McKnight Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADI/1406.1774.2.2 Message Board Post: Donna: I'm new to the family search but my great grandmother was Leanne Philyaw married to Wylie Smith McKnight living at Fouke. My dad tells me she had brothers named Wesley, Alvin and Marion Philyaw and she had a sister named Gertrude who married Calvin Green. Wylie McKnight and Leanne Philyaw had several sons; my grandfather Wesley Clarence McKnight, Otis, Odus, and Clyde. There was another in Hayneville, LA. Wylie Smith had a twin brother named Cellar Jones, and brothers named Harrison, Hilliard and Victor McKnight. I believe Wesley, Alvin, Marion, Leanne and Gertrude Philyaw's mother's name was Weeks because uncle Clyde McKnight had a picture of grandma Weeks in his bedroom at Fouke. I would love to learn about Leanne and who was her father and mother and siblings.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hutchins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YS.2ADI/2688 Message Board Post: Can anyone on the list give me any information about this? I know that it is located at Haleburg, Alabama.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YS.2ADI/2687.1 Message Board Post: I apologize to all that tried to access my web site and failed. My site went down, then up, the down again, but is now, I hope, up again for good. Sorry, Lannie Walker

Does anyone know about a newspaper called the Headland Standard. I tried to locate it at the Archives, but it was not listed in their bound index of papers on microfilm. Also does anyone know the name of a Dothan paper that went out of circulation in 1914. I am looking for a obituary that was published a year before that. Le.