In a message dated 12/31/00 5:55:40 PM !!!First Boot!!!, POOLTN writes: << I heard that we would have the bitter cold and snow right through March this year. I haven't seen a winter like this since I was in the third grade >> Heard that it has to do with lack of El Nino and La Nina which is allowing the artic air to come further south. Was 30 in Tampa today and nancy said it was in the 40s in Fort lauderdale. Betty.

I hope someone on the mailing list has the above record, as I have been trying to find the following relative for a while now and just got a clue that one daughter was born in Alabama in 1873 so hoping they are there. 1870 census entry needed for a James Pearce/Pierce (born 1824) and wife Mary C. (born 1840) - children should be thus far - Mary, Robert L., Anna D. Robie

Greetings my fellow researchers, Hope all are well and enjoying the Holidays. Just a brief note here to say welcome to all the new subscribers and please enjoy yourself as you post to our fine list. These are the most generous and kind folks I think you'll ever find on a mailing list. I'm very proud of how this list maintains itself, with professional ethics and discipline and just a plain old want to help attitude. Thanks, oohh one more thing, I've been receiving a lot of bounced email, I assume it's from the power outages in Texas and Arkansas and probably will end up removing some one from the list. Here is the subscribe address just in case you get bumbed off. ALLAUDER-L-request@rootsweb.com and put subscribe in the body of the message. Thanks Troy -- Troy McCarley Alabama Unknown CC AlGenweb Unknown County Query Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~alunknow/index.html Alabama McCarleys http://home.hiwaay.net/~mccarley/index.html McCarley Family Assoc. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/McCarley Lauderdale County Alabama Mailing List:<mailto:ALLAUDER-L-request@rootsweb.com> Slaton Family Mailing List:<mailto:SLATON-L-request@rootsweb.com> surnames: McCarley, Slaton,Chandler,White,Grisham,Snoddy,Thornton,Whitehead.

I am looking for the census entry for 1870 for the family of a male Holland with wife Emaline born 1835 AL. Children listed for them should be Frances, Armindy, Elmina, Monroe. I found her on the 1880 Itawamba MS census as a widow. She is living near my great great grandmother, Marthey (maiden name unknown) Holland and I am trying to find the connection. Also location of their marriage would be great. Would appreciate any help here.

Seeking data on above believe b ca 1824 in Lauderdale Co. Al . Possibly married Martha A. Thompson Where? This is a new line with us. Any information appreciated

In a message dated 12/29/00 2:58:00 AM !!!First Boot!!!, ddurham@companet.net writes: << just received the navidad virus....need to removed from all mail lists....how can I be removed from this one? Everyone....please be careful opening all electronic greetings cards....it destroys all your files. It looks like it comes from a "friend". >> Thanx. I did not know that it was being sent with electronic greeting cards. Some folks just don't have enough to do. Real shame that such as this has to happen. Take good care. Betty.

just received the navidad virus....need to removed from all mail lists....how can I be removed from this one? Everyone....please be careful opening all electronic greetings cards....it destroys all your files. It looks like it comes from a "friend". ddurham@companet.net

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However, I saw that RootsWeb had a new site and, > as I had about a half an hour before a show came on that we > wanted to watch, I thought I would make one last try and then > discard it all. We never saw the show. I found my father on what > would have been his 100th birthday. > > I now have first and second cousins and information on almost > all of my father's relatives back to about 1740. My father died > in 1975 about 500 miles from where we live, had I only -- oh > well. It was quite a shock to have a family after 57 years. > I have RootsWeb and the people who donate their time to RootsWeb > to thank for having made this all come about. > > HOMING INSTINCT > > by Ken McCrea Ken@GermanNames.com > > In Jeffrey G. Schism's article "Homing Instinct" [RootsWeb > Review, Vol. 3, No. 51], the final line "Your ancestors likely > chose places to live that were similar to the places they came > from," describes how I finally located a missing brother who > "went to Australia." Richard HALL (circa 1771-1843) lived in the > east end of London. He had three sons, Henry B. HALL, George R. > HALL (both became steel plate engravers and emigrated to New > York City in the 1850s), and Thomas HALL, who according to a > single-page genealogy done by a relative in the 1940s, went to > Australia. > > HALL is a common surname and finding someone named Thomas HALL > somewhere in Australia in the 1800s could be quite a challenge. > Starting with the information that his brothers went from London > (the largest city in England) to New York City, it seemed > logical that the starting point for my search should be the > largest city in Australia. A little library work indicated that > this was Melbourne. > > Using sources in the LDS library in Salt Lake City, I found a > Thomas Wycks HALL who had lived in Melbourne, but later moved to > the smaller town of Kyneton, not far from Melbourne, where he > died in 1888. His death certificate indicated that his father > was Richard HALL. Now armed with a middle name I was able to > identify his baptism in Bethnal Green, England in 1813, > confirming that this was the right person. > > Wanting to contact descendants, I sent a letter to the > postmaster of Kyneton asking him to forward the letter to > someone named HALL if there still was one in the town (this was > before the Australian phone listings were online). The > postmaster, apparently not knowing anyone named HALL, sent my > letter to the local newspaper, which published it. Within a > month I had a letter back from a distant HALL cousin in > Australia, located using the "homing instinct" theory. > > HOMING INSTINCT OR REMEMBERING > > by Betsy Webber, South Paris, Maine betsy@megalink.net > > I was delighted to read Jeffery G. Scism's article, "Homing > Instinct." I believe that we humans possess the ability, but it > has been difficult to describe without seeming mystical or > strange to some ears. Thirty-one years ago my husband and I > moved from Massachusetts to a town in Maine. On the first > journey there, I had the strange feeling I had been there > before. I remember looking out the car window and saying aloud, > "I feel like I am coming home." This seemed strange to my > husband who knew I was born in Massachusetts and raised in New > Hampshire. To explain this strong and definite reaction, I > lovingly accused my Native American ancestors of gifting me with > the ability to "remember." The feeling didn't leave me in all > the five years we remained in that town. In 1999 I made an > amazing discovery with the help of a person who would prove > later to be a cousin -- our grandparents in common had lived in > the Maine town. It seems that I was truly coming home. A part of > my father's family had lived in the town to which my family and > I were moving, and our new home was only a few hundred yards > from one of the family homes built in the 1800s. My children and > I were walking the same ground our ancestors had walked a > hundred years before. > > In the next town over where my husband had his business in > an old mill building I had the same strange feeling. In the year > 2000, I learned that this was the immediate vicinity where my > Native American grandmother had lived and grown up. The burial > ground for the family is right behind the mill. So, was it the > Homing Instinct or the gift of Remembering for me? Perhaps they > are one and the same. I feel as if I was brought back into the > fold from years of wandering. > > POST-ADOPTION REUNIONS > > by Marilyn Valkenburg mvlknbrg@incentre.net > > [21 December 2000] I've been reading this week's submissions > about connecting with birth families with both smiles and tears. > Both of our wonderful children were adopted at birth, our > daughter in 1979 and our son in 1982. We never tried to hide the > fact that they were adopted, always told them that their birth > mothers must have loved them very much to be able to make the > sacrifice of giving them up, and said that when they were old > enough, we would help them in whatever ways we could to find > their birth families, if they chose to search. Our daughter was > always curious, but hesitant about searching. When our son > turned 18, he told us he would like to register with the > Alberta Post-Adoption Registry to try and locate his bio-mom. > This seemed to be the catalyst that got our daughter(now a wife > and mother herself) interested in searching too, so they both > registered at about the same time. Over a relatively short > period of time (less than three months), our son was reunited > with his birth mom, my husband and I have met her and her new > four-month old son (her first since our son), we all connected > in an extremely positive manner, and I can see nothing but good > coming from these new relationships -- just more people to love, > with another whole extended family we are all looking forward to > meeting. Those are the smiles. > > My tears in this situation come from the fact that my wonderful, > sensitive, responsible, smart, funny, good-natured, beautiful > daughter has not had any response from the Registry, other than > non-identifying information -- nobody from her birth family has > registered. She was told that her birth name was RUNGE, her > bio-mom came from Saskatchewan, her birth father was a > hemophiliac, and she knows she was born in Edmonton, Alberta, in > August of 1979, but she has little else to go on. She and her > husband have considered doing a private search, but are very > reluctant to intrude, unwanted, on others' lives. It's really > difficult to see her feeling rejected like this, and to feel > helpless to do anything to help. After reading today's letters > about successful connections through RootsWeb, it occurred to me > that there may be someone who reads this newsletter who is doing > research on the RUNGE family, and that I just might be able to > do something to help. At the very least, if this story helps > happily reunite even one family that otherwise might not have > gotten around to registering, then it is not in vain. Wishing > everyone happy searching in the new millennium! > > * * * * * > > MAILING LISTS. For an index to most genealogy mailing lists > hosted by RootsWeb, visit http://lists.rootsweb.com/ > > NEW MAILING LIST REQUESTS. 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Please send letters and all submissions > as plain text e-mail messages (no attachments or html) to > RWR-Editors@rootsweb.com > > [Re "The LILLITOE/SILLITOE Bible," by Geoff Lewin Blaxall in > RWR 3:50] What interested me most about Geoff's article was his > reference to http://www.mapquest.com , a most impressive site. > But if you are looking for a road or village in the UK may I > recommend http://uk2.multimap.com/ . At this site you can see > Dunlace Road and the church and the marshes and get a much > better feel for the area. Another example; if you enter > "Marhamchurch" as a place and zoom in to 1:25000 you will find > my name as a farm, which never developed into a place name but > has inherited this name from owners, unrelated to myself, in > earlier centuries. This detail was quite precious for me. > Gilbert Rattenbury rattenbury@postmaster.co.uk > > A few days before Christmas I had printed an ancestry chart > to send to one of my mother's second cousins. While reading > through this research I had done six or seven years ago, the > name MORTLEMAN flew off the page and I wondered? One of my > grandfather's brothers had this as a middle name. Could it be a > surname? I went online and checked Ancestry.com and RootsWeb's > various databases. Yes, indeed it was, and there were > connections to Harwich, Essex, UK, where I knew one of my great- > grandmothers had been born back in 1834. I sent a tentative > e-mail and found a distant cousin who did indeed confirm that > Eliza GROVE's maiden name had been MORTLEMAN. Her daughter had > given one of her sons this as a middle name. So it does pay to > wonder IF. Was just the best of Christmas presents. > Marg Morters margm@afscc.com > Central Coast Family History Society > Gosford, New South Wales, Australia > > Thanks for the wonderful newsletters. It took me a while to > appreciate and fully read them but the many heart-warming, > relevant stories of genealogical success and how lives have been > affected, has me looking forward to reading every newsletter I > get, all parts of it. Again, thanks, > Mel McGuirk heypal@socal.rr.com > > As a new family genealogy researcher, I hadn't really > appreciated what a gift I received until reading items in your > wonderful newsletter. After the first KOOPMAN family reunion > ever during this last summer (here in California), several > "30-somethings" were asking questions which I couldn't answer > about old pictures of their relatives I had brought along. I > realized my knowledge was woefully inadequate. On the evening we > returned I decided I needed to know more, but with everyone in > my parents' generation dead, I decided to turn to the Internet. > I typed in KOOPMAN. 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Hi, For those of you new to the list, I have thousands of early Alabama marriages in a database. Alabama Marriages Before 1825. Url is: http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/alabama_marriages_before_1825.htm Happy Searchin' Happy Holidays Brenda Visit my web site for databases of AL, GA, IA, IN, KY, MO and TX: CENSUS ONLINE & OTHER DIGGINS http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/census1.htm

Looking to contact any descendants of INA RIDGEWAY and husband Noble Ridgeway.Ina died in 1980 and Noble in 1968 while residents of Anderson, Lauderdale Co. Thanks. Jackie

Posted on: Lauderdale Co. Al Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Lauderdale/202 Surname: Stutts, Garner, Richardson, Williams, Ritter, Wright, Garrett, Cox, Hill ------------------------- Margaret, I have a William Wesley STUTTS b. Jun 22, 1825 Moore CO., NC, d. Apr. 2, 1884 Lauderdale CO., AL, in my family file, who md. Lucy GARNER, b. May 13, 1836 NC, d. May 17, 1873 Lauderdale CO., AL. Both buried at Kennedy Stutts Cemetery, Lauderdale CO., AL; whose parents were Jacob STUTTS and Nancy RICHARDSON, grandparents Leonard STUTTS and Mary WILLIAMS. If my information is correct, one dau. of Leonard and Mary, Elizabeth "Lizzie" STUTTS, my 3rd gr-grandmother, md. John H. RITTER; their dau, Nancy RITTER md. John WRIGHT, whose son James Wesley WRIGHT md. Rebecca Martina GARRETT; their dau. (my grandmother)Tamsey Rosilla WRIGHT md. William Martin COX. Another daughter, Catherine STUTTS, md. James HILL, the brother of my Gr-Gr-grandmother Mary "Polly" HILL, who md. John COX, the grandfather of William Martin COX. If this relates to your ancestors, I do have more information, people, dates, places of birth, etc. and would love to exchange information with anyone researching these lines. Good Luck, Alice

Is there anyone on the list that could help me secure an obit for Richard H. BAILEY, who died 16 Dec 1939 in east Lauderdale County? He is buried at Mitchell Cem., at Rogersville. Secondly, need marriage lookups for Richard Bailey's children: Vivian Bailey, Hattie Bailey (to Mr Shelton), Jessie Bailey and Ina Bailey. Marriages should have taken place in the early 1900's up to 1920. Thanks for any help. Jackie

Hi-----I am searching for anyone who might have information on a Wilford Curtis who appeared in the 1850 census of Lauderdale Co.AL. Wilford was born in KY in 1805 and married Nancy Fisher in Dec. of 1830 in Lauderdale Co. Children were, Caroline, Leanah, Daniel, Thomas, Murrell, Rody, Mary, James, John and Anne. I am especially interested in knowing about Wilford's parents and siblings. Any help would be appreciated. Mary

Hi... I am researching the following WALLACE family. In particular, a number of Wallace cousins are looking for any info about Thomas's parents: Thomas WALLACE born in York Co, SC c1795; moved to Lauderdale Co, AL c1820. Married Sarah ______. Their children were: - 1 Alexander McCuin WALLACE (1810 - >1870) - 2 James WALLACE (c1813 - <1870) - 3 Thomas Shelby WALLACE (c1815 - <1876) - 4 Mary S. WALLACE (c1815 - ) - 5 Hettie F. WALLACE (c1817 - ) - 6 John Burris WALLACE (c1825 - 1876) - 7 Salenius M WALLACE (1828 - >1870) - 8 Harrison Kendrick WALLACE (c1830 - >1876) - 9 Samuel J. WALLACE (1833 - ) I am also researching the following BLALOCK family: Jesse BLALOCK (1811 - ?) m. Mary Ann MASSEY (1814 - ?) on 15 Jul 1840, Lauderdale Co, AL (Jesse may have been born in SC...) - 1 William W. BLALOCK (1834 - ) - 2 Catherine T. BLALOCK (1836 - ) - 3 Ann Elizabeth BLALOCK (1841 - 1924) - 4 Henry Clay BLALOCK (1844 - 1911) - 5 Jane BLALOCK (1845 - <1850) - 6 John Henry BLALOCK (1847 - 1939) - 7 Martha (Mattie?) BLALOCK (1853 - ) - 8 Horatio BLALOCK (1855 - ) - 9 Harriet Frances BLALOCK (1858 - 1922) If any of this looks familiar, please send me a note... Thanks and Happy Holidays to everyone... Lee Mathis Arlington, VA

Hello List, I need any information on the following people that any of you can give me. Hope theres help out there. 1830 Lauderdale co, census Thos Marshall and also 1840 Lauderdale Co census Marshal L. If any of you have any info on either of these please let me know. Thanks for any help Brenda Mason Campos Bennett Co

If you have questions regarding this book, contact Muriel Barnett mailto:mhbarn@HiWAAY.NET FRIENDS OF ROGERSVILLE LIBRARY OFFER CEMETERY BOOK AT DISCOUNT FOR THE HOLIDAYS Cemeteries of East Lauderdale County, Alabama is a hardback, fully indexed book. It contains 466 pages of all graves in cemeteries that could be located from the Limestone County line on the east to U.S. Highway 43 on the west and from the Tennessee River to the Tennessee State line. Copies of the publication are still available for purchase. This book will make an ideal Christmas gift for anyone interested in researching family history or someone who just likes to read of the past. Beginning December 1, 2000 and through December 31, 2000, the book will be sold for $30.00 each. All proceeds from the sale of the book will be used for the many needs of the Rogersville Public Library. Copies of the book may be picked up at the Rogersville Library or if to be mailed add $3.50 (book rate) and send a check to Friends of the Rogersville Public Library P.O. Box 190, Rogersville, AL. 35652. If you have questions regarding this book, contact Muriel Barnett mailto:mhbarn@HiWAAY.NET

Hi, Alabama Researchers: Just a note to let you know that I've recently added some genealogy personal pages and Alabama Civil War links to my website: http://huntsville.about.com/cs/genealogy1/index.htm This has genealogy info for the whole state of Alabama. If you sent me your URL, please be sure to check that I got it included. Thanks. Jean Brandau huntsville2@home.com

Hello List Members, I've just been told by another researcher that Ancestry.com has a free listing of AR Marriages from 1851-1900. Since there were so many Lauderdale Co. residents that headed west, by way of AR, I thought someone might find this of interest. The following info was included....... Description: Becoming the twenty-fifth state in 1836, Arkansas was home to hundreds of thousands of residents throughout the nineteenth century. This database is a collection of marriage records from Cleveland, Craighead, Crawford, Hempstead, Pike, Pope, Union, Washington, White, and Yell counties between 1851 and 1900 (this update adds the records of Cleveland, Craighead, Union, and White counties). Taken from microfilm copies of original county documents, each record provides spouses' names, marriage date, and county of residence. The database provides the names of more than 72,000 men and women during this time period.> Good Luck! LINDA in TN

Posted on: Lauderdale Co. Al Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Al/Lauderdale/189 Surname: Ham, Gracy, Creacy, Ives or Ivey ------------------------- I am Researching the family of J D Ham also Jeptha Davis Ham. Jeptha Davis Ham married Sarah Ives or Ivey in 1866 in Tennessee or Missouri. Sarah was still in Lauderdale County in the 1880 census. I would appreciate hearing from anyone about the cemeteries or libraries that i might contact there. If anyone knows about this family please contact me. Edith

I'd like to wish everyone a Very Happy Thanksgiving and to be carefull in your travels today. Your Humble List Keeper, Troy Researching: McCarley, Slaton, Chandler, White, Snoddy, Thornton, Grisham -- Troy McCarley Alabama Unknown CC AlGenweb Unknown County Query Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~alunknow/index.html Alabama McCarleys http://home.hiwaay.net/~mccarley/index.html McCarley Family Assoc. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/McCarley Lauderdale County Alabama Mailing List:<mailto:ALLAUDER-L-request@rootsweb.com> Slaton Family Mailing List:<mailto:SLATON-L-request@rootsweb.com> surnames: McCarley, Slaton,Chandler,White,Grisham,Snoddy,Thornton,Whitehead.